The Washington times., 1913-04-21
GIVE UP BURLESQUE
ON SUFFRACETTES
Board of Trade Committee Not
to Portray Women at Big
Shad Bake on May ~.

There will be no suffragettc bur!cSHue
at tho Board Of Trades shad-bahc at
Rivcryiew on May y. While the COM
mittce has taken no formal action abol-
ishing the plan, leaders In the move
!ncnt to-day expressed a Willingness to
comply With President E. Fl. Droop' 5
request that this feature be eliminated.
In letter addressed to Chairman
Gibson. President Droop expressed HIM
self as bitterly opposed to the proposed
burlesque. The committee had planned
10 reproduce the suffragette pageant in
burlosQue, and also have a police squad
TO break II UP. and leaders in the COM
mittee had planned to make this the
most attractive feature of the shad-
bake program.
President Droop pays his respects to
the newspapers in unmistakablc Ian
suage in mis- letter to the committee.
Newspapers Attacked.
The fair name of the city has been
besmirched by the press throughout the
country" he writes, and says that it is
his personal opinion that many of tine
articles were sent out for no other pur-
pose than. to give a black eye to our
reputation, and some of the published
articles 1 have seen are of the most
libelous nature
we don't want to add injury to in
suit he says
While a large majority of the COM
mittee see no objection to the burlesque
and think it would be a good stunt, "
the sentiment seems to prevail that the
feature should be abandoned out of re-
spect 20 the wishes of the president.
will ha
night.
Meantime. the other committees are
making rapid progress in arranging Their
plans. The athletic committee has de-
termined to hold only humorous events
because serious contests could be par
ticipated in by only a few.
II has been announced that two boats
will carry the crowd to Riverview. one
TO leave at 1890 in the morning. and the
other at Las. The return trip will be
made at night.
Committee Named.
Edward ]. Murphy has been named
chairman of the committee to arrange
for serving the meals, and has appoint
ed five assisting squads as follows:
Squad 1-Charles T.. Coberth, chair
man; Henry p. Amos. William II. Abb
bott, f. S. Alvord. jr. John c. Athey,
George c. Altemus, Ralph p. Barnard,
j. F. Bayne, Harvey &. Belt, WarrFn n
w. BiGgs, Irving o. Ball, Arthur t..
Bliss, Charles w. Bohannon, william
Brayshaw.
Squad otto J. DE Mol. chairman;
f. 6. Brashears. Correl T.. Brooks. ila"-
ris Y Brown, y l.. BurChell, Thomas
4. Cannon, John Doyle Carn'odS.
Charles Nelson Chase, Charles Ray
Dean. c. +. Donohoe. George J. Easter
day. John O Evans. o. Raymond
Evans. Charles w. Fairfax.
Squad 3-AuGust Brill, chairman: W.
w. Georges, G. W. ForsberS. Joseph II.
FranZoni, d. w. Gail. Ralph l.. 'ialt,
John D. Garman. William J. Gid,linss.
John G.. Graham. Edward s. Greenwe!I.
Charles p. Hancock George Henderson,
W. G.. Harvey, Leroy W. Heron.
Squad 4-Carl 4. DuehrinG. chairman:
George P Hales. w. &. Herbert. 4. G.
Hermann. Stephen II. Hines. Parke
Herold, William j. Hoffman. Frank ".
Jackson, H. h. jenkins. Francis II. la
wins. Harry II. Juelg. L. G. kell?-. Ed
ward Kern. Milton A. kettler.
Squad Frank A. Jones. chairman.
+. l.. Hewitt, Henry G. karr. H. J.
Kinks. Harry V. Lansdale. William J.
Laubheimer. Frank p. Leetch. Edward
T Linskey. r. II. Martin. Charles Null
likin, Edwin \. Newman. Charles II.
Parker. Alexander r. Varela, Samuel
w. Wood.