The sun., 1916-11-04
800 WOMEN GREET
70 HUGHES PILGRIMS
Campaign Train Back From
11,7OO Mile Trip Across
Continent.
BIG CHORUS OF .HURRAHS'
Wife Of Republican Nominee
In Pennsylvania Station
Reception.

A chorus OF 500 soprano hurrahs
shrilled across the other sounds in the
pennsylvania station. Up the stairs
from the lower level burst a throng Of
dusty. weary. but happy women. waving
Hughes banners. Masses Of women. wait
ing at the gates, fell upon them with
shrteks OF welcome and congratulation.
The Hughes Women's Campaign Train
was In from its tour OF ll.700 miles
across the continent and back.
The train arrived at I 40 o'clock last
evening. after "A quick run from Newark.
where the pilgrims dined Mrs. Charles
+. Hughes met them In that city and
came to New York with them. and SO
did Mrs. Alexander kohut. Mrs. William
II. Wilcox, Mrs. George Harvey and
score of others. At least 200 landed
from the train when II pulled into the
pennsylvania station, but the herones
were the brave twelve who could boast
Of having made the trip from the start
here October 2.
\ score OF able bodied men In uniform
pushed back the relatives and friends
who wanted TO hug the q. q. +. Joans
, OF Arc and formed the latter into a tri-
umphal procession. with Miss Frances A
Keller. manager OF the trip; DIR. katha-
rine Bement Davis. Miss Mary Antin and
Mrs. Hughes In the lead. Dr. Davis bore
a stuffed elephant in n red blanket which
| had travelled as mascot all the way from
Chicago to San Francisco and back here.
Procession ON Firth Avenue.
The procession marched through the
| station to Seventh avenue while rail-
| way attendant megaphoned the super
i:ious information; THE women; The
women are coming"
Five big sight seeing vans and Fifth
avenue bus with several automobiles
| were waiting there. decorated with
| Hughes flags and into them the women
piled amid shouts from the assembled
crowds. With red fire burning at the
end OF sticks held by boys who hung
| from the rear of each van. the process
sion passed along Thrty-first street TO
| Fifth avenue, down Fifth TO Twenty
| third street. across to Second avenue.
and SO to the National Theatre on East
Houston street.
In the course of their trip acrQss the
continent the women have held 32s
meetings and attended thirty-two lunch
cons and dinners where speeches were
made. The speeches. outdoor and IN
door, totalled 5000. and the party esti-
mate that they have REQ he'd at least
100000 persons Of all classes. They
were thirty-two days en- route.
| Among the women who made the en-.
tire trip were Miss Keller. DIR. Davis
Miss Antin. Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr
Mrs Maude Howe Elliott. Mrs Frank
Mebane Of North Carolina, Mrs. william
Curtis Demarest and Mrs. Nelson
O'Shaughnessy. Mrs. Raymond Robin!
and Miss Elisabeth Freeman Joined then
at Chicago. The women returned frn
In the belief that Hughes Is elected.
II was a picturesque sight that greeted
the women when they arrived at Eas
Houston street for their wind up meetini
in the National Theatre. The big square
that Second avenue makes there wa
packed with East Side humanity. men
women. children and babies. drawn h,
the news that Col. Roosevelt was &
speak at the meeting.
Competition In OratOry.
The womens bureau OF the Democrats
National Committee had taken advan
; tage Of the occasion, and the van fror
which they campaign was drawn up o.
First street. just above the theatre
spouting Wilson oratory to beat tn
band
Miss Lillian n. Wald of the Henr
Street Settlement took "A hand. and Mr'
. ilendower Evans. Frank q. Odell Q
Kansas and other strong lunged Demo
Gratis took turns in competing with tn
attractions across the way Miss Lo
Rogers cartoon!st. made hit with IN
: crowd by drawing pictures on an ease
at the carttail. describing them as sh
worked.
At ten minutes to 10 a great yell ar
nounced Mr.. Roosevelt had arrived at III
[ theatre. but part OF the crowd stuck
the Democratic women. Much Demo
cratic sentiment had developed as III
women Of the Hughes train came dow
, Second avenue. and shouts OF Wilson
l were frequently heard. on the Who'll
I though. the Socialists seemed to predon
;. irate. and they had a merry time heel
t ling both Democrats and Republicans
= It was mad. merry night OF orator
1 on East Houston street Inside the the;
tire all was de orous, and the last NEE
l ing Of the Hughes women was pr,
y nounced a great success.