New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
REAL TEAPOT TEMPEST
Mrs. Crosby and Every One Else
at Waldorf Has Crouch.
DUE TO BREAKFAST BILLS
Women's Democratic Club So
Stirred Miss Donnelly Never
Got Chance to Speak.

What was II the Governor of Norti
| Carolina? Well never mind; but here 4
what the president OF the Womans Dem
| Sherwin Crosby. said to the president
general OF the Daughters Of the American
Revolution, Mrs Matthew T. Scott, wher
the latter offered her o drink after Mrs
SCOTS candidate for the presidency o
the Womans National Democratic
League. Mrs. Stephen b. Ayres. had de
feated Mrs. Crosby I'm the election heit
I'm Washington last Thursday:
Have a cup Of tea with you? MAZDA m
i had as soon have a cup OF poison witt
you"
Mrs. Crosby got home from Washington
yesterday ''all het up" about that cleo
ton and the methods which. she says
| were employed by her opponents. She
hadn't cooled down when she took up he
gavel TO preside AZ a meeting of the
| Democratic. club at the Waldorf Astoris
In the afternoon: and though she didn
alude. from the chair. TO the recent en-
gagement. there was something I'm th'
atmosphere which made the meeting. n
its way quite a gem in the annals OF mill
tant club life.
What with disagreements over the bills
for the Mrs. Wilson breakfast the clul
gave recently. and few other matters
there were generally thirteen women OF
the floor all talking at once. An idea OF
the confusion may he gathered from the
fact that Miss Mary Donnelly was there
all primed for "A speech about Mayor
Gaynor and the vice situation in New
York. and didn't get a chance to say one
woni.
II seemed a pity. considering the ex-
periences through which Mrs. Crosby had
just passed that everybody came to the
meeting with crouch. But so 1t was
Mrs. Edith Reiffert was there in front
seat Mrs Reiffert was the speaker al
the Mrs Wilson breakfast who was re-
minded By Mrs. Crosby, after she had
spoken fifteen minutes. that five minutes
was her allowance. IL was reported that
she was going to demand public apology
from Mrs. Crosby, but she didn't. She
lust stood I'D most OF the time, and re-
marked after each one OF Mrs. Crosby
rulings that as lawyer who understood
parliamentary law she didn't think Mrs.
Crosby was right, etc. etc.
Mrs. Lillian X. Sire added to the gayety
by declaring heatedy that though the
club had ''umpsteen" chairmen none OF
them ever came TO the meetings or re-
ported anything. Mrs. Crosby defended
GirA tt,rl tod
statement, whereupon Mrs. Crosby said
she was not accustomed to be contra
dicted Mrs. Sire said she wasn't con-
tradicting. and kept on doing 1t.
But this was nothing to the breeze
when the bills for the Mrs. Wilson
breakfast came up. The breakfast cost
the club $3.50, IL was announced. or this
a part was spent 10y the chairman OF
press. Mrs. John Robert Miller.
Press work" cried Mrs Sire Il spent
money in press work. and l collected
nothing for it. l didn't think OF being
paid"
A tlmult succeeded this above which
could be heard Mrs Miler's voice pas
sionatey declaring that she could account
for every cent. Of that press bill
A demure woman in black tried to make
everybody feel better by reading letter
Mrs. Simon Baruch had received from a
woman who attended the Mrs. Wilson
breakfast. The letter praised the sim
plicity OF Mrs. Wilson's dress on that
occasion, las contrasted with the ball
room attire of many less celebrated
women who were there"
THAT is a perfectly awful letter" ex-
pIoded Mrs Hartman j. Lamson. who
wrote that"
Il can't give the name" said the de-
mure woman In black.
Well" chorused the club with Mrs.
Lamson's deep voice in the lead. 'she
ought to be ashamed OF herself. Bali
room attire. indeed
LADIES'" cried Mrs. Crosby. pounding
her gavel, I'VE will now have little
music. Music soothed the sa,sse-that Is
I. az, N.gs snith Via t.as 10 a."
And Miss Smith gang. BE-. that didn't
stop the fray 1: rose and rsI unuI close
upon O'Clock.