The Washington times., 1912-06-25
CITY SUFFRAG|STS
WILL HAVE PART IN
BALTIMORE PARADE
Seventy-ive Women From
Washington to March In
Convention City,.

In the big woman's suffrage parade
in Baltimore Thursday night one of
the features will be the large dslesa-
ton from Washington. About seventy
FIVE Of the fair sex Of the Capital will
60 over on the o'clock Pennsylvania
train, and return directly after the
parade.
The Washington delegation will oc-
cupy one Of the honor positions. A
big chariot, pulled by six horses. will
be displayed by q delegation from
Utah, one Of the six States In the
Union that permit women to vote.
The local delegation will be behind
the Utah crowd.
OF the seventy-five women from the
capital. twenty-five are lawyers, and
will be headed by Mrs. Ellen Spencer
Among the Washing ston suffragists
to take part in parade. (not including
the local women lawyers who will
narch), are:
Marie MacNaushton. Mrs. Robert Ions,
MISE Anna 9. swenson. Mrs; Dorothy
johnson. Johns Mr. Mrs; Margaret 4; Rice Mas
Marsaret siaine, Mrs. JosepSin. Ar
mold Rich, Miss winifred Maiion, Miss
Myrtle L. Bum, Miss Blanche Brown,
Mrs. Ada Dickerson, Mrs. G. Hocke-
Katherine Reinberg, Miss 4. l. Lash
NIT, Miss Mary e. Correll, Miss Sarah
N. Gates, Miss Josephine Rich. Miss ].
Miss inea A. Applebee, Mrs. Frank
Lulie R Clarke. Mrs William Tindail,
Mrs. Fannie HOFFMAN. Miss F. L.
Reeves Miss Emma Small, Mrs. Ids F;
shinn, Mrs. Belle Byce. Mrs. Flora
Swain. Miss Eliza o. Denniston, Miss
Bertha Yoder, Miss Emma r. Lowell
Gass,. Mis- Elizabeth N; nsrnes' Mrs. x. p
johnson. Miss E. 8. Logan, Miss Grave
v. Logan. Miss Emma Small, Miss
Stella Armitage, Miss Minnie Brown
and Miss Elise Hill.
Women Lawyers to March.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey will lead
the women lawyers Of the city who
take part in the parade. among them
Mrs. Margaret L. Cooke, MISS Mia
Edith Kineman Kern. Miss Alice NJ.
Burdsall. Mrs, Margaret c. Lohr, Miss
s s' Asnes ssne MFs esnsse 5sens Miss Ii gnssn
Ethel Smith. Miss Rebecca L. Blaine,
Miss 2; M. Eggert, Miss Emily A. Spill
man: Miss Sara Grogan, Miss Helen E.
Mrs. r. NICK. Shelton, Miss Mary Lee
Kiddoo,- Miss Florence Etheridge. and
Each OF the Washington women will
with Votes for Women" printed in
big white letters on them,
The women lawyers will wear white
Florence Etheridge. one Of the leading
women lawyers Of the city, will carry
a banner marked Equality of Law"
Two Of the women from this city are
from California and is a legal voter in
her home State The other Ia Mrs
Belle Byce. formerly Of Colorado. who
Is entitled to vote in her State.
Headquarters Assigned.
Mrs. Mussey today received a letter
from Mrs. Frank r. Ramey, of Balti-
more, chairman Of the parade commit
tee, stating that the Miss Mary Gar
rett mansion in Baltimore would be the
headquarters Of the suffragists while in
the Monumental City.
The parade will form at Monument
and Cathedral streets, and go through
less than mile Of the principal busi-
ness streets.
Miss Alice T. jenkins will carry the
big yellow satin banner of the Dis
egadon.
In the parade will be many handsome
floats. and at least 1000 of the country's
foremost women. At least 200 men who
believe in equal suffrage also will take
Part in the march.
In talking Of the Democratic conven-
ton at Baltimore and what equal sut-
fraGe could exp1c. at the hands Of the
convention Mrs. Mussey said today that
che did not believe the convention would
insert an equal suffrage plank In the
platform: at this convention. but ex-
pressed the belief that eventually 1t will
take its place In such convention.
She expressed the belief that such a
move on the part of the Democrats
would in a great measure insure them
victory in the coming election in No
Vember, stating that she believed the
States which had equal suffrage along
with the vote of the Solid South. would
come near giving the Democrats the
victory.