New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-06
ALL ARE AGREED.

IS However, it Is possible TO turn ones
back on the eternal controversy and ad-
mlre tie unammity which prevails on
the general question of woman's useful
ness. The suffragists claim TO be useful,
the ants are willing. and the men-the
men have discovered a helpmeet. why
should man spend weary months inVes-
Asating laborlously land without payl
he details OF prison administration or
immigration Jaws. when there are so
many ungelfsh women longing to give
ithsfr services to the state (without pay?
The. recent astonishing number OF po-
.tcsl Offices intrusted 10 women Is the
answer 10 this question. Whereas women
have been permitted TO serve on volunteer
committees these many years and 10
shoser the government with unoihclal
information. II is only within the las,
few years that the state has recognizeu
women officially. once started however
j has become a habit. Governor Suizer
recently appointed Miss Mary Garrett
Hay and Miss Margaret Wilson 10 the
nea Prison Investigation Commission
Mss Pauline Goldmark 10 the new IN
dustrfal Board Mrs William Einsteln
and Sophie irene Loeb 10 the WHO"
Pension Commission and Miss Lucille
Goldthwaite and Miss Gertrude Bing-
Kan 10 the Commission for the Bind
The appointment OF the President
daughter 10 q political post is more than
MtSrestlng. II is symbolic 1t marks the
end Of the era when woman's place III
political life was behind the tea table OF
glsthe reception committee. The Fres'-
dents daughter is now admitted to nave
oraEB as well as smiles, duties as wen
as charms. TO appreciate the chahse
We heed only try 20 Imagine Dolly
Madison receiving an official appoint
msnt Miss Wilson has accepted the
POST, too, though it means a great deai
Of time and study. which II Is concelV-
soie the Presidents daughter might not
oe willing 10 Destow upon work IN
state not her own. Evidently. though
the Presidents daughter is the servant
d'the whole country-of New York, as
vel as Of New Jersey, or OF Washington
&c Her only claim to residence III
his state. and Governor Suffers excuse
iof appointing her to New YORK STATE
ISoard, Is the fact that during q Visit IN
tnls city last winter she became inter
es'ea IN the work OF her hostess along
these lines. The time came when there
was TO be legislative hearing at Al
'SanY' and the little group Of New Workers
we're planning 10 attend. Some one win
81 hea to the value of publicity. asked
Alss Wilson II she wouldn't 90 along.
why, yes. If / can help" she SAID
20 u was. Governor Sulzer was so I'M
p'sssed with Miss Wilson'S interest IN
]pe subject and the keenness OF her IN
'eileet That when he came 70 appoint
we Commission he asked her TO serve on
Il
siA Mary Garrett Hay. another ap-
so,ntee Of Governor Suffers, is woman
NY Tor twenty years has been pleading
.'n Governors 20 let women help This
mss Mary Garrett Hay, prominent
suDWoinan and suffrsgist, former presi-
Loi the New York State Federation
Momen's Clubs. and now chairman
. me Woman Suffrage Party. Miss
~ member OF the Board OF Man
rr..gs of the Bedford Reformatory. Her
s'htment 10 this post two years ago
al once surprise and aFvictory 10
-. She had been preaching womans
A' % public posts. especially those