New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-28
WOMEN GETTING LAWLESS,
FEDERATION IS TOLD
Sneaker Cheered When She Ex-
presses DiSapproVal of Meth
DDS of British SuffragetteS.
TALK OF CLOTHES AND SOUL
We Are in Moral Competition
with Men for the First Time
in History, Says
Delegate.

San Francisco, June H7-The surprise OF
,o.dsv's session Of the eleventh biennial
convention OF the General Federation Of
vomens Clubs was the declaration from
the plstform Of Mrs. DIMES T. S. Denni-
son Of New York. honorary president Of
the federation, that 'lawlessness among
women has arisen"
"Our greatest danger" said Mrs. Denni-
son. rs from the uneducated and unas-
.iynIlated. In my own city I have seen
rornen who could not understand when
,1ces rose that It was not the butchers
who were responsible. They stormed the
butcher shops, beat down the stalls and
poDred kerosene on the meat
Il think am right when I say that the
differences between capital and labor are
most acute in New England. New York,
New Jersey. Pennsylvania and here IN
California"
Later she was loudly cheered as she
made reference 20 the British sufragettes
thus:
I've cannot afford TO indorse the women
OF England who have been guilty OF ma
ucious mischief
Speakers to-day took cognizance Of wom-
ems clothes, certain styles of which were
pronounoed strocious. and of their souls
which. as the anchorage Of the nation,
we're said TO be facing a crisis which might
well result in disaster.
Mrs John C. Hessler, Of Decatur, Ill.
spoke of clothes and criticised tight skirts,
high heels and picture hats
Mrs A. F. Guldin, Fort Wayne. Ind,
speaking on our Problems in Ciyiliza-
ton" said that women. for the first time
IN history found themselves in moral com
petition with men
Whether We have q moral fibre that will
hold the American race to its ethical moor
ings is yet 10 he tried out" she said.
Baroness Bertha Won SGttuer for thirty
years a leader in the world-peace move
ment arrived from Vienna tonight She
will speak 10 the delegates July 4 on
Peace" The baroness, who Is sixty-nine
years Of age was awarded the Nobel peace
prize seven years ago for a book she wrote
on the subject.
Mrs. Elmer Blair. Of Albany. chairman Of
the committee on membership, reported that
the greatest handicap TO recruiting was the
lack Of uniformity in tenure of office OF
state federation officers. She therefore rec
commended that the general federation ap-
point its own secretaries in the several
states for terms coincdent with the term
OF the federation administration.
New clubs enrolled during the last two
years and new members not included in
the state declarations were given respective
ly as 254 and 1882
Some striking sentiments az 10 the part
PLAYED by women in the national life were
expressed to-day by state presidents.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay. Of New York
City, speaking of the clubwomen Of New
York, said: In the Empire state women
are becoming more alive 70 their response
bilties dsy by day They are not only
cleaning up the alleys and backysrds but
the municipal government and the laws Of
the state. They are interested in all things
that affect women snd children"
As g representative Of West Virginia,
Mrs John ? Rubl. Of Clarkshurg, sai6
IF d. Wiley was OF more influence than
any other organization IN executing the pure
food laws, then this federation had I'm
proved the national digestion and the ma
tional morals "
our men could not have climbed so high
on the ladder Of fame unless our women
had steadied that ladder said Mrs.
Thomas Jefferson Smith, of Richmond, KY.
in a tribute 10 the women Of that state.
According 10 Mrs. Royden Douglas. ~
New Orleans, the motto OF the women Of
the general federation is TO Re and Not
10 Seem"
We have a vision Of what united WON
anhood can DO for the betterment Of hu-
mainly" was the way Mrs. Henry Coolidge
Mulligan, OF Netick, Mass, summed NJ
the work Of the convention.
Mrs. William Tod Helmuth. Of New
York gave the greetings from pioneer
workers 81 thu General Federation" The
choice Of Mrs. Helmuth as the member 70
VOICE this greeting was particularly fitting
as Mrs. Helmuth Is one OF the founders OIL
the federation. Mrs. Helmuth told the
convention OF the gradual growth Of the
federation and its final blooming into ths
Respondent flower which is known as the
feminist movement.
Miss Mary Wood Of New York made
an appeal for subscriptions 10 the Titanic
Memorial Union.
The contest for president OF the Genera
Federation progresses good naturally
The Texans are not talking much but are
working, and claim that their strength is
growing daily.
Mrs. Lucretia l.. BlankenbtI-c Of pbjIa-
delphia second vice president declares
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