New-York tribune., 1912-03-21
MRS. TAFT DIDN'T SEE EN-
Suffragettes Disappointed When
She Is Kept from Their Booth.
WANTED TO GET SIGNATURE
Presidents Wife Falls on Leav.
ing Chair at Women's Indus
trial Exhibit, but Isn't Hurt.


81. Uoman's Industrial Exhibition, when
:, tried 10 put them and their booth out of
.hn sbou-welL that bump no longer exists.
- vas puncturcd when Mrs. William How
"a Taft. wife Of the President visited the
exhibition carly Yesterday afternoon. and
., feu like a cake when the cook slams
the oven door.
Miss Harriet May Mills. head Of the State
Woman suffrage Association, was on hand
I, the votes for-woman booth when Mrs.
Tsft arrived at the Grand Central Palace.
"U, thought YOU know" Miss Mills
.,plaired afterward. that it would be so
nice 10 eot the signature Of the Presidents
wife
TO Woman suffrage petition,
ooh. 10 auythng-iust her signature But
mercy, We got no chance 10 speak to her
ve hardly 50 much as saw the back of her
head,
No" cried Mrs olive Gahriel. she
wasn't allowed to come here. Mrs. Nelson
rerrlck Henry and Mrs. Henry Dimock,
n-ho are antis. and who run this show. saw
n that Mrs Taft WAS in 4. wheeled chair
and Mrs Dimock was m another. and Mrs
Henry and q lot Of women walked along
side and when they reached tho corner Of
,re aisle wherc our booth is Mrs. Henry
had tho chairs swung around into the nnXt
aisle where the LIQUOR booth is. Nes. Mrs.
Taft couldn't visit our booth, which. with
ell these haEs and suffrage novelties is as
rrettv as any in the exhibition, but she
Vas taken to soc the liquor booth. oh,
veil LIQUOR furnishe- the sneVs of war
for the antis
Miss Mills was cslroer about - than Mrs.
Gabriel hut she thought that for Mrs. Taft
not n visit the suffrage booth was very
had policy on the part Of the wife OF A
man who may want the votes Of the women
ont West 10 elect him
Resides giving the suTraEists pride
fall. Mrs Taft got rather bad fall her
scIf-one from her wheeled chair. IT was
when she WAS leaving her chair 10 take
clozer look ~ the big booth Of ccciesias-
tical vcstments that her foot caught and
she triprcd and fell 10 the floor.
She WAS on her feet again before any of
the party accompanying h"r could help
her. and rough painfully shaken for the
moment she declared that she was not
hurt
II was neither 4 hohble skirt nor train
mat caused Mrs. Taft's fall. for she wore
an exceedingly plain sensibly cut black
tailored suit. with a rather short skirt. A
plain hat and short Jacket completed the
costume.
She came 10 the exhibition carly 20 avoid
the crowd. driving there In his limousine
from tho home Of Henry w. Taft. accom-
ranied by Mrs. Anderson, the Presidents
sister.
A. the entrance were Mrs Henry. Mrs
Dimock. Miss Anne Morgan Mrs Cooper
Hewitt, Mrs. 3. Frank Mebone Mrs
tho Misses Louise and Anne OBrien and
several others 10 greet her, and for two
hours she was escorted about the eXhibi- |
ton
wheeled chair was employed because
the exhibition is so large and because Mrs |
Taft had been m recently.
Besides, she had already been sightsee-
fne, for she went to the Japanese exhibit !
~ tho Hotel Astor earlier in the day.
Faithful and Bacillus the cat and guinea !
rz that went through the Equitable fire, !
were formally introduced 10 the Presidents s
wife They we're taken from the woman's
insurance department booth, which happens
10 he exactly opposite the suffragettes'
booth, and carried away over 10 Mrs. Di-
mock'z George Washington memorial booth
10 meet Mrs Taft, and maybe the sufra- |
Ecttos we're not angry when they saw what |
was being done
Faithful, who does not care anything
about suffrage behaved very prettily while
Mrs Taft stroked her. and acted as If she
WAS irving TO tell the visitor how the
Womau's League for Animals, which has |
booth th,ra. mad made her member of the |
Dogs Brigade, and how, with the little red |
box this philanthropic brigade gave her |
she had raised lot Of money at the exhi- |
hition for less fortunate cats and dogs
The flowers the Presidents wife received |
must have gone near TO filling the automo- |
bile when she departed. Some were real |
flowers, but the big bunch of violets Mrs
Clarence Burns president OF the Little |
Mothers Aid Association, gave her Wheh !
she stopped Al that booth was made by
some Of the Little Mothers. Mrs. Tait Is
an old friend Of this organization, and al |
ways sends something TO be sold at Its an |
nual fair
At the Consumers League booth Mrs |
Frederick Nathan gave Mrs. Taft bou- |
quet OF tulips She was IN this booth some |
time. and spoke Of the interest her dauGh-
tor Miss Helen Taft. took in the league
work iu Washington. Then Miss Louise
Brigham furniture made out Of grocery |
boxes caught her eye i'm the booth oppo- |
site and she admired ii so much that MISS
Brigham began 10 hope that perhaps u |
would be copied IN the White House.
Once during her tour Of inspection Mrs'
fsft went 10 jail. That VAS at the George
Junior Republic and it was model jail.
and tho bov citizens didn't let her stay
there long. but promptly took her 10 4 !
plesssutor part Of their republic.
IN short. everybody At the exhibition put
his hest foot forward 10 entertain Mrs !
Tsft-eAcept the suffragcttes. who were nor
allowed TO- Others besides the sufragetto'
had heartburninGs, by the way FOR ~
stance Mrs Taft looked longer AT the
School Farm Garden League q immature
fsim garden than she did at the Womans
Municipal Leagues booth, right next door,
though tho latter organization is showing
perfectly good dustIess ash cart Of whch
1t Is Immensely proud And the woman
Municipal League couldn't understand
Mrs. Tsfts preference.
From the exhibition Mrs. Taft went 10
matinee AZ she left carrying scE'Iti
Unique gifts presented TO her AT the pooiiII pooiI
oil unusual Calliugs for women, hIe SaIu !
She had never before dreamed that thgI'
Were 50 many things that women '""'' wv
i. Washington. March 2O-Presidont tart so'
back 10 the White House late to-day atlet
his two days in New England. Reports OF
an accident 10 Mrs Taft in New YORK kept
the President in the state waiting room 'at
The Union Station here for fifteen minutes |
while he talked 10 his brother Henry w:
Taft over the long distance telephone puI
after he was assured that Mrs TAFT was !