New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-17

car when she pays as good fve-cent
niece especially If she is a working wom-
an vearied from standing all day in a
department store?
II doesn't seem to have worked that
way-"women are always doing rneXpect-
Cd things
NO" say the suffragettes, ,women have
no right to sit when men stand-equality
for US"
Mrs William Warner Penhcld. acting
leader Of the Woman Suffrage party, was
most emphatic yesterday in her statement
that suffragists could not indorse the new
bridge scheme.
"Sunragists stand for equality Of the
sexes" she said, mot for privileges Of
one against the other Any tair-minded
woman will protest against this dlscrlm-
nation. Tired men going home from a
hard days work are no more able TO stand
I'm car than woman is. and some men
are feeble and old. or crippled, or starry
Ing.
Women don't want favors, out justice.
II NC had had the vote years ago we might
have provided in advance for such an
emergency We never would allow the
BROOKLYN Bridge to have eight times the
amount Of traffic 1t can accommodate. But
II now. in the present indecent conditions
segregation must be Tesorted TO. they
ought NJ least TO provide separate cars
for men and for women. and run an equal
number Of each 50 that the men will have
fair chance"
At the office OF the Woman Suffrage
party. too was Miss jeanette Rankin one
Of the most energetic Of the orators VINO
hold outdoor street meetings Tor Inc
cause" She did not seem 10 like the me-"
bridge system. either.
give US women who have to use the
cars" she said. the right to vote and IN
A few years wen guarantee that there
Will be no bridge crush. Those smart men
have said they could run things and-told
rs 10 stick 10 our homes. mend stockings
and take care OF the babies And now
they've got thousands Of girls crowding
over the bridge 10 and from long hours OF
work under condition which would dis
grace a savage tribe \ pretty mess
they've made Of IT,
And while the suffrage theorists were
roeretting the system. what about the
women on the bridge? DO they OBJECT 10
favors'
One cannot refrain from saying. well
hardly" OF all the pictures Of contented
womanhood ever seen in the city OF Nc"
York this is the masterpiece.
Tired looking women dodgins the street
cars evading stout men with suit cases
ALL rushing pell-mell i'm under the bridse
structures. suddenly spy in the distance
tracks &, Z and g. where little hero OF
women stand alone on the left hand sioe
Of the concourse.
4 peaceful smile breaks on every WON
ans face. and she comes up radiant.
Amt IT grand?' she murmurs to
...tor .,,ookkeeper. and both beam at the
author of their bliss Captain EDWARD d.
po,,rko Of tho Brooklyn Bridge squad, VINO
rushee past Just then 10 shoe away
siartled foreigner male who strolls INTO
tho women's section Then the captain
turns and Is met by tall damsel ~ big
Hack hat with waving lace veil
oh captain" she cries, want 70
congratulate you on tho grand work you've
done here
..Glsa YOU Ike it, he murmurs and
.sospes. touching his white cap
.rbev write him letters Of thanks. roo.
deserves an ordinary parolman who Is IN
.,,,rso nj the womans pen "and he's al
$50 being thanked Yes, it's hhe
- but the women well. they can
,.,s,Ie an 10 a car just IS well az rien
Look AT EN-. now. Ill mere "' gu.
here All aboard! Yes IT'S iav' '"s,
rye had just as many buttons puiieo %,
nv gloves by these CROWDS OF "o'"'" 90
even had before by the men.
And the men themselves? Wha' 90 '''eS
think OF the system? 49,,
..AlI the sensible ones like IT. smiles 'ns