The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-19
fHE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
so0xsECRATED TYPE" COMPARED
WIN A -COAsECRATED TONGUE"


me Fss.sh Year Of the Cause OF woman
-Prench Women Now ASKING Tor
Potificsi Rights Their various Crie'.
snces -woncn Lawyers Not Pesss-
ble ia Maryland Mrs. Crely's Work.
Will the present number OF the Sunday
euH this department begins it's fourth year
"a tribute to the courtesy OF its readers,
who have not rebelled against q discussion
every week OF practically the same subject
during this long three years.
when the Rev. DR.. Theodore l.. Cuyler
of Brooklyn was celebrating his eightieth
birthday last week he said. In speaking OF
the vast number OF his sermons which
had been published, Il believe a conse-
Grated type In far more powerful for doing
good than a eonsecrated tongue We
are apt TO look upon an orator who can
present his cause with ability as the most
valuable advocate it possibly can have.
and vet each issue Of the Sunday Sun
reaches ton times as many people as could
crowd into the largest hall into the United
States. The writer who sits solitary in
his room and puts into form the argu-
ments which he wishes 10 bring before
the people In wholly without the electric
stimulus OF the lecturers audience. with
it's been appreciation and quick response.
His sole inspiration must come from his
deep interest in his work; his only applause
must be from his own consciousness that
he 10 sending his message TO the public
through the greatest of mediums, but
these are all-sunicient for him who is willing
10 sink his personality in the reform for
which he labors.
When that little but most courageous band
started out. more than half a century ago
TO right the wrongs Of women which every
where existed, and were abused and carica-
tured by the press from one end of the
country to the other, they scarcely could
have dreamed of a time when one OF the
largest metropolitan dailies in the world
would set apart a portion of its overcrowded
space month after month. for "A presentation
OF the very IDEAS which they were SO reviled
for advocating. But IL is worthy OF espec-
ial note that In all these years the Sunday
Bun Is the only one in which this ever has
been done. Those which have established a
swoman's column" are legion. but there
always has been an absolute prohibition
OF suffrage. or az best the injunction hat it
should be made wholly subordinate and
sparingly dealt with. In several notable
Instances the ablest women editors Of these
columns have been discharged bscause
IN sy interpreted too literally his scant
permission.
The Sunday SUS was the first. and il still
remains the only great metropolitan daily
10 make the discussion OF woman suffrage
: regular feature, invested with the same
prestige and authority as the other de-
partments OF the paper. This course has
illustrated in a striking manner the vast
territory which Is covered by the woman
readers Of THE Columns might I've
filled (which would he women's columns in
fact,, with letters hat have been received
from Rome, Zurich, Dresden. Berlin. Co
p~enhagen. Paris, London. Edinburgh,
Hawaii. Japan. New Zealand and Australia,
expressing the pleasure which the writers
had In thu department. their JOY at 30 fine
an opportunity TO present the cause they
believed In. and often enclosing items
Of interest from those far of places.
There In seldom d week that does n OF
bring from one to half a dozen letters from
all parts OF our W country end from
people In all conditions Of life. sometimes
veiy complimentary and sometimes quite
the reverse; frequently expressing thanks
and gratitude in the name Of all women
and sometimes making useful suggestions.
A large number Of these letters come also
from men, and among their writer's during
the past yesrs have been Bishops, college
Presidents. editors. doctors, poets, teach
eB, NURSES, wage earnefs and the Preri-
dents Of nearly . dozen organizations both
Of men and 81 women. One article brought
twenty-five pages Of legal Gap from various
lawyers
dispute two points First. the increasing
Interest ia the question u woman suffrage
among all Glasses Of people. and, second,
the mistaken Judgment OF editors IN shut
ting out q fair presentation u the subject
That tae movement LAS b%sn able 10 live
and grow strong With practically no sup
port from the pfsss Shove h go contain a
vital pnnciple The time has nov bren
reached when a majority 81 thinking Pro
pie bAiisye that woman suffrage IL inos-
table, that h IL the losIoal Outooms 81
ouI ln~sotuilons and a n6tufal step Ia tle
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