The sun., 1916-10-01
2 STUFF CRUSADERS
BRING. PROTECTOR
Women Return From Six
Months Motor Trip Through
Twenty-cight States.
MALE WENT ALONG
New York Fcminists Welcome
Mrs. Burke and Miss
Richardson.

Anti.feminists say that deep dow In
her heart ever the most r~edoubtable OF
strong minded women Graves a male
protector. This humiliating theory had
Il melancholy confirmation yesterday
when Mrs. Alice Snitje Burke and Miss
Nell Richardson. the brave suffrage
crusaders, returned to New York from
their six months automobile trip through
~twenty-eight States OF the Union.
Mrs. Burke and Miss Richardson have
been widely advertised as women who
were penetrating the wilds Of the desert.
the passes Of the Rockies. &C.. entirely
by themselves in their little car. They
confessed yesterday that just after
crossing tho weehawken ferry they ac-
qulrcd a male companion, and what Is
more. he rode into New York with them,
having shared the entire journey.
In c~xtenuation Mrs. Burke pleaded
thai he VAS only three weeks old when
he Joined them and a mere bunch OF
fluffy black fur. lie has now developed
into "A stable black tomcat. name Saxon.
and no one would guess from his appear
ancr how he nearly starved when the
party was los, four days in the sands
between Phoenix and Yuma or how the
top was hot of the basket n was In by
"A Mexican bullet one day when the car
broke down on the Mexican border and
they had to take to a military train.
WcIcomed by New York SUITS.
Saxon. who rides on the mood of the
car and trots on a lead like a well
trained dog. made his bow to iifty menu
hers OF the New York City Woman SUI
frage party who met the Golde Filler.
as the sun auto is called. yesterday
afternoon at the northern limits Of Man
haitian. In fifteen motors. with banners
flying n comets footing. the welcom-
ing ATTY scorched up Broadway to 2s3d
street. where Mrs. Burke and Miss Rich
ardson and Saxon struck the city at
! 80 o'clock.
The little car In which they had made
the o ZOO miles OF the suffrage speaking
tour looked shabby enough compared
with some OF the limousines that met
them. but II has IA history written OH it's
yellow sides. And scratched by rocks
and sagebrush. marked by mud and
covered with the names Of perhaps 100
persons who aspired to !mmortalixc
themselves on the surface OF the Yellow
Filler. the little car still bore itself gal
ldntly and whizzcd down Rroadway TO
suN headquarters 1T ~ East Thirty.
fourth street at a rate that bore witness
TO the skill OF Miss Richardson. who was
machinist on the trip.
..Lord Birss the Ladics!"
Mrs. Burke drove the car and Saxon
perchcd on Miss Richardson's. knee, be-
having with great dignity except once
when a huge Individual OF his w
complexion leaned from n moving van
and howl.d in the ears OF the three:
Lord bless the ladies' and save the
men
At sun headquarters Miss Mary Gar
rett Hay, Mrs. Martha Wentworth Suf-
Cren. pr. katharine Bemcn; Davis ava
other leaGers in the cause toasted the
returned crusaders on tea and a big cake
made ~ the Seventeenth Assembly
district women.
In return Mrs, Burke and Mss
Richardson r~ecouutcd u few Of their adj
ventures. Though both of them are
small women and decidedly feminine N
appearance. Mrs. Burke "a regular
Dresden china type ana Miss Richard.
son a mere girl. they were not molested
once on their trip, While Oh the Mex!-
can border they travelled for nine days
scarcely seeing "A white man. but the
only time they we're IN danger was
NIti, as DtIOIe mentioned, tnty mad 10
board a troop train on account II the
iold. Filler losing "A tire. Then, during
4 Mexican foray, Saxon nearly lost an
car.
No water to Drink for Four Days.
For four days, when they got of N,
trail between Phoenix and Tuscor, they
had no water To- drink. and Saxon wCN'd
have died hut for the condensed milk IL,
shared with his mis,resses. This was
their most thrilling adventure. The
biggest reception was In san Jose. which
is Mrs. Burke's home town. and where
the citizens turned out en- massc and
presented her with a three foot key to
the city.
THIS key. bound on the back OF In.
fulCen Flier. cam 70 New York witr
'l'cm. ON the front OF the ear rod
one branching elk horns presented =
the crusaders by a man who sI.d he wa,
TN" oldest citizen 81 California. and /.
wooden dog carved by an Indian woman
which dog completes with Saxon for n,
honor of being the mascot of the trip.
Mrs, Burke said they he'd innu
merable meetings III the cities of tn
southern, middle Western and far Yves,
cru States they visited. and met vat,
rousing receptions everywhere. The,
talked TO white men and Indians. Mex!
cans, Cinnamon, Japanese. and feel tina
they have helped the suffrage tide alony