The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-15
GARNET TROTI
A SUFFRAGE17E
At Least she is Enrolled in Member
ship Of suffrasette club at the
University Of Chi
ca0o.
LETTER TO GATE CITY
Special Correspondent at Big univer-
sity Tells What Keokuk Peo-
Pile are Doing at the
School.
[By Special Correspondence

[By Special Correspondence
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-In order to
prove their ability to handle the bal
lot box. the Suffragette club of the
University of Chicago, in whose men,
bership Miss Garnett Trott is enrolled,
gave minstrel and play at Mandel
hall Friday evening, in which the
young women not only appeared in the
cast, but assumed complete manage
ment of the affair. Lady ticket sellers
handled the money, lady ticket takers
were on the door and lady ushers
showed the audience to their places
The minstrel show was dandy and
the women invaded the hitherto I'M
challenged domains of the men
black-face stunts. And they carried
them off we'll The two end men-or
shall we say wcmen-were as good as
the best of :a.e sterner sex and the
choruses and hits were well gotten
up. CARRIED in white duck suits, swal-
low tail evening coats and BACKED
faces and wigs, the minstrel ladies'
looked stunning.
They all wore some bit Of yellow,
the suffragette color, and the chorus
CARRIED in white dresses with big yell
low sunflower hats, displayed the col
ors to good advantage The profes-
sors came in for their share OF hits"
and the musical program was fine.
Miss Trott was one OF the ushers.
These young ladies wore white
dresses and across their shoulders
hung yellow banners On which were
printed in bold, black letters the leg
end Votes for Women" Following
the minstrel show came one-act play
let, entitled How the Vote Was Won, /"
which was well given and quite as
we'll received.
At the settlement dance a week ago,
Keokuk was well represented by the
most of her young people who are stu
dents in the university here. The
Misses Frances Meigs. Louise Brady.
Helen Combs, Garnet Trott and Zena
Olive Russell, and Messrs Jack Brady
and F. c. Smith, were Keokuk's rep
resentatives and with scores of other
Hawkeyes, held up the reputation of
the state. which is represented here
by quite large number of students.
Miss Zena Russell, who was one of
the honor students Keokuk High
school has sent to the university, and
who is quite popular here, has been
honored by being made the subject of
character sketch themes by two of
her classmates. One of them, in
which Miss Russell is depicted as En-
ergy Personifed," was given high
mark by the instructor.
| A former Keokuk boy, who viii be
remembered by many friends. Alonzo
iC. Goodrich, Jr., now of Chicago, is
Registered at the university. Mr.. Good
rich has been with the American Ra-
diator company for the past two years
and entered the university this quar-
ter to take up commercial course.
No doubt number of The Gate City
readers have read of Mr. Richard T.
Cranes new book, attacking the col
leges and universities OF tie country,
which has just been brought out by
the Chicago manufacturer Over here.
Mr.. Cranes attacks have been re.
ceived SO often that little attention
is paid to them President Judson,
who is at the bedside of his sick sis
ter of course could not be reached
but Dean Small, acting for the presi.
dent. didn't think the attack of enough
importance TO reply, when questioned
/ by reporters Students generally here
take the matter as joke and go on
examining as hard as ever-probabl
If Mr. Crane can't use them In his
business there are others who can. as
for instance the water power engin.
GERS at Keokuk.
Glide. slide; keep on slidin,, is
the popular refrain around in this sec.
ton Of the South Side Of this windy
city at the present time. Talk about
your city and It's great advantages
4 why believe me, if any property owner
in Keokuk ever dared to let his walks
get in the condition three-fourthg Of
them are over here now. and have
been most of the winter, he would
be drawn, quartered aad hanged By
the mayor, street committee, and citi
zens in general Chicago has a rem
tation for being wicked, and judging
from the number of people who stand
in the vast expanses of slippery place.
It will bear out its reputation.
On most of the walks around in thi!
vicinity there is q solid coating Of ics
from an inch to six inches thick
| Every time it thaws the water col
lects and swish-swash through the ice
cold. soot-colored fluid one walks
Then in few hours, that north win,
lis throttling the water with its lie,
| fingers and slip--down you go, or a
least maintain position at RICH