New-York tribune., 1918-11-19
troll the streets Of London, to protect
the men from the evil influences lurking

troll the streets Of London, to protect
the men from the evil influences lurking
there.
I'VE have been told from the Begin
nlng that women have no place in wan
IT is no business FOR them. Well" Mrs
olade smiled, that mas been proven the
most beautiful Joke Of the csntufy.
peace how can they make peace with.
out uS?"
Accordlng TO Mrs. James Lee Laid
law, chairman OF the Collegiate Section
and Educational Director for the New
York State Food Administration, the
conference at the peace table will be
one vast discussion Of world house.
keeplngVa question Of feeding the
human race-and therefore women. the
housekeepers of the world, must be rep
resented at it,
Speaking for the New York women's
Trade Union League, Rose Schneider
brought up the subject of labor and
its consideration as a reconstructive
measure.
Among the men and women sent to
that peace conference" she said, "there
should be those who toll With their
hands-who know what it is to have to
wait until Saturday night for some
thing they want Above all, we should
remember that what we want is a
League Of Nations. We cannot get any
where until we get together interna-
tionally."
DIR. Shaw Speaks
A resolution passed by the New York
State Federation of Women's Clubs,
asking for the appointment of women
ito the peace conference, was read, and
then DIR. Anna Howard Shaw closed
the formal speaking with a ringing
appeal to women not to fail themselves
and their country at this crucial
snoment.
"Unless women take a stand for
themselves, it will never be taken for
them. The women of the world must
speak for themselvs at that conference.
No man can translate a womans
thoughts. ] know, for I once gave q
sermon in Stockholm, and fellow
clergyman translated it to that part
of my audience who did not under
stand English. The result was that two
sermons were given-my Methodist
one, and his Calvinistic interpreta-
tion of it.
$50 at this conference. Men know
some things about women. Women
know some things about men. But to-
gether men and women know all things
about women. President Wilson, him
self said that only when men and
women together have a voice in their
own government can we have per-
manent peace"
"Then,' said DR.. Shaw, Eve should
have both men and women around the
peace table to decide on the basis for
q permanent peace. We hear it said
that women are swayed by sentimen-
&ol NLN&
greater sentimentalists in the world
are concerned. They say the women
volunteered for war service-were not
conscripted, mind you. They say that
this same patriotism should now drive
these same women out of industry anc
back to their homes. Why, when men
get to discussing women, Heaven
Home and Mother takes possession Of
their souls-and there you are.
After the Crisis Passes
"These women should not be driven
from industry After the Spanish War
400 of those young women who hac
served their country faithfully during
the crisis and were turned away
when that crisis was over were
never heard from again Only
recently this government urgec
$4,000 clerks and stenographers te
come to Washington. Many of these
girls have not been in service lonf
enough to pay back what it cost then
! to get to Washington Some of these
1 young women, unless they are brough
I back home, will never get home. Il
! is just as much the business of thi:
government to get it's women soldier!
! home as it is to get the men soldier!
| home. And unless we women put thit
up to them the officials won't thinl
of it.
$50 it will be at the peace confer
ence There will be great many thing
/ that the men won't think of, unless
there are women there to put it up t.
them"
Following DR.. Shaw's speech tn
meeting was thrown over to informa
discussion from the floor, each speake
being limited to three minutes. Th
resolution was then put to vote and wa
carried unanimously.
Miss Hay closed the meeting by urg
ing those twenty-odd women in tn
audience who were presidents of WON
ems organizations to go back and pusl
the plan through by passing simila
resolutions and sending them to tn
President.
Wafchinp Mrs. Stokes