The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-17
BEHOLD The ENGLISH WOMAN
MRS. BELMONT rory HER
BETTER TRAINED IMAM al RS.
Not HagInE BeeO spoiled by Men. % Vet
laws That she Makes . Nero EHsrlent
SunraEette would Anybody Here
Drive an AutOmoblle I'm I inform:

sunraEeIte would Anybody Here
Drive az AutOmobIls In Z inform:
The American woman has been spoiled
nv men, sighed Mrs. q. n. r. Belmont
yesterday afternoon from the depths OF
her official chair at the Fifth Avenue
suffrage headquarters. she has been
petted and pampered and treated AS a
toy Jewels and clothes and Injuries
of all SORTS have been lavi-hed upon her
and practically nothing has been expected
OF her in return.
The result il that although naturally
keen and clever she has become an idle.
irresponsible creature. capable Of accom-
plishing good Sork m the world hut
ignorant Of how to set about II. She
knows little or nothing If household
economy and financial affairs ara a sealed
book to her.
Now the English woman il very
different sort of person. She - accus-
TONED 10 certain definite allowance on
which To run the house and to another
for her clothes and personal expenses.
She knows the amount 81 her husbands
income and she knows Just what must
I've done with II. She understands poll
Tics. both local and national She knows
why she wants to vote. She understand
the power and value Of organization.
All classes of English woman stick to-
gether.
That IL something continued Mrs
Belmont fervently that A merican women
must learn to do before they can hope to
attain political and economic equality
with men. Childish differences and petty
jealousie~ must he suboriinated to the
greatness Of the cause for which We are
all fighting-
Her listeners wanted 10 know what
plans had developed cat 81 Mrs Bel
mcnts conference with Mrs. Clarence
MackAy IN Paris.
Why had long talk with Mrs.
Mackay she sad. hut We didn't say
much about suffrage. A. nearly a.
can remember we talked most Of the
time about clothes. You know We do
have to think 81 them sometimes.
Those present regarded the chiffon
cloth costume Of the speaker and the
gray willow plume on her picture hat
with wlstful admiration and bTeathed
assent
But they are 4 great deal of troubles
went on Mr. Belmont My luggage
was put over ~ the second class Bs toy
q
my people had an awful tune finding II
/ Then although | had carefully declared
everything bought abroad those customs
! officials insisted IN taking everything
out ~ my trunks They even opened
the. PACKAGE Ot gloves tn 500 whether
. there might not ne fourteen pair instead
I ~ twelve My maid Was very particular
To- put my new things ~ trunks Nv them
selves tut those men unpa CksAi all the
others too. I'm sur" ! don't know why
81. I -. "A fal4.s.
thing. II they're not going To believe
vou why do they require YOU a. taxi"
an nathy Nhv 10 was nearly midnight
when got my trunks A. for poor Miss
Milholand she was detained on IN" pier
until after ~ O'Clock For some reason
or other they wouldn't let her come IN a.
q nonresident although she has always
done so before
You haven I told them about the fair
said Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper at tins
point
We'll will SAID Mr. Belmont. for
I am tremendously Interested ~ u and
am gong - begin IN" worl. immediately
Ih- far ~" continued. is 10 Dee held
"a tins C.ty IN ll.seub.'r under the aus
plC,.S ~ the state Sufrag" ASSOCIATION.
and | have accepted IN" hairtnauShIp 81
th. executive committee Miss Ann"
Morgan has promised to help and 80 has
Miss Elizabeth Marbury, who has always
been known - an au'l--iIfragi=i Mime
Nordica has agreed 70 take charge Of
musical afternoon We haven't decided
upon the hail perhaps -" shall take
Madison Sguar, Garden Every suffrage
organization IN the State viii he repre-
sentad and We hope TO make considerable
money
We suHrag ists must put our shoulders
10 the wheel and moi think - much bout
heIng lsdy'ke.- she went on. When
distributed literature ~ hg meeting ~
Trafalgar square | found women 81 title
dong the same thing side bv SIDE WITH
factory girls. 4 Young English women %
great wealth and nobl" family drives an
automobile IN London for the caus" Sh"
has adopted a uniform and has become IN"
chauffeur Of the suTrag" delivery wagon
She does not LOSE caste 10y thus work, and
her aid tn the suhrag" cause ~ worth
twice what an anonymous gIft Of money
would be- Mrs PankhurSt always pub
fishes N. names ~ those Who give money.
lend their automobiles or perform any
other service II that were done over
here people would say We were trying to
Advertls. ourselves
Mrs Belmont couldn't saw Iust when
the English women would get M" ballot
hut sh.. declared they would have u long
before the American women did
She said that two new branches would
~. sdded To her Political Equality Asso-
cation. the doctors branch and the
nurses branch. and that more suffrage
set Element houses would be established
Throughout N" city
tGED riSHIER iRRENTED