The sun., 1918-11-24
HAGAN GIVES SUFFS
LESSON IN MANNERS
Tammany District Leader Is
Aroused by Babel at Din
ner to Mrs. Lilly.

Jimmy Hagan. Tammany leader in the
night at a dinner TO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
elect Mary NJ. Lilly at the Hotel Majes-
tic to teach the women voters politics
and good manners, and hard time the
doughty Democrat had. II must be ad-
mitted that II the women didn't need the
first lesson some of them did need the
second, but by the time Mr.. Hagan got
through with them they were fairly
meek.
Except for one woman falling or her
chair with a loud thud absolutely the
fault Of a waiter who hit her in the
coiffure with his tray) there was almost
perfect stiffness in the room as the last
OF Jimmy's rich Irish brogue rolled out
The reason why there was such a
clamor OF feminine tongues while Leader
Hagan was trying to explain the evils
of n-parttsanshlp is not clear. Miss
Mary Murphy and other ardent Demo-
Gratis said II was those Republican
women who thought they elected Mrs
Lilly that were making such noise
but one of the G. o. p. Lilly boomers
Democrats who drank too much vichy
and were just a little uplifted. Any
how. whoever did It. the fact n that
Leader Hagan had some cause, as he
said, ito blush with embarrassment at
the discourtesy shown -ne when I am
trying to make you a speech you should
listen to-
Two hundred and ninety OF Mrs
Lilly's friends and supporters sat down
TO the dinner. with the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
elect, radiant in n pink gown. in the
place o! honor. Mrs. Lilly's handsome
son Joseph had come UP from Camp
Dix, where he is Judge Advocate, and
sat In his uniform beamng on his
mother in a way that would certainly
have irritated anti-suffrage ladies had
any been there.
Leader Hagan. william Harmon
Black Senator-elect Abram Kaplan and
Mrs. Kaplan, Mrs. Simon Baruch. Mrs.
Lillian sire and many other Democrats
OF the district and outside II we're at
the guest table, and lesser lights sat at
other tables scattered through the room.
The postmaster Eyes, the programme
called her toastmaster--no mistress
about it)-was Mrs. Isabelle Vernon
Cook, who is a Republican but voted for
Mrs. Lilly and for no other Democrat
on the ticket.
The dinner was quite harmonious till
Jimmy Hagan started his little Lesson
in Good Manners and Politics. Mr.. Iia-
gan was told by Toastmaster Mrs.
Cook of the G.. o. p. that he could have
just FIVE minutes and no more.
"I'li say for meself AZ special guest
and for the other speakers, too, that
I'll say as much as like and as Ions
as like" he informed the gathering. AZ
leader of this district want to dis
courage the spirit Of -partsanship
that Is prevailing among our women"
Loud and increasing conversational
will those persons in the rear thate
talking have the common decency to
show me courtesy" Mr.. Hagan inquired.
Fellow Democrats, blush with emhar-
r. ssmeut. This Is not well conducted
meeting I want TO say that the Demo-
Gratis have been moro than generous TO
the women. was an anti-suffraGettc
previous to the passing OF the suffrage
bin, but when II became law I became
an ardent suffraEette. and II was me that
was responsible for Mrs. Lily's nomina-
ton. and for Gods sake don't lay her
election TO the non-partlsans."