The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-09
GEORGES REVENGE
1t Was Carried Out at the Big
International Suffrage Mass
Meeting.
BY MARIE Ia ROGUE.

the suHraglsts, militant and otherwise.
whose picture appeared at frequent in
terVals in the evening papers on the
occasion of any suffrage demonstra-
ton, whether Captain Georgi-
ana had or had not been involved.
This was the individual who rode
like a duchess in smiling complacency
at the head of the suffrage parades,
VINO feared neither the law nor the
policemen the jibes of her friends
when doing picket duty for her strik-
ing working girl sisters and who
spoke with the conviction of a veter-
an at suffrage mass meetings and
made her listeners wonder as they sat
under the spell of her voice whether,
after all, "woman's sphere was not
outside the home, whether there was
not in store for women broader, more
comprehensive destiny than that
bounded by the selfishness of hus-
bands, the rearing of children and do
mestic drudgery."
Captain Georgiana Flaxworthy was
the suffrage beauty That is why
though you wouldn't have dared to
tell her-her picture appeared with
such persistency in the evening pa
pers, why she was appointed to ride
at the head of the suffrage parades,
why the police and the law allowed
her to picket unmolested and why her
audiences listened willingly to her
long-drawn-out speeches.
Then there was the other individual
known as George Flaxworthy. Her
knees used to tremble and lips go
dry with stage fright just the minute
before the illustrious Georgiana was
about to make speech, and used to
rebel against Georgiana predictions
for picket duty. On one occasion es-
pecially. when George had been look
ing forward for week to spending
a Saturday afternoon on the golf links
with Roderick Clayton, Georgiana had
interfered at the last minute. Be-
tween George and Roderick there was
the understanding of an engagement,
but Georgiana was convinced of Rod
erick's inability to comprehend the
independent aspects of her nature.
Georgiana had interfered for fae
sake of a suffrage mass meeting to be
held for the edification of the Anal
gamated Pin Makers Union,' where
Georgiana had been asked to make
speech. She had her way but George
planned revenge.
There was to be a big, record
smashing, headline, international SUI
frage convention in the early autumn
at q seaside resort near the city where
Miss Flaxworthy and Roderick Clay
ton abode, and for few weeks Georg-
lana had been carrying out her share
of the preparations, chartering no.
tel using her influence to secure a
parole for a famous understanding
suffragette from London who was COM
ing to America for the sake OF thlr-
tv-minute speech, and using her tact
and wits to allay friction in the varl-
ous suffrage camps. All this time
George had been in the background
Rut George asserted herself the
night before Miss FlaXworthy left
home for the grand convention. 1t
was late and she was just about to
pack the requisites of apparel into her
small trunk-a trunk much belabeled
with "Votes for Women" pastors. Sud
denly George had an inspiration. she
had not seen Roderick for week, his
letters had been glanced at hastily and
tucked away unanswered Georgiana'
not George, had been Indifferent, but
now George took the letters and read
them over slowly, 1t was late-mlo-
night-but still there was time
She hurried to her bedside telephone
and called up Roderick's club where
until he could persuade George 10
marry him, he made his home, He
had gone to bed, said the club at
tendant. Roderick, not being so aware
Of his own day-and-night importance
~ the community as Georgiana was OF
bers had no bedside telephone, out
Georgia insisted that he be called from
his room and after five minutes Georg-