The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-25

duced to the waiting tbrong as woman
who had voted for Taft. 'tArc you
going to vote for him again ~ some
one asked. ''That depends,'' she re-
Piled, with an enigmatic smile
a pale, delicate woman mounted the
platform one evening. 1t was Alice
Paul, the only militant suffragette at
methods and reasons for such methods
Why did the women strap themselves
into seats at the public meetings!''
Because. she said ''if they asked
the simplest questions, they were usu
ally dragged out in brutal fashion.
Why did they carry dog whipsf
Because they had received unspeak-
able insults on previous occasions,
Miss Paul did not mention any OF
of the self appointed martyrs TO the
cause. She suffered the excrueiating
torture of forcible pleading at Hol
loway Jail, process which frequently
Kills the subject. Some one stopped
her as she came down from the plat
form. ''Tell me about yourself. do
you ever expect to recover from your
experience in jail7' "No." she an
swred. quietly, and one could see that
her strength was spent.
Now, to quote Mvra Kellv's little
Russian school children. cit amt po-
lite TO ask lady if she has been in
iaIl, - but | meant no discourtesy when
I questioned that splendid Diana-like
English girl, Ray Costello.
'Have you ever been in Jail" I
asked
"No. J am not militant she re-
piled, as though that settled the ques-
Now, does militant mean going to
lail!' This was a puzzler, for Ray
Costello Is n specialist in ut.of door
meetings. and they certainly appear mil
liant. She was the first speaker at the
first Out door meeting ever held by
women in the District Of Columbia, for
the cause of suffrage.
Mrs. Blatch, who superintended this
meeting, objects to Miss Costello be-
ing called English "She is an inter
national episode said Mrs. Blatcb,
:" for her mother was an American, but
Miss Costello is a true English type,
with rosies in her cheeks, an English
voice, and a wholesome, corsetless fig
ure.
'The only trouble about the out of
door meeting is that it is too pleasant,
said Miss Costello, "You get the habit
and YOU cannot even see crowd Of peo-
pie AT railway station without want.
ing to seize the opportunity and tell
them about suffrage" Here are some
directions for an out-of door meeting,
written By Miss Costello: Have the
wind at your back so your voice will
carry to the crowd; have your back to
wall, if possible, and the crowd in
front of you, FOR in England we fire.
Quently get row, and a row nearly al
ways starts behind one. BE very sim
pie and direct, nothing elso goes down
in the open air. II you speak of wo,
man S suffrage, some woman is sure TO
mi ta1 oh e
suffering, and we have enough suf-
fering already they say. Don't give
smart clap-trap answers, for they only
bring a row, and it ism { pleasant TO
have dead cats and vegetables and stale
eggs thrown at You, and besides they
don t convince anybody. I believe you
put your EGGS in cold storage here. but
the suffragettes. Always take up a
collection, for people are moro inter
osted If they contribute 10 cause. And
take IL up in your own hat, too, but
in an extra lining, so that the coppers
will not spoil it for future wear
- If YOU get one or two in crowd in
terested, pretty soon there are more.
and then you We got EN-. y At Pennsyl-
yauia avenue and Seventh street, an
attentive crowd was gathered about
the automobile containing the speakers.
| watched Miss Costello test her recipe
and sure enough, pretty soon she had
their heads bohbng, aud the outdoor
meeting brought many converts from
the humber walks Of life. Pretty girls
took off their hats and took up n col
lection, while Fola LA Toilette. Senator
La Follette's s daughter, distributed lit
erature among the crowd.
Men of the Convention.
The men of the convention formed
one of thc striking features Congress