Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-03-23
Miss Florence Minis Casts First
Ballot in Aurora, Minnesota.

miss Florence Minis Casts First
Ballot in Aurora, Minnesota.
Dear Advertiser:
It has been said that no one is so
enthusiastic over subject as he who
knows nothing about it. That is true
concerning myself and politics. a
All the town here has been excited
for days over the election which took
place in Aurora a short time ago.
1 went to the polls for the first
time in my life, and such sensation,
I am afraid I created! 4
In the first place l had such names
as these to choose from: Knezivich,
Knuti, Lunkhoven, Anttila, Kliemo,
Korenchen, Danculovic and Rebro-
vich, and many others quite as tom
gue-tying.
The first place my friend and I ap-
preached was the fire department
where the polls for the township vot-
ing were held. On the outside of the
door were the words 'No Admit
tance Except for Business" but /
thought I had sufficient business on
hand, so I walked in. There sat a
group of foreigners ranged around sa
long table. Through all the perfornnss
ance of voting 1 had an uncontroEs
liable desire to laugh, for had talked
so much about votes for women and
had thought so much about it, and
when the actual voting came was,
hopelessly ignorant as to what y
should do. &:
I took the lengthy sheet of yellow
paper and walked into the booth be-
hind the little blue curtains arranged
along the side of the wall. AS to the
laws that governed such occasions, 4
had no knowledge whatsoever, and
felt terribly cooped up. Consequently.
called my friend before the whole
assembly and asked her if we could; q;
consult each other. She was shocked,
and made no answer, and l didn't
quite know what to think. Finally,
I made a mark opposite sufficient
number of foreign names, and started
[out waving my ballot in the arr M ss
custodian Of the ballots said, Fold
that up, please and another man
said "You are telling all the secrets
on your ballot" So I obediently fold
ed it up.
1 suppose they were laughing at
me, all of them, and my friend made
no pretense, but thought it very fun
ny and said that I should have known
all about voting when / went in.
I.suppose that women are expected
to have some divine inspiration as to
what to do under such circumstances,
but 1 happened not to have.
The policeman who sat with his
large club and silver star shining like
Cyclop's eye, grinned as 1 passed out,
thinking "what else could be expect
ed from these newly privileged crea-
tures?"
1 was wildly excited like some
Gagged animal let out, and with just
as much idea about the technique of
voting, but you may be sure that /
investigated certain cases and had
some idea of "who was who" in Au-
rora before I attempted to put my
cross mark by some of the names, for
after all, it is the upright man for the
Office for whom women in the very
large majority stand.
When we left each other, my COM
panion and I, to 60 to our respective
places of residence, I said, 81 shall
see you this afternoon" and she said
she would perhaps see me behind the
bars, for I had broken all the laws
concerning voting. Ignorance is
bliss" thought / and I enjoyed
voting immensely, but shall never
be happy doing it again, for all my
past knowledge that / acquired that
day will give me too much of an add
ed responsibility.
Twas very much amused on talking
to the music teacher who said that
for certain office she had voted for
John Ukulele. l wondered who he
could be and on looking over the
sample ballot / found name with
many us and rs and she had called
it ukulele,. because that was the near
est she could come to the pronuncia-