New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-09
Ry ELEANOR BOOTH SIMMONS.

Moylan, Penn. July S.-Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw. president of the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association,
says she'd rather tackle an automobile
than a legislature any day. They are
alike, she says, in that both have
cranks and plugs, but she finds the
cranks and plugs in the machine on
wheels easier to manage than those IN
machine politics. This was her verdic>
after her first lesson in running the
Eastern Victory, the yellow car pre-
scented to her last week by the SUI
fragiSts Of New York State.
came out to Alnwick Lodge. DR..
Shaw's home in the Mills around Moy-
Ian. 10 see that first lesson. ! had
watched the seventy-year-old suffrage
leader in various difficult situations and
thrilling crises. | had seen her pilot
a parade through riotous sinister MODS
in Washington. walking daunt!essly at
its head ] had heard her down many
anti-suiragists in debate knock them
out in q single round. she would, and
walk calmly Of the field, leaving them
gaspirg. / had never seen her in ac-
tiOn with a legislature, but | had the
general feeling, common TO sutfraSlsts.
that there was nothing Dr.. Shaw
couldn't manipulate.
Alnwick Lodge.
But everybody meets his or her
Waterloo sooner or later, and when ]
heard her say cheerfully that she was
going to take a week off from suffrage
speaking and learn 20 run that car !
told myself that here was By. Shaw's
Waterloo | knew her habit OF going
fun steam ahead ard ! foresaw that
November ,, the Great Day, would find
Dr. Shaw in jail for ,corching, or IN
hospital ward from tipping the Eastern
Victory over on herself. So, just to
rcassure myself. I came 10 Moylan
Or Shaw and Miss Lucy Anthony,
Susan 3. Anthony's niece, who lives
with her. have beautiful little place
in the green wooded hills. II is yell
low stucco house, with a Colonial en-
trance and wide veranda overlooking
acres of woods and creek. And most
of the woodland Is hers. IT. the rear
of the house is garage. Building that
garage was an inspiration, Tor at mat
time no automobile was in sight For
three years il has held stacks Of the
Life OF Susan B. Anthony and the
little red wagon which DR.. Shaw uses
in the gardening work with which she
EMPLOYS her few leisure hours, but now
II NOUS hi4aL ~ " DO Jun ANi' $50 +'''N
ing that the garage would be the cen
tire Of interest at Alnwick Lodge now. ]
walkcd-not finding any one in the
house around the corner TO the
garage.
The Automobile Lesson.
A medley of voices greeted ne. DR..
Shaw was having her first lesson, and
Miss Anthony, Miss Lucy Green, half
a dozen ncighbors, visiting suitragist
from Jersey, and Citizen, the cat, were
watching her and all, except Citizen,
were he ping the professional teacher
who had come to instruct her Citizen
is a nice cat He is the only male on
the place, and that is why he is named
Citizen. -,
The honk-honk Of the Eastern Vic
tory mingled with the voices. recol-
lected how DR.. Shaw had confessed that
as child she had wanted to own
sawmill because it made so much noise
l knew just how she felt about the
horn of the Eastern Victory.
Well. as | said, the quiet of Alnwlck
Lodge was being rent by medley OF
Turn the wheel. Miss Shaw. No,
not that way. Release the clutch !,
Now. you're off," "No, she's not
Eyes, She is. Oh, good gracious Aunt