The evening world., 1894-04-24
Campaign Methods Discussed at
Mrs Horace Eaydsn's
One of the Guests Thinks the Ward
Heeler is in BAD Form.
Mr.. Starr NicoIls Advises the " omen
10 Go Out After Night.

GTI v ~ -FlllI AL hoIld ALlfTlsbh.
Invitations were gu: W weeks They
wert steeI-enErHved o. the nncs; hristn.
Dua-c u the paper ma-ket
About one HUNDRED and thirty women
ana four nier accented III. meeting
vas announced ~: 90 o'clock.
Mrs Hayden l. al exceeding charm
luF woman. She came downstairs as
;he clocks were striking mining and
cuckooinr the hour and greeted her
guests Us though they were there for q
wedding " oranre pekU tea.
Everybody wanted u know W. the
Speakers were, to Tnlcf inquiry Mrs
Hayden replied tina; M-s. Eonsr; Anbs
had charge OF tne d~rawIne-roon pro
rrammes II provided the speakers. AL
the definite Information she had to give
waF that Nj tSar: N!cols would speak
Nj Star Nlcolls at ths was II
T. dark corner by himself. tar back IL AZ
empir. couch with sofa pillows all round
MIN ana ms cves closed. looking un-
comfortable and impertinsnt.
il WIS ! O'Clock before the meeting he
gan. During tn hal.-hour remarkable
Things were overheard.
One LADY IL at allC:-mad- hpmespuE,
with new red-browI gloves and PINK and
white linen. told d group OF friends that
when election DAY cam. she really be
lieved that all the bas. women would
60 out Of Town. just a. the msn d.. and
that th' emE-ant women and kitchen
please the heele-s. She admitted that
she didut know jus. who the heelers
were, but she mad been told that they
were not good form.
A lady dressed in black came in with
Z remarkable tuC1 !; was all black,
but for 4 bunch o. lettuce green silk III
the back that only needed q touch OF
ma yonnaise TO suEEest d perfect salad.
For the nnncE politics WAS forgotten.
AFTER this millinery sensation q woman
with q little diamond initial bonnet-pin
under her left ear looked about the room
and remarked 70 d friend:
'This company doesn't look much.
does it,
Not at all. Blu, then people are SO
much better than they look"
Il believe that is true"
i 90 hope there Will De somebody TO
speak On the opposition. ! must say
80 DO /" And then they began TO
talk about the kip wedding gifts
The ladies looked very well until the
SUI began 70 go down and Mrs. Hayden
raised the shades That brought d 10,
Of poudre-de-ris TO the surface. II also
called attention to the fact that the
ladies in politics nave trustworthy taiors
and hab@rdashers
My petition" was the common topics.
Two startling secrets were exchanged
A girl in navy blue serge. with L coil
OF magenta velvet and 4 pair OF long
"'AN t"H-@ "a ~ A'c- BAL ma x
petition was out and growing like 4
weed. ] got my manicure operator three
new patrons the other day and she has
promised me 9n signatures. Isn't that
diplomacy, "
'Oh. put mine on a business basis
said her companion.
How IL that"
"~Reginald,s typewriter. ] am paying
him one-half d cent d word for every
name. ] sent him three sheets. All he
does is simply ask people who come in
inc Once IN sim u"n1llvFv lE ErHv-
prsed II all the scrub women and sub
J~anitors in the Equitable Building were
enrolled, hut every name helps. Of
course ] couldn't ask strangers to sign"
Mrs. Hayden took up d macnifying
glass and raped or the table d few
times with the handle. Then she
smiled. FLUSHED and went away. and
Miss Adele Field got on her feet. Miss
FIELD had her hair singled, a strong,
healthy appearance. She said that
everybody there knew ny she was there.
She also said that she knew some
women who for the last forty-fve years
had been trying TO get the ballot She
was inclined TO believe hat the new
element" would bring them success.
Runkle, q delightful little woman with
q sweet voice. a sweet face and sweet
ways. Mrs. Runkle was very much in
earnest but her presence in politics was
like a miniature painting In a wood
shed. She didn't make d speech. She
gave quotations from Feneion. Swift,
fepl : DlaTl, Emerson, Lamb. Carlyle
and Il lot Of other old satirists. She
quoted from unpublished statistics 10
show that one-ffth OF the American
women were not protected, for the SIM
pie reason that there We're not enough
men to keep up the marriage market.
Narriageable women stayed unmarried
from necessity, and then husbands went
widows. OF the 10000 100 Intelligent
women in the United States, Mrs. Run
de said thai 1,ooV,UU were leading lonely
Mr.. Starr Nicholl followed. He was
alone, and he behaved himself. Some
OF his listeners were suspicious Of his
sincerity He said that women did not
need Intelligence 10 vote. hat the com.
mon run Of men were thick. headed
, that the masses had made the pros.
perity Of the country because they had
wants, which they supplied. simply b!
! demanding better conditions. The edu,
, Gated classes, ;he nobility, the royalty
: knew nothing about the, wants Of tbs
. men, he said, had wants that mer
knew absolutely nothing about; vher
g they had the ballot he said they woult
: have those want catered TO. and IN,
, OF education, claner, safer streets
: cleaner, better politics, and cleaner
better men in Office.
Mr.. Nichols told the ladies not Il
stay in the house, II was a bad hs bit
II caused mental and muscular rheu
matisn. When they got going. he sait
NAAe AAF HAi'FAE H'AAN 'f NAtaAAf ~ *
z safe, the policemen would be vigiian
and wideawake. When II is perfect!
safe for women 10 30 through tn
r streets al night, the men, he claimed
z would be out OF danger.
4 woman In q Cniutz-coyered sofa sal
In excited aspirates;
Good heavens, We don't want 10 &
20 out 81 night alone. What is the ma
driving al ! wonder"
{ After this ssmi-ridiculous. s~emi-iattei
= ing speech a lady got up ana said !
y . HNEt mn 80 Ern|#EE FlrT urEEH EEL fIA -
o was the Castle Garden crowd"
have the imported males az ~
= p"ils nov Will the condition u city az
? 'strE te t-aftef when W. have TIE gree
Hnurar. ~-rnE4eE there. To-. Or viii n
3 result 10 the SANE, only bigger ~
= d<sEd.
= N.Y.. Jr jacob vss men !~r'-lLurs1
i ~ q West TriIry-ff-n F-r-e, tIyn.
Q put -. "tasN- Political ore vlr-rp1us e.
, perfectly Igy-!y They R9vs q. sucE Z
b Gpl-ui" fer dinner J always Wa
. hmm ~ ssHN - Fna ~ D "