Evening star., 1921-01-21
CLASHES MARK Meeting
OF ANTI-VIVISECTIONISTS
hest Thompson Seton Throws
EBombshell by Reference to Furs
Worn by Women.

Ernest Thompson Seton threw two
bombshells into the meeting of the
National Society for Human Regula- :
tion of Vivisection, during short
address yesterday afternoon in the
Shoreham Hotel. and after the smoke
started clearing away, another STORM
broke from members, who disagreed
with his statements.
His first statement was that he was
taking the middle ground on VfFlsec-
tion. He believed that the rights or
humans. when they claShed with the
rights inherent to animals shouid pe
paramount. This caused a furry OF
excitement among enthusiastic an
tagonists of vivisection. He foiiow- =
ed up his statement by the remark
that he noticed many furs being worn
among the members of his AUDIENCE
and that animals had suffered from TWO
to three days asonies in traps IN all
proba bility. to provide these furs.
Mrs. H. B. F.. Macfarland asked the
speaker at the conclusion of his ad-
dress If he believed that animals
should be put through the agonles OF
the so-called scientific vivisectlon IN
order to allow experimentation OIL
theories. Mr.. Seton swung back win
the statement that if his child were
threatened with blindness and could
only be saved by the killing of an ami
NAL to allow grating OF animal
nerves, thereby saving the sight, he
w
animal or 100 animals. if necessary, TO
make it possible.
Mrs Macfarland declared that she
would go blind or lame or Ill rather
than cause 100 animals the aSonieS
and suffering of viviSection.
HAS the speaker child?' asked
Mr.. Seton.
Mrs. Macfarland admitted that she
had not. but followed up with the
statement that widowed sister had
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that her child had stated, on hearing
of vivisection at the age of about five
years, at that time when vivisectlon
antagonism was starting its spread,
that ''it was the devils own work
!, MIR. Seton inferred that it was his be-
lief that the words had been put into
the child's mouth.
At this point Rev. c. Ernest Smith.
the president, stopped the debate with
a statement that the basis for 1t was
purely hypothetical and announced that
future business was awaiting consider
alton.
Miss Nellie c. Williams, member of
the national committee. writer and trav-
oler, delivered a short address before Mr..
Seton appeared. She told of the work
been done in Paris. This was stopped
by the war. she said. but now is flour
fishing again. She also described the
American cemeteries in France.
Inc meeting cOnciuueu Win al du-
dress by Mrs. H. Gertrude Crosby. of the
Baltimore Humane Society.
Officers elected for the year were:
Rev. c. Ernest Smith. president: Mrs.
Anthony F. Nitale. secretary: John r.
Heap. treasurer; Miss L. s. Biddle, Dr.
c. Ernest Smith, w. S. Hutchins. Sem
ator Henry l.. Myers. Admiral S: A.
Staunton. Sydney RichmondsTaber. Mrs.
Ethel Hartman Randall, Col. William
Baird and Ernest Wilkinson, directors.
= Vice presidents chosen were: Cardinal
Gibbons. S. ]. Peelle, Senator Myers,
Gen. Nelson Miles. Admiral Brownson,
Admiral Staunton, Thomas Nelson Page,
Van Vechten Olcott, Rey. Francis H.
Rowley. Albert Payson Terhune. A. d.
Rockwell. DIR. Henry NJ. Field. DR.. Sam
ueI A. Jones. Scott c. Bone. Gen. Robert
Shaw Oliver. Col. Archibald Hopkins.
William Corcoran Eustis. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Jefferson Seligman. Mrs.
Clinton p. Farrell, Mrs. Ethel H. Ran
dali. Mrs H. 3. F. Mcfarland and Col.
William Baird.