The sun., 1910-01-09
MONEY And WOMENS VOTES
CONTRASTS or SUFFRAGISTS
HARE AND IN ENGLAND.
fnC English women Better Than the
Americans at Raising Money OT
NC Personal Element In England
InEIiSh Enthusiasm In Giving.

vkh gOodly American dollars to their
cred, some OF the American suffragists
yre asking. "lf conditions which make
for -lfrage in England and America are
radically different why import English
.ftators to the enrichment of their
organization and the impoverishment OF
the American exoheQuerY'
tDwing to the large sum We have to
III Nrs. Pankhurst- Ss25-we regret
,hat We are unable 10 offer you more than
sei wrote the Boston Suffrage Society
~ inviting the president OF the American
Natiolal Society to address a meeting
followng that Of the English speaker.
American women have made a name as
pubhc speakers. Many American suf-
fragc speakers have been heard and ap-
fIauded by English audiences IL Is yet
IN be recorded, il is declared, that one has
ever received a shilling for her services
from an English organization. For nine
years DIR. Anna Howard Shaw has visited
England speaking throughout the king
dom without compensation. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait travels and speaks at her
own expense not only in England but
9SeSthroughout Europe.
American suffragists have certainly
much TO learn from the English in the
matter OF raising campaign funds. A
crucial difference between an English and
an American suffrage meeting is the re-
sponsiveness OF the one and the evasive-
ness OF the other to a financial appeal
This difference was disclosed at the
Carnegie Hall meeting which welcomed
Mts Emeline Pankhurst who was brought
over by the Self supporting Women's
Equal Suffrage League, to stump America
in the interest OF the cause.
II was a representative audience. intelli-
gent, modish. Curiosity and enthusiasm
we're marked. For two hours the audi
ence listened attentively to the speak
ere. up to the moment when Mrs Blatch,
chairman OF the meeting. launched hard
ldSEstory.
when the League Of SeIf-supportine
Women undertook to bring Mrs. Pank-
hurst to America II had - in the treasury.
che began. 1T owed two months rent.
The landlord-the Women's Trade Union
Laague-Said it would take two boxes
at the meeting. The Supporting
women's League requested payment in
advance Surely such audacity is worthy
N remuneration
Rustic among commuters; meditAtive
opening and closing OF decorative purses;
ssarch in gloves for carfare. furtive dive
Tor~inaccessible pockets among the audi
ence.
Now" resumed Mrs. Rlatch. you have
heard the foremost speaker In the worlds .
most vital movement. We ask you to
substantiate your appreciation and help
hs TO defray the expense Of this history
making meeting by dropping what 1t was
worth to you in the baskets which ushers
will pass around"
1.sPrestoi Wild scramble from galleries.
balDonies and aisles.
Don't go out" pleaded Mrs Batch.
please don't. That's mean.-
Heedless OF the appeal. believer and un-
believer alike scrambled to the exits,
leaving box. orchestra and stage ticket
holders to bear the expense of the history
making meeting. The next day the
newspapers announced the amount of the
receipts. $500. Three hundred dollars
wtht to Mrs. Pankhurst; besides $3.50 had
sobs paid for Carnegie Hall.
In England at this stage OF the move
ment E1O0 from an audience in Queen,
~. James's or Prince Albert Hall is but a
starter in the enthusiasm OF giving with
which mass meetings are wont 10 cul-
inmate.
ninety-one hours Mrs. Leigh starved In
nallowell prison., rose above the roar
.. the Queen Hall welcome London ten
nered to the first stomach pump martyr
IN her return to freedom.
From every part OF the auditorium came
sank notes, a shower OF sovereigns half
NTowns and shillings. Those caught
without cash sent up promises to pay.
EveE contribution reaching the plat
fosm was read aloud and apPlauded. II
a..
announce the returns from the platform.
Nowhere in London OF the provinces does
en- audience stink away without con-
'fbuting its mite.
money talks. nowhere is it talking
more noisily at present than in England 8
militant suffrage campaign. 1t rs the
siccess OF the militants in raising money
rather than their personal sacrifices per-
haps that has forced the Government to
it up and take notice. so long as the
in Hyde Park the Prime Minister might
automobile with impunity between Par
lament and Downing street, but with
The passing from Hyde Park carts to
spacious quarters in ST. Clements Inn,
ssth an organ. Votes for Women. springing
in three months from 1000 to 1900 paid
subscribers and a pledge to reach 100 600.
with a bank account OF t257 .OOO the
suffra gettes showed their power.
ln less than year s237 900 was raised
mat II more money, IL mas Dcen SAID,
than has been spent upon woman
suffrage in America since the first clarion
note at Seneca Falls in 1881
How much OF the indifference. the ire
sponsveness OF the Carnegie Hall audi
ence to the financial appeal cited is 10
he attributed to want OF sympathy, want
Of conviction, how much to that national
training which has accustomed Ameri-
L4SrsNao expect and to get much for moth
inA is a question. There is nothing free
U England but rain. fog and speech.
For everything else the English have been
schooled TO pay. It 10 to this national
training that the sufragettes are largely
indebted for their campaign funds.
There are no free literature. programmes,
badges, buttons at an English suffrage
meeting, conservative or militant. From
penny to a shilling and half crown il
the price OF their wares, while TO not a
few meetings admission is paid. On
every side money is solicited.
The cleverness with which English
stomen turn every phase Of the agitation
INTO money was a revelation to the Ameri-
Is who attended the international
Nfrrage Convention in London. They