The evening world., 1911-08-15
of These Hcroines
Will EUen Do Their
DUN Laundry and
Clean Their DUN
Cloues to Get Money,
They Say.
By Marguerite Mooers Marsha

By Marguerite Mooers Marshau
To-day mi the Feast before the
Famine. Early this afternoon At clason
Point. in . large yellow tent. gathers .
tried n true band-ths special oom-
mises for the Beif-Dsniai Week Of the
Woman Suffrage Party Of New York.
And when that committee arises from
the table che esif-Denial Week Will have
begun.
We are to combine . nnsi conference
on methods Of ~self-deniAl and our last
square meal" admitted Mrs. A. c.
Hughston. who IL Chairman Of the
party's Pubic Demonstration Committee
and the manager of tho luncheon.
One Of the papers said that the
luncheon would consist Of bareback" she
added. s%cornfully. 1T won't! We shall
have green corn steamed. with It's
own yellow i~avss ehcut Il. and sand
witches and cake and lemonade and Tea.
And there will be all everybody rants"
But coming economies will cast their
shadows before them." I suggested.
"Yes. indeed" asserted Mrs. H~ughston.
W. are going to make q thorough can
wss. over our luncheon. Of all the ways
and means Of saving monsy. You see
We not only want money for our own
treasury. but we nj to send - much
a. we oan TO California The savings of
Self Dental Week wiz DO halved equally
bSkween VI and our siotsr State.
"OW thers the suffrage amendment
has passed tho Legislature and will be
put up to the people this fall. There
fore California women suffragiSts have
undertaken . tremendous campaign Of
public education. n We wan TO DO
all We can to help them. We Are going
to send two members Of the women's
Suffrage party out there for the last
SIX weeks before elections, MIRA @. c.
Flake and Mrs. Helen Hay Greeley.
We believe they will give fresh I'M
petuS to the movement"
And now what are some Of re self
denying projects you will suggest TO-
dayf" l asked
MANY Of Us win walk . great deal
and ave our carfares. Working girls
have written 70 the headquarters Of the
Woman's Party. No. / Madison venue.
hAhu pIOAuA0Ou W WSAA cAGiOI AA8ht "a
morning botweAn their work and home,
Those Of VI who arc commuters. And
for whom such . plan would not be
practicable. win ab1ure the trolley on
our trips about town.
Doctors. lawyers and other profess
sional women who belong to the party
are pledging US a half or two-thirds
or ever seven-eighths Of their income
during the week Of self-denial. Each
woman will retair for herself of the
money she earn just enough for BARI
living expenses.
Some of tus will do without lunch
altogether and some who have been In
the habit OF spending from sixty to
seventy-fve cents will content them
selves with a ten-cent sandwich.
Mrs. William Warren Penfield. our
acting chairman. will deny herself the
milk of her fine Jersey cows and con-
ri5ute the money obtained by selling
1t. We shall re-trlm our hats instead
OF buying now ones. I generally use
up a veil a week. but J shan't buy a
new one this week.
Some OF us will do our own laundry.
We shall clean our own gloves and
polish our own shoes. One woman has
declared that che will buy no new white
silk elbow gloves during the week. and
ADDS that she will be forced to veal
her coat no matter nov warm tn
day as all her waists are elbow
sleeved.
I'VE won go to expensive restau,
rants where tipping is required. w,
won't call In the services OF maids Of
charwomen in our apartments. Wei
forswear the theatre. the illustrated
lecture and the trip TO the beach. w,
shall drin,. no sodas and eat N 10,
cream. no matter what the temperature
NJ AND FL COM