The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-07
WOMEN S~pEAKERSON VIEW
WARRINGTON CALLS UPON SOME
FEMININE POLITICIANS.

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Tho Visitors Surprised to ffnd fhat fhcy Mere
Not p'nercnt rem other women sne were
Interested IN .ho sa"e .op'es-s "
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WASHINGTON. March 6.-Tho participation oil
women In politics has never been more clearly
demonstrated than during Inauguration week.
Especially prominent among Republican women
have been the members OF the delegation from
New York city. Miss Helen Varick Boswell,
Chairman OF the Woman's Republican Associa-
ton OF New York, has been In washington for
the last three weeks to arrange for the coming
OF her co.workcrsi In politics from the metropolis.
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. j. Ellen roster or
Iowa, Miss Boswell. Miss Lynn Curtis OF Kan
sas. Miss Allen OF pennsylvania, MISS vance OF
Ohio. Miss Dolliver OF Iowa, Miss Curtis OF Ne
braska. Miss Cook OF wyoming, ana Miss ELIZA
beth Pierce OF Massachusetts held q large card
reception at the Strathmore Arms. On Wednes-
day afternoon Mrs. Foster and Miss Boswell. as
sisted by Mrs. Jane Fierce, MRS. clarence BURNS
Mrs. Cornelia Stewart Robinson, and Miss
Mildred Reid OF New YORK, Mrs. and Miss
Pierce OF Massachusetts, and Mrs. Curtis or
Illinois, received the general public In tho
rooms OF the National Republican Committee.
These two functions were the means OF opening
the eyes OF the majority OF those who attended
1t was funny for an outsider TO watch the men
and women as they came and went and to hear
their comments. A blind man might have
thought that the women who wero receiving
were dime museum freaks, instead OF the lash
ionably gowncd creatures they were. VI course,
at the card reception nj the strathmoro Arms
there were plenty OF "strayorsin, as they
are called at tho capital. a straycr-in
Is a person VINO watches the society columns OF
the papers, makes a note Of oil the receptions TO
ocklven anu koes resnr"'ess vi o"ius VI e.o" ea
acquaintance with those VINO are giving the al
fair. Curiosity brought a great many OF these
neon,o 10 ,ho s.minac,.I h.IS.yay soc,a, .1s,r
pnopO ~. ra",onHn. nt.. ps:,-au -.
given by Mrs. Foster and Miss Boswell and they
w.ro ali l,na,, Irdo.a q, ms, ho oo,,.aoa ,h.t
wero"ii kihu',. inuoeu'i must u .onceueu nat
than one. The strayers.jn were not tho only
ore. wbo commented bowevsr Nhitaha,red
Souo,or. and %onnros.mon onS ,,o,, m,vs. ana
their daughters, and likewise their sisters and
cousins and aunts, had a great deal to say to
and about these women who arc so interested in
that's Mrs. J. Ellen Foster" remarked .
Republican Representative from the far South.
rye always wanted to see that woman. Kind.
mo,neriy looking soui, ism I sho, wner
Indeed she is answered his wife. and then
added. half aloud to herself. as IL increasing IL
a. ho, uamor- n.Ia..,, NJ h-na.aaa an,
oh her memory, eieeaht piack orocaacu Six
skirt. yellow and black waist, trimmed with eH-
ouisite old lace. yellow tins In her hair" and
80 ,,rn,m ,a,a.Ir.
'nen' turning euuueni, si'ihs ner nuSoahu D
arm a tug: Say. she looks just like any other
woman. and. do YOU know. she IA beautifully
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urcsseo anu sno nus suCh s"oct, ooruiai nian-
ners and the lowest. most musical voice"
"Yos. In here she has" nut I'm n wes,,rn Son.
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a'or VINO overheard tnis remark' OUT you Just
ought TO hear her make n campaign speech.
That sweet. soft voice riscs and ,vells until q,
80.
can be distinctly heard In every part OF an I'm
mense auditorium. She hasn't her equal in the
world m N ~nolitical pl,tform .pcater. n, cours.
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1 mean among women. lou know oil ABOUT her,
I suppose r.
y 7 don., admitted thu vou., ..rd r
~ 1850 ~. o"" anu !
always had an IDEA that l didn't want TO know
anything about her; but now that I've seen her
and And b.r ,ps INV o,hor .w.., r.on.d
""u ~" - u. '"eo'' '.""ou
woman, l hnd that I'm quite stirred up to know
all about her"
.wou f" soid ,ho s.n.,r .r, a.. w..
"'.' '"" VIZ e'""'"' ao "oo',
shes been In politics twenty-five years and
knows as much about tho questions and affairs
~, tho n.tion "a mr. hos, rn.n no,i,Io,.,. Oh.
VI u ""''o" m " ooe hon p''ueians' Sho
started out as q temperance lecturer. but she
was against CARRYING the temperance question