New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03

Mrs. Brown treasured me, however.
This is an extremely well behaved
highly moral community" she said
Nobody is very poor here. We haze
meme of the terrible social and moral
problems OF larger places. This very
fact Is the great difficulty Of the suffra-
gists. Everybody is perfectly content
ed and happy. and they don't want 70
be joggled out of their comfort. They
don't see the terrible conditions o!
other women in factories and slurs
which make us suffragists demand the
ballot.
"They can vote. though, II they have
70, those contented women. Two years
ago we had d very bitter fight for
school commissioner. Eight hundred
and eighty-one women voted that day.
That campaign stirred a lot of us up to
realize tina. we ought to take hand In
public affairs, but ! am afraid 1t also
worked harm to the suffrage cause.
The contest was very bitter and so
much hard feeling engendered that
many women declared they never want
ed to mix in politics again.
eve suffragists, however, are very
careful not 10 let this campaign be-
come bitter. The ants are our best
friends. even our sisters and mothers
We love them just the same. and never
talk politics with them"
How about the great names Of Con-
cord ?" ] asked.
WELL" she laughed, "you know. most
Of our great names are In Sleepy mol
low Cemetery. There aren't any Tho
reaus or Olcotts, though Mrs. Elizabeth
Redfeld, who Is Denies daughter, is
a suffragist, and so is her mother, Mrs.
F. Olcott Pratt. Edward Emerson, the
son of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Is down
on our list as not interested but his
daughter, Miss Ellen Emerson. is one
of our active members. The Emerson
home i. kept open just as he LEFT IL,
by two maiden ladies, who are antis'
believe.
"Ot course, you know, Emerson and
Olcott were both suffragists. Emerson
was ono of the signers OF the call TO
the first woman's rights convention In
Worcester sixty-hve years ago. VIII
ism Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phil
lips signed il with him. On October
% Massachusetts suffragists will cele-
brate this anniversary by Pilgrimagea
from all over the state TO Worcester.
Last of the Philosophers.
"The last Of the Concord philosoph.
ers. the last leaf on the tree We call
him. is Frank B. Sanborn, now eighty
four years old He Is one OF our
stsnchest supporters"
If the spirit Of the philosophers Is
dying out from Concord, the blood OF
The minute men is not. Mrs. Walter j.
Morey. who is the Pauline Revere of
the campaign, the captain Of the vic
tory campsigners" who are touring the
state. is descended from Stephen
Hosmer. the bloody rebel Of Concord
Louise Hosmer, wife of Cyrus. sixth In
the direct line from Stephen, Is . sui
fragist, and the cause has great hopes
for Cyrus.
Mrs. Brown Is the most truthful SUI
frage press agent | ever encountered:
You mustn't say all the patriot
blood is for suffrage" she warned me-
81 wish il were. II would make q love
~ story, but you see there Is so much
patriot blood In Concord, and so many
ants right in our own families, that II
wouldn't be true at all"
The best they can do, she admitted
Is TO say that Concord blood is still
fighting blood, and that the sufrsgfsts
are all prepared to be minute men from
now until November 2. After that,
whatever the result, suffragists and
ants together will adjourn to Wrights
Tavern for another toddy.
ave can't stir il with our fingers, and
we can't use the bad words Major Pit
csirn did. and We can't have any real
toddy," the suffragists laughed, "but
We can have a nice tea, party, and all
be friends ever after."o