El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-05
MEN WILL LEAD
WOMAN PARADE
Suffrage Demonstration in
New York to be Great
est in History.


New York, N Y, Nov. 5.-On the
night of Saturday, November 9, Fifth
avenue is to witness one OF the most
picturesque parades that ever enllV-
ened that much paraded tnorous n1are,
This pageant VIII marx the close OF
the suffrage carnival, which now IS IN
progress here
For the first time in the history Of
New York wOman's battle for the ball
lot a great suffrage demonstration
will be chiefly a man made affair.
Men will lead the parade, the women
bringing up the rear Most OF the
spea kers will be members OF the mas
culine sex and a man viii be the mas
ter of ceremonies.
1t is estimated by James Lees Laid
law. the New York banker, VINO is
chairman of the executive committee
of the Mems League for WOman's SUI
frage, and who viii be the master Of
ceremonies Saturday night, that not
less than 5000 men have pledged them
selves to form in line and march with
the women behind them.
This is decided advance Tor the
cause.
1t means that more men viii march
in the coming parade than there were
women in the line Of march at the
great suffrage procession here last
May
Some of the men enthusiasts go so
far as to say it viii exceed anything
ever Witnessed here not excepting the
Hudson-Fulton parade
lnaSmuch as this viii be the first
time the men have taken the burden
Of the heavy work Of such a demon
stratfon off the shoulders OF the WOm-
en-, they have a desire to set their
sisters a pace in such affairs.
The column viii form at 5Sth street
and Fifth avenue and march to Union
square.
The men. numbering not less than
5000, viii lead the march with a cav
~ nil "A
ESQ automobiles in the procession
These VIII be brilliantly illuminated
and each viii contain a speaker OF ma
tional prominence At each corner on
the way to Union square an auto VIII
drop out OF the column and the orator
seated therein viii proceed to address
the spectators on the subject OF equal
franchise for women
Just how many women win partici-
pate has been Var1Ously estimated az
from 5000 to TO- 0O. In any event, they
declare, they viii 0utnumber the men
about two to one
All Of the suffraget organizations IN
the state Of New York VIII be present
with a large complement Of members.
Also there viii be many men ana
women from other states OF the union
in fact, from all the states, say some
of the women leaders here
The men viii carry lanterns and
transparencies and viii wear some
uniform article Of attire. the exact
nature of which has not been decided
upon as yet
The women wiz wear a Grecian
tunic affair made OF white cheese
cloth OF silk, according to the finan-
cial abilities Of the Wearer- And they
viii carry Grecian torches
Since this demonstration viii be
given in honor OF the six states that
have granted suffrage to women, there
viii be six floats, each one represent
ing one Of the suffrage states. These
floats win be gorgeous affairs. They
viii depict, in some way, the chief
feature in the achievement OF equal
suffrage in the states they respective
" represent Prominent suffrag gets
from these six states VIII ride on the
floats.
A special battle song has been writ
ten for this occasion. Those who have
heard il say il would stir the blood OF
a salt mackereL
It viii be sung by the fair represen-
tatiVes from Barnard college as they
swing down the avenue IN front Of the
WOmen's column
But this viii not be all the music by
any manner OF means.
Nearly every band in the five Dor
Oughs viii be utilized on this Occa-
sion And these bands viii be forth
fled by a score Of fife and drum CORPS
Thus with the bands playing the
college girls singing, the women in
white tunics flOurishing Grecian
torches. red lights flaring at frequent
intervals, captivating orators holding
forth on every corner. beautiful floats
containing still more beautiful modern
gOddesses, and strong men. represent
ing every trade, craft and profession
in the country marching in the in
sigma Of his industry, II Is a reason
able prediction to say that It wiz be
a real parade.