New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-16
'SUFFS' WASTE 'G|DDAPS';;
SLOW MACS BOTH ANTS
IHayrick Voyage to Yonkers
Made Funeral by Horses
That Resist Progress.
MAYOR INVITED TO RIDE
Throne" for His Honor, How
ever. Is Occupied by Lunch
Party Reaches Empire City
Park After Long Trip.

III. endemic Of anti-suffrage horses
shovs signs Of abating. Terribly it has
-ed since the day the unhappy AS
ouith" first felt the lash Of the suffra-
-,+,e and her tongue Then followed in
o,,aIl,ng succession the cases OF 'Sena-
.or Root" and "Frawley," Of Lyman
Abbott" and DIR. Parkhurst.'
with Ida Tarbel,' however, this
,,sn,er IN suffrage history ends. Why?
Rscause the "suffs" have found anti
horses too slow for them. Seven hot
weary hours they were jolted over the
oohblsstones Yesterday to Empire city
psrk Seven endless. thirsty hours they
-, - the Gathering hayrick and be
9Th, Ida Tarbel' to giddap. Then
they gave il dp.
Next time we have sufragette horses
they groaned, we might have known the
ants never get anywhere
Ida Tarbell" flung a fy from off her
name and looked back reproachfully' as
Il 10 say,
you sufragettes are somewhat heavy,
you know
"TsIcott williams" however, rubbed
his nose against her. whispering that IT
was no use 10 argue with sixteen women
v,ber they were hungry. So the incident
cIosed-hut the journey dragged on.
They had started out so joyfully, too.
in the big hay wagon, all decorated with
yellow suffrage bunting All the hay
seeds" as they demanded TO be called
wore big sunbonnets. and sashes Of ye.-
low over their white dresses II was
merry party that claimed attention even
from the trained senses OF the New York
street crowds now grown critical Of
suffrage demonstrations.
Invite the Mayor.
They left the woman suffrage party at
70 o'clock in the morning. Ida TaroeH
and "Talcott Williams" were fresh then,
70 the distance 10 City Hall was covered
y an hour and half
Then "Hayseeds' Bertha Wallerstein
and Flora Gapen went in TO call on
Farmer Gaynor 70 extend him an invita-
lion 10 take a little ride with them UP
10 the votes for women" tent at the fair
grounds In Yonkers. They had letter
and a card Of admission to the grounds
good for the whole month Of August. The
letter said:
The woman suffrage party takes pleas
ure in handing you with this an invita-
ton to attend the suffrage tent at the
Empire City Park Fair. Although we are
.old that you do not at present believe
n the Acknowledgement Of women, we feel
that the time is not far distant when us
justice and necessity Will become mani
fest 10 YOU. II you will visit our demon
stration at the fair we believe the en-
thusiasn OF the speakers Will do much
10 assure YOU that women should vote.
MARTHA WENTWORTH sUFFREN.'
Lieutenant Esterbrook. who plays Ger
berus at the door Of the Mayors Office
accented the yellow envelope gingerly, as
sured the callers blithely that there was
no possibility OF seeing his honor out
that he would reply by letter at an early
date
Then the two emissaries ploughed ther
way through the crowd and climoeo into
the hayrick by means of ladder. The
throne which had been prepared FOR
Mayor Gaynor in case he accepted their
invitation was donated 10 the lunch boxes
and wraps. George, the driver, started the
horses
Advice Volunteered.
Hey. why don't you get a woman
dr,ver?" the crowd yelled
We'll have a woman driver when you
get a woman Governor" retorteo Mrs
Sophie Kremer.
Up Broadway they dragged, cutting OUT
the meetings they had scheduled for the
crosstown street corners. AT O'CLOCK
thay opened the lunch boxes.
THE first picnic on Broadway this sum
rner." they told one another. People pass
,ng in streetcars and automobiles looked
their disgust, but
GIVE us another OF those chicken sano-
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