New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Victory Over Spark Plugs
Adds Recruits to the
Suffrage Cause.
AUTOMOBILE SPRING
SNAPS IN MIDSTREAM
Dust Storm and Tempest Add to
Difficulties of May Day
Travel.

"Somewhere in Dixie" . little yellow
automobile Is struggling with mud and
dust, carrying the message of the
"cause" to the women Of the states that
are black on the suffrage map. In many
towns a suffrage meeting has never
been held before. The Golden Filler"
Is carrying a special invitation 10 all
suffragists to join the National Woman
Suffrage Association in Chicago at the
time Of the Republican National Con-
vention, to ask for a suffrage plank in
the party platform.
Mrs. Alice s. Burke, we'll known in
New York suffrage work, drives the car
and writes the diary for Tho Tribune.
Thomasville, Ala, April 24-Our
spark plugs won a few converts to suf-
frage this afternoon. | was taking out
the old ones, and lot Of men gathered
around the car and watched me tug and
pull and finally loosen them, and then
put in the new ones. They were pretty
curious to see whether / could really
do Il or not, and seemed bit surprised
that the Filler really would go after the
manipulation of feminine hand. But
when it was finished they all exclaimed,
Good work" and one Of them added,
with true Southern eloquence, that
"womsn's hand in the machinery Of
politics might have the same helpful
effect"
/ We posted the notice of our meeting
In the postoffce tonight. and had about
two hundred people around the car.
Mobile, April 26.-We hardly noticed
the bumps and holes to-day, though
they were just as bad as usual, for we
were passing through a most enchant-
| ing country. Blossoming orange groves,
avenues of huge live oaks, pecan or
chards, sugar plantations, and every
| thing hung with stresmers Of gray
Spanish moss could hardly drive the
car for looking, looking, looking.
Kids" here in Mobile tonight; they
1 some OF the Mobile suffragists, and
| dressed in jonquil yellow.
| cannot rid myself Of the surprised
| feeling have when | see what a real
| live issue suffrage is even in the most
| placid, most atmospheric, most trsdi-
. tional Southern town. Suffrage -four
/ ishes like q flower under the sunny
| skies and soft breezes OF the South.
! Everywhere we go the people stick
/ little presents about the car. We have
had some very queer things, but the
! little black cat that a man in Mobile
! presented is as interesting as anything
we have received yet. Bars of choco-
late are favorte gift, and flowers we
always get. Pickles and jelly and
! doughnuts we have always with US.
Gulfport, Miss, April 26.-The street
crowds were crazy about the st. Louis
"Walkless Parade plans, especially the
men, who like the "silent plea" idea.
! We had a Democrat delegate in our au-
dience tonight, and all the other men
of the crowd had lots Of fun "pledging'
him to help US with our plank on June
IA. He good nsturedly promised, and
they all chesred.
Baton Rouge, La, April 2e.-Had 10
ship the car from Gultport 10 New
Orleans yesterday, as the bridges be-
tween the two places were all down
and we therefore had our first-and we
hope last-train ride of the trip. Ran
down here along the Mississippi levee
and though we couldn't see the river
! from the levee, we were much inter
ested in the rice fields, sugar and cot
ton plantations and the old Spanish
and French plantation houses on the
other side. We're late in getting into
/ Baton Rouge because Of broken
spring, which snapped when we were
in the middle OF stream We had 4
dramatic time in the water again
most of our tragedies are staged in
midstream, il seems-but after pulling
the fender of so il would not rub the
tire we finally crawled out and rar
along at a snail's pace into Baton
Rouge.
We had a moving picture crowd her:
| tonight The announcement OF our