The sun., 1908-12-05
Two SURRRAGISTS EJECYED
DISLIRED DIVORCE F1GURE1
DIR. ABBOTT OUOTED.
Roosevelt bids Wemen Make MstIiefiAeesI
the Aim Of Afe-Dr. Abbott Tens
All He's Been and IIew Alufls
Greater 1t Had Been to Ne : Mother.

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All He's Been and IIew Alush
Greater 1t Had Been to Ne Mother.
In accordance with the spirit Of Their
campaign slogan. "Woman's place is the
home,' the members OF the Nstlpnai
League for the Civic Education OF Womez
refrained even from sitting on the piats
form at the meeting which they hele
yesterday afternoon In the Berkeley
Theatre. There being therefore NJ
sheath gowns or millinery creations g.
absorb so much as one ray Of the lln1s
light the attention Of the audience was
inevitably drawn to the fact that TIE
league was represented by Richard We.
son Glider, the Rev. Lyman Abbott aaf
Nicholas Murray Butler.
The sensibilities OF the suffraeiets
and the sufragettes who were preaSnt
were additionally wounded by the uhz
kindness Of DR.. Abbott in reading Letter
From the President in which Mr., Bopee
welt said that whilehe believed In woman
suffrage he did not consider il OF any
great Importance and that the iniIspens :
sable field Of usefulness for women was
as mothers Of families. - Z. ~ ~ : :
As II that were not enough Dr. Butler
was unchivalrous enough to read aiettof
from Secretary Root in which the opiriun
was expressed that the enfranohisetna1t
Of women would reduce rather thsa ID
crease the electoral efficiency OF ths
people.
Fearing that the yearners for the ballot
who might chance 70 be present would
be unable to restrain the -expreesioa
Of their ohagrin at learning That 80 many
Of those who sit in high places were not
on their side in the great struggle The
executive committee OF the lea9ne aps
pealed to the POLICE Department Tor
protection against any possible dietufb-
ance and blueooats from the East Niftyk
first street station were In attenda1c4
Uniforms and brass buttons do not howz
ever, count for very much In the Syes
OF a person who has already joyftlilv
gone to jail for the sake Of her principals.
When DR.. Lyman Abbott began quottne
divorce statistics as an argument aeain1t
the further emancipation of Noliie1
Mrs Rorrman Wells. who got back froIf
London on Thursday. shrieked out; eThce9
figures don't apply to the States whsrs
they have " oman suffragel'
DR.. Abbott took no notice Of the inttts
ruption, but went right on taikings and hib
indifference moved Mrs. Sophia Losbfne6f
to try her hand at rufiing his feelings.
kak Hotw 80 -. A.
shouted.
+, DR.. Abbott gave no indication that be
oven heard her. but the two women were
quietly ejected by the ushers while The
policemen looked on, and the ants muir
INJURED among themselves: How I'm.
ladylike!' "Just what one might ex-
pect' 'outrageousl"
The banished suffragettes afterward
held meeting In Forty-fourth strsst
just east Of Fifth avenue. which was at-
tended by a crowd consisting mostly of
men and messenger boys. Mrs. Wells.
Mrs. Loebinger. Mrs oliver Pearce and
Miss Mary Coleman, the PoTs.a % shk
Appellate Court. all spoke and were Ia
tened to with great interest The MOST
striking feature Of this unscheduled NEST
ing was the attendance OF the unahaveh
man who frequently appears at the Hnrs
lem outdoor meetings and demands the
platform. According TO his custom be
demanded hearing, which was, a. usual.
refused him.
In the meantime the earnest pFotest f
DR.. Abbott against the further encf1'
ment Of woman upon the sphwe Z rs
was listened to by those In the tii1 III
L.
cured a round Of applause right at the
outset by announcing that he was thee
on behalf Of the unspeaking worneu--,of
the mothers, wives and daughters who's
shrinking from publicity was 30 Rrsst
that they forbore lifting their voices even
in 30 important cause az their proteo-
ton from the additional burden Of tho
ballot.
The fact that the suffrage movemena
had not gained ground faster waa: e
said, in his opinion largely duo TO the
silent but potent influence OF the wou1aA
who believed that IL would ineyitahJ5
make for the disruption OF the homs.
The idea that woman was no LONGER
the property Of her husband had kroWn.
he said. into the idea that husbanu
might, as In pagan Rome. dismiss his wife
40 easily as he would his gardener and
that wife might part from her husband
much more easily than abe could from hef
cook. Divorces. he continued. had Cor
the last twenty years been granted
In the proportion OF about i6o for eysrv
working day. and many Of them had been
obtained on such pretexts 40 Q faiiuiN
en- The part OF wife to sew on hsf hus-
bands shirt buttons or the cruelty o.
husband in not taking his wife out driyins.
One woman had sugeested tho sxpAdisnf
of trial marriages for the period pf one
year. leaving 1t to the win Of the parsons
involved to make the union permsnentiy
binding at the end Of that time II they
70 wiiled.
This sort Of sentiment 10 not. 10 ssid.
confined to faddists. In isSs Elisabsfh
Cady Stanton said: "A union Of eScls
Alone constitutes and sanotiEes true
and any law or pubic aerti.
ment that forces two immortal hiSh born
souls 10 live together 40 husband antiwife
unless by love 10 false 20 God and 20 M
manity."
There was q burst OF Applause from
many parts Of the theatre. which was an
parently evoked by the name Of Eiinahsth
cady Stanton, but DR.. Abbott said he