New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-07

tier, arriving in Pittsburgh for the big
Fourth Of July demonstration, end
finally getting to Philadelphia by cleo
tion night. All along its route great
crowds thronged TO see the bell, and
were addressed by some Of the clever
est suffrage speakers in Pennsylvania.
Work of Women Speakers.
"Miss Emma L. MacAlarney was one
Of our best speakers" commented Mrs.
Roessing. witty, logical. clear-mind-
ed, she could hold any crowd, any
where. any length of time. We were Of
ten asked why we didn't have more
men among our speakers. ] think the
best answer TO that is that II seemed
to US that such women as Miss Mac
Alarney and the others were better
argument for suffrage than any man
could be-"
Another feature just as localized and
probably almost az effective was that
of the suffrage luncheons on Good
Roads Day, May 26 While the men of
the state were giving their annual free
will offering toward It's improvement,
the woman suffragists carried to them
coffee sweetened with woman suffrage
arguments and sandwiches spread with
the true votes for women color. Any
man vii tell you that was clever
thing 70 do.
I'VE mustn't forget our suffrage gar
dens." put in Miss Patterson.
No one here in Pennsylvania will
forget them for a long time. The
whole state is still flaming sweetly
with the suffrage coors, packets Of
seeds having been dispensed by the
sufFragists. In the big cities the "suf-
frage window box" meant MANY a fam
ily's entire taste Of the country for the
year. The idea of the suffrage gar
dens was mothered BY Mrs. Garrett.
little woman OF Westchester County.
who died before she had planted her
own. but not before the beauty of her
plan had taken hold upon the magma
tion Of the state.
NO one woman deserves the credit
for the success of this campaign"
firmly repeated Mrs. Roessing. "But
there are some who must be mentioned
lecause of the wonderful things they
accomplished. There is Mrs. r. +.
Umbel. for instance, who triumphantly
carried Fayette County, that strong
hold Of Republicanism, for woman suf-
frage. There is Mrs. J. o. Miller and
her ba5v son-he figured prominently
. III lut NdiAidlElt lpo- tut CHAIRMAN
Of the Woman Suffrage party in Ale
ehenv County. through whose efforts
Pittsburgh declared itself for woman
suffrage. the first great city controlled
by liquor interests to do so. There is
Mrs. Maxwell X. Chapman, who did
such remarkable work as the Lacka-
wanna County chairman"
| wish ! could add the story told me
Yesterday by Mrs. Harvey F. Smith. the
Dauph.n County chairman. who smoke
for suffrage, chaperoned by her son
Bobby. seven years old. an ardent
vOtes-for-womcn man. I'd like 10 give
YOU an account of the city chairman
pretty. dark-eyed Mrs. John f. Oen-
Slagen. Of Harrisburg I'd like % tell
YOU what they say of DR.. Ruth Deeter
here. who spoke so eloquently for the
cause. and | regret not 10 describe the
associations mascot. Emily a woolly
dog. with blue button eyes. found on
park bench.
But they have their history, all Of
them. written in the election returns
Of last Tuesday. And the teamwork
Of the women Of the Keystone State
and the sheer Pennsylvanism which
made the campaign triumph will give
them a complete victory when the mat
ter comes up again. Not one, not even
the Narc-Nichols machine. can doubt
that