The Washington herald., 1913-02-22
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Gen. Jones' Army to Be Met
at City Outskirts by
Great Throns.
WILL BE AN OVATION
Mass Meeting to Be Held at the Ma
tional Rifles Armory on
Monday.
WILL BE AN OVATION

| Cen Jones' equal suffrage army will
be met in state at Fifteenth and II
Streets Northeast on March /, according
to plans being made by the suffragists
here A troop of horsemen and horse
women will escort the valiant band OF
| mixers from that point into the city.
| Dozens of automobiles, decorated with
streamers and filled with admiring wom-
en-. and a small army OF Washington
suffragists afoot also will be on hand.
Miss Helen Bergmark, lone of the
mixers" formerly of Washington and
now from Colorado. by unanimous con-
sent of her colleagues the most beautiful
girl working for the cause" will be the
cause OF drawing many additional hun
dreds of the curious. The triumphal en-
try of the mixers bids fair 20 block
all traffic along its line OF march, and be
a demonstration in itself that will bring
together most of the people of Washing
ton.
Miss Bergmark. heroine OF dozens of
proposals en- route. has many admirers
in this city. who tell interesting tales
about her. One of the suffragists told
thrilling story yesterday about how she
has seen Miss Bergmark pursue and
lasso coyotes while hurrying after them
on the back of bucking broncho.
Miss Bergmark also is a crack shot
Her friends say that she has hunted the
disagreeable grizzly in the Rockies with
telling effect and in spite of her radiant
beauty is not a person whose temper may
be riled with safety
mass meeting of the suffragists will
be held in National Rifles Armory on
Monday, at which Miss Janet Richards.
Mrs. Robert La Toilette. and Representa-
tive Edward Taylor Of Colorado will be
the speakers.
Engage Protective Army.
The suffragists engaged a protective
army yesterday. He is seven feet, two
inches tall, four feet in perimeter. and
between 800 and 100 pounds in weight.
Col l.. c. Mack is the army's name. and
he is the biggest thing that ever has
darkened the doors of any suffrage head
quarters.
Col. Mack is a good suffragist. He
read the reports of the warltke attitude
of the anti-sufragists in the newspapers.
wherein rumors of an anti-suffrage army
were noted. Col. Mack came into suf-
fraGe offices yesterday and asked to be
enlisted as a protector of the cause.
Negotiations with the new army were
carried on by Mrs. Patricia Street, bal
anced high on the top of stepladder
Mrs. Street is as petite as the army
is splendidly enormous, and when the
duty OF accepting lis services utNOiNtu
upon her she sent a hurry call to the
nearest hardware store for their tallest
stepIadder. The army" has been re-
tanned. and the stepladder purchased 30
that the suffragists' leaders can keep in
with il.
Mrs. Layina Hauke EnEle. prominent
suffragist in Montgomery County. Md.
will take part in the pageant of March
8 with her two grown daughters. Misses
Rilla and Lavinia. jr.. who are just out
of college. Mr.. Engle. who Is an official
In the Treasury Department. makes this
comment on his wifes decision:
Mrs. Engle has raised six sons and
daughters and is both worthy to talk and
he listened to- Mr.. Engle is a suf-
fragst.
Although the suffragists regret that
President Taft cannot accept their in
vitation to review their pageant, Mrs.
Helen I'll. Gardner stated yesterday that
they hardly expected the President would !
be able to attend on March 3 as he
will be overbusy affXinE his signature
TO the mass of bills and documents |
which are always brought to n Presi |
dent on his last day OF office. Mrs. Taft |
has accepted the invitation of the suf- |
fragists and will review their pageant !
In special box opposite the Treasury |
steps with party of friends.