The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

ANTS HEAR Plea
AGAINST BALLOT
Miss Bissell, Of Wilmington,
Speaker on 'Eallacy Of
Woman Suffrage"
SOCIAL LEADERS ATTEND
Hose Interested in Welfare Work
SOCIAL LEADERS ATTEND
hose Interested in Welfare Work
Meet at Home of Mrs. Charles
Francis Adams.

Women, prominent in social, educa-
tiDnal, and philanthropic pursuits crowd
ed the spacious drawing room OF the resi-
dEnce of Mrs. Charles Francis Adams,
lin Massachusetts avenue, yesterday aft
eI noon, and paid close attention to a
lecture by Miss Emily p. Bissell. of
Wilmington, Del. on THE Fallacy of
Woman Suffrage" given under the aus
pi ,es Of the District Of Columbia Associa-
ii m Opposed TO Woman Suffrage. Mrs
Augustus Peabody Gardner. president OF
tie society introduced the speaker. who
Is O member of the Delaware State Com
mission on Child Labor. secretary OF the
Rad Cross Society. and chairman of the
executive committee of the Association
of Women's Clubs. of Wilmington, Del.
siiss BisselI said she could speak from
eNperience as wage Garner. club
Wtman, social worker temperance
w'-man, 1 college woman. and had in
VeStigated whether votes for women
wCsld be of practical and material as
sisiance either In a moral or financial
way TO the women of the country, in
Gliding the rich. the poor, the property
cvner. the educated. the ignorant. the
industrious or the idle. She said that her
Investigation of the subject had con-
Tinced her that the vote is merely q
mGchod OF procedure entailing RESPONSE
hilaty and work, but adding no power or
drect dement's
Blind Faith of SuffrasIsts.
= -he touching trust of the suffraE!st in
the ballot" remarked Miss BisseIl, "is
one of the most beautiful exhibitions of
blind faith i know of. Votes for women
is une thing and legislation another. which
is peculiarly illustrated by four women
members Of the Colorado State lecisla-
tuTe. who voted for race track gambling.
explaining afterwards when they were
Iet liked by Gov: Shafroth that they were
not aware of the nature of the measure"
Regarding the saloon and temperance,
Miss Bisseil said that the voteIess women
of Wilmington had succeeded in cleaning
up the formerly ill-reputed Seventh ward
Of that place, which is nov one of the
cleanest and most desirable sections Of
Wilmington. She told how the voteless
women of Wilmington had gone before
the legislature and got an appropriation
for a tuberculosis hospitaI and other
beneficial measures THE training of
the mothers will save their girls alone
] rom falling victim to the white SLAYER.
I he vote cannot help. The fathers are
Jest rs anxious for their daughters as
The mothers, and the fathers have 4
vote"
Inc wage question was settled in short
order by Miss BisselI. who said: 'If the
men with votes caEnot get work or an |
increase in their wages. how can woman |
expect to accomplish it?'
List of Those Present.
Among those present --ere Mrs. Charles |
rancis Adams. Mrs Addison. Mrs.
t,eckwlth, AIRS. Benjamin. Miss Benham.
" rs. Hirnie, Mrs. Blair. Brs. Bradley. |
Mrs Brown. Mrs. .Brownson. Mrs. Burr.
Mrs Barbour. Mrs. Gist Blair, Mrs. Card,
Miss Card. Mrs. Chase, Mrs. Chew, Mrs,
."gsweL Mrs. Craig. Mrs. Cushman. Mrs.
Ccrbin. Mrs Caldwell. Mrs. Chapman.
Mrs. Davis. Miss Elizabeth Davis. Miss
Denny. Mrs. A. w. Dunn. Mrs. Dalton,
Mrs Ely, Mrs. Edwards. Mrs. Fitch, Mrs.
Fox, Mrs. FitZhuSh Mrs. Gardner Miss
Gwynne. Mrs. Greve, Mrs. Hackett, Mrs
Hammond. Mrs. Harlow. Madam Hause,
Mrs. Hay. Mrs. nenry. Ms Hoppin, Mrs.
Howard. Mrs. Janin, Mrs. Keep, Mrs.
Victor Kaufman. Miss Ledyard Mrs.
Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs Langhorne.
Mrs. Mckim, Mrs McCallum, Mrs.
MathewsOn. Mrs Mitchell. Mrs. Morse,
Miss New. Mrs. Newtca. Mrs. oxnard.
Miss Patten. Mrs. Par er. Mrs. Randolph.
Mrs. Richards. Miss Riggs. Mrs. Shirley,
Mrs. Stevens. Miss Squire, Mrs. J. Stod-
lard. Mrs Smith, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs
Tittmann. Mrs. Tuckerman. Mrs. West
,ctt, Mrs Wallace. and others
The patronesses were ars. Mahlon Pit
ley. Mrs. Willard Salisbury, Mrs
Mrs. Duncan c. Phillips. Mrs Elisha
Dyer. Mrs. George : Howard. Miss
iwynne. Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Mrs.
Robert Lincoln, Mrs. Hay. Mrs Richard
Townsend, Mrs. Charles Fitzhugh, /
Madam Hauge. Mrs. Corbin, and Miss
lane Riggs. Mrs CogsweII is the chair
nam of the lecture committee.