Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-10-04
Route of woman. Parade.

The new and original woman's parade
which left Twentieth and Farnam streets
at 2:30 o clock Thursday afternoon, followed
the route of the automobile parade Of
Tuesday evening, as follows;
Start from Twentieth and Farnam
streets and move east on Farnam to Tenth
street; north on Tenth street to Douglas
street; west on Douglas street to Fifteenth
street; north on Fifteenth street to Dodge
street; west on Dodge to sixteenth street;
south on Sixteenth to Douglas street; east
on Douglas to Fifteenth street.. south
Fifteenth to Howard street; west on
Howard to Sixteenth street; south on Six
teenth to Leavenworth and counter march
on Sixteenth to Cunning street.
woman's hand was seen In the work OF
King Ak-Sar-Ben XIII Thursday after
noon. when a brilliant and gorgeously coll
! ored parade delighted thousands of visitors
along line OF march four miles In length.
Many estimated the crowd as the largest
that ever. witnessed a daylight parade. v--.'
The womans parade was new feature
OF the festivities of the king, and though
not as widely advertised as the parades
which are held each year. attracted as
widespread attention owing to the fact
that 1t rs entirely planned by women.
Some OF the floats were even built by
women, from the foundation up. Every
tack was driven by a woman and every
yard of bunting and bunch OF paper flowers
secured it's place in the big parade be-
cause woman got busy for King Ak
Sar-Ben.
Added to the work OF the women, the
"Omaha Boosters and the initiation de-
partment of the knights OF Ak-sar- Ben
together with the high school and mill
tary companies OF the city, made the
parade one of the big attractions of the
carnival week. City departments also
! turned out to give the women the honor
of putting on a great parade, and in the
line OF march four fire engines, four hook
| and ladder trucks and eight hose wagons
decorated with paper chrysanthemums and
carnations. added to the glory of the
womans show.
| The fire apparatus was all of II
| decked out in a very attractive manner,
that from No. q house being especially
noticeable the members of the company
being the recipients OF a number OF beau
| tiful boquets a recognition OF their ef-
forts.
Twelve Floats I'm Line.
Twelve floats constituted the exhibit OF
the women and they marched in the fol-
lowing order:
| Royal Achates. Omaha No. /: Royal
Neighbors, Fern camp; Ladies of the
Grand Army. Woodmen circle, Supreme
! Forest; st. Johns school, Fraternal Union
OF America. Banner lodge; Daughte OF
! the Revolution, Royal Neighbors Pansy
camp; Omaha High school societies,
Omaha High school. Young women's Chris
tian association. Royal Achates. South
Omaha, Success No. 80.
| Yyt--
Achates. decorated in purple and orange
The float was in the shape of a beehive
and was filled with women in costume.
Those on the float were Mrs. Gyyne, Mrs
Shamblem, Mrs. Green, Mrs Lucas, Mrs.
Hughes. Mrs. Carnaman, Mrs. Trip. Mrs.
Ingrahm. Mrs. Matthaurer, Mrs. Mawhin-
ney. Mrs. Gambrill. Misses Miller. Craig.
Akofer. schuler. Matthsuser. Peasley. Lu-
cas-. Tallman and Mullen.
With the good memorial ship Senator" {"
as centerpiece, the Ladies OF the Grand
Army we're represented by a noat in the
national colors. representing the army and
navy. The Omaha order which claims the
distinction OF being the first TO decorate
the waters on Memorial day last year had
a float of rare patriotic beauty In the wo-
mems parade. Those who composed the
company were President Mrs C. N. Peters
OF Garfield circle, No II; Mrs. @. l.. Vro-
man. Mrs. NJ w. KirkendalL The color
bearers were Mrs S. L. Johnson. Mrs. M.
Keller and Mrs S, Smith. Others on the
float were Mrs. f. Metcalf. Mrs. Alice
Atchison and Miss Grace Berger. The
women wore white costumes throughout.
Goddess of Liberty.
With Miss Harriet Inflow as the Goddess
of Liberty girls In white represented the
thirteen original states on a beautiful hoat
in red. white and blue. The girls who rep
resented the states were Edith McGregor,
Pennsylvania Lizzie Jorgensen, New
Hampshire; Lula McGreen. Connecticut;
Hazel Turner, Rhode Island: Edith Kohler.
New Jersey; Helen Breiholz, Virginia
Ruth WILLIAMS. Massachusetts,; Nellie
Touge, New York; Erie Hensiey. South
Carolina; Lottie skovmand. Georgia: Az
mes Franklin. North Carolina; Agnes Ruth
erford. Delaware; Edith Smith. Maryland.