New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-05
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Progressives Of the Fair Sex OF
for Syracuse Convention.
SCORN SEPARATE CARS
Banners, Babies and an Occa
sional Husband in Caravan
Of Suffrage.

Rear cars for ladies' Rear cars for
ladies'
This cry vent echoinE through the sec
ton % tho Grand Central Terminal
where the ten car special stood waiting
at noon. Yesterday 20 pull out FOR the
New York state convention 81 The Pro
gressive party a. Syracuse.
And did 70 attract the one hundred aud
huy or more ladies who went on that
train as delegates? n did not-not %
any great extent. Tho CRY proved 10
more seductive 20 them than 70 did 20 tho
general female population when william
McAdoo put rear cars for women on his
subway trains, and the ladies nouldn ,
ride IN them.
As one Of the white capped officials AZ
the terminal put n. Every body that hsd
an escort vent 20 one OF the mems cars
and most % the women had escorts. Tor
that occasion. anyhow.
There vas a great gathering Of proud
husbands com, 20 speed the going Of their
political wives, and many were the fond
fsrewells exchanged az tho gates. ono
woman who came oscortless was Miss
Bertha Rembaugh tho lawyer. who
marched into the ladies' car. swinging a
T. r. bandanna.
Miss lneersolI on Hand.
Miss Maud Ingersoll daughter OF Rob
ert O. Ingersoll came early. She had no
ticket with her. but a little thing like
that did not fesze tho daughter Of the
great free thought orator. She was going
70 the convention as 4 delegate. and sh.
walked right through the two stern blue
arms stretched out by two officials on
either side OF the gate 20 bar her ticket
less entrance. as her father used 10 walk
through traditions.
After she Was in. Miss rnsersoll eK-
planned that Mrs. Edward Lauierbach. a
delegate had her ticket. Mrs. Lauter-
bach came later, with Mrs. Wallston H.
Brown. Miss Ingersolrs sister and proved
that the colonels daughter spoke the
truth.
Miss Mary Donuolly vas on tho spot
long before the train started. with a red
bandanna dotted with 7. n. faces tied
around her famous Panama hat and 4
Votes for Women" sash crossing her
breast. She didn't go to Syracuse but
she told everybody who did 20 what 10
do there. Talk about instructed dele
gates! There wasn't delegate man or
woman. who wasn't buttonholed by Mary
and filed full Of instructions.
Instructions in Plenty.
Now. remember" she cried, arresting
man delegate with the hooked fore
~ - I'D
woman delegates arm with her left. re
member that you're to put a woman suf-
frage plank in that platform at Syracuse.
And there's three other plsnks you're 10
put in, too. We want an eigllt-hour labor
Law plank. a ild-lahor-out- of-the-
market plank. and opcn-the-school-
houses-for- polling places plank. See that
We get those planks."
Miss Donnelly supplied Passenger Agent
Jenkins. who went with the train 10
Syracuse, With r. r. buttons. and adj
jured him TO keep the steam in his en-
gines." She stayed till the train left.
when she pulled the bandsnna OF her
hat and waved II, crying: There goes the
train OF liberty"
That particular train OF liberty didn't
carry nearly all the delegates. Mrs. Rob-
ert H. Elder and a number Of others went
either on the $50 train in the morning or
by trains that left later in the afternoon.
But enough took the noon special 10 give
II populated appearance.
Some women took their babies and their
husbands. and there were giimpses OF
nice little domestic scenes In the cars.
In one nag-draped seat we're young
wife and her husband. and the most
charming baby Moosette, about nine
months old. Mother had Baby Moosette
across her lap and was changing-weli
well. the scene gave a soothing domestic
touch TO women IN politics"
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