New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-05
WOMEN ORATORS KEEP
UP FIGHT TO LAST
Tattered MooSette HarangueS
Crowds from Auto After
Battle with Boys.
PRESIDENTS WIFE HERE
Mrs. Taft Will Receive Re-
turns with Mrs. Hilles
Wilson Workers
Unfiagging.

Miss Mary Donnelly. the star politician
of the Moosette brigade stood up to
harangue a crowd at 3sth street and
Broadway last night with a tear in the
front of her skirt thirty inches long.
Look at met she cried TITS ashamed
] am to come before you like this but
what can | do? The boys tore the skirt
off me struggling for IT. r. buttons at
the twelve open air meetings I've held
this day. It's the second skirt I've had
ruined In this campaign
Make the Bull Moose give you an
otherr yelled a sympathizer in the crowd,
They will" said "Our Mary III
Teddy wins-and he will-the leaders are
going to have the finest tailor in town
make a suit for me. with bandanna de-
sign worked in the lining and fastened
with IT r. buttons"
Nobody knows just how many open air
meetings the Moosettes held yesterday
but they estimated that IT was about
forty Miss Donnelly was out all day
with one automobile. Miss Mary Dreier
with another, and other women with still
other cars. They sowed the city with
literature, taking special pains to dis
tribute the pink ballot" a mock ballot
with a hand pointing at the Bull Moose
column and This is the way TO vote for
Roosevelt and johnson" printed on II in
big black letters.
Little Girl Inspires Him.
A little thirteen-year-old girl over in
BROOKLYN is responsible for several hum
1. hold
last few days. Her father. DR.. oscar
hamburger. has been a member OF the
National Progressive League since 1897
and when the Bull Moose ticket was put
in the field he started to get UP meetings
asking no help from any committee.
1T ISIS my little girl who does It," he
said last night as his decorated automo-
bile started out for the thirtieth meeting
that day. 81 belief the new party will be
goot TO women, and my heart Is anxious
for that little girl when must leaf her
alone"
Tomorrow Miss Donnelly and her SIS
fer Moosettes will be out most Of the day
carrying coffee and sandwiches to the
Progressive watchers at the polls. And
IL anybody thinks that the Moosettes or
any of the rest Of the female politicians
are going TO stay at home tomorrow
night he or she is very much mistaken.
No, indeed, they will be right at their
respective headquarters, but not, alas
with the telegraph clicking out the re-
turns. for none of the ladies' political
auxiliaries will have special wires. How
ever, bulletins will be sent to them fire.
duently from the mems quarters.
THE committee offered to put wire
in for u.s." Miss Helen Varick Boswell.
head Of the woman's department Of the
Republican National Committee, said yes
terday. up in her rooms in the Times
Building. where she and Miss Mary
Wood, the secretary. were doing the I'm
ishing-up work of a strenuous campaign.
But as we're only three floors off from
the mems headquarters it will be much
simpler TO have a boy bring the returns
aup every half hour. ! don't believe well
have very definite news until very late,
however. It's bound to be a very close
election, and until the whole country Is
heard from we can't know what the re-
suit win be-"
Mrs. Taft To Be Here.
Mrs Taft, wife Of the President and
Miss Helen Taft will spend election night
N New York They will reach the city
tomorrow afternoon, with Mrs. Lucy
Loughlin, Mrs. Tafts sister. and will dine
With Charles B. Hilles, chairman Of the
Republican campaign committee, and Mrs.
Hilles. They will spend the evening with
Mrs. Hilles hearing the returns.
1T will be a very oltiet dinner and
quiet evening" Mrs. Hilles said yester-
day. 1--WE shall just have the returns
telephoned US from time to time"
The Womens National Wilson and
Marshall Organization will get its re-
turns from the Democratic campaign
committee, which is five floors below 1t in
the Fifth Avenue Building. Mrs ]. Bor-
den Hartman, Mrs. James B. Eustis and
the other officers OF the organization will
be there, with some OF their friends.
Their headquarters was sad place yes
terday, for they were busy returning the
nice fat checks received for boxes at the
ball they were TO have Saturday night,
and which was given up out OF respect to
Vice President Sherman
1T wrings our hearts to send that
money back" Miss Emily Robbins. the
secretary, said Some Of the boxholders,
though, said we needn't return theirs.
George Foster Peabody insists that We
keep his 500, and so does Mrs. Cleveland
Dodge In all about $3.50 of the 5000 we
took in is being left with US as a free
Gift "