New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-07
N0T-AT-HOME NIGHT
IN MILLIONAIRE ROW
Thirty Suffragist Bellies Ring
Door Bells in Vain for
the "Cause."
MRS. SETH LOW SAYS "N0."
But Her Maid Was Willing To
Be Converted-Some But
lers Condescend to De-
liver Literature.

Andrew Carnegie said he was absolutely
AGAINST It; Mrs. Seth Low said no, she
d,d not care to join; Mrs. Lows maid
however, was willing to be converted;
Mrs John Jacob Aston was not at home;
Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs was not at home;
n,rs Reginald Vanderbilt was not at
horne. Mrs. {. p. Huntington was not
=. home At home to whom? Why, the
suffragettes
Didn't YOU know last night was not-at-
home night among the anti-sunragis's ol
M1lionaires' Row to the sunragettes!
Yes. DR.. Mary Halton gathered the suf-
frage youth and beauty of the 18th AS
sembly District together last night, ana
with their assistance laid siege to every
,nbabItant Of that part of town whose
name is 10 be found in the social register
And the unanimity with which they were
NOT AZ home became almost montonous
before the evening ended.
MIR. Carnegie, it is true, met the situe-
zion Ike a man. but even he sent out his
anti-suffrage ultimatum through his sec
rotary. And ii was witch who bore the
suffrage message to him, too-the witch
from "Snow White" Only she sent In her
name as Miss Elaine Innescourt. so II
Mr. Carnegie doesn't READ theatrical pro-
erammes. perhaps he didn't know she was
q witch.
There were about thirty girls. in ALL.
NbO went out two by two from DIR. Hal
tons office at No. Gle Madison avenue
promptly al $50 p. m, to catch the mill
tonaire and milionairesses while they
were feeling good after dinner. Wen. II
must he said that the servants who
opened the doors 10 the suffragettes were
polite The methods of the visitors were
simple and direct--perhsps fatally direct
They would ring the bell, and when the
footman, or whoever it was, opened the
Goor. would say:
"Oh, how do you do! Is Mr.. (or Mrs)
So-and-So at home? I'm Miss -, rep
resenting DIR. Holton. of the Woman
Suffrage party, and I called to have
little talk with Mr.. Tor Mrs.) So-and-S"
about suffrage, feeling sure that when
the subject is presented to him Tor herr
he Tor she) will take an active interest
in It, VIII you kindly take this suffrage
And the footman would take 1t, with
an air of humoring a dangerous. MAD
woman. who might. for aught he knew,
have a bomb concealed under that yellow
paper in her hand.
All except Mrs. Clifford Brokaw's man.
Mrs Brokaw's man is a child OF nature,
and when Miss Martha Klaschken. who
rang the bell at No. SIS Fifth avenue,
where Mrs. Brokaw lives. handed hir
with the request that he pass them on
10 Mrs Brokaw. he waved her away with
both hands and an expression of ex-
IRENE terror on his face.
MY GawTi no." he exclaimed. I'D
lose my Job If / did No, no, no! I've
orders not to take any stun o. that kind
10 her" Then he added a kind sugges-
ton through the crack TO which he had
closed the door.
Send il by MALL" ne said hoarsely.
It'll maybe get TO her that way"
The great marble palace where the
young Mrs. Astor lives, at No. $40 Fifth
avenue. was grin. and dark when Miss
Klaschken and another small and trem-
bling suffragette approached, but at their
ring a flood of light illumined the en-
trance. That was all the light they got
on the situation, though. Mrs. Astor's
man said he was very sorry, but Mrs.
Astor had retired for the night, and
yes. be would take the suffrage literature
and see that il was given to her, GER
FANNY.
1avele. and. what Is more, she saw him.
He was urbane. hut non-committal. DR..
IIalton must excuse him from discussing
woman suffrage: the Church never dis
eussed politics.
But, Monsignor." Dr. Halton objected.
~the Cardinal discussed politics. He said
that he was against woman suffrage"
Perhaps" said the prelate. with the
ghost If a smile 1.-The Cardinal meant
that as a joke"
DR.. HaltOn called, too, on Nine. Gadsh,
ct the ST. Regis. The singer received the
suffragist-and the army of reporters who
accompanied her--in a blue silk gown.
white lace and smiles. and said that
though her husband opposed woman suf-
frsge she believed in limited franchise
for women
But what the American woman wants
Is not rights, but privileges. she added.
r Some OF the young women who went
calling last night were Miss Elizabeth
NJ. Becke., Miss Margaret r. Murphy.
Miss Ida Almquist and Mrs. Simonson.
who has explored In darkest Africa and
thought she would try exploring darkest
New York for a change.