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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
TALKING POLITICS ON THE EAST SIDE

up to see the Mayor? And what did he do?
He sent men on horses to drive them away!-
that's what he did,"
"But"- the girl began.
NO. they had their chance" she was inter
rupted. $50 I told my husband he wasn't to
vote for them this time. He voted for the
Democrats Now, they're in, We'll see what
they can do. And next time will vote for the
Socialists They promised to do big things, 1
heard them before election. Yes" she said, 81
believe in giving them all choncep'
"And your business?" said the girl "Will
votes for women help your business too?"
"Ah, my dear, yes" she replied. 1.-THE poor
old ignorant women-when they learn to vote
they will learn other things. They are so
crazy now. Why, when the old pedlers go to
the houses to buy up the old brass and copper
kettles and pans and candlesticks-what do
you think they say?-the poor old silly women.
They tell the pedlers that they are German
spies and ought to be mobbed. They think
the old pedlers going to send these brass
and copper things to Germany to melt up and
use to kill their sons. And I say how could
they get them to Germany?-the poor old ped
lers who have to make their living in this way.
Oh, these old women-they must learn better.
III tell you, my dear, the pedlers have to live,
too. Yes voting will teach the women MANY
things. They must study, and study and learn
some sense. We will all be better off,"
little girl ran into the shop and began pull
ing at her mothers skirts.
"My reettn' '-where's my 'neetin'?" she
walled. The mother smiled at the girl. "You
see," she said, producing two diminutive needles
from her ample pocket-two little crooked knit
ting needles tangled hopelessly up in a bit OF
learning young Now. She knits; some day she
will vote, and I will teach her tae right way
She is five now, but she is smart. She knows
as much as do about some things" She smiled
proudly. With sweeping glance at the mel
low old brasses on the shelves, she made her
comparison. She Rugged the untidy little bit
or humanity up close. "The best thing in the
shop" she said. as the girl turned to leave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
By NANCY FITzHUCH R1CHEY

WAS dark and cold in the little Russian
brass shop, colder than it was out
side, the girl thought as she pushed the
door open. brass bell dangled queer, hol-
low bell that hung down in a cluster, like
stalactites from the roof of cavern. The
place seemed like cavern this afternoon, so
dark and cold
Then, from somewhere in the back a light
flashed on, and another; then the familiar face
Of the Russian woman smiled out of the
shadows at her. With an old red sweater
wrapped about her, she stood, shivering, amid
the soft richness of the brass and copper
eve hat JUS leetle COAL" she told the girl
"My husband he had to stand in line four
hours to get tan it cost so much. Oh" she
said, ~ Worried and worried about him-I
Worried till vas seek"
Then she frightened. Didn't the girl think
. it would help now that the women had the
vote? All, women knew how important food
was: they were the ones that worked with it
and tried to stretch dollar to cover food for
three or four small mouths. Surely women
could do something.
can amt We waited long enough for it?" she
asked "Ain't ve?"
Her husband did not care very much about
politicks. she said-that was just the trouble;
men didn't want to bother. But women did.
All they wanted was chance, and they
were going to have it.
eyes" she stated emphatically, we've waited
long enough"
'Then you know more about politics than
YOUR husband does?" the girl said tentatively.
"Ah-h-h-h." 1t came triumphantly.
"Ain't bin a-goin' regular to tn Settlement
House to the Sunday lectures. An amt l
bin a-takin' my friends-all tn vimmen
know? Amt they told us what to do? Amt
they told us to stick togedder and do things
like-like--you know
like the mem" the girl asked her.
eyes. like them" she replied softly, with
s;de-glance at her husband. Seeing him alb
aorbed in exhibiting the beauties of shining
candelabra she went on: Like Them" she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Spring Styles i'm Ear
Mut9S
By NANCY WOODS WALBURN
n n OST Of US when we think of head pro-
wi tectors think solely in terms of he'll

M n OSI or US When we think Of head pro-
wi tectors think solely in terms of he'll
NETS and caps. Yet there is an in
genious forehead and ear protector that gives
warmth and comfort all out Of proportion to
its size. This is the knitted ear protector IL
Illustrated, already we'll known and popular in
France with the men of our allies, although
yet little known or circulated among our
own men.
Particularly at this season are the reasons
for it's adoption and popularity we'll worth cit
ing. In the first place, men in service are said
to dislike ear muffs because there is nothing
military looking about them to go with uni
form. And yet between the gap of the severe
zero weather, with its protecting helmet, there
are the bleak winds of March and early
spring when men on duty feel the need of adj
ditional warmth other than that of army hat
or cap. This is said to be particularly true in
France, where the high winds are chill and
penetrating often late in the spring Here
our men will be on night duty. motor service.
listening post and the manifold other duties
which must necessarily be performed at night.
For such this unique little headpiece
seems especially adapted, for it can be carried
in the pocket and slipped on or off in trce
when needed. Although it thoroughly warm.
the forehead and ears, it has no bulky feas
ures. and when folded up is a third the size 81
an army glove.
Directions for making these useful little pro
tectors as given by Miss Marjorie Wainwright
are:
Ear protectors with head band.
One-third hank knitting worsted.
Two bone amber needles, No. IS, or two
steel needles, No. TO-
Cast on is stitches, always slipping first
stitch. Knit in plain garter stitch for Is ribs
Increase l stitch each row as work is reversed
until there are "a stitches The needle Work
6 ribs of Sd stitches. Decrease l stitch each
row until there are 16 stitches. Knit plain IS
ribs of 16Sstitches Increase as in first part
of directions for second ear protector and de.
crease same until there are 16 stitches Knit
II ribs and sew together, completing band
One hank will make three sets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

buying them. l give the little girl milk and
the two boys and the father get smoked fish
for breakfast For me, it doesn't matter so
much-coffee and rolls will do for me. But for
then-where will IL cents worth Of whitefish
go? Where will it go? Oh, it is dreadful
this great big price for evcrything!"
"Women will be able to do something about
it all" she said confidently, "now that they are
going to have the chance"
The girl asked her for whom she would vote,
and she laughed.
81 going to vote for the Socialists" she
said. "My husband won't like it, I'm afraid,
but l can't help it. l want to give them
chance. My husband-he's a Republican,"
"And why aren't you going to vote the Re-
publican ticket, too?"
"And why should I? They didn't do any
thing. They had their chance, too. Why, when
onions were Is cents a pound and the poor
people couldn't buy anything because every
thing was so awful high-didn't the women 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Some Suffrage
Happenings
By SARAH ARLINGTON REID

N OSTON, the old stronghold of anti
N suffrage, is showing strange signs of
a change Of heart, and with the six
most prominent newspapers in the city advo-
eating Votes for Women, the reactionarles are
facing the Federal Amendment campaign in
Massachusetts with no great confidence. In
Cambridge the city council recently went on
record as favoring the passage of the amend
ment
The sufragists of Connecticut are on the
sarpath for Senator'S Mclean and Brandegee,
sao are waiting, they announce, for "a man
cate from the people" before they make any
Promises to vote for the Federal Amendment
Wen it comes up for action in the United
states Senate. The suffragists are, therefore,
oy system Of letters, kilograms and news
paper publicity, endeavoring to supply the
mandate" go that their Senators may be no
'enyer in doubt as to what Connecticut wants
n the way Of woman suffrage.
Inc West Cairo, Allen County, Ohio Farm
e'S institute recently passed resolutions call
ing upon Ohios United States Senator'S to
vote for the Federal Amendment.
In the little town of Findon, England,
N0rnans village council has been set up, and
'aea questions as housing, infant welfare and
'aucation are discussed. All the village officials
are women, and it is said that "neignborliness
y one Of the prime attributes Of the hamlet"
Inc Council Of Women's Organizations, COM
s's'ng $50 organizations in this city engaged
war activities, has arranged to hold field
Nay IN Albany on Tuesday, March 10, in
D'oer that all woIacn who are interested in
containing rds Of labor legislation for
~mhen and children throughout the war may
~ npaess by their presence at the Capitol on
t s.as aay their approval disapproval Of Ger
M NJ. bilis. Chief among these is the Wagner
ss'h',fourn Wage bill, on which there will be q
,,sm.ss,,'ng before the Labor and Industries Com
. n's,se on March ~. Delegates from the $50
s,ahsns organizations Will 20 to Albany To
re- Their hearty support in the new role Of
u0spsetiye voters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

Her last news Of him had been that he was
employed in large manufacturing plant at
Perth Amboy. If he were alive and had not
become naturalized she could not vote, despite
her American birth, but if he were dead she
could reclaim her citizenship. On investigation
it found that the man had died some
months ago, and 1 regret to state that her
grief over her bereavement was completely
forgotten in ner JOY at the thought Of freedom
and repatriation.
There a great difference in the attitude
of the women of the different nations in regard
to their newly acquired citizenship. We found
the Russian women were much more keen to
learn than the Italians, although this may have
been due to the fact that the Russian husband
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

rather, nement-to-tenement, canvass. All
sorts of new and unexpected phases crop up
every day, so that the work is never monoto-
nous.
For instance, there was the case of woman
who was married to an Italian with whom she
had not lived for twelve years. At the time
that she had left him he had taken no steps
toward citizenship, and she was anxious to
learn whether he had become citizen in the
Interim as she wanted to use ner new preroga-
tive and vote. She gave US the address of the
gentleman in question, and we called upon him
at his fruit stand just around the corner. He
informed US with great pride that he had just
taken out his second naturalization papers, and
he sent his compliments to his wife and his
congratulations on her becoming a citizen.
This simpler than the one of
woman in the next house, who was American
born, married to Russian gentleman of whose
fate she blissfully ignorant, as she had
not seen or heard from him in several years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

is more in sympathy with modern ideas than
the Italian.
"Ma wife she know how cook the spagette
an she know how maka the flowers of cloth
it is ALA right. She no goes in plaza ALA man
maka the laugh on her when she maka vota.
No, me, maka vota for all my family! TAXA
care gooda President alta Washington Ma
wife she no trouble with country: she maka
flower of CLOTH" was the ultimatum of one lord
of creation. But directly his back was turned
his little, bright-eyed wife whispered in nv
ear:
Lady, go thata school. You tella me the
night. My husband he go out at nighta.
wait and go thata school. He be prouda when
l reada the English. He American citizen.
be little American citizen"
1t is not always easy to approach these
women of the tenements. They are nat
urally shy and suspicious of strangers. but
If there is baby, and there nearly always
Is baby the ice is soon broken, for no
two women can lean over a baby's cradle
together and remain strangers for more
than minute. Older children who at
tend the public schools are of the greatest
help IN this campaign, for they are usually
secretly ashamed of the mothers ignorance of
English, and hail with joy any opportunity for
her to learn. In nine cases out of ten thew
offered to mind the baby" on the evenings
when the mother attended the classes at the
Settlement House.
These same children often accompanied us
on our visits to other residents of the big tene
ment house and acted as missionaries and in
terpreters
'Ah, go on, Mrs. Gallant; faint goin' ter
cost yer nothin'. My mothers gon' ter learn
English, but you know English and these
ladies is ter learn yer ter be suffragette an
wear badge. Gee, you'd look great in q
parade!" was the inducement held out bv a
ten-year-old Italian boy
The attitude Of the men in the Russian
quarter makes the work there much SIMMER
This is the great Socialist district. the cele
brated 9TH Assembly District, which in tho
recent election poled the largest majority
for suffrage of any Assembly district in the
state. Here it is considered an honor to be
a citizen and places one on a very high rung
of the social ladder. It is the last cry in class
distinction. We saw very amusing instances
of this in house way down near the Ease
River
Mrs. Wolnsky and Mrs. Kaufman were in
dulging in their daily alteration in the mar
row hall which separates their respective ten
ements, and the stairs and halls from cellar
to roof were lined with interested spectators.
The battle was almost over and we were JUST
in time to hear the parting shot.
Il don't speak no more" Mrs. Wolinskv
was saying in closing; 81 am ashame for talk
with peoples like you. Your man he been
in this country ten year an he aind got his
first papers out already. Bah. My husband
is citizen, Mrs Kaufman, and you listen
what tell you that you dom know maybe
am citizen, too" and she stalked into her
apartment at the rear and closed the door
with bang.
Mrs. Kaufman literally skunk into the apart
ment on the front Of the house to hide her
diminished head. There was nothing more to
be said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

repeated in whisper-"but dom things, not
just votin' and talkin politicks!'
The pendant bell tangled again, and she
turned toward the new arrival Absentmind-
edly the girl picked up her carefully wrapped.
sconce and started toward the door. Doing
th'ngs-sticking together-reducing the cost
of hv1ng-they kept going through her mind.
This woman, who couldn't speak English had
SAID them to her. She was still thinking about
1t when she entered the next brass shop.
Again she encountered the vote. And
strangely enough, it was scarcity of coal and
soaring prices of food that brought it out to
play among these brasses, too. This woman
was very motherly, but not quite so progress
slve as her neighbor. But the same lack of
coal made her shiver the same lack of certain
articles of food filled her with anxiety
My dear" she said, in her harassed voice,
with eggs 80 cents dozen last week. don't
even ask the price of them now I've stopped
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

II III
mA!l ate in amy language, have sud-
denly, without their own wish
=, intention, blossomed out into full fledged
voters
Two hundred thousand voters as ignorant as
,uwborn babes and absolutely at the mercy Of
.be political CRATER and ward heller unless
somebody starts to work at once to prevent the
catastrophe
"Serves the suffragists jolly right" crows
Mrs. Anti-Sufrage. "They have brought it
down on their own heads and the responsibility
is all theirs
AQuite right, madam" we reply, land they
are not going to dodge one iota of that respon-
sibility"
In point of fact, the Woman's Suffrage party
went into this campaign with its eyes wide
open, and you may be sure that they did not
overlook tae education of those 100000
alien women when they were laying out
their plans for future activities. Moreover, the
last election returns were barely in before they
set to work on this problem.
To educate two hundred thousand ignorant
women so that by next November they will be
qualified to go to the polls and cast an honest,
intelligent vote is a herculean task Aside
from lteracy there are all sorts of other
difficulties to overcome. In the first place there
is the natural shyness of the peasant woman;
her ignorance of anything outside the four
walls of her home Ignorance which is the in
heritance Of generations) the opposition of
male relatives to anything that tends toward
the enlightenment of their women; the lack of
time for study the difficulty of leaving small
children alone in the house while the mother
goes to citizenship classes, and so forth and so
on. 1t seems hopeless enough when you first
realize what It means, but wnen you remember
that the the Woman's Suffrage Association has
wonderfully equipped organization, the full
power of which can be turned upon this work,
things begin to look a little brighter.
Furthermore the Woman's Suffrage party
in its various campaigns has canvassed very
thoroughly all the foreign districts and is per-
fectly familiar with the conditions there, be-
sides which it has for this work the help and
cooperation of the social settlements and
churches and schools of the neighborhood.
California and other Western states where
the women have the right to vote have mad
10 thrash out the same problem, albeit on a
mailer scale, and it has been their experience
hat the only way to reach these foreign born
Rsmen is by house-to-house canvass. So that
is the nlodus operandi of the committee of the
Woman's Suffrage Association which is taking
Charge of this branch of the suffrage work
"fhe Americanization Committee" it is called.
This committee has appointed leader for
cath Assembly district and this leader plans
tie work for a corps of volunteer helpers. And
tais is where you come in, my friend, if you
are woman and have any spare time on your
hands and feel that you would like to do some
thing "for your country and your flag" Send
in your name to the New York State Woman's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

N1AAAA oSC @2ooOCIdClOu dIiO VIII give you al
East Side block, on the inhabitants Of which
you can use all your fascination and powers of
persuasion. But please don't volunteer unless
you are real human being, with real sym
pathy and real live interest in these foreign
women, for if you lack these qualities you will
be hindrance instead of help and you
would be better rolling bandages for the Red
Cross.
I'VE want women who are not afraid to hold
a teething baby and who can tell the mother
how to take the rust spot out of Rachel's Sun
day frock. It's the personal element that we
must put into it," said one of the district lead
ers. settlement workers are the best helpers,
of course, but there are hundreds of other
women who have the human understanding
sympathy which necessary for this work.
We want those women and we want them right
now! Tell them that it's war work. because
these foreig n women are talking among them
selves against the war and sowing seeds of
discomfort and discord just because they are so
ignorant about this country and what it stands
for that they don't understand in the least why
we are in this at all. 1t is our Job, there
fore. not only to make intelligent voters of
them but patriotic citizens as we'll On, it's
war work all right"
In every one of these Assembly districts an
information centre has been established, either
in the neighborhood settlement or in the parish
house, or sometimes in political clubroom
where the women Of the district can meet on
certain evenings in the week for instruction in
citizenship. Already twenty-five of these CEN
tres have been opened, but these, of course,
cater only to the needs of the Englsh-speak-
ing women. For the others there are evening
classes where English is taught.
1t is only matter of time before our natu-
ralization laws will be amended to suit the new
conditions which the enfranchisement of women
has brought about, but at present these laws
weird and wonderful November will be
here before we know it, and as nothing can be
done toward changing these laws before that
crucial day, when two hundred thousand for
eign-born women march to the polls and fill out
a ballot, it behooves US to work with all our
might to help these women to knowledge of
what it all means.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

From Sweden, from Turkey,
from Russia and from Italy,
north, south, east and west
they have to sit down
in the Kingdom of Freedom.
Photographs by Thompson
The naturalization laws are very strict for
the forelgn-born man. In order to become a
citizen he has to make five tests: He must
speak English, he must be of good character.
he must have lived here five years, he must
prove that he is ATTACHED to the principles of
the Constitution" and he must take the oath
of allegiance to the United States.
But what about his wife? Bless you her
citizenship was mushroom growth. She didn't
have to answer all sorts of tiresome questions,
not she! She just simply woke up one morning
and found herself citizen (that is, provided
that she had lived in New York State for five
years.. All this refers to the married women.
Single foreign born women must apply for cit-
zenship in their own right, but they have to 20
through the form of naturalization like that
of the men.
Think of it, these immigrant women who
have automatically become citizens can now
vote upon candidates and measures of which
they haven't the slightest knowledge or under
standing, but which are Of very vital impor-
lance to the American people. Of course this
will all be changed when the august body at
Albany gets around to it, but meanwhile the
work of enlightenment and education must go
on, and that with all speed for, remember No
vember is only six months off!
And if you do fit to volunteer and help
in this capaign you will find it exceedingly in
teresting work. I know for l spent several
days during the past week with various voun-
teer workers in their house-to-house, or,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
By ELENE FOSTER

WO hundred thousand foreign
born women in New York City.
more than half of whom are
absolutely ignorant of the
English language and fully
two-thirds of whom are litter
ate in amy language, have sud-
denly without their ourY, mich
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
GAY HUEs IN PETTlcoATs.

Petticoats are said to be going out of fashion because narrow skirts are coming into fashion again. Neverthe- less, there are many women who will never be prevailed upon, style or no style, to discard the most feminine garment of the wardrobe.
 For them has been provided many charming models of soft silks and of chiffon taffetas. These materials do not add any pereeptible bulk to the silhouette, while they give just enough backing or foundation te-the dress to preserve the original lines.
 The black pettieoat is a rarity One no longer considers the extremeIv practical phase of dress, but regards it more or less of a duty to wear cheerful clothes. If purple and scarlet, green and yellow are too pronounced for outer habilaments then they may be merely glimpsed beneath the tail-
 ored skirt or the trotteur of serge or satin.
 It is a pretty idea to have the petti- coat match the trimming of the milli- nery or of the gown, if the latter shows garniture of a contrasting color. Some women have the petticoat of a color corresponding with the hosiery; , but if the former is very gay, it is
 questionable taste to extend it's jubi- lant note to the ankles and thereby practically destroy the charming ef- feet of the color suggestion in the un- | dergarment