The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-14
STANTON STIRRED TO WRATH
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TheodoFe stanton son of Elizabeth
Cady stanton. brother of Harriet stanton
Batch aud uncle Of Nora Blatch he
Forrest. told a crowd tina, assembled lasi
night on the corner % 10Th street and
seventh avenue 10 listen TO the suffrage
doesnt have a room where members
can receive women visitors 10 a provincial
and narrow minded institution
-You NAV wonder why should men
this kind he added 4 do 90 because
Of an incident which has just occurred
and which has made nv blood boil an
incident which | am sure would not have
occurred II women had the ballot
i am graduate 81 Cornell University.
continued AIR. Stanton. as - also my
! niece. Mrs De Forrest. who will address
you later. have been living in Paris
country only last Saturday. received
a very urgent invitation TO join the Cornell
University CRIB and had made up my
mind that ! would do so friend ~
mine who u member invited me To dine
here with him tonight ~ o'clock
This morning q young woman. a grand
daughter Vt Horace Greeley who was
one of INV most valued friends telephoned
90 me skiing Il she could have little
talk with ma On a subject IN which she was
much Interested asked her ~ u'eet me
~ the Cornell club 40 q and sh. replied
that she would
Nov know wen, ON Mr stanton
that the ~ j. good deal Of prejudice
among some % the Comedians against
cueducston and determining not q
run foul % Il | decided to 81 tn young
LAZY IN tho hall rather than invite her
into one 81 the rooms where her presence
might possibly disturb any Of tho MEM
hers She arrived promptly AT o and
had been talking with her a few minutes
when the friend vino asked me u dinner
came in lie asked mo To- take the Lady
up To- the reading room aud | did 80 We
hEi besn thors about ift.an minutes
when my friend came ~ and whispered
. 90 me IN very ombarTa-soi fashion
3 Nhai lnrf~ NaH an dNIhl tbN on hoNl-
stairs Necauss there was a lady IN IN.
reading room end hc would have 10 ask
me - cut the interview short.
Il COULDN'T Insult lady 10y asking her
To 30. nov could ~ asked Mr. stanton.
No one in the crowd seemed to think
that he could and he went on with his
story
Well J'isi went right on talking
hs ~ L. and What do YOU think happened
r"yt. \ pnrter came in with note IL
me- from my friead in which the latter
informed me that a. I persisted ia vio-
lafing tho rules ~ the club he himself
wouli BE- nhl,ge IN leave ~ course
urst cTumpl- up the note aui hntsh-i
NV conversation wiIh n" la'lv a. IL moth
ing unusual hat ocrurrri She lott at
twenty minutes tstur- Z. The hour set for
the dinner TO which ! had h""n invited.
but when I locke q out for my friend
found that he la l-ff the clIh
As I "a. uot yet a member l hal ~
q khi To- dime there by myself 80 | went
uptown and din"d a. a r,-taurIut II
y hardly ue,>-~.irv 80 Say tha' l tore
~ the application ulsuk for neinb.r-
ship ia that Cluh NhIch ! had Ju.t made
out A. INV cluO in Psri- ! have received
lady visitors over aud over again There
IN room IN every club over there where
members can rscnv- ladies Why II J.,
IzssIble for trldssp..rpl- also Ia come To
the ciul- in Paras 10 collect their balls
I .houldln't call tha' much 81 an asset
for he ParIs clUb- remarked a man IN
the crowd nut Mr. sian ~ dldnf hear
him
II women could vote he concluded
IT would h. ImpO-sIDie for such an epI.
-nd- - "ccur The mental aItitud. Of
men 'uWard women would lie entirely
chan gsd and AL such marrow minded
prejudice would he wIped "ut
The crowd appLa uded the speaker yIgor
ously. and while "a spectaclad Young
woman WAS explaining from the soap
BOX platform that u took only a few
minutes Ia vote and that go,ng Co the polls
wonldn't play havoc with the home.
Mrs Ds- Forrest called the T-port-r- 10
her and asked them to io' down a few
things which her unCl. had been too mod.
est TO mention
NV uncl. has gwen thousands Of
volumes to the Cornell library she said.
and I think the trustee will i-el pretty
badly when they learn how h- has besn
treated az this club. II ~ all the WORSE
because he has been abroad - many
years and coul ,ln I h, expected Ia under.
stand all their petty little rules. You
know he has just come over To -es about
the publication Of his La. Of Rosa Bon
heur This sort Of thing won't encourage
him To remain very long
Alra. De Forrest and Elilab.th Cook.
the CoTneIl orator. and other Self-Srp-
porters made -udrag. speeches. bat
none Of them caused anv excitement
VtlOR SENT 10 PRISON.