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Jekyll-Hyde Life of Schrank, Roosevelt’s Assassin, Revealed--Student of Herr Johann Most, Anarchist
ONCE THREATENED THE JUDGE WHO HAD RULED AGAINST HIM IN SUIT
Would-Be Slayer a Peaceful Property Owner at
Times and a Violent Maniac at Others.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—John Schrank,
* tried to assassinate ex-Presidei}t
Roosevelt in Milwaukee Monday even
og as in his early days in this < oun
an ardent admirer of Herr Most, the
. nistic Socialist. When Most was
g . rested and sent to Blackwell’s Island
a r. a rears ago. Schrank became his
B nen and ardent disciple, preaching in
St Marks place on “The Rights of the
Downtrodden.” When Most died
Schrank tried to start a fund for a
monument to the anarchist.
In the lunch room at the White House
hote’ at No. 156 Canal street, where
S. -uh lived for a time, were found
. of Presidents Lincoln.
,; n !1< / McKinley and Roosevelt.
At The Homestead,” No. 148 Cooper
gtreet. Brooklyn, where Schrank lived
for several years, he never ceased to
•alk about President McKinley and his
assassination. It was the one subject
«T!cb always opened Schrank’s gloom
uttering mouth.
Until last January Schrank seamed to
have plenty of money. having inherited
'he entire estate of his uncle. Dominick
Flammang. But last February he went
to work as lunchman and porter in a
Brooklyn saloon for $9 a week. After
four weeks’ work he quit and then sued
•he saloon keepers for sll. When Judge
Strati decided the case against him
Schrank wrote him a. threatening let
t»-, in which be told Judge Strahl that
he was "the oppressor of the poor peo
? and a rich man’s judge,” and that
(Schrank) bad been “appointed” to
(Ten the poor people's score against
Judge Strahl.
In Schrank’s quarters were a number
of eartoons from various anarchistic
,r < Socialistic organs tending to show
that “this is a rich man’s country,” "A
poor man can not get justice here,”
■Down v ilb the ricit,” and many others
o' that nature on which Schrank fed
hit eyes daily.
Sole Heir of Aunt.
Schrank was the nephew of Mrs.
Dominick 1 lammang. The Flammangs
(waled a joint will on February 28.
1?"6, ' hii'ii not only made Schrank the
<■< .mor of their estate, but also their
so ! <- heir. This will was admitted to
probate by Surrogate Cohalan on March
1911, Dominick Flammang having
died on February 5 1911, two years
after his wife's demise.
Part of the property conveyed to
Schrank upon the death of Dominick
Flamming, who was better known un
der the Americanized spelling of Flem
ing, was the five-story tenement house
at No. 483 East Eighty-first street.
Schrank stated in Milwaukee that in a
valise left at a Charleston, S. C.. hotel
could be found the deed to this house,
and that it was valued at $35,00.
A search of the records in the tax
department has showed that the prop
erty is still listed under the name of
Dominick Flammang. The property is
appraised at $19,000 and carries a mort
gage of $13,000, taken out on December
19 1908, with the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company.
it has been learned tliat the interest
payments on this mortgage had always
been made promptly by a John Flarn
rnang, vho g-ave his address as No. 148
Cooper street Brooklyn. Neither the
tax office nor the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company has ever had any deal
ings with John Schrank under that
name although the Eighty-first street
premises became his property upon the
probating of Dominick Flatnmang’s will.
Schrank Is “John Flammang.”
A visit by a reporter to the Cooper
street address of “John Flammang'’ dis
posed the fact that he and John
Schrank were the same person. There
' s a three-story hotel there, known as
The Homestead.” and ite proprietors
»re two brothers. Herman and John
1 aninger. Herman Lanlnger said he
knew Schrank well. He outlined some
interesting details of the life in Brook
lyn of Colonel Roosevelt's assailant.
Schrank was always a fine fellow
around here,” said Herman Laningei .
Be spent much time in what we call
’be public room, a part of the barroom.
He never drank to excess and always
seemed tractable and friendly enough
*’th those that frequented the room. He
ived with us for two or three, years up
'o last January, and alwaya paid his
' -nt promptly.
W hen Rchrank left here last Jatiu
he left a valise in which were sev
eral papers. Later on he returned here
it was in February, I think —-and left
* ome more papers. These papers have
een taken to police headquarters in
Brooklyn.
Some of these papers that I know
f were deeds to various pieces of prop
probably some of the property he
from his uncle. Dominick
‘""mtang; others related to certain
"""'gages on these properties; still
c'liers were letters, some in German and
‘‘"he in English.
Re Talked of McKinley."
I 'though Schrank was a very quiet
‘ 1 in his demeanor, he always talked
' Tteat deal of President McKinley. He
» ’-med to regret that President Mc
n had been assassinated as some.
ug that he himself could have obvl
‘‘ I He was an ardent admirer of
' Kinley. He would talk about him
cn no other subject of conversation
"ild start him going.
Last February he came to me and
1 me he was in financial straits, that
business affairs had gone very bad
he said he would have to go to
"k at whatever offered itself. He
veered a newspaper advertisement
' a saloon lunch man. The saloon
■" at No. 346 Flushing avenue, in the
lamsburg section of Brooklyn It
“"I" by Fidward Havestroh and The
'"e Thurmann.
Jhe last time 1 saw him was in
'■oKinhcr, a littll over a month ago
<1 in'- he had just borrowed
4 " “ friend, hut hr did not tell me
" he was going to do. except that
Ad to go away. He told me he had ,
been working as a translator on a
German newspaper, and was living at
No. 156 Canal street.
At that time lie appointed me hie
rent collector for the tenement house at
No. 43.3 East Eighty-first street, which
he said his uncle had left him. The
rents from that house amount to $l4B a
month.
Not Known as a Voter.
“Schrank never seemed to me to be
a man who would harm anybody. All
of his friends here were very much
startled to think that he had shot Colo
nel Roosevelt. Why, it was utterly un
like anything we had ever dreamed of
him. He was never an ardent admirer
of any particular candidate, and, so
far as I know, he never registered or
voted. He did not talk Socialism over
here at all.”
A visit to the Flushing avenue saloon
of Havestroh & Thurmann brought out
a number of the peculiarities of
Schrank and his inability to stand
any kind of discipline. Thurmann told
a reporter his personal experiences
with Schrank.
“We got this man Schrank through
an advertisement. He started as lunch -
mail at $9 a week, worked a week at
that, then we made him a waiter, and
then, because he was too stupid or
clumsy to be a waiter, wo made him
iunchman again. He worked for us un
til about March 1.
"On March 1 he came to me and said
he wanted his money and would quit
the job, as he was disgusted with it.
He said we were knuckling him down,
and a poor man did not have even a
fair chance to earn a living.
“When he came to our place he was
apparently down and out. In fact, he
said he was all in. that he didn’t have
a penny, and simply had to go to work
at anything he could get, although he
was used to mental effort rather than
physical. He tried to make us under
stand that lie was a person in re
duced circumstances wno deserved a
great deal more from this world than
he had got.
Thought Him a Weakling.
"1 always thought Schrank was a
weakling. Os course, I did not look
into his antecedents. You don’t have
to do that for a lunchman or waiter.
But I figured it out that there must be
a. crazy streak in his family some
where. We took pity on him when he
fell down on his job here and let him
stay and fed him Lora couple of days
beyond his time to quit.
"But it got so that we just had to
turn him out. He was very abusive
finally; he said we were grinding the
lives out of our employees, and that
kind of stuff. I wanted to hit him, but
he was such a weakling 1 did not have
the heart t(i do it.
"After he had left us maybe two or
. three days he came around one morn
ling and said to me; I want that sll
' you owe me.’ 1 did not know what he
I was talking about. I said: 'We don't
■ owe you any sll or any other money.
■ Get out of here.’
! "'Oh, yes, you do,'.lie said, ‘you hired
' me for $9 a week and owe me $2 more
; for allow ances, and I want that extra
1 week's wages and the $2 more.' 'Get
lout of here, and get out while the going
iis good,’ i told him.. He left, muttering,
land saying he was going to sue us.
Judge Threw Out Case.
"Sure enough, he went on March 4 to
* the municipal court on Gates avenue
land by swearing be was not worth more
than SIOO he got a 'free summons’ tor
I Havestroh and tne. He sued us for the
sll he had demanded from me. He got
• two summonses, and he served one of
;them on me, but he never served Have
stroh.”
The unserved summons for Have
stroh was found yesterday by the po
! lice in the pocket of an old suit of
| Schrank's clothes in his former quar
ters at No. 156 Canal street. It helped
inspector Faurot’s men to trail
I Schrank’s movements in part, which
I they did in answer to a request of that
nature from Chief of Police Thompson,
of Milwaukee. ,
"Th.? case was set down by Judge
! Jacob F. Strahl for March 28," Thur
mann said, “and after trial, In which
Schrank’s conduct showed he was
either a crazy man or well on his way
to being one, Judge Strahl threw the
case out of court, deciding it in our
favor.”
Thurmann referred the reporter to
Harold A. Seaton, an attorney at No.
373 Fulton street. Brooklyn, in whose
charge the saloon keeper's ease had
been. Mr. Seaton told of Schrank's
frequent visits to his office in an at
tempt to force a settlement of his suit.
“Schrank is certainly crazy,” Mr.
Seaton said. "He got his summons re
turnable on March 14 and then the trial
was set for March 28. Well, in those
two week* he almost pestered me and
my employees to death. He also fright
ened my stenograpbei so badly 1 could
hardly keep her in tne office for fear
that Schrank would do her bodily ha;m.
“He would come around, sometimes as
many as three times a day, and yell at
me. 1 want this case settled. I want
my money. I’ll get that sll or you’ll be
the worse for it.’ He se.?med fearful ;.t
tlial time that the case would be de
cided against him.
"Well, I finally got pretty tired of
having him come in that way and caus
ing such turmoil. So 1 told him one
day that if I ever saw him around the
place again I would not only kick him
out. but would have him arrested and
see to it that he got a nice long sen-
I fence to a place where he could make
I threats and speeches to hfs heart’s con
’leni. He never came into my office
again'
X visit to Judge Strahi’s home was
productive of evidence that Schrank
wa « not s-ized with HI ■ fi st impulse to
| <lo harm w hen he assailed Colonel
Roosevelt in Milwaukee Monday nigh’.
I Three ilai> aft/r Judge Stiahl had de-
I t ided his case against him Schrank
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wrote the Judge a threatening letter.
"I remember this man Schrank very
well," said Judge Strahl. “Not only
because of the wildness of his state
ments in the court room last March,
but because of the threatening letter he
wrote me. dated March 31. He sent it
to my house here, at No. .80" Putnam
avenue. That'fact showed me that he
was really a potential •bad man.' be
cause he had gone to the trouble of
looking up my private address rather
than sending me the letter to the court
house address he already knew.
"This letter was not signed by
Schrank, but I knew It was from him
because of the handwriting and be
cause he mentioned certain facts that
had occurred in the court room w’hen I
heard his case. They were facts pecu
liar io his ease, because in no other case
had I had so much trouble to keep a
complaining witness tied down to the
material facts.
"Miseducated," Says Judge
I wits not very much Impressed by
Schrank in the court loom. He seemed
to me at times to be very weak and al
others to be extreme.;, arrogant. If I
may coin the wmd. he appealed to me
to be rnisedueated,’ to be a man who
had misapplied i’ll he had learned from
his books lb was undoubtedly of a
studious turn of mind.
I destroyed th* letter, because l
did not fear any serious consequent es
from Schrank's threats Hut I can re
call its contents now almost as dearly
as if the letoa were before no. p
ran about a- follow -:
Judge. You have branded me as a
man who lies. By not.believing,jne un-
der oath, I think you have done me a
great, a monstrous, an incorrectible in
justice. I mean to avenge this. You
are a judge. As a judge you ought to
right the wrongs of the poor. You have
decided in favor of the rich people
against the poor man.
'•'You have decided to be the pluto
crats' friend instead of that of the peo
ple who do the world’s work You are
not fitted to be a judge, and 1 have been
appointed to see to it that you do not
judge other cases. BEWARE.
"■AN AVENGER. ”
Judge Strahl said the letter was post
marked New York. The handwriting
wa- peculiar, and Schrank's signature
to the complaint and his requests for
summonses had previous attracted
Judge Strain's attention.
"When I read the letter I laughed and
dismissed the matter from my mind,”
said Judge Strahl. "until I lead that It
was the same man who had tried to
murder former President Roosevelt.”
Became Most's Disciple.
John Schrank's life, dating back lo
1898. when he arrived in this country
practically penniless, and his triend
ship with Johann Most, the anarchist,
has just become known. In the latter
part of 181'8 Schrank visited the tene
ment at No. 370 East Tenth street,
where his uncle. Dominick l-'lanunang,
a wealthy saloonkeeper and speculator
in realeestate and mortgages, lived,
I lammang years ago was a factor in
liie old Tenth Assembly district and
lived with his wile and children on one
■ f the upper floors of the Tenth street
tenement. Schrank, whose first occu
pation was that of a waiter in the old
“Few Men of Such
Caliber in Any Land’
LONDON. Oct. 17.—" The Heroic
mold’’ is the title under which The
Pali Mall Gazette voices its com
ment upon the attempted assassination
of Theodore Roosevelt and high tribute
was paid to the wounded American. It
said
"Not only the American people, but
the civilized world will rejoice at the
escape of Colonel Roosevelt from the
maniacal attack which has befallen
him. The amazing and characteristic
coolness with which the ex-president
bore the assault, and its consequences
must touch every instinct which re
sponds to chivalry and self-control.
"The picture of a statesman insisting
on proceeding with his address, with
a bullet freshly imbedded in his breast,
is almost too staggeringly dramatic for
our British ideas to comprehend. We
have not the atmosphere of new . hetreo
genous, uncouth democracy which
would create such an inspiration.
“But Colonel Roosevelt knows his
people, and he believes he is fighting a
battle of character against corruption
and his instinct told him that the
chance had come to give the world as
surance of a man. and Roosevelt is a
man, let us take what views we may
of liis methods, his temperament of
his opinions. The movement of which
he has become the head represents the
craving of the American people for
honesty, rout age and decisive govern
ment in their affairs. They need a.
Hercules to clean the Augean stables
Atlantic garden on the Bowe.y, first
met Most and his followers one even
ing in that resort. After Most had been
arrested charged with inciting Hot and
sent to Bliekwell’s Island. Schrank be
came </ne of his staunch supporters and
often made Socialist addresses in Torn
kins Square park.
Living in East Tenth street, between
Avenues C and B. there are still a few
people who remember Schrank and his
strange ways. When he arrived in
East Tenth street he was without funds.
Schrank went to live with his uncle.
He made such a good impression that
he was given a job collecting rents
from property situated in the Dry Dock
section. ,
After Flaminang's children grew up
and went into business for themselves.
Schrank practically took charge of his
uncle's financial affairs. At that time
there was a~saloon underneath the ten
ement kept by Frederick Durw anger.
The saloon was patronized mostly by a
foreign element Schrank saw the op
portunity to make money out of the
saloon and he urged his uncle to buy
the place.
Schrank Gets the Saloon.
Flammang refused. After arguing with
his uncle for two years, Schrank won him
over, and the saloon was bought in the
early part of 1900. Schrank went to work
in the place as bartender, and later be
came the manager. The excise records
giving the names of the owners of the
saloons in the Union Market police pre
cinct show that the license for the saloon
was changed from she name of Flatnmang
to that of John Schrank on April 29,
1905. The number of the certificate was
4656.
One report had It yesterday that
Schrank was a follower of Em#ia Gold
man. It was also reported that he had
often visited the home of Emma Goldman,
which is at 210 East Thirteenth street,
less than ten minutes' walk from the
Tenth street house.
When a reporter asked Miss Goldman
whether she knew Schrank, she replied:
"I never heard of Schrank until his
name was mentioned in the newspapers.
I never saw the man, and to say that
he was a friend of mine would not be
fair.”
Along Avenue B and around St. Marks
place, it is said that Schrank often re
quested residents of that neighborhood to
accompany him to meetings at which
Miss Goldman spoke.
Tried to Erect Moat Monument.
There is a story afloat to the effect
that not so very long ago Schrank sought
to raise some funds with which to build
a monument to Johann Most.
About eight years ago Schrank's name
appeared in the papers here in connection
with the General Slocum disaster. At the
headquarters of the Slocum Survivors as
sociation he was recalled as the man who,
on June 16, 1904. identified the body of
his sweetheart, who was one of the thou
sand or more who died when the excur
sion steamer burned In the East river.
Schrank's sweetheart was Miss Elsie
Ziegler, a nine<een-year-old German girl,
who lived in the tenement house in East
Tenth street where Schrank had lodgings.
When her own brother failed to identify
the body, Schrank was able to do so.
He was completely unnerved after this
experience.
Efforts to find out something of Schrank
from survivors of the Slocum disaster
proved fruitless. But It was said that
many a man had lost his mind when
he faced the bodies of his loved ones in
the morgue, and that possibly the shock
to Schrank, when he saw his sweetheart
among the dead, unbalanced him.
When Schrank was questioned in Mil
waukee about Miss Zeigler, he said:
"She went down on the General Slocum,
and I have never felt right since. Her
mother, her sister-in-law and her niece
all died with her. and 1 have never fel<
right since that shock."
"Have you ever had another sweet
heart?" he whs asked.
"No, that would not be right to Elsie."
Schrank replied. "When site died, I
thought of suicide, and did not know how
I could live without her. I never had
another sweetheart
Arrested as Peddler.
According to Patrolman Michael Shay,
attached to the Cnion Market police sta
tion. Schrank was arrested in January of
litis- year for petidling from a pushcart
without a license Shay said he had
served a summons on Schrank
Schrank grew very excited. Shay said,
and told the policeman that he would not
obey the summons. Shay said Schrank
failed to appear the next day. when his
case was called in the Essex Market
court, and the case was dropped.
Mrs. Margaret Dasekind. of 276 East
Tenth street, said that she had known
Schrank well. .Mrs. Dasekind conducts
an undertaking establishment left het by
her husband. According to her. Schrank
was brought here from Germany by his
uncle. Dominick Flammang
"When 1 first got to know Schrank,"
Schrank Left Loaded
Grip in Charleston
CHARLESTON. S. C., Oct. 17.—The
suit case left here by John Schrank.
Colonel Roosevelt's assailant, has
been opened by the chief of police. It
contained a small bottle of liquid, sup
posed to be nitroglycerin, a box of 38
Colts pistol cartridges, considerable lit
erature of a political nature, a note
book with quotations from leading au
thors, and several letters addressed to
John Schrank. New York, one of the
addresses being 148 Cooper street. The
trend of the literature indicates fa
naticism.
Schrank tame here September 23,
spending two days at the Mosely House.
He left his suitcase here. He said he
was going to Columbia and was com
ing back, and then would go to New
Orleans. He said nothing about Roose
velt. He paid a week’s board in ad
vance. Schrank registered from New
York.
of their polities and to cut the bonds
which strangle both government and
justice.
"The scene which shows Colonel
Roosevelt first protecting his would-be
slayer and then proceeding with hfs
unstaunched wound to deliver his ad
dress will be stamped deeply upon the
retina of his countrymen. There are
few men in any land of such caliber,
and we may be sure tliat many thou
sands who had intended bestowing their
suffrages elsewhere will now ask them
selves if it is well to pass hint by.”
said Mrs. Dasekind, ”1 lived with my hus
bany at 368 East Tenth street. That was
next door to where Schrank lived with his
uncle, who ran a saloon there They
called Schrank Hans.’ and when Mrs.
Flammang died they were both grief
stricken.”
”1 still have the ashes of Schrank's
uncle in an urn here at my undertaking
place Xfter the body was cremated, 1
took charge of the ashes but Schrank
has never asked for them. Sell rank was
of a nervous disposition and always grew
excited at little things. He seemed that
wax when he paid me for the funeral
of his uncle. I believe that he really be
gan to lose his mind when his uncle died.
They u ere of good etock/*
Known on the Bowery.
Habitues of the Bowery recalled
Schrank as an apparentlj harmless, in
offensive crank He was described as a
German with a somewhat noticeable ac
cent, yellow hair and a reddish brown
ifcard. Only one man penetrated the air
of exclusiveness with which he surround
ed himself. Tliat was lark Walker, a
bartender, who said he and Schrank often
discussed general affairs over a glass of
beer.
According to Walker. Schrank appar
ently had few friends and absolutely no
intimates. He was always quiet in man
ner. and in his conversation never dis
cussed himself. While he had been heard
to say that he considered Roosevelt a
menace to the country, there was never
anything in his conversation that led
those in contact with him to believe that
he held animosity toward the Progressive
presidential candidate.
T. R.’s Message
To the People
LOUISVILLE. KY„ Oct. 17.—Albert
J. Beveridge, former senator from In
diana. delivered here last night Colo
nel Roosevelt’s message to the nation,
dictated from tbe colonel’s sick bed tn
Mercy hospital, in Chicago.
“It matters little about me," Colonel
Roosevelt told Mr. Beveridge, "but it
matters all about the cause we fight
for. If one soldier who happens to
carry the flag is stricken, another will
take it from his hands and carry it on.
“You know that personally I did not
want ever to be a candidate for office
again,” the message continues, “and
you know that only the call that came
to the men of the sixties made me an
swer it in our day as they did more
nobly in their day.”
Colonel Roosevelt was scheduled to
speak In Louisville last night. Senator
Beveridge was sent in his stead.
“And now as then it Is not impor
tant whether one leader lives or dies,”
continues the message “It is important
only that the cause shall live and win.
Tell the people not to worry about me,
for If I go down another will take my
place. For always the army is there;
always the cause is there, and it is the
cause for which the people care It is
tlie people's cause.” V
Senator Beveridge said;
“This is his message to all his coun
trymen. He gave it clearly and calmly;
not recklessly nor’ with fever; not in
the heat of battle, not in bitterness,
nor yet in self-pride, but with cool
mind and kindly heart.
“He bade me put it thus to the peo
ple,” continued Mr. Beveridge. “We
stand between two mighty gteeds—the
greed of those who have and the greed
of those who have not. We found the
party to which all just men and women,
rich and poor, who want only justice,
can belong."
COLUMBUS BAPTISTS TO MEET.
COLUMBUS. GA., Oct. 17.—The Co
lumbus Baptist association will meet at
Shiloh church, in Meriwether county,
October 23-25. with Moderator B. W
Hussey presiding. Rev. R. C. Gran
berry will preach the doctrinal ser
mon. while Kev. J. C. Wilkinson will
preach the mission sermon. Both are
Columbus pastors.
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CUMMING PEOPLE
HllO TO END
GOKME
Whites Appeal for State anc
Federal Assistance to Sup
press Lawlessness. ?
CUMMING. GA., Oct. 17.—Bath Fed
eral and state aid is asked by the law
abiding white citizens of Cumming and
Forsyth county in the suppression of
the reign of lawlessness that has in
termittently prevailed in this county
for more than a month, following as
saults on white women by neg-noes.
At a largely attended mass meeting
held at the court house last night, res
olutions were adopted calling on Judge
William T. Newman, of the United
States district court, and Governor Jo
seph M. Brown to adopt vigorous meas
ures to suppress violence and restore
order in the county. Copies of these
resolutions were mailed today to Judge
Newman and Governor Brown and will
be received by them tomorrow morn
ing.
Judge Newman is asked to send Fed.
era! officers into this county to Inves
tigate the sending through the mails of
threatening notices to both whites and
negroes, warning them to leave the
county or suffer the consequences.
Ask Guard For Hanging.
Governor Brown’s attention is called
to the fact that two hangings are to
take place here next week. He is asked
to send a military guard to prevent vio
lence at that time. His attention is
also called to the fact that five negro
churches have been burned and that
numerous houses, some occupied by
whites and others by negroes, have
been fired into by unknown parties
under cover of darkness. He 1s asked
to have state officers—the military if
necessary—investigate these depreda
tions and bring the guilty parties te
justice.
The threatening notices, burning ol
churches and shooting into houses have
caused a general exodus of negroes
from Forsyth county. Those who own
property are selling it and moving
away, while negro tenants have fled by
the score. The farmers of the county
are practically without negro labor. The
few negroes remaining in the county
are almost as a whole in the town of
Cumming and they are leaving daily.
Last night's mass meting was pre
sided over by Mayor C. L. Harris. J. F
Echols was secretary. The best citi
zens of the town and county attended.
SUFFRAGETTES AGREE
TOWEAR OLD GOWNS:
GIVE FUNDS TO CAUSE
NEW YORK. Oct. 17.—Suffragists in
large numbers have vowed not to buy a
single new dress or new hat until the
suffrage amendment has been safely
turned over by the legislature to the
voters of New York state in 1915.
“I suppose some of us will look pretty
dowdy before November, 1915,” said
Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch, the orig
inator of the plan, "but whenever any
one makes any remark about our ap
pearance we can explain that our hus
bands aren't stingy or anything of that
sort. We are merely wearing our ref
erendum clothes. All the money that
would otherwise have gone to the dec
orating of our persons we will turn
over to the treasurer of the Women’s
Political union, and we hope by this
means to raise an immense fund for our
campaign.
“We are having some purple, white
and green pledge cards printed which
we will send to all our members and to
other suffragists as well. Those who
sign them will have to forego not only
frocks and millinery, but also the pleas
ure of buying Christmas gifts, wedding
gifts and birthday gifts for their friends
The pledge isn’t an easy one to keep
but no victory worth having is won
without sacrifice.”
THE DAY’S WORK
Does it sometime* «eem that
you simply could not get your
work done? Do you constantly
feel like sitting down? Per
haps you yawn continually.
Then you need
Tutt’s Pills
Because your liver is sluggish
and should be stirred to ac
tivity at your druggist’s,
sugar coated or plain.
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