New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-15
What DR.. Shaw Said
How a Patriotic Utteranc. c.,
Twisted From Its Con,.,,

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Through a letter of Marv
and in other ways the anti-suffragi,,. 'as
circulated throughout the United e.. AN
charge that at recent conven.ior
National Suffrage Association II, u
president, DR.. Anna Howard Sh,v A7
her address: what is the An.,,.~
but piece of bunting% DR.. sb,v "
ICES the following answer to thi, a"'
Everybody who knows anything ~
or about woman suffrsgists know, u
that if l said the flag was bu. w
bunting | said il in such a conn.,,;.
that part Of the sentence extracted r.. va
context is worse than a deliberate f,,,.s
made this statement in the pres.nc. :, ~
eral members of the Presidents c.h,... w
great public meeting where Sen,,o.
members of Congress also were pr..... ~
1t was after this speech that wa, N
by the President and the Council ~ ~
Defence as the head Of its Women.
mittee. Do you think II would nav.
possible for them to choose m. q. w
position il ! had made any disre,u,.,,., -
erence to the American flag. or n - :"
way had shown a disloyal sttituS. ~
the government WIZ
ITO illustrate the contemplate r.,,..
snti-suffragists | am willing to ,,,,.
connection in which | used that sen,....
was talking on loyalty and patrioti,n
the ideals that were back of our form A. -
eminent, and said that, although on,
ornment had not reached its ideal, !,
theless stood for them. Then points,.
the flag, | said:
This is the American flag Il 4. ,M,
bunting, and why is il that when I. 4,
rounded by the flags Of all other mas
your eyes and mine turn first toward |. =,
there is g warmth at our hearts ,p,.
we do not feel when we gaze on ,pv ,.s
flag? 1t is not because Of the beaut, "a
colors, for the flags OF France and Er,,.
which hang on either side Of IL h,,, =
same colors. 1t is not because Of n, 49,.
tic beauty, for other flags are as arti,tj,. 4.
it is because you and see in that pi,,, :,
bunting what we see In no other. hh,.
visible to the human eye, but 1. "a he
aspiring soul. We see In every st,,. :,
red the blood which has been shed A,,,s
the centuries BY men and women vhs ~.
sacrificed their lives for the idea Of dr..
racy; we see in every stripe Of whit. a,
purity of the democratic ideal toward v.ls
all the world is tending and In ev.rv ~,
in its field of blue we see the hope OF r,,.
kind that some day the democracy which ~,
bit Of bunting symbolizes shall peru..
the lives of men and nations; and W, h,
it because il enfolds our ideals OF bu,,
freedom and justice
81 have used the illustration many tin,-
two weeks ago at the Columbia Uny,,,
Summer School and the same week At a.
Summer School of the University Of yh
g.nia. So enthusiastic did the sudiene, l.,
become that, when finished, the dr.c,,,
music Immediately sprang to the p.ssr
and the audience to their feet and ssns Il,
Star-Spangled Banner" as have rarely Ian
it sung.
"The anti-suffragists have culled o., n,
part of sentence, separated 1t from h co.
text, and used it, because they have n,tiy
principle nor justice nor Fundamental nj.
on which to base their opposition to vsnu
suffrage"
Comment would be wholly superhusu,
IDA Hustled HARPER
Editorial Chairman Leslie Sufrsg Burn
New York, Aug. IL, 1917.