Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-03
WELL KNOWN WOMEN
AID SUFFRAGE CAUSE
Many Expect to Take Part in
Demonstration Here
Next Monday.

Prominent women from all parts of the
country, many of them wives and daugh-
ters of government officials and senators
and representatives will take part in the
suffrage demonstration here next Mon
day, coincident with the opening of the
special session of Congress. The demon
stration is to be held to further the cam
paign for constitutional amendment
giving nation wide woman suffrage.
Announcements today of the women
who will compose the Washington
(state) and Texas delegations in the
demonstration practically completes
all the state delegations. In the wash
ington delegation will be DR.. Cora
King, Mrs. Charles Morton, wife OF
Gen Morton; Mrs. Miles Poindexter,
| wife of Senator Poindexter; Mrs. James
W. Bryan. Mrs. F. H. Barrow. Mrs.
william L. La Toilette, wife of Repre-
sentative La Toilette, and Miss Glenn
Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson. wife of
Lieut. Burleson of Fort Myer. will head
the Texas delegation. Others in II Will
sentative Henry! and Miss Henry, her
daughter; Miss Lucy Burleson. daugh-
ter of the Postmaster General; Mrs.
Bradley Duffie, Mrs. Foster and Miss
Violet Foster.
Others to Join Demonstration.
Among the recent additions to the list
are Miss Jane Delano of New York,
prominent in Red Cross circles; Mrs.
Christian Hemmick. who will represent
Ohio; Mrs. Philander Claxton. wife of
the United States commissioner Of educa-
ton. who will represent Tennessee; Mrs.
3. Dana Durand, wife of the director OF
the census, who will represent South
Dakota; Mrs. w. d. Stephens, wife Of
Representative Stephens of California,
and Miss Mary p. Morgan, niece of G1f-
ford Pinchot, who will represent Connec-
ticut
The suffrage leaders announced today
that already a large group Of senators
and representatives has promised to
meet them in the rotunda of the Capitol
Monday. Pages and others Will be on
hand to receive the petitions.
Plans have been made for holding an
open air meeting at the east front of the
Capitol following the delivery of the
messages from home,'' with Mrs Owen
ments were also made by Mrs. VIII am
Kent, wife of Representative Kent Of
California, for getting two bands to ac-
company the delegations to the Capitol.
Representative Albert Johnson of Wash
ington will be the principal speaker at a
suffrage meeting to be held tonight at the
Cairo.
Miss Paul to Preside.
Miss Alice Paul will preside at the
mass meeting to be held Monday morning
at 10 O'Clock at the Columbia Theater.
Miss Paul is chairman of the congress
sional committee of the National Amer
lean Woman Suffrage Association. but up
to the present time has taken no promi-
nent part In public meetings. She is a
member of prominent Phiiadelphia
family. Among the speakers at this meet
ing will be Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw OF
New York and Miss Janet Richards Of
the District Of Columbia.
Former President Roosevelt Is to help
actively in the Votes for women cam
paign being waged throughout the coun-
try. according to an announcement made
at woman suffrage headquarters. 1870 F
street He is to speak for suffrage at a
large meeting in New York May 2, and
washington women who are going to
New York for the parade May are ar
ranging to get there IN time to hear him.