The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-05
WOMEN'S WARFARE
| F|ERCELY RAGING
Pussy Suffers" and Sanitary
Seekers" Are at Swords
Points.
DIFFERENCE IN METHODS
One Believes in Woman's Wilcs /;
the Other in Intcllec-
tual Battle.
DIFFERENCE IN METHODS
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l


ST. Louis. Mo-, April 4.-For two days
subject Of dress has progressed at the
Mississippi Valley Suffrage Conference
at the Buckingham Hotel-and with
out single known casualty.
DR.. Anna Z. Blount. OF Chicago.
turned n verbal sixteen-inch cannon on
| Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout. also Of Chi
cago, and the president of the Illinois
Suffrage Association. and thereafter it
seemed that all the arsenals were ex
ploding.
1t is the war of the fussy suffer
and the sanitary seekers" At least
that is the way q suffragist, who is on
the inside. explained x to reporter.
II appears that the "fussy suff ers' are
those suffragists who like jewelry and
fine clothes and believe in a practice
| of woman's wiles as the most effective
means Of getting the vote from men.
surfer is n contraction for sufrag-
| lists.
| On the other hand. the Sanitary
| seekers" for the ballot stand on their
| rights" They arc Intellectual, have
charge of the literature stands a the
conference and conventions, and abhor
stylish dress as q substitute for argu-
ment. They dress plainly. and this
| probably is the source of the adjective
sanitary"
The lovely. stylish and dashing Mrs
Grace Wilbur Trout is the leader OF
the fussy suffers"
! The intellectual keen and charming
Or. Anna E. Blount is the leader Of
the sanitary seekers" and she has
the active moral backing and oratori-
cal support of Judge" Catherine
| Waugh McCulloch and Mrs Ella S
Stewart. ex-president of the Illinois
| association
Well. everything went along lovely,
and the women just kept marching
up to the speakers platform and back,
until Or. Blount got the floor and
! told the other suffragists. "fussy
suffers" and sanitary seekers" alike.
just what she thought about the
! ef0 tSeg shat, Mrs Grace Wilbur Trout
Dr. Blount did not mention Mrs.
Trout By name. II wac not necessary.
Women who are on the outside OF
/ the whole war told reporter that II
was Mrs. Trout's exquisite description
OF strawberries that melted DR. Blount
TO tell what she thought of Mrs. Trout's
clothes.
The handsome Mrs. Trout made a
speech to the conference members on
Strawberries and cream around the
! st of March
DR.. Blount and Mrs. Stewart. tie ex-
/ president. and Mrs. McCulioch did not
| eat any OF the strawberries, which
| were gifts 10 Mrs. Trout and her party,
| from men. The stra wberries were
served in the pullman cars in the spe-
/ cial that carried the Chicago delega-
/ tion TO Washington
And" Mrs. Trout emphasizes the
point to the delegates there was no
extra charge for the stra wberries
| Everywhere we were treated just
| lovely. The railroad men with whom
we arranged for the train were excep-
! tionally nice"
| Now the Blount- Stewart McCulloch
| contingent were against the trip to
| Washington. and they were not on the
| train and did not get any OF the stra W
/ berries.
| When Mrs. Trout took the platform
TO tell about The strawberries she was
wearing one of her most cunning
gowns of changeable blue and green
silk peacock hues (Dr Blount later
| told where she thought the proper
place for peacocks wasD Mrs. Trout's
skirt was draped after the latest Par
| isian model. There were real lace
ruffies on her sleeves and at the neck.
| Her way brown hair was in the latest
| fashion, and the pompadour was tied
with n purple velvet ribbon.
| When she walked to the speakers
! platform DR.. Blount was attred in
| I lack silk frock. with full blouse and
| full skirt.
Ling woman. with a reputation for men
tally. and when she took the speakers
stand there was as much attention as
| when Mrs. Trout was occupying It,
| The program said that DR.. Blount
would tell the suffragists what they
! ought TO read. And she did. She gave
them whole list of books and her