New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-17
0o1v One Anti Blocks Path
Of Suffrage Golden Flier'
,-,onen Farmers Plough Horse, Is Quickly Overrued
First Part Of Travellers Diary Tells of Storms
and Heavy Country Roads

Immediately surrounded bv crowd
who pcered and looked and gazed and
stared. out said nothing. Finally one
OF 'hen. more enterprisinc than the
rest. ,poke up.
California Astounds Crowd.
"Are you the sufragettes that we've
been readin' so much about" he asked.
Are you tourin' the country ="
I'VE are that" we replied.
We'll, say, that's clever. ain't it,
Coin clear to Washington? ."
Farther than that"
South ?"
"South, and West and North. and
East" we answered.
Gee mineel California;
eyes"
He paused. lost in wonder The rest
Of them. too. stared Of US as II we were
creatures Of another world
81 wish We could take every one %
you along" ssid.
They laughed.
Fine trip" they chorused. "Wcll,
we can read about il. anyway. by.
man. goodby good luck
Machinery for Votes.
On the Road. April e.-We've Just
left Baltimore, where we had a fine re-
ception last night, The hostesses said
il would be all right for US 10 wear our
road clothes. but when We fshed out
Of the recesses OF the machine two
chiffon frocks. with tulle soarfs and
corsage bouquets, they changed their
minds.
This very minute we stopped for
gasolene and were forced TO give
demonstration of how our little car
works. All the men wanted 20 see in
side her, so We waited a while and let
them explore 10 their hearts content
II you can't win man b. oratory you
can by machinery, sometimes.
We continue TO be gratifed by the
enthusiasm We receive along the route.
Welcome il on the mat everywhere We
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Filler Strikes Bad Roads.
Fredericksburg. Md. April 10-We
left Washington yesterday 70 do battle
with some Of the worst roads in the
United States. The poor little Filler
hoped around from bump 10 hole, 10
creek, 10 nut, 20 stream. fairly a-bob
every minute. Once we got stuck in
the bottom Of stream. really stuck so
AfhL We NVJ4NH bINk's FAo CA' "h.-'
deeper and deeper in the sand, and the
water kept coming up higher and
higher, we became worried and jumped
into the strearr-icv cold because i
comes from springs above and cranked
and cranked and crsnked our arms
nearly of.
Votes for women" said Miss Rich
ardson. by way OF cheer, while /
cranked
81 believe I'll join the good roads
campaign, instead" answered grimly.
Gasolere Lower.
Finally. when We saw we could not
SET the Filler out Of her grounding, we
walked a quarter of mile with water
streaming from our clothes AND got
chain and several neighbors. We all
SCI 70 and pulled and tugged. and at
last got her a few inches. But few
inches was not enough. so we shouted
with 10y when a big six-eylnder came
easing around the bend Of the road,
and soon we were lifted out and on our
eventful way again.
The going was fairly good for
while. when suddenly wa dropped into
more mud and our front lights blinked
out. We now had only a searchlght
20 illuminate that mud road Our
cranking exercise made US ravenously
hungry, 80 we devoured the candy that
our New York friends had put in the
car like small boys.
Everybody we passed along the way
the next day WAS stuck. which encour-
aged US. Fredericksburg had its first
open meeting here tonight when we
spoke, and stood sgspe at US as we
sailed around the town advertising the
meeting and flying the colors.
The price Of gasolene goes down
daily, 70 our delight. though our yellow
baby IS good and does not need 70 be
fed very often.