New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07
SLABS AT "CAUSE"
MAKE WOMEN HISS
Talk at Meeting of City
Federation ArOuSeS a
Protesting Storm.
JEERS GREET JIBES AT
HATPINS AND WINE
And Yet. Mrs. Baruch Says She
Doesn't Think Suffragettes
Were Really Rude"

Murderous hatpins. hobble skirts. medi-
Gated wines that lead women into the
path Of inebricty. beautiiers that take
the skin OF their faces. suffrage. Sing
Sins. unemployed men. the rights or
newspaper women. pure milk and CO.
educational clubs were Just few u the
subjects that occupied the attention Of
the thirty-,hird annual convention OF the
New York city Federation Of Women :
clubs. held yesterday at the Hotel Aston.
II was one of the liVeliest conventions
the Fed has ever had. and for the frst
time this organization distinguished Itself
by violently Kissing the chairman of the
anti-sunrase committee.
Mrs. Simon Baruch is the chairman OF
this committee. II any one there had the
least doubt that suffrage is the burning
question of the day with clubwomen. that
doubt must have been dispelled when
Mrs. Baruch cot up to read her report.
Kisses contradictions. derisive laughter.
encouraging remarks and applause, min
cled So al times that ii was difficult to
hear her words. 1t was evident that the
suffragists were not only more numerous
than the ants. but more noisy. and
though Miss Guernsey and Mrs. Belle de
Rivera asked them several times to re-
member the respect due the speaker, they
found it hard TO control themselves.
There was much sCornful laughter when
Mrs Baruch stated that in California
women do not vote freely and more
bad T.
fered Alany defeats during the last year.
But il was when she said that votes for
women would mean the death of all femi-
nine qualities that the Kissing broke out.
Nature" she said. DEGREES that the
female shall h the conservative ana
massive sex. the male the combative sex.
As Southern woman | deplore the fact
that We are getting so far away from
that ideal relation of the sexes which dis
tinguishes the South, the place wneTe
mans chivalry surrounds and protects
women | call on the men of this country
70 resist the blatant claims OF the SUI
frasists. To Weld to them will be to in
vo,vo the country In socialism, for that
and feminism. and all evils will folio"
in It's train
Mrs. Livingston Rowe Schuyler tried 10
support Mrs. Baruch in a four-minu'.
speech. but if the suhragists had laughed
q, the first speaker they howled at Mrs.
Schuyler.
"IC it is right for women TO vote they
should have the privilege" Mrs. Schuyler
began.
An. ha" shrieked the "suffs. Mrs
SCHUYLER is on the fence. Good WORK
Good work. Then lney clapped Vlgor-
ousIv. and took up so much OF the loui
minutes that Mrs. Schuyler go' li ohi*
bout "A word minute
Mrs. Baruch said afterWard mat she
didn't think the sufra2ettes really ruCe'
They all put their arms around me Wher
left the platform and told me they ioNed
me " she said Mrs. de Rivera SAID tha'
she regretted the Laughter OF the suHra-
eists though it is dniicult to keep stu
when such absurd statements are nade'
she observed.
Mrs Frederick Nathan read the report
If the suffrage committee. She gave
resume OF suffrage victories Tor the las'
vear and touched on the 'chivalry OF the
south" remarking that if was d chlNalry
which permitted the age of consent III
some Southern states to be as 10" as
eleven years.
resolution that had TO he revised was
one presented by the Good Government
club. II protested against newspaper
sending men reporters on stories Whch
they became front page stories ana ue-
clared that as the press women reporter
woren's news satisfactorily TO the wom-
on If the CITY editors were requested 10
eopd women exclusivelJ to repor, WON
ems news. 49,.
There were noes" from all over the
room. and Mrs. Schuyler. who is mem
ber az the Guidon club, cried: ! moNe
that we postpone this indefinitely
81 desire To speak to the resolution
said Dr Mary halton. The women OF
the press have stood by US ana AZ ''O1'D
stand 10y them
..,rhe resolution is worded unfortunate
lie said Miss Mary Garrett Hay. MS
federation stands for equal rights ioI
EQUAL nav. Don't vote the resolution 90" IL
We don't want TO give slap "' 80
newspaper girls who have STOOD py us
The resolution was rtlelle" " =,
mittee for revision. In It's new 'oi''''
ING on managing editors not to 'd"e INC
rress women off news which Tue pre-
women had made Of prime importance
e passed without dissenting vote.
4 resolution offered by the Go,hA'n
Cluh protested against indecent uleSS
o,d dancing" Mrs a. a. BROOKS spohe
in its favor.
81 object to women who wear no uiiue'
clothes" she said. II am CONSTANT
asking women | see on the streets u 81
home and put on more clothes.
Mrs NJ. NJ. Allen. the worlds superih-
,endent of medical temperance rea' d
paper on patent medicines. Many women
She said. became addicted 10 orliih
through the medicated wines ADVERTISED
as tonics. and many were permahen"y
injured by so-called 'bsautifiers' apphou
10 the skin. 800
Among the resolutions passed was ono
demanding that Sing Sing be aoohsheu
and an Industrial school started III i''
Mace. Dr. o. +. Lewis. OF the friSo" ~
sociation. spoke on this subject.
Voting went on all day, but there N"'
little excitement. as only members oi NV
hoard of directors were elected I'm '''