New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-04

nine woman Voters on tho wtndiest
corner OF Fifth avenue.
my soul has taken wings" she said. Il
am Ike a bird released from q cage. Why
should l regret my business career? l
have renounced prison and a master. Now
am free.
81 plan TO live on IS a week until warm
weather cores. Then l shall take up my
pack and walk through this whole state
preaching suffrage. This Albany hike has
shown me what a wonderful opportunity
there is to reach people who never would
come TO hear suffrage speakers After all
Il IS only what all great prophets and
saints have done. Every founder OF every
religion travelled from village 10 village.
depending on the bounty Of friends. I'm
not afraid. Ny wants are few. All need
IS little to eat and place TO sleep and
opportunity TO commune with my own
soul.
81 love 20 walk. I've a regular gypsy
soul. love the sunshine. but L never
saw II n ,hat Office There was just a
hole u ,ho wall, with a wee patch OF
blue s.:y Il 1 leaned away out to look at
It, was a wild animal Gagged. what
care I for the S2S a week l gave up!
Money IS nothing or else it is everything.
You never have enough II YOU value IL
for It's own sake. Did you ever hear or
anybody who said ne had all he wanted!
Well, have I've enough saved 10 keep
me until 1915 After that I'm not afraid.
DO you know where | can get room
for 81 80? i must begin to cut down my
expenses ! pay SO now-that is too much.
Ny food costs only 90 cents d day. l eat
eggs and milk mostly. | don't eat cake,
and never bought q box Of candy In my
life. The food / eat is only for the
strength II will give me. | spend no
money for pleasure, either. ! have no
social life. no friends ] nave been to the
theatre six times IN my life. My life is
suffrage. Every evening after my days
work do something Tor suffrage. Last
sumner I held one hundred street meet
ings, giving up my whole vacation to the
work
For months, though, ! have been un-
easy doing even that much. ] felt ! was
q hypocrite My employer was an anti
sufragist There ! was helping build
up his fortune, and therefore helping
build up the power OF the anti-suffrage
army. No. said l.. no good suffragfst
can honestly work for an anti" I'll get
out
80 did, and now I'm so happy that
I'm calling on all the girls in offices to fol-
low me. Go on strike, every one OF you
who can. OF course. II you have people
dependent on you you must stihe your
soul. but II you are free why be slave!
You don't need much money to live on.
You spend II on clothes you can't wear
food you can't digest and rooms you only
have TO dust.
7 wish one hundred girls would Join
me IN pilgrimage next summer. We VIII
go care free and happy. There will be
friends by the way. II there aren't we
Will make them. Just see how the Albany
pilgrims werc received everywhere; not
that every one was an acknowledged be-
hever in woman suffrage, not at all; but
country people are friendly to strangers.
and pilgrims for a cause would not be
turned away hungry. I'm sure
III every girl who is free to live her
own life would resign her place and FOL
low me we could carry New York state
IN 1918 We must convert the rural dis
ricts. and the only way to do II is on
loot. humbly. like the saints and martyrs
OF old You can't reach the ears or the
people II you go In automobiles and all
legged out in beautiful clothes.
Il hope there will be many TO hike in
The spring. but II there aren't I shall go
alone"
Miss Klatschken sat for long time yes
tercay afternoon 81 the feet Of Little Doc
Dock" the heroine Of the Albany hike.
harning about blister remedies. stockings.
corn plasters and other things Little
DOC knows from sad experience.
II Is most inspiring work" the Little
DOC Dock" told the new recruit. but
cont forget your feet are your fortuna
6e careful about stockings"