Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
gen." JONES HERE
Planning to Lead Suffragette
Army to City.
OF PLEASING PERSONALITY
Describes the March From New York
to Albany.
HAD AMUSING EXPERIENCES
Journey From Gotham to Washing
ton to Begin February 10 and
End March /.
OF PLEASING PERSONALITY
AID AMUSING EXPERIENCES

vi SuIITdkettcS from new OTk I'd AlDdHS
| recently. is in Washington making ar
| rangements for leading another army
| from New York to this city. reaching
here in time to take part in the big
| woman suffrage demonstration March 3.
She came to Washington yesterday after
| noon from Norfolk. Va, where she ar
| ranged with Mrs. Pauline Adams presi-
dent Of the Woman Suffrage Association
| Of that place. to bring a contingent OF
Virginia women to Washington I'm time
| to join the main army in its march on
the capital This morning Gen" Jones
| will go to Baltimore to plan for a party
Of Maryland women to join with her own
party as it marches along from New
York to Washington.
Gen" Jones is a New York girl at
tractive and enthusiastic. She does not
look like a militant suffragette. nor
does she look as though she would seek
the task Of leading an army OF women
on a pilgrimage through snow and
| rain. About five feet FIVE inches tall.
| slender and graceful, she looks as
| though she would be more at home in
| a drawing room than on the road She
| is a decided brunette. But for all her
quick smile and ready laugh, zen.
=
| her face.
How Idea Originated.
How did this marching idea come to
you?" she was asked.
II don't really know how to answer
that, but it occurred to me that by lead
ing a party Of women on foot from New
York to Albany the suffrage cause would
get lots of advertising. And was right.
We got columns Of it-not to mention the
fact that We personally addressed thou-
sands Of men and women during our
trip" Miss Jones said that she was en-
thusiastic over the proposed march on
Washington and the demonstration to De
held here March 3.
How long have you been interested In
the woman suffrage movement! was an
other question put to the general
IT was born suffragette, was the
quick response. But 1 have only been
working for the cause for the last
three or four years, since / became a
| 'grown-up.
"Yes. am really a suffragette not a
suffragist." she replied to a question as
| to whether she used the term suffra-
| gette purposely. THE distinction made
between a suffragette and a suffragist
in Boston is that a suRragist has
wishbone. while suffrafette has both
wishbone and a backbone. We are
working hard for the cause, and only
by work will we accomplish our end.
However. our task is easy compared to
| that of the pioneers in the movement
With ten states already granting the
! franchise to women. it is only a question
of work and time before woman suffrage
.The pioneers in the suffrage cause laid
to face ridicule. but we have overcome
ridicule On all our march from New
| York to Albany we met with no ridicule.
and every one took the cause of suffrage
good naturally and seriously. we na M.
many amusing experiences. but no dis
agreeable ones. There were few men
and women who called to US to go BACK
| home and take care of the babies. But
they were few and far between.
Acting as Advance Agent.
81 am acting as advance agent for the
march to Washington. and it's lots OF
fun. We plan to leave New York Feb
ruary 10 and to reach Washington Marcr
| 1, the Saturday before inauguration. Five
women are coming with us from Connec-
ticut, six from New York. eight from
| Virginia and the contingents from Penn
| sylyania. New Jersey. Delaware and
| Maryland should make the army good
| sized by the time we reach Washington
I'm our march from New York to Al
| bany we averaged fourteen miles day
and one day we made twenty-four miles
Nothing halted us. We marched seven
| hours through snowstorm one day, ano
another day we walked six hours In 9
steady rain. Every morning the general
and her staff took up the march at .
o'clock Hundreds of men, women and
| children joined the line of march and ac-
| companed us from town to town. we
| halted and made speeches wherever we
| Thought we could get a crowd. This same
plan will be followed in our march te
Washington.
Fifteen newspaper men and women
kept on our trail all the way from New
| most part in motor cars. When we
started they were giving long odds that
we would never walk all the way to the
state capital. But after We covered
| twenty-four miles on the fourth day
out they changed their minds about us. "
Among the women who Will march to
Washington are Miss Livinia Dock of
New York. secretary of the international
Council Of Trained Nurses. and Miss
Ida Craft Of Brooklyn. N. Y, both of
whom took part in the march to Albany.
1t Is probable that a band OF Washing
ton women will march out along the Bal
timore pike to meet the advancing army
and accompany it to the city.
Sees Miss Alice Paul.
Gen." Jones was in consultation with
Miss Alice Paul, who has charge Of the
pdrdOe anu pageant mere XndTCH a, yes
terday afternoon. 1t was decided that in
the parade the army Of Cen" Jones
should wear long brown cloaks with
hoods. like the robes which pilgrims of
old used to wear.
Mrs. Champ Clark. wife Of Speaker
Clark, spent two hours yesterday aft
ernoon at suffrage headquarters. goinG
over the plans for the demonstration
with Mrs. Helen Gardener. chairman Of
the press committee. and the other
leaders. Mrs. Clark WAS added to the
advisory committee and signified ner
intention Of taking. part in the section
for home makers"
Mrs. Stuart Mosby Coleman, daughter
Of Col. John s. Mosby of civil war tame,
was a visitor at headquarters .ester-
day afternoon. She said that she would
organize a company Of Virginia horse
women and take part In the parade
The Quakers are to march under the
lead of Mrs. Guyon Miller. Mrs Miller
explained that the Quakers had for many
years been heartily in sympathy with the
suffrage movement.
A letter has been received at head
quarters from Mrs. H. s. Hall of On
cinnati, stating that she would bring
hat Of N