The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-05
THEY GO TO LAUGH
AND STAY To CHEER
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HWU OiHl III UnEEk
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Blatoh, Mrs. Kelly. Mrs Rqdsers, Mrs.
l.s deBorest, Mrs. LcXow. Miss Perkins.
Airk Townsend. Miss Cook, Mrs. Hale.
Throe demure. white gowned aids rods
behind them.
Just about that time there began TO
appear some banners, all OF which
contained Soma rathor crisp and In
cisive remarks. 1t WAS apparent At tho
start that Edwin a. Merritt, Of st.
Lawrence county. \. Y. need run TO-.
nothing IL women gs: D vote SOON.
! This seems to be due to the fact mat
Mr Merritt is speaker OF tho ASSEM-
BY. 'iIe does not Sight :alr-EGwin
"a. Merritt" ran first Al hummer held UP
| by the Woirer's Political Union SUI
rage parsed tho Assembly. who killed
! it?' "a second.
On about every corner one of the
! women would drop out OF tho uarade.
deposit her soapbox. climb on It and
! start after the crowd. There wer,
/ a"2ut hfty OF the young women in this
delegation. ond when they went at the
crowd with their arguments there
"esn 80 much FUN made. Some Of tho
women like Miss Inss MuhoMant. Mrs
I Rheta Child Orr. MIss Mary Austin.
are experienced in spoccnmaitlux They
nar met crowds before. and they were
ready Of speech. They said what they
"-antei TO say and hurried to new
/ corner
That womens Political Union occu-
patton groups. seemed 70 catch the null
iiiude more firmly than nny other
single thing in the one hour and a
half OF the parade Led bv school
teachers. II took the fun out of IL all
at the start. few l!ttla banners may
heve contributed. too There are
537.si7 !lliterate children in this coun-
Try said a banner. Another aGpped It
with: out OF the states with the least
percentage Of llllteracy. those where
women vote are leaders"
Then came the school girls. the
Washington Irving High School ana
these pretty young misses carried q
hanI.e. which was somewhat snrcastIc:
All this is the natural consequence Of
teaching girls 20 read"
They mad tp.~ or three about tho
Chicago woman school superintendent
The public <sas asked /: she was not
delivering the goods. OF words TO that
effect and in the crowd no Chicago
man appeared to answer In tho mega
nve. Tho impressive occupation group
then swung along with it's distinctive
costumes, IT'S banners and its oags.
Famous Women Recalled.
Each group called the attention Of
the multitude to some one woman who
had wun fam. In her ART Or profession
The doctors, who LED swung the nanes
Of DR. Elizabeth Blackwell and Dr.
Mary Putnam to the breeze. The
nurses, too, made somo reference TO
laws which permit the heavy infant
mortality. particularly in States where
the mothers have no chance 10 part!
cIpate in the lawmaklng for the
health of her child. Law making
means home making TO IL woman"
said one OF these banners. They all
had something 10 show for woman
hood. the investigator, or sociclogi
cal workers.. the workers. the artists.
sculptors, musicians, actresses. crafts
men or crtktswomcn. librarians, leo
turers and social workers.
This second section was so big they
had divided ii, ana in this section were
the laundresses. the domestic workers.
the business women. ;he real estate
agents, the private secretaries and
stenographcrs. bookEeepers and the
telephone operators and the young wo-
men from The department stores. You
might thlni; there could be a little fun
with some OF these young women. but
II did not pay.
An enthusiastic fife and drum corps
of the Boy Scouts brought UP the rear
OF This group. and introduced tho Wo-
mems Political Union suffrage pioneer
group. ana when tho crowd saw tho
banners of that section they made up
their mind they would waste no time
trying 10 get rise out of anybody
there. They were sunreglsts from OF
old. They had bsttled for womens
rights when 1t really iroant something,
and nothing like the enthusiasm of tho
present day could feaze them. The
banners read; Elizabeth cady STAN
ton, Suean 3. Anthony, Lucretia Mott,
Lucy stone, julia Ward Howe and Isa-
belle Beecher Hooker. and back Of thIs
notable organization came a victoria
hidden IN flowers.
II bors the Rev. Antolnette Brown
Blackwell. who fought for suffrag,
back In lS4s when they used to cali
such women crazy. Then came a blaz.
OF color. Gs the delegation OF women
from the States OF the United States
and countries where the women do
vote swept by.
Proud Western Wnmcn.
The women OF Wyoming. Colorado,
Utah. Idaho, washing ton and Cali
fornia followed, and some women In
tho crowd. who carried yellow fag-,
seemed TO think that this delegation
rather held It over the others
I'VE have voted for President" said
the Colorado women. I'VE lead in
laws FOR the preservation of health.
Well. they needn't get SO superior,
q bout IT," said a woman They
couldn't say i; ii their husbands hadn't
given IL to them
Miss Porritt was the marshal Of the
division of noRsuNrage States but tho
crowd recognized principally the Rev
|.lna II. Shaw. who marched at the
head of the column as n rncmbar ~ 49,