The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02
THE CAUSE OF WOMEN.
urIpFrL WORDS BIZ SPEAKERS AT
SOME COLLEGE CoMMENCENENTS


Grants Poem-work of tho Women of
New orIenns-Diforence in Behavior
of American and English Audiences
some sunragists and Their Husbands.
This ia the season ot college commence
rnepts North. south, east and west, host OF
,oung women In festal array have been receiv-
irr their wcll-carned diplomas. and in bacca-
laureate sermons and commencement ad-
dresses vast amount OF good advice has been
bestowed upon the sweet girl graduate"
Several ~ the more far-seeing among those
advisers have warned tho Young women 10
prepare for the duties Of citizenship which are
sure to come to them.
President Mckinley. in his address at Mount
Uuyoke College. said:
II am glad we are dem onstrating In the
United States to-day that the boy shall have
no more advantages than the girl. Mount
Uuyoke and Smith and other institutions are
demonstrating that fact. An educated woman
hood is an open school for citizenship every
dav of the year and the home is the training
school for the mother. the soldier and the
etnfnsman."
The Rev Newell Dwight Hills. D. d. pastor
Of Plymouth Church. gave tho commencement
address at 1asell Seminary and spoke In favor
o. equal suffrage. using an argument which he
Woman ought t. bring her conscience and
eduraton and Intelligence to bear upon the
E s Of tns h9m d Hna d HG two %'r rsS
sons Either the young woman is like the
young man. or she is different from him. II
rra. ,ns that he ought 10 vote IL she Is diff
fcr"nt from HIN n he cannot represent her, b
the Young men and women OF the graduating
cas- at Westford Academy said:
Il AK YOU to rcmem Der as citizens that this
g. ,fIt I'M m ri
Of III" country viii be whatever standard peo-
r" Ike you can make it;
In a previous address Secretary Long showed
how this stand lard in the case Of women would
h. raised by their having the ballot. He said
allowance for the rcacttonnry influence which the
EXERCISE If suffrage would have upon the ability OF
vo0,i remain unchanged that ability would develop
e,sr,l, IN proportion t. th1 demands upon T. IT
turu. the lisht and grows. flower s;ill. With
.uarc,pauYn and sufray. comes the growth that
sources OF education. The standard of woman's
.in' s'ion. Of her ira ming and rra ling would bo
ltt"l and attun, i to her now obligations.
The Fourth OF July Is cheerful time OF year
for the advocates NJ equal suffrage The Deca-
ration OF Independence is read on all sides. and
they listen to 1t with pleasure, feeling sure that
T. /. only question OF time when the great
principles u fair play that are outlined in it
will be applied to the women.
The returned volunteers will play promi-
ncut part in the celebrations. and the women
Of the relief societies will not be forgotten.
Speakers on many platforms will quote Ad-
II ital Schleys memorable words. that the
man who serves best behind the guns Is tho
man who has the hest woman behind him."
Auroro- of this, Roher! Grant respond ing In
WIS" to toast in honor OF the Red Cross
twc"n the - Old and the new" women:
Those dear little d lis with their pretty grtmaces,
III. tpf sh p an He'll 4
a. lfce,, US ,3s"m@ nerag.s dainty AID fearful.
IL" d,Usi ter 81 Sp N With the night in her hair
hlih ha SO" u her ~ and IN indoent air.
'IE Mere are e he "af fe az
TAatlcN w.man far nG,nHn needs to be told.
Put what gFsg r for yGG and for mo
IND terrra ~ trad.t,on AVID deaf to the rast.
%Shreyer I er's r".m for ,weet Ea'ienre and care.
r., 2 ,. WITH af ~ P st , to trad "S1S GEAR
ho.iita sHp In tn wake OF The load:
There's swat gu her iroW. there is blood on her
H, lanes tn traditions. does tli. give you pain
Take tcei AMI remember :hc navies OF Spain!
The Woman's Sewerag" and Drainage League
o'New Orleans held it, final meeting a few
Gays ago and disbanded. it, work having been
satisfactorily accomplished. The President.
Miss Kate NJ. Gordon, summed up in her report
the sevcuty-threo meetings held by the women
during the campaign for improved sanitation.
the nearly 5000 signatures OF women taApay-
ers collected by the league. and last but not
least, the large vote east by the women on cleo
ton day Miss Gordon said:
For the first time in the history OF our city
women had. added to influence. power. How
well that power was used the records tell.
TO the credit Of the Fra Club a suffrage
club in New Orleans must be given the power
OF women to vote on all questions pertaining
TO the taxation OF property, 1t came as the re.
suit Of petition for full suffrage for the edu.
Gated. taxpayng women OF Louisiana. pre-.
sented to the Suffrage Committee OF the Con.
s'ltutional Convention. followed by most elo
Quent appeal for Justice to the assembled con.
nv "' nS "a si' women ci u NV Orleans have
TAG"d tn .a't,c IT, the interest Of home
hca'th and huuptness without the sacrifice o
oae ia uf wonanlin"ss. Yet al one time tbs
success of thi, great worl; was seriously threat
er"I hv an, element OF conscrvatism raisinG
u" cry Of II is simply a suffrage movement.
While Il is hnrt 10 'ii~aSspclate suffrage from
my work whch d"ncnrs on vote for success
l"'ars a vote. the act Of voting. yet it seems
poor commentary on the Intelligence. patriot
iai," tn" question when the lie OF a ctv wa
trembling in the balance. and that city the
" H. Justice TO women holding suffrage view,
ash. are they to he treated. as class. apar
because they believe intelligence and not sr'
g. M hr III" determ ming power in govern
m"tF Il Their" any wrong IN believing tina
power added to inilu"nc" would hc factor il
c7"lring aVa enforcing laws for higher mora
I.'rdardT Where is the woman who woul
withhold her power from creating law t.
r'.d, equal Ray for equal work 2 = 1t un
natural to resent being claSsc with the idiots
Isar". criminal and minors and so on 40 in
futum -
Mss Gordon thanked all who had cooperate
70 carry the election for sewerage ard pur
wh'"r supply and said: no doubt in the mex
F.1,, I.ll rINil. mi hn,
corded us As expressing the views OF a rep
rcsentntive southern woman. this speech
worthy of note.
The news that the House OF Lords has vote
down the bill passed by the House Of Common
T. make women eligible as County Councillor
hnd Aldermen OF London will strengthen tn
belief, already held by a majority Of Americans
that the House OF Lords is an Enachronsm an
ought to be abolished Women especially wi
agree with Dorothy Drew. Mr. Gladstone
quaint little granddaughter. ;, According to
r"c"nt article in tn" Young WOu an, the chill
has taken a lively interest in politics from he