The sun., 1909-10-25
WELCOME TO MRS. PANKHURST
LOTS OF CLOTHES BUT LITTLE
TALK AT THE RECEPTION.

chiefly She Hopes TO Correct the Impress
sion That She said That American
women we're Not Ready for the Ballot
Origin OF the Name Suirrasette.
II is true that Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
believes in the ballot for women. She
has said so on upward of thousand plat
forms. But that is only part of her creed.
No one of the hundreds Of guests who
managed 20 push their way into the re-
ception given in her honor yesterday
afternoon at the Belmont Fifth avenue
headquarters could doubt for one mo-
ment that she still retains her girlhood
faith in frilly frocks and plumy hats and
swears allegiance TO the tyrants of the
Rue de la Paix.
There were plenty OF other women
present whose clothes deserved more
than passing glance, and won it. The
Rev. Anna Shaw wore a real lace collar
fastened with a massive cameo brooch
on which was carved a likeness Of Miss
Susan b. Anthony. Mrs. Ida Hustled
Harper was resplendent in a crushed
strawberry broadcloth frock and a black
picture hat. Prof. Frances Squire Potter
wore a fetching shade of pearl gray avd
Miss Helen Murphy wore a costume OF
turquoise blue satin. Miss Annie Peck.
the mountain climber, had on a clinging
affair OF biege silk adorned with baby
blue fringe, and Miss Harriette May Mills.
vice-presdent OF the State organization.
was looking her best in pale green with
pink corals.
Their dresses were all worth looking
at, and every one looked at them con-
tentedly until the slender pink checked
woman who arrived from Boston on the
4 o'clock train made her way quietly
through the crowd and stood by the side
Of Mrs. Oliver II. p. Belmont. Mrs. Pank-
hurst wore a heliotrope coat and skirt
Of chiffon broadcloth and a turban of a
little darker shade trimmed with two
ostrich plumes in tones ranging from the
deepest purple to the palest lavender
She carried a green suede handbag and
a bouquet OF vioIets and white jasmine
The Woman's National Progressive Suf-
frage Union sent her a huge bunch Of yel-
low chrysanthemums and autumn leaves.
but she seemed TO realize that she wouldn't
make the right sort Of background for
it and relegated it to a table until she
was ready 10 take her departure.
As the applause which greeted her en-
trance died away the Rev. Anna Shaw
took her hand and drew her into the
centre Of a little .Open space that had
been achieved by hard work on the part
Of the ushers
Miss Shaw intimated in her opening
speech that the national association did
not necessarily approve Of all Mrs. Pank-
hurst 5 methods and ideas simply because
il was making her It's guest of honor. but
that it was merely giving a personal
tribute to a great worker for a great
cause.
Mrs Pankhurst said that although she
had been looking forward for a long time
TO coming to America she had had no
idea il would be so perfectly lovely and
that every one would be so extremely
nice TO her. She had met an American
naval officer on the boat coming over.
she said, who had treated her with that
beautiful courtesy which all American
men seemed TO show 10 all women whether
they agreed with their point of view
OF not.
Mrs Pankhurst followed with an an
which called forth a few
subdued gasps of astonishment.
Il found Boston most sympathetic"
murmured Mrs. Pankhurst innocently.
1T is a most hospitable place, and felt
very much at home there.
There has been only one thing which
made me feel unhappy since my arrival
ontinued Mrs. Pankhurst. -One of the
newspapers quoted me as saying that
did not think American women were
ready for the vote. hope every one
here " i'll do all she can to contradict that
statement. | never said such a thing.
In my opinion no women in the world.
with the possible exception of the women
of Australia and New Zealand, are 80
thoroughly prepared tor the vote as are
the women of your country.
Il can't make very much Of a speech
TO you to-day, because the organization
of which have the honor TO be the founder
has for its motto Deeds not words and
there is really very little for me 70 say
except perhaps to explain away some
misunderstanding in regard to the So
called militant met hods of the suffragettes
That | have planned 10 do tomorrow
night in Carnegie Hall, and all OF you
who are sufficiently interested may
hear all about the matter there. The
name sufiragette, was, as you know,
given TO us first in derision by one of our
sensational newspapers We objected 10
il very strongly, but at length we grew 10
look upon IL as somewhat Z distinction,
ness in the cause. You may have heard
the story about the two newsboys who
were discussing women and the ballot.
What's the difference anyway be-
tween a sufiragette and a suffragist?"
asked ono of them.
Why, don't yer know replied the
other scornfully, the suffra gists jist
want a vote, but the suffragettes are
goin' TO get il.
After this Mrs. Pankhurst spent about
an hour telling individual fighters for
franchise how glad she was to zee them,
and then Mrs. Blatch. who has her in
charge until after the big meeting. took
her away in a red taxicab
A woman who was introduced by her
escort as Lady Roso Fitz George, daughter
of the Duke OF Cambridge and cousin
of Queen Victoria. was among those who
paid their respects to the English leader.
but Lady Cooks green automobile was
not among those which waited in front
Of the headquarters entrance. Mrs.
Clarence Mackay didn't motor in from
Roslyn, and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
and Miss Mary Garrett Hay spent the
whole afternoon in their apartment on
Central Park West. The ten rooms
,ukioh tho haa Inua rtara ,var..