The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-23
RUsEs OF
DISCUSSES Adopted to Attend a Liberal
Meeting in London.

The precautions taken to exclude
%suffragists from the Liberal meeting
at the Albert Hall last night were eff
fectual. Two or three men who
raised the cry of Votes for Women!"
were unceremoniously thrown out.
A disguised suffragette attempted
to 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 mingled cheers and
jeers and drove away in a four
wheeler.
1t was fully expected that at the
end Of Thursdays s~ufragette meet
ing in the hall some women would
attempt to remain on the premises in
readiness to disturb the Liberal DEM
%onstration. The reason for antici-
pating this was that a woman was dis
covered about 5 o'clock on Thursday
afternoon-that is, prior to the SUI
fragettes' own display-hidden in the
organ. Many women had been ad-
mitted 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 position in the organ at
considerable risk, for elaborate struc-
tural precaution had 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 ofsthe orchestra. She came
out voluntarily when discovered
otherwise there was nc room for a
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 women's meeting was over. He
found two in a small corridor be-
tween the band room and the plat
form and one in a pay box at the enN
trance. The suffragettes allege that
they followed the man round covertly.
Some hours later-about 5 o'clock
yesterday morning-the Waterman
found another woman in n Of the
boxes, hidden behind the curtains.
He telephoned to 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. Or rather
she would have been turned out,
but on returning to the waiting room
where he had put her the mar found
she had escaped through a window.
Still another woman was found in
a dark portion of the building, the
credit for the discovery in this case
being due to the dog which accom-
panies the man on his rounds.
When taken out Of their hiding
places 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 assist
ants, went over the huge building
thoroughly, right up to the crown of
the roof. ' Nobody was found, but
special men were placed on all the
doors leading to the roof in order
to prevent any unauthorized person
from ascending.
During the afternoon the stewards
engaged for the Liberal meeting ar
rived, and before that the manage
ment had made another tour Of the
lower part of the building, especially
under the stalls in the area and the
balcony. where any number of women
could hide and make themselves
heard throughout the hall by a mega
phone.
1t seems the women had offered as
much as 600 for a seat at last nights
meeting.-London Daily Graphic.