New-York tribune., 1910-12-30
MISS STOKES AN ARTIST
Socialists Admire Work in Her
Greenwich Village Studio.
RECEPTION TO DELEGATES
Morris Hillquit and Edwin
Markham Address Inter
cole giate Socialists.

The delegates TO the second annual con-
vention of the intercollegiate Socialist So
ciety met last night in their opening ses-
sion at the studio OF Miss Helen Phelps
Stokes, at No. go Grove street Seated
taiIorwise on the feor of the studio. the
men aud women Of the society listened 10
the speeches Of Morris Hilquit and Edwin
Markham, the Slater Island poet, and IN
cldentally they discovered for the public
this Greenwich Village retreat OF the
talented sister Of ]. G. Phelps Stokes. the
president of the society.
The walls Of the studio were hung with
the lifelike portraits painted by MISS
Stokes, who modestly deprecated any noto-
riety as an artist. One Of the portraits was
easily recognized as that OF Mrs. Rose Pas
ter Stokes, her sister-in-iaw. The whole
house, a little two story affair. indigenous
TO Greenwich Village, is occupied b.. MISS
Stokes, whose bedroom adioins the studio
on the second floor. On the ground floor
are the reception room and dining room
IN the rather dim candlelight, which sug-
gested rather than illumined the treasures
round about the hundred or more social
sts. men and women, registered and then
time Of day, formally considered.
Some wore evening clothes, but the ma
jority appeared in the business or street
dress Of the .'comrade An empty cut
glass punch bowl, containing silver ladle.
and many plates of macaroons graced the
dining room table but nobody partook. for
physical refreshu1ent must come after the
mental stimulus impaired by the addresses
Of welcome.
The business of signature and introduce
ton over. the company climbed TO the
studio proper 20 hear the orators, untli
the huge room. etufy with the heat OF
myriad candles. could contain no more
although all stood Miss stokes suggested
that some Of the men might mount TO the
slender balcony at the sourn end OF the
room, but she advised the women TO stay
where they were, for the candles on the
baIcony's edge might set ire TO their
dresses.
The men took her at her word, but the
women disregarded her advice and fol-
lowed the men. This left enough room on
the floor for those Who wished TO squat, as
Upton Sinclair suggested
Mr.. Sinclair neither presided nor spoke
IN this instance he reached the audience
through the chairman. Rene Z. Hoguet.
Lincoln Stefens was scheduled Tor the
principal address, but the illness Of Mrs.
Stenens caused his absence in Greenwich,
Conn.
j. G. Phelps Stokes and Mrs. Stokes, who
vas Miss Rose Pastor, had been expected
also, but Mr.. Stokes's doctor had ordered
him 10 the Adirondacks as the result OF A
severe cold Another absentee on account
Of health was William Dean Howells, who
is suffering from grip. Mr.. Hcwells sen:
a letter OF regret. read by Harry ". Laid
Ter. organizer OF the society, in which he
said
II send my hail to the students who in
clude humanity in the humanities-'
Mr Hildu:t's speech vas an admonit1on
as well as welcome He told the squat
ters. the fringe of standess and the occu-
pants of the peanut gallery, they must
always bear in mind that socia lism maaes
its appeal most powerfully 70 those IL
terested in its promises-in other Tords,
the worsing naasses-and that the choice
spirits present could never hope 70 &C
complish anything So fundamental as 4
revolution unless they had the masses De-
hind them.
Don't Try" said he, to sVolve a spe-
ciaI brand of your own, more refined, q
more spiritual socialism than that Of the
common laborer. The moment you do, you
fail"
Among those who attended this reception
70 the visiting delegates and invited guests
Of the New York Alumni Chapter we're
Algernou Lee. Ellis .. Jones. Allan Benson,
Miss Mary R Sanford Mrs. Jessica G.
Finch and Edward 2. Cassidy.
Altogether about fifty delegates from
the various Eastern and Middle Western
colleges viii attend the various meetings OF
the convention to-day, together with 100 or
more students from the institutions in the
neighborhood \ dinner at KaliTs. in Park
Place. will put a period TO the festivities
tonight