The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16

their support Tn lts can1pd16H 'O teract the ''hyh hhenated movement which is a growing menace to the se- curity of the country
 The American Society, he said, was designed to promote Amer1can1sm III the citizenship of the United states and to federate all patriotic organlza- tions.
 Mrs O. H. P. Belmont of New York spoke on behalf of the Political E;o,7i+v TInion- She advanced a plea for woman-the one great ana lno1s- pensable ammunition factory ooh earth. In part she said:
 *'I am here to advance the proposl- ton that merely as a war making machine a woman has her place here the same as nlanufacturer or shrapne1 on wholesale scafe' or a maker of armor plate, or mec1la1lic turning out rifles.
 Woman is the manufacturer or the chief tool used in war, namely man. For every rifle there must be man manufactured by woman to pull the trigger and push thu shells into the magazine For every cannon there must be man of keen sight born or some healthy woman.
 t ttIf you would listen patiently here to the walking delegate of rifle man ufacturing mechanics you should also listen patiently, if only for a few minutes, to one who may call herseh a sort of walking delegate for the women who manufacture.th men that carry the rifles
 Ours is the hard work the pain full work and the slow work.
 You can give an order to Schwao and he will give you a million rifles in three months.
 "A good mechanic may produce a death dealing weapon in. a few hours of work.
 .'But it takes a woman many months to produce the son who Is sent to be killed with the rifle on his years of patient care and anxiety to bring him up to the age where he is fit to kill or be killed5
 Your factories have hastened the process of manufacturing the weap- ons that men produce. But there is no hastening the process that Nature lays upon woman.
 @sIt is time for some attention to be paid, when you discuss preparation for war and wholesale slaughter, to- the women who must produce the real machinery of war-the men that kill and are killed.
 "Women do not demand recogni- tion where war is concerned as actual fighters.
 8tssIn their day women have shown the physical courage on the battle field that they show now every day in the hospitals and in child birth.
 sThe King of Ashantee trained his regiment of fighting women so fero- cious and terrible that a. half dozen of them would easily chase 24 big New York policemen into the NoTth river.
 Mrs. Belmont asked that a voice. in the affairs of the Nation be given women. Mrs. Belmont's address drew a sharp reply from Mrs. Arthur M Dodge. head, of the National Associa- ton Opposed to Suffrage. who depre- 'cated mention of Suffrage in such a meeting.
 Mrs. William Cumming Story, Pres ident General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, made a plea for preparedness. Mrs. Story declared with impressive emphasis that pa- triotism is not mere sentiment but 9. duty. W "a
 Mrs. Frank D. Odenheimer, Presi- dent General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, also made plea for defense
 The spirit of the meeting can be Judged by the ready response to an appeal for funds made by Mrs: Clin- ton Backus of New York city, Chair man of the. Ways and Means Commit tee Mrs. Backus called for 100 women who would join her in con- tributing s10O each toward financing the work of the organization during the coming year. While not many rose to meet this figure, more than half of the women present stood up to signify that they would contribute what they. could.
 Mrs John Hays Hammond was elected member of the Board of Gov ernors for New York and Mrs. Tn hom- as A. Edison for New. Jersey Mrs George Dewey. wife of the Admiral of the Navy, was elected the member for the District of Columbia.
 The organization now numbers 4O,- 900 members. The ambition of those present was to increase this number to l, 100000 by Jan 1, 1916.