The Washington herald., 1921-01-10
SUFFRAGELEADER
GUEST AT DINNER
: WITH CELEBRITIES
She Lunches With Lloyd
George During Visit at
British Capital.
By Constance Drexel

chapman Gait, as they like to call
her on the other side Of the ocean.
tnat even her closest friends did not
learn from her lips that she had
Iunched with the prime minister,
hr. Lloyd George, during her few
days stay in London. Mrs. Gait has
Just returned from q months trip,
more than half of 1t consumed cross
ing back and forth on the Impera-
Tor II has remained for Mrs. Stan
ley Mccormick, treasurer of the To-
ternstiOnal Woman Suffrage Ali
Shce, who returned with Mrs. Gait,
10 give FULLER report OF Mrs. Catt's
official and social activities. 1t was
on Thursday December 3, that the
International suffrage leader lunch
ed with the prime minister, at his
official residence, 10 Downing
street. At Lady Astor's dinner, CIV
en- in her house. I st. James square
10 meet the president and the Off
cial board Of the l. W. S. A, Mrs.
Gait sat between Lord Miner and
Lord Salisbury. There were forty
guests at the dinner. among them
the American Ambassador and Mrs.
Davis, members Of Parliament and
Well-knOwn labor leaders. The din
ner was followed by a reception at
$50 o'clock.
Private Chats.
Mrs. Mccormick reports skinful
management on the part Of Lady
Astor so that many Of the~guests
had the chance of a little private
cnat with Mrs. Gait The first wom-
an member of Parliament's admira-
ton for the international suffrage
president is as genuine and enthu-
slastic as her own charming, witty
elf, says Mrs. Mccormick. Mrs.
att herself gave a dinner at
he Hotel Savoy, where she
Ayed during her visit in Lon
don, for thirty guests. Among them
were Mrs. Tata and Mrs. Naidu, In
/ dian sunragists, who made such a
striking impression on their sisters
OF a western civilization at the
Geneva congress last summer. The
daughters of these two Indian
women are studying law in London.
Every member of the board Of the
International Woman Suffrage Alli-
ance was present for the series Of
meetings which had called Mrs. Gait
over. There was only one exCep-
ton, Mrs. Anna Wicksell, of Swe-
den, who was serving as an alter
nate for one Of her governments
delegates to the assembly of the
League of Nations at Geneva. Be-
sides Mrs. Cate and Mrs. Mccormick,
the only American members, the Of
ficers on the board of the l. w. S.
A. are Nine. dewitt Schlumberger,
Of France; Miss ChrystaI MacMn-
Ian. Mrs. Corbett Ashby and Miss
. 2 q hi al ~
Britain; DR.. Maria Ancona, Of Italy;
Nine Girardet-Yielee. of SvitEer-
land; Mrs. Anna Wicksell, Of Swe-
den; Frau Schreiber- Krieger and
Frau Anna Lindeman. of Germany.
Mrs Gait was besieged for inter
views while in London. What the
London press most wanted to know
from her was the number of women
voting at our general elections on
November >; how the country felt
about the League Of Nations and
something about the temper Of the
American public on international
questions. To quote from the OBJ
server: Mrs. Chapman Gait is a
firm believer in her country's good
will and desire to do its, full duty In
helping to secure and maintain
peace in the world Her friends,
both in this country ana America,
speak OF the great brilliancy and
wisdom with which for many years
she has led the suffrage campaign
and Of the high qualities Of states
manship she possesses"
When Mrs. Gait was told, on her
return from Europe. Of the passage
OF the Sheppard-ToWner maternity
and infancy bill by the United States
Senate, her face beamed with de-
light and she said: "If the League
Of Women " sers never does an
other niece OF work, this successful
effort in securing such speedy ac-
ton on this bill is enough to justify
its existence" 1t was Mrs. Cats
idea that the League Of Women yot-
ers should be formed. When 1t
was definitely known that woman
suffrage was mere matter OF
months, IT was she who insisted on
the continuance Of the powerful Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage
Association through the National
Geaguc Of Women Voters with all
its State branches. She felt very
distinctly that there was special
work for women to do with their
votes before women voters could be
thoroughly amalgamated with men.
Looks to Future.
Just before sailing for Europe, in
l public address in New York, Mrs.
att startled her audience. Her
ubject was The Future Woman
oter." Many were surprised,
therefore,, to have her declare her
belief that in the future there would
be no woman voter" OF course
she did not mean that suffrage
would be taken away from women;
she merely meant that in a few
years, though perhaps not in our
lifetime, men and women would have
so nearly the same point of view
about the Sacredness of human life
that men and women voters would
be striving for the same ends. 1t is
then that there will be no woman
voter" Her task will have been