New-York tribune., 1921-11-09


up the delinquent voters in the after
noon were almost unnecessary. because
the womsn fiocked to the polls in the
morning. By noontime more than half
the vote had been cast throughout the
city, and in many districts the total
had been reached by 4 o'clock in the
afternoon.
The business women voted before
o'clock, on thei, way to work. The
market basket voters came next, fol-
lowed by the women with baby car
riages on their way to the parks or
the srnny side Of the street Workers
OF both parties were in readiness to
assist the mothers by caring for the
babies while the votes were being cast.
Official watchers wore badges, and in
the congested districts the mothers had
heen warned by Their election districc
charge of baby, fearing possible kid
napers.
Cast Their Ballots Rapidly
Voting was rapid and precise, accord
ing to many women watchers who
have seen service at the polls for four
years, ever since the women Of New
York won the vote in 1917. They said
that the women had evidently studied
the tickets closely and made up their
minds exactly how they intended to
doors of the ballot booths closed be-
nind them it was simply question Of
how fast they could make their crosses.
For this son, perhaps, the polling
places were So IN crswded, in IN rked
contrast to l"st year, when the Pres
ident'al election brought out great
crowds Of women who had to sta I'd in
line for one and two hours before
reaching the election clerks. Approx
mately $4,000 fewer women voted this
.ear than last.
Many polling. places showed fem!-
nine touch. There was, FIR example,
the music store in west Thirty-ninth
Street, where Miss Lava Skinner pre-
sided as Republican district cap a n
and Miss Florence Kavanaugh as the
Democratic capita n. These two, sworn
enemies over purely poll ical matters,
were as Alphonse and CASTOR in per-
sonal etiquette. Miss Skinner wore two
Pink roses pinned to her breast, the
cift Of Miss Kavanaugh, and a similar
token of affabilitv nodded in Miss Kav-
anauoh's frock. Great punches of roses
and yellow chrvsr rnthemums graced the
rear of the store, where the mus clans
had retired for the day, came the
strains of festive guitar Rusty, the
musical terrier, frisked about among
the voters. wagglng an appr Jving tail
as his friends appeared.
I'VE even have candy to complete the
feminine touch" laughed Miss SIX nner
"See, Mr.. Cardani. tae Republican can
didate for the Board of Aldermen, sent
l.
shall divide them evenly between the
parties"
Miss Skinner was rafting the door
Of the music store at twenty minutes
past yesterday morning, but it was
some time before Epi, the proprietor.
apue~s-d.
81 cold my sister to set the alarm
click, but she forgo+," he aoologized.
The women who have been working
hardest for the election of Curran Put
in the hardest day of the campaign
yesterday. Miss Mary L. Wood, chair
man OF the W mems committee at the
Murray Hill Hotel. was first to vote
at a. m; in her polling place in the
Ju ia Richmond High Schoo. where
later in the morning Mr.. and Mrs. Gu
ran also voted. This was one of the
places where the WON an outnumbered
the men, ten to one, in the early morn
ing vote, owing to the great number
OF business women livirg in the small |
apartments off Fifth Avenue.
After voting, Miss Wood returned TO
her desk in the Murray Hill Hotel.
where she kept finger on the pulse
of the election through corps Of
women inspectors.
We have had only few calls of
distress" she said at c ng time.
There were two women who called up
to say that when they registered the
clerk had neglected. to make them siy,a
their. names, and to-day the election
board had denied them vote. | ad-
vlsed them about consulting the board
of elections
Mrs. Edward S. Van zile, chairman i,
OF the Women's Cooperative Anti-Tam-
many Committee, voted at 10 q. m. and
then worked until the ballots were
counted in the barber shop at 279 Third
Avenue, the 18th Election District of
the 10th Assembly District. This is
the polling place nearest to Tammany !
Hall headquarters, on Fourteenth |
Street. and IS presided over by Tam