New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
MOOSETTES AS INVADERS .
Find Friend of Suffrage in
Democratic Meeting.
VISIT CHAMBER OF HORRORS
Cross from Own Spellbinding
in Union Square and Quiz
Speaker at Tariff Exhibit.

Wen. tho head Of tho Democratic ticket
may be an anti-sunragis,; the Moosettes
SAYS he Is. and Governor Wilson himself
isn't saying anything about It. but there
Is one good suffrage advocate on tho
Democratic list OF speakers. His name IS
John r. Martin. Maybe he wasn't In
tending to declare himself. but Miss Mary
Donrelly prCddcd him to IL.
Miss Donuelly had a meeting at noon
yesterday, q Moose meeting OF course, In
Union Square. 4. Dclos Kneeland and
William Wallace Young spoke. Miss Don
nelly presided and Mrs. Alice SntJe
Burke sold bandannas and Teddy pins.
Just across the way Is the Tariff Cham
Der OF Horrors maintained BY the Demo
Gratis. ard when Miss Donnelly's own
meeting broke up she cast longing eye
at the crowds over there.
Lets 20 quiz the Wllsontes about suf-
frage," she proposed.
Her helpers murmured that they were
hungry. but politics is more than lunch
con to Miss Donnelly. and she marched
them across with firm step.
John T Martin was addressing the
crowd and he couldn't have noticed the
Bull Moose delegation. In spite Of the
bandannas with which they were decorat-
ed. for II he had he surely never would
have given Miss Donnely the beautiful
opening he did.
Every man who has reached the age
OF twenty-one should vote" he was an
nouncing.
what about women called Miss Don
nelly in clarion tones. Clarion as they
were Mr. Martin didn't seem TO hear.
Then most OPPORTUNITY gentleman friend
whom she had never seen before APP
peared at Miss Donnelly's elbow.
What about women" he roared.
Then Miss Donnelly and he tried II to-
gethcr
What about women" they duettcd.
Mr. Martin stopped in his speech and
looked at Miss Donnelly. Madam" ne
said. handsomely Il am In favor Of wom-
an suffrage. ! am most heartily in favor
of IL. have been married twenty-five
years.
you don't look IT," Miss Donnelly In
formed him, and Mr.. Martin blushed.
81 have been married twenty-five years"
ne repeated, "and when we had been mar
ried eight years my wife decided that she
wanted TO study law. She did so. and was
my business partner five years. She has
been my best counsellor, and IL any man
saws that my wife is not as ~ to exercise
the right of the franchise as ! am, he
tells what is not the truth"
Then Mr.. Martin started to talk about
the recall OF judges. but would you be-
lleye II. Miss Donnelly and her gentleman
friend weren't satisfied with what he had
said about suffrage. They demanded to
know how Governor Wilson~stood on the
subject. and why II wasn't In the Demo
cratic platform. and things like that. Mr.
Martin appeared oblivious, and Miss Dom
nelly gave II up after while. but her
gentleman friend kept IL up until the
crowd around directed him to shut up"
He did so. and the Moosettes went away
Miss Myra Cordes. a pretty girl, who
,r,ed 10 get enrolments at the Moosette
Union Square meeting. said that ever so
many young Jews In the crowd told her
they would like to sign. but they couldn't
because Of it's being Yom kippur. the
great Jewish fast day. Their religion
forbade them to take pen In hand that
day.