New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-23
Even Landlord Is Dumb When
Gen" Jones Sinks Into His
toriC Seat at RhlnebeCk.
VINCENT AST0R UNM0VED
neclines Literature, but Miss
Huntington Is Interested
"suspender Jack Saves
Day for Pilgrims.

Id hotel ut Rhinebeck. one hundred
niles in seven Gays is thc proud record
q the little band who are carving the
.osocl Of equal rights into the wilderness
and tbo secret message TO Sulzer at the
..re time. Three suNrsgists have walked
..,r,. stsp of the way. These arc Cen
,-.r, Resale Jones General Ida Craft
ot.rrooblrr. and Surgeon General" La
ynia l. Dock
Tie women made 900 easy conquest ~
,b. shirt or George Washington. which
has resned supreme IN the little old no
-. since Tho day he sat in the front win
COW and reviewed The Revolutionary
troops I'm 49, The Father of His Coun-
,ry retired precipitately before the in
yaders who advanced with banners fy-
M and automobile horns footing. Even
The landlord forgot himself. and stood
speechless for ten minutes when Gen.
traw Jones sank into General Washing
tons seat without stopping TO apologize.
But General Jones was used 10 celeb
rites by that time. The day began with
Vincent Aston and Mrs Frederick W.
Vanderbilt. and ended with "Suspender
Jack" MCGEE. who popped up on John
Jacob Astors bridge i'm Rhinebeck wa'-
ne red relic of the late campaign.
Vincent Astor Declines.
II was iu the village OF HYDE Park. Just
few miles beyond Poughkeepsie, that
tle squad halted before the engine house
and General craft started to make her
usual speech 10 the Sunday morning
pomenadcrs. An automobile dashed by
aud then TUNED back and stopped In Il
were Vincent Aston and Miss Madeline
Huntington whose country places ar"
ear lr. General Craft marched over
90 them and asked Miss Huntington Z
she were Interested in votes for women"
Why yes" was the reply. I'm inter-
e>ted. lUt Z don't know much about it,"
"Niu YOU accept some of our ltera-
tUc. persisted Miss Graft
Yes thank YOU" smiled the young
woman. bat Vincent Astor beamed a re-
,uSal. blushed and charged away. waving
coodbv 10 Mrs Vanderbilt. who was
standing just outside the crowd. Miss
Craft save her some suffrage literature,
TOO. out didn't succeed IN getting COL
ieS,Iuu Of belief ia votes for women
Meantime Mayor Frank Cledry Of Hyde
Park was escorting General Jones and
some Of the prlvates 10 the fire engine
house, and William II. Riley. veteran Of
Gettysburg. was plotting Others over 10
the new public school house.
As soon as they were free from these
hospltalites the army moved on tiH IL.
came TO the entrance 10 the Vanderbilt
estate. There two prett- girls in white
drcsses-Elizabeth. nine years old. and
Esther. six. the daughters of II. o.
Shears superintendent of the estate
presented the marchers with great
lunches of holly and wished them a Mel-
~ Christmas
sayly with holly in every buttonholc.
when they passed little wayside church
Just a the congregation was pouring
out from morning service. Instead Of
glad greetings they received cold Glances.
Don't YOU sufragettee respect the Sab
BATH demanded one stern woman.
General" Dock replied. tartly: THE
Lord walked and talked and pulled corn
m the Sabbath: why shouldn't We and
moved on. but the anti-suffrasist was not
through
You are all trash, she sad Just
common white trash"
Az the gates Of the Hudson River state
ASYLUM they received another rebuff from
one or the community Of feeble minded |
Who was stroliing about the grounds. !
General" Jones offered them a smile and |
q pamphlet They accepted both without !
comment
At O'Clock. after marching steadily in
The fare ~ "a E.pping north wind for -four /
hours the army reached the lodge at the |
entrance TO Mrs. Lewis s Thompson $ !
'ng them.
Such red hot soup Such steaming /
TAXED beans, Such macaroni and coffee |
and ginger cookies, Why. any one could |
march seventeen mil = o day with food /
like that"
Miss GLADYS Henlon. who helped her /
mother serve the guests. was so impressed /
with the contagious good spirit OF the pill /
srims that she fell into line and escorted |
them into the village green of Staatsburg |
n spite OF the laughter Of her girl friends !
no were lined up along the way. There
Vas such crowd i'm StaatsourS that /
General Jones halted and made .
speech
Women Have Brains, Too.
Ieopl, say women shouldn't Yote be- (
'euSe they can't 20 to war, She said ,
This isn't a government Of physical
iorce II 10 were Jack Johnson would be
resident OF the United States. Ii isn't
physical power that counts. but brains,
ana women have brains as well as men.
Young Martin Donlon the only local
member OF the Mems League for Won
an Suffrage. recited this original poem
~ General" Jones's honor.
hilrrah. hurrah They're sunrarettes you see.
rlifah, hluaa. They're on 10 Alliance.
'Ae Governor will meet Them and the world
WI think they re great.
's '9ey 80 marching through York state
When the suffragists entered Rhine
oeck nearly the whole town was taking its
onday afternoon walk. Here they met
'he owners Of the magnificent estates
Nhich overlook tine Hudson and the Cats
S'ls. Tracy Bows and his nine-year-old
son DIN, on horseback. all cleaning with
Yellow ribbons and a votes for women
sash, greeted them. and little Margaret
iraey. walking with her goyerness waved
a big flag
IN lrD Z