New-York tribune., 1912-04-05
WOMEN RUN A PAPER
New Rochelle Evening Stand
ard" Has a Suffrage Spree.
STAFF TAKES A DAY OFF
Substitutes Do the Thing Accord
ing to Custom, and Even Have
Contributing Editor"

For the first time in the history OF the
state q daily paper appeared yesterday
edited entirely by women. To-day, how
ever It will revert to the masculine
pime and TO sobriety after its equal SUI
frage spree.
Few of it's old subscribers knew Ihe
New Rochelle Evening Standard wheh l,
came off the presses I'm its sufrragette oress.
The upper half of the front page contained
only the name Of the paper in huge oiach
CAPITALS and an emblazonment OF the hausi
Franchise League Of New Rochelle. car
toon. entitled Uncle Sans Disfrahei'seu
Glass" covered the lower half, oepict'l's d
convict woman, a lunatic ana an iuio'
seated In a row on bench WIN '"'"
sam pacing before them.
"Tm a teapot cackles the luhauc'
want TO be promoted" pleads the woman
Uncle Sam is looking away in deep thous"''
Last week Truman W. Greenslitt owner
and publisher OF The Evening o'alHaiu,
told the members of the Ne" W."
EQUAL Franchise League, VINO hu'"'e' -"',
.ha, tb.v were welcome TO take control ot
49,. ,,.,o, for twenty-tour hours If they
.,,,,.a Tb.v chose and Mrs. Lelgh II.
i French president of the leasue'
managing editor of the paper. M's' ""'.'
| u Smith. who is chairman OF the league
publicity committee. became Guy eul'oi.
rho sacred title of contributing edltor
| fell IN the lot of Mrs. G.. w. Tower "hlle
! Mrs Florence Mueller became art editor
and cartoonist. and Miss H. l.. Moore So
clety editor.
The busiest member Of this staff was Mrs
| Walter II. Smith, the city editor VINO no,
only ran things In her department, but did
a large part Of the reporting ana "ii''iie
as well. and incidentally filled one whole
page with advertising matter. IL shouid oe
explained that Mrs. Smith is adVerusihs
! manager Of one OF New Rocheles ieadlhs
drvgoods emporiums, which may account
| but why retail gossip?
| Mrs. Smith obtained interviews WIN al
| seven OF the city councilmen and with the
! Mayor Frederick II. Waldorf Halt COZ
| umn was devoted to CITY Fathers Oh
Eoual Suffrage" all but two of whom taNor
| votes for women III they want H. bu'
the Mayor got column FOR MS very y" !"
written in Mrs. Smiths best style. Inc
| following are extracts:
| "Were YOU ever asked to interNle"
Mayor? Then you will understand soilie'
/ thing of my feelings as | sat in large
! chair gazing ixedly at notebook ana pench'
must have scintillated suffrage ds
/ I sat there watching prosperous, well leo
men moving about in the performance OIL
their appointed duties-same day TO oe
shared in by happy, we'll fed looking "oih'
"Once in while the door opened a few
inches and some worried looking coui'oi'-
man soueezed out. while another one
squeezed in My woman's intuition toiu me
! they we're councimen, and after"aru
verified ii.
"Finallv my turn came. pluched d:
my remaining shreds Of courage, assume"
nv most feminine air and was ushereu ill.,
tho Presence. Wonder OF wonders hs
smiIed--he indicated that | might sf-he
wasn't an ogre at all. lie looked human
enough to even be a husband
The Mayor, It may be added. expressed
a strong belief in equal suffrage.
Mrs smith also covered" the police
court. and was amazed to find that Judge
Syinburne was neither fat ana stern nor
thin and stern. but, on the contrary, pos
sessed Of perennial smile. She was dread-
fully afraid the spectators In the couro-
room took her for prisoner
Then. in the evening, the city edltor re-
norted a mass meeting TO boom New R9-
chelle Day. which is to mark the opening
70 traffic Of the New York, Westchester
Boston Railway She sat up. she said, until
o'clock yesterday morning writing ner
.stories" for the next afternoons issue.
or course, the mechanical part OF inc
newspaper plant had to remain In inc
hands OF the men, since women PROFESSIONAL
compositors are unknown in New RocheHe
and amateurs 90 not belong TO the union.
The "editresses" expressed no regret over
this. however. and neither did Mr. Green
slit or the members Of his editorial stan
who enjoyed their unexpected holiday the
more because OF II.
Mrs Smith sighed a bit on giving up nef
lob She remarked happily that Mr.. Smito
now considered himself something anal
ogous 10 the tail of a kite since his wfe's
sally into the lmeight as a suffrasete
city editor.