Show j j J k I Y W Wt WI WI z J f fJ r J Jj JL I J j I L t t tI I Ii i I 1 1 I i c I I r I la laI I j I HA N G 1 N G r R OM 1 A a 6 G TT L c e 1 m IP TO 1 O AGI 6 6 S Tn ft t j I EING ING the Story tor y of o One Woman Who Wh o Bent B ent t on r Procuring ng Suffrage for or Her Sex Tackles ack the Mili Militant MI M II l fart tant Process and Becomes a Backslider B I I II I II I I 1 I I 1 i bt 1810 1910 by ew York Tork Herald Co Alt All rw teemed J HEN I nm am how I came to adopt the ther i I r I WHEN cause of woman w suffrage I Invariably an nn answer anI saver I k L Why Wb I I was born a n And that thatIs I I 1 I Is literally the tho truth Mother father aunts i L i uncles and even more distant relatives had adopted I J the cuu o long lour before I came Into their sphere of ot I ii action My fly two brothers me mc listened to tol i l t and Imbibed the doctrine of Uie Ule vote rote for women and ami andas andi amiI andas as a matter of course we three became suffragists I i Despite this fact we were on the tte whole n conser conservative conser I I I I I li t I votive family We c were suffragists fists with the gist i I I I as n It Jt Is accepted In popular parlance accented that Is 16 isI I we believed In votes rotes for women ns us a n matter of ot Jus jU II I w f iI j is j thee In lu consideration of ot womans place In the tom corn r 1 I It nod and her usefulness to society t I I I 11 I About the results of or the vote when placed In the i hands of or women wo we troubled but little There was I r time enough when the tho vote voto oto was wan placed to consider I t that We believed bedewed this I say until I sti was ns r I t On that day my father presented me with a n I I In his eye with a latch key Iter duplicates of or which nyI my ny J I I I two brothers had received some years before upon j I 0 their birthdays and with the acquisition I of ot the latch atch key ke came carne certain other changes t tE j E As my mothers health was falling failing I was asked j I r to consider the position of housekeeper at nt u a gener goner generous II ors ous salary far better I knew than I could manage mannge I i I i I to get ret In the outside world word I accepted the position I I I 11 11 If i at nt once nce and nD d then as became the Incumbent of or so Im Jm Important I i I I a position I began to regard myself as ns a aI I woman grown ready to take a part also In the tho affairs I j I of ot the tho world Word at large arge argeI I li I I f 1 One of ot the first things I did was to Join the local 1 branch of or tho the suffrage society My family seemed I I f i rather rother pleased at nt this Mother Iother had bad been a member I for tor years although she had ha not been able to attend I II li t I many meetings I at once began begau to attend meetings I I If i and I must mast say that the meetings were a n nI aI I I i rotation evolution e II I I Hero Here were women who believed In woman suffrage 1 I 1 r If k r t l C I 1 I i iri I j 1 J JI ff I I 1 Ii IiI I rl I I I I 1 I Lt I Ir r J Jf f R 0 I I Io Ir o j t 4 r I t t I f I I I Ii i i I n nj r I I I j 1 I i 11 I I I 1 j 1 Ir I h j 1 d 1 b ri t y You Arc Very Good Looking He to Said Slowly t i 1 I indeed but chiefly It Jt seemed upon the ground of or what woman suffrage would accomplish To the thc ma majority majority majority t tho millennium was scheduler scheduled to begin upon the IL ILl day duy on which women secured tho ballot I listened l to these thes Impassioned orators who depleted In such glowing terms the marvellous changes to be bu wrought I i I when women land hod the tue vote voto and ever e every rr time my m thoughts returned to what seemed to me nc two perti peril pertinent pertinent nent facts which had h d apparently been b n unnoticed The Thc good kind husbands and fathers rathers of or the women i i who made the Impassioned speeches had hud tho the ballot and they did not seem to have bavo brought any millennium Were their wives really better than they And then tha 1 my errant mind kept reverting to Katie our Irish y American cook coo with her ignorance and superstition to drunken Liz who made mn o night a n 1 terrifying time In Ina Ina ina i a tenement court not far ar from my own howe borne and tOO tho query persisted Would Katie K tle and Liz bo be sufficiently overpowered l when It came to n a matter of Tot rot voting TotIng ing nag to secure even a n portion of the millennium And 1 1 there were reasons in hi our own little local for tot querying j even further t tL L On one ono occasion a n celebration of Miss Mss Anthonys I birthday wo were nere all assembled patiently awaiting the tho coming comins of our president pr It was n a day ay with a sharp fall taU of or sleet but there was to be he a special i and nD the tho th meeting room was well tilled Oiled The presIdent was very late lat but she lived Jived In the suburbs 1 and we knew what difficulty she must have experienced F in trying to reach rench town After Ahern n prolonged wall veil wallI t I however tho the members m began to grow restless so 80 the the I vice Ice president took the chair In a neat speech she re regretted regretted I l that she had no knowledge of or the I prepared but bat offered to do her best i Suddenly a mur murmur i mur arose Hero she shit Is 1st I I iI Up the aisle came the president her coat wet vet her herI I nose blue and her cheeks checks red Straight to toe the platform I Bhe she proceeded and before tho the vice president t had an au op op to retire retIro announced i Ladles I am sorry to be he late Into but you yon know what I I the weather Is and In lu addition to that I have just moved and here u a note of tragedy ly entered her voice rolee Mrs A had drawn drown up a beautiful set of resolutions 1 l upon the birthday of Miss Anthony Authony and in the moving 1 I lost them and nud they tuey cannot be found r I Pass Them Anyhow The conclusion of or the speech was In tone tones ire of ot appeal calculated to move moo the time sternest heart There Thero was wa a i of or silence Then a II woman In tho the rear of the oj j hall arose i I t i j I Ladies Ladles she said raid id III I r wove WOre that we pass r ass tho the lost lo t I h n r nv I I I I I l l i J s 1 c 1 Second the motion motton cried a n dozen voices TWO iwo newspaper r reporters and I hastily sought the tho refuge of the hull huH In the rear where choking with laughter we watched the applicants for tho the ballot pass that set of or lost resolutions For four tour years I r attended ed suffrage meetings but bul did little tittle else ese for the thc cause To be sure SUIe 1 I talked Wilted suffrage from my own viewpoint and even Cn hind bad a i record of or several H converts convert both men and lId women lo ti l whom the logic of or my stand appealed but ut otherwise I was ns nn an Inactive member Then last winter our little local was wag awakened by hy hythe h the tremendous activity In suffrage circles In all New NewYork NewYork York Even the Inactive member members felt a n stir In the tho blood and started to do something Inspired by b a n avery ner avery very er able speaker who visited our society 1 I joined a an 11 association of or working women I 1 felt not a little littleproud littleproud proud of my claim to lo membership I 1 was as n working woman myself and nud eater eager lo tu claim kinship with nil my working sisters sister They wore were n a splendid lot of 1 most of professional pr well educated up to dote date nt alert In every way far beyond the women wom n in my branch of the tho suf suffrage suffrage frage society They welcomed mo me In h spirited fashion and ore ere cr long IonS drafted me into service at nt one of their street meetings As A this till particular I association lion was I composed of or working work In women their street meetings Ws were evening meetings I 1 was vas US n a little I if tie dismayed cl nl al n althe l the prospect but the chairman of the committee was n reassuring I Not a thing to do o she said sn hI airily n III but hut to hand baud handout baudout out literature I II I arrived at the street treet corner comer appointed promptly No one ono of or our party was visible rIsible A little nervous T Thung Thun hung hun about for or some Nome fifteen Tho Cho notice had said suld eight sharp I looked at nt my watch n a dozen times hues until it registered eight twenty mid Olle thou then I 1 II sighted the chairman and two of her helpers From rom a nearby grocery store we hauled nn nil Immense soap box hox donated by uy the grocer to our persuasive chairman and nud guaranteed to stand the weight of any of us u small boys bos who certainly should have been preparing for tor bed at that hour bour and two stray dogs watched this performance with Interest I armed myself f with bundles of literature as I saw the tuc other helpers doand do o and wondered when the audience would arrive But ut the chairman did not wait Upon the box hox she sue mount mounted ed and addressing the three small boss bos OS and two stray dogs clogs lo s began Fellow citizens At this one of o the small boys bors looked over oer his lib shoulder In il n a startled el manner aud nud finding no ono one there thero turned tall and aud ran away n In alarm a n wild whoop as IS he hc went The Thc whoop was effective Two laboring men who were passing turned The he chairman fixed them there with her eye eo and began beban again Fellow citizens Gee G C Its one oue of or thorn them suffragettes remarked ed tile the first wan to his companion come como along They he edged their way slowly In toward the soap box aud and then lien miraculously It seemed there was a small group und and then a n large group and then a crowd and the chairman giving forth in her silvery slivery tones her bel best bust for woman suffrage A pinch on the arm aim aroused me Hurry up said some out one and lUd get et out the stuff Mechanically y I 1 rubbed the tho arm und and started The pamphlets as rapidly us the crowd cro 1 land had fathered j I was returning empty handed d for Cor or a n afresh afresh fresh supply when the voice voicu of or the chairman arrested ar aI arrested rested my attention The rho next speaker er she was announcing and then my mr knees S sank sUlk beneath me for fur the lIw name sho gave gac was vms us mine mille Somehow I 1 found myself w up on that soap SOU box It shook a little beneath my mr weight and I had bud a fleeting hope that hunt the guarantee of the grocer would prove a false fulse one But no the box hox lucid held and andI I looked out over ocr expectant faces hard faces curl curi curiously lit up by ur the lie double glory 1011 of a full fuel ull moon nand and an nu electric street lump hump Almost without volition t f began talking 1 had no Idea l eu what 1 was saying surIn but after af an Interval I heard my my own own voice olce re r pe The economic status of or woman and at the tho same S me time I felt a u tug tun at mi true town cown I looked looke down The 7 iJ 3 L r l tYNt nS n y fit 1 upon a n chair sat n a fine looking man He Hc put nut his hI feet down and surveyed us Ug In amazement Then ho he rou tJ o e l and spoke to me we Will you kindly step sies up here hurc madam III ue he 11 asked I mounted the platform wondering If lf they r would 1 Put me In ln a n cell The Tb wounded man somewhat t recovered slunk on n a benchat bench nt fit the side of the Ihl room and applied u a dirty rag to hU bh forehead I could hoar hear the tue gray bearded man and the bluecoat talking In low lows tones N There was wad no reason absolutely no reason for tor bringing young youns woman said tho the gray bearded man wan sternly But Hilt pleaded the tho policeman you ought to have hare seen that tha t mob It fit to leave her with I had to get Jet her away u 1 I see said the he other well tike Ll t fire c that fellow InTine In InThe InThe The Tine and Ind the wounded man went out Then the gray bearded man turned to me meI I am so 80 sorry som he began kindly I sat listening s tn I I u t l b I r I 1 it l E r ti r iW fiffi s P r t t I I I r I t I r 1 itAi I r c 7 I m 1 rt v N i fr 1 U Upon n the Box She Mounted and Addressing the Three Small Boys Boy s sand and Two Stray Dogs C had attested arrested my wild speech and was try trying fug ing to bring me to reason And Alu do you rou think that tuat suffrage would help hell the economic status of woman she Rhe Inquired fly I do clo I 1 replied emphatically And AnI In what way would suffrage help she suggested sug ste i r rIt It would raise wages n es I volunteered uncertainly J I was ns repenting repeating In some of ot the time favorite arguments m which I f hind had listened to fQy four years tad And wont what else els she persisted In the thc manner of or orone one teaching a l kindergarten child her bur lesson It would give Ic her shorter hours I faltered What else began be nn the til chairman again a but abig a abig ahlf r big hlf voice olee out In the crowd crowt Interrupted There youre s sp d you Ot lesson baby get down g t c Lesson Hot Get 0 I t down you n a voice rolee behind mo me and andI 1 I got Ol down clown Up mounted the Indefatigable able chairman You know this Is I Miss C D s first I r t speech she said smiling and anal you rou know also nl o that it H takes expert eneo nud courage to do 10 things g like this so the men m sympathetically She Sh was al all n II right but I ut we wc like lII e you rOil better bolter coiled colled en a ain 1 man in I IIi m the he outer The fhe chairman smiled and went weal on Oil I listened dully I was with auger anger augeri I J had failed ailed miserably failed before those ordinary men I J who hind had been n suffragist hind had boon been 11 apol apologized for It was not to 0 be endured 1 forced myself to listen to time the chairman It was wa not sut SH im h a good gool speech she site was ns making After all nil I could du do as ns well nell nellas ns as that no I could do better hettel than that and I 1 was going to do It lt too 1 I edged up tip to the tho soap box titer A ftc the lime he chairman haul had talked cd ton ten minutes nil she glanced ginned down flown 1 I had been boon waiting my 1110 chance I want nutt to 0 get et up imp there I said Imperatively Shu yielded without a n word worl I mounted the time box hox Learned your rOil lesson Ic son yet ct baby inquired a face facetious facetious lious voice olee There was a n d laugh Yes I have hn I retorted Nervousness ness hind had fled n d I f Imade made a n speech oh I 1 trade a n speech 1 I talked for over oyer minutes to n a spellbound mob I painted suf suffrage suf frage as ns I 1 had burl heard It painted III In those four rom silent years No argument was waH missed misled ml L no Impassioned ap 11 appeal peal pen 1 forgotten Then hell I descended descend d Hushed flushed pliant to n a chorus of o and Ind cries of all right rl descended Into limbo the tho nuns of or the thc to be ue petted and Hl Mattered mid amid nu admired descended l a suffragette I 1 had gone i that box hox a n conservative I came carte down a radical f r had Timid gone Jone up a gist I game cumo down donn donna n a gette And A nd mid to avoid arty any misconception IIII as to my may In change chane In sentiment perhaps s those e lo Iwo l wo terms should he be Suffragist Is 15 n term including In tho a o who desire lc voles otes for women wo but who ho employ conser conservative conservative dignified means working for tor that end cud Suffragette defines those who use aggressive methods meth methods od who ho demand votes OlIS lather gather than aj ask k for tor them and amid who slop I tol nt at nothing using all nil means whether dig dignified rifled or 01 not to gain the goal r When 1 I announced my InY transition from Crom ruin gist to gette to 0 my may rn family they were mildly Interested so mildly that It was ns iiii ln Ing My I father Inquired tho thu reason rel for my changed attitude and IId to my may surprise und and confusion |