The sun., 1909-06-07
WOMEN WORKERS HERGUESTS
MRS. PEARCE BAILEY ENTER
TAINS FOR THE CAUSE.

Tea and Talk 70 Help Along the sur
frage Movemeut-socieGy women MI,
with Cap Makers and saleagiris-
One Male Rises 70 ASK Questions
Society and trads unionism joinet
hands yesterday at spuyten Duyvil Ii
the interest Of the Cause.
The glory belongs entirely to Mss
Pesrce Bailey. II was she who, dis
Appointed that she didn't meet the work
ing girls at any Of the suffrage meeting
held IN Carnegie Hal o. the Colony JCiut
or Mrs. Maekay's drawing room or ever
at the automobile rally In Madison Square
bethought herself that q real garden party
might prove more tempting luro FOL
the wage Garner. Accordingly she Dor
rowed from friend Of hers the old Sea
man place on the crest Of the hill which
overlooks the Harlem and tho Hudson
at ?I5th street. Then she invited repre-
tentatives OF the. bookbindcrs' looa
number "a, and Rose Schneidern,an't
cap makers union, leading alumnS Of
the Manhattan Trade School. girls who
cell things in department stores. several
etenoeraphers. telephone switchboard
operators. girls Who mako ribbons apd
cigar Makers. a. we'll as trade unibn
organizers and teachers Of various
branches Of skilled labor
but she didn't stop here. She invited
the Ishams. whose place is right next tn
the Seaman place; Mrs. Simon flexner,
who is a sister OF President Thomas OF
Rryn Mawr; Mrs. Cambridge Livingston,
Mre. Harris Robbins Childs. Mrs. John
I. Morehead. who has tesn out OF Bryn
Mawr only a year or two; Mr.. and Mrs.
Mintern Collins and Richard Collins.
and the all camo. DR.. Bailey cane
too and DR.. Morehead and several other
physicians. so did Mrs. Harriet Stanton
Blatch. The guests. many of whom ar
rived as early a. o'clock. passed under
a huge marble arch which forms the
entrance to the grounds and climbed
q long flight OF stone steps fankcd every
now and then by . brace OF marble lions.
Mrs. Bailey. Mrs. Flexuer and Mira.
Flatct received than in the portico Of
the Italian villa at the summit and told
them to wandeF about and pick flowers
until the rest came.
Most Of the representatives OF unions
wore tailor clothes and sober headgear
although several OF tho bookbinders were
additionally decked with gold watches.
diamond pins and strings OF pearls. The
girls who said they sold goods In Sixth
avenue. however. wore some OF the
prettisst lingerie fnocks and hats adorned
that have been seen this sessoa.
.-Those who think that the heart OF
woman Ii not really in the Cause may
not believe It, but 1t Ia actually true that
when Mrs. Bailey asked the crowd whether
they wouldn't like to repair at once to
the refreshment tables. which were
tempttnsly arranged under a group OF
trees on the Hudson side Of the grounds.
they chorused "No. let's have the
speeches f1rstl'
At the last moment 1t was decided that
it was too hot to have the talking out OF
doors, so society and the unions adjourned
10 the !cnS COO, drawing room and those
who couldn't find seats cheerfully stood
alcne the walls and in the big hall while
Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Blatch and Rose
schneidernan and the other orators told
them what they owed to their country.
Mrs. Fleaner. who spoke frat. said
that she had been realizing for q long time
,hat the country was moving too slowly
and that she thought the women ought
70 waken to realisation Of their duties
as citizens and demand tho vote. Tho
working girls seemed to like what she
said and they obviously admired her
auburn hair and big brown eyes and the
string OF pink coral that she wore over
he- -ljah frock. After the applause had
died away Mrs. Bailey introduced Mrs.
Batch a. the greatest suffrage orator Of
North America
Mrs. Blatch spoke 90 eloquently that
siinturn Collins was moved to rise and
declare that he thought women ought to
have the ballot. Then he wanted to know
what they would do with 1t after they got
IT,
Mrs. Blatch replied by asking Mr..
Collins who gave him the right to vote.
why. my father. he said. 'He passed
the right down to mo-"
And where did be get the right9' per-
sisted Mrs Blstch-
why, it has been passed down to father
and son for generations. said Mr.. Collins.
Your ancestors came from England or
Scotland or some such place. didn't they?'
asked the suffragist-
Bristol said Mr.. Collins
Well, then.' declared Mrs. Blatch.
trumphantiy. .tbsy didn't always vote,
because IL il not 20 very long ago that
oommoners Of England didn't have suf-
frage.-
My ancestors were not commoners.'
re,orted Mr. Collins. They were belted
earls' Whereat Mrs. Blatch retired from
the contest.
Mr., Collins explained afterward that he
really wanted women to vote. but that he
in common with many Of his friends
feared that the better class OF women
wouldn't take any interest In politics
and that tho ignorant vote would be
alarningly increased.
-one Of our chief trouPIes.' be said.
'les in our political MAJ a5hinery--in the
custom Of nominating sf primaries. for
instance. Now. who over goes TO . pri-
mary except Herbert Parsonsf'
He got just a. much Appaluse. whom he
had finished a though b had como out
In unqualified terms for the Cause. He
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