New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-16


.nonyENT WOMEN MAKE ADDRESSES
a., held Yesterday afternoon at the Col
TIE s.sorned church. Seventy-seventh-s and
ies1s'o ..S-ave. COR the purpose OF protesting
Wss ,orr tracks Of trolley or cable cars IN Am
assss.sy was largely attended. The pastor OF
stefsnA rho Rev Henry F. Cobb, presided
Ss ,ha''''r ~,too made the opening remarks IN
Tfm'S - digest Of the work done by the diff
VI ,,os5 and the claim they now advance
issN - mir cars on the avenue in question.
rr ~, Cobb had read a letter from Miss
-" u Dodge. expressing regret at her inability
C~sont. and her complete sympathy with the
er,x Uerriette Stanton Blatch was asked tc
,sss ne meeting
- match declared that the number and activity
W -. lines Of cars. elevated and surface.
-, immense traffic OF this great city were
az ~ an, the people; that the intensity Of life
vei~. ,ng precooious children. whose shortened
90 de,racted from the strength of mind and
~ required 10 meet the demands OF
80. mon the average and woman.
~ .rirdei her hearers OF the length or time
! ,.osne OF every species remain IN the infant
! Dc 49, state. the slowness with which they de-
,.'' The length Of this state she said indicates
t'~ s.rco in thr species. since the higher the
u" ~, development OF the genus the slower the
- u, rife OF that genus is IN expanding.
said Mrs. Batch, 10 piol's~ dSdlHS'
.sSing Of anything 10 the rush and whirl of
ns sr.srnal city. which makes me feel that am
~ %, hack into the country quiet OF the VII
pa :. london England's metropolis
- D., ..a sault of the women. she said, that men
:, 90 nadv 10 money making. Men are only
.rr,ng 10 work for the women and women can
~ hsln biz holding them back from the desire Tor
% much material gam
v-s Frederick Nathan was the next speaker.
-. hsran by saying that women had a reputation
=. ,sqgtng. and that i would be well for them 10
s.yo II 10 IN such cause as the present since
W. Nv insistence would they win attention. She
80 said that 50 long men were placed IN re-
'..,s,bls government positions. not from fitness,
- ,b-ouch political pull" these evils would pre-
- ,,A only when the evils grow monstrous do
.o,le rise N protest. She told Of how, after
- ,,,1qard she went 10 the corporations OF the
ss,,snt trolley and cable companies and peutioned
1Nnares 10 be kept in the streets. that the men
ding the tracks and switches might warm their
.,.ss and feet now and then as they stood OUT
- IA bitter weather This was refused on the
rDni that the men would not work so well II
'. .orfortehle. She pleaded too that the plat
"a where the motormen stood should De IN
- &C IN other cities. and this refused be-
eft would make the cars too dangerous 70 peo-
= crossing the streets. the motormen not being
lie 70 50 Wei. .., 49,. H.. -. .o
danger OF putting l'ui IlliN0 Va Gull
.,o,a street was spoken Of the same corporations
$3.50 maj troleys and cable-cars were no more
SSor-arous fhan horsecars. The only remedy, Mrs.
SlaD declared thar viii surely solve the prob
i" o. IN Inc hands OF the people namely, the re
Sssl 70 ride on any OF the cars so that, as with
.s,sge-cosch line IN Glasgow that was so treated,
- Sornoration was compelled 10 give in 10 the
III 81 HE PEOPLE or run empty stages.
This suggestion was received with great applause
viss Nargaret Chaner spoke for the public schools
r-toee nurus would De in such constant danger
,sro1eh the TWO and three-Ouarters miles where the
- tracks would nun and Miss RunyOn, or Ieach-
az College made q plea for the kindergartens
u, was not she said the loss Of life that Was the
greatest danger threatening the small children VINO
fsva 10 cross the great thOrO9ghiarest ii Is the
erect on the brain and its development Or constant
terror Of the noisy streets and the STRAIN even iy
los are under TO keep their nerves IN contlol.
ms cannot but affect the mental deVelopment.
cSVsren will be kept at hOmb when they should
y IN school Mothers will not trust them on the
targsrous streets. The intuU to the future citi-
Ms Clarence Burns made her protest in behalf
H9ltrsu Of the upper Wesf Side, VINO nave only
he 2ubM play grounds as their recreation places
no Kindred TO two HUNDRED and fifty children
Hasdaly, and the rights 81 these little ones must
= ..sen up by some one since their busy mothers
~ Rurnss remedy for such evils as the four
,ss eveuua was the n cling Of better men in
.ra,al DOWcr and making the places, both by
asy and dignity. such as honorable and able
n. institute for the Blind and the old Ladies
g,-a al Nfnctv-sec0nfst. and at One-hundred-
s.i.,S'rd-st were represented. The principals Of
ysy,us Mrs J. c Coleman. Mrs Eugene H.
prier Mrs Veltn MSS Ely Mrs. Van Norman
lronr he societies. represented were the New
Igk CITY Mothers dub. the Ryerside Day Nnr-
W and the West sic Branch Of the Public Edu-
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