New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
EIylan Eatless
When WOr11en9s $
Lunches Clash
Mayor Speaks, but Declines
to Accept Food at Rival
Functions of Mrs. FORSYTH
and Mrs. Childs at Hotel
Tammany Splits Tickets
Mix-Up at Commodore Puz-
zles Men Politicians, but
Chairmen Harmonious

Two Democratic campaign luncheons
and women's rallies for the Hylan
ticket were held at the Hotel Commo-
dore yesterday afternoon. Between the
for any Democrat who wasn't at Mrs.
Grace Strachan Forsyth's luncheon and
rally in the Grand Ballroom was at
Mrs. George H. Childs's luncheon and
rally in the East Ballroom. Mayor
Hylan spoke at both, but automatically
declined to eat at dinner.
All was perfect harmony between the
two chairman of the two affairs Each
issued statements to that effect. But
some of the mere men campaign man
ayers who don't understand feminine
politics were bit puzzled. "Why two
luncheons ?" they asked.
Luncheon for Each Toastmistress
They didn't understand much better
when it was explained that there had
to be two luncheons because there
were two toastms stresses, Mrs. Chlds,
who is president of a long established
club, had issued invitations to q cam
pagn luncheon and women's rally sew
eral weeks ago, and had announced
that Mayor Hyian would be the guest
of honor. But three weeks ago the
Womans Civic Committee appeared
upon the political horizon, with Mrs.
Grace Strachan Forsyth as it's chair
man.
The Women's Civic Committee pres
emily sent an invitation to the Hylan
League, which is managing the Mayors
campaign, for luncheon on October g.
This was accepted. According to men,
bcrs of the Hylan League, nothing was
said to them of rival luncheon.
Mrs. Forsyth, chairman of the
Women's Civic League, has access to
the list Of the Interborough Associa-
ton of Women Teachers, of which she
is president, and invitations wcr. sent
out broadcast to 1000 teachers Of the
city to attend her luncheon.
Tammany Remains Neutral
Between Mrs. Childs, who first
planned the luncheon, and Mrs. For
syth, who provided a total of 1,4OO
guests, it was toss-up-perfectly
amicable, of course-as to which
toss-up came out tie. Mrs. Chlds
took her 400 guests to one room and
presided over hef affair and Mrs. For
sythe took her 1,40O to the other, and
nobody went hungry.
Charles F. Murphy adroitly split one
hundred tickets between the two toast
mistresses, fifty to each, though it was
significant that he ate at Mrs. For
syth's function. James j. Hagan, Tam
many district leader, likewise split his
forty tickets, twenty twenty, and the
rest of Tammany Hall did the same,
so there was no hard feeling, none at
all.
Mayor Alone Goes Hungry
Mayor Hylan, however, was done out
of Hotel Commodore luncheon by the
eXigencies Of the harmonious situation.
He ate with neither branch of his
hotel he at once made his way TO Mrs
Childs's luncheon and made speech
Then he went to Mrs. Forsyth's party
and did likewise.
The speech called attention to the
activities of his administration in the
fields in which women are particularly
interested
"No matter how many hundred mill
ions of dollars the corporate interests
raise for this election, they will spend
it in vain" he declared.
"Cleanliness has been our watch
word-cleanlinoss both physical and
moral,' he continued due to our
Health Department, our city had the
| lowest death rate ever known for the
month of August"
Murray Hubert, Dock Commissioner
and candidate for President of the
Board of Aldermen, was a speaker at
both luncheons and repeated his re-
marks about dock improvements
The same speakers appeared at both
affairs, the complete list insisting of
Mayor Hylan, Dock Comm issioner Muir
ray Hubert, Comptroller Charles L.
Craig, First Assistant District Attorney
Joab H. Banton, Percival H. Nagle,
julius Miller, James A. Donegan, Miss
Annie Mathews, Judges Francis x
Mancuso, Joseph l.. Mulqueen, Alfred j.
Talley, S. P. La Fctra and Louis Valente.