The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
-.r,IRIyG TO CELEBRATE MISS
In.,yuxr,S EIGHIIETH BIRTHDAY.

S"e ,y,u Occur ut the Time-An Inter
",,nr and Important Question Of Wo-
-, Rights Before tho Jnpanes
n..,A Man Converted to Suffrage.
n,sperations nre max ING for the csle-
u y, Nis- Susan Is. Anihony's eiRhtieth
To- IN connection with the thirty-second
s" nv" n ,ysp'lon Of tho National American
~ ST. -rase Association. TO be held In WASH
Wv" w. r.h S.lt The birthday wiloccur Feb.
ms -. ,,r,a.t auditorium In Washington.
p,,oye,te square Opera House, hns been
IT, ,cr public meeting on that afternoon
- a, tho event. Greetings will be
m.',h, 10 Mss Anthony from women recog-
0O" a. Iea,prs in many different lines OF
w. ,ia earl reception will be given her In
".,orrny The committee having the cele-
M, in charge arc Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait Chairman. New York; Mrs. Rachel Foster
." sec-e,ary. Pennsylvania: the Rev. Anna
uo,,rd shaw. Pennsylvania: Mrs. Harriet
nv',o, linton. Ohio: Mrs, Emily NJ. Gross.
imnols; Mrs. Frances r. Burrows. Michigan /;
~. uslsn VI. Warren. Wyoming; Miss Lucy
= Anthony. Pennsylvania; Mrs. Harriet STAN
~n Batch. England: Mrs. May Wright Sewall.
Isd,n,. and Mrs Mary B. Clay. Kentucky. In
.h,i, publishei address to the women OF
Insr,cs on this occasion. the committee say:
80, ..,.br,,, vorthily the eightieth birthday Of
-. ,,.mr,on of true womanhood. susan b.
..,,o,, w.. ash thu g~rststul outpourings Of anec-
49,, from, tie hearts OF the thousands OF women Of
~, nation whose lives have been frightened. whose
no.ihulties Of Development have been increased.
-, ,ho,, mental and spiritual horizons have been
,,o.densd by tie half century OF effort made by Miss
.,h nv AM her f~ellow-vorkcrs. All those who
L.. .,,.tpaa n ~ the nccaaiDn And deairs 10
,o,or themselves In honorinI the woman whose
-o,, ha. gwen her position second to none among
,h.,r.,, p r~,onalites Of this century. are cordially
invited to be present
rbs great ovation given the other day to
W,s yulIa Ward Howe. now In her eighty-hrst
,sor by the gathering OF Unitarian women In
All Souls Church. was another pleasant indi-
..,ion ~ the love and honor in which the
pionesrs are now held. Somehow the women
whose eightieth birthdays cal out a wide
srreat public tribute OF respect and esteem
are Away those who identified themselves In
their youth with unpopular causes. There IL
no Jubilee for the eightieth birthday Of the
man or the woman who always goes with the
current. falls IN with the fashion and takes care
10 be on the popular side.
mere ~ mum - oNfNs ~
,es, case that has arisen under the clause OF
the new constitution providing that a parent
cannot make any contract depriyinG his child
o%iliterty wAlch shall hold good after the child
,t,sns the age Of twenty years. A father had
,oli his minor daughter to a disorderly house.
On coming IT age. the girl refused to continue
that lie. and demanded her release. Several
white women. American missionaries and
Others, are trying to have her set at liberty,
but this il no easy matter. The state regula-
ton Of vice, which some persons wish to intro
du'e in this country, exists in its most highly
developed form in Japan. There women OF bad
character are segregated In a special quarter.
surrounded by high walls, with only one mar
row entrance. They are practically slaves.
Every article OF clothing that such a girl
wears is stamped with a mark indicating her
Profession 50 that she can be identified and
taken back 1t she should escape. The difficult
tias IN the present case are described in q letier
received in this country a few DAYS ago from
\ Il. Murphy. who is helping. the American
women Interested in the girl. He writes;
Our test case ls lust now on hand; ihe nuo-
but as the girl is still in the quarters and
nnder the keepers hand. we have asked for a
lem porary sentence, granting her liberty 10 60
home until the case j. decided. But though
nnr request has been granted, the Keeper re-
nses t"obny the courts order. aud. owing TO
The fact that a prefectdral law forbids the
police to allow a girl outside % certain lin t.
Without the Keerer permission. the police re-
fuse TO enforce the order.
"A more serious question has not been raised
,ince the TromuIgay on Of the constitution, ns
here we have a prefecture, or the police force
Off. in rebellion against the civil code
The keeper. met IN general convention IN 2
tempe ~ Yesterday, a9d grIat eSrItemen i
Two lawyers. To-day their request that the
temporary order be .usrended was rejected.
and new order sent down. again commanding
the keeper 70 send the girl away until the case
Our lawyer did not wish to take the case as
ltest ease Of law. but rnther to demand that
the keeper be compelled TO ralease the p~laintift
Tor reasons assigned. viz: adult age, and the
unlawfuincss OF derrivIng one OF liberty 10y
civil private contract. But the case had no
sooner gotten in court than the other she put
heir foot right into it, by relying on the police
rules 70 keep them out OF the power OF Inc
court So now the court and the police have
%eboutas big a cas-" on hand as we: ms court
Il mad. the police. including state Superinten-
dent are mad, and of course the keepers are
mad, and lying awake nights besides
The Keepers reply to our plea In court Is
that. should we win, he and all others OF Ike
occupation will suffor serious financial loss and
many vii have TO cease business. as the pool
slayes above twenty will nearly all 20, 81
course this will not weigh much before the
court. hut II showsthat my contention is true
that many Of the girls are unwilling slaves
The keepers are doing everyth ny possible to
gain time. and: 1t is reported, have made an ap.
pea tn the craftsmen throughout the country
TO assist. -,
The girl has shown a spirit Of 1rmness. We
cannot meet her-no one can but her old
hther-and she knows very little OF what !;
gong on, but she has stopped her trade and
simply stays IN her room. refusing 70 eat, any
thl4g from the keeper. We send her a lunch
BY her father
No parent ought to have. the legal right
% bind a daughter to a life OF vice, ever
sale from the Almighty! % said the Vermont
Judge to the stakeholder who claimed d
fugitive as his property. Nor can we say Una,
things could not happen in the United states
IN San Francisco there are more than l,2Ol
chinese women held as slaves in the, service
otvce, with no option Of their own in the mat
chance NJ escape when coming. OF ags. Every
body knows 1t, and everybody know. that 1t Il
allowed tog on by the connivance Of the cry
oniclals. How long would such officials hold
fart on the votes Of womcnP
When the woman suffrage am was
defeated in California a lew years ago Dy,
close vote IL carried the whole state. outside
the cities Of california and Oakland. some
women grleyed for the defeat more because
II insured III" indefinite continuance OF TINS
system o. woman-slavery than for any ,othel
reason The Efforts OF private phllantnropl
eih 90 hut little, In Japan, for instance. som,
peneyo'eht American women not long a2(
bought rom q keeper the freedom. OF a CIR
VINO WISHED TO quit her evil life. They paiC
4. considerable sum for her ransom. Soor
YIN their money the keeper had bought nv
pabv girls To be brought up TO the same bus
mess, Frances Power Cobbe says: In almos
every case, II Il only by legislation that th'
long will women be satisfied TO go on merel!
puckinR on the leaves?