The New York herald., 1921-11-09
WOMEN VOTERS GO
EARLY TO THE POLLS
Majority of Them in Many
Districts Cast Ballots
Before Noon.
LEADERS ALSO PROMPT
.Srstivity Prevails at Some
Polling Places, With
Flowers and Music.
MRS. TIFFANY ON ALERT
Discovers Dozen Persons Voted
From Address Where They
Are Not Known.

That favorite tradition about women
always being late to everything was
pretty well punctured by their early
appearance yesterday at the polls in
practically all districts. The voters
and leaders were on the job before the
polls were open, in some instances
and it is safe to say that never before
in the history of municipal election
and this is the first in which the re-
Gently enfranchised have participated
were the majority of the voters
checked off so early in many of the
districts.
Apparently the women took spe-
cial pride in voting before noon. When
captains sent around to their houses
after luncheon to find out why late
voters had neglected to fulfil their
civic obligations they usually respond
ed by appearing in person ready to
mark their ballot or word came by the
captains delegate that the absentee
would be there in half an hour or an
hour, as the case might be.
Wherever you saw a woman wearing
a blue and yellow sash or special
political badge you felt quite safe in
checking your baby or your dog with
her or asking her to hold parcel while
YOU stepped into booth to mark your
ballot The League of Women Voters
and the Republican Committee of One
Hundred and members of other women's
organizations who wore these colors
were ready to perform any of these SER
vices in order to facilitate voting.
Accessories of Femininity.
In some of the polling places an air
OF festivity prevailed. This was accen-
tuated by the vases of flowers, boxes
Of candy and music, which made it seem
more like a tea than a political contest
Quite the gayest voting station which
reporter had time to include in a jaunt
from Old Maids Alley in the Morning
side Heights district to the Tammany
stronghold was at 6S West Thirty-ninth
street, where voters of the Thirtyfifth
Election district and the Tenth Assembly
district helped to decide the fate of the
parties candidates Miss Laura Skin
ner is the Republican leader there and
Miss Florence Kavanagh is the Demo-
cratic leader. The greatest friendliness
prevailed In this music shop where the
tables and desks were decorated with
themums, and Epi Stathopoula, son Of
the proprietor of the music store in
which the votes were cast, played dream
lily on a ukelele while ballots were
marked.
Epl apologized to both the district
captains for his remissness In not hav-
ing the store unlocked at 5 20 A. NJ,
when Miss Skinner arrived prepared to
take up her duties. His sister had been
n tbt rloCl<
waken Epi in plenty Of time. She set
the alarm but forgot to wind the clock
and Epi was Mortified when he heard
Miss Skinner down in the street before
Dawn calling for him to throw her the
key.
The rest of the day he devoted to
twanging a guitar or picking the strings
os ukelele. Epi also had three pleas
ant pups there to amuse the watchers
when they weren't busy or to act as a
bodyguard in case things got at all
rough. But Rusty and his sister Fanny
and the infant puppy. Mogul, had moth
ing to do but play and received pettings
all day.
Louis F. Cardani. Aldermanic cam
didate for reelection in the Tenth AS
sembly district, sent over a huge box
of chocolates IN the afternoon for the
ladies.
Actresses living in the theatrical
boarding house district voted at 100
West Forty sixth street in a public
school where Mrs. Charlotte Farrar.
secretary of the cooperative committee
of the womens division of the coalition
committee. had charge. She is the cap
tain of the district, which is the Forty
fifth Election district Of the Tenth As
sembly district Several babies were left
with women while their mothers voted.
the youngest of the infants being three
months
Two Blind Men Vote.
Two blind men voted there and each
was accompanied to the booth by in
spectors from the two major parties.
One marked the ballots at the voters
direction while the other kept watch.
Two women from the Second Assem-
ably district in The Bronx arrived in an
agitated state of mind at the head
quarters of the League of Women Vot-
ers. 81 West Thirty y-ninth street, to find
out IL members of the election board
were permitted to wear campaign but
tons. They told Miss Mary Garrett
-.--.---s--------------- -----------.------>-