New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-22
Woman's Democratic Club
breakfast" Finally Starts at
3P. NJ, Two Hours Late.
GETS ROSE FOR EACH STATE
Rush for Seats So Perilous at
Times That Oscar Gets
Frantic Appeals for
Rescue Work.


Rut Il wasn't quite as bad as that
.eallv. Nobody clawed anybody, AMI the
fifteen hundred women who attended the
reception and breakfast the Woman
Democratic Club of the City of New YORK
gave In honor of Mrs. Woodrow wilson
and the Misses Wilson at the Waldorf
Astoria Yesterday all came away with
their ewes intact. Nevertheless. such was
the crush and the jam and the GROWING
all through The reception and until the
women finally got seated at breakfast
that il wasn't any wonder Mrs simon
Baruch. the chairman Of entertainment
sent out a hurry call for oscar OF the
Waldorf to come ana save their lives.
The corridors leading to the WALDORF
apartment, where the reception began ~
noon. were filed. swamped. choked with
women when that hour arrived. Ihey
were one solid. struggling mass Inc
woman who wore big hat was regarded
as n pest, and the woman VINO hao
trained skirt wished that she had never
been born. Occasionally the dam prohe'
That was when the two strong armed at
PENDANTS stationed at the door OF the re-
ception room opened the door; then
wave or two of the feminine food poured
through and gave a moments reher out
side, but Il would soon be as bad as ever
And inside the reception roonl-wheW'
You couldn't see anybody. you couioh
find ANYBODY. IJp in one corner. squeezed
against the wall, there was. il was ru-
mored. a receiving line. where any one
who CHANGED to oe swept ia that direction
de ,fgth
her daughters. Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby
president Of the Woman's Democratic
club: Mrs. Perry Belmont Mrs. Jonn a
Dix. Mrs William Sulzer, Mrs. Norman
Mack Mrs. William ]. Gaynor Mrs
James a. O'Gorman, Mrs. John Purroy
Mitchell and other wives and daughters
Of Democratic leaders. BIT 1t would nave
beer, an astute politician who could nave
nicked out his own wife or laughter in
that swirl Of millinery Here and there
one spied a familiar face. Here was Mrs'
Ella Wheeler wilcox. crushed against
wall. There appeared Mrs. Belmont.
rescued exhausted from the receiving line
and piloted TO one side to recuperate.
But mostly it was blur Of hats and
gowns.
tendant. II have worked here year
and half and I have seen only one
other party that was as big.
Mrs. Wilson the Cynosure.
And the woman whom the owners OF
these hats and gowns had come to see.
the coming first lady Of the land?'
Well when you got a glimpse OF her,
there she was, an unassuming,
rather tired looking little woman, in.
without doubt the plainest costume In
that whole assemblage. She wore black
dress, with high collar Of black lace,
and a black street hat. with white
feather In it, Miss Margaret Wilson had
on the simplest of blue dresses, the two
Younger girls were In mauve and dull
red. and all four gave you the i'm
preston that OF all the things they
thought about clothes were the least.
But Il wasn't until they got seated at
the guest table in the grand ballroom,
where breakfast was served. that you
could see their clothes or them. 1t took
two hours. by the way, to get the guests
vcated. and II was during this ordeal
.hat Mrs. Baruch sent her call for help
% Oscar. Breakfast was scheduled for
o'clock but il was some time after that
when Mrs. Democracy and Miss Democ-
acy who have waited so patiently all
through the lean and hungry years Of
heir party, began their feast.
Mrs wilson had feast OF flowers be-
bore that, though. Just at u o'clock way
MAS forcibly made through the press of
women and the forty-eight states OF the
Union approached, bearing forty-eight
American Beauty roses for her. They
were twenty-four little girls, each girl
representing two states. Lttlest Of all
was Mary Elizabeth Miller, who Is eleven
wears old, and has done what no other
girl of eleven ever did-she swan across
the Hudson River. Well, she needed her
prowess as a swimmer 10 get through
that mob.
A little later magnificent bouquet OF
orchids, from some woman's club. was
handed 10 Mrs Wilson by an unknown
man. But Mrs. Crosby promptly took it
away from her. Mrs. Crosby was going
10 present that bouquet TO Mrs Wilson
al the breakfast table, and she wasn't
going TO have unknown men butting in
II was proud moment for Mrs. Crosby
the moment for which she has been
working ever since Woodrow Wilson was
elected Presi1ent-When the eating being
over. she whacked the table with her
gavel for silence and called on the first
speaker Dudley Field Malone. But it was
also time OF trial The silence she
whacked for wouldn't came Women
would talk all over the place. They be-
longeG 10 the victorious Democratic party,
they did. and how could they be expected
10 keep still? And whe- they finally sub
sided the various speakers on the long
programme couldn't be made 10 keep 10
the Ave minutes allotted to each. They
sailed on and on. regardless OF the chair
mans warning looks.
Mrs. Crosby Gets Cross.
Mrs. Crosby got real cross at last, and
when Miss Filth A. Reiffert. after talk
ing fifteen minutes, said In surprised
way-the chairman had been tapping her
glass with her spoon for five minutes:
"On, do you wish me to stop?"
II do" said Mrs. Crosby crisply. 81
will now introduce Mr.. Homer S. Cum.
mings Mr.. Cummings, five minutes; no
more"
And Mr.. Cummings. catching the look
In the chairman's eye. timed his speech
at exactly four minutes and ffty-nine