New-York tribune., 1911-04-04
TWO NEW TAILORED COSTUMES.

! ure' OF the suffragette scheme 70 evede the
census takers and bother" the govern
ment, Mrs. Wells talks about II all as joy
/ fully and confidently as II she had never
7 heard Of cable.
our census n failUre?" she laughed.
I We'll. that is absurd; because if you un-
derstand the situation. you know Il could
not possibly hzzle out There were thou
sands of women-not IN London alone,
either but all over the country. My society.
the Womens Freedom League, had sixty
branches. and believe the other. Mrs.
Pankhursts Women's Social and Political
Union had almost as many. Now. YOU sec.
all those women had signed their names,
promising to support the scheme. They
couldn't break faith
"But. Of course, the government had 10
say our scheme was a failure. II they ad-
mitted it was a success that would mean
their census was a failure, and - their
census IS a failure il means two things.
The first Is that they will have a new cen
sus. costing f250, ,o0o The second is that It
will be confessing we women can incon-
venience the government Either Of those
results You know, would be fearful 70 con-
/ template And II would make the govern
inent frishtfullv unpopular. even with the
men. 10 have 20 spend $3.50 oc0 more for a
new census"
Even the figures quoted in the cables did
not disturb Mrs Wells's convictions.
Figures" she cried. Now. Ia Just like
10 ask that cable operator where he got
those figures How could any one count a
lot of women in a skating rink. whirling
I1
are fifteen hundred women here and the
other man would say. oh, no: there are
al least two thousand Any report based
on those figures would be open 70 the sus-
picion OF insccuracy.
ut was all planned. you know, SO that
bev couldn't get figures from the houses
ither The suffragettes were going 10 stay
T. night with their friends. and the friends
usbands would say 10 the census enumer-
tor. no. T don't know who they are. NO.
] don't know their ages. No, 7 never
ooked az the color Of their eyes Other
rowds of suffragettes were going Oh walk
ng yarties 70 Hampstead Heath. singing
ho now suffrage sonS TO bother the men
asleep along the way. and there were 10 be-
theatrical performances all night. dances
eDd banquets free so that even II wom-
an didn't care about upsetting the census
the entertainment would attract her.
That Is one reason why ! am sure our
census was a success. Another reason is
taat the government helped us along so
much We've always been fortunate In our
enemies
'1t was this way: We really were afraid
when We started this census scheme that
the English women wouldn't take II up
They are used TO being arrested and nght-
ing police. YOU know so II doesn't sound a
bit exciting Just 10 evade census. But
the government got so terribly eXcneo ana
aid what an awful thing II was 70 inter
ere with a sacred census that II taught
there was something in II. after all AZ
oon as the government showed us IL was
gorth doing we had new pledges ny the
housands
"Oh. Il was a success all right. just WIFI
IN get my letters from home about It,
This is not the end OF our little game
either. YOU know Whether the government
l~drnits tire census is inaccurate or no- We