Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-02-06
suFFRAclsTs WORKING HARD
FOR THEIR PARADE MARCH :
IN WARRINGTON.
IS FEATURED LIKE 4 CIRCUS
R~acqBMlEtns he Worth Of Publicity,
Aha Wdemon Put ouf Some Smart
Press Aoehkss Announesments to
Attract the crowda.
1~YoEoRoE CLINTON.

Wa1hinxtonAWashingtona has tvs
big parade committees hard 1T work
one striving for the success of the
PAGEANT in honor Of the inauguration
Of Woodrow Wilson and the other
WORKING hard and willingly TO make
superior TO the parade of mere man"
the Sunragist pageant which win be
held ntMarchs. on the stretch OF the
great avenue between the capitol and
the treasury building.
AreQuest from suffrage leaders ask
Ing congress to pass . constitutional
amendment letting down the bars
against wOman's voting I'm to be pre-
pared In connection with the giant al
leg0rical procession and pageant to
be held the day before the inaugura-
ton Of Presidentelect Wilson. At
least 5000 men and women from all
parts Of the country, and particularly
: from the ten suffrage states, are to
take part In the procession and In the
mass meeting to follow.
The suffragists understand thor
oughly the worth Of publicity and ap-
parently they also understand the uses
y ~ R4OS5 o6CASs 4ACy GOCAA ~ ASSA
that something with circus features"
is q more potent attraction than q
pageant. Of Suffrage solemnities,' a
fact which makes the advance notice
Of the March event read somewhat
like the unexpurgated f~Orecasting pro
nouncements OF the press agent OF the
biggest show on earth.
Sounds Like CIrcum pomkAF.
The women want . crowd, and II
publicity will draw 1t for them they
are not to be disappointed. The proof
of the press agent is his Cor In this
case, Ii it her?) ability to get things
printed. The suffragists' press agent
Is setting stun in type. It may not
be that Americans who dwell in the
distant places would come to the cap
ital to see simply a plodding process
sion Of women with banners, but what
American anywhere can resist this:
"a troop Of attractive Dianas, horse
women known for their proficiency in
place in the big suffrage parade on
March 8. Miss Julia Goldsborough
and Miss Mary Moran, both Of whom
have won blue ribbons In society
horse shows, will display their horse
manship on famous mounts, and
among the other women who have al
ready promised to ride r Glenna
Smith Ttnntn and Mrs. Churchill Can
dee. It is hoped that this pictur-
esque feature will be augmented by
such dashing riders as Miss Janet Al.
- Nm9-~s TY~Ah~-S~@ E1IH~S~n RK&ro TI-
ellie Cherbonnier and many others
who have won wide reputation as
riders"
The suffragists are showing hum
bleness Of spirit. The Washington
press agent tells the country: There
is no suggestion that women are here
appear as the equals or the supertors
Of men, but they will appear as WON
en- determined to win for themselves
what they deem a God-given right" 1t
seems possible that the words ARE
the equals" escaped notice of the ex-
purging star OF the publicity commit
tee.
Mr.. and Mrs. MacVeagh to March?
washington at it's society end was
somewhat stirred by the report that
Secretary of the Treasury Franklin
Macyeagh and Mrs MacYeagh were
to march in the parade carrying ban
ners with the proud ,deyice Votes for
women It may be that Me- and
Mrs. MacVeagh viii lend their pres
ence to the parade, bat the chances
are that their -HudgiRg' viii be In
an automobile.
While the '.marchers march" the
crowds along the curhs win be asked
by society news girls" to buy their
program wares. SO II IL not the inten-
ton of the gufragists to depend upon
the parade's potency alone to draw
support for their aHse. An entire
week will be given over to the advo-
eacy OF the movement. 1t In allowed
to be Known In advance that Miss
Margaret Foley Of Boston, the apostle
OF the working girl, whose sloquence
is Of a marvellous quality. win be one
OF the group of notable sufragist
speakers who win spread the gos-
pel abroad i'm Washington during In
augural week at open air meetings.
No in Washington seemingly
feels inclined TO critlciSe the some
what garish advance pronouncementa
OF the spectacular features Of the big
parade. Some persons reading the
press agents notices may come to
soon, but the chances are they will
not 60 away scofing. There viii be
thousands OF earnest women in the
parade, every one Of them holding that
| her cause is worth working for. They
want to draw a crowd, and they are
going after the crowd by methods OF
which time and experience have ap-
proved. March 3 promises to be q
bigger day in old Washington than
March a.