Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-02

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4 caau~s fss~ rsss o.
m(Huoe. one Of our men hasn't shown uI
~ with the asseanent list,"
a xtos Catherine Hofmeistcf. the eide
! eleeef, was spokesman for the cage
< I'VE have to 10 all the way home an,
& ~ eur breakfssts before we r, 4
WuFk." she said.
N Throws Cigar Away
Jost then Paul Ealing arrived pufins
/. : cigar. When he saw the four women
I n khe polling place he threw his cigar
= oWay and took his place st the regis.
k-Ss<ion table.
HE three Misses Ho6meister then
roG1goered. They said they conduct .
HAIR -dressing estabifshment on 1hir-
tenth street, near Chestnut.
What 10 your party preference -
lffs Catherine Ho6meister vas asked.
''Republican, Of course" she re-
plied, as did the others.
Miss verda W. Fulmer, the school.
teacher who arrived With three sisters,
eave her age a. twenty Ave years. and
dh not hesitate in siving Il.
After registering, the four women
' no'"e 70 eoos "''''
4
stuart ano sister ~ po"s
IAN AUTOMOBILE drove up to the
"A rolling place At 1891 North sixty.
third street about Z 80 o'cleck and er.
Governor Stuart alishsed with his sis.
trr, Mrs. Kate Stuart Lechief.
v A. they entered the polling place to:
the former Governor.
''sit down, Governor. he said.
After nv sister" said the ef Gov
srnor. smiling.
Mrs. Lechier then registered.
She gave her occupation ~ house.
keeper for her brother, and her age as
FIFTY nine.
"How much do you weish4" asked
the registrar.
About It's pounds" Mrs. Lechler
replied, soto voice, but I don't want
the Governor to hear that"
"Of course. you're Republican, the
registrar said.
"Yes, Of course" Mrs. Lechier re-
Piled.
.H
rrANy voter, ,e~,st.,.d zen fami,le. "
M "a oo,x
- Mrs. Margaret n. burtcn' o, HVlo
Spruce street; her huseand' Seo,s
burton, and ber orotoef, Snss
Handy, registered togetnef az tne sM
tcentn DIVISION poMns p'ec ., .ns
E,ghth ward, at lwenty- seSond ana
Square section.
Inere was some aelay que % me
1r..ons it, 1. H. y;fe'. nam. Shs
aid NOT have her tar receipts with her,
ana 40 naid a no,i tar a. AID her hus.
hsna p"'u p'' '' "' ''
-aI wo,,dn,, he rev,st.rp," Mrs.
u,rton aid "orIy I tsel M, Hsrdine
r..ds nv vo,. 20 n. eiected shsii
r.ver ynts .s.,n unj.s. snch . situs.
tyon arises ss that WITH vhich we are
vc,- cnnTrorted R,t Vs,dinS rnust mot
X deSested !"
Mrs X n Rogers, 2oO5 a. J.m.s
street was che frst woman In rer;ster
sf twenty first and Rittenhouse streets,
a. ,,II;n, ni... ~ IN. sonrts.nth A.
SSs;ap E;s.th w.ed
Ms Rosers Was accomn. n;ed nv he,
A,,sh.nd u,ho Maid h.r noiJ tar
"Do I bay. 10 tell thstp she oueried
vben asked her are The as,essor
.Weli Won can saw Am tven.y.
seven" !" she replied.
A newspaper photographer tried 70
''snap" the first registrapt. but she ran
behind a door and refused to bulge un-
III the cameraman promised to forgo
the picture.
=.
~ Gordon househo,d Divided
nyHE household Of James :C,ay Cor.
j don 7, .s.;s,s NJ d,.,,;ct .t,o-r.,
q. S";,,I . ,;s,ssur 80. N..,..s..ton
aiYlaeo Poh'icaiiy' inc resis'r.'''h
reyeaied; -.
Mr; Sordon arrived win MS onde'
Mrs, Ehhaoeth heher Soreon. ane ht-
er registered nrst, giving hef addfeSs ~
<VaS Locust street
am twenty -eight. don't mind
peiiinE that, she SAID.
Asked II she wanted to register under
2 party ute MRS. GORDON glanced AZ
her husband, laughed and then asked
20 De enrolled as q Republican. She
opened her purse and paid her own poll
TAX.
When the assistant district attorney
registered he said he was Democrat.
Yes. there Is n lot Of difference In
the family. remarked Mrs. Gordon,
THE first woman to register In the
Forty -hrth ward was MRS: Anna
Ereifelder, wife OF Philip Freifsider, OF
b723 hardwood avenue. She was at