The Detroit times., 1909-05-14
WOMAN J0LTS
ARTIST PERRY
SufTragette Rails at Laws That Per-
NIT Man to Go to Jail to Escape
Paying Alimony. 4

NEW 1ORk, May l5.-ADe Schla-
mesky was playing tag about haif
past five outside Ludlow-st. jail when a
slender woman in black tapped him
on the shoulder.
Little boy" she said. If you can
get me chair I'll give you five cents. -
Abe looked at her incredulously. but
when she--o opened a big black pocket
book and took out a nickel he dashed
across the street into his fathers
store and returned in a jify with a
kitchen chair.
On that chair the idea of Grand
Street Society OF Suffragettes was
horn, and Abe's mother is keeping II
as a relic against the day when wom-
en- will have all the votes and men be
suffragers.
Just a few minutes before this cpl
sode Keeper Murphy. of the county
jail had received the surprise or his
life. The woman clad in black had
rung the prisop bell
IL want TO See Mr. Roland II. Per.
~ the SCULPTOR" she explained.
Impossible" answered Murphy.
Its out OF the question ma am. un.
Foley. Mr.. Perry couldn't be seen by
Possibly you do not know who /
am" remarked the woman coldly. Il
am Mrs. Sophia Loebinger. a suffrag.
cite, Mr. Officer. and am credibly in
formed this man Perry is going out 10
the theatef every night instead OF
staying in jail. Is that true?"
Its new one on me" said Muir
ply.
Wei, since you have no authority
to let me see him. my good man, /
/ shall withdraw and address the pub
lie without the gates. Good evening. :"
II was then that Abe's chair came
into play. A block below the garment
pressers were holding their regular
meeting at which they are re-employ-
ed II trade is good. Mounting the
chair Mr.. Loebinger called children
around her and babe them bring the
5 men and women who were standing
listlessly around In few moments
she was surrounded by motley crowd
; OF east side workers.
81 am going 10 address you men
and women first in English and then
in German on subject that will in
terest you and which is SO much In
s my mind that / am almost too indtg-
nant TO talk" she began. Il want wom-
EN- TO vote, want TO vote. and In
going TO fight till | get a vote and
want to tell you why. In that build
ing" pointing TO the Jail. which is
a disgrace TO the community, there
is a man called Perry. an artist.
wealthy and we'll known. Why is he
: thereg Because he prefers 10 be in
. that Jail 10 paying the just alimony
he owes the woman who divorced him
some yaaFs-aee-Aa - married
again, rich woman, understand this
time. and can well afford the alimony.
Now what does IT mean.- fhts man
who helped pass the law enabling a
woman to collect alimony from her
divorced husband. is first To break
that law. and by deliberate evasion
makes the poor woman suffer. Is
that fair or JUST"
Murmurs of mo, no." went up from
Z the crowd
'Of course IL is not just. and if We
I women had the right To vote such a
thing couldn't occur" continued Mrs.
Loebinger 1T makes me boil with
rage TO even think the laws permit
such gross injustice. Such laws are
ridiculous.
You men go 10 the polls and don't
know what you're voting for. You
permit men who have no right TO live
TO eyade the laws. have themselves
pat in jail. as a1oke, no doubt. but the
3Oke Is on the woman. Such men
should be investigated, their very
clothes, shoes and stockings. should
be taken from them, II necessary, to
make them feel they can't conceal
their money and turn aroun and swear
they don't have a cent
This Jail ought To be torn down"
went on Mrs. Loebinger. pleased with
the applause she was getting. And II
will be when women have votes.
Won't it?'
That's right" exclaimed a man,
and the rest of the crowd joined in
spebesrings Mrs Ecebiager then repeat.
ed her remarks in. German. Every
tenernent window nearby was crowded
with men and women, only the Jail
windows. barred and grim, were I'M
occupied. Her final appeal was for
name and address of some woman
or girl who would take up the sun
truge movement in a practical manner.
She distributed her visiting cards
nm0-g the women who crowded around
X her and finally selected Mrs. +. Ro-
SDenthal, OF No. 246 Broomest.. as rep
resentatiye OF the suffra gettes OF
Grand-st.. and invited Mrs. Rosenthal
TO call on her.
The dispensing crowd turned TO in
quire of one another. with numerous
shoulder shrugs: "Vot does it mean?
Heinz"
! CINCINNATIANs SAY.