New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-25
10000 Try to Get Into
Club FederatiOn's Open
ing Meeting.
EVEN ADAMSON Is
BARRED BY OWN MAN
Whitman Extends Welcome to
Visiting Delegates-Miss
Wilson a Guest.

Ten thousand clubwomen tried TO
pass through four foot door last
night at the 7th Regiment armory. The
result was a crush which swept the
twenty policemen off their feet and
swirled twenty-four armory officials
hclplessly into the corners.
Ladies! Ladiesl You're killing mo! -"
These were the shrieks of terrified
delegates which resounded above the
hubbub. while important personages IN
gorgeous evening gowns we're pounded
and punched in the rush Of crowding
humanity. More than 200 people were
finally turned away from the DOORS
while many others gave up IN despair
without even attempting an entrance.
Delegates from Broadhead, Wis, and
Georgetown, Mass, were indignant
when they recovered from their terror
New Workers may not mind thi'.
They're used to it in the subways'
they growed, put we don't think II
is much of way for them to treat
visitors"
Whitman Gives Welcome.
Inside the armory, however. the con
vention proceedings were as decorous
and brilliant as any ambitious delegate
could have expected from New YORK
On a platform banked with growing
plants, sat the distinguished guests
present TO express the welcome OF the
city TO the women from all parts OF
the country.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker president
Of the General Federation OF Women 3
Clubs. in q beautiful white lace gown
pounded her gavel three times at 8:oo'
and the great convention opened. Nine,
thousand delegates, alternates ana
guests rose in honor Of Miss Margaret
/ Wilson, daughter OF the President, and
then Joined in singing The star
Spangled Banner"
Governor Whitman extended wei
come, mot only for New YORK but ior
the whole country, and not Tor TO-DAY
alone, but for the great future 'ha'
| beckons democracy
"The women's clubs" he went on
"have added fifteen years TO the middle
/ age of women. The grandmother type
] has disappeared Why, there IS not
one grandmother here tonight
Fun to Grow Old.
For this the Governor got all the
applause the delegates could muster
out OF their white kids.
/ Commissioner Katharine 3. DAVIS IN
her address boasted of being old.
at is great fun TO grow old because
/ then you can be pioneer she SAID
/ ~ attended the first meeting OF thii
federation twenty-six years ago, ana
! want to give testimony now TO wha
/ the clubs have done for me. | remem
\ her that first convention, especially
now. don't laugh because | was intro
/ Guced TO p. r. Barnum at one Of th'
! receptions. There were sixty-one dele
gates, instead of 5000.
Fire Commissioner Adamson extend
+ ed the welcome of the city admlnlstra
/ ton to the delegates. Mayor Mitche
was too much occupied with wire-tap
ping TO attend, but he sent his regrets
The Fire Commissioner was one wn'
was caught i'm the crowd outside th'
armory and had the door slammed II
his face by his own official. Lieutenant
( Luke Conlon, of Chief kenlon's bureau
The doors were opened at hIteei
minute intervals after the hre oihcia
took charge, so the Commissioner an'
the Mayors greeting were not per
manently barred from the hall. lher'
was hurry call Tor fourteen ponce IT.
serves at $3.50.
New York Welcome Extended.
Mrs William Grant Brown, Mrs. Al
bert n. Hildreth, Mrs. Benjamin Prince
and Mrs. Eugene }. Grant EXTENDED th'
welcome from New York organizations
"Home-msking womanhood, love
schoord, love- ractis'd.'
That is the clubwomar as Mrs
Pennvbacker described her TO her host
New York, in her response TO the wei
come.
She was also question school d, tht
federation president warned the citl'
zens of New York, and advised every
body TO &c about armed with direc
tory and guidebook, for the visitors
intended 10 spare nobody in then
search for information. she continued
This afternoon a group of delegates
were chatting over their cups and one
asked:
I'VE have met lot Of distinguished
people already. Whom have you been
/ happiest 10 see >"
"Oh. the Fifth Avenue and Broadway
policemen" answered bright httlt
! Georgia woman. as the rest chorused
amen. ave shall cause these big OF,
fcers many extra steps. but we shal
be grateful for their kindness"
Peace Discussed at Luncheon.
Peace and international relations
we're the chief subject Of discussion at
Mrs. John Hays Hammond's luncheon
al the Hotel Aston yesterday afternoon
LADY Aberdeen called upon the women
of America to turn their eyes to 5ui
/ fering Europe and prepare to use tnei'
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