The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-23
SAVE THEIR MONEY
TO AID THE cause"
New York suffragists Will OBJ
serve the Week of Self Denial,
Which Begins August Is.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
Entire Sisterhood Pinching and
Scraping, Some Even Retrim-
ming Their Old Hats.
Y Leased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire 10 The Tribune.
NEW YORK. July 22.-Three thousenc
New York sufrra gettes have already sig
nifed their intention 20 observe self de
NAL week, which begins August Is.
These devoted women are pledged To
barest necessities OF life, and 10 donate
the money saved 10 the cause
Mrs. William Warner Penfeld. the tall.
distinguished looking woman who now
fills the place OF Mrs Carrie Chapman
Gait as chairman OF the woman suffrage
party; today told about the week Of self
denial
we are Undertaking it for two rea-
sons she explained
The most obvious one is that we need
lot OF money AS most people know
giving the woman the vote has passed
the California legislature. and will go TO
the people this coming autumn. II is
a tremendously important event in the
History of suffrage and the California ii
women are meeting the situation nobly
Thousands OF them have been making a
summer OF self-deniaI. giving up. their
VACATIONS and even weekend trips In
order to devote the time and money 10
forwarding the cause among the people
Much Money Needed
But still they need more money, not
for the buying OF votes. but for legitimate
campaign purposes for education of the
people TO the issue. They have sent an
appeal all over the country. and we New
York women feel that we must not let
1t go unheeded. SO half the funds coll
lected during our self denial week will
be sent to our sisters in California The
other half Will be kept In our own treas.
ury for. Of course. we, too. are always
needing money.
''All the women who have heard of the
self denial week arc thoroughly enthusi-
astlc. Women who have almost no
money that they can. call their own.
mothers of large families on the east
side. have told us they will go without
the occasional car rides and the pleas
ant Sundays which are their only solace
this torrid weather and give all their
rev cents saved TO the cause.
'On The whole. lawyers. doctors and
other professional women who belong
to the party are pledging. US a half or
tWo-thirds or even seven -eighths OF their
income during the week set apart. Each
woman Will retain for herself. OF the
money she earns. just enough for bare
living expenses.
Real self-Denial.
"The rank and file OF us will probably
and self'denial, A friend told me the
other day that she had retrimmed her
hat instead of buying new one. and put
aside the money saved for the self denial
fund.
During the week Of August 15 MANY
women VIII do their own laundry work
They, They will ol drink mo no sodas, eat no ice
city for weekend visits. They will
polish their own shoes. clean their
gloves. They will take their shampoo at
home instead of going to the hairdress-
ers
Our women will go TO no theaters or
concerts or beach resorts. II some OF
them have been hiring a woman to as
sIst In the housework they will dismiss
her. The one who lives in an apart
ment house for this week will dismiss
the maid.
"Of course. we shall have 10 eat but
We shall be as saving as possible
fancy some OF us will dispense with lunch
altogether, and we shall not buy flow
er a popular magazine, or summer
novel In all the week. II we wish to
read there are always the free public
libraries.