New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-03
FARES FOR FAIR SEX
IN SUFFRAGE TAX|CAB
women's Political Union Ap-
points Mrs. Olive Schultz
Chauffeur for Cause"
SOCIETY HER PARTNER
scout of General" Rosalie
Jones Challenges Right of
Men to Monopolize the
Hack Business.

The Women's Political Union has gone
e,anton Batch signed articles Of partner
chin Yesterday with Mrs Olive Schultz, a
u,ensed chauffeuse. who beginning Tues
day october :. will use her five-paSsenger
.o,rinc care for a taxi, and will have her
s,and in front Of the union headquarters
M IS West AID street.
"All that is necessary to turn touring
car into a taxi is a meter" Mrs. Schultz
saId. land / bought my meter to-day"
She will give the union a share of her
rrofts and the union will give her its
GOODWILL and a knot Of purple, green and
yblte ribbons to tie on her windshield.
When she asked how large a share of the
nrofts the union expected Mrs. Batch as
,pred her they would be perfectly salts
fed 10 take all. but ultimately a basis
was arrived at which gives Mrs. Schultz
the prospect of fair wage.
Mrs schultz was scout for General
Rosalie Jones on the suffrage pilgrimages
10 Albany and Washington. and she feels
that after forcing her car up the hills
around Newburgh and through the mud
Of Maryland she is prepared for anything
she may meet in New York. Mrs. Blatch
saws she has tried Mrs. Schultz thorough
lv in the city streets, and considers her
enc of the most skilful chauffeurs she ever
saw.
There is no reason why a woman can't
he a perfectly good taxi-cabby," Mrs.
Schultz said yesterday. "a woman's
bump Of caution is larger than mans
and she is safer driver. Given the cour-
age and there are plenty Of women who
are not lacking in that, we are better
because safer-drivers.
81 shall be at my stand rain or shine,
and shall be out in the evening TO catch
the theatre crowds. OF course, I'll carry
men as well as women. Ill charge the
regular taxi fares, but I'll never be ex-
tortionate. My meter will start with the
minimum.
when cold weather comes I'm going
10 have several fur robes in the car and
foot radiator Of my own invention, made
by cutting a hole in the floor Of the car to
utilize the heat from the exhaust
During the summer Mrs Schultz has
been carrying parties TO the beaches and
on weekend jaunts. When fall weather
put an end TO that time hung heavy on
her hands.
~ have only a small fat and husband
10 look after-no children" she said yes
terday. and thought I should go crazy
for want Of something 10 do. / can drive
car better than ! can do anything else
and love 10 do II. Before / took this up
! was always ailing; now don't know
what nerves are and never have an ache
or a pain.
q can mend my own car. no matter
what happens TO it. and never have TO
turn 10 a man. shall have an assistant
chauffeuse, a young woman I've been
training this summer Wen divide tho
day between US am looking forward
to the work with good deal Of interest
Uniforms? Well. we shall wear tight
little caps which can't blow off and warm
coats. but I won't be a special uniform.
see no need Of that. But well be real
Cables Why shouldn't woman be
taxi-cabby'? Lots Of women drive their
own cars now. and l predict that few
years hence many will be driving public
tnes"