The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-05-26
277,S51 WOMEN
ENROLL IN CITY
FOR PRIMARIES
Slightly Less Than One
third of New Voters Join
Political Parties. s.
LIVELY IN GOTH DISTRICT
Red Cross Drive, Draftmen Co.
ing Away and Jewish Sab
bath Are Elements.

The result yesterday OF the enrolment
Of women voters in this city in antic-
patton OF the primary election next Sep
tsmber as made up eaf1y this morning
showed that 277.S51 women enrolled.
As by the figures Of the laat election
there are 6s5.70s enrolled male voters
m the city the grand total Of men and
women enrolled voters is 903.657.
Brooklyn led all boroughs with 110.375
snrolments Of women. Manhattan was
next with ss.o2S. The Bronx third with
H.o7S. while Queens enrolled 3S.34s and
Richmond 6.?2s. The result roughly
showed that . little less than one-third
Of the women in the city who might
have enrolled ~ members OF one of the
political parties availed themselves of
he opportunity.
Just an more men vote At the regular
than at the primary elections. 50 yes
terday fewer women went to the ballot
ing places than may be expected at the
next general election. which will decide
Issues OF Importance to them. What was
peculiar about yesterdays registration
vas not that 1t was greater or less than
Rad been expected. but that It was 50
thoroughly feminine.
During the early hours OF the day the
enrolment was light all through the
State and in New York city particu-
larry. The nrst three hours Of the en-
roment showed that in the city's 7S2
election districts about two women had
registered in each. Tho normal registra-
tion OF men would have been from 400
to 400 to a district. Judging by past per-
formances.
Busy Saturday for Women.
The reasons for this seeming lack Of
eagerness to step right UP to the polls
began to flter into the enrolment places
with the few women who took the
trouble to 60 to them while the day
was still young. They explained that
from the housewives standpoint Satur-
day was busy day and that a lot Of
marketing and what not had to be
Anished before one was free to go to .
booth that the Red Cross drive was on
and q good many women busily con-
csrnet in It: that It was a day on which
able rtgor Of the draft. were leaving
their homes for army cantonments; also
that IL looked like rain.
Inc enNOiment DOOtu6 WSIV " opoh ~
. A. VI. ard close at 10 p. NJ. according
10 promise md the rules. The ones that
ppened on the dot. speaking generally.
we're ignored for several hours before
the women began to straggle In. The
ones which were little tardy in clear
Ing their desks for action were in the
main the ones most sought by women
anxious to write the hrst signature IN
their districts.
The women's art colony OF Greenwich
Village turned out in all its bob haired
strength to record itself as early Mt the
polls. 1t enrolled mainly at 81 Sixth
avenue. and by reclamation accorded to
Miss Helen Phelps Stokes Of 30 Grove
street the distinction of being the first
20 put her name down. Miss Stokes
tave her age as 80 years and her pro-
fession that Of artist.
Miss Hay ReEisters Early.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay. chairman Of
the Woman Suffrage party in this bor-
pugh. was the first votress to enroll In
her district, which Is the Second election
district OF the Ninth Assembly district.
The place was furniture store at 507
Columbus avenue and the time four min
btes after 8 A. NJ.
The women OF the Riverside Drive
section. where the kitchens have all the
labor saving devices were out early and
In goodly numbers, and among the hrst
OF them TO put her name down was Mrs.
Morris Hiilquit. wife OF the Socialist
leader. The Hillquits live at 21+ River
ode Drive. Mrs. Hillquit put her name
under the Socialist emblem, Of course.
Both in The Bronx ard In those sec
tons ot Manhattan where there Is a
large infusion OF foreign blood the en-
rolling was light all day. Brooklyn
Gol away TO a bad start, but like Man
haitian recovered itself later in the day.
and AZ the closing hours after dinner
time tho enrolment places were as busy
as Fulton street department stores dur
Ing the last nights before Christmas.
in Queens and Richmond the enroll
ment booths had been visited by most OF
the women OF their neighborhoods by
o'clock IN the evening.
Women political workers and leaders
Were active all day In the business OF
getting out the vote" both in the popu-
lous boroughs and in the suburbs. In
many districts Republican and Demo-
cratic women captains and workers were
~ It from sun up to bedtime.
Keen Rivalry In Twentieth.
There was especial activity among the
women Democrats Of the Twentieth As
semply district OF Manhattan. where two
rival women's organizations participated
In the work Of inducing women Demo-
eTats to enroll.
In that district the rivalry had its
genesis in the recognition by Frank j.
Hendrick. the Tammany leader. OF Mrs.
Kate Kelly instead Of Mrs. Catherine
htusker. Now. as Mrs. McCusksr had
formed the first women's club In the
cis'r!ct and started IL several months
before any other woman had thought Of
one she felt herself entitled to the rec
ignition which went elsewhere. Her
neutenants went to every house In the
District containing woman more than
o. years old and stated the case frankly
Mrs Kelly. however. declared after
s'o, ng time last night that her faction
TAD got out the strongest registration.