The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-10


south-than. to emphasize It where las n New
Englandl It Is already. strong. Great stimulus
is predicted for the Women's Club movement
Il the Southern States from ON. th hSr elevation OF
GUS absentee. Mrs. Alice Ives Breed, Of M9ssa-
chusctts, the defeated candidate for President.
The Massachusetts delegates pointed with bit
t%erness 20 the fact that, although she came 70
had been {. tircless yorker in It's behalf, Mrs;
Breed had been stu9iously ignored In thc social
ilgHsnCtionsS which n Ind nllc a. The hIo Week nd st RenT iSG
Waived, her. claims 70, the Presidency in Mrs.
Hb y Fcnerni Consent eSTgGi ins e. NJ Mr. s1 BTeSd IN i S%sSS'o
though Mrs loves name appeared on the
Breed mSSaSscdto HHScii 254 Votes. against Mrs.
loves 80 This was In spite q Golorado.s
Mrs. breed bSccnniuscS Of Der anti.suIrasyc views
n vote which WINS the determining factor,
on The on HS%R nssncSns4 a. f b%y on S' Eew SfEs nsiSn not
s sSsr G on tRs, 3 Board 4 f Blre ssPasS 81 Il tbs E nay q
mining States and the middle West; The game
Of politics was played In ., way which showed
the c]leyersst. Of the lot being Mrs, Hcnrotin.
f SEiSIRa! # her her % %sSSSr. as slr s9s i lad cap a
point 10, carry and always carried T. She
hpd hardly surrendered the chair. amid a pop;
on the spur of the moment, TO appoint Mrs. Hen
rotin to represent the federation at the Worlds
through with 2 hprtah. when Mrs. Hcnrotin
stepped to ths to9tiigh ats With 7 mStl9n request,
Mrs, Potter Palmer. another Chicago. woman.
on the commission. Ii was carried, OF course,
and modest Chicago is waiting for other worlds
to conquer.
There wNs one break in the slate; an Oregon
WOMAN Mrs: Young: Vas The n9mibpee for Au;
Louisville by an overwhelming vote. Mrs.
Barnes, n handsome and stately, woman. was
o 1Gr tR W f yedSTs IE&s' snS Ns as sneE SSSS Sd my
g~ratiatod herself into general favor, She.
hboWsyeTT; h RSo, the tGmSSritgy to favor ME-;
Tshis SxasEPsIrP1ttGd pSTticSSiarlS the South; which
In 2 mems convention Mrs. Barnss's kick
own ambition: the -slatemakers would have
taken their revenge, But Mrs. .Barnes's person.
ality won the day. and she typiaes the only VIC
The election Of officers and directors CON
s snmGd %9sf fH 4f tf fSe a1 fEc;ldT dSvs sRsseshe 3 PUTT putting y;
convention oratory that would have done credit
to any convention Of men. The interest was
o t@sSoTs ana MANAGED 5ns dief 70 sre asSR; Op the ire tS MS@sa
and. as a rule, to keep close to the line OF
courtesy o. So1 toward lt their @pponentf There was
defence Of Massachusetts, failed to get an ex-
nessce woman who was leading the other side.
The federation lost no opportunity to rap
Mrs, William Tod Helmuth of New York was
placed on the Board OF inine' Directors by, a
S Who e fr@siyie If3 nf tho New TSt Yort ME- stSt affl a9stb.,
ton. and made an excellent impression In
Denver. particularly by reason OF her clear head
urged to allow her, name to. be presented for
P drSoa int but y would To,idr net 70 ,,r \ Mrs; Helmut sec
dent, but carried onlya part OF her delegates
with her, several voting for Mrs, Lowe,
do THs p %ns tRG f FresISe tSr d Pf fbd &omb bey'oGHiG nS &
woman; She positively refused to be q candi-
method il Mrs. platt's reiqsal".thnt.. in fact
whose buzzing she does not mean to have Inter.
fsTEd With With Her @mnitiOn ,tis Whispered, is to be
S Sibfn 700 $ neSt nc %overnori ms is not immp S
in three of the mining States they are becom-
ing imhued with the, manly ambition for office.
an orator, Of the first degree. and should she go
upon the h%ustings it will require lively hust-
Woman suffrage is a tahooed subject in the
are excluded from membership therein, and in
P PoiiticsI. b But u despite Il thi ise care. it w was ief iG5ected
into the Proceedings Of the biennial at its very
Adams took the cudgel in hand and made tell
ing points for the sufragists;. ,,
udiced. for except, for the votes OF women
another than myself would be welcoming you
movement is started TO have the next meet
ing in October. Milwaukee, bids high for the
honor. but it is for the Board of Directors to
means. More money no "f had to be 70 raised SSy to rum rum
the fcderation-how was it to be done? A per
capita tax Of ten cents to be levied on all the
members OF the federation was finally agreed
upon-to be collected through the respective
clubs. In addition to this. each State club is to
pay 20 cents a year for each club in its mem
bership, 1t is estimated that New York alone
S%ill thus contribute to the General Federation
some clubs out Of the federation, Massachu-
sets already threatening to go. But. despite
some clouds. under the stimulus OF the Denver
meeting. the largest and most representative
gathering Of women in the worlds history, the
friends Of the federation are confident that the
next two years will witness a most wonderful
growth of women's clubs in the United States.