The sun., 1919-10-24
TEA FIRST WINS
VOTES FOR CHOROSH
Women at Rally for Candidate
Eat, Then Listen to Many
Speeches.
EVERY ONE REMAINS ALSO
Chance to Beat Tammany in
Judicial Election, Spell
binders Declare.

When William H. Chorosh, candidate
for Judge OF City Court In Manhattan
and The Bronx, arrived at the political
mittee gave at Delmonico's to "elect an
Embossed judiciary" he took one look
at the long table loaded with kissing tea
urns and coffee urns, sandwiches, muf-
ms cake and marmalede, one look at
the strictly feminine audience and the
rain outside, and made a decision which
ought to win him the vote OF every
woman who esteems real thoughtfulness
and tact in the opposite sex.
Don't have the speeches first" he
told Mrs. Frank ]. Shuler, chairman Of
the committee, who was arranging a
long programme of eloquence. Serve
tea first. Here are all these noble la.
dies took them all In with a sweep
ing gesture-"who come here wet and
weary to down Tammany and purify
politics. and they should have something
warm and comforting right of. Let US
put the eats first"
Colby Is Cynical.
Then it's of with your political meet
ing murmured Bainbridge Colby, who
Is old in politics and cynical: but Candi-
date Chorosh insisted that the ladies'
would be too square to eat and bolt.
Mrs. Shuler, however. demanded a prom
ise from the audience.
III you have your tea now will you
stay and hear the speechesg she asked,
and the roomful of women chorused
Yes"
1t was first class feed and everybody
made the most Of il, 30 much indeed that
the opening guns for Chorosh and a pure
judiciary were scarcely heard for the
clatter Of spoons and forks But when
finally with full stomachs the women got
down to the real business of the meeting
they proved themselves good sports Not
one departed till the echoes OF the last
speech died away.
Col. Bill" Hayward, he of a negro
regiment that helped to crush the Boche,
looked extremely bashful when he
mounted the platform. He said that this
was certainly politics de luxe and as such
unfamiliar to him.
Fellow voters" he began, and this
Is the first time 1 ever called women
that, for / went to the other side soon
after you won the ballot, I certainly
never saw a campaign rally like this.
I've made good many political
speeches. but It was generally in a dirty
hall, with broken chairs and a platform
that was not beautiful. Since none of
you left Immediately after tea 1 ap-
prove the kind of politics that woman
suffrage has brought into our midst"
Chance to Beat Tammany.
The Colonel said many nice things
about his friend Chorosh" and de-
clared there was a chance of beating
Tammany.
The candidate, when 1t came his turn
to speak. said that although Of course
he would like to be elected he would be
sufficiently rewarded for running by the
privilege of attending this gathering in
his honor. This, ladies'" he exclaimed,
"is worth as much as Judges robe
The large registration. he affirmed, was
an augury of success for the anti-Tam-
many ticket
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, suffrage
leader and member OF the national COM
mittee of women which Will H. Hays
has appointed to work with him, was a
speaker and so was Miss Helen Varick
Boswell, head OF the women's division OF
the Republican party of New York
county. Both told the women that the
eyes of the country were on the women
OF New York in this election, waiting 10
see IL they would crush Tammany, not
only by voting themselves, but by get
ting all the males they know, from the
elevator man to friend husband. to vote
right.
The committee of women organized to
back Chorosh includes Republicans
Democrats and Socialists Some OF its
members are Mrs. Elmer Blair. Mrs
Clarence Burns, DR.. Katherine Bement
Davis, Mrs. John H. Iseln, Miss Olive
Jones, Mrs Ruth Lift. Mrs William D.
Sporburg and Mrs Halsey Wilson
Their headquarters are at Delmonicos