The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-03
5000 Women to Fast a Week to Save
For Suffrage Cause.

For Suffrage cause
New York, July 2S.-(Special.)-
Three thousand New York suffragettes
nave already Sighed their intention
to fast a week. The women are pledg-
ed to deny themselves everything ex-
the barest necessities of life, and to
donate the money saved to the cause.
Mrs. William w. Penfield, the tall dis
singushed looked woman, who now
fills the place of Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, as chairman of the woman suf-
-ragette party, today told about the
week of self-denial.
"We are undertaking it for two rea-
sons" she explained. "The most OBJ
vious one is that we need a lot of
money. AS most people know the
amendment to the state constitution
giving women the vote has passed the
California; legislature, and will go to
the people this coming autumn. 1t is
a tremendously important event in the
history of the suffagette fight, and the
California women are meeting the sit
uation nobly. Thousands of them have
been making a summer of self-denial,
giving up their vacations and even
weekend trips in order to devote the
time and money to forwarding n
cause among Tie pSOp1S.
They need more money-notf or the
buying of votes, but for legitimate
campaign expense, for educating the
people to the importance of the pres
ent issues. They have sent an appeal
all over the country, and we New
York woman feel that we must not
let it go unheeded. So half the funds
saved during the self-denial week will
De sent to our sisters in California.
The other half will be kept in our own
treasury.
"All the women who are to observe
the self-denial week are enthusigastic
They have told US they will go without
the occasional car ride and the penny
sodas, which are their solace this
torrid weather and give the few cents
saved to the cause.
"On. the other hand, the lawyers.
doctors and other professional women
who belong to the party, are pledging
us a half or twoEthirds or even seven
eighths of their income during the
week set apart. Each woman will re-
tain for herself, of the money she
earns, just enough for bare living ex-
penses.
"The rank and file or as will prob
ably amass our contributions by sheer
saving and scrimping by self-denial. A
friend told me the other day that she
had retrimmed her hat, instead of buy
ing a new one, and put aside the
money for the s~elf-dOnial fund.
During the week of August Is many
m will do their own laundry
work. They will walk and save a
fares. They drink no sodas, eat
no ice cream or candy. They will not
leave the citv for weekend visits,
They will polish their w shoes,
clean their gloves. They will take
their sbampoo at home instead of 60
ing to the hair-dressers.
Our women will not go to theaters.
OF concerts, or beach resorts. If some
of them have been hiring a woman to
assist in the house work, they will dis
continue her services. The ones who
live in apartment houses will forswear
the attendance of the maid, with the
tipping it involves, during the sacred
seven days.
"Of course we shall have to eat, but
we shall be as unobtrusive about it as
possible. We shall p~atronize the
cheap, substantial restaurants, where
one can get a meal for 20 cents.
fancy some of us will dispense wit
lunch altogether. And we shall not
hwy a flower or a popular magazine, o.
4 summer novel in all the week. 7
we wish to read there are always tho
free public libraries"