The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

enthusiastic suffragists OF the District Of
Columbia responded to a call sent out
by Mrs. Anna E. Hendley for the pur-
pose of organizing a new suffrage or
ganiZation, the aim of which should De
to carry out the oft-eXpressed wish OF
Susan B. Anthony, that a headquarters
for suffrage workers should be estab-
lIshed in the Capital City. Mrs. Helen R
Tindall, one of the oldest and most ef-
ficient workers for suffrage, acted as
chairman. The result of the meeting
was an organization with headquarters
at the Portner apartment. Fifteenth
and U streets northwest, which took the
name of the Anthony League. Mrs.
Glenna Smith Tinnin was elected presi-
dent, but resigning shortly afterward the
office devolved upon Mrs. Helen r. TIN
dali, first vice president. Mrs. Anna E.
Hendley was elected treasurer, and has
continued to act as hostess, having
charge of the apartment in which the
headquarters is located. Mrs. Tindall
having been called away for the winter.
the work Of president as well as that OF
treasurer and hostess fell upon Mrs.
Hendley. The league has been successful
from the first, both in its suffrage work.
in the usual acceptance of the term, and
in its broader work along educational
lines
The White House Chapter of the Amer
ican woman's Republic rented one Of the
rooms, and the two organizations worked
together harmoniously in various ways
during the first year. Several classes
were conducted free to members Of both
societies. Other suffrage clubs met in
the rooms at regular intervals. The
league has contributed freely and gener-
ously to all suffrage activities in the
city It is affiliated with the Congress
IN -
propaganda work. 1t is an auxiliary to
the National woman's Suffrage Asso- |
citation, paying dues to that body for |
large membership
Work of League.
The work of the league, however, is
not limited to propaganda work It Of |
fers a practical education to its members |
for future citizenship. 1t proceeds upon |
the supposition that the right Of suffrage
will soon be granted to women, and that |
the essential thing now is to educate |
women for their duties as real citizens |
of the republic. The work is, therefore,
directed along the lines of classes, talks, |
and lectures; some for the benefit Of the |
members only and some open to gen.
eraI public. Under the present admins
tration, with Mrs. Anna E. Hendley. |
president, and Mrs. Nanette B. Paul,
vice president, the classes have increased
in numbers, and are eagerly attended by
many women.
On Monday evening a class is con-
Quoted by Mrs. Paul in parliamentary
law. That is followed by Miss Genevieve
L. Porter with French, while Mrs. Sara
r. Deeds is drilling ahother set of wom-
en- of all ages IN an adjoining room in
the exercises and vocal gymnastics neces-
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ers. on Tuesday evenings q number of
men and women meet at o'clock to
study Spanish. under the direction Of Mrs.
J. o. Berliner. and o'clock some pros
pective globe-trotters are enthusiastically
acquiring the new language, Esperanto,
as taught by Mrs. Sarah ]. Moore. This
language, we are told, will now enable
one to travel through Europe and Asia
without getting into trouble with porters
and expressmen. as well as offering AM
open sesame to the biggest department.
stores in all large cities. The league is
justly proud of its Esperanto class. Real.
serious work Is being done there. After
the holidays a class will be held on Fri
day afternoons for the study of music
from the standpoint of the listener. Mrs,
George H Wright will seek to make the
appreciation Of music more Of an art
and one when understood will bring en-
JOY ynSuI 70 many. On the same after
moons, Mrs. Mary Gale Davis, principall
Of the Lucia Gale Barber School OIL
Rhythm and Correlated Arts, is giving a
course of lectures on practical psychol-I
ogy. These lectures have been most in
teresting and instructive. Psycholoev ia
new science, and when applied foI
everyday affairs Of life is very illumI-
mating. All of these branches of knowI- i,
edge have direct bearing upon those
studying them in making better citizens
But these are not all the classes that arai
held in that busy little center. The Eng {
lish study on Tuesday, led by Mrs. lima 4
z. Bigelow, gives more pleasure 10 the
minute than .-ay other class. The pro-
Of words in common use the
correct use Of propositions, the construc- ]
don OF sentences, DC, as well as the
writing Of couplets give entertainment
and beneft to the members. A clas, in
eugenics based upon the work done in
correspondence school q.
N contemplation and other subjects mavI
be brought in later
Meetings Once n Month. q
The regular meetings of the league ara
leld on the first Thursday evening az /,
ach month. 1t is the practice to have
prominent speaker address the MEM
'ers and their friends at that fine
among those who have thus Contributed =
the work are II. Martin Williams, read-l
T Of the House of Representatives: Cant
n z. p Erer.rh Hon EraHa-fat- 81,