The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-26
FOR CLUB WOMEN
WHAT is GOING ON In RANKS III
OF VARIOUS ORGANI-
CATIONS
ANTI : SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
New York Associations Annual Re-
port Cutie Humorous In Spots
Washington ID. A. n. Recep-
ton May Be Abandoned.

The annual report of the New York
State Association Opposed to the Exten-
sion Of the Suffrage to Women makes in
teresting reading when contrasted with
the ceaSeless activity of so many woman
organizations along all lines of work and
in all professions The report which was
recently issued tells Of the progress Of
the anti-suffragists in the various states.
On the standing committee Of an organi-
cation that would seem decidedly behind
the times were it not so perfectly organ
lied are to be found such prominent
names as Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mrs.
Schuyler Van Rensselaer,, Mrs. Richard
Watson Glider, Mrs. Elihu Root Mrs H.
Emlen Roosevelt and Mrs. J. West Roose-
welt, the two latter relatives by marriage
OF the president. The president of the
organization is Mrs Francis NJ Scott.
Just how seriously New Workers take
themselves is betrayed by the following
paragraph in the report: SIT is difficult
to impress upon you sufficiently the in
huence which New York state has on
the rest of the country. Her influence
Is tremendous, and no matter how flip
PANTY the newspapers of other state may
speak of our faults and foibles, we find
that every step we take is recorded, every
act OF ours Is heralded as important; and
that therefore We cannot afford to leave
undone what we ought to do; to make
mistakes; even to indulge in being a lit
tie foolish; but that we must be digni-
he'd, steadfast, wise and unfaltering in
our work" Cannot afford to be little
foolish! How unlogical is woman! For
isn't it this delicious habit of occasionally
being "a little foolish that separates
her forever from the class Of people this
New York organization would condemn
the class that stands for mems privileges.
The class that believes in looking at cues
tons through vigorous, uncompromising,
non-foolish eyes?
Said local club woman the other day
apropos Of this mania for organization so
prevalent just now among women:
women are beginning to recognize the
value Of the machine as a means for ac-
complishing big ends There can be no
politics without a machine Neither can
women hope to accomplish anything in
their own line of work unless their or
CARNATIONS are swiftly moving, we'll d.
rected, noiseless machines. Much odium
has become attached to that word ina
chine but everybody realizes its necessi-
ty. Just now women are fascinated with
their own particular little machine, for
they have found that it accomplishes for
them what as women, merely, they would
never have been able to attain Perhaps
the time may come when they will lose
their heads and allow the machine to
run them, but certainly Just now thew
have 1t well in hand. And in spite Of
sneer1ng remarks from others of their
own sex and from some men the ma
chine is really put in motion for the bene-
tit of the kitchen Take for instance this
matter of the investigation that is being
made by our own labor commissioner to
get at the bottom of the domestic service
problem. number of questions were