New-York tribune., 1915-12-18
p;od Retiring Leader with
Garlands and Present
$4,000 Purse.
uRS. Gait GIVES
NEW WATCHWORDS
anor't Gossip" "Get Together
and "Work Hard" Slogans
for New Fight.
Rs EMMA BUGBEE.

Rs EMMA DA hbLA4s
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Sufrs
=, bsde farewell TO Or. Anna How
"a shaw in q shower Of roses to-day.
,,,v rsined upon hey white head in
,.,n which came from all directions
:, ak hundred women, springing to
n,i, feet, singing and shouting, almost
,n,;ed their leader in drift Of pink
and yellow rosebuds.
Tbs stern litue Cavel with which Dr.
s,,u Is wont to quiet other storms lay
,;Isep under the flowers. She stood
,,,rs belnless. while the women
,.r,bsd and only melted her the harder
:, che tried to stop them. The ball
,oom Of the New Willard was flied
Nth the flying colors. Mrs. James
Lees Laidlaw threw q garland Of roses
aver her head, taking ADVANTAGE of the
oDDOrtunity TO give her arm a good
squeeze.
sWith these blossoms VIC bind you to
r,l- she cried. and moved the resolu-
Inn that Dr. Shaw be made honorary
,,..ident OF the National Woman Suf-
irsg. Association, with power to sit in
n, councils and confer with the board
q, directors. It was carried with more
,,ssrs and all the flowers that were
l,n. Dr.. Shaw wriggled her mead clear
A. the thorns in her neck and smiled
,uddenly with the old twinkle in her
eye. ..-, T..
me- she began, while the six hun
cred sppauded rapturousiy, but / am
very sure that when we compare our
,pc,ions in political conventions with
The kind they show in theirs | prefer
egrs. II this resolution means that
/ can still work for suffrage, | accept
/. gratefully and thank you for the
op,ortunity. but under no considera-
ton would | accept a merely honorary
POSITION.
Rainbow FolloSs storm.
The flowers are beautiful, and |
SAIL remember them as long as live"
sc continued. but the thing tina! viii
make nv heart glad all my life IS the
loye that know our women have
ioJ me-.
ne storm Of roses ended in rain
boa with pot Of gold at It's end. Miss
u. Carey Thomas. president OF Bryn
avn College. announced a gift Of a
.
60 yeatoa.
This is in order that for the re-
rs.goer Of her life she may work for
without any pause, she said.
".sery mill IN $4,000 represents a
h.ah you have won or a mind you
have converted TO woman suffrage"
D.. Shaw. is used 20 Ovations, but
70; 10 gifts like this. Her voice shook
i5f moment
4 have alweys wanted 70 know what
4 feels like TO be millionaire" she
tied. "Nov- | know. II, don't know
ytst to ssy or think. / only know
In glad"
There was another gift Of a gold
laurel wreath presented by Mrs. Henry
Wizard
Miss Margaret Wilson was among
those who pelted DR.. Shaw with roses,
bat she did not remain during the en-
tire meeting, explaining 70 her SUI
frage friends that she had house full
Of relatives for the wedding and must
hurry home 10 welcome them.
The business Of the afternoon was
me raising Of $4,000 TO cover the ex-
penses Of the organization for the
year.
States Pledge New Fund.
Massachusetts pledged $4,000; New
IOrk, $500; Pennsylvania. $4,000;
New Jersey. $500; Connecticut, 81 900,
and the District Of Columbia, $500.
Nr. George Howard Lewis gave $1,000
iS cover Office expenses for the honor
s,y president. The Nebraska State
association donated one pig. Florida,
MY boxes Of oranges, and North
Vsrolins, 100 pounds of cotton FOR
sonysrtlng or snnihilating Senator Ben
iillnsn"; Ohio promised 500 II
roosevelt we're nominated for Presi-
cent, and Mrs. L. F. Feikert, president
q the New Jersey Association, gave
tlS IN honor Of Woodrow Wilson.
somebody else gave IS 20 convert Mrs.
Sat. They gave in honor of their an
seslors and their children, who want TO
vote; in honor Of their Representa-
hves and the friends who converted
iaem; At the end of two hours $4,000
ssd been pledged. Mrs. Ogden Reid,
Yrs. Carrie G. Gait, Mrs. Stanley Nc
1,ormiek, hrs Frank l.. Roessing. Mrs.
sias c. Van Wrinkle, Mrs. Writ Dexter.
ais. James Morrison, Mrs. Henry
,Saos Rogers and Mrs. George Henry
Icsis agreed 10 raise the deficit.
Inc newly elected officers chosen to-
cay were then introduced 20 the con
Ccshhen. They are, as expected, Mrs.
yssfrie Chapman Gait. president; Mrs.
s'snk L. Roessing, vice president; Mrs.
SHniey Mccormick. second vice-presi-
esai; Miss Esther Ogden, third vice
Ns,ioent; Mrs. James Morrison re-
e,'sing secretary; Miss Hanna Patter-
~ corresponding secretary; Mrs.
..afy Wade Rogers, treasurer: Mrs.