The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-03

Soclatlon. The line or march ls prac'
titally the same as will be taken by
the inaugural parade tomorrow. In
view of the fact that facetious col
lege men have suggested releasing
a number of mice during the parade,
the marchers will not be accompan-
led by cats, held by silken ribbons,
but will be protected by the Fiji
teenth United States cavalry from
Fort Meyer. 1t is believed that no
outward incident will mar the parade,
uLon which hundreds of thousands
Of dollars have been spent.
Under the artistic eye of the Hon.
Mrs. Patricia Street of Australia,
the multi-colored suffragers have
been arranged into one long color
scheme Miss lnez Mulholland of
New York, called the most beauti-
FIJI woman in the suffrage movement
leads the parade on horseback. Her
robe is yellow. The costumes, in
fact, form one of the most pictur-
esque features of the parade, for in
stead of being the conventional dress,
depicting the different stages of the
woman suffrage movement, the cos
tunes of the marchers, except in
srecial cases, are of ancient Greek
design.
Following Miss Mulholland are fif.
ty ushers in pale blue and gold. Al
ter them come women in gowns OF
vdregated hue, representing the fou:
countries that have given the ballot
to women, Mrs. Knute Nelson, wife
Of the senator from Minnesota, rep
resenting Norway, Finland, New Zeal
and and Australia are the other Coun-
tries depicted. The countries which
have granted only partial suffrage
are Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Great
iEritain, Austria Hungary any Bel
gnm These, however, have repre-
scntation. The idea which this di-
vision of the pageant represents is
that the suffrage movement is world
VI de.
The second division consists of four
floats, worked out in a color scheme
of purple violet and gold showing the
progress of suffrage in this country.
The third division shows, by a series
If floats and marching contingents,
that men and women cooperate in
every line of activity save govern
n,cnt.
There is a float showing men ana
women working side by side in the
harvest field followed by a body OF
women farmers. Then comes the
hrme-makers, following a float en-
bematic of home life. Then, side by
side, will appear the soldier and the
nurse sharing the dangers of the
battlefield, with a company of nurses
in their hospital uniforms.
Then will come education, with the
college women in line; then law, fol
lowed by the women members of the
bar, then medicine, with a host of
women doctors. The last float in the
division will represent labor, with
man and woman toiling side by side,
The great body of business women
and wage-earners will march behind
this car. Behind this division will
he drawn a great float showing the
Ideal Government" in which men
and women share the burdens of the
state. No women will walk behind
this float.
Next will be shown the numerous
professions and occupations in which
women engage, each symbolized by
a single figure. These will be fol-
lowed by the state delegations, some
Of them represented by floats, others
by marchers. In this division will
figure large delegation of men from
tie Mems League for Woman Suf-
frage. A large automobile parade
will bring up the rear of the pro-
feSsion.
Tableaux will be held on the south
steps of the treasury department
while the procession is in progress.
Miss Flora Wilson, daughter of tn!
scci etary of agriculture, is in charge
of the music section.
Miss Fo!a La Toilette, daughter OF