Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-15

AT the regular meeting of the Woman $
Club, of Arlington. held yesterday after
noon in the parish house of Trinity
Church. of that place. Mrs. Clara Lad
dey. president of the New Jersey SUI
frage Association, presided. and in the
absence of Rev. j. Franklin Shindell,
who was to have addressed The mem
bers. made a plea for THE Women Of
the state" Mrs. Lnddey stated why
women should have the ballot. partieli-
larly for her own interests. She is the
mother of the race. aud IL Is her right
that she should be enlightened on tine
laws and those subjects most vital to the
coming generations. Women should DE
allowed 10 serve on the school boards.
for the education Of the child generally
depends upon the mother. Mrs I.addeJ
also remarked about the laws OF Ter
many. Spain and Italy, where the women
and children who are compelled TO WORK
in the factories are much better cared
for than liz our United States, no pros
pective mother being above TO over
tax her strength by working all day and
into the hours of the night. Readings
were given by Mrs. Elizabeth 7. Bartlett
and there was Il question box presided
over byN Mrs. Laddey. Piano solos were
contributed by Miss Koch and refresh
ments were served during the social hour
which followed.
The 6nal meeting of the club Will he
held Tuesday. May 2S, at the parish
house. when the activities of the season
VIII close until fall.
This week Mrs. iaddey will organize
a Suffrage League at the home of Mrs.
Walter b. Davis, Ridgefeld Park, which
viii be the eighth league since last NO
vember, showing that New Jersey, al
though she is u small State, knows
How
Mrs. Laddey will leave shortly for Wis
eonsin and Ohio for a period OF Two
months. during which time she will spenk
for the cause at the suffrage campaigh-
Mrs. Robert Crabb, OF Roseyille avenue,
viii sail today with friends for an ex-
tended tour abroad. She will remain
away through the summer, touring Eng
land and the Continent.
Mother Goose the operetta which
was given by the little ones of the
Neighborhood House recently, will
be repeated tomorrow night In the Turn-
bull Auditorium, in Market street, Miss
Marjorie Ware is the chairman in charge
of the affair and there will be about nifty
children taking part. The proceeds will
be used toward purchasing a moving pic
ture machine for the house.
The patronesses are Mrs. Franklin Muir
ply. jr.. Mrs. Edward S. Campbell, Mrs.
John !. Moment, Mrs, John Mcdowell,
Mrs. Il. c. johnson, Mrs. Abraham Van
Wrinkle, Miss Frances C. Hays, Miss Mary
White. Mrs. Frederick c. j.. Wlss. Mrs.
william 7. Dawson, Mrs. John Morris
Miller. Mrs. Frederick e. Jacobson, Mrs.
George Goodrich, Mrs. Edward Hill Bald
win. Mrs. Addison b. Poland, Mrs. Dan
iel Demarest and Mrs. Henry G. Atha.
Tho reversing of court decisions through
appeal was the chief topic for disc Is
sion at the meeting of the Humane Edn-
cation Society which was held at the
home of the president, Mrs. Henry n.
Sayre, 40 Fulton street, yesterday after
noon. The members claim that much OF
their good work in bringing those who
practise cruelty to animals to book is
hampered by the fact that when prose
cuted decisions are reversed upon a sec
ond hearing.
"Many of our efforts go to naught.
declared Mrs. Sayre. People who 40
not make a study of cases do not realize
how much scruelfy there is in treating
the dumb animals, and it Is hard to see
the offenders go unpublished. Only last
week a man was fined s25 for allowing
an old horse to be left out In the ram
for two weeks without shelter, and when
he appealed the fine was revoked and ne
went free. Hereafter he VIII snap his
fingers at us and our power Is mucn
weakened"
The society VIII endeayor to have
slides introduced In the pictures shown
before the Fairgrounds. and members are
working to have the subject OF humane
education introduced into the pubie
schools. They feel that the cniidreh