The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-11
CHAPTER x1.

Twill not attempt to give the speeches,
the welcome by a resident clubWoman,
the response by the national vice presi-
dent Of silver tongue, the greeting by
the mayor, the eloquent words Sof the
governor, the more serious ones Of the
college professor, but they all went to
make max up \ 9 I, draught OF Intoxicating
sweetness to the woman who loves pub
lie recognition. And I sat entranced
thru all of it, like woman who has
entered another world. embered,
as one will suddenly recall irrelevant
things, the night Ighad first put on an
evening bodice, and sat alone by my
ireside, hungering for a broader life.
And again T. whispered to my secret
soul: -. .-
"This-this is what was meant for.
This is a woman IS real life.'
Finally, came the end of it all-the
music, the speeches, the adulation, tho
intellectual / mtoxication. The great
crowd rustled and swayed and broke up
| amid hand -clapping and applause.
And the color question has not
come up YETI remarked a woman in
the next aisle, leaning across to Mrs.
Parsons and the state president, who
smiled back inscrutably and said MOTH
ing. But moment later the president
of the Notas Benes whispered to me:
"Don It tell her, but the Mormon
Lady has withdrawn her claims
And the %colored club7''' / asked.
she whispered back. !" Insist that they
stand for principle, and that their
position is one that affects the whole
race ~
"Do you blame. themqOI asked.
| "Sh-sh-sh, she, answered quickly.
|"Don It say it. Wait and see how the
majority looks at it. That's the safest
way. OF course she added, eff YOU
come to question of right and
wrong
Somebody elbowed her from the other
SIDE, and she turned to answer a ques-
ton: And that was as near as I came
to the actual views of Mrs. Theodore
Parsons on this subject.
After that. there were meetings and
overfows, = and trips to parks and
trolley rides and carriage drives and
luncheons and receptions and enter.
ltainments. Three sessions day were
lcroWded with fair delegates, in spite
lof the festive affairs sandwiched
everywhere between, and T attended
them all. Is it any wonder that I lost
1my head9
AT the beginning Of each session
|
position with, sharpened pencil, eager
tor a story on the colored delegate
but 50 skillfully did the president-gen
eral Brightly named) guide her ship 81
parliamentary state that the question
never came up on the floor. Indeed, g
casualtvisitor, could she have been en-
tlrely. eliminated from all outside gath
erlngs, would never have guessed from
inc Pacld business sessions that {
great issue was seething there.
Minnie Morrison managed outside tt
gh Sn.1 from me every particle Of GOSSIP
L heard, but she was wise enough no
to be seen with me, and as she phrage<
1T, never "gave me away so that
came and went with moderately c1ea
conscience, having learned a few les
sons in the art Of concealment.
Ism It Mrs. Tompkins-Smith tn
greatest club president that eve
lVedY>. asked Mrs. Parsons of Mrs
quincy Palgrave one noon at the table
"See how skillfully she glides over an
point where controversy might cree;
IN. Ieu me woman has not sufficien
tact to manage a. great convention
Why, she 8 Wonderful!'
:. Yes, responded Mrs. Pa4grave
Q .'The northern women are just burr
/ ing to- get that one question before tn
q convention. From my seat in the boxe
fiEit is no end of. fun to watch them.
:, And SO are the southerners, r.
7 Itorted Mrs. Parsons. '1eeRutsthey won
g succeed. We sit here and listen to n
ports of club work in Montana an
:. oregon " n. and AZ New Hampshire and Texa
h just as il we had no further excitemen
- Fin life'' 7seeees..
e % Say, rather - I broke in, uvo
). listen to the report of club work. i
u is always one and the same thing, wha
y ever state it halls from. Nine wome
y read it this morning and the tent
" when | came away had just got t
:. q The club, as a factor in women 81 81
n 1stence, has come to stay. Lookin