New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-09

COURSE" said one of our most
90 leaders der: SPEAK: Ss;ss
-. does not use for any of her political
,,,,e,ances. 1T is different with you. l
sunnose YOU can find ready made garments
.hat will fl you. but I just have TO have
dressmaker
7, the apartment at No. 10 West 9lst
s.reet are the evidences of careful house
Laeninc. which presage the summer fitting
Ia before we start in to tackle the big
rrohlens Of municipal. state and national
government and decide them-temporarily'
.. least-we make mutual confession of the
S;ecuItes in the way of adjusting the do
~oostic problems. culinary and sartorial.
toward the happy solution Of which the
ar.s suggest all our splendid efforts be
expended. The idea!
When the seamstress has departed, with
her mouth full OF pins. a tape measure
coiHng down the length OF her skirt,
naper pattern in her hand, 20 some secret
re,reat where out of the meaningless noth-
ing a something is TO he created whlch
shall bear all the hall marks Of Doucet
rnrdeL we settle down into easy chairs ana
question and answer are piled deXterously-
Twin blades of the shears OF progress cut
ting the fabric Of tradition.
"Of course you are going to let up-or
down. which is it? on the suffrage work
during the summer and begin again in the
fan?" I inquire. aiI1ly, very natural in
terrogation in that environment.
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Batch looks mildly
resistant TO any such suggestion.
Let down! l should say not. In few
days Miss Caroline LeXow will start in on
q new campaign through the Oneida Val
lev, similar to the one we had in March
last and those which we have had nearer
home for several years now"
ANY difference in the methods" l Chirp,
with that omnipresent hope Of the jour
nalst that the same old subject may have a
new facet turned 10 observation.
ut is a campaign along the same lines
Of education and enlightenment militant,
but not so fercely So Our women are bet
fer trained now to this work, we have a
larger number of competent ones 10 call
upon and our facilities are organized in
more systematic manner than ever before. -
And the general method Of proCedure?'
ITO make the women-our coming voters
in each place familiar with the political
history Of the Assemblyman and Senator
OF that district, how they have voted,
whether or not they have kept faith with
promises made, in the spirit or letter. and
in every case to arouse sentiment against
the men who are our enemies, avOwed CT
underhandedly so. y rIle from which we
have never deviated Is TO attack men "nO
have a bad record, 10th on the suffrage
epd Cther OucStinuS our oXpcricncD ba Vi1C,
taught us that the one argument that is
sure to reach a politician IS hat which has
10 do with his relations with his cOnsdtu-
ente
gasp, hot so much at the matter as the
mann-r OF the statement. To speak OF con-
Quoting d campaign Of this importance in
the same way that one discusses a change
in the housekeeping arrangements is IL
Illuminating. TO say the least.
Il suppose you will cover considere bic
territory l say, because l have 10 say
something.
"Oh, yes, we visit Syracuse, Schenectady
Troy. Cohoes Amsterdam, Utica, Glovers-
VILE and hundreds OF smaller places. We
take some speakers with US and depend on
local talent for the others. Many well-to-do
women have placed their automobiles at
our disposal and in them we can whirlwind
from place TO place. All sorts Of enter
tainments are planned, garden parties. al
fresco teas, each with the undercurrent Of
work There is a tremendous amount of
enthusiasm and organized effort upstate
which is to be DETECTED our way
Mrs Batch makes a little detour at this
point. to explain the prestige and CONNER