Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-14
"FIying Squadron" Holds Big
Meeting in South Amboy
After Leaving This City.
COURTESY AT CITY PLANTS
Mrs. Winston Churchill Was
introduced by Mrs. Lillian
Feickert, N. J. President.

| Having marked their advent into
New Jersey by a strenuous davis
work in Perth Amboy, the suffrage
pilgrims who are touring the state
under the auspices of the National
Woman Suffrage Association moved
on this morning to Elizabeth, where
two days will be spent in an effort
to have the present voters "see the
! light" before they decide on the is
sue at the polls next October.
The leading workers yesterday
were Mrs. Antoinette Funk, a law
/ yer of national reputation and a
woman who was instrumental in se-
curing the right of suffrage for the
women Of her home state, Illinois;
| Mrs. Winston Churchill. wife of the
famous novelist and former guberna-
ttorial candidate In New Hampshire;
and Mrs, Lillian Feiekert, OF Plain
field, president of the New Jersey
Woman Suffrage Association, and an
ardent worker for the suffrage cause
| Mrs. Feickert returned last night, to
her home In Plainfeld, while Mrs.
Funk and Mrs. Churchill remained
over night as the guest of Mrs. r. H.
Fowler, Of High street. The party
will be Joined today by Mrs. Ray
mond Morgan, of Washington,
member of the congressional com
mfttee of the national association, of
which Mrs. Funk is vice president,
and by Miss Virginia Watrous. the
beautiful and talented daughter of
Mrs. Funk.
The program of work, as outlined
by Mrs. Feickert yesterday provides
for a two days stay in Elizabeth;
Monday and Tuesday in Newark;
Wednesday In Orange; Thursday in
Jersey City, Friday in Bayonne; Sat-
urday in Passaic and Monday and
Tuesday of the following week in
Paterson. When this schedule is
completed the tourists will probably
return to Perth Amboy to devote an
other day to the promotion of the
work in this city's industries, this
branch of he campaign having met
with auspicious success yesterday.
Yesterday was an eyentful day for
the party and during the day the
workers addressed several thousan
people. both In this city and South
Amboy. The itinerary included
street meetings in front of the city
market and at the corner OF Smith
street and Madison avenue; address
es before the employees of the Barber
Asphalt Works and the Standard I'm
derground Cable Works, and trip
of the flying squadron to South
Amboy, where meeting was held in
front of the post Office building on
Broadway.
Three automobiles. gaiIy bedeeked
L..
nants bearing the slogan, "Votes for
Women" made up the convoy of the
tourists. Several suffrage workers
from this city and South Amboy ac-
companied the speakers, and among
those in the party was Mrs. G. c. !
Baldwin, who was prominently iden-
titled with the local Anti-Suffrage
branch at the time of its organiza-
ton.
Throughout the entire day the |
workers were treated with the great |
est courtesy, this being especially no.
ticeable at the factories, where the |
workers seemed to listen to the dis |
cussion of the. suffrage issue with |
rapt attention. The literature was |
accepted readily, and the only inter- |
ruption made was at the Smith street /
meeting, when Mrs. Funk took oc- |
casion to speak to two young
men who had been acting in some !,
what of boisterous manner
Mrs Feickert, woman of pleas
Ing personality, opened all the meet
ings and subsequently introduced |
Mrs. Funk and Mrs. Churchill. Rea- |
soning In a logical manner, Mrs. |
Funk set forth the reasons why |
women should be given recognition |
at the polls and in a humorous way
she refuted arguments advanced by |
the "antis," ridiculing especially |
what she declared to be that pite-
0us and time-worn cry 'woman's
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