The Washington herald., 1913-02-26
SUFFRAGE ARMY
FINISHES PLANS
Continued from Paae One.

and carrying a purple banner. The
Congressional marching section. COM
posed Of Senators and Representatives
from suffrage States, will be preceded
by band. Following the marching
contingent from the political parties
will be series OF floats and q mounted
brigade.
The equal suffrage States wills form
the first division OF States. Following
these delegations Will be the National
Mems League for Equal Suffrage.
The second division will be composed
of the delegations from the various
States now fighting for equal suffrage.
They will appear in the following or
der: Alabama. Arkansas, Connecticut,
Delaware. Florida. Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa. kentucky. Louisiana,
Maine. Maryland, Massachusetts. Mich
igan. Minnesota. Mississippi, Missouri.
Nebraska, Nevada. New Hampshire,
New Jersey. New Mexico. New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio.
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.
South Carolina, South Dakota, Ten
nessee. Texas. Vermont. Virginia, West
and the automobile parade.
Welcome for ..Gen." .Jopes.
Plans were completed yesterday for an
enthusiastic welcome to the suffrage
pilgrims of Gen. Rosalie Jones band
when they arrive here Friday. Thirty
girls OF the Cross Country Club, of Fair
mont Seminary, will meet the mixers at
the District line and act as escort. 1t
is expected that about 80 Of the local
sunrasists will meet the band OF pill
grims at Hyattsvills with a brass band,
and automobiles. The line OF escort on
Friday will be via Brentwood Road to
Rhode Island Avenue out Rhode Island
Avenue to North Capitol Street, south
on North Capitol Street to the Capitol
and west on Pennsylvania Avenue TO the
Treasury. to Fifteenth Street. thence to
F Street and thence to the surragist
headquarters at 1870 r Street. 4 public
mass meeting will be held in front of
headquarters when several OF the pill |
grims will make speeches Col. Ida
Craft and Mrs. Raymond Brown will be
among the speakers
All Saturday the suffragist pilgrims will |
stay around the house, nursing their |
bruises and blisters. This will give them |
time to recuperate for the big dinner |
which will be held at Rauscher's on |
night In honor of themselves |
and the national board of the woman's |
suffrage organization. This function will |
be attended by the prominent women all !
over the country. including Miss Belva |
The generals, colonels. and majcrs in |
,harge OF the surfragette headquarters |
n Washington were stricken with terror |
when thev learned that gov |
'rnment clerks. business people. ani !
,thers who have erected stands for the |
inaugural parade are planning to offer |
heir seats for the suffrage parade on
March at u. %. and 80 cents. This
development led TO change in the
cute Of the parade, so that II cannot
,e seen from the stands controlled by
.nnouncad until the morning of March
. so that stands cannot he erected in
he meantinne.
stores Will Close.
Col" Constance Leupp. daughter OF
ormer Indian Commissioner Leupp, who
tarted out or the nike from New
'ork to Washington. concluded a Pull
nan car was preferable to the hard and
nugh roads. and she arrived at head
uartcrs yesterday morning. She said,
owever, tina. after rest of a couple
( days she would he able TO finish the
march from Baltimore to Washington
accordingly, she departed last night tor
saltimore. and will make another start.
Word was received at headquarters
apartment stores, announcing their In
ention of closing a half day on Monday.
>mong those who have signified their
rillingness to close early in order that
ny OF their clerks who are friendly TO
he cause may participate in the pageant
re Julius Garfinkle & Co. Woodward
Lothrop, Bluestein, and Smoot g. .
ellef.
Announcement was made last night
nat the two special votes for women
rains from New York will leave Satur-
ay and Sunday mornings. On the first
ill come tho officers and members of
ne National American Womans Suf-
rage Association, while on the second
ill come members of the New York
tate Suffrage Association.
Nellie BLY,, the former newspaper
ritter, and Evelyn Yturri Coburn, age
X, of Texas. Il great-great-great-gra
ece of George Washington. were added
the recruits for the big parade to-day.
A mass meeting will be held in a
ieater Sunday afternoon. 1t will be ad-
ressed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
resident of the International Suffrage
lliance.
The only woman in the United States in full