The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10
NO CASTE IN THIS
MONSTER PARADE
Mrs. Beatrice Forbes Robertson
Hale Leads Rejoicing Wo-
men Of Every Nation and
Social Strata in March
Down Fifth Avenue
and Broadway.
Especial to The Times Dispatch

We" xOTA, NJVCu1pEI S."@o"" 80
Avenue In unbroken regiments tonight
marched the thousands upon thousands
of Eastern women from this and neigh
boring States who want the vote, the
smaller but very proud companies "i
women and girls from the Western
States whose banners and Transparent
cies told the dense masses on the side
walks that they nave the vote. and tho
regiment maybe two or three reKi-
ments, OF young and old gaiiants 49,.
want their wives and mothers and sis
tiers to vote.
Mrs James Lee Ia!dlaw, who was
forem ost In arranging to-nignts Dis
torchAght paraoe OF the votes Tor
women workers and their sympatn.z-
.ers, said early in the evening That
there would be 10000 or more IN line
1t was agreed atteI watching the
women rlae and march by given
point for an3ut two hours that the
"or more" came nearer to the correct
number.
Ony a few moments after Mrs. LAID
law had made her prediction along
came a cold rain about o'clock that
caused mere man to add a prediction
-
all on" But abe women mad said their
parade would get under way ~ Fifty
eighth Street ana Filth avenue at s
O'Clock, and when the mounted police
escort took q woman's word Tor IL that
II was time to SWING out fr om their
position along the curb nearest the
Fifth Avenue side of the Cornelius
Vanderbilt house and lead the way
south to Union Square, the bands
struck up and the parade started. and
II Was then only 1858 o'ei,ck.
1su. A4Ae> 4L&AAs EA1aAe.
Nrs. Beatrice Forbes RobertsOn Hale
grand marshal was the woman who
ciattered up astrioe her bay mare and
gave the STARTING word TO the police
escort, and from that time on until
$50 and later. girls In white. with yell
low szshes across their breasts, Joans Of
Arc. in shiny armor: char1ots drawn
by milk-whtte horses. with women
drivers In white and gold and green:
brass bands and drum corps and more
and more brasa bands: Gathering troops
Of women cavalry. men with loren
flares swinging peril ousiy close to their
best high mats; college girls and coll
lefEe men and inst women, women, wo-
men, stretched north and south in the
most impressive parade that the hun
dreds of thousands who looked on and
applauded have had the good fortune
to see.
On the heels of the rain that left
q wet and muddy avenue. especially
severe on white shoes. came q cold
wind out Of the North just before the
paraders started from the Plaza south
to Union Square, where there we're
twenty or more speaking stands be-
decked with the yellow and white and
the red, white ana blue. awaiting the
coming OF the procession And that
cold, damp north wind bore down
the avenue after the marchers, and
when the canyon OF the skyscraping
district further south was reached.
blew YOUNG girls. tresees into their
eyes - they tried va,iantly to Keep
fheir broad banners and transporter
eies aloft In the sharp breezesL
Oh snA Ysang Are There.
One thought oftener OF tie winds
perhsps when the same cold blasts
l,lew cray locks shout wrinkled faces
AZ mothers and even grandmothers
marched BY.
They. were there. too. the grand
mothers and their grandchi1dren- AND
nof ALI Of the men In line were enth1-
st.stic youths, for In the male section
we're boys who began below the teens
In che boy scout children. on 10 'Sentie-
nm Jacn. Burns, the California prize
axhter and Adonis. and on up and over
the ridge till one came TO Young BIZ
irving. Of % West Fifteenth Street
VINO marched for suffrage nifty years
sso. knew Elizabeth Cady stanton ana
susan B. Anthony when they were
xounx. and Marched for FREMONT
dr. despite the fact thar Bin. VINO
u,.rched the whole way to-nisnt' aas"
n merely eiehty-ive years old now
Directly out in the street an uOH.
Of you the marches were
S.rned in white or darker eiothss CAV
Si,h sashps ana with round paper
i.ns.rns the size and almost the color
- numpkjns swinging above tne''
nlumes. But as the banks OF num1"-
e. inst tamn.e-f the Sidewalks eA1ea
ncr,h ar south the thousands OF ia"
terms merged into four close INES on
anber beads and stretched away IKE
\ rreas amber necklace glowing down
tie middle Of the avenue
.Aren't you coldz" some one asHc0
Xso ines lGsIholland. - she drove nef
chariot and white horses pese F1tty.
Arse ssreet. . bare arm hoieing ssctt
the banner OF Wyoming end Der no
man ro6es of white ana eesd snse-
ping In the north wind.
T should say ! an" answered ~
NIihoIlaud, bot she iaughed Quaee
happily. thank you
"Dus ] have SIX layesS Of eSotnsng
under sAsO soGa." Daugho6 cutie - ho0.
pSly lfsSl Fleeenoe CooSey, VIE 1Tose
sSS CslSeos1ao ehasses n0e Tar away.
sTw AsuUUo6 Sor - paSt"
- WOu8 ~ pUoun.
AisAough there Wa0 . strong S0Tce
n police olouG IL Me ~ Wosch -
prpveus. auy 11soreer. the Police sa0
(ContSNUe1l 90 SIxxA PaGe)
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