New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18

without Il shot
u remained for Leipervile a suburb OF
chester. to resort 10 snowbals II Was
what Elizabeth Freeman. orator. called
"one Of those absolutely hopeless places
sou know" Every bOoy was ont to see
the army pass-to ste and 10 double up
with laughter.
Woman Mocks at Suffrage.
Don't YOU believe i'm woman SUFFRAGE"
the orator asked of woman with red
shawl over her head.
Not for this tom, cigeled the wou-
an 1T is bad enough here Oh election
day with Just men voting. Women had
better keep away from the polls or rats
and puffs will have To go out Of fashion
Gangs of rough boys and school chill
dren followed abng. snowballins ,he little
army until a sIuad Of cavalry from the
Chester MilitaE Institute appeared from
one side and te chief OF police Of Ches-
ter from another. The cadets Respondent
IN blue unforms. formed a guard If
honor: the p.lce kept order Oh the side,
and the Votes for Women army
marched inp Chester in as fine shape as
Vabbly heels. strained muscles and uney-
pected mudlolcs in the road permitted.
The women had been warned to reach
chester 0dore dark. 1t is a manufactur-
ing town and suffragettes are still freaRs
in the miids of the street crowds II was
$50 o'clok when poor old "Suff," the
horse thit drags the little yellow am
muntioi wagon. drew up YEARLY before
the YoinG Mems Christian Association
Building i'm Chester "SufT." by the way.
is fnd's that marches of twenty miles
a day are excellent tat reducers.
The Chester suffrag ists and the Mayor.
Within Ward. jr.. were waiting OH the
irontsteps Of the association building 10
invit the army in TO tea. Hot bou..loa
was poured into willing throats before
ther were any of the handshal;ng and
questions like "Oh. aren't you tired and
INV do you like marching There was
te; with real cake. too. before the speech
mixing.
Mayor Ward welcomed the pilgrims. lie
mpcd their Journey southwark would be-
peasant and that they would gain the
bject for which they were marching. In
spite Of the warning that Chester was
not a pleasant place after dark. Elizabeth
Freeman held the first suffragist street
meeting I'm Chester at o'clock.
Want to Convert 1.-THE Mob"
"Our DAYS experience has shown us
more plainly than ever. said Miss Free
man, that IL is not the cultured upper
classes who need to hear suffrage talk.
II is the people i'm the streets The worse
the mob the more good We do
The morning had. indeed. afforded
contrast no one could avoid seeing. The
University Of Pennsylvania stopped its
classes: five thousand students assembled
10 greet the army. There was vast
deal Of crowdine and ten times more OF
noise Also there were two hundred po-
Iicemen. who formed solid line, shoulder
10 shoulder. through which the army
passed IN single file and 50 reached the
assembly, room Of Price Hall with not
even a cape pulled askew.
Thomas Bailey, Robert Irons and =. }.
Snyder. with j. +. sanville. president
Of the Mems Equal Suffrage League Of
me university acted as hosts. The army
vas Set Up on the platform, the Phlla-
celphs sIffTagsts who were marching
oct with them sat in the academic
benches, and there were violent spasms OF
Yelling. One gallant youth sprang upon
The table waving his hat and shouting
Shut up, fellows; give EN- chance
When the students were ready they let
General Jones address them.
This is the fifth institution. college or
school we have been in and the noisiest'
she said, laughing, as the cheers began
again. Rutgers. Princeton. Lawrence
Vile, Bordentovn, received us with open
arms Qiurrayo. You have given us your
hearts and lungs you beto. II you VIII
oe very good Yes, yes.) and give us
chance 70 convert you TO votes ior
Women we will go away wishing we al
we're co-eds." 0lurray. HurrayD
Pilgrims Freeman and Craft also mac"
snort and airy speeches, suited 10 me
temper OF their audience. The result "'s
that SNYDER and Sanyile followed them
al the way TO Chester, pleading al every
nalt for one or all Of the three TO come
'sck when The war was over ana max"
real suffrage speech for them. MI
5ohn Boldt, Miss Phoebe Hawn and MISS
Martha Klatschken circulated about thc
@owd selling postcards. They inarehe'
heavy" all the afternoon with pocke'i"'s
q silver.
u was showing hard when the army
'eit Price Hall. but out on the campus
another happy throng was Yelling: W.
want General Jones, We want 'Generai
jones' Nothing but speech wouii
suit, though the generals" face was
hidden by the thick falling snow Inc
Two hundred police kept close to the
armys side. but they didn't have to "orh
very hard.
I'm surprised 10 see 'cm behave 80
we'll" said Officer 81 10 Officer 1870. stamp
ing his feet In the slush When the UNI
Fcrsity boys finally had their I'll OF gooo
natured yelling the army got under VIC!
TOT the real days tramp.
Il wa wet. The road was white De
Tore the two hours TO Darby had passed.
but the soft pathway felt rather Sood 10
The wearied and the army was happy
oh. IL ! had only done this hfty years
ago" sighed q recruit. She was MIS-