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New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
Chicago Convention of Women
Does Homage to Pioneers
In 51.Year Struggle

the first woman's rights convention
had been held in Seneca Falls, N. Y,
and in those years many Of the
leading statesmen Of the pre-Civil
War days had cooperated with the
women. Victory had seemed very
easy Of attainment In those days.
Especially when the Civil War
brought political liberty to the negro
at the hands Of the very men who
had talked woman's rights before
the war. Yet when the wars lesson
came to be written into the Consti-
tuition of the United States the use
of the word "male" for the first time
definitely excluded women from the
rights of franchise. Up to that time
men like Richard Henry Lee, Of Vir-
ginia, and Charles Sumner, Of
Massachusetts, had contended that
in the absence Of any words to the
contrary the Constitution itself pro-
vided for the enfranchisement Of
women.
"This is the negro's hour. The
women must wait" said the states
men.
Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton,
however, decided not to wait, but to
get right to work and agitate for a
Federal amendment of their own.
The call to the first national suf-
frage convention was issued in Janu-
ary, 1869. 1t was stern and simple,
as follows:
"a national woman's suffrage
convention will be held in Carroll
Hall, Washington, D. G., on the 10th
and goth of January, 1869. All
associations friendly to woman S
rights are invited to send delegates
from every state. Friends Of the
cause are invited to attend and take
part in the convention.
Delegates arrived from twenty
states.
GAS to numbers in attendance
from Maine, California and all the
way between" reads the account in
Miss Anthony's own paper, "The
Revolution" cit is sufficient to say
that, although the first session was
cncouragingly large, there was a
constant increase till the last eve
ming, when the spacious hall was
crowded in every part, until
entrance was absolutely impossible
long before people ceased coming" "
he Delegates
Among the women who sat on the
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The two great needs Of Chinatown's
women are education and recrea-
ton"
For the most part these women
live secluded lives, gazing with
bright, almond-shaped eyes at the
life that passes down the crooked
streets in front of their tenement
windows. Yet in spite of existing con-
ditions and the short circuit of their
lives, these Oriental women are
awakening to desire for the big
and better things that lie outside
their present horizon.
Chinatown is, unfortunately. sur
rounded by the worst elements of
New York City life; after school
hours the young Chinese girls form
their opinion of things American in
cheap third rate Bowery "movie. 3"
They are absorbing, as children al
ways do, what they see and hear in
the street life of their environment.
The new club in Chinatown will be
branch of the International Insti-
tute Of the Y. W. C. A., with head
quarters at 1O8 East Thirtieth
| Street.
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Equal Rights Association convention
in New York in 1865. That was
when they were working for the en-
franchisemcnt of the women and the
negro at the same time. How SIM
pie it would have been if the poll
ticians had only listened to US then
"Well, was woman minister in
Welmouth, Mass, the first ordained
woman in the United States. 1t was
the Universalist Church which first
opened its doors to women. Of
course, l was ready for the gospel
of suffrage, and when read in the
newspaper that Miss Anthony was
going to hold a meeting I decided to
20 and find out what she had to say.
1t was as great an event for me to
90 to New York then as it is to go to
Chicago now. I remember l was
much excited to get some new, grand
clothes. I didn't know anything
about the hotels, but saw an adver-
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SUfF1AGE 1cs su' for ey d time the first
pg the artists conception cck the

Did she remind Mrs. Starrett of the
great meeting they pulled off in Cali
fornia thirty years ago? What's a
meeting between suffragists?
What Mrs, Bundy said to her old
comrade was:
"I'm eighty years old and I've
got a great-grandchild."
"Pooh" said Mrs. Starrett. "I've
got four"
Another woman whose reminis-
cences carried back to the first con-
vention days is the Rev. Olympia
Brown, the most picturesque figure
in the convention, a bent, little old
woman, .in white shawl and tight
gray hair topped with a quaint old
comb. She is eighty-fve years old,
but has come alone to attend the
convention.
"I remember Miss Anthony, even
before the first national conven-
tion," she said, "for l attended her
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1 table rice dishes, embroi-
dering silken padded jackets
or taking care Of the babies to the
feminine half of New York's China
town. The spirit Of the new day for
women has come to the region that
is bounded on one side by Mott
Street, on the other by Pell, and
that flows peaceably along the
angles of the thoroughfare known
as Doyers Street.
To the casual observer Chinatown
still seems a mans world, from the
novelty shop on Mott Street, where
polite and businesslike Oriental
gentlemen sell fragrant sandalwood
incense, to the Chinese Delmonico's,
where equally affable gentlemen
serve chop suey or chicken chow
mein. No smiling little Oriental
women have invaded the business
world of this section, and how can
the casual observer know that every
night dozen or more young Chinese
girls act as ushers in Broadway
theater?
Most Of the soft-voiced, straw
slippered little Chinese women who
sit in their American apartments all
day long, slipping out to buy dried
fish or green peppers or vegetables
from the grocer around the corner,
are just as foreign looking as of
yore. But appearances are deceitful
and new ideas may find their way
up a flowing Chinese sleeve as well
as up tight-ftting American one.
Before many moons have passed the
tourist who invades the region In a
yellow sightseeing bus will find
visible evidence of this feminine
growth.
Crowded in among the Chinese
characters ornamenting doorways
and which he cannot decipher, try
as he will, the sightseer from Ashe
vile, N. c., or Ann Arbor, Mich
will soon find four plain American
letters which are familiar ones or
. Main Street back home.
These four letters-Y. w. G. A.
will be posted over the doorway o1
, E. club which the Chinese women art
. asking the Young Women's Chris
tian Association Of New York Cit,
to establish for them. Until thi.
sign goes up the Chinese women's
organization is known as "Tsine
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tisement Of the Irving House and
thought that sounded literary, so !
decided that was the place for me
to stay. | was up so early the first
day that I reached the church where
the meeting was to be held an hour
before the doors were open and |
had to sit in the park.
"Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton
had charge Of the meeting and / was
delighted with what they had to say.
From that morning I was a suf-
fragist, and in 1859 l attended Miss
Anthony's convention in Washing
ton"
Perhaps it is as hard after q cause
is victorious to admit that one was
not a worker for it as it was to be a
worker in the days when the cause
was unpopular Anyway, some think
that little Miss Harm is not only the
oldest, but the bravest woman in the
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~ gown OF silver tissue with
( "A diamonds In her hair,
standing on little gilt chair
and leading 1000 women in singing
"Onward. Christian Soldiers" turn
ing a suffrage Jubilee into few
moments Of solemn thanksgiving
that Is ono picture Of the closing
hours Of the women's fifty-one years
Of struggle for national woman suf-
frage.
A quaint and smiling little figure
In trailing, oldfashioned black silk
and q white cashmere shawl, wom-
an with the eyes Of a prophet, Alice
Stone Blackwell, before whom the
delegates of this last convention rose
swiftly to their feet to honor in
her her mother, Lucy Stone, and the
other pioneers of the cause-that is
another picture.
The days were full Of them. It
was hard to crowd into five days of
the Victory Convention here In
Chicago all the pent-up joy at
the end Of half century Of cru
sade. There were women there
who had seen the movement grow
almost from its very first days; one
who had been a delegate to the first
national convention; many who had
girlhood memories of Susan B. An
thony and Anna Howard Shaw, and
hundreds who had worked for years
In the ranks.
But the convention was not mere
~ collection of reminiscences-far
from it. The women no sooner
solemnly said farewell to the old
National American Woman Suffrage
Association than they hailed it's sue
cessor, the League of Women Voters,
hailed it with hilarity and vigorous
pledge of loyalty to the woman's
"new crusade" directed to i'm
proving politics now that women are
in them.
This is the picture that tells that
story: A long line Of yellow-rib
women, Historically shouting and
blowing yellow horns, filing through
the convention hall, leading to the
platform the vacantly grinning fig
ures of the elephant and the donkey,
symbols of the two political parties
now petitioners for the favor of
the women voters OF the country. If
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3 Beginning and End of the Fight for Suffrag
jured by false ones, have advocates
equal to the great demands Of their

jured by false ones, have advocates
equal to the great demands of their
cause"
The great business Of this first
convention, of course, centered in
the discussion of the Federal amend
ment, which Miss Anthony and Mrs.
Stanton had drafted. A few days
afterward, on January 26, 1869,
they were granted the first Con-
gressional hearing ever permitted to
women. The amenoment then dis
cussed has become famous in suf-
frage history as the Susan B. An
thony amendment.
Not only woman's rights for
America, but sisterhood for wom-
en- for the whole world, was in the
minds of those early reformers. At
the 1869 convention a resolution
was passed which seems to have an
tedated the league of nations by
about fifty years. Nine. Jeanne
d'Hericourt introduced the resolu-
ton, reading:
"That we form a league Of all
women claiming their rights, both in
America and Europe.
"The aim of this league, which
shall be called the Universal League
for Woman's Rights and Universal
Peace is to extinguish prejudice be-
tween nations, create common in
terest through the influence of wom-
en- in order to substitute the reign
of humanity for the divisions and
hatred and causes of war, and to
give aid to the women Of all ma
tions in securing their rights"
To-day, after ffty-one years, the
American women still cling to the
idea of international sisterhood, and,
fresh from the Victory Convention,
Mrs. Gait will go in April to Spain,
where, as president of the 1nterna-
tional Woman Suffrage Alliance, she
will preside over the first convention
of world suffragists since the war.
Attends Both Conventions
Mrs. Helen Aiken Starrett, the
only surviving delegate to that first
convention of Miss Anthony's in
1863, was the guest Of the Victory
Convention of 1920. At the age Of
eighty, brisk and happy, with only
a prm velvet bonnet and old-fash-
ioned white silk mitts to show that
she was of another era, she was the
center of admiration at all hours
whenever q group of young sutfra
gists caught her in the hail and
begged for stories.
To one of these groups she said:
81 was young minister's wife out
in Kansas. l had five little boys and
two girls, and we were poor as Jobs
turkeys, of course.
,"But | was not too busy to be in
terested in the woman's rights move
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Victory Convention. She is Miss
Ellen D. Harm, of Nebraska, ninety.
two years old and still waiting to
vote.
II first began to think about wom-
ans rights when was in my teens"
she admitted. THAT was in the 90
litical campaign when James K. Polk
was nominated. But l was a school
teacher all my life and never
dared to come out in public and ler
people know that | had any SYN
pathy with the suffragists. l wouli
have lost my job if l had.
"How did | happen to get inter
ested in woman's rights? Well, n
father had a tobacco plantation IN
Maryland in those days and nj
brothers and l used to help him Il
the tobacco house. One morning
was sent on an errand to my uncle
and while there the news came tha
Polk had been nominated for Pres.
dent. | heard my uncle and cousins
talking very excitedly about it.
when l got back to my home ny
father and brothers were also talk
ing politics, but they had not heard
the news. They were only wonder
ing who would be nominated. Now,
| knew, you see, but here is the
strange thing. So ingrained was the
notion that women couldn't know
anything important that | somehow
felt that if did tell my father that
Polk had been nominated it
wouldn't be true, just because | had
said it! So / kept still all the morn
ing and let my father keep on fuss.
ing about who was nominated At
noontime the hired man came run
ming up and shouted that Polk was
nominated. | hadn't much use for
that hired man, and it came over
me then in a fash that the news
would have been just as true If
had told it.
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No Sex in Brains

That set me to thinking, and the
more l thought the more | believed
that there was no sex in brains and
that woman had as much right to
express opinions as men had"
Miss Harm taught school after
ward in Lawrence, Mass, where ore
of the pupils was little girl named
Anna Howard Shaw.
The terrible truthfulness Of this
woman of ninety-two led her ID
confess, while the young suf1ra-
gists hung breathless on her words
and then fell back disappointed, Vha'
she couldn't remember anything
about little Anna Shaw. Her know,
edge Of the fact, sne said. daIea
from many years later, when shS
and the great suffrage leader COM
pared notes.
81 can remember every politica4
campaign since that of Andrew JACK
sons second term, when ] was 'e'
years DID," she FASTENED to oo-s'ei .
up her status as story tellef.
never got a chance to vote, loi
never happened to live in suilf"s' :
state, but | am still hoping.
II think | shall be Rapuplican
l always used to be Prohibitioi''s-,
but, of course, there is no neeo v
that any more. l think Mr.. i'S'-
has done some good things, but nc "
bit arbitrary. That's because
is an old schoolmaster-hke me- ~
can't help it. couldn't support 4'' Z
Taft, because l didn't approve
the way he did things in the fnlAr a y,
pines. Roosevelt? Well, INV
Roosevelt. He was o!t hsS"
sometimes, but / liked the way
appealed to the people when ne nar
q decision to make. Yes, ! snn
shall be Z Republican"
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me to Washington to take care Of the
baby, and we all had the time of our
lives.
II remember Miss Anthony as the
busy errand girl Of the convention.
She always had to attend to the de-
tails. She was the newer of wood
and the drawer Of water, she used
to say. Her appearance was pleas
ing; she was plainly dressed in black
satin in Quaker style with white
linen collar and cuffs. She did not
wear the famous little red shawl
until she was much older. Lucretia
Mott, a gentle little bit Of a woman
with tiny voice who yet managed
to make herself heard, presided.
"Mrs. Stanton, the Rev. Olym-
pia Brown and Frederick Doug
las spoke. What did I do? Well,
I made a little speech myself.
1t was about the Influence of suf-
frage on the home I do not recall
that Miss Anthony made any
speeches. She never spoke unless it
was necessary to fill a gap in the
program, but when she did speak
she was always very effective. She
used to be frightened.
Thought of God
When I have to speak, just sit
still and think Of God,' she once
said"
Mrs. Starrett has written several
books on woman suffrage. She is a
member of the board of directors of
the Hall of Fame at New York Uni
versity, and next month will go to
New York to propose the names of
Susan Anthony and other suffrage
pioneers for the Hall of Fame.
Mrs. Starrett traced her suffrage
sympathies back to her girlhood
days. The other night she met Alice
Stone Blackwell, daughter of Lucy
stone, in the hotel lobby.
II heard your mother speak wher
was twelve years DID," she said.
81 heard her before that" laughed
Miss Blackwell. "She used to hold me
on her knee as baby while she
wrote suffrage speeches. That was
after they sold my cradle for taxes
she refused to pay unless she coulo
be represented"
Mrs. Starrett says her eight,
years of suffrage work did not hur
her family. Her seven children al
grew up, and she has seventeen
grandchildren and four great-grand
children. Her eldest son, Theodor,
Starrett, was the founder Of tn,
Thompson Starrett Constructio,
, Company, of New York; and Ralp]
, Starrett, the six months baby VIII
went to the first convention, wa
chairman of the building committe
of the War Emergency Board.
The reunions of the pioneers, eld
erly women who have long sine
retreated to the shelter of thei
? grandchildren's homes, have bee
among one of the most touching
episodes of the convention.
When Suffragists Meet
For instance, while Mrs. Starret
was talking one day, another woma
of her generation wandered b,
, stopped, peered sharply into tn
: wrinkled face, and cried:
"Mrs. Starrett, do you remembe
me?"
The veteran convention-goe
looked, then extended her mite
hand.
f "Mrs. Bundy!' she cried. "It
thirty years since I saw you"
d And what did Mira Bundy sly
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IFE is no longer altogether
4 matter Of cooking delec-
IL table rice dishes, embroi-
lo.;rc. c;llor naddad / a cl1ntS
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13

fighting was going on in the sfreecS The Poles were holding the west bank of the Narew river at this point, peat ing off the Bo1sheviki from the north and hurling back other enemy forces which were trying to cross the river
 Mlawa, an important city on the Warsaw-Danzig railroad about 50 miles northwest of this city. has been taken by the Russian Boashevakl, ac- cording to reports in military" c1rcies here tonight.
 Soviet forces are creeping along the Prussian frontier and are gradually working their way westward toward the Vistula river. This stream appears to be the imnl ediate objective of the Bolshevik offensive at present as the Soviet armies are also making an ef- fort to reach it just west of Warsaw from Cfechamow.
 Observers believe the BolSbevlki plan is to bring up artillery to the battle Line in the event they fail to cross the Vistula in force.
 Polish successes on the southern front where the Russians have been pushing for Lemberg, are reported in tonight's official communique. The FGJish cava1ary and infantry have
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13

contestant in the parade The oldest competitor will be MT. Swan. a. Swede, who although 72 years old, helped his nations rifle team to win first place.
 Decorators, painters and landscape gardeners have been busy for many days making Antwerp, normally one of Europe's show places even more attractive for the Olympic visitors.
 America will enter the stadium when the games open on, Sunday with a one point lead over her nearest competitor, Norway, as a result of the preliminary contests. The score by nations follows: America, 57. Nor way, 56; Sweden. 39; England, 20; Holland, IS; Belgium, IS; France, 10; Finland, 7; Denmark, s7; Brazil, 6; South Africa, 6; Switzerland. 5; Canada, 3; Italy, 3; Spain, 2; Greece. 2; Czecho Slavia, 1.
 Americas score was gained for the most part by her rifle men, while Norway amassed her total by the work of her men in yachtig, ska ting and shooting.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13
NEW RECRUITER
 IN CHARGE HERE

Sergeant Joseph Sullivan, a veteran of many wars and an old time re- cruiter, has taken over the Marine Recruiting. Station at 1,20S Main street. Sergeant Nelson, who has been in charge for the year, was discharged Monday. Upon re-enlisting, Sergeant Nelson will take over the Recruiting Station at Albany, N. Y. Sergeant Sullivan has been on recruiting duty in this state for the past two years, part of the time in New Haven and part in Hartford. While the war was on he was on recruiting duty at Syr- acuse, N. Y. Sullivan is now rounding out his eighth year with the Marines and has also been in the Army. When
 asked why he preferred the Marines the Sergeant said one is sure bound to see action whether the country is at war or peace. There is no such a thing as peace for the Marines, they do not know what the word means.
 Sergeant Sullivan further stated that
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13
BOLSHEvIKI ARE
 NEAR WARSAW

Warsaw, Aug. 12-(11 D. m. by The A. P.)-Russian Soviet forces which are attacking the Polish lines north east and east of this city, have reach ed point 20 miles from Warsaw. A state of siege has been declared here by the military governor. Civ ilians are not permitted on the streets after 10 o'clock at night and cafes must close at 9 o'clock.
 The determination of the Bo1she- wiki to press onward ito Warsaw showed itself at various points along the battle line today, there being hand to hand fighting in many in- stances. The Poles savage1y defend ed their positions and contested every foot of ground given up to the in- vaders.
 Fighting was reported today with in 30 miles of the capital. It was said Pu1tusk changed hands several times and last accounts were thai
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13
REHEARSE THE
 OPENING OF THE
 OLYMPIC GAMES

Antwerp, Aug. 13-Dress rehearsal for tomorrow's opening of the great stadium where the seventh Olympiad will be held, was staged today. The will be led by Patrick Mcdonald, who standing feet 5 inches tall, will carry the American flag. The stand ard bearing the name United States will be carried by H. J. Hebner, a member of the American water polo team, who was given that honor be- cause he had been a competitor in three Olympic games.
 Allen Eillen, the 12 year old Amer ican girl diver, will be the youngest
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13
WILL CARE FOR
 POLISH CHILDREN

London, Aug. 13-American relief workers will continue to care for-Po- fish children they have been assisting for some time, even if through the fortunes of war. these children fall in- to the hands of the Russian Bolshe- wiki.
 M. Kameneff oI~ the Bolsheviki trade mission here has conferred with W. l.. Brown, director of the Amer ican relief administration and has assured MT. Brown he will use all ef- forts to induce his government to af- ford protection for relief workers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13
SEVEN

in his years of experiences, on recruit l ing duty he considered the men of Connecticut much better fitted than in i other states. Nine out of every ten men that are accepted. pass with high markings. Three men were accepted today at the local station, 1.2os Main street, and all these men will take mp the I. c. S. courses free. The pay now
 for ex-Marines has been raised sky to $500. :.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13
RETURNS IN OHIO.

Columbus, O., Aug. 13-Returns to- day from Tuesdays primary election in Ohio indicated that Harry l.. Davis Republican, and A. V. Dona.hey, Dem ocrrt, will be opponents in the guber- natorial race and Frank B. Willis Republican, and W. A. Julian. Demo crat, will contest for the United States senatorship.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13
The August Sale Continues with reinforcements in several Departments

During these days of inadequate transporta-
 on while this progressive city is without trolleys and with the worst parking accommodations for automobiles known in any place of any size we daily in receipt of many orders by telephone and mail. We cordially wish to assist all Read customers who are unable to get to the store The services of personal shopper will attend to any orders which come in by wire or post card Goods will be sent the day by delivery cars or by mail whichever seems most expedient We have every wish to supply customers needs and to assist them during this period of in convenience.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-13
STOP FUNERAL TO
 FIND PLAGUE CASE

Beaumont, Texas, Aug. 13-City heal n authorities stopped negro funeral here today and after an ex- animation of the corpse of a seven year old negro boy, announced the child had died of bubonic plague. There was consternation among the mourners.
 This is the fifth death from plague here out of 12 cases of infection re- ported.