The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-10
SUFFRAGETTES
 PARADE NEW YORK
SINGING SHOUTING PROCESSION TAKES GOTHAM BY STORM
 AND PYRoTEcHNIcs
States Giving Votes to Women Repre- sented by Magnificent Floats and
 Other Features.

New York, Nov. 9.-Fifteen shout ing and singing women and men cele.
 brated with brilliant parade in this city the recent addition of four stars to the woman suffrage flag. Through Fifth avenuea lighted canyon of ho. tels, restaurants and cIubs--a stream of flartng yeTmillion lights showed for
 miles the course guided by ardent votes for women" enthusiasts from all sections of the country. Each oi the ten suffrage states" was repre- . sented by women leaders in the equal suffrage movement there Ohio, the eleventh read a transparency at the head of one of the divisions. When the parade women mounted platforms and soap boxes in Union Square and for several hours made speeches for the cause" thousands ol persons crowded about to listen. Sey. eral hundred thousand others had lined Fifth avenue to watch the march CTS. Four floats fnd a half dozen gol- den chariots drawn by white horses driven by white gowned women with yellow sashes featured the parade,
 Each float and chariot represented one suffragette state. Floats representing Kansas, Michigan and Arizona, where
 the vote was given women at the elections, were in front. Kansas fos
 liberty, read transparency. Mich igan for Cooperation, Oregon for Freedom" and Arizona for Justice were other tests.
 A score of women trumpeters bray ing the chII night air wore sweeping whie robes instead of furs and lonl coats sounding the strains of the tr
 umphal march from Aid" led thu
 long line. Only a few of the suffra gists, the very elderly among them
 ride in carriages Nearly every na
 tionality, not excepting China, wa.
 represented. Each marcher carries
 at canes length vermillion lantern
 In their light a thousand ye low flag, | hnttered Votes for women" eact
 read in black lettering. Hundreds oi banners bore other inscriptions. T voted an hour before leaving my state" announced banner carried by
 pr. Maud Parker. of Seattle.
 Each division of the procession was led by representatives of suffrage society or political organization. Each had it's distinctive style of dress and color. Each choTused or chanted some sentiment advocating equal SUI frage. -Four, four-four states more. cried one division in single voice
 and the crowd on the sidewalk joined in this refrain.
 "The world moves on. Wake up.
 New York, and give your women votes" A chorus of POO men and women, marching nine abreast, the
 men in black surplices and tAe wo
 men in white. The battalion was one of tine most impressive of the parade. The mems division was not the least interesting to the spectators. Lei by the mems league for woman suf- frage the large compact body Of pa raders, wearing yellow chrysantne
 cums, was notable because of the num-
 Der of college men it contained. The
 men paraders wore lanterns in the, hats.
 The young women who represented
 the states on the victory floats
 were; Arizona. Miss Clara Pope
 Michigaa, Miss Folla LaFollette, daugh ter of Senator Lafollette; Oregon,
 Miss Anna Squire; Kansas, Miss Pearl Secure.
 Altogether the spectacle was an
 event unique in the history of the city's parades. There was no review i ing stand with distinguished persons
 to greet the marchers as at most New t-York parades But the thousands who packed the streets from start t1
 finish of the pageant were enthusias- tic reviewers Their assistance and
 cheers practically were constant in appreciation of the spirit the women
 were showing in their fight foT the
 ballot