The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10
4CATCH I'M YOUNG"
 COUNSEL SAGES OF. REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Effort Being Made to Capture FlappeF Vote-Modern Girl Problem For PoIiti-
 cal Leaders
By CAROLYN VANCE

Special Correspondent of The Age Herald
 Copyright, 1929, by The Age-Heraldl
 Washington, September s--"Catoh 'em young" counsel the sages of the republican party.
 They are sitting up O nights at headquarters devising lures for the female pledgings who are onN tho verge of casting their first vote in inc November election.
 Out of this intense activity of re- publican gray matter resulted the 'women's First Voters club" plan with its gorgeous good times calcu- lated by its sponsors to be sure thing in corraliing the fiapper vote.
 First Voters clubs have already been organized in Missouri and New York, one is in process of organiza- ton in Pennsylvania and similar clubs in other states are Tn the of- fling.
 Catch 'em young" is the advice many young men are given when they gre bent on selecting wives. and train 'em up in the way they should gc." The republicans feel that the same advice holds good in getting wonen into the party,
 Don't Trust Heredity
 They are not trusting to the forces of heredity to operate In the case of the modern girl. Somehow she has gotten herself a reputation for doing things in her own sweet way and she Is apt, this Contrary Mary of the present generation, to vote the democratic ticket this fall regardless of the fact that her dad Is a dyed in the wool republican. By paying her ardent attention the party leaders hope to keep the wilful child within the fold and at the same time lure the democratic daughters away from the parental political preference. They need very special treatment, this generation of young women. Very! It may be significant that the politicians are not making any desperate attempts to organize the 2l-year old males. Perhaps they be- lieye such efforts would be wasted as the politically spineless crea- lures would vote as their fathers have always voted anyhow.
 Began With Picnic
 Mrs. w. R. Haight of St. Louis IS <, responsible for the joAiest kind or a First voters club In Missouri. It began with q picnic last Fourth of July. and they have had many en- tertainments since. Simply scrump- tuous times they've had. Sand wiehed in with the good times of- ferad to the members of the First Voters club are lectures on repub- licar principles and n good citfzen- ship. Politicians are watching the Missouri experiment with much in- terest.
 On the other hand. Mrs. Barclay Warburton has had rough siedding with her First Voters club in Penn sylyania. After much thought she evolved an elaborate plan. But when Mrs. Warburton tried to put her plan into operation all kinds of q fuss was raised. The feature of the plan which caused the greatest hub-dub was the offer of s1,00o or trip to Europe to the woman in each dis trict who could obtain the most mem !. bers for the First Voters club.
 Bribery Charged
 sBribery." "Corruptionr These were the nasty words hurled at poor Mrs Warburton. Many republican women, who were sure Mrs. Warbur- toms motives were of the most in- nocent kind, did not approve of her plan. The League of Women Voters denounced the cash prize plan and also the idea that anybody should be pledged to vote a straight party ticket.
 "A distinct menece to the stand ards of political independence is in- volved In any proposal to cripple the intelligence of young women by getting them under a lure of a cash prize, to pledge themselves to vote for a party label irrespective of the personalities or the qualifications of candidates" stated Mrs. Lawrence