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Show PLAYS JOKE ON WOMAN. How Democratic Judge Votes Mrs. Roosevelt's Donation to Mrs. Parker. NEW YORK, Oct. 30. Among th? features of the harvest home festival held by members of the Reformed church In Flushing on Wednesday was a voting contest to decide who was the most popular woman.. The prize to be awarded was a framed photograph of the White house ln Washington. This had been donated to the festival by the wife of the President and bore an autograph signature of Mrs. Roosevelt. Roose-velt. The leading candidate In the voting was Mrs. Swain, wife of the pastor of the church. There was a general gen-eral understanding .that the competition competi-tion was to be limited to the women of the congregation. The ballots, of course, were for sale. Attending the festival was William J. Rnsquln, Jr., a .fudge of the Newtown New-town municipal court, a member of the church and an ardent Democrat. When asked by a pretty girl to vote In the competition the Judge smilingly replied': "I'll take all you have." He then placed the tickets, seventy in number, in the ballot box, alter writing on each the name of Mrs. Alton B. Parker. lt happened that Judge Rasquln was called upon to announce an-nounce the result of the contest. Then the statement that Mrs. Parker had received a majority of the votes and therefore was declared to be the most popular woman set the audience gasping gasp-ing with surprise. "Outrage!" was heard all over the vestry. Indignant members catechised tho Judge unpleasantly and lt was the consensus of female opinion that Mrs. Parker should not receive the picture under any circumstances. |