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when the petitions were presented to
the court, or personal application made
we 40 not pass upon or decide any
questions Of the right of the petit
TONERS to vote at the November elec-
tion."
Extracts Arc Quoted
Members Of the registration board
today quoted those extracts Of the two
decisions. The commissioners said they
must be guided by the law and have nc
alternative.
Women braved the chill air and
turned out enrly for their last oppor-
tunity today to register.
Furs and boudoir caps made an ir-
resistible combination that fairly took
some registrars breath away where the
early morning applicants lined up for
enrolment at the 1886 polling places.
Women's organizations are behind a
bigger registration" drive today.
They are meeting directly the challenge
that the women Of Philadelphia are
political slackers.
Doorbell ringing was begun stimuli
taneously with the opening Of the divi-
sion houses at 7 o'clock, as part Of Of q q
city wide effort to have every qualified
woman on the voting lists. Large
signs bearing the words, Register
Here" were erected by the Republican
Women's Committee to mark the
polling places. These signs were de-
cided upon following scores of COM
plants from women who were unable
to locate the place to register at the
last two registration days.
Unless there is q record breaking
turnout today, the number Of voters
qualified to ballot for Harding or Cox
next November will be far below
expectations. To date only 284. 900
men and women have registered. Of a
total of 700 900 persons assessed. This
showing is a bitter disappointment to
the League of Women Voters, the Re-
publican Women's Committee and
other leading women's organizations.
Harry d. Wescott. Democratic
member of the board of registration
commissioners. will take his mother in
law to a polling place this afternoon
and have her registered.
Forty seventh street, the commits.
years old and the widow Of Civil War
veteran.
MRS. Peterson has always been n
Republican, "Wescott said. .'but she
Is going to vote the Democratic ticket.
She favors the League Of Nations, be-
cause she thinks 1t will prevent wars
in the future"
The registrars had not yet opened
their books when two widows. Mrs.
Sarah Bell. 4144 Ridge avenue, and
Mrs. Emma Sires, ALAG Ridge avenue,
appeared at the thirty third division
of the Thirty eighth ward, ALI Ridge
avenue.
They walked into the polling place
arm and arm, and greeted John Ty-
rell, the registrar with We're both
Republicans and"
"Wait minute" said Tyrell, for
many years a registrar. "1'll have to
swear you
Tyreil has his own way of giving
the oath. and Mrs. Bell, the first to be
examined, asked what the "hocus pocus
was all about" Tyrell explained the
truth must be told and went on:
approximate age, forty -one years."
gazing at Mrs. Bell, who IL the widow
Of Robert Bell. reserve policeman
whose station was outside the Bellevue
Stratford, and who died three years ago
Of the "fu."
Correct" replied Mrs. Bell.
weight $50 pounds?' the, registrar
continued, again making his own esti-
mate.
mo, not $50 pounds, 215," Mrs.
Bell corrected.
The widows were happy over their
registration and the trifling cost Of
their polltax receipts.
"Now we can vote as long as we
want to on these receipts, can't we?"
Mrs. Sires asked.
"No, only two years." Tyren re-
piled.
At Rittenhous Square
Among the prominent women who
registered in the Rittenhouse Square
section, seventh ward this morning.
were the following !:
Mrs. ampton l.. Todd, wife of a for
mer State attorney general, and her