New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05

gated banners, anu uiuel 'hc oAN''
a group Of horses, and some women
stood around in riding clothes AS Tar
I'D the avenue as one could see the street
was crowded with pedestrians lodging
automobiles and horse drawn vehicles
and there was noise aplenty-the noise
of a good natured crowd
Mcclusky Clears the Way.
At ten minutes before the police
spread out. Inspector McClusky came
dashing down in an automobile. He gave
n few curt orders to the men at the
arch and started up the avenue again
in his machine. stopping at every corner
until 23d street was reached, where ne
got out and dismissed the machine. AT
: o'clock Fifth avenue was clear ana
one began to discover that real parade
was under way
The motorcycle police. under Sergeant
Johnson. we're scurrying up the avenue
driving every one back to the curp line
while out from under the arch came the
squad of mounted police, just as IN
real rarade. The thing had been well
MANNED. II was no playday affair after
all. Here after the police came a cav
airy brigade. One had TO watch this.
There were fifty of the suffragists on
horseback. A wear ago they refused to
ride in the parade This year they were
onxious. Mrs. Charles e. Knoblauch was
Ithe marshal in place Of Miss Anne Tink-
or. who had appendicitis. and the banner
was carried by Miss Evelyn Granger OF
No. 524 West 123d street. The youngest
of the horsewomen was Miss Pnyihs
" Madaln Muhler. fourteen years oid' Oh
No 63 West 50th street. .An wore
cockades Of the suffragist colors in their
black straw hats and some rode astride
and some on side saddles.
After the cavalry came military
band, and bands were sprinKled all
through the procession with more judg-
rnent than is often used in mems pa
rades In only one place did they con-
flict. and that was where there were two
bands less than fifty feet apart that in
sisted on playing at the same time, and
OF course, different tunes.
The real character Of the parade might
not have been gathered from the mount
ed police and the horsewomen who led
or from the band that came next, but
the succeeding feature showed what was
UP. Miss Josephine Beiderhase' the
grand marshal of the parade, with MISS
Eleanor Brannan. the standard bearer
followed dozen PAGES behind the band.
and after them came the executive
hoard of the Women's Political Union,
led by Mrs. Harriet Stanton Batch. IN
can and gown. Marching with her were
Miss Florence Kelley. Mrs Eunice Dana
Brannan. Mrs. Elizabeth Selden Rogers
Miss Caroline Lexow, Miss Alice ]. q.
Perkins, Miss Elizabeth Ellsworth Cook,
Mrs. Rose Perkins Hale, Mrs. Nora
Blatch de Forest and Mrs. Marcia
Townsend
Soap Box Brigade Near Head.
There was no doubt now that it was
suffrage parade. 1t was not necessary
20 look behind these women at the long
line of white dresses to tell that. Still,
4 even in a suffrage parade 1t would be
8 excusable TO wonder why they had up at
the head Of the line a hundred or more
young women carrying under their arms
soap boxes painted green. In suffrage
parade, however, nothing is done with
out a reason, and inquiry develops that
these young women will fall out of line
at various stages Of the parade, take
their stand upon the soap boxes and
make strenuous argument for votes for
women
Assemblyman Merritt came in for a
jolt from the next group. They were
the women's Political Union Senatorial
groups, led by Miss Alberta Hill. and
conspicuous among their banners was
one that said: "He docs not fight fair
Edwin A. Merritt. jr., Speaker of the
Assembly" Miss Hills mother, Mrs. A.
T. Hill, was further back in the line,
carrying an Australian flag, and after
her came another banner that said
Australia had such good government
because women were allowed to vote
there.
Mrs. HIS comment when she arrived
at Washington Square was: It's per-
feet suffrage day-so soft and lovely"
One of the most interesting features
Of the parade followed Miss Hills group.
The programme sal. they were general
sympathizers. The flags they carried
showed that they represented nearly
every country in Europe. and one group
OF them was composed Of women from
Finland. with Finnish flag. and Swedish
and Danish women. dressed in the Co.'S
tunes of their countries. They made
particularly brilliant spot OF color In
parade that was colorful from one end
to the other.
The parade Of a year ago was most
distinctly recalled by the section that
came after the general sympathiz-
ers was comprised all those who
turned out in 1911. and great many
more. I, was not the numbers that
brought 10 mind the other parade. but
the makeup Of this section. They were