New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
CHEER 14-MONTH BABY
AND AGED SUFFRAGEnE
Or. kntoinette Brown Blackwell,
Patriarch Of WOmen's Vote
Movement, EIated.
DR.. SHAW'S SAUCY BANNER
Surrounded by Young Girls, She
Flaunted Her Catching Up
with China" Slogan Be-
fore Great Crowds.

Mrs. o. H. p Belmont was early on the
field OF action. but she STAYED In her ONCE
OIL ilst street at a safe distance from tho
crowd which surged below In the street
The parade had started promptly at p M
COh. yes. on the very dot OF o'clock, every
body said Even suffrage watches agreed
Yesterday, but IT was o'clock before the
richest suffragette elbowed her way throus"
IN, crowd on the sidewalks to place on
the avenue where she could watch for her
league There we're only two policemen at
the corner OF iist street. and they didn
seem 10 recognize Mrs. Belmont in the
woman simply clad In white. Her three
year-old white suit by the way. was OF
white silk. with collar OF black velvet she
wore also white shoes and a white hat with
big bow Of black ribbon. But anger
cleaned In her eyes The police protec-
ton is very inadequate she drclarei aIouu
Never moind lady" answered the on'cer'
mkt year yell all be policeman
Abou, twenty Of my girls" from the up
town stores followed their leader. Ihen
came the Belmont Cohorts" headed by
the Youngest suffragette Of the whole pro-
cossIon He was John Gillespie, aged your
teen months He rode I'm wicker so-cart'
and whenever the hand STOPPED playing ne
amused himself with his rattle. TO tel the
truth. most Of the time he looked ooFeu'
He didn't appreciate one bit the applause
which greeted his appearance by the
time no had reached 10Th street his mother
produced a yellow suffrage cooky Tor MN
Immersed in the Joy OF that he didn't even
look IN when Mrs Belmont popped INTO
line directly in front Of him.
"Av. see the baby" cried the girls IN
tho crowd. Amt tina, a shame. to take
baby ont In n parade? The woman oue"'
TO he ashamed Of herself
A outrage symrathi.er. who had been
rubbing elbows with Mrs. Belmont and was
anqme with zeal turned on her ne ha sSu,
| "I don't know who YOU are, she Sput'
| tered hut I'd Ike TO ask YOU why It's any
| worse 10 take a baby 70 ride IN MS car
riace in the middle Of the road than on the
sidewalk
| Oldest Suffragette Pleased.
The Rev An,oinAtte Brown Blackwell
m. Oldest suTragist in the parade. was a.
pleased as could be with the whole anair
To begin with. she was enthroned IN
chariot, all covered with lilaos ana doS
wood blossoms. above which all that showed
was her smiling. little. wrinkled face
This Is the most wonderful and joyful oc
casIon OF my llfe." she said 1T shows th'
people that the women are In earnest Al
my life-and I'm eishty-seven now. my dear
I've been working for suffrage, and we
have been able 10 reach only the people
who would come TO us."
DR.. Blackwell was greeted with cheers by
many OF her personal friends along the line
and It's only within the last two or three
wears that such demonstration as th!:
| would have been possible.
She allowed herself the liberty of answer
ing the many salutes. contrary TO orders
She bowed and waved her white shawl
She was accompanied In the chariot 10y
Alice Stone Blackwell. her niece the ed
l,or OF The Womans Journal the Bos-
ton suffrage publication.
| 1T is evident that there Is an extraordi-
nary amount Of public interest In the ques-
| ton OF suffrage" she said last night al
| the Hotel Manhattan. where she is staying
ITO analyze the real meaning behind the
appearance Is. OF course. difficult. but II
seemed to me that the large number of
spectators were really sympathetic. Others
Il
were interested and curious. and, though
not sympathetic. at least respectful. Others
OF course. though only a minority, were in
clIned 10 jeer. The parade is hne propa-
sanda work and a well managed demon
stration like this converts people as much
| as argument.
| TT does good 10 everybody. TO those who
see what suffragists are and what they car
do II helps those who take part In 1t by
| making them more courageous and jealous
| in good works II stifens them up. And
it does good to the people who read about
| Il I'm the papers"
Mrs. cyrus w. Field was coachman fol
| Or. Blackwell, but she was alone on the
| box, not because she was 'matchess,' she
said. laughing. but because every woman
was so crazy to march. no one would con-
sent 10 ride. For myself. however. con
sidered II honor enough to drive DR.. Black
| we'll"
Or. Shaw Happicst of All.
The happest looking person in the whole
length OF Fifth avenue was Anna Howard