Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-25
HIKERS CALL ON
CARDINAL GIBBONS
Prelate Is Non-committaI, How
ever, When Asked About
Cause"

BALTIMORE, Feb. 25.-Cardinal
Gibbons received the suffragist army
In audience today, and was presented
with votes-for- women" flag by
General Rosalie Jones, who also ex-
pressed the hope that the cardinal
would join them in their fight for
womans' rights.
The cardinal smilingly accepted the
banner, but declined to commit him
self as to the cause his callers advo-
Gated. He assured them that he felt
honored by their visit and hoped that
they would not find the hearts of the
legislators as hard as the ground they
had trodden upon, or the stones they
had stumbled over on their long jour
ney. He shook hands with each of
the mixers. and gave them his bless
ing upon their departure.
After call upon acting Mayor HUI
bert at the City Hall to whom Cen
eral Jones delivered a letter OF greet
ing from the mayor of Wilmington,
Del, the army was entertained at
luncheon by the Jovian Order, an
electrical engineers organization.
While they're not trying to convert
the youth of this city to their cause,
or lazily taking advantage Of the first
chance they've had to get a real long
rest today, the suffragist mixers are
trying to patch up the differences
that have come between their beloved
general, Rosalie Gardner Jones, and
their vice-commander, Colonel Ida
Craft.
With feminity that was as I'M
suffragetty as anyone could imagine.
Colonel Craft gave her word as a
pilgrim last night just before she
went to bed that she would never, by
look nor glance, show that she was
aware of the existence of Resale
Gardner Jones again. The colonefs
peevishness arose from her comman-
der-in-chief's action in pushing on
to this city with a small band Of
mixers ahead of schedule and leaving
Colonel Craft and another handful
of pilgrims stranded at Overlea, five
miles away.
Is Peace in Sight?
The feud between the general and
the colonel endured past breakfast
time today, but the pilgrims thought
it was on, fair way to being finished
by this token. Last night Colonel
Craft couldn't be pleasant even to
herself This morning she relaxed
sufficiently to nod her head at the
good morning" greetings of some of
her followers, and even held a rather
lengthy conversation with Miss Eliz-
abeth Freeman The latter said:
Good morning, colonel; l hope you
slept. WE'LL
And Colonel Craft answered:
quite well, thank you,' which the
pilgrims thought was breaking the ice
nicely.
Mrs. Lou F. Boldt, the hike queen,
her side partner and room mate, Mrs.
Marie e. Baird and Miss Phoebe
Hawn. the baby suffragette, didn't
appear at all today. Miss Hawn and
Mrs. Boldt have tramped every foot
of the way from Newark, n. j., while
Mrs. Baird has been an intermittant
pilgrim, riding when she cared to and
walking only when she felt the need
of exercise.
Dangerous Question.
Miss Helen Bergmarck nearly
ceased to be a pilgrim or a living
person for that matter today when
she knocked on the door of Mrs.
Baird's room and asked her if she'd
care to aff1x her name to list of pill
grlms for little jaunt to San Fran
cisco in 1915.
Tomorrow the mixers pull up stakes
and leave this city.
Wednesday-Fir stop, Elkridge
for luncheon; then on to Laurel for
the night.
Thursday-First stop, Beltsville;
Hyattsville for the night.
Friday-On to Washington by way
of Brentwood road to Rhode Island
avenue into North Capitol street and
out Pennsylvania avenue to the treas
ury and then to the suffrage head
quarters, in f street, northwest.