New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-07
OFFICER 979 IS WITH EN-
He's Out for Cause if It Means
More Pay.
GUARDS SILENT SPEAKERS
Miss Donnelly Shows Her Sister
Suffragettes How to Sell
Newspapers.


the suffragettes give their voiceless
speech in a window on Sixth avenue,
near 3lst street. yesterday, when an ex-
cited six-footer rushed in and twitched
the sleeve of his uniform.
Hey, officer. / thought these women
were to be prevented from doing this, "
he gasped.
well. they're just doing it," said Off
Ger No. 979, with grin. Il amt heard
of any order against IT, And as long as
they amt blockn' the sidewalk | don't
see any reason for stoppin' them. You
must live and let live, you know" said
officer No. 979. phiosophically. who said
they shouldn't do this. anyhow? Magis-
trate Butts? Humph?"
You must be "A better sunragist than
that Fifth avenue cop the Women's Po-
ltical Union was arrested by last week, y
observed "a bystander.
Fifth avenue" said Officer No. 9ls,
lis good place to stay away FROM NO
Fifth avenue beats for me. But as for
me bein' q suffragist, I'm with 'em II
they'll get us that 500 increase We want
! on the force"
Yes. the police were certainly In favor
of the suffrage voiceess speakers yester-
day. Maybe they liked being talked to
by the pretty suffragists who were selling
1.-THE Woman's Political World" on the
sidewalk, or maybe they were melted by
the silent heroism with which Mrs. Ed
ward Livingston Hunt and Miss Beatrice
Hunt and Mrs. Eden Bisbee and MISS
Jessie Nichols stood, two at time. hour
after hour, inside the plate glass window,
displaying to the crowd cards bearing
terse arguments for suffrage and invita-
lions to the Womens Political Union ball
in the list Regiment Armory next Satur-
day night.
And It was no easy work. displaying
those cards, though they rested on huge
easel. for they were 3-foot cards, and
hard 10 he changed once every sixty Sec
onds.
Selling the suffrage paper outside was
rather slow work till Miss Mary Donnelly
blew along. Miss Helen Bailey. pretty
girl. who SAYS she is the only suffragist
i'm a girls school where even the teacher
is an anti" was getting rather discour-
aged at the way people wouldn't buy,
-. though she only charged two cents for a
paper IT'S the stingiest crowd 1 ever
saw she declared.
What's that" said Miss Donnelly, as
she hove upon the scene. Here, give me
bunch. I'll sell 'em Here. sister,
She waylaid a substantial woman in a
plumed hat. Buy our suffrage paper?
No intelligent woman can afford 10 be
outside the suffrage movement now
The substantial woman took one look
at Miss Donnelly's ingratiating but de-
termined face. produced a crumpled 81
and gave it I'm exchange for a Woman $
Political World"
Keep the change" she said. weakly.
I'm with you
The next victim tackled by Miss Don
nelly was a fireman.
I'm buy n paper II you women won't
try 10 take my job when you get the
vote" he said
Sure. we won't" Miss Donnelly as
sured him Wen let the men put out
the nres-and build EN-. too"
Next. a gray-haired man gave Miss
Donnelly a dollar. and then a huge ma
chinist stopped and told her he wished
the women had the vote.
The men,. lie said, solemnly, as he
bought paper. amt got their wits
about EN-"
Brother" cried Miss Donnelly. as she
reached out and shook his oily hand. en-
Enthusiastically, come TO our ball Satur-
day night"
DO we think I'll not come, and me an
Irishman." he said. I'm be there, with
bells on"
When next seen Miss Donnely was In
volved in an argument with woman
who, with her husband. had stood in the
doorway OF the store for about twenty
minutes, making audible remarks about
how the suffragists had better go home
and wash their dishes and iron their hus-
bands shirts.
Madam" said Miss Donnelly, II pre-
sumo YOU have dishes 10 wash and shirts
10 iron, too. why aren't YOU home doing
IL. instead of blocking our way here. We
can dispense with Your company very
we'll"
The anti-suffraGist glared, and for a
minute II looked as If fur was going to
fly. but the ants husband interviewed.
"Sh, for heavens sake!' he whispered
you don't know what them suffragists IL
do. Come away!
They went and the suffrage propaganda
work went merrily on.