New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-15
SUFFRAGE SECRETS TOLD
Chicago Leader Reveals Them to
New York Workers.
TO WAGE REAL CAMPAIGN
Many Western Ideas Will Be
Used Here to Convert Those
Who Sit in Darkness.

Secrets blossomed like the rose in Carne-
gle Lyceum last night. The place fairly
ooZed with them. They came so thick and
fast that the audience was left positively
breathless. They were all about what the
new Suffrage Literary Society is going TO
do, and most Of them We're intrusted to the
eager listeners by Miss Angelina Scott Don
ley. speaking for Mrs. f. p Stephens. of
Chicago. one Of the founders of the organi-
cation. who occupies In the councils OF
Western suffragists the position accorded
to Mrs. Belmont in the East
What every woman loves. as Miss Donley
said Is a secret, and she had been holding
hers for last nights gathering of friends.
turning away empty handed the myriads of
reporters who had thronged the Offices of
the society since II moved into New York,
bag and baggage, early this week In the
first place. she remarked, she had TO tell
about the magazine. The Historical Suffrs-
gist," which will one day become the Of
fetal organ OF suffragism in the United
States, II 1t fufls its founders hopes. The
policy OF the magazine. she explained.
would be to coat the pill OF suffrage with
sugar 50 that even its bitterest opponents
might be persuaded to read mark. learn
and digest
Then the secrets began to appear. They
can best be shown in tabulated form. as
follows:
The newly fedged Suffrage Literary
Society will publish another periodical. a
weekly. to. be known as The American
Suffragist," which Miss Geraldine Wingate.
chairman of the organization, will edit.
Gflffr2Hptte
ment through the state to bring light 10
them that still sit I'm the darkness Of the
Old order Of Things.
Sit will invite working girls TO picnics
at beautiful private estate on Long
Island AMI tell them Of the Cause.
1T will conduct an Eek po- -tion miss
Donlty emphasized each syllable at Brigh,
ton Beach this summer. with bands and
banners and things.
sit will produce at one OF the resorts
for the first time on any stage real SUI
frdge play. written by Miss Wingate for the
purpose.
r, tighten the strain OF 80 vast a reveal
ton several musical numbers were scat
tered through the programme. Charles s.
Floyd. youthful tenor. opened the evening
with Shubert's who Is sylvia"
I'VE know who Sylvia is all right" whls-
pered a wag in the audience. no doubt with
the Pankhurst family In mind. The ques-
ton OF the moment is, Where is Chrlsta-
bel?"
The second musical number was rendered
with great effect by Miss Linnie Lucille
Love, young Seattle maiden discovered
by Laurette Taylor who confessed that she
had taken vocal lessons for only six
months. This the audience refused 10 be-
licve. and called her back again and again
as a most refreshing relief from the strain
OF digesting so many secrets at once. She
vas followed by Miss Sonia Uleres, who
knew Miss Wingate at Wellesley. Miss
Uleres is going to spend her vacation farm
ing
But IL wont be regular farming She eX-
planned. with delightful embarrassment. In
my farming the soil will be the farmers
trains, and the seed Will be suffrage
Which was her way of saying that she
would spend the holidays teaching the
country people TO strive for votes for
women.
Miss Wineate then introduced real
count for the next vocal feature Though
Il did not appear 80 on the programme. his
name was Francois Eduard Philip Jean dc
Henri. OF Montreal. Count de Henri ac-
knowledged TO an even shorter muslcal
education than she OF the lovely name,
this being his first appearance on the stage.
lie had sung however, for three years as
soloist in St Pauis Presbyterian Church,
IN his own city. he said.
Among those in the audience were Mrs.
A &. fmghston. editor Of rival suffrage
publ ,ation. Tho Woman Voter; Mrs. Jean
Penield city chairman Of the Woman
Suffrage party. and Miss Florence KING
secretary Of the Equal Franchise League.
Miss Wlngate announced that $50 would
b, offered by the new magazine as prize
for the best piece OF suffrage fiction turned
in. not more than two thousand words In
length