The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-13
SOME CHARACTER SKETCHES.
Pen Pictures of Delegates Attending
the COnvGntiOn-

Pen Pictures of Delegates Attending
the COMPANION
In the ebb and fOw OF delegates and
visitors in the parlors Of TIE Riggs House
there was one morning an alien element
( 1t was a man Not that men are unknown
| 10 the convention. but This one seemed
| TO feel the need Of expressing himself
/ Whether he was afraid Of being over
I whelmed in the waves Of femininity about
/ him cannot now be decided, but at any
/ rate he was as impressive and as we'll
/ armed against the enemy as an armadiilo
IN the midst Of flock Of pigeons. He
/ exclaimed:
What do yon ladies want that you
I haven't got, anyhow? I am thankful to
say I've married a woman who knows
enough to STAY at home in her place. I've
heard all your arguments. but they don't
make any impression on me 1 believe
man has a GOd-given right 10 the ballot
and the place Of woman is in the home.
This emphatic expression OF opinion
broke nothing. It did not even create as
much excitement as it did when Susan
B. Anthony arose and asked the privilege
Of making a speech in teachers con
. vention fifty years ago Times have
changed, and everybody mas a right to
express an opinion anywhere al any time.
Al any rate, that was what the delegates
seemed to think. for they made no at
tempt whatever to convert the recaIci-
trant
After freeing his mind he asked for
some information on the plans Of the
convention. and =ct H. and that was AN
The business OF the people in the parIors
went sefenely on. Just as If he had not
spoken, although the eyes Of some Of ,ae
ladies twinkled and the corners Of their
mouths were erimped. They had heard
things like that 50 many times before.
Syndicate Delegate.
Mrs. sperry, Of California. is one Of the
interesting people circulating about the
perlors OF the Riggs House She is a
sOrt Of syndicate delegate. being here
not only in the interest Of the Suffrage
Association. but as a delegate to the
Mothers Congress. the Daughters Of the
American Revolution. and the Interna-
tional Council OF Women In California
they know how 70 Organize and svsterna-
tie all tEings-eren the human brain
and Mrs Sperry's business-Iike manner
IS sufficient warrant that she can keen
all these various kinds Of business eacb
in It's proper mental pigeonhoIe.
She said today. wiu a little laugh.
You see it is long journey from cali
fOrnla-fOur nights n YOU don't get stUrl
in the snOw-ar- when they find ,,ol,
are coming they load you up. I have lived
IN California a long time, and you see
they knew l was there. and they made
me useful / WAS a delegate fourteen
years ago to the first conference in which
there were foreign delegates"
From Far-On Australia.
An Australian delegate. Miss Vida Cold
stein, the representative Of Australia in
the international conference of women is
a slender. black-eyed. bright-faced bru-
nette, with a business-Iike Wav and a
self-possessed ease Of maner which makes
he- opinions convincing. Australia is
land in which suffrage has made coDsid-
cradle progress. two out Of its six States
giving women the full right 70 vote.
Miss GOldstein was asked what the no
Ntical organization Of women in Ans
tralia might be, as this prospect has been
an alleged stumbling block in the way OF
their voting in this country.
They have their own clubs. said she
which carry on work in which women are
interested especially But most of them
don't belong to clubs, neither do most or
the men. They stay at home and do their
WOrk. taking an intelligent interest in
public affairs, and on election dav thew
vote, and then go home again.
"Of course, New Zealand Is away in ad
vance OF US. and some OF the conservative
people in Australia are a little afraid of
it. But We are making progress"