The New York herald., 1921-11-09

Gosh! They came to life all al
| once" said AL Smith, Ex-Governor, as
he marvelled at the strength Of the early
morning voting. 1T all goes to show
| that you never can tell anything about
| an election"
There's no doubt that the absolute
fair Gin point of pulchritude) sex put
good manners into the sometimes un-
couth business of voting There was
| more smiling and bowling. more soft
| answers to turn away wrath. more gen.
| eral courtesy shown than has been OBJ
! served in q New York election in many
4 day.
Women, b. the way. distinctly proved
! their oapa bleness. They asked rev
questiors, not nearly as many as were
fired a. the tired poll clerks by inteili-
gent looking men. and they took much
| less time to mark their ballots. They
| seemed to know exactly how TO go about
II as rule and they seemed to know
| exactly what they wanted to do. They
were organized in applepie order, and
/ women captains We're very much on the
| Job all over the big town.
Election day--night, rather--is not set
up for Frank the Fireman. 1t means
work, mean, hustling work. All over
the city on election night. no matter
who wins or who loses, people start bon
! ires on asphalt streets. Fire doesn't do
asphalt,ng a bit Of good. and Father
KnickeI booker Is nearly broke anyway.
Chief Kenlon assigned 4 fireman and
hose ortlt to every police precinct In
the city The police supplied the con-
veyances and did the heavy work while
1i hraf
combination few bonfires got start.
| WHAT'S the III" in Major Henry II.
Curran's name stand for? Ten to one
you don't know 1t happens to stand
| for aa ,tings. The "F." in Mayor John
| Z. Hyisn's name has more familiar
| relation to most folk. It stands for
(! Francis.
| For some reason the coiored brother
| busted the sidewalks getting to the polls
bright and early yesterday. UP In LIZ
IBERIA, around the vicinity OF 135th street.
| the Black Broadway. coiored men and
women were waiting at the door when
the polls opened. The uptown Repubh-
can leaders were jubilant, saying that
the negroes had honed up the old razor
| for Hizzoner. FL
my dear" said a woman voter to her
| woman friend. why don't you have your
husband mark this silly ballot properly.
| My hubby marked mine-straighS Demo-
cratic"
well, no husband will ever mark n
ballot for me-" replied her friend with
some asperity. "I'll use my own brains: :
not some mans" -
!
Tenth eie ection district Of the Fourth AS
sembly district was Col Mari, s. Coxsan
OF 974 Cauldwel avenue. The Bronx. 80
years old and veteran of the civil war.
| II went over the top sixty years ago
i for good man." said the Colonel, shak-
ing his walking stick vigorously, and
] am doing so to-day"
Whom are you voting for, Colonel?"
None of your damned business, young
man.
! Roman Catholic Sisters from st. Vim
cents Hospital were specially remarked
IN the group at the polling place at
Seventh avenue and Eleventh street Mt
about II A. NJ. A number of men In the
crowd clapped their hands as the Sisters
appeared. They went about the new
business OF voting with swiftness and
sureness. asking no questions and taking
little time
Two women te,ephoned to Republican
headquarters from White Plains COM
planning that they had been marooned in
Westchester county by the breakdown OF
An automobile and that they hadn't a
cent Of car fare with them. Wouldn't
the committee be good enough to send a
car for them? The committee turned
down the request and maybe chucked
away two votes FOR Henry Hastings
Curran. Maybe not.
young woman clerk held up the vot-
ing In Public School 81 for nearly twenty
minutes. Not wheel could turn with
out the presence Of this particular cog.
When the mere men frowned at her she
merely said: Now don't he silly and