Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-14
SUFFRAGLST HIKE
CONTINUED from First Page.

Continued fr
roads, the national capital and every
thing else that is even remotely con-
nected with the present journey. and
when the Evening Star correspondent
says "cussin' " he means just that
No little. lady-like darn it, but goot
old cuss words that sound very thrill
ing on these frosty days.
why the pilgrims are asking,
did this Jones woman''-see how dis
respectful they've become!-"want to
send lot of green walkers on daily
jumps of twenty miles? Didn't she
know we wouldn't last?'
They're also bewailing the fact that
the march hadn't started week
earlier
The little army expects TO reach
Washington intact, however Genera
Jones made formal request by letter
to President-electW Wilson for an audi
ence when they arrive IN Washington.
Although city block looked as big
as q mile to the mixers, they tramped
to the home of the Governor. % Cleve-
| land lane. and delivered the letter to
him.
This is the missive:
My dear Mr.. Wilson.
"A small band of votes-for-
women pilgrims from the States
of New York, New Jersey. Penn
| sylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
| Virginia and Ohio earnestly re-
| quest of you an audience for not
moro than two minutes in Wash
| ington. as soon after your arrival
as possible. They desire to pre-
sent message to you.
| Thanking you in advance for
your courtesy,
''I am sincerely,
"ROSALIE GARDINER JONES'
The attitude Of Mrs. Marie Eliza
beth Baird, one of the prettiest and
youngest of the marchers, who quit
! cold yesterday, while trifie ex-
IRENE, may be taken as rejecting, to
a certain degree, the feelings that are
arising in each suffrage heart. Mrs.
Baird's dainty feet were swollen to
twice their normal sizeaas she started
to tramp from New Brunswick to
Princeton
BE soldier Martha Kiatschl1en,
the ''little corporal" told her.
Real Martyr for Cause.
The latter by the way. is showing
a spirit which 1t would be hard to
match. She gave up a most remuner-
alive position to devote her time tc
the furthering of the suffrage cause
and though she is small and not over.
strong, she's hiking along better thar
the best of them, smiling at pain anc
endeavoring to cheer her comrades.
"At any rate. be solder" is whaI
she told Mrs. Baird
You bet I will,'' declared Mrs
Baird, Frightening up and starting of
like an express train. But swoller
feet and stiff, painful muscles viii
claim their own. Two miles was al
far as he got. Then she seized on the
nearest war correspondent.
you won't desert me here in this
Wilderness she pleaded.
1t wasn't the wilderness. exactly
but the reporter man said he wouldn't
desert her anyhow, nor any place
and he didn't. On the contrary, he
carried the weary pilgrim bodily 3
full half-mile after she collapsed a
little further on; then he put her
aboard railroad train.
'Oh, but I'm silly" Mrs. Baird
accused herself. Look at me going
off on foot to this Washington place
For q foolish, ao4,So r,bop MIGHT he
riding around in my own automobile.
Take little Mary's word for it, she's
finished-through. New York town
looks pretty good from here, and
can buy my little Pullman ticket to
Washington to see their old inaugura-
ton. And I don't give a whoop
whether l see their old Inauguration
at ALL
This Must BE Borne in Mind.
1t must be borne in mind that Mrs.
Baird was very sore, fisuratively and
literally, when she gave vent to this
outburst. Be that as il may, how
ever, there were close to dozen little
suffering mixers ahead of her who
would have chanted, Hear, hear, We
sistersy' had they been near enough
to hear her. Mrs. Baird's little yeip,
which preceded her collapse by only
few minutes, was uttered while she
hobbled through the classic confines
of the village of Livingston Park.
We who have never been in Living
ston Park may rest easily tonight.
despite that fact. You have missed
nothing. In Livingston Park suffrage
is about as popular as new cure for
tuberculosis usually is with the eth
ical" members of medical society.
Livingston Park would be ruled by
women were tine right of suffrage ex-
tended TO the fair sex. Only two of
the female population. however, were
interviewed by the marchers as to
their opinions of the equal rights
question. The other one was hanging
out clothes and refused to be dis
turbed
Mrs. Sarah Finch, who is not young
enough to be pilgrim. said replying
TO a question by Martha Klatschken.