The Washington times., 1914-06-10
VOTES ANDLOVE FUSE
At SUMMER RESORTS
Suffragists Plan to Invade
Beach and Mountain With
Equality Propaganda.

The suffrage yellow for woman suf-
frage will go into the haunts OF noun
tain and beach wherever people may
fee TO escape the heat OF summer, IL
has lust been determined upon by the
Congressional union .s.
In short. suffrage will go hand in
hand with summer flirtations, and ball
rooms and rose arbors will not only be
the scene of lovers meetings. but OF
spirited encounters between the up
holders of suffrage and ani-suffrase-
When the season opens at Newport,
Bellevue avenue. Cliff drive. and the
Casino will see ardent advocates of the
woman's cause among the number OF
fashionable. Newport. in fact, is 10 be
the central point in the suffrage sum-
rner battle for converts.
Lines will radiate from there TO many
of the resorts of New England. the mid
die Atlantic States. and the middle
West There Is to be well-planned
network of posts .here suffrage work
ers will be sent purpcsely. II they do
not already happen TO oe sojournins
there.
Buds Join the Workers.
Many young buds are going out on
their summer vacations inflated with
suffrage enthusiasm and serious inten-
tions of making converts and gathering
coin for the central treasury. So pic
ture a summer girl impressing her gall
liant admirers into the service of suf-
frase while she heads the crusade with
forceful oratory. and you will have
some idea of what the suffragists are
going to make of this good old summer
| time.
haa
| Washington, is going to do this very
thing She has a home near the Blue
Ridge and she intends to be present at
every bush meeting and picnic that
\ in a booth the results of woman's en-
| franchisement.
Judith jerks is another debutante-
| this years graduate of the Madeira
SchooE-who is going to make conquests
! for suffrage as well as conQuests OF the
| heart meath the light Of the summer
moon at Bay City, Mich.
Ruth Noyes, in the Catskills, at On
| teora, the cottage of Mrs John Joy
| White; Miss Emily Carr at Chautauqua,
Emily Perry in Pennsylvania, and va
r1ous and sundry other champions Of
suffrage under the cloak of dear little
summer flirts, will be about their sum-
| mer campaigns shortly, as soon as
dressnakers can finish their summer
wardrobes-
HIOpd3duQd vs.. AI1uScIlcuIS.
Whether the suffrage propaganda
stands any chance against competing
with summer amusements remains to
! be seen. However, the people do tire of
| throwing balls at a black face or rolling
| japanese pins-pong, and the suffrage
workers think that the amusement seek
ers will be glad to listen TO a suffrage
speech from a woman wearing the yell
| low regalia over filmy dress of white.
Mary Brennan, who has hair that is
| more than golden, will have a booth on
| the Boardwalk at Atlantic City. and
she expects TO make it So attractive
| that IL will draw the crowd from the
ocean taffy place and the Chinese pa
coda
Besides the stationary suffragists
| there are to be travelling ones. Where
| the Virginians gather to look aNblooded
! horses and 20 win ribbons and rosettes,
| carrying suffrage colors and primed with
| suffrage arguments. Winchester, Berry
Vile, Front Royal, Woodstock - all OF
| the towns that lie so picturesquely in
the Blue Ridge range-will be the scenes
of this unique propaganda.
Hikes For Votes.
| Walking tours will penetrate places
where the idea has not been heard. Start
ing this week. a walking party will 20
| through Garrett and Allegany counties,
! Maryland, visiting the mountain towns
| of Deer Park, Oakland, and Grantsvtlle.
| and pouring into the ears of the ma
| tives causes for votes for women.
| In fact, the sufragists have planned
to get into about every nook and corner
of our summer playing ground. and the
| heat, instead OF willing their enthu-
| siasm, seems to be firing II up to even
\ a greater intensity than IL was.