Show I 1 51 y abbt ajio m if wrt bl HT vv jua mefi ihra JL beima we 1111 uada iMa y A jb thier organization as complete as those of the men tons of literature distributed by them hundreds of mass meetings held and tens of thousands of homes t visited in quest for votes one of the most remarkable aca tures of the political campaign just ended was the great number of women who worked in their own way to influence votes not only was this feminine activity more general throughout the country than ever before but it was conducted more openly and therefore it was more noticeable not only in the woman of colorado utah idaho and wyoming were the women busy but in that bee hive of conglomerate political methods new york city as welt comans womans clubs were numerous and energetic they distributed a vast amount of literature got up meetings and busied themselves along any leg intimate missionary line that promised results the principal agencies employed however were meetings for their sex distribution of literature personal solicitation and house visits not a few entertaining and forceful spellbinders spell binders were developed it is said that tactful women do well upon the stump because they secure the courteous attention of men and can employ the logic that most strongly appeals to their sisters of comans womans wo mans work in new york city differed along party lines the strong card of the democrats was bousa to honse visitation and personal appeal the republicans oa the other liand had their public come to them attend meetings listen to speeches and read literature distributed from headquarters or through the maite one of alie most active workers was miss helen varick bodwell Bo awell organization secretary of the comans womans national republican association she is the embodiment ot energy when she took command of the wo mans bureau at national headquarters the presses began to fly and millions of campaign pamphlets were struck off for distribution among the real heads bt households the woman ot the country it osithe ft omen we are after miss boswell said if we can arouse them all apathy will disappear once awaken a woman to the importance of the ballot and the issues at stake and bhe is bound to make her Irus band and the men of her acquaintance feel it too the work conducted by miss boswell extended all over the country lists of speakers who were willing to address meetings were made up and meetings arranged everywhere there mere mothers meetings housewives meetings working girls meetings and so on in most ot the larger cities despite her multifarious duties at headquarters miss bossch found time to address several meetings of mon in new york and vicinity sha is a favorite with commercial travelers and always makes a hit wilh them speaking ot comans womans work in a political campaign miss bosnell said A woman Is undoubtedly concerned in the administration of public affairs whether she votes or not whatever the men of her family affects her if ahe tariff affects the question of wages as well as the price of household necessaries who feels it more than the woman it there is financial stringency where does the economizing begin and who has to be re for most ot it why the woman of course iW OMANS BOUNDLESS INFLUENCE therefore she should know what is going on in aider that she may uso bf influence with the men to make them vota for what is right after all it la the woman in the home that means the home and her influence is boundless in consequence our aim is to educate women up to ahe point where they can and will think intelligently upon what affects their homo interests our purpose is simply ono of education we do not bother with religious questions temperance questions or suffrage questions we are content to let them alone 1 I believe that every joaan shoud bo a repeater in the best sense of the word she should vote two or three times through her father bar brother and her sweetheart or husband put a woman to work on the members of her household and she can do a great deal it she knows her subject that is our part we try to equip them with tho necessary information and then let them go ahead and steer their men la tho right paths with the close of abo campaign miss boswell packed her grip and hurried back to washington where are located the permanent offices of the national association there is much to do in the other nine months of the year toward making votes besides there is bread and butter to earn in her case the baker is unclog sam as miss boswell holds a lucrative position in the treasury department part ment mrs J ellen foster president of the national republican association devoted her attention almost entirely to colorado utah idaho and wyoming with headquarters in denver she is a veteran in work and the nestor of organizations she was assisted in the western field by alsa estelle reel a clever organizer ga nizer miss reel waa very active in wyoming during the presidential campaign four years ago and as a reward received from president mckinley the appointment ot of indian schools the highest position hi abo government service ever attained by a woman that alie post was envied by men ot merit is evidenced by the tact a prominent candidate was no less a person than tho now president of columbia university nicholas murray butler the position pays but the influence it swings in educational fields generally makes it one much sought after by bogues to mrs poster and miss reel are al the marked development of organizations in the far west up to a few years ago political clubs there were only tentative affairs organized for each campaign now they are all under the wing odthe national republican association with permanent organizations taking a healthy and active interest in national and state affairs the hole year round officers are elected for terms of tour years and between campaigns the fires are kept burning through educational work from chicago where miss alice ros alter winiard presided at the branch headquarters in the auditorium hotel all the literature for the west was distributed tri buted much of the printed matter was prepared in new york by women although pamphlets issued by national headquarters for the men were also distributed among the women both east and west mrs corua cor ua robinson of new york city wrote the bulk of its literature she Is vice chairman of the executive committee of the republican association of new york and is well known as a student of social and political economics her leaflet on the money question was used as a campaign document by the republicans in 1900 associated with mrs robinson in the work of preparing party ammunition was mrs clarence burns a woman to whom high tribute has been paid for her work in the tenement districts of new york interest originally in politics through her efforts to better the moral and social conditions of the people of the congested east side she branched out along political lines and Is now treasurer of the re association of the state of new york as well as being honorary president of the west end republican association of new york this year mrs bums devised a series of parlor meetings tor women addressed by well known female speakers and eaid she found them of great service she and those associated with her hired halls and held mass meetings that attracted a great deal of attention these women paid all their own expenses except the literature which was sent them free 0 charge mrs augustine J wilson mrs robert F wilhelm and mrs ohn francis barry are among the other women who worked hard tor republican success in new york city they arranged mass meetings for aomen at which cups of tea were handed around and distributed vast quantities of literature while women of the democratic faith were as deeply interested and perhaps as active in their way they adopted different of missionary work they have no national organization and few state clubs in the far west they form campaign clubs tor each contest but do not attempt to make them permanent during the campaign just closed they had a number of effective organizations izat ions and many enthusiastic workers in new york city one of the bodies was the east side democratic club of which mrs julius harburger wife of the tammany leader of the tenth assembly district was president the club kept open door for those ra distress or needing advice and as account ed a power on the east side how do the members of our club work by going among the people said mrs harburger in response toa question a short time before the election the club has now nearly members and about fifty active workers she continued by that I 1 mean york ars who give a great deal of cimei to visiting every member docs something the way ie manage is to divide the district up into sections of one or two streets and then portion them out to as many women I 1 believe firmly in giving a helping hand as we go along for I 1 find that when the caller befriends a sick or destitute child or jomaa the man of the house always hears of it along the political talk which was tacked on and it is bound to influence him if he is on what ve consider the wrong side of politics first of all though tho isidor finds out it the man or men of alio house arc naturalized citizens it not we see to it that they become citizens and that they register and vote this dub grow well I 1 should say it had I 1 when I 1 started it three years ago there were just ten members MAKES VOTES BY GOING BAIL mrs harburger is not in favor of having women vote men even the most ignorant she said know enough to fall in line and do quietly what is expected of them I 1 am afraid there will be a lot of fussing it women ever get near the polls mrs max wife of a former alderman was also energetic in gathering in democratic votes like mrs harburger mrs forges put forth personal influence as tho most valuable means to the end she sought but she said she got better results from calling on the men than from drinking tea with the women here is her own story of her political efforts told when the campaign was nearing its close the majority of men I 1 find wont pay any attention when their aives begin to talk politics lo 10 them mrs said and ten chances to one anyway a woman forgets all I 1 hai ha i been telling her long before her husbard reaches home or at beet she only holds on to a smattering of it no I 1 go straight for the man whenever I 1 can how do I 1 reach them in fifty different ways la this district there ara russians poles scandinavians aviana and men of other nationalities each needs to be on in av I 1 soldoina begin to work hard till after registration and 0 course I 1 never waste any lime on any but doubtful subjects that Is men of choso whoso politics I 1 am not sure A man who has voted cither ticket tor years I 1 kcf alone three weeks ago a man come to see me and said his brother hi law had been arrested and would have to stay in jail over sunday unless he got bail A bondsman had offered himself but ha was one of the professional sort and vas blacklisted so the in law came to me I 1 knew tho prisoner he is a decent enough allow in the main but he had been run in for making things unpleasant for nonunion non union men I 1 went to court and baided bailed him out and he was so grateful mat in return he promised to work a month tor me be fore election to get in votes he kept his word too 1 I baided bailed dozens of men who by giving way to temper or getting drunk had been locked up and they always pay me back inthe in the way I 1 like best I 1 draw the line at dishonesty though and wont help thieves when I 1 am after a roan I 1 go to seo him at his home I 1 go at night or on sundays I 1 dont care if I 1 am out till 1 or 2 in the morning so long as I 1 get what I 1 am after I 1 am so well known around here that no one would dream of harming me sometimes when I 1 approach a man on the subject of his vote he tells me to mind my business but as a rule he listens to what I 1 have to say one year I 1 sot a ls te from the pushcart push cart men because I 1 had so many times paid their fines no I 1 never go on the stump I 1 dont believe in women skimping they are never impressive it seems to me men always laugh at them neither do I 1 believe in women voting but I 1 am sure that women can do just as good political work as men if they try although they may do it in a different vay women are beginning to find this out and to get to work even the very plainest of them SMART TOUT HAD A NEW GAME new york sun A number of kentucky horsemen have Tie stowed considerable raillery over an experience I 1 had at the jamaica race track on saturday last but I 1 really cant see why the laugh coming my way remarked a member of the kentucky legislature who is now in the enjoyment of his annual pilgrimage to new york on friday night last pretty late near closing clo time in fact I 1 returned to my hotel from the theater and dropped into the cafe tor a nightcap there was only one other customer in the cafe at the time a groomed and finished looking chap in evening clothes he was about the last man in the horld I 1 should have picked for a racing man he was seated at a table enjoying a long nip in front of him was the framed I 1 card of entries tor the jamaica races of saturday the next day there was another of these cards on the bar and I 1 picked it up and began to look it over the bartender pointed out whytt looked to him to be a number 0 good things on the card and then the groomed looking chap at tire table joined in and presently we were all tarco talking horse the language employed by the man in dinner clothes was of the best nothing slangy or horsey about it yet he appeared to know a marvelous lot about thoroughbreds he seemed such a clover entertaining yet not over garrulous chap that when he asked me if I 1 intended visiting jamaica on the follow ing afternoon I 1 told him that such was my intention and I 1 added that I 1 should be glad to meet him at the track and avail myself of Ms seemingly expert knowledge of the condition of the horses he replied that he would be exceedingly glad to help me along in the making of my picks and we parted 1 I went out to the track on a train and on the way out I 1 saw my interesting frient of the previous night whizzing by in a handsome automobile with three other fellows I 1 met him in the paddock as soon as I 1 arrived at the track and wo exchanged greetings I 1 asked him for his judgment as to the first race only one horse in it he replied in a offhand off hand way that impressed me vastly that horse is monet he should win all by himself well said I 1 1 I am mightily obliged to you for that suggestion ill go into the betting ring and get a wager down on monet I 1 meet you here in the paddock after the race to profit by your excellent information ill bo delighted to guvo you the best I 1 have in stock sir he replied cordially and I 1 went into the ring and placed on monet at 9 to 2 the horse won only by a head it is true but be won I 1 was pleased at taking down the first wager and I 1 began to have a mighty high opinion of the groomed lookin g chaps horse acumen I 1 found him in tho paddock directly after I 1 bad cashed talking with a number 0 straw chewing stablemen you are good I 1 said to him 1 I dare say you cleaned up pretty tidily on conets victory he looked somewhat downcast at that no he replied in a frank way that made a decided hit with me 1 I had not a cent on the horse I 1 am on the ground merely as a spectator I 1 was in poor form at morris park you see and I 1 dropped close to so I 1 am waiting to recuperate so to speak and not betting and he looked quite blue over it well I 1 was puzzled ha seem the kind of a man to whom I 1 almost a stranger could offer financial aid without taking a chance of abeln snubbed nevertheless 1 I to try as diplomatically aa I 1 could my friend said I 1 drawing mm away 1 I earnestly 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