The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18
VIEWS OF A CLUBWOMAN OF So
MRS. HERMAN IS FOR SUFFRAGE,
BUTWHY SHRIEk FOR 1T:
ahe's Been n Member of sorosis Ter ~
Wears and belongs 20 Many Other Or
EAnIyati lions Many Changes. Al To the
Advantage &C wShten. In ticr Time.

NeuFN 1uu ApflDOLn 70 Naauy ONNEN Wv
EAnIyatiOns- Many Changes. Al 10 the
Advantage 90 wSaien. In Sier Time.
II really isn't quite safe TO say that
Mrs. Esther Herman. who was 80 years
old yesterday, u the dean OF American
club women. hut 1t u certain that she
has been a member Of Sorosis for thirty
five years. and her name IL prominent
~ the rolls Of the Rainy Day Club. the
woman's Press Club. the Health Protec-
tive Society the Professional Woman's
League. the Legislative League, half
a dozen 81 the patriotic associations.
and many othsrs.
The. directors of the Health Protective
Society helped her celebrate her birth
day yesterday 10y eating luncheon with her
at her house at 90 West Fifty-sixth street
and after each .;i==t had made = speech
BETTING the occasion Mrs. Ralph Traut-
man. president of the society. presented
TO the hostess on behalf Of the board
"A centrepiece OF duchesse lace enclosed
in a glass case surrounded by a silver
rim on which were engraved the names
Of the donors.
Mrs. Herman was delighted with the
gift. but she said that no one could pos
sibly deserve all the nice things that
the directors said Of her. She was tribe
hurt too when some one asked her II che
really did belong To hundred clubs.
why. don't belong TO half that num-
her. she replied with spirit i couldn't
afford either the time OF the money. Think
that clubs are very good things for women.
hut dozen or so are enough for any
one. For a long time I was - member
~ only Sorosis. hat 50 many 81 the or
CARNATIONS that have been formed in
the last twenty years have had such
worthy objects In view that ] thought
It WAS my duty tn join them
DO yuu think they had much Innus0ce
on the community she was asked.
4 certainly do she replied. sitting
M very straight in her green velvet
armchair and adjusting the point lace
fichu which was draped in soft folds over
her black -ilk frock.
why. do you know that Gan remember
the day when It was not uncommon for
"a husband to- say to his wife when she
asked him for money. What can a woman
want with money! That seemed Ia he
the general masculine sentiment when
I was young woman. But everything
- changed now It - recognized that
~
and friil~ and vanuies and, club dues
lust a. much AZ "A man needs money for
hts little personal InduIgence-. WoIBen's
clubs have bacn largely instrumental
IN bringing thus about. They have also
had tho effect II making women more
Intelligent. and more companlonable 10
men - that their husbands and fathers
and brothrrs have lseen reconciled tn
th.. pt..a II handing cut "a little more
rnpnssy that t-ft accounted Tor.
Mr. Herman Looked slightly bored
when She was asked whether she belonged
tn any -ufrag" clubs.
I think woman suffrage will surely
come "a tune she said. hut u won't
come any ~boneT i@cau-s "A st 81 Wonlsn
-T-,Td an their time -hTIeklng for u VI
d"plurp Inonn than ! Ctn say the actions
of a certain class IL rp-,zll"si sunraGettes.
Women cannot gam anything by ioI
getting that they arr ladies. and certainly
not when they 90 ~ FAR A. Ia act uRlly
throw - almost al -smhlahc" nj woman
hpss-
As tor a." suTragIsts IN this country.
coutiru.sd the uld lsdy with unahats-d
severity -th-v arr simply talking the
men in death ! know several men who
are va favor ui giving the hall"t To women
VII" would walk mil' &" get "ut Of the
Wv nf woman sunragisi
, f-'Th., laader- ought Ia learn that moth
inE Is galnsd 10y continually harpInR
ON on" string You have hsen giving
Us things m this state pretty fast. The
/ laws har. arr very favorable to women,
amt Il j. therefore difficult to make the
men $50 that women are treated A. uu
Justly a. some of them ssetE to think
they arr The while thing ~ a matter
Of evolution when we have arrived
at stag " civilization where We are
! r,ady trr IN. womsn's vote. the men
will grant u think woman suffrage
would - = very guod thing. hat also think
" - thing w. tz,n afford - wait for.
Their. - much for women To- d. along
, philantrufhic lines. and much valuable
work - iht~ KIND - left undons lecslI~e
women who should b" devotlng their
tim. to u are worrying themselves and
all with whom they c"tnc IN contact
lecaiI-.. they hsVsn't vote.
Mrs Herman SAID size Was sorry the
Board 81 Education had decided that
they CuiIidn't endorse equal pay Tor equal
work. but she believed that that alan
would come after a while The women
t.achcrs she SAID. wouldn't wake their
cans" any NOR" popular hy t"" much
. sgitatiug.
81 DO not lp'itav" IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
on tho par IF women. she saId. when
vu,I an simply asking for things from
Ieupls who have tn" IpoweT IT, give them
or to- withhold them u doves not nay to
H.. tnn strenuous. Moderation and tact
an. mor' effective weapons.