The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-09
WOMEN WATCHERS AT POLLS
,y,RLi FIERY ONE POLITE
10 LADIES ON Ct ARD.
.u,.r,obiI- anne Around MIN iunch~en
for Them and al Hands Anxious 10
n. Nee Few Challenges Made n,
Volunteer Watchers foe stiuison.


coll. automobile manned by Mrs
p,,r.,, stanton Batch. Mrs. John Winter
R,.,n,u and Miss Alberta Hill and other
-. ,lr,iptu ruslv laden with sanow icher
~ r..Hr rcd apples hirled about Man
HAITIAN Yesterday afternoon carrying
a., AID ~ the hungry Self supporters
~ho Nsr.' seeing to IL that Stimson got
IA chance IN at least forty polling
places
In. >.i' supporters had no grudge
.g.,nr VIZ DIX. not by any means One
a them I. .tored fcsslin8iy ut headquarters
On. xntds OF Susan h, Anthony. Il see
,rIv woman, and her disfranchised.
Rn a. A matter Of fact the Democrats
.a,d they didn't need any women
watchers
The nourishment furnished by the
relief committee was daintily packed in
bo,e- large enough to hold a round
n. honh,ns. the apple that accompanied
each beng an outside accessory. Police
Commlss,oner Cropsey issued printed
directions that there should he
no distinction as to sex in the
matter II the depart ent protection
OF watchers, and tns male election Off
c,As. apparently deciding that they
Nigh, a. veil make the bsst Of what they
couldn't help. We'd with one another
An shove rinx attentions upon the nom
voting volunteers.
Every time the Batch Brannon con-
veyance stopped in front Of n barber
shop or butcher shop or delicatesssn
dispensary where ballots ~ere being cast
half q dozen eager hands graspcd some
part Of the automobile door and as many
voices ciamored for the honor Of assist-
ing the ladies to alight.
Come right in q trio or quartet Of
red ard blue hadged individuals would
invariably chorus.
IN. policemen in charge shoved away
the youngsters who crowded around To
look Ct the yellow feather in Alberta
Hills nat and some one held open each
door with bow which Alberta. who IA
N Australian, described an altogether
worthy Il the court Of 81. James.
1T really n n Bit monOtonuus from a
dramatic viewpoint, admitted Mrs.
blarch. but " showr mcre than anything
tina, has happened since We hegan our
campaign how the idea of women IN
politics IL gaining favor among the think
ing rlan Of the community
-Nos 7 wonder how Bess il gcrting
along she continu ed. a. IN. car stopped
In front Of II Bowery. wher. ava Dc. n
Ellsworth Cook the Cornell orator. whu
measures almost feet when she stands
~ very straight ana v no tips the scales
a. considerably less than lUb pounds
had been keeping the polls r'ure since 4
o clock in the morning. The shop. which
vas the Target one visited. MAS filed
with men who pushed and jostled rnr
another in their ga zeraesR to Register
their opinions "a TO who should he ',ov,
ernor. hut there waRn I a bit al n0iss and
only few cigars were in commiss ion.
Miss took accepted the sandwirhH
prof cred 10 her by Mira. Brannar. bu,
when Mrs. Batch wanted To know how IL
was going she replied in agitated iOres
Oh. u has he@n n harmless n a teg
party. hut please GO az once. such lot.
and lots Of people hav. teen in hera 10
see me tina: tn. clerk has become very
much annoyed about H. and I'm afraid
they may enter some complaint
oh. certainly, said Mrs Bla;Ch sens
ING the situation in Tho gloomy faces III
some Of the men inside the rail. wei
do just a, you cay. Ard 81" hurried
.tandinS In the doorway II he didr
think the women were behaving pretty
well.
oh. sure he replied.
Misc ook had time TO whisper to a
reporter that she had challenged thrc.
mon hut chat their credentials provec
upan animation 10 ne all right
Mrs. Lee lie Forest. who was stationed
a. ~ First avenue. where she had her
picture taken every few minutes. sale
sha' up To o'clock she had ch"llenRet
only one man.
Such WAS not. however. the experience
Of Mrs Gertrude Duncan. who was &C.
sected 10 leaven the McNanus district
az GO Ninth avenue. The chivslry which
filed all the East Side polling places and
oozed out through the crowds on the side.
walks IN front was somewhat conspicuous
ny ia absence in tbs Hell's Kitchen re gion
The men who found Mrs Duncan waiting
on the Ninth avenue doorstep when thsy
arrived. a trifs before o in the morning
did not greet her with enthusiasm anC
before she had put in twenty minutes oi
Tplif' work they dubbed her Busy
Lizzie : They didn't like the way she
rnanipula,ed her card catalo3,,e I,
stretched the business too much. they
complained Her unpopular ity reached
its height when she challenged Thoms.
Dovd ~ years Old a resident 81 the dis
trir- for four years. on the plea that shs
thought his looks - ere against him.
Chairman Frederick I Thompson told
her IN tones which he tired to make gentle
N 60 outside the rail and stop botherins
mo voters
Well hardly said Mrs Duncan.
fIrnbling in her satchel for her cr.den
uala and waving them under the chair
mans noeA
DO you live in This dist rict7- asked Mr.
1hor1pson