The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-19
WORDS OF SCORN TO THE MEN
NONSENSE TINE OVER IN THE
SIFFRlGFTTE FIGHT.
Mrs. LOebinger and Miss Coleman Tel
HArIemites That Hot Times Are
ahead Of Candidates for Once Men
critics Come In for sharp Retort,.

critics Come In for sharp hetort,'
The Twenty-,hird street suiIragette-
told a crowd Of SGO persons last night on
the northeast corner ~ i?dh street and
seventh avenue that they were tired ~
educating the public
And what Il more explained Mrs
Sophia l.oebinger. -w.'r" going To stop
H. The time has come for US women 10
show YOU men tina; we mean business.
aud We have o'rr campaign all planned
few men IN the audience snicker,d
but they blushed guilty a. they caught
Mrs koebinger's glance Of scoru.
This Is a sample Of the sort OF Ch,valry
women can expect when they are making
honest and sincere pleas for their rights,
she said However II il not worth INV
while tn pay any attention To such exhibit
lions Of ignorance and rtrdcnes-. | want
to tell you little about our plans fortha
fall. We have dec ded To fight the party
in power We are gong right into tho
polit zeal ca mpaiSn and Il we can't make
ourselves heard any other way w. will
snatch the party platforms.
We shall make II our business to IN.
vestiRate the lives 81 all the candidates
and We shall make public anything We
discover 10 their discredit II j. time that
the women and children ~ this country
were protected against the lawmaking
81 men who seem 20 b. utterly without
moral standards.
Say IL abe marrsd'- inquired "A tail
thin man with slight stpnp - the speaker
descended from IN. platform half an
hour Later
Mrs Loehing,r shr'nk hack modestly
among her CompanIo.ts end did not
answer he question bat she was not with
out a protector
petite young woman IN a fetching pale
blue lingerie frock with masses Of wavy
, brown hair held IN place by AN assortment
J Of tortoise shell combs sprsnG nlinbly mp
the steps of the rostr7Im and looked wrath
/ fully down into the upturued faces She
was greeted hy burst ~ applause. hut
/ tn. demonstration ol approval evoked no
| smile from her She was Mary Coleman.
! the suffragette lawyer
oh. I heard what h" said. sh" began
| IN tones 81 whitening sarcasm It's about
! the sort ~ question ! a expect from a man
who wears that kind Of hatbsnd
! supI,osa hs and some of the other male
individuals her" Of the same class
won't call them men y~ould like {" know
! whether I'm married
| -Mavb@ Won think you'd have n chance
| II I'm not she continued. permitting the
! corners 81 her mouth 10 curve upward
| I,si = We" hii Well | want vOU 10
understand that I wouldn't have a Crea-
ture lik. that II knew Id have 20 live
single all my life
There war a Suhdued giEEle on the on e
skirts ~ IN" crowd
| -Oh. you think I'm luke. do YOU
demanded tho speaker We'll. n vnu get
] on the witness stand some day and have
! an opportunity - cross a" Narnin" Won Won u
! chang your opinion
Tho applause and laughter which fol
| lowed were an frr her
| Miss Coleman spike for nearly an hour
| longer and every ons STAYED until she
| STOPPED talking No one demonstrated
when sh" described the ants ds asnln~
\ women who didn't hav" brains enough
Ito know what was good for them. and
every one az 10 ,st pratendei - agree with
her when IN" INSISTED that women we're
I better citizens than men She was oven
, permittet - road the fifteen exempt IONS
| from Jury duty and ~ draw what CON
: illusions she pl" ,-.si fhar"from without
/ \ single interruption
! Ihsr" was only or" policeman pr'sSsan :
AZ the meeting. and he didn't hav" o.
make So much as "A threat - arrest any
one
/ The suNragetts- are going - tour i?jth
street with a huriygurty On the first
cool morning