The sun., 1916-12-03
Wind BRINGS DOWN
Stuff BIRD WOMEN
Attempt TO Shower Wilson
With Petitions From Fem
mime Voters Fails.
b. MPS ONLY CASUALTIES
Biplane Lies Broken Winged
In Staten Island Swamp
After short Flight.

Thu sufYrayists earnestly hope that
President Wilson will please excuse them
for falling TO join in the welcome which
New York gave him yesterday. It IL not
their habit TO neglect him. as well he
knows He must have felt a kind OF
void not seeing them lowering around
as usual with their little reminders that
waiting to be pushed through Congress.
Well, they tried to rover all right.
tried It In a biplane but the high wind
was too much for even the valiant sufrs,
and to-day the biplane lies broken
winged in a Staten Island swamp. the
decorations and votes for petit
lions lie scattered. n Mrs. Richberg
Hornsby OF Chicago and Mrs. John Blair.
the sun bird women who set out to
hover above the Mayhower. sit sadly ut
home nursing a few mundane bumps and
the harder spiritual anguish OF knowing
that for the first time in the history OF
the cause a suffrage stunt fell down
II was Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait.
president OF the National Woman SUI
frage Association. who thought OF the
pau. u @dtt mas bCtOIlt Vuile UNI
,ant lately. having acquired a sleeping
porch In the Washington y. W. S. \.
headquarters and In other ways having
shown that the National appreciates the
value OF picturcsIueness. And when she
heard that Mr.. Wilson was coming to
New York to see the Goddess of Liberty
lighted up she decided to tike the OPP
~portunity to remind the Chicf Executive
once more that a few million coddssses
working in factories and cooking Cor
men and so on In the United States
would like the liberty OF the ballot.
Ruth Law Declines.
How'll We get past the secret service
men asked the national board
"Airship. OF course" said their leader.
Miss Ruth Law was irst approached.
Would she serve the cause OF her sex
by dropping some yellow petitions on
the Presidential head from her aero
plane
Miss Law was sorry. bu; she had
another engagement. and couldn', ay
twice in one day. Then providentially
Mrs. Richoerg Hornsby appeared on the
scene. petite. plucky. brunette. holding
In he hand the all around aviator's
license she won n month ago which
entities her TO hy as a Lieutenant n
the Governments service in case Of
war.
''Tn.s Is war for woman's rigAts. said
Mrs Ho:nsh, Il am proud 10 fy for
YOU"
Earl yesterday Mrs. liornshy rnl
iier bipl he were OF the field at Mid
land Beach. Mrs, Wil.ar G wilcox.
wife Of the president OF the Board Of
Education and leader OF the Staten Island
runs Miss Elisabeth y. Wilcox. Mrs.
Frederick Edsy. Mrs. T. Il. strange
Mrs. 4. J. Newbury. Miss Helen VI. oak
ley. Mrs. e. r. Simonson. Miss Blanche
Todd. Miss Amy -. Blake and Mrs.
John Blair. all ardent SUNS. were there
10 wish aer Godspeed In her mission OF
ueing to reach the Presidential hear;
The weather man, who mus; have
been fixed by the antls. was also there
with What was virtually a gale. hut
Nrs, Horusbl wasn't to he frightened.
Ms Blair. who put through some OF the
most startling stunts for the Empire
state campaign committee IN tie sun
csnpaign OF 1915. said she believed
she'd go mp. too logged out IN several
layers of everything that birdwomen
weay. with trimmings OF suffrage yellow,
the two mounted the biplane. which was
decorated for the occasion.