New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-21

when she says: Having watched the
wonderfully advantageous way in which
suffrage has worked 20 benefit women
/ in California i'm the three years they
/ have had il. | advocate II with vigor.
| / am interested in the betterment or
women workers, and that Detterment
must come through woman suffrage.
SO many women prominent IN Wash
| ington society are in favor OF suffrage
I that a business meeting frequent
takes on the atmosphere OF PINK tea.
/ Mrs. Julia Marlowe Sothern entertans
/ the suffrage workers with her artistic
/ talents and has interested Nr. Sothen
10 the extent OF having him Join hcr.
| They are strongly in favor Of the move
ment and work for it.
There will be an earnest movement
I for suffrage among women OF the SEN
ate this winter. for those who are work
! ing for it include Mrs. Miles PolndeX-
ter. wife Of the Senator from Wash
ington: Mrs. John +. Shafroth, Of Col
orado: Miss Gale Hoke Smith. daugh-
ter of Senator Hoke Smith. of Geor-
eia; Mrs. ICED Smoot, of Utah; Mrs.
/ George Sutherland, of Utah, one Of the
most active speakers and workers, Mrs.
Charles +. Townsend, Of Michigan;
Mrs. Francis f. Warren, of Wyoming,
who works for suffrage in both oitclal
and unofficial ranks; Mrs. Robert NJ.
La F0llette, Of Wisconsin. whose work
for the movement Is nationwide; Mrs.
/ William T. Borah. of Idaho. Mrs. Will
lam II. Thompson and Mrs. Charles
Curtis. of Kansas; Mrs. Henry F. Ash
hurst. of Arizona. whose husband reck-
ons none of his committees more I'M
portant than that on Woman Suffrage.
Mrs. Albert B. Cummings, of Iowa,
is strong advocate Of suffrage. Mrs.
Wesley /. Jones. Of Washington, helps
her husband TO be consistent member
Of the Senate Committee on Suffrage.
Mrs. Robert l.. Owen, of Oklahoma, IS
a leader in suffrage circles: Equally
strong for the movement is Mrs. George
r. Oliver. of Pittsburgh. whose home
i'm Massachusetts Avenue is as fire.
quently a meeting place for suffrage
workers as for social affairs.
Speaker Clark's Strong Asset.
II is strong asset of the Speaker Of
the House, that both his wife and
daughter are hard workers for woman
suffrage. Mrs. Clark. who is not fond
Of society, gives her best energies 10
the movement One cannot recall the
famous suffrage parade in Washington,
Uhcn thousands OF women were lU INV
without thinking Of Genevieye Clark,
now Mrs. Thomson. OF New Orleans,
VIII rode in the foremost ranks and
waved a suffrage flag. All through the
list Df Representatives. wives rs a
strong suffrage sentiment. led by Mrs:
James r. Mann. wife Of the leader OF
the minority.
The good work done for suffrage does
not lie altogether along official lines,
but with the smart set" too, and the
more seriously inclined members of so
ciety. Mrs Thomas +. Walsh left the
ranks OF the ants. where she served
with Mrs. Marshall. wife Of the Vice
President, and took up the cause OF
suffrage. Other women who work for
the movement are Mrs. Huntington
Jackson. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley. Mrs.
George ODell. Mrs. William Cummings
Story. Miss Flora Wilson. Mrs. Neville
Monroe Hopkins. Mrs. Charles Bough-
ton Woods and her niece. Mrs. Clifford
Pinchot; Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell
and her daughters, Mrs. David Fair
child and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor; Mrs.
Arson Mills. Mrs. Richard Wainwright.
Mrs. Robert Evans and Mrs. Richard
Coke Burleson.