New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-03
Eight Suffragists Weld
Brushes as 70-MiIe
Wind Whistles.
C'MON OVER! RUN
LIKE EVERYTHING!
Message for Cause a La
Briggs, Painted in 35 Min
utes, as Crowd Cheers.

"Skin-nay" has become a suffrage
fan. briggs of The Tribune is a
convert to the cause of votes for
women. and the first fruits of his con-
version il n cartoon showing Skin
nay" advertising the rally the Empire
State Campaign Committee will hold ut
earn .gie Hall November G. The car
toon was painted yesterday afternoon
on a signboard az Amsterdam av. and
10th ST. Briggs didn't do all the work.
lie made the drawing, and eight women,
/ Mrs. Frances Maule Cooley, Mrs. Flor
ence Woolston, Miss Portia Willis, Mrs.
| Wilbur Kearns, Mrs. lila Watkins. Mrs.
Paul Thompson, Mrs. Josephine keogh
and Miss Melinda Foster mounted the
ladders and did the rest.
A seventy-mile gale was blowing
across 10th ST. from the river when
the eight painters appeared, and when
they saw the height of the scatf olding
and the crowd gathered below. Mrs.
Woods ton, the leader of the band. con
fessed that it took courage sometimes
TO be a sufragist =,
Usually when I do a job like this,
she said as she started TO climb the
ladder, 81 wear my husbands pa
jamas-. Oh, well, you know what |
mean; when I paint the kitchen floor.
| love to paint kitchen floors. And pa
jamas are most convenient; but, OF
course, out of respect for the cause OF
votes for women, we have to wear very
proper costumes to-day"
Mrs. Woolston had brought large
blue kitchen apron from her home and
put it on over her dress. The other
seven painters said they didn't have
anv aprons. Mrs. Cooley went to the
nearest store and bought fourteen
wards of muslin, which they tore up
and pinned on to protect their CLONES
Mr.. Briggs was not on hand. MIS-;
Watkins, who is an artist hersef ana
who came as his representative TO put
the fancy touches on "Skln-nay's' hg-
ure. said that he was almost on the
point Of coming, but at the last minute
his tmidity overcame him. But the
O. ]. Guide firm of sign painters, which
furnished the paint and brushes ana
scafrolding, sent a man named Glenh
Smith to hold the brushes, etc, so the
suifragists were not wholly without
masculine aid.
The affair was advertised for 3 p. m.
II was 3:45 when Miss Willis, Mrs.
watkins ana MIS-. he&TnS CllHlbeu thV
ladder to the scaffolding, and then
both sat down on the narrow board
and screamed. The crowd screamed,
too: but while the crowd screamed in
glee the suffragists' motive was quite
different. They recovered their polse,
however, and proceeded to paint.
The color scheme was black and blue
prophetic. Mrs WoolSton said, of
what the suffragists would be when
they finished the job Mrs. Watkins
laid on "Skin-nay's" figure in broad
splashes of black, while her co-workers
did in bright blue the lettering, as fol-
lows:
ooh. Skin-nayl C'mon over! Run
like ever'thngl Votes for women!
Mass meeting at Carnegie Hall Friday
evening, November 8, p. m"
Mrs. Kearns and Miss Willis con-
fessed themselves exhausted when they
had painted two words apiece, and
Mrs. Cooley and Mrs. Thompson took
their places. Before the sign was fin
ished the entire eight had been up and
down the ladder several times.
The sign was completed in just
thirty-fve minutes. and Glenn Smith,
the handy man from Guide & Co.. said
it was as pretty job as he'd wish TO
see