New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-29
BIDS CLUBWOMEN
REDEEM WORLD
Rev. Mr.. Grant DoomS So
Ciety Members to Eter-
nal Oblivion.

The Rev. Percy Stickney Grant, rec
tor Of the Church OF the Ascension,
doomed the frivolous society woman
to oblivion in an address yesterday
afternoon before 1000 members OF the
General Federation Of Women's Clubs
in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel
Aston. At the same time he declared
the task of clubwomen in America was
to bring about o regeneration of the
world.
Most Of those who heard him were
white-haired but vigorous women, lead
ers in club life for many years. But
the clergyman announced that his re-
marks were addressed particularly to
the young women Of the West, whom he
characterized as looking onward and
letting the dead bury 'he dead.
Mr.. Grant shocked some of the more
conservative members by declaring that
no one was now expected to believe i'm
plicitly all that the Bible has to say,
as the Bible was only magnificent
compendium Of the literature of great
race for a thousand years. There was a
visible rustic Of protest all over the
room as he made the assertion, and
several women shook their heads Wig
orously.
Tells Importance of Women.
These are some Of the things he said
women must do:
Guard new life and disencumber
humanity Of injurious life already In
existence.
"Clean up defective and destructive
ideas.
Make the top Of humanity less
, wasteful and the bottom less wasteless.
Prevent sickness and disease by
forcing employers to pay higher wages.
End the alcohol and drug habits.
Secure a better system of educa-
| ton.
Remain just as radical as they are
now-much more so than men,"
He also said that the great war had
/ shown that warning nations were help
/ less without women TO maintain the
I
/ of America had greater future than
/ the men, because they had not sur
rendered to partisan leaders.
| One Of his most interested auditors
was the oldest woman attending the
convention. Women reporters had been
( seeking the oldest delegate" for al
most a week, but mere man found
her simply by asking if she were not
/ the oldest.
81 reckon l am" she drawled in an
unmistakable Kentucky accent. I'm
seventy-seven, and Pm glad to admit
/ it. I've been a clubwoman since the
/ Civil War, and I'm more interested now
/ than have ever been"
This Oldest delegate is Mrs. Margaret
Blair, of Louisville. She is an alter
nate, and is staying with her niece at
Seventy-fourth Street and West End
Avenue.
Elected Convention Delegate.
Mrs. Teresa Graham, of Ceur
d'Alene, Idaho, received many congratu-
lations from delegates, who learned
Yesterday that she had been elected a
delegate from Idaho to the Democratic
National Convention at ST. Louis.
81 am glad" she said, because 1t
gives me an opportunity TO vote for
President Wilson. ! think he's done a
great service in keeping US out OF war"
Mrs. Graham, widow of Captain Gra-
ham. who played an important part in
the development of Idaho from wilder
ness TO one of the busiest mining
states. would tell little about the part
she has played in Idaho politics, but
her friends say she is real power.
The National Civic Federation VIII
hold a reception for the General Fed
Grafton this afternoon in the receptlon
hall Of the Metropolitan Building. Ed,
ward Marshall, Sussex survivor, Will
speak on the European war; midas IN
dustries will be described by, Bal Su-
Chef Singh, and several other well
known men will speak on important