El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19

of Mrs. Pcwelrs Brooklyn friends. re-
ferring to them shirt waist wearers,
and Mrs. Powell resented it by promptly
resigning She decided TO form the Pub
lie Good society at once and to elimln-
ate all calss distinction.
I don't believe in this socalled society
anyway" said Mrs Powell. who Is a
singer of note to correspondent Tor
The Herald today at her magnl1i-
Gently furnished home, No. 915 Presi-
dent street Il think one man or woman
is as good as another, il they are nom.
est"
This is the keystone of the new So
ciety. All the members. including Mrs
Hull, the vice president, who comes from
a very old and wealthy family, belieVe
liz social equality.
Il wouldn't care if a man or woman
didn't have a cent, so long as they were
honest said Mrs. Hull, who is a char-
ter Tner Der of the Smile club
Mrs. Powell, who is taking deep IN
terest in the suffragist movement gave
up a good deal of her valuable time 10
explain the objects of the new organl-
zation. She took pains to state that II
had nothing 10 do with suffrage direct
". although she hoped that 1T wouio
eventually help 70 bring about the fran
chise for women through its example
and its workings.
Our plan" said Mrs. Powell, lis to
have two meeting places-one at the
Waldorf Astoria and one at webster
Hall, in East 18th street AT the -1or-
mer the socalled better element Will
meet. and at the latter the poor OF the
east side will come together
Social gatherings Will be held IN
each place once month in the evening,
the idea being to bring together the
men and women Of the family. we VIII
have lectures. vocal and instrumental
music. including opera selections, ana
dancing.
To Have Government LECTURER.
I'VE hope to get the government IN
terested so that it will send a lecturer
who can give a talk on economics There
will be another lecturer, who VIII Jake
the side of the common people, ana IN d
measure oppose the governments idea
with the object of bringing the soclal
economic conditions existing through
out the country into notice, so that the
wealthy and the poor VIII unoerstahu
each other better and thus prlng ABOUT
more equable conditions.
After the lectures and music we Will
have dancing for the young people. ana
the older ones. TOO. My daughter Will De
there with her escort, and she VIII De
Obliged to hear the things that are
necessary to know
1--WE will let the east side teach the
west side The latter do not know HE
They are too phlegmatic. too stolid, too
stiff. They want to get in touch Win
things as they exist among the RANK
and file of the people,
.sThey are anxious to do it, too. Our
plan has received the Endorsement or a
lot of well known people and 1 am be-
ing inundated with applications for
membership. The dues will be 50 q year
70 0hn ont
bers. 4 lot Of very wealthy people nave
Joined already. but 1 am almost sorry
for this. for I find they are the ones
that are usually close listed. But we.
are not going to depend on donations
The dues will support the organization.
I'VE hope to accomplish a great deal
for the dwellers of the east side and
eventually to convince the Legislators
without taking a horsewhip to them that
they ought to pass just laws that will
help to alleviate the misery and suffer
ing that now exists among the poor
when out meetings are held in Web
ster hall, we viii go through the same
program as at the Waldorf The west
side and the east side will mingle to-
gether and social distinctions will not
be drawn at ALL We hope to set up
new aristocracy in which all will be.
equal by educating the poor
Mrs Powell. when asked II II was
in evening attire and let them mingle
with her guests at a reception recently,
smiled and said:
There may be some truth in the story
Why not?'
1t was learned that Mary Corrigan,
a waitress in Mrs. Powell's home. dress
ed in $500 gown. mingled with her
mistress guests for whole evening at
a ball recently but she felt i'll at ease
and said afterwards that she didn't care
for society life, as it was too hard
work.