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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
MRS. NORMAN WHITEHOUSE.

much taxes a woman must pay. and for
what the money shall be spent Men make
all the laws which either directly or indi-
rcctly affect women. and ! know Of no
law that docs not either directly Of In
directly affect women. II women trans
crcss tho law their punishment is meted
out by men.
The effect of evil conditions is felt by
women. the effect Of unwise legislation
or the absence OF adequate legislation
and yet they are rowerless to express
their political opinion or TO use the vote
as 4 practical protest.
Tho women Of 10. dav arc educated. self
reliant. public spirited; they are hiIed
with yisor and activity; they work FOR
the p,allir good. and yet al every turn
are handicapped by being unable TO eN-
press their convictions at the polls.
Women Of Massachusetts went TO the
legislature every year for nfty-iive years
urguI tho passage Of law that would
civ. To- "a mother an equal legal right over
hor children with the father ON the NIFTY
NTH year the law was passed. In 1888 the
women of colorado got the vote. TINS
same law vas passed there the first year.
And so. Mr. Lawrence, | believe that
women could have more definite inhu-
crcc ON the ne OF the nation. Is there
any other way Of helping so direct, so
economical OF time?
\ vote represents a maximum amount
or achievement with minimum oX-
pcrditurc of time and energy. More per-
maucut good can boz accomplished IN five
wears OF Intelligent voting than bv indi-
rect and roundabout methods in hfty.
EDNA WADSNORTH MOODY.
President OF Woman's Suffrage study
club.
Now York
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WOMAN'S SPHERE? 1.-THE
WORLD" ANSWERS ONE
Sufragists and Ants Agree That the Sphere 50
Kicked About and Fought Over in Debate Is the
Home but Disagree on What Is Home.

Of New York City, though she IS SUI
iragist, is one who believes that her own
personal sphere lies chiefly within the
four walls OF her home
81 cannot speak or do anything III pun
lie she said ono day. 81 think That the
work for me to do is TO make my nus
bands home pleasant for him. TO take
care Of his health, to make him happy
and comfortable
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THE WEEKS VARIED ACTIVITIES IN CLUBLAND

the season at one of the leading hotels.
Earle Wayne has been engaged as con-
ductor Of the club chorus.
4 members meeting of the Century
Theatre club was held on Friday, De-
cember r. at the Hotel Aston Mrs.
James y. Ballantlne. chairman of study.
gave talk on Symbolism in Drama"
which was illustrated later by the dra-
matte reader. Mrs. A. Ann Wentworth,
Of Brooklyn. BY arrangement of Mrs
Thomas Gibson. chairman Of matinees.
nearly 90 members attended a perform
ance OF Grumpy at Wallack's Theatre
on Wednesday, December 8.
The next social meeting will be held on
Friday, December %. and the subject or
Grand opera" will be introduced by
Mrs August Dreyer and Mrs A. o. hi
seng.
Southland" met on Friday in the stu
do OF Mrs Maxwell Fuller on Riverside
Drive Mrs. William Washington Ford is
president of the club.
The Knickerbocker Relief Club will hold
Waldorf-Astoria on the afternoon and
evening of Saturday. December %. There
will be dancing both afternoon and even
ing.
The Woman's Political Union will hold
a suffrage mass meeting in the Morning
side Presbyterian Church. No. Sc Morning
side avenue East. on Wednesday evening.
December Il, under the auspices OF the
18Th Senatorial district committee. The
Rev. Alan w. McCurdy will be chairman
OF the meeting and the speakers will be
Mrs. Inez Milholand Boissevain and Miss
Helen Todd.
Reginald Pelham Bolton and Dr. h..
Stage Within will be the speakers OF the
West End Woman's Republican Associa-
ton On Thursday afternoon, December
H. at tho Hotel Aston. Mr.. Bolton will
speak OF tho attempts of certain inter-
ests TO grab state and national scenic
wonders DR.. Within will tell of the work
Of tho Honest Ballot Association. Mrs.
Roy Emory Fletcher will be chairman Of
the day
The Harmony Fellowship Club, Mrs.
William 4. Smith, president. held the
third meeting OF the season at the Hotel
Aston Wednesday. December 10. About
two hundred members and guests were
present
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
Suffrage Is a
Real Time Saver

To the Editor Of The Tribune Woman's
Forum.
Especially as my patcrnal grandmother
was Lawrence. am glad to explain
my position 10 Mr.. i. \. Lawrence, Of
PlainGcld. y. j.
!. The teaching Of tho Womau's Suf-
fragc Study club does not advise
woman's party.
earnestly deprecate anything that
leads To scN autagousm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
ALICE FOOTE MAC OOUGAll
SAYS:

I. The ballots a poor little thing
. How many women to-day codid
run the District Attorneys office;
3. That woman is mans equal seems
rash and ridiculous.
T. Women i'm society or in business
are unable 10 control their emotions,
TO govern their prejudices, 10 deter
mine upon a given line Of action and
stick 10 il.
3. When driven TO corner they
(women) will use questionable methods.
Perhaps this Is why suffragists are
confident of success as politicians.
6. II seems pitiful thing TO think
OF the fuss some women are making
about the ballot.
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MRS. CHARLOTTE PERKINS
GILMAN.

the other from a land where women ana
cattle are harnesscd together to DO me
\ little drill in American
manners would make them more agree
able in their service.
JENNIE FOWLER-WILLlNG.
New York City.
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cHlLDREN-WoMENs SPHERE.

But every minute OF every day some
woman IS bringing into the world new
social problem a little chid-and thsi
one undeniabe fact is that. whether shs
likes II or not this woman's one duty'
above all others is to see 10 il that shs
fits herself for the task OF solving this
"problem'-of making OF this emeryontoi
soul power for good.
That is n woman's sphere-that is her
real responsibility and the solution Of the
problem OF the social evil; OF Eugenics. OF
marriage and divorce-this is what a.
woman has 10 do. AS she makes herself
so Will her sphere broaden or narrow As
she makes her home so will her child
develop or retrosrade. Out OF her under
standing and sympathy with her husbsnf
comes her creative force in politics, In
Church and in society.
When one realizes what il is TO be a
woman in the broad sense it seems pitt
full thing TO think of the fuss sons
women are making about being voters.
When one realizes the empty hollowness
of some homes. one does not feel sur
prised at the rottenness OF the state.
Theoretically, the suffrage controversy
seems stupid. Many believe that suffrage
is already far too general. Every sane
person knows that some" women are
Just as good as some men. and that the
average is n bit I'm the mans favor be-
cause Of his more extended opportunities
his clearer method of thought, his length
ened period of equipment. We don't sec
much clean politics in Colorado. We 90
see much harm from the adjustment 0.
the canteen--thc one act OF legislation
pre-eminently attributable to women.
But TO the woman who is really intent
on fulfilling her duties the franchise
seems small in comparison. Florence
Nightingale didn't waste time on hunger
strikes or pulling horses" Dorothea
Dix and Clara Barton did not have thc
+, ballot, but they do not seem 10 have
much hindered I'm accomplishing the great
purposes TO which they dedicated them
selves. And II is just this that niahe'
the hunger strike and the hiking nike
ridiculous.
Given a brain and sincere purlVS
and life opens up SO many possIoii'ue'
that the struggle is not 10 assume hio'0
but TO fit ourselves for those lie ha'
already prepared.
In the eyes OF women who realize theE
real duties and responsibilities the oiio'
seems poor little thing-the suhrae
movement more or less of wasting :.
valuable timc-at best safety waive y.
certain individuals who. otherwise ms"
become public nuisance.
The intelligent woman of TO-DAY W.
not seek the ballot, for she knows '""
IN her home and through her inhc.n,
the great problems of the day ere au'A,',
but firmly being solved. Because
knows that far greater privilege Is
the privilege OF creating legislators a.
the mothers of lcgislators-she dep'e'A
the misguided suffrasists. knowing
In their success lies the defeat Oh
tondest hopes. her highest functions
fullest liberty.
ALICE FooTE MAC DoUGALA
New York CITY,. t.
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AN APPRECIATION.

Editor OF the Woman's Forum.
! am a reader OF your paper ana want
10 thank YOU FOR the interesting and clean
paper YOU are giving us. / shall be glad
TO see the Womans Forum and believe
It will be a success. Sincerely yours.
MARY y. FISK,
Chairman Committee Of Literature, New
York State Federation OF Women 5
Clubs
No 1867 wilkins avenue. New York.
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eral discussion which followed were Miss
Florence Guernsey, Mrs. Mortimer Men
ken, Mrs. Lloyd. Mrs. \. y. Palmer. Mrs.
Lee Mrs. Thomas Slack. Miss Edith y.
Relfcrt, Mrs. j. w. Loeb and DR.. Mcneil.
In honor Of Mrs. Edward Austen Tut
ties oighticth birthday. the legislative
League, Mrs. Thomas Slack, president.
viii give a presidents tea on Thursday,
December Is at the Waldorf Astoria,
from to p. m. Mrs. Tuttlc Is an active
member of various clubs. The city Motif
crs' club and State Mothers Club were
founded in her home, on Lexington ave-
nue.. where she has lived for forty years.
The second musical of the Rubinsten
Club for this season will be given in the
Aston Gallery OF the Waldorf-Astor on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14

The third meeting Of the season Of &c
Icctic Miss Florence Guernsey, PRESIDENT
was held Wednesday at the Wadorf-As-
toria. II was attended by large num-
Der Of members and forty guests. The
business meeting was followed by pro-
gramme. The report Of Mrs. William
Douglas May and Mrs. Stratton. dele
gates for Eclectic to the convention OF
the State Federation Of Women's Cluo AT
Buffalo, was read by Mrs. Eldridge D.
Moore. Mrs. Frank G. Burke, chairman
Of the day. led the discussion on "Ihe
Responsibility Of Parents" DR.. Jennie
Lozier. Mrs. Arthur Elliot Fish and Mrs.
Clarence Burns spoke on the subject.
Mrs. Carrie Martin COwlan had charge OF
the musical programme. Luncheon fol-
lowed the meeting.
The next meeting of the Woman's
Forum. of which Miss Helen Varick
Boswell is president, will he held on Fri
dav morning, December 10. in the assem-
bIv room of the Waldorf-Astoria. Mar
Gus NJ. Marks, President-elect OF the Bor-
ough Of Manhattan, Will state brieny
some Of his views as 10 the administra-
,ion of his office. Robert Adamson, sec
retary to the Mayor, will speak on Mod
ern Methods Of Campaigning including
the use Of schoolhouses as political gath
ering places, and Mrs. Charles Dana Glib
son will tell of the Big Sister move
ment. Miss Boswell will preside
The National Society Of United states
Daughters of 1872 with its many guests
and subscribers. filed the ballroom At
Sherrv's last Friday and Saturday TO
listen TO the scheduled Talks on Current
Topics," as given by Miss Janet Rich
ards. The next two talks viii be held on
Friday, the 18th, and Saturday. Dth, at
1915 o'clock a. M. at the same place.
Mrs. William Gerry Slade, the president,
will be In charge.
The political science committee, win
Mrs. Belle de Rivera, chairman, presented
q programme at the last meeting OF the
Post Parliament, of which Mrs. John
Fowler Trow is president. The subject
WAS "The Federal Income Tax on De-
ccmber % there will be a meeting held
specially TO arrange the details of the
moot parliament" which is an annual
feature of the clubs season.
The National California Club in New
York Mrs Thomas j. Vivian. PRESIDENT
will give its annual musical on Tuesday
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ALL CLUB NEWS sHOILD REACH
THE OFFICE or THE EDITOR OF
THE WOMiN'S DEPARTMENT. NEW
YORK TRIBUNE, on or BEFORE
THURSDAY or EACH WEEK. cory
SHOULD. OF COURSE. BE WRITTEN
CLEARLY AND On ONE SIDE or
THE SHEET ONLY.
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.tIome is woman,s snhcrc. -

As Dickens's Cap'n Cutie once re-
marked The bearin's o this obserla-
ton lies in the application of it, Suf-
fragists were not known in Cam cut
tle's time though his landlady. Mrs
Macstinger, would have made an effective
ono; so the cap'n wasn't discussing fem
inlsm. But if ne were here to-day, ana
heard an anti-suffrasst say that home
was woman's sphere could he make a
wiser answer than that the bearings Of
that observation lay in the application
Of 10?
Home" says Mrs. Charlotte Perkins
Gilman. lis woman's sphere, and the
world is her home. Home is womans
sphere. but the woman who has thought
only for the roof where she abides and
not for other peoples roofs and what
is under thcm-wcl. she cannot prop
orIy care FOR her own house. Her vision
IS too narrow, her knowledge too de-
icient'
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HOME is WoMAN'S SPHERE.

"Homc is woman's sphere says Mrs
John Martin: cher own home. where her
husband and children are. Her home, her
husband. her children should be her pocul-
lar care. and il is greatly To be regretted
that so many women so out from their
homes into the world to DO. OF try to do
mans work. IT is the mans job TO do
the work Of the world it is the woman :
Job to keep the home for the man
But how. argues Mrs. Gilman can a
woman keep a homo properly just 10y
STAYING i'm it? Take the matter of egGs
and meat. for instance. How is a wife
and mother to do her duty by her fam
ily. who need fresh eggs and meat, with
out the power TO deal properly with the
cold storage man?
Some day" Mrs. Gilman said last
week in a talk AZ the rooms OF the
Equal Franchise Society. some DAY
when women know their true sphere and
do their duty in il, VIC shall have homes
almost as healthy as hospitals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14

There were fifty tables Of players at the
card party given at the Waldorf-Astoria,
last Saturday by the Washington Heights
Chapter Daughters OF the American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14

Revelation Airs. Samuel J. Kramer TO
senU, in behalf of their East Side settle
mcnt work.
The Daughters Of Indiana met on Ihufs-
day to listen 10 a lecture by Guy Morn
son Walker. Election of officers preceded
the lecture.
The Jenny Hunter Kindergarten Alum
ne Association has held two meetings
this fail The first meeting took the form
Of Halloween party, on October 81, and
nearly one hundred members were pres
cnt Several folk dances were given ami
q series Of Halloween games was played.
ON December a Christmas suggestion
and sale" was held Many members were
present.
The Society Tor Political study Mrs.
Austin Palmer, president. held its regular
meeting ON Tuc,day at the Hotel Astcr.
Mrs. ". c. Demarest read paper on
Municipal Current Events and Or. f..
W. Mcneil conducted the parliamentary
drill on Motions and Their order Of
Precedence" The paper Of the day.
Future Generations" was read by Mrs.
Otto Hahn. Those who Joined IN the gen
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afternoon at the Waldorf-Astoria. II will
be in charge OF the music committee, with
Miss hathrine Hike, chairman. Preccd-
ing the music Mrs. u. Upton Halleck
will give ton-minute talk on Current
Events and Mrs. \. \. Fisher Will
speak on california History
There will be a social hour from 2.i5 TO
8 80 o'clock when the club will take pleas
ure in receiving all Callfornians, whether
resident or visiting in the city.
Last Tuesday the ST. Cecilia Society
gave its annual reception at the Bronx
"A musical programme, given by members
Of the society, under tho dictatorship Of
Mrs. Henrietta Spoke Scelcy. After the
programme a supper was served. The
guests OF honor were Miss Florence
Guernsey, president Of the New York city
Federation; Mrs. \. NJ Palmer. president
OF the Rainy Day club; Mrs. Thomas j.
Vivian, president OF the Congress OF
States Societies; Mrs Charles -. IIirst,
president OF the Pure Food Alliance; Miss
Lulu T.. Narian, president Of the Athen-
aum Club, and Mrs II. Constantlan,
president OF the Bronx Book and Thimble
Club.
on their study day, Tuesday, December
3. the Theatre club Mrs. j. Christopher
Marks, PRESIDENT held discussion Of AT
Bay" Mrs. Oberndorfer was chairman Of
study and Mrs. Helen Wells was chair
man OF discussion. Tuesday evening, De
cember l6 and Wednesday afternoon, De
cember H. the Theatre Club will attend
the performance of The Temperamcntal
Journey"
A card party will be held at the Hotel
Astor on January ;. Mrs j. +. Kelly,
chairman. The next social day will be
Tuesday, December %.
The next SOCIAL meeting Of the Cali
fornians in New York will be held on
Saturday evening, December 20. at $50
d. m. at the home OF the president. Mrs.
David Mason, No. i6l Fort Washington
avenue. corner of lSlst street Following
the programme there will be a reception
and dance at the home OF Nj. and Mrs.
L,eavitt No. IA West lSlst st.
There were fifty tables of players at the
card party given at the Misunderstanding,
last Saturday by the Washington Heights
Chapter Daughters OF the American
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OUT OF LIMITED SPHERE.

Mrs. Norman Whitchouse. the young
chairman OF the 18th Senatorial District
'or the Women's Political Union, tried
aard to content herself with a sphere
that meant largely dancing and dressing
and going TO parties and seeing that
home Just her own home, was pleasant.
But that didn't satisfy her. and she began
to wish that she could do something for
suffrage, which seemed 10 her to promise
a sphere that meant more than dancing
and dressing
Il wanted to do something for suf-
frage." she said the other day, but at
first / couldn't see how, because ] could
only dress and dance and 20 to dinner
PARTIES. Then last spring l discovered
at i could march in the parade, and
carry a banner, and now / have discov-
cred that / can make a speech. And life
seems 10 mean so much more-it is so
splendid to feel ones self part OF great
movement which will make the world
better for many people
~ Woman's sphere" Mrs. Thomas
Hepburn, president of the Connecticut
Woman Suffrage Association. said, -
woman's sphere is TO make the town IN
which she lives, the world in which she
lives. a safer place for her own and
other children TO live in. A woman is
wholly within her sphere when she asks
herself. DO I want my sons 10 grow up
I'm city where there are evil houses!
and most rightfully within her sphere
when sho demands the ballot for
weapon with which to attack evil houses.
"A womans sphere?' said Miss Mary
T.. Miller. a lawyer Of Chicago, "a wom-
ans sphere is any place that she can
IN" And as Miss Miller received fee
or s29 200 for one case recently it looks as
- she had filed the sphere Of the law
pretty successfully
Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell WIG OF t"e
man who will soon tat~ his seat as MAYOR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
HER SPHERE is TIE WORLD.

"Thc home and motherhood are said to
hc woman's sphere. Her business. she is
told. is to reproduce the species. Why
the dark-skinncd tribes in Africa do that.
40. woman's business, civilized woman
business. is TO improve the quality ana
conditions Of human life, and as long as
one-half the people Of country-that
is TO say. the womcn-arc shut out from
participation i'm the law-making OF that
country. it isn't reaching very high de-
gree Of civilization, and its efforts toward
improving the quality and conditions o.
life are hampered and one-sided Woman
is shut out from her sphere and the couh-
NY suffers.
we say that it IS the mothers sphere
10 care for her own babies-that she IS
divincIv ordained to care for her own
habics-and We never count the dead
babies, The mothers sphere is wherever
there are babies, her own or others that
need looking after, wherever she can
learn how best 10 look after them, wher-
ever she can influence conditions and help
make the world a good hone for them.
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The National California Club in New
York CMrs. Thomas J. Vivian. PRESIDENT
will give its annual musical on Tuesday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14

Revolution Mrs. Samuel j. Kramer, re-
SenO. in behalf of their East Side settle
mcnt work
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HOME is EXPENSIVE NOW.

I'VE hear a good deal about cooking
home cooking-beins large part OF
vomaus sphere. Would every man COOK
for himself? Would man cook for
another man, generally speaking? lie
would not. Home rs now constituted is
q very expensive way or living. The
woman who keeps strictly within her
spbcrc doing home cooking for her fam
iIy. or hiring an individual servant or SER
wants to cook just fo- them, is false TO
one of the tcnets Of her sphere, which is
economy. The woman's work is 10 con-
serve. and anything more wasteful than
the individualistic method Of homekcep-
ing il is impossible 10 imagine. ] don
mean that II is woman's sphere 10 destroy
the separate home. Let the home be kept
I'm all its privacy, but let not woman
spend her energies in making individual
pics and cooking individual cabbages. Let
her sphere widen TO embrace huge kitch-
ms where these things can be done in the
businesslike way in which men conduct
their affairs.
Men do things I'm common. In times
Of danger from outside forces men don't
rush each of them to defend his own
roof; they band together TO defend them
selves collectively. That is the human
instinct. and the sooner woman learns
hat she is human first and woman after
ward the sooner she will learn the IL
imitability Of her sphere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14

The Harmony Fellowship Club, Mrs.
William 4. Smith, president. held the
third meeting OF the season at the Hotel
Astor Wednesday. December 10. About
two hundred members and guests were
present
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-12-19

great awakening of our women to
this the opportune time to fall into
line and help save our race from this
vile form of slavery which the white
mans civilization has forced upon
us.
At our National Convention in AS
bury Park, N. j., in November, Ohio's
colored women led the nation in
making great gain of membership;
New York came next. The whole
nation must rally. The liquor traf-
fic knows no race, section, nor con-
dition in its work of evil We must
BE On Duty when the last blow for
liberty of home, race and nation is
struck.
Texas will rally for 1000 paid
members. Tennessee and Arkan-
sas 500 each.
Mrs. George E. Haynes, Fisk Uni.
ycrsity, Nashville, Tenn, has been
chosen as our Secretary of Advisory
Committees of College Work.
Miss Mary A. Lynch, Livingston
College, Salisbury N. c., is Chair
man of Committee on Press Work.
] cheerfully introduce these cap
able earnest women who will help
lead our ranks to victory over the
greatest enemy we have known since
emancipation.
We believe that our men will rally
to help us as they discover the earn,
/ estness of our hearts set to action.
We therefore humbly ask that you
will give space in your valuable
/, columns of the next issue for this
letter.
We further beg that you will le
appear in later issue if not alonl
with this letter, the enclosed cop!
of excerpts from DR.. Booker 7
Washington; Prof. Kelley Miller
Howard University, Washington, D
c.: DR.. G. v. Roman, Meharry Medi
cal College, Nashville Tenn, Dr.
Sutton e. Griggs, Memphis, Tenn.
Bishop G. r. Harris, Salisbury, n
c.; DR.. r. E. Jones, New Orleans
Or. j. H. N. Waring, Washington
D. c.
This letter goes to not less tina
j 200 newspapers and we call upon a
4 to help by praying with us on Jar
\ 1arv for this special blessing ths
a 1914 may be a year of jubilee for tn
\ womanhood of the race in achiev,
A ment for God and Home and Nativ
Fl Land"