The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
SUFFS REACH OUT
FOR CLUB WOMEN
Invite All at Federation Con-
vention to Party in Mrs.
du Points Garden.
CANDY CART VANISHES

Come into the garden, %delegatcs'' with
apologies to Alfred Tennyson) is the
siren song that Mrs. o. n. r. Belmont
ana the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage are singing TO the thousands
NJ clubwomen who nave come to New
YORK to attend the thirteenth biennial
convention Of women's clubs. The
garden in question Is Mrs. Coleman du
Fonts, adjoining Mrs. Belmont's at
Great Neck. l.. J.. a party to be given
there next Saturday Is the Congressional
Unions little scheme for booming the
Federal amendment for woman suffrage
with the clrbwomen.
Arc the women accepting? Well.
rather. Women from the West and
South nre besieging Mrs. Belmont's
suffrage headquarters at 10 East Forty
first street. asking for tickets. Mrs. Rel
non has chartered the steamer Man
dalay. at a cost OF $1,000. to carry the
guests down. There will be refresh
ments and music both on the boat and
NJ the garden party. Besides the music
there will be suffrage speeches by Miss
Lucy Burns. vice-chairman of the Com
rresslonal Union Prof. Charles Beard
OF Columbia University. and Mrs. Char
''N'' 4 hllS plll1ldn, ulTeCtOT III I1e
e. l..
Thu c. L. asked to have tickets given
out At the biennial headquarters at the
Hotel Astor. but II was explained to
them that the board could not assist in
entertainments by outside organizations.
Probably few of the officers of the Fed
Grafton Will attend. Mrs. Belmont wrote
to Mrs. William Grant Brown, inviting
the board, but Mrs. Brown replied that
'ht4 xr.g .. ,,asf.r fA- taltti1ttnf A.s,a-
hers. invited "a individuals. TO settle.
Mrs. Percy V. ~pcnnybacker said yester-
day that she would be far too busy to
go. She has attended few social func-
tons since coming to New York. Mrs.
Brown said she was sure she would be
dead by Saturday. and consequently in
no condition for parties.
f, iiut sixty delegates from Missouri.
thirty from Arkansas. seventy-nve from
ohio. twenty-five from Mississippi. and
many from other States have applied for
tickets. These have been freely given
to delegates and a~lternates. All club
visitors. not delegates. who can't be ac-
commodated on the boat will he vel
coined at tho du Yont estate II they
care to 20 down nv train.
The other wing Of the suns. the non
militant Woman Suffrage party, will
have the ear Of the delegates tonight
NJ Carnegie Hall. Twelve ONE each
the president or representative Of the
president OF the Federation OF Women's
Clubs In n state where women vote. will
toll the audience what women have done
with the ballot In their states. Mrs Car
RE Chapman Gait Will preside, and Or
Anna Howard shaw will make he oren-
Ing prayer.
Yesterdays Sessions 81 the convention
OPENED with a business meeting AZ the
S.N.v.h v,ayir1a,f NrsnnyN "a ynpp'tNp In
~te.rupted by the same old struggle with
the acoustics. Or. william Norman
Guthrie. who was invited TO address the
club women on FOREIGN Literature and
the New Citizen" had the biggest voice
81 an who appeared m tho platform,
but even he had a hard time.
You can below like the Bull OF
Bashan." he roared finally in despair.
but YOU can't make an impression on
his place"
What Dr. Guthrie tried 20 tell the
delegates was tina, he wanted some one
to write IAN honest hymn that he
could "siug without lying" our ma
tiona! anthems and hymns, he said
couldn't possibly he ador-d by our
Italian. French and English citizens.
"'America' couldn't he sum by any
one bu, a New Highlander" he declared.
The delegates at the council meeting
Ia ENfNA Ah' ''''' ~
the president. Mrs. Percy V Penny
hacker. in her report They are for a
Pau-American congress Of women, a
survey OF the moving picture situation,
AUGMENTATION Of the immisraut and
the hetterment Of rural homes. The
question Of joining the international
Council Of Women was brought NJ, but
delegates protested thAt they ouldn
hear tho discussion.
Cannot we postpone this till We meet
IN a smaller hall demanded ouc and
the chair agreed.
Conferences on music n CON
servation brought lars" groups OF
women TO the Aston. In the evening the
dinner Of Mrs. William Tod Hclmu'h to
the pioneers. tho women who with her
formed the General Federation of
Women's Clubs twenty-slX years ago
was the chief function.
\ police call has been sent out for a
wagonload OF candy. which was sent
hy the Huyler candy people ~ a present
to the club women hut which mystcri-
ously d sappeared from the entrance 10
the armory even as a committee from
inside was fastening to the door to re-
,cive IL.