The sun., 1909-02-27
LADY COOK Is HERE AGAIN
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CtHPiIGN EOR FFRiGE.
iIation Is Needed Most. She says.
and She Win Attend to That Predicts
n Demonstration Soon--Is Sorry for
OIi,e Logan. but Can DO No More.


Lady Cook tennessee Clafiin), who
arrived yesterday morning on the Adriatic
and is staying at the residence OF her
ueco. Mrs. John }. Thompson, i3i West
igIst street, has come here with the inten-
hon uf organizing big campaign for
woman suffrage.
The only reason that I did not begin
ast fall the work which | have been
planning for several years" she con-
tinucd, was the realization that / did
not at that time have sufficient strength
for so great an undertaking. My health
has improved greatly in the past few
months, and feel sure that in two or
three days | shall have sufficiently re-
covered from the effects of the crossing.
which was very rough. TO he able to open
formally my headquarters in West Thirty
fourth street.
do believe that the women Of America
want the voter replied Lady Cook in
answer to a question regarding her
opinion Of the enthusiasm Of her country
romen for the "cause" - know that
they want the vote. Millions Of them
want it. II they have not made that
desire known in a manner sufficiently
convincing to politicians it is because they
have no leader.
Il don't mean to imply" went on Lady
Cook, that there are not many brilliant
and earnest women in the ranks of the
suf,ragists, and yet | must admit none
Of them in my judgment are possessed by
that single minded self-sacrificing devo-
ton to an ideal which chara cterized the
pioneers on the movementr
Here she clasped her hands nervously
and sighed heavily.
oh she exclaimed after a short
pause. III ! had only half the strength
and vitality that used to be mine present
conditions would afford me the most
glorious opportunity Of my whole life
The entire country is throbbing with sup
pressed excitement over the worldwide
demand Of women for their rights social
Industrial and political-and yet the very
ones who might take advantage Of that
fact to win a mighty victory seem to be
totally unaware Of it, There is only here
and there a person Of either sex who is
capable of recognizing the psychological
moment for radical action and who is
also brave enough not to be held back by
dread of criticism or fear of failure.
Efficient organization is the thing that
II needed most of all just at present, and
il is to that that intend to devote my
energies. / am prepared to spend slOO,OO0
To demonstrate to the legislators OF this
country that the hearts Of the maj ority
Of women are in the plea that a compare
tivelv small number of them are voicing
| have not yet fully worked out all the
PLANS for my campaign. but | have de-
cided 20 arrange n series of meetings in
the big cities from New York to Cali
!ornia. and in so doing / am finging a
challenge to those who still tn ink that
women ought to renal n in n state of
subjection to men. 1 am not at all afraid
that these meetings will not be attended.
The only thing that worries me is the be-
lief that there will be few halls in the
country large enough TO contain the men
and women who will want to show their
interest in this struggle for emancipation.
Yes, / said men as well as women
she explained, because there is no doubt
in my mind that American men will be
not only willing but glad to give the
lallot to American women when they
realize that the women are eager and
ready for 1t.
There are forces at work even now
that will soon be the cause Of a demon |
stration that will startle persons who |
are not given to reading the signs Of the |
times. Certainly, though. no thinking |
man or woman can fail TO grasp the sig
nifcance Of the fact that within the last
six months two classes Of women who
heretofore had displayed little or no
interest in the subject Of franchise are
nov taking en- active part in the struggle.
When the society woman or the working
woman takes up new project II is because
she is determined TO carry 1t through,
and she usually does. Neither of them
has any time to waste on mere fads that
involve the expenditure Of thought and
Effort and money, because the first has
any such form Of diversion and the second
is too busy earning her living.
The middle class woman frequently
takes up the last new thing to escape
ennui, to achieve notoriety or to attain
some form Of self preston. Neither
80 much about these things. Both OF
them are perhaps less intellectual and
more natural than the intermediate class.
When they want thing they want more
intensely, and they have a greater fac
ulty for getting 1t. don't know just
work out that way. 1t may be because,
In different way, the upper class and
the lower class each disregard conven-
ZION more than does the middle class
woman"
Lady Cook expressed great delight over
The founding Of the Equal Franchise
League and prophesied that it would
become one Of the most powerful factors
IN the American suffrage movement.
Mrs Clarence Mackay has an oppor-
tunty for leadership that Is given to few
women" she said. Aand Is just the type
of woman that is needed to crystalline
the sentiment in favor Of suffrage that
srs rapidly growing among women who
ssocaly prominent in New York:
Another woman whose career she said
she would follow with great interest is
Miss Leonora O'Reilly, the girl Of the ten
ernents TO whom the Judiciary Committee
A. Albany gave their undivided attention
!or ten minutes on Wednesday last.
Lady Cook expressed deep regret over
NE fate Of Olive Logan. whom she rescued
from poverty several years ago and who
snow confined in a pauper lunatic asylum
al Bansted. England.
There is, however. nothing that !
ran do in the matter she said. i es-
'sblished her in Q comfortable fat in Lon
con some months ago, but she seemed
onely and was subject to fits OF depression
and rritability so I concluded that she
needed companionship. Accordingly l
arranged for her TO live in the home OF