New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18


pro" or anti wives number or
workmen said they would vote just as
we please wife or no WIFE
The result OF the poll shows:
In favor of woman sufrage..... II
Opposed 10 woman suiirGge....
Undecided .................... IL
The first shock came at 234 Thir-
tecnth Street, the first OF the connected
railroad fats. The door with the
ribbed glass window was partly ajar
A masculine voice was belaboring some
one.
as your husband inn" the woman
who answered tho knock was asked.
Hey, John, Some one to see you"
John appeared. after ordering his
wife to accomplish some forgotten task
She began rubbing the clothes in the
washtub.
eyes. Pm a registered voter and Pm
for woman suffrage" said John after a
minute study OF the white slip handed
him.
IT'S nothin' but foolishness," called
out his wife
Pm for woman suffrage" her hus-
| band repeated deliberately. "Iou mind
| your business, Nora
"Why are you for woman suffrage p"
asked the reporter.
The man pointed to his wife. There's
my reason he announced.
Wife Urges 40"
/ Citizen Johns behavior was duplicat-
ed at 23S Thirteenth Street. The mas
ter of the house was a young Italian.
His wife was pretty and Of Irish eX-
traction. While he studied the slip his
wife harangued on the evils Of woman
suffrage.
81 don't want TO vote" she said.
"W omen that DO have plenty OF time.
They ought to stay at home and mind
their children, If they have any 10
mind. | have; that's the one Mother
Mary bless herr" She pointed 20
golden haired child Of about three
years. "l'm too busy TO bother with
such nonsense. Don't vote for it,
joe"
Contrary 10 the mandate Of his wife,
Joe did vote for woman suffrage.
/ In the same house an elderly Irish
couple were most loquacious on suf-
frage.
Sure. an we ought to give EN- a
chance" said the man.
I'VE amt ncedin' any chances"
stoutly affirmed his wife.
Things can't be any worse in poll
tics than what they arc" asserted her
spouse.
"Womans best place is for her to
stick 20 her own dear home" retorted
his wife.
They work just as hard as we do"
"But that's 10 keep the shirts on
their backs, I'm thinking. Every ones
got to work"
The dispute was ended by the hus-
band with shrug Of disgust. tie also
voted "for"
My wife thinks women ought 10
vote" said another man. But / don't
think so. It's all right for those who
have plenty VI time, but for woman
who's got 10 raise 3 family and look
after her home it's different thing al
together"
Father Insists "No."
A man was pulled out Of his bed by
his daughter % vote. The girl said
most Of the girls in the factory where
she worked were for suffrage. We're
women TO vote, she had been informed,
the conditions surrounding woman la
Dor would be improved. But her father
strenuously objected 10 his daughter
going 10 the polls with him and voted
as an anti"
4 baby decided another voter as 10
how he should vote The slip had been
handed him and he was trying 10 de-
eide. when the child in his wife's arms
began TO compete with the noise Of the
elevated trains. The father fshed out
an old stub Of a pencil from his coat
and marked the for"
One woman was so interested az to
how her husband would vote that she
sent her eldest after his father. who
wa supposed to be buying things in
the grocery store, but whose breath
established a sound alibi. He voted
undecided"
There were just as many 10 vote "un-
decided" as there were 20 vote in favor
Of woman suffrage. There were three
times IS many in favor or undecided as
there were opposed, making a ratio Of
to l. Many admitted they had not
given much thought to the question.
One man, after voting undecided. "
called back the cnnvasser and said: II
guess I'm for woman suffrage after all
ia like 20 change that undecided to
for"
II developed that he had discussed
| TIE question with his wife His deci-
sion. be said. was due to the fact that