The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
Bot YET A WOMAN
FURY Female Voters Out Weat-New Hat
for Election nay.

F1uHy Female Voters Out West-New Hat
for Election nay.
kept forgetting that this was my frst
view Of n State In which women have full
suffrage, dsclacs a writer In Harrsr''
Bdsor, I could not discover that they were
any less feminine here than elsewhere.
II anything. they wore white. FUZZY
clothes upon the streets more freely than
Eastern women do. They were given to
big white hats, Of lawn or chiffon, and so
determined were they to get the good Of
their white Rhoes that they wore them even
with black dresses,
sc far on interest In pretty clothes may
be held to establish the point, it is evident
that more than a few legislative enact
ments win be required to knock out the
eternal womaniy, For instance, the pro-
prietor OF the Il. Ing millinery shops told
me this tale Of the hrst time the polls
were open to women:
Il wasn't prepared for any rush In the
business,s he said. in fact, I don't sup.
pose was much interested In the suf-
frapo question. but all Of q sudden l
noticed an increass In our sales, then mail
orders came In, thick and fast; and finally
we had crowds around our bargain coun-
ters equal 10 the week before Easter and
even our imported hats, on the second
floor, werc going with q rush,
Whats the matter with the women
said l to the forewoman. Any W. C. T. u,
convention. or public reception, or high
church holiday2' ','''
NO, indeed said she. why, don't
you know They're going to vote to-
morrow,
OF course We may have been mistaken
about the number Of pretty girls, for we
did not see oil Of the inhabitants Of Dem
YER, by any means, A great many Of Ito
people, and, let us oharltably assume, al
Of Its prettiest sirls-wers in the noun
tains.
The trains going thither were paoked,
And you discovered again the fact which
your romantic Imagination constantly
tended to make you forget, that therS Ia
no such thing as Western ohivalry.
woman 20 entirely FREQ to climb into and
out OF cars without assistance, pick UP hel
own handkerchiefs, stand while men st
mount her horse without aid Of hand OF
horseback and generally enjoy, perfect
freedom and entire Jack Of consideration
or course. one hkes the freedom, the equal
ity and all that, but--well, it's human &c
want to keep ones cake and eat II too.
Nor Is this condition the result Of suffrage
az some writers rageiy observe, II 10 exactly
the same In Oklahoma, wi ere there is nc
suffrage. II is merely Western, and ariees
| think, because these men are too busy
to be looking after women, and because
they have good reason TO suppose that West
ern women oan look after themselves
And they oAn-with q sigh because they
must.
Every stopping place proved the moun
tains fairly alive with campers and tourists
They swarmed around the train to meet
friends and carried them on In muc
splashed stages. to rough board thantiel
or tents set beside some swift stream.
The men wore high boots with spiket
soles, corduroy or Khaki trousers, fame
/ shirts and broad brinmed hats. The girl
wore short or divided skirts, CATERS
sweaters and also broad brimmed Fe'
doras.
All looked rough, happy. brown. pietur
esuue. Here and there an elderly .matron
demure and trim In . summer elk .soNr
With 9 bit Of white ruchins about the throat
hoped gineefly among the bowldert
In the track OF bar riotous brood, looking
like q canary bird who had u~nezpectedi.
hatohed sage ehieksns.