Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30
Women Registrars
Quiz Male Voters

to her party in spite of the threatening
weather.
Mrs. John Costello, mother of Paul
Costello. Olympic oarsman, was the
first Of her family to register. She
was up at an early hour, had break
fast cooked for her husband and
her two sons. Paul and Jack, and was
too busy to do much talking except to
say she was going to register Republican
this year. Last year she registered
Democratic. but she expressed herself
as very well pleased with the present
Administration, this accounting for her
change.
The registry booths had barely opened
when Mrs. Dobson Altemus vice chair
man Of the Republican Women of Phil
adelphia County, started tour Of the
city.
In Ford automobile, and dressed for
real work. she started from the head
quarters of the women's organization,
221 South Eighteenth street. at I
o'clock. She was out on the firing
line before hundreds of voters had
reached the breakfast table. She OBJ
served the work of women registrars and
gave them assistance wherever needed.
Mrs. Alteuus, attred in a black silk
black suede shoes, attracted much atten-
tion when she entered saloon in Man
nyunk and registered
Diamond earrings and a pearl neck
lace were her only Jewels After regis
tering and visiting several other polling
places in the Manayunk section Mrs.
Altemus drove Immediately TO her or
ganization's headquarters on South
Eighteenth street
through the heart of the South Phila-
dclphia wards. She visited eighteen
polling places within two hours and
one half. and was received on every
hand with courteous attention. Many
ward and division leaders recognized
and snluted her.
In polling place near Sixth and
Christian streets, Mrs. Altemus met
Mayme Wishcr, of 010 South Sixth
street, n colored woman who told the
Republican woman leader she had left
her work at the washtub in order to
register.
Mrs. Altemus complimented the
woman on her civic pride, and after
several minutes conversation promised
to consider placing her on the South
Philadelphia committee of the Repubh-
can women.
Mrs. Altemus had visited but few
polling places when she decided to make
a practical suggestion to the regiStra-
ton commissioners. She said she was
impressed BY the obscurity of the poll
ing places and expressed the belief that
~ they were easier to find. registration
would be heavier. She will suggest to
the registration commissioners the plac-
ing Of large placards to mark the loca-
tion of the polling places.
In the Twentieth division of the
Forty Seventh Ward, the first woman
to register was Arbertha White, colored.
1T45 North Twenty first street She
arrived at the polls at 7 :O3 o'clock. She
seid she was a music teacher, and was
compelled to get up an hour earlier to
register, as she expected a crowd OF
women to be ahead of her.
Mrs. Fannie Price. 1922 South Sixth
street, believes woman's place is at the
polls, at least on registration day. She
left her child at home with its grand
mother this morning and took her place
as Republican watcher at the twenty.
seventh division polling place Of the
Thirty. ninth Ward. Up until 0 80
o'clock no one had registered there. but
Mrs. Price was not discouraged.
Eleven women were included in the
thirty three electors who registered at
the eighteenth division polling place Of
the Seventh Ward during the first two
hours.
Thomas J. Jeftries, socially prom
inent and a Pennsylvania member of
the joint Delaware River Bridge Com
mission, entered the sixteenth division
polling place of the Seventh Ward and
blinked his eyes when he beheld Miss
Catherine Mcguire seated at the reg
istrar's desk.
James Craven, another registrar, for
mally presented Mr.. Jefries TO Miss
Mcguire This function over, Mr.. JEFF
fries then unearthed lot of personal
information concerning himself, includ-
ing hls age, his height and weight. He
gave the information unhesitatlngly and
appeared to take the new order of things
with delight.
II am glad 10 see woman take her
place in the political HE Of the city
and nation" he said ealantly.
Bride. Elect Asks Question
When Miss Marian Taylor, of 1925
Pine street. daughter Of DR.. william J.
Taylor, had finished registering at the
same polling place, she announced she
planned to be married in the fall.
1--WE will live in Chestnut Hill" she
said. "Will vote here or in Chestnut
Hill?' She was instructed to vote
where she had registered at the coming
in Chestnut Hill for the succeeding cleo
ton.
She came in from the Taylor summer
home in Jenkintown to register. She
will be married in the fall to Charles
Willing, son of George W. Willing, Of
Chestnut Hill.
Mrs. Sophie Selden Rogers. of 1894
Spruce street, became indignant when
registrar at the polling place asked
her II she was housekeeper.
Il am a genealog!st, she said. II
was the registrars turn to become in
dignant when Mrs Rogers added do
you know what genealogist Isl"
He did.
Down With Wares"
81 am a Republican, but down with
the Wares she went on. Il didu t
believe in suffrage for women but now
il has been granted them they should
exercise the privilege. The present Ad-
ministration is bad, but the Wares are
worse"
One of the candidates who registered
in the fifth division Of the Eighth
Ward, Drury street above Thirteenth,
was Mrs. Edward Robins, who Is run.
ming for school visitor.
Mrs. Robins came from Media, where
she has been spending the summer, to
register. She is prominent In civic af.
fairs.
A constant procession OF women reg
istrants sought counsel of Mrs Flor
ence Still and Mrs. John Wauamakcr,
3D.. officers Of the Republican Women
OF Philadelphia County, at the head