The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-09-16
NV Chum And ! Attend An
Open Air Suffrage Meeting

linking her arm through mine l.. u
mdst possessive manner, as we
walked from the elevator to the
street door, you are going with
me to splendid meeting to hear
splendid speaker on this splen-
did"
''Buta Sue" | protested, ~do
stop long enough to tell me just
why, when and wherefore all this
SPLENDID time is overwhelm-
ing us For | absolutely refused
to be lured blindiolded, as it were,
into SOMETHING; and that
SOMETHING assumes serious
aspects when Sue is at the bottom
of it.
SO firmly and resolutely | stop
ped in the middle OF the pavement,
expecting any moment to be
snapped for Constructing the
sidewalk" and demanded to know
whittier | was being led. You see,
happen to know Sue little bet
ter than the average person does,
and even though she is my chum,
there are times when | simply
have to deal real "un:eelin' like"
Gas Aunt Dinah used to say with
her.
She laughed gaily, however, and
squeezing my arm most affection
ately. said, You d,,ar old goose;
where are we going but to the open
air Suffrage meeting to be held
the Lexington street side of the
Court House
| stopped short, looked blankly
for moment at her, then burst
out: We'll, YOU may be going
to an open-ar Suffrage meeting,
but lMl not, so there"
Now Sue knows as well as | do
that nothing rifles me quicker than
TO hear lot OF women get up in
public and spiel off lot OF jargon
about WOMAN'S RIGHTS, and
INDEPENDENCE and all that
rot, so | resolutely glared at Sue
and reiterated my refusal to bulge !;
at the same time | calmly glued
myself to- a nearby plug. Sue
looked very grieved to think that
her sex should be represented by
such an unappreciative creature ;
and indeed she looked so childish
~ hurt al my stern refusal to &C
company her that / really felt
most brutal. There was an ap-
palling silence for one long min
ute: then she said disgustedly,
You make me tired, Jean; just
as ii one little Old sutfragette meet
ing were really going to hurt YOU
Any way, it is in the open air, and
somehow that's different from be-
ing closed up in one" Then see
ing me still inmoyable, she added
And YOU needn't stay long just a
few minutes, that's all.
| looked up at that remark: she
smiled; and well, Sue always
could make me do Just what YOU
didn't want to do; 50 | arose sui
lenly from my impromptu seat,
and herewith was literally bathed
in sea OF dazzling sun-lit smiles
from sue. who brcathed eStaticalv
in my ear, "Goure a dear. Jean"
and |: Well, deed its no wonder
that | love Sue. So once again
taking my now unreSisting arm,
she procccdd to lead me. as a
lamb to the slaughter across the
Sereet, managing to reach the
other SIDE in blind safety, as am
quite sure that it was not HER
fault We were not moved inno-
Gently down by the rapidly moving
street. We breathlessly proceed
ed, however, winding our perilous
way down Calvert street and dodg-
ing running messenger boys and
the Ike with unsurpassed skill. At
this rapid pace which we had set
COR ourselves. we soon came to
Lexington street, where the
splendid" meeting before men
toned. was being held. Breath
less, and nearly "cooked'. at least
| was, we perceived the crowd