Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-02

Girl Scouts Mind Babies
HAVING to take care Of the baby
- is no excuse today for woman not
to vote. The Girl Scouts are on duty
as children's nurses In nurseries and
other places provided for the care Of
infants near the polling places.
Wouidn't Let Dad Help
A REPUBLICAN, division leader was
"A rebuked by his daughter this morn
ing when he tried to assist her to mark
her ballot.
The division leader IL George Sher.
wood, of the fourth division of the
Twenty ninth ward. He was at the
polling place, at Twenty fourth and
Nicholas streets, when his daughter,
Miss Florence Sherwood. arrived to cast
her ballot.
As the daughter entered the booth her
father started to follow her and an
nounced he would help her mark the
ballot.
you'll do nothing Of the kind. dad
IN old enough to mark my ballot with
out any. help from you," Miss Sher-
"You win," said the division leader
"hN liz uuubhNST utI WaY. An.
parently, according to her custom.
Women Are Souvenir Hunters
MARKING crayons were scarce In
A'A the polling places after the first
hours OF voting, and the election officials
blamed 1t on the women. The crayon
with which the ballots are marked was
q handy and an obvious souvenir, and
in many divisions voters soon began to
complain that the booths were without
this necessary voting adjunct. The
county commissioners supply ten cray
ons to each division polling place.
The division officials couldn't prove it
on the women, of course, but they ar
gued that the women must have taken
the crayons because this was the frst
election they voted, and the crayons
never had disappeared before.
Miss Margaret 70. Desmond, of 257
South Sixteenth street, Republican
watcher in the ninth division Of the
Eighth ward, at 248 South Twelfth
street, solved the problem by getting a
supply of soft lead pencils, which she
loaned to the voters, collecting them
again when they were through.
Lost and Found" Bureau
60 MANY Of the newly enfranchised
~ voters left umbrellas. handkerchiefs
and other articles behind them at the
po'ling place at 1928 De Lancey street,
that a Lost and Found" bureau was
started.
The election officials were kept busy
searching for missing articles and re-
turning them at the polling place, which
is officially known as the sixteenth di
vision of the Seventh ward.
An early voter was Miss Sarah Pen
rose, daughter Of DR.. Charles B. Pen
rose and niece of Senator Penrose. Ac-
companied by her father, she voted the
straight Republican ticket.
I'm strongly opposed to suffrage, but
l felt It was my duty nevertheless to
Ex- Judge James Gay Gordon cast
his vote at a polling place at Twenty
second and Spruce streets.
Mrs. Franklin Stahl wheeled her baby,
Billy" to the polling place at 172S
De Lancey street to "gct advance In =
formation" as she put It. She said she
would return later In the day to vote
after she had studied the sample bal
lot.
Mrs. Alan Calvert, of 827 South Six
teenth street, a watcher at the, De Lancey
street polling place, declared she spill,
her ticket "but had a hard time doing
it."
Mrs. Thomas Robins, prominent ir
Republican women circles, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Elisha Lee voted together at 1924
Chancellor street, the polling place OF
the eleventh division of the Eighth
ward.
Miss Sarah Newlin, 1884 Pine street
who is more than seventy nine yeart
old, remarked as she cast her vote that
she didn't expect women to "do every
thing" In their first exercise Of the
franchise, but that some good would re-
suit.
"Oh, what do do? What do l do?''
exclaimed many women voters excitedly
as they stepped inside the polling places
and observed the election officials.
''Give them your name, give them
your name," friendly persons volun-
teered.
More than half the women who voted
were accompanied by their husbands.