The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-07

that we ought TO join the federation-you
know am the president-the members said
that IL was a foolish expense. and that the
dues ought to be used in charitable and
philanthropic work. / argued that such a
view was selfish. and that we could do no
more phianthropic work than TO broaden
the views of the Southern women who
needed our help. enlarged on our oppor-
tunities to teach the prejudiced women les
sons In the broader possibilities OF INTEL
would be given our share of the benefits.
and never thought of being treated in this
peculiar fashion.
Il do not mean TO come here and do any,
thing that will needlessly disturb the con-
vention. My particular anxiety is that Mas
sachusetts shall not be embarrassed. How
ever. l mean TO stand for my rights l owe
ii to my club and tc my race. / want IL
distinctly understood that we colored
women do not mean to force ourselves upon
the federation. We had been welcomed to
membership by Mrs. Lowe herself. | came
in good faith and now I mean TO have the
question settled once for all
1.-THE way the badge incident happened
was this: l had the badge in my hand and
was going to pin il on when second
woman said there was some mistake, and
bon. and she insisted that 1 give ii up L
was decided, and several other women
spoke to me. Then there was another at
tempt 10 make me surrender the badge. but
there was principle involved, and l re-
sented the action"
Milwaukee Sentinel
When the hour for calling the conven-
ton together arrived. there was not
gavel TO be found. Mrs. Lowe had not
brought one with her, the overworked local
committees had overlooked that one dali,
and for time CONSERVATION seed upon
the officers on the platform. Emissaries
were sent out to find something that WOULD
he hea6 rx.,n -<nrS Of Il N m
of Pythias on the upper floors of the AL
hambra were searched, but nothing that
could answer was found. One woman Of
fered her tortoise shell back comb and an
other produced gold hatpin. Finally a
thoughtful soul came hurrying along with
a small tack hammer, and with this useful
domestic article the fifth biennial of the
General Federation was called to order.
But there was handsome wood gavel on
hand half an hour later.
Concealed in the wings of the Alhambra
stage Is a tall bottle of the best milk to
be found in town. 1t is sunk in a pail of
ice and it is reserved for the use of Mrs.
Lowe, who requested that a supply of the
lacteal fluid be kept on hand where she
could easily reach 1t during the sessions of
the biennial. All of which goes to show
some differences between a woman's con-
vention and mans.
Two small girls stopped in front of the
Alhambra yesterday. Said the maiden in
pink dimity to the tot in pique:
the bi-animal."
The other baby lifted her head proudly.
SOS mine. Bi-animals must be drefful
queer creatures. We can't do anything at
home until this one is gone"
There was one item at the reception
given at the Plankinton Monday night that
eluded the vigilance Of the society report
ers, and that was the manner In which an
admiring throng of men fingered about the
rOtunda OF the hotel as the women en-
tered and passed upstairs where the re-
ception was being held. They stood in the
lobby as though there were an invisible
rope stretched across the tiled floor. say
ing thus far and no farther shalt thou
CO." Maybe it was the dignity of the club
women that held them in the part of the
hotel that was reserved for the operations
or the clerks and the porters and bell boys.
Once in a while the women would pass
through the line to take the east steps TO
the upper floor, but for the large part of
the evening the men staid in their places,
lost In wonder. perhaps, at the magnifi-
cence of the brilliantly-gowned visitors At
any rate. there was a fixed line established
across the hotel that night while the
women passed by or loitered in the lobby
all unconscious of their admirers
The lot of the hotel clerk is not a happy
one. One woman, from way down in the
sunny South where the pennyroyal blooms
all the year around" kept the clerk the
porter and small army of bellboys skur-
rying about in search of her trunks. which
".
seven hours of fruitless search wee bit
OF bellboy asked her If she had the checks
for her missing baggage. "Of course
have" she replied, as she produced two lit
tie bits of brass. 1.-The man who gave me
these told me not to give them to any one
until / had my trunks" This solved the
problem. After powerful lot of explana-
ton the checks were given to the porter,
and he went to the railway station and had
the missing trunks recovered from the
great pyramid of baggage that had in the
meantime accumulated in the baggage
room.
Two women from the far West. travelling
together, put up at the same hotel. and
after registering their names one of them
remarked to the clerk: las we shall be
here for three or four days, you may as
well show us up to the dining room that
we may pick out the seats at table we de-
sire to occupy during our stay in your
house." The genial individual behind the
desk finally persuaded them that this was
unnecessary, that the head waiter would
provides them with seats. and that he would
at their request give them the same places
each day.
clubwoman filled with benevolent en-
terprise called on the clerk of the hotel
where she Is stopping for her mail, which
had been placed in her key box. She took
the letters and papers to her room, and half
an hour later was back at the office in
curing for her mail. When told that there
was nothing for her she began to raise a
racket, declaring that she had had some
1T is not safe to let anything get out of
your hands in this housed" she exclaimed
in rage. Later in the afternoon she ap-
peared at the desk all smiles and said: Mr.
Clerk, you need not look farther for my
mail. / find that took 1T upstairs to my