The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

I placing women attendants in Ghe fail.
waiting rooms and the City Hall, and IN
changing laws in regard 10 women In
the District. Il was the only assocIa-
ton Of the kind for many years in the
District OF Columbia, under the name Of
the District Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton. Now there are several other suf-
frage clubs and a state organization, ali
being affiliated with the national associaa
ton. All OF the early pioneers coming 70
Washington for conventions, and to ap-
pear before committees OF Congress. were
provided for by this indefatigable band
Of loyal women.
'Suffragists were not popular at that
time, and many of them had not the
hotel habit, as hotels were not open to
the unaccompanied woman, at least, not
In pleasant way. Among the pioneers
OF this club appears the names OF Jo-
sephine Grimm. the iIlustfious founder OF
the Freedman's Bureau: Belva A. Lock-
wood, Sara A. Spencer. Mary 8. Lock-
wood. DR.. Susan Edison, and Or. Caroline
B. winslow, the last two being among
the very hrst women to become prac-
ticing physicians. Now there are more
than 5000 women engaged In that pro-
fession. Among the visiting pioneers
members OF the national board and others
were found the names OF Susan B. An
thony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Matilda
Joslyn Gage. Mary Anthony. Lucy Stone
Blackwell, Henry Blackwell. Emily How
land and others.
IL Required Courage.
1T required great courage to be a sur.
fragist at that time-or a 'womans right
err as the newspapers put IT, laughed
Miss White. And what caricatures and
descriptions appeared in the Journals dur
ing the conventions. with never any sort
of reasonable report. For example: one
lady wore q small bonnet made of gaudy-
coiored birds wings another. addressed
the meeting In low tones and q poke
bonnet still another, discussed the queS-
ton In q velvet bonnet and Q plain linen
collar OF one II was said: Her face.
although real feminine In shape, was
painted all over with business TIL Il
looked like a mans, aud her hair was
shingled and brushed IN little banglets.'
Miss Anthony so one report said. wore
blue darbe trimmed in lace while
Mrs. Elizabeth CRdy Stanton was at
tired IN a black silk dress with a white
handkerchief around her throat
Another record declares that there
was not pair Of earrings on the plat
form. but most of the ladies wore gold
watch chains These quotations are CIV
en- to describe the glaring ridIcule per-
mitted in the newspapers, and to suggest
the exceptional bravery required TO stand
as an advocate for votes for women
And at the same time there were
episodes Of mixed fun and embarrass-
ment which relieved the monotony Of the
ceaseless grind in working over an OBJ
durate public. At a venture, the follow
ing incident is related. which illustrates
the ready wit OF the now president of the
national association, and who was at
that time Miss Anthony's able vice presi-
dent.
Called All Names.
Miss Shaw rose to speak. and thus be-
gan: Before giving my report I want
to tell a story against Miss Anthony.
We suffragists have been called every
thing under the sun, and when there
was nothing else quite bad enough for
us, We have been called infdeis. which
includes everything. Once we went to