Polling places as they are to be when the reins of government are not monopolized by the sterner sex are typified by the weekly receptions now being held at Sherry's on Saturdays.

Every Saturday in March and April receptions will be held, and the guests will have an opportunity to sign their names to the petition to strike the word "male" from the State Constitution. The room in which these receptions are held is a feminine snuggery separated by blue drapery from the rest of the main floor. A white table, covered with newspapers, stands in the centre of the room., surrounded by pretty gilded chairs. Near by are the daintiest and most comfortable of divans and the odors of chocolate and bonbons pervade the room.

Dr. Mary C. Putnam Jacobi, Mrs. Sarah E. Gardner, and Miss Adele Field were on the Reception Committee, and gay maids and gracious matrons trooped in all day long to contribute their autographs to the petition. Now and then a stray man entered the room, signed his name to the petition, and invested 5 cents in an address made twenty years ago by George William Curtis on "Equal Rights for All." Those interested in the cause of woman suffrage will also make a house-to-house canvass for signatures tot heir petition.

"I am sure that was "her little journey into the world," said Dr. Jacobi, as one timid matron told of the longings for independence of some of the members of her family. "I am sure she slipped out alone, determined for once to do something all by herself." An enthusiastic young girl secured fifty-two signatures to one petition during the morning, and then called again at the room for another paper.

A large private meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Henry M. Sanders, 433 Fifth Avenue, in the afternoon. About 150 wealthy and cultivated women were present.

The meeting adopted resolutions providing for the sending of a petition to the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, asking their assistance in behalf of woman suffrage.

The chief speaker of the day, a prominent society woman, said to a reporter for The New York Times: "The women who are making this movement are rich and conscientious. They feel that this is a progressive step. This has nothing to do with the work of the women suffragists, although we owe them a debt of gratitude for the progress so far made."

Tea was served at the close of the addresses, and arrangements were made for other meetings.