The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-05
FIND NOTHING AT
w HIGH TO JEER
They Get Some New Ideas About
Votes for Women" When
5000 Representative Work.
ers In Trades and Pro
fessions Go Marching by
With Military Precision.
Especial to The Tim.s-Dispa,ob F.,

miIes OF New Workers. doubled in
ranks ton desp. Got new idea about
'otss Tor women this afternoon. when
between 5000 and 5000 sufrresi,ts
marched from Washington sauaro
north OF FifuI Avenue TO Carnegie
ran Aany OF the 10000 or more
persona who were in the lines had
come there to have fun over the sight
OF bend Of short haired women and
feml nine freaks tramping up streets
pheudns raucously Equal rishts"
but somehow X did not turn out that
weJ and tho gibes and teers. except
from the half-haked youth. were very
al. NOR even the youths In question
could md much sport IN laughing at
4'VVo or 5000 women who MAKO their
own hNlnB. Eho are the DOCTORS law
yer1, nurses OF their sex. who are
scnool teachers. bookksepers. investi-
Eators. m:lliners. dressmakers or
worke-s in the factories TINT turn out
everything from shirtwaists 10 grand
pianos They could not even get ur
much animation over the 600 or more
men VINO %ere In the line OF march
These men were not long haired: they
did not wear shawls. and some OF them
looked as If they were pretty well
able 10 take care of themselves IL any
nody go; too gay with them
Remains TO Applaud.
Therefore. all or Fifth Avanue from
about Eighth street clean up to FIJI
~ seventh Street and across to Car
neEie Hall remained 10 applaud, in
very many instances to depart think
Ing about this idea the women talk
about SO much In that respect tho
parade to-day Wan very much of q
success. and all the leaders. from the
dtCnitied executive board OF the Wo-
20 1n'a aiIt-cai : f!Sii tt1NSn ~ ,hs H. :
ture "bosses" In tho infant political
division. ware delighted. The num-
Der of those in the parade. however
did not come uD 10 expectations
The police declared after Il was all
over that they had never had - bet
ter disciplined line OF marchFr. 10
handle except trained soldiers. There
was nc friction of mixing up in get
ting ready TO start. in managing the
division and In getting rid OF the
'narchers upon arrival at Fifty-sev-
euth street after il was all over.
EHery woman knew the division TO
which She belonged. II she did not
have Z white gown OF Il Ss-oert hat
she came in what she had. and before
she got through with it she had some
Kind OF q sash and banner. Yellow,
OF course. prcdominated, but the pur
pies and greens added variety until an
old policeman remarked aloud that he
had not seen anything so lively in
color since Ii Hung Chang and his
delegation rode up Fifth Avenue, ao-
comnaried by cavalrymet about six
teen years ago.
Washington Square was the. starting
point OF the march Mrs charlie,
Knoblauch began TO collect her horse
back group at o'clock. Those wo-
men could rido. too. and they we're
not t!mid about cavorting in and out
OF the automobiles skittering round
to deliver more msrchcrs or to look
on. 1t was remarkable how many
cars there were driven by women
Twcnty-f five OF them were counted be-
tween North Washington Square and
Ninth street shortly after / o'clock.
every one Of them loaded to tho guards
with paraders. There was not an ac-
cident either, in all the line.
No Policemen In Sight.
Up to the north end of the square.
to the east. Miss Peyser had her WD-
mems Political Union senatorial group
to get ready. and Two autos filled with
banners followed her around to sea
that everybody got one. over on the
other side the valiant band OF street
speakers. the committees and their
friends found their places and made
ready. There wasn't policeman any
where around that district. the po-
lice save the women the thoroug hfare
You could ind some sections, in and
ont OF the intersection OF streets. al
most all the way mp TO Twenty-.eventh
Street where the division from the
uptown stores and oflcos was formed
There were other meeting places.
too. for the divisions e the women
WHO really coud not muster up cour-
age enough to ioin in. although they
believed in it. These divisions met in
the taa rcaue Of the hotels and restau-
rants and tried to get up enough cour-
age 20 go ont and march. The Waldorf
taa room was jamnled early in the day.
and numbers Of banners made 1t look
like a college reunion There was an
Other crowd at NE HolleEd and at
Martins. farther down the avenue
There wasn't d hiu.h or = slip in
the parade. II vas just about on the
stroke of O'CLOCK when Miss Beider-
hase the grand marshal OF tine day,
sw ung herself ZIP on her Inc bay horse
fixed her feet firmly in tho stirrups
and nodded TO the mount ID police TO
clear the way. Promptly Mrs. Knob
iauch and her horscWomen trotted up
in line, double military band let
out a biare. and the divisions made
ready &c. feed tn ,nseives out OF ell
the inters ectng streets. Miss Beder-
haze. who had her eyeB hSed on dis tant
Murray Hlr rode like feminine cen
taur. ana just behind hor came Miss
Bvannai. the main standard bearer, on
foot, supporting her heavy burd N
without struggle. Then cane the
executive board OF the women's Polit-
teal Union--afrs. Harriet Stanton
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