Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-19
ONE LONE MAN AT LUNCHEON
All other Lords Of Creation at Pank.
hurst Function Protected.
HE ISN'T A BIT FRIGHTENED
British suffrRgist is Central Figure
Amid an ASSembIage of Repre-
sentative Women of city
at Rome Hotel.


The only unprotected man to attend the
Pankhurst luncheon at the Rome yester-
DAY was Henry +. Curtis Of Worcester,
Mass, the play ground authority, who
has been lecturlng here and whose wife
is visiting in Michigan, All the other
men who braved the folds Of the sufera-
sists were accompanied by their wives
Mr. Curtis was especially interested in
the affair and asked the chairman Of
the luncheon committee that his name be
not overlooked. lie is an advocate Of
woman suffrage and is deeply interested
in the British militant movement He
was not in the least deferred when he
learned that he would be the only unes-
corted man present.
Mounted on an ordinary soap box in
order that all might see her Mrs. Pank-
hurst argued and pleaded for woman sur-
frage in America to more than $50 per-
sons at the luncheon at the Rome.
Prominent American Women.
Mrs. Pankhurst pointed to Jane Ad-
dams, Ella Flagg Young and other emf
nent American women in support Of hor
contention that woman should have the
ballot. These women, she said, have
risen to high places, are potent factors
for good Each is doing a great and in
estimable work in advancing the world
TO better conditions morally, mentally
and politically. Their services gladly are
accepted, their abilities and their value
TO the state are recognized, yet they are
barred from citizenship by an Anticipated
legal system.
Jane Adams, Ella Flagg Young and
other noted American women have told
Mrs. Pankhurst that they desire the vote
she said; that their efforts would be NOR,
effective il they Possessed all the rights
and privileges OF citizenship
They need the ballot and they should
have It," said Mrs Pankhurst 1T Il
necessary to make their vote more eff.
fective; to make It more effective thar
It ever can be SO long as they are denied
full citizenship
Elaborate Decoration.
For the luncheon the U-shaped table
was decorated with baskets OF flowers
and ferns in the colors of Mrs. Pank
bursts militant suffragette organization
purple, green and white At the head o.
the table, where Mrs. Pankhurst sat wa.
= huge basket Of English yiolots, swan
sonia and ferns, tied with a broad purpl,
ribbon.
At this section of the table were seated
Mrs. M. d. Cameron, president Omaha
Woman's club, who introduced thu
speaker and was chairman OF the gen
eral committee in charge of the luncheon
Mrs. w. f. Shafer. president OF tn,
Omaha Woman Suffrage society; Mrs. A
X. Gault, national vice president of tn,
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mrs. Halleck Rose, member OF the Ne
braska Woman Suffrage advisory board
Mrs. Clara f. Burbank, president Of thu
= American Woman's league of Nebraska
Mrs. Mary Gerard Andrews of Minnea
polls; Mrs. d. C. John, president Dougla
County Woman's Christian Temperance
unions Mrs. George Tilden. presiden
Young Women's Christian Temperate
union and chairman of the Invitation
committee; Miss M e. Pethlck of tn
staff of Votes for Women" London.