Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-03
FEMALE SlJFFRAGISTS
Give Big Demonstration on the Eve
OF the Election.
A Magnificent Display Of Skirts,
Wigs, Paint and Powder-Two
Thousand Marchers in Line-The
Parade Complete Success.
Some Unique and Handsome
Costumes.

Father Hubbard wore Mother Hub
bard's dress last night, and all the little
Hubbards. as well as their relatives
great and small, turned out in street
parade. to do honor to the woman suffrage
movement. They are an extensive fam
iIy-these Hubbards, and they had their
innings last night. There were something
like two thousand of them. big and little,
fat and thin, opulent and penniless'
brainy and brainless. sanctimonious and
naughty. homely and pretty, coquettish
and prudish old maids and young maids
black ard white. They had as their guest
Mary Yelling Lease unprecedented py
frankie Dinger Mary Yelling sat on
silk cushion in a landau drawn by ieur
milk white steeds. gorgeously attlreu III
q gown of blue and brown SILK, entraine'
neck decOllette, short sleeves, anu ula-
mond ornaments. She was attended by
her maids of honor, Miss Moore and Miss
Thompson. two budd ng beauties, with
particular stress on the budding" Mary
Yelling's face wore a 2x4 grin, and she
looked like the best thing thatever hap
pened After the demonstration she held
a. reception at n. Quinn's, on Market
street.
1t was the SWEETEST procession that ever
came down the pike. Some of the cos
tunes would have made a Partisan mod
iste turn green with envy, while others
would have been scorned by the meanest
scrub woman in the land. Everybody
was in it-that is, everybody who is any
body. The Sunshine of Paradise Alley
and Annie Rooney marched side by side,
just behind the girl with the golden hair
hanging down her back. The bloomer
girl and the summer girl rode a bicycle
built for two. The Bowery girl was there
in all her glory, singing as she marched,
Just tell EN- that you saw me- Then
came delegation from Darkest America.
Sweet Alice and Sweet Marie looked
sweeter than ever, and chewed Tutti
Fruit to the tune Of Yankee Doodle.
Maggie Murphy came from her home
looking like she may have seen better
days. Mollie Malone and Kathleen Ma
Vourneen headed a club of daughters Of
the Emerald Isle. DR.. Mary Walker had
a Broadway stride which indicated that
she regarded herself as about the only
pebble on the beach
Where did they get their clothes? No,
gentle reader. Mark Hanna didn't furnish
them. They were borrowed from their
sisters and their cousins and their aunts-
and they looked it. for a more artistic lot
of insists was never seen. And Of course
their sisters and cousins and aunts were
out TO see them. and the sidewalks were
I.I "a mixed
up in the throng of women. it was diff
cult TO tell t'other from which. Whether
II was from awkwardness or fright. or
pure. downright. unauthorized naughu-
ness. the marchers showed more of their
hosiery than the law allows Perhaps
they were unaccustomed to wearing other
peoples clothes. and couldn't handle the
skirts properly. 1t might be suggested
that the next time the female suffragists
give a parade. that no attempt be made
to ride a horse man fashion without bloom
ers 1t might also be good idea TO draw
the line at the bearded lady. 1t TOO suB-
gestive of mascullnity, you know. Cir
cassian beauties don't gain votes, either,
nor does It do the cause any good to pia-
card the fact that there are 10 10 lamlly'
of course ii is understood that the funds
were raised by a penny collection. yet rid
ing in coal carts and stone wagons is
undignifed.
1t was Woman's Night. and everybody
agrees that the Wheeling Fair made a
great show. There was music galore, |
from chin music and drum corps to fe-
male brass band. The campaign cry was
not Bryan" or Mckinley, but oh /
how dry I am" If one particular march
or felt that way. he is a glutton for he |
carried a luscious load Of peaches. some .
of the dear girls showed their contempt |
for conventionalities by smoking cigar
cites and chewing tobacco. 1t was the |
best Mother Hubbard demonstration ever
given in the city. and very happy clos
ing of a campaign which has not been
without its bitterness.