New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-08
Women Just Couldn't Help Do
ing Things Differently.
SCRATCH TICKETS, TOO
Election of City Federation of
Clubs Brings Excitement
to Hotel Aston.

They didn't fold those cute little bal
lots right after all. and as a consequence
the tellers tore them the wrong way and
any number Of perfectly good ballots had
to be thrown out
What's that? oh. didn't YOU know that
the New York City Federation OF
Women's Clubs had an election yester-
day? Well, everybody around the Hotel
AstQr knew il. One thousand elaborate
~ gowned women violently clectoneer.
ing from 10 o'clock a. m until o'clock
D. M. and as violently arguing results
from until after will make any hotel
hum.
one Brooklyn woman. who was 90 ex-
cited that she forgot her grammar said
the lobbying was Something ferce." She
belonged to the side that didn't get in.
Those on the winning side said men did
all kinds Of things when they had cleo
tons. and this experience was an educa-
uon Tor women against tine time they had
the vote.
1t was for purposes OF education that
the ballots yesterday Were modelled after
official state hallots--separatc columns
for the various tickets. and a nice little
perforated line where the number OF the
ballot was to be torn of
That WAS where the trouble began. how
folding the ballots differently. after mark
ing them, from the way they were folded
when they were handed out. and then the
teliers got all fused up. for il certainly
is maddenng to be shut up in q little
room for six mortal hours receiving and
counting ballots and not even permitte ed
TO 20 out TO luncheon-and that's how the
ballots got torn in the wrong place.
There was also much scratching. What's
the use Of a real election II you can't
scratch? Many even scratched Miss
Guernsey, who has been a clubwomaD so
long that most all the women affection
ately call her Florence and was up for
president without any opposing candi-
date She was on the regular or admin
istration ticket, with Mrs. John r.
Younger and Mrs. A. NJ. Palmer for first
and second vice-presiden,s.
In the second column were the Round
Table or insursent candidates for first
and second and third vice presidents, re-
spectively-NTme. Katherine Evans Won
Klenner, Mrs. Samuel Schin and Miss
Edith Reiffert This ticket had no can
dldste for president. but such was the
fascination of catching that many a
woman bit her pencil thoughtfully for
ten minutes and then scratched Miss
Guernsey and put Miss Reiffert in her
place. All of which didn't help to make
life gay for those poor, perspiring telers.
The Fed also adopted resolution
TO the effect that any chauffeur applying
for q license must bring reference from
some reputable person that ne was sober
and not an eX-convict. 1t was runored
that the woman back OF this resolution
had lost a daughter by elopement with n
chauffeur, but Mrs. James 6. Wentz. who
introduced il. said this was not so.
resolution which caused excitement
was that red flags should not be per-
mitted 10 he carried i'm this country.
and then a vote by ayes and noes. Mrs.
William Grant Brown. the retiring prcsi-
dent. who welded the gavcl, declared the
resolution adopted amid much muttering
among those who lad opposed it.
The afternoon was devoted to reports.
Colonel Ida Craft. Of the Albany pill
crms. gave one for the suffrage com
uittee and then Mrs. Brown called Tor
Mrs Gilbert Jones. who was down to
give the anti-sunrage report.
Dead silence.
AHA" said Colonel Craft. After /
talk suffrage the ants don't dare peep.
Mrs. Jones is in Europe" a mild
woman in the front row volunteered.
Isn't there an anti here 10 read that
report" demanded Mrs. Brown.
More silence.
"There were only two anti-suffrage
clubs in this federation, and they're both
dead" trumpeted Mrs. Priscilla Hack
stan.
Not an anti appeared 10 refute TINS
statement or TO read report, and the
convention passed on TO the consideration
OF grand opera in English. the curse Of
nebriety and the various other matters
which these conventions have to settle
every year