Show 0 1 I Mrs Mrs' Belmont Hits Back at I 1 Bishop on Divorce Stand J I f NEW YORK April Apil 28 AP AP- AP Mrs Irs O. O H. H P. P Belmont divorced flora flom the late William I K Kander Vander- Vander bUt bilt in 1806 1896 holds that a divorced woman whose name i la Js excluded from one church charity list list- listIs Is still divorced when t the e ne next net t call caU for funds Is made She makes this clear In a letter to Bishop William T. T Manning l fin In response to an appeal for a n. contribution contribution contribution con con- to the building of the Episcopalian Cathedral of St. St John the Divine Mrs Belmont Bemont reminded the bishop p that her name ame had been ben removed removed removed re- re moved a few years ago from a alist list of officers of the Trinity Se Seaside Home for Sick Children whIch she endowed for Trinity church She said the bishop had objected to her name on the list because of her divorce and that she had Designed dis the presidency to relieve your approval of my existence Mrs Belmont presumes Bishop Manning would not want her name published In connection wi wish h a dOnation do donation dO dO- nation she might make but writes p the recognizance of a gift gUt is of no 1 Importance We Ve give because it is isa isa isa a blessing lessing to be able to give What I fall fail to understand is why this change chango on your part dear bishop M My status remains the same I lain laina am ala ama alaa a divorced divorced- woman The request for money was made through Mrs J. J E JET Stevens of the Woman's Womans division of the campaign committee of ot the c cathedral th dral Bishop Manning would not comment on Mrs 1111 Belmont's I letter Mrs 1 Stevens Stevens Stev Stev- ens suggested suggest she might have re received received received re- re a a a. letter intended for tor an another ther Mrs Belmont Mrs Belmont feminist and one of the leaders In the campaign for women's suffrage is president of tho the National Womans Woman's party Mr Belmont Delmont died In 1908 Mrs Bel Del mont born In Mobile wa a Alva E. E Smith She is the mother o Of Mrs Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan formerly formerly for for- merly the Duchess of ot Marlborough Bishop Manning long a foe of divorce recently In a sermon made caustic references to the the- Increase of ot divorce ir in 11 high society 1 |