Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-25
RUsEs OF sUFFRAGIsTs.
Disguises Adopted to Attend Liberal
Meeting in London.

From the London Graphic.
The precautions taken to exclude Suf-
fragists from the liberal meeting at the
Albert Hall last night were effectual.
Two or three men who raised the cry Of
Votes for women were unceremo-
niously thrown out
A disguised suffragette attempted t,
get in. She came in the uniform OF a
telegraph boy But a lynx-eyed male
saw by the way her peak cap was poised
that the telegraph boy was only a
young woman in disguise. Realizing that
she was recognized. the disguised one
ran down the steps of the hall amid min
gled cheers and jeers and drove away in
a wheeler.
It was fully expected that at the end of
Thursdays suffragette meeting in the
hall some women would attempt to re-
main on the premises in readiness to dis
turb the liberal demonstration. The rea-
SON for anticipating this was that a wom-
an was discovered about o'clock Thurs
day afternoon-that Is. prior to the suf-
fragettes' own display-hidden in the
organ. Many women had been admitted
during the afternoon. and she and the
others who hid themselves in the hall
were supposed to be of the number
who then entered. She reached her posi-
ton in the organ at considerable risk,
already been taken. In view of last
nights meeting, to prevent any one from
approaching the organ.
Failure on the part of the woman to
accomplish the feat In safety would have
meant a drop of twenty feet into the
seats of the orchestra. She came out
voluntarily when discovered. otherwise
there was no room for man to get in to
force her out.
This one having been found. in the
organ loft, the Waterman proceeded to
search the whole building after the wom-
ems meeting was over. He found two in
"a small corridor between the bandroom
and the platform, and one in pay box
at tho entrance. The suffragettes allege
that they followed the man round COW
ertly.
Some hours later-about 5 o'clock yes
terday morning-the Waterman found an
other woman In one of the boxes, hldoen
behind the curtains. He telephoned 10
the police to know what to do with her.
They told him to let her go, and she was
turned out. as the others had been: OF
rather she would have been turned out,
but on returning to the waiting room
where he Ind, put her. the man found
she had escaped through a window
dark portion Of the building, the credit
for the discovery in this case being due
to the dog which accompanies the man
on his rounds.
when taken OUT OF tneIr HlulLS pidccc
the women presented a sorry sight. being
covered with dirt and dust. Some had
bags of food.
: Yesterday morning the manager of the
hall with" a large staff of assistants.
went over the huge building Thoroughly,
right up to the crown Of the roof. No
body was found, but special men were
placed on all the doors leading to the
roof in order to prevent any unauthor-
lied person from ascending.
During the afternoon the stewards en-.
gagged for the liberal meeting arrived, and
before that the management had made
another tour of the lower part of the
building, especially under the stalls in
the area and the balcony. where any
themselves heard Throughout the hall by
q megaphone.
It seems the women had offered as
much as E2O0 for q seat at last night
meeting. -