The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-29
NEW YORK TO SEE
SUFFRAGE PARADE
pageant Will Be Most Spec
tacular of Its Kind Ever
Held in America.
National News AssociationJ

National News Associat1onJ
NEW YORK, April 29.-Those in
charge of the great suffrage parade,
scheduled for a week from today, May,
a, predicted this afternoon that allJ
past performances of the equal rights
advocates will be surpassed, and that
the coming pageant will go down in
history as the most spectacular and
forceful demonstration ever staged by
-suffra gettes. At the local headquar-
tiers Of the Womans Political union,
under whose auspices the regiments
of women will assemble, rumors of the
parade's immensely are confirmed by
the unprecedented preparations al
ready made and by the enthusiasm
with which women throughout the I'm
ited States have come to the support
of their Eastern sisters.
There are to be colored suffragettes,
chinese suffragettes, suffragettes as
tribe horses, suffragettes carrying ban
nefs, a suffragette fife and drum corps,
beside the thousands that will trudge
the New York or ride the magnificent
pleas for Votes for Women" In addi-
ton to these features California
Suffrage Special" picking up hun
[reds of ardent Western advocates of
the cause" will arrive in the Grand
Central depote on Saturday morning,
bearing perhaps a thousand more sis
tiers to swell the line of paraders. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 women will be
in line.
For weeks the women in charge of
the coming parade have been busy per-
1ecting the details and organizing
corps Of women to march. Mrs. Har-
riot Stanton Blatch. Mrs. Arthur Town
send, Miss Eleanor Brannon, Miss In
,ez Milholland, Mrs. o. P. Belmont,
sand others, known from ocean to
ocean for their activity in suffrage cir
,cles, have lent their personal and fl
financial aid to the project. Prominent
business men have been importuned to
aid and millions of dodgers have been
distributed by tallyhoes filled with suf-
fragettes, which are daily to be seen
in the city streets.
The question of uniforming the pa
raiders has been disposed of by the
adoption of suffrage hat of butter
scolored straw, which will be sold to
1.-The parading suffragettes at s2s
piece. These hats are of pale gold
chipped straw, trimmed with black sa-
stin, and those indulging in spring mil
E1inery at the low price quoted are re-
tQuested to give written pledge that
they will attend the parade. The prof
1T on this headgear will be turned over
ITO the organization for the dissemina-
tion of suffrage propaganda.
Plans for the parade, which have
been under Amusement since last Au-
gust, are now practically complete
The procession will start from Wash
ington Square and proceed up Fifth
avenue and across 57th street to Car
negie Hall. where a great suffrage
mass meeting will be held.
The procession will be headed by
cavalcade OF women on horse back,
(riding astride. of course) These rid
ers will be followed by the Woman's
Political Union squad. with Miss Ell
eanor Brannon and Miss Caroline Lux
ow taking turns at the arduous honor
of carrying the unions magnificent
banner.
Then will follow different groups,
accordingto their occupations. or to
the society they represent. large
number of actresses hope to march
their professional duties permitting.
Among these are Ethel Barrymore,
Constance Collier. Olive Wyndham.
Gertrude Elliott. Mary Shaw. ouise
CLOSER Hale, Elizabeth Valentine, and
Mrs. Thomas Whiffen.
Beside this. there will be chariots
for suffragettes too old to walk.
Among these is the Rev. Antionette
Brown Blackwell. one of the most ven
cradle of equal rights advocates. who
will occupy flower decorated char
Tot drawn by dozen pretty girls. Mrs
Blackwell has been suffra sette since
1S4S.
To make suitable background for
the gorgeous decorations each mem
Der Of the parade has been requested
to wear white.
The brigade of Chinese women will
be headed by Miss Myrtle Jim. while
the colored aggregation will be under
the command of some prominent ne
rgress fighter for the cause
The out-of-town enlistments in the
pageant are showing up particularly
letrong. women from the South and
North signifying their intention of