New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-07
10 Mark Passed,
SuGragists Hold
A Joy Festival
New York Is Fourteenth
State to lndorse the
Cause
Felt Sure of Victory
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw and
Other Leaders Join in
Celebration
Felt Sure of Victory

tors. az East Thirty Street,
.p,b q din arose that Miss Mary Gar
,e.t Hay. who was presiding at the
head Of the table, had to pound on the
table with a rolling pin to make herself
heard
"Irs the women Of the East
answering 70 the women Of the West
those free women, who have been
waiting for US so long" she said.
4That light has been flashing yes
on woman suffrage every few minutes
all the evening; never once has it
4ashed backward. Now it is practically
sure that suffrage has carried"
This was az 10 o'clock. The women
who crowded the room-wealthy women
n brocaded opera cloaks were sitting
A. me floor munching sandwiches; tired
T,.ls women. who had been watching at
,ss pous since 8 o'clock in the morn
trg sitting back in the corner, clench-
nc their fists in fear that they would
brsak into Mysteries; busy women.
countinc the returns from the election
districts as they poured in; election
district captains, telling one another
the maiorities by which their districts
rad carried. and husbands, brothers and
sons-of sutFragists-all these looked at
one another and heaved one great sigh
In unison.
ave Just cant believe IT," they said;
ct never could be true"
Every eve was fastened on the ven
cradle Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, who, sat
cutie quiet al the table beside Miss
Hsv. Dr.. Shaw has been working
forty-three years for woman suffrage.
Last night she met the greatest We
,orv Of those years with tlght-shut
Inns a face that was pale with the ten
SION Of the JOY surging in her heart
thst she dared not release.
Once she rested her hand on the
small jewelled flag she wore above her
Tt's Aunt susan's flag" she said. 81
cot II out Of the bank yesterday.
wanted 70 wear IL to-day. II IS the nag
she wore all her life and gave TO me
ire day she died. Il has diamond
star for every onf OF the suffrage
states. There are thirteen now. New
York will carry US past the unlucky
number. and the rest Of the country
will soon be represented IN a real
United States flag, with star for every
Dr. shaw said that she would take the
midnight train for Washington to-
night 10 renew her duties as chairman
Of the Woman's Committee Of National
Defence
'Your heart will be in the national
work more now, won't it?" she was
asked b. q radiant sufragist, who just
couldn't help bursting into the circle
around DR.. Shaw.
aNot At ALL" was the quick answer.
"There has never been room for more
loyalty 20 my country. / shall only be
happy that ny country is loyal to me-
Sufragists Bake Cake
As the evening wore on the tension
iessened as the women permitted them
selves 20 realie that victory was in the
air Walter Damrosch rushed in with
one Of those red wooden rattles. Mrs.
Florence Russell and Miss Ethel Cullen
disappeared from the crowd and pres
emily a red light flashed in front OF the
headouarters. There was a great yell
low suffrage cake, baked IN the enrVous
hours OF The afternoon, when the work
ers thought they might need something
10 cheer up the spirits Of the evening
gathering. The figures "l9l5' IN me
fros.ing had run in the heat, but 1917"
stood firm.
we baked that % show that women
haven't lost their domestic ability"
said Mrs. Lewis l.. Siade, the woman
VIA hos been in charge Of the War
Seryies work Of the party, "and | see
tia. Mis- Hay is still keeping her hand
o. tie rolling pin"
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
o. the National Woman Suffrage Asso-
cation. sat al Miss Hays right hand
When she wasn't receiving telephone
Message from women in charge Of up
state headquarterss and from ONO. AT
1890 she said:
New York has gone over the top.
Al We have % do now is 20 roll down
the other side 20 victory. All the
women o. the United States will now
have the vote by Federal amendment
inside Of two years. il cant be done
sooner than that, because the states
have 70 ralfy a Federal amendment by
legislative vote. u is significant tnat
the first election in which New YORK
women viii take part will be a Con-
gfessionai election.
The prejudices Of the rest Of the
country will soon be surrendered. me
campaign Of 1915 showed ug that the
education o. the voters was not com
pee. in this campaign, under the
brilliant leadership Of Mrs. Whitehouse
End Miss Hay, me voters have Deen
presented With the arguments and have
had tine % reflect upon them.
Says War Aids the Cause
The war, too. has aided our cause,
bscsuse the spiritof men have oeeh
Nssred. and they have reflected upon
ts Fundamental questions Of democ-
iaey a. they might not have done IN
t.rs o. peace. u would have been
tsZsdy improbable II this country
a4d Jagged behind Canada.
Nrs Gait then declared that she mao
been working Tor woman suffrage LOT
heniy-eiRst years.
i have always said / would WORK
iof thirty years. and then ] wouid 20
b1y farm" rhe said. "WeU, J nave
t,"o yesrs more % 10, and ] guess weII
ytzrs.
y Va eight gears ago, al suhTaHe
.,nFsntlon 40 Carnegie Hall" Bhe con
th9fe, shat ne organized New VOTE
.ohy ne Aazembiy district lines, ana
- woman Suffrage party was DORM
sac then - would take eight year,
~ ftate amendment carried. j
af tNo ysarE wrong in ny estimate,
80 zee. u bar been The most spienaio
stNyailn any state has ever had, gong
1Niiy along from gear 20 gear.
Cs4s Rolling Pin ss Gavei
W t1e midst Of an tho excitement,