New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-28
SPILL BLOOD FOR SUFFRAGE
KnightS of the Padded Mitt Enter
Lists for "The Cause"
PERFECTLY LOVELY BOUT
Mrs. Gus" Ruhlin's Boxing
Show Applauded by Votes
for Women Advocates.

Who says that there are no longer
knights in the world TO do battle for the
ladies'? When bruisers put on the gloves
to fight for woman suffrage, surely
chivairy is not dead in the world.
Chivalry bloomed and blossomed in the
ring AT the Long Acre Athletic Club last
night. when Mrs Gus" Ruhlin's long
heralded prizefght for suffrage was
pulled off" II was a glorious long pro-
gramme of fights, with wrestling bouts
thrown in and there was nothing those
young white hopes" and black ter
rors" and bantam champions wouldn't
do for the cause They wiped up the
floor with each others heads for the
cause They hit each other below the
belt-yes. below the belt-for the cause.
And i'm one moment of glorious aban-
don blood was actually shed for the
cause. 1t came from the nose of Jack
Goodney, drawn by a vigorous punch
from the fist of Young Goodman, whom
Mrs. Rubin describes as one Of the
nfINltSl iS SilltiS Slif IlfN ~ i''''''' '''
the suffrage cause. Who says that
women aren't brave enough to stand the
sight of gore. and therefore couldn't go
TO battle. and hence shouldn't vote?
WHY. there wasn't a sufragette there
who didn't shrek with joy at the sight
of that gore drawn for the cause, and
the two bright red drops on the towel
used after that bout We're objects of
peculiar interest to them thenceforth.
70 tell the truth. there weren't many
suffragettes there. though. Mrs. Rubin
said they were all dying to come, but
didn't have the nerve. Afraid Mrs.
William Warren Penfeld or Mrs. Clar-
ence Mackay will hear Of it and scOId
them" she scoffed.
At o'clock. the hour announced, hard
lv anybody else had come, either and IL
looked as If Mrs. Ruhlin's rrizefight for
suffrage would be cold, cold frost. At
Sis a gorgeous vision in pink foated in.
1t was Mrs Louise Suydam. in a very
low necked pink gown. fluffy white furs
and swirl of white lingerie above pink
slippers. Behind her trailed young Fred
Noble, the plumber.
Mrs. Suydam positively refused to be
interviewed about suffrage. except To
say that she had come TO the fight to
study the question. She said she disliked
notoriety extremely.
Gus Rubin Enters Ring.
Toward o'clock the place began to fill
up with men and a few women, and
shout of delight went up when Gus
Rubin clambered into the ring like
huge trick elephant. In spite of his size
Gus's strenuous wife can make him do
ANYTHING she likes, even to pasting suf-
frage posters on his saloon windows
over i'm Brooklyn. but it was evident
that this Job of refereeng the suffrage
prizefght was thoroughly TO his taste.
Smiles illuminated his broad countenance
and twinked In his baby blue eyes as
he inspected the boxing gloves, tied with
yellow ribbons, and the white
striped towels. for Gus was on the road
as a champion fighter before he married
q suffrage wife and went into the saloon
business, and he knows what's what.
Ladies N gentlemen" announced Mike
Newman master of ceremonies, / nave
the honor Of introducing Young Hacker-
sack an Professor Mundy, who will have
a wrestling match"
Shock for Suffragettes.
The small group of suffagettes who
sat I'm one corner held a hasty consulta-
tion and decided that the costumes of
the wrestlers weren't at all proper But
one Of the group discovered that Young
Hackensack's little red panties were fas-
tened with a yellow suffrage button.
which showed that he had good princi-
pies anyhow, she said.
The match was a fine one, the suffra-
gettes thought, though the sporting men
present agreed that Gus refereed too
conscientlousy. Gus wasn't going TO
have any casualties at his wife's suffrage
fight. and every time one OF the wrestlers
got dead cclinch on the others legs or
head or middle there was Gus's ponder
Gus body rushing in between. Mundy
threw Hackensack over his head three
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