New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-02
WRIGHT IS WRONG,
SAYS ENGLISH 'SUFF'
Miss Eva Ward Denies Conten-
tons Made in Sir AImroth'S
New Book.
HERESY IN HIS HOME
Militant Worker States That
Wife of Distinguished Anti
Author Contributes Lib
orally to the Cause.

Miss Eva Ward. OF England suffrage
worker, had a real good time yesterday
reading the reviews of Sir Almroth T..
Wrights new book against woman suf-
frage. just published IN London. Miss
Ward is spending a few months in Amer
lea. getting in touch with the NOV ment
here.
1T is quite delicious" she said. "to
read Sir Almroth's assertions that no
upright mind can fail TO see that woman.
who lives in a condition of financial de-
pendence upon man, has no moral claim
TO unrestricted liberty when every one
in England who knows anything about
them knows that Sir Almroths wife,
Lady Wright. contributes literally TO the
suffrage work there. She is very quiet
in her methods. but an ardent suffragist.
and gives much money 10 the cause.
"One thing she does is to supply litera-
ture to outgoing students at the universe
ties. Every girl who takes a degree Of
any kind at any English university re-
ceives copy of Mills Subsection Of
Women bound in leather-and it's from
Lady Wright.
Sir Almroths sister-in-law Miss
Dupre Wilson. left. when she. died. the
sum OF $1,000 TO the National Union Of
Woman Suffrage Societies.
81 knew before | left England that this
book was 10 be published. IL was an
nounced directly after he wrote his eX-
traOrdnary letter on Militant Hysteria
TO The London Times. in March, 1872.
That letter was published as n tract by
the National League Opposed 10 oman
Suffrage. but II was so outrageous that
we went 20 Mrs Humphry Ward and
Miss Violet Markham and protested, and
they said they'd withdraw IT.
Then the league posted slips OF paper
over its name on the first page Of the
tract and continued TO circulate II, but
We protested aga!n-because it was such
n rotten attack on all womtn-so the
tract was withdrawn
Sir Almroth." Miss Ward went on.
considers womanhood itself disease.
lie is quoted as saying in his new BOOK
that the suffrage movement derives us
Impetus chiefly from the offended amour
propre OF the modern GIL, who Is not
taught anything about women's physical
disabilities. nor taught the defects ana
limitations Of the feminine mind
THAT amuses me. because ! know the
kind OF patients he has. His fees as n
physician are very large. and his patients
are rich and neurotic women-the type
Of women who can afford 70 have nerv-
Gus prostration and who have nothing
but their nerves TO occupy their minds.
Il have a cousin who was a student at
GUYS Hospital and knew Sir Aluuoth.
and he insists that the man Is joking
when he writes these things. But ] don't
believe he is joking when he writes
Failure TO recognize that man Is the mas
ter lies at the root OF the suffrage move
ment.' II sounds as II he was thinking
bitterly of Lady Wrights contributions to
the cause he opposes
"S!r Almroth." said Mrs. Mary Ware
bennett. secretary OF the National
Woman Suffrage Association. could sym
pathize with Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge, presi-
dent of the National Association Opposed
TO Woman Suffrage. She, too has heresy
I'm her family. She has suffrage nephew.
He is Clarence Dodge. editor OF The
Colorado Springs Gazette. lie and his
wife are ardent sunragists and when he
made a flying trip 10 this city a while
ago. he called on us at headquarters TO
express his sorrow over tho anti ac'iyi-
ties OF his aunt"