The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-13
GOLDEN FL|ER'' HERE
AFTER TEDIOUS TRIP
Road Between Washington and Fred
crfcksburg Described As Worst"
They'd Even Seen.
MRS. BURKE CAPTURES
BROAD STREET AUDIENCE
Those Who Como to Scoff Remained
To Pay strict Attention to womanly
Woman's Presentation of Plea for
Right to Vote.

| The Golden Filler" for woman q
suffrage. which Is being piioted by
Mrs. Alice Burke. of New York, and
Miss Nell Richardson. of Virginia, on
a. tour of thirty eight States of the
Union, arrived in Richmond shortly
before s o'clock last night from Fred,
ericksburg, after a most trying drive
over the worst stretch of road" az
thew put It, that they had ever seen.
and after having almost rebuilt their
little yellow car at Fredericksburg.
The equal suffrage pilgrims were
met just north of Lakeside and
escorted to this city by number Of
Richmond members of the Congress
sional Union. who drove out in their
automobiles. Those In the Richmond
escort are Mrs John Arnistead, Mrs
Reynolds, Mrs Walter Huberd, Mrs.
Ernest Meade. Mrs. Thomas Murrell,
Mrs. wallace Gill, Mrs. Frank Jobson.
Miss Adele Clark. Mrs. w. Fl. Adams.
Mrs. Manlev. Mrs. r w. Winn. Mrs.
Edwin l.. Williams, Mrs Roland Gar
rett, Mrs Hin tTrqshart and Mrs, W.
F. Humphrey. go 7.''''F -
Since the little yellow car left New
York last Thursday, when the Golden
Filler" was christened by the break
ing of bottle of gasoline over its
hood, leaving n dent In the metal.
.
made stops at Trenton, Philadelphia.
Wilmington. Baltimore, Washington
and Fredericksburg. The lap of the
journey between Washington and
Fredericksburg consumed many hours
and the suffrage car was thrown out
OF It's schedule some twenty-four hours
by bad roads.
Send Out 6. o. s. Call.
After they had left Washington, the
first women to tour the country in an
Automobile for the equal suffrage
cause were compelled by the condi-
ton of the highway to wire to Wash
fnEton for assistance. r. s Ferguson,
OF the A. A. A., Joined them and as
they drove slowly through the dark
ness he walked ahead in the glare of
the little cars big searchrght. and
with a long pole took soundings. as
might the watch In the bow of ship.
and called back to the women instruc-
tons as to how to steer over the
shoals. At that. the car got stuck in
the mud and there II stayed until 5;30
A. NJ. when pair OF mules were
driven to the rescue.
The women spent the night in the
car. in which they have a complete
camping outfit with a mass of other
equipment The little car carries A
surprisingly large load. Stored away
in II are extra parts in almost suf-
ficient number to build new car,
twenty dresses each for the two oc-
cupants, ten shirtwaists apiece. two
rain coats, two heavy coats. two
sweaters and a lot of literature, which
is being distributed along the route.
Mrs. Burke and Miss Richardson
will leave Richmond today for Nor
folk. Henderson and Raleigh. n. C..
and other South Atlantic cities on
their way to the Gulf. along which
they will swing into the West and
then around TO the north country on
their return to New York.
The Meeting Last Night.
At the corner OF Broad and Sixth
Streets last night Mrs Burke kept
crowd under the spell of her magne-
tism for more than an hour whether
the men who stopped on their way up
Broad street to hear her were in favor
OF suffrage or not they were decidedly
lin favor Of the little woman who
answered them. Even the toughest
man present---and there were some
that did not leave the traditional vir-
ginia Impression on the visitors---gave
up in the end.
1t was not SO much a question OF
|woman's rights as 1t was a question OF
human rights Anti-sufYrazists willing
to vote twice at the dictation Of their
good wives. caved in with Mrs. Burke's
arguments The very femininity OF
her methods captured the crowd. Now
and then a hooker from nearby
saloon. stopped to scott and remained
to pray---at least to emile indulgently.
He simply couldn't help 1t.
Mrs. Burke handed some hot shots,
many OF which could have been par
ried with great success by the proven
bal philadelphia lawyer" but few OF
which the 'srnulfitude" was capable OF
answering. Nobody cared whether
she got the bert Of II or not. Men
with hat awry walked up to the cam
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