The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-22
SILENT AS The WOMEN TALKED
LO\G GRE SQI iRE mas ITS
W FFRiG uEETING.
Police krpi such Perfect Order That Fe~
Dared To \sh Questions Man in
Publir LIE Wants To knOw Nhoui
Stunning Things and o. Told Promptly

4 lieutenant. two sergeants and fifteen
poiIcemen w"r" On duty last night AZ the
flrst sunragstts meeting held IA Long
Acre square They kept perfect order
livery thlrSt"r Tor Information On the
wrongs " woman WAS subjected t. q
strict scrutiny before n" was permitted
- set foot uTson the triangular piece IT
Sidewalk Nprnsit" the New YORK Theatre
whsr"on m" fighters for franchise set up
"A three legged stool fnr platform and
ma rshalle,i their orators
Tn" only male creature young enough
~ ho" ~ a sIfragetts who was permitted
- 60 through the police lines was Her
mann Hoffman. aged ~. " 5ia West
f"rty-thIrd street The leader of the
Twenty seventh Assembly district Miss
Mary p"nnelly who was running rtc
meeting salectei him t. hold the yellow
banner On which Was "mhla znned the
insignia of ia. Woman suffrage party
II any person IN tho audience spoke
ahov" a whisper while speaker was
balancing herself upon the somewhat
unsteady rn-trum hmecoat instantly
tapped him on IN" shoulder and hi~S.,d
Hush The stern dignity ~ IN" polc-.
so impressed tho crowd that tho wort
went around that no one would ba per
mittcd To leave until the meeting was
adjourned More than thr~~ hundred
men and about twenty-five women stood
A. u hypnoti1ed whlle Miss Donnallv
and Mrs H~lens Tonnes and Dr. Maude
Glasgow and Miss lsvinia Dock and
Others told ~ m. cruel -alfshmess ~
man
The surracettrs were radiant with
Asala oh vrh Ia, ~,
effect II thsIr aloqusnre until the time for
questions arrived when th.y discovered
that 80 m" ~ their listeners dared to
speak
pleaded Mrs TorI~S leaning forward 80
Ter that Miss Donn"lly had to grab tn.
platform 1" keep ~ from nverturnlnR.
No on" spoke.
Are YOU all corverteds- dcmrud"d
Mr. Tones desperately
lhsp a man who wprn blue naCktte
a gray SUIT and SLOUGH hat. who refused
To give his nPna, on the ground that he
was in public life admitted that he would
like To know what would IT, IN" womens
mod" ~ procedure n the men gave up
tn" government entirely to them
Bui We dor't ask for any such thing
replied Mrs TONES. W" only wan, To-
Coop-rate
Nothing doing retorted the man
IN IN public mo" You must either do ~
Then keep your odd government
snapped Mrs TOnj,- The crowd laughed
IN subdued tones
Mrs TonJe- Who was once president
Of the Womeus West End Republican
Association. went on 20 say that ~ took
great strength 81 character for a CON
servatIv" woman to come out on the
street corners 20 talk To- ~" voters She
had hattled With herself - long time
she said. before she daCided that u was
the right thing To do She was a good
vote g,.tter. sh. added for the R.puhh-
can party. and -h" saw no reason why
she shouldn't le equally -uCCesSful a.
a barker for IN" woman suffrage party
She talked also about c0ld s'oragp.
the guardianship ~ children and 'h. IN
efficiency OF some public pfiCials The
crowd listened patiently and atfen; valy
When Eh. complained - the money spent
upon uring roads between Mount Vernon
and Pelham Manor for the convenience.
of automobiles while dnhvgienIc Cond-
tions were p.rml'ted ~ "NIst in Soms. Of
the public schools some one yelled
Time
She gave her place 10 ex-senator Stacy
Of Idaho. Mis- Dunnelly saii she con
: ldered the whole thing Was a glorious
victory for the Cut~"