New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
W omen Hasten
TO Polls Early
To Avoid Rain
feminine Vote and prohibi.
tion Are Declared TO Be
Chief Factors i'm Keeping
Booths Free Of Disorder
Police Behave Calamity
Babies Cared For by Blue
coats, Who Dust Benches
for Elderly Voters 10 Rest

and precision Of old hands at the game.
In the five years since they first won
the vote in this state they have ceased
10 be q novelty in the polling places
and are now received with the same en-
yhusiasna by the captains and the same
indifference by the election clerks ma
the men themselves.
Not that they do not still add touches
Of color and variety of incidents to
the business OF recording the vote. The
Italian woman. with her old gold ear
rings and black lace shawl around her
shoulders; the Csecho-Slovak, with her
colcred apron and the sturdy baby in
her arms whom she deposits unabashed d
On the clerks table; the Park Avenue
woman whose Pomeranian accompanies
her to the polls, the aspper, with her
bssn;ng escort, al! these help make the
polling places interesting.
Women and prohibition together
helped make the polling places quiet,
siso. The vote was unusually early and
marked by almost no disorder. Miss
Helen Varick Boswell, chairman of the
women's division of the New York
County Republican Committee, who
visited all sections of the city on an
ofhcisi tour of inspection, reported at
county headquarters at o'clock that
she had been surprised at the large
proportion OF women who turned out
carly to vote.
No Sign OF Apathy
They said the people were apa-
thetic about this campaign" she said
but there was no sign Of it at the
polls. The bad weather, which one
would have supposed would have de-
layed the vote. actually helped bring
II ont early. The women were afraid
il WIS going to pour every minute and
50 they hustled out before they should
get drenched. They say a rainy day
10 bad for the women's vote, as it is
Tor the farmers, but perhaps the
women aren't go delicate after ali.
Anyway. there was a bigger proper
sion OF women voters out to-day than
ever before. More preliminary work
hsd been done among the women-that
was smother reason. The women dis
trict leaders had been more active this
fall and the quantity of campaign lit
esature sent to women exceeded any
thing We have ever had before.
AS for prohibition, whatever it does
other days it certainly seems to pre-
rent rowdyism at the polls. NY atten-
mon was drawn to that by Antonio
Aiesssndro leader Of the Cd AS
sembly District. / found him this af-
.sfnoonln polling place at It's West
houston Street, district that used to
@ extremely unruly by the late after
a,.o., s.oa DE said this was the soberest
eiecaoE he had ever seen. Even the
soseIs who object to prohibition theo-
sesleaiiy (and practically, too) had to
acmit that there had not been a drunk
90 person near the polls to-day.
another thing that has contributed
the improved tone of the polling
yiaces since women won the vote is
sns increasing number Of polling places
q school houses. The very fact that
the vote is recorded in aSschool hor.sa
seems to quell the spirit of ruffianis,f,.
iiting politics out of the realm of
xicks and cuffs and establishing it
among the respected civic operations.
Ugly things used to happen at the
polls. Nowadays the policeman is still
there. but he is likely to be busy
watching some baby toddling into a
forbidden booth.
Policemen Prove Gallant
u noticed to-day that the policemen
were particularly suave. Perhaps they
interpreted caring for babies, busting
on benches for the old ladies and open
ing umbrellas as part Of the orders
which, understand, went out FROM
aammany Hall; anyway, they prayed
the part Of Chesterfelds to perfection. i"
The voting place de luxe at the home
., Mrs. +. Louis Slade, 1s West Fifty
second Street, was visited by an un-
usually large number Of voters early
N the day. This 10 the election head
quarters that was without home early
N TIE fall. The building in which the
s.s vas formerly recorded had been
@sa down and in that neighborhood of
Iss mansions and small shops on Sixth
sIs.. Iass snere was no other suitable
s..i 2. ;hs League Of Women Voters which
;f..ass Zoe itself on civic responsibility, CT
sssinso ssnso the use of the servants dining
ys.ol w ol the frat floor of her house.
i iysslnasy nly found the district captains.
~. ~ VConnor, Democrat, and Martin
a.. Republican, gloating over their
w.,, s quarters. The room was warm,
e;sn. es;sn.aighted with electricity and spa
aens enough to permit the CLERKS to
1sfk s without crowding.
so .s. siade, accompanied By David, the
s css snat supervises her establishment,
ss;a ss;ae down to vote at 1880. David
saaisd sisd carefully at the captains, but
msnas rs gave them bark Of indorse-
j. ! II think it is splendid public serv-
SirOa On Mrs. Siade's part" said Mr..
tbanor baonnor. "We were very glad to have
,ae use quarters offered to us, and wish
~, e eitlzens would offer their homes
similar purposes"
r,"s noon Mrs. Slade sent down sand
ana ,saes and coffee to all the clerks
'aS :, captains.
.hs sae pad weather prevented many Of
aged and feeble voters who have
ssrS: sSne famous in other years from at
ling the polls, but nothing short of
T,4s,l.r s,lricane could daunt Mrs. Edward
es..e' aged eighty-nine, who always
prsSas Straight Republican ticket and
e.. s..aes herself on making the blackest
Sa. .osses in the district. Mrs. Tuttie
lsi out early at the polling place at
lexington Avenue.
.;s;. a.s. h. McAller won the laurel for
tbs aevotion by pushing herself to
A. o5e poiIs In wheel chair. She voted
Ncsn 1p East Fifty-second Street. Mrs.
w;sa. ;nlaer Is seyenty-four years old. the
bss ssow OF Grand Army veteran and
T;.seii member of the Women's Aux-
aeangg,. ag OF tho Grand Army Of the
h,s,a hne women political leaders were
sI..s.; Is throughout the day in their own
tbs. tb0n districts, but evening saw