The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
WOMEN Combine
TO SPEED VOTE
Seven Associations to En-.
gineer Big Celebration Of
Canal Opening.
NOVEMBER IA, IS DATE
Many Prominent Men to Speak in
Favor Of Feminine
Enfranchisemeat.

Every equal suffrage society OF the
District will cooperate with the Federal
Woman's Equality Association in the big
suffrage festival planned in celebration OF
tho opening OF the Panama Canal This
festival viii be held at Old Masonic
Temple. Ninth and Streets Northwest.
November II. II viii open at II o'clock
In the morning and viii continue until
midnight The event IL being arranged
in interest OF joint resolution No. ] for
the entranchisement OF women by Fed
eral amendment.
With the Federal woman's Equality
Association are associated the Congress
SIGNAL Union. OF the National american
thony League, the College Girls Equal
Suffrage League, the Susan B. Anthony
League, the Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Club. and the Federation Of woman's
Clubs.
Frederick L. Siddons. District Commis-
sioner, will open the festival His ad-
dress viii be followed by others from
Representative John E Raker OF Cali
fornia and William z. Andrews, auditor
for the Treasury Department In the
afternoon Mrs. Warner A. Gibbs, So
prano, assisted by Miss Irma Montgom-
cry, rhythmic dancer; Mrs Clara Ross,
hsrpist; Margery Snyder, violinist, and
Miss Mary Hanson, pianist, will give an
entertainment A suffrage play. Lady
Geraldine's Speech" will be given by the
Anthony League in the evening.
White Elephants Wanted.
Mrs. Albert johnson. OF Washington.
voter. will be the chairman OF tie formal
parts Of the entertainment
There viii be two particular features
the petition booth and the white elephant
booth.
At the petition booth all who attend will
have opportunity to sign q petition ask
ing Congress TO speed UP with its pas
sage of resolution No. /. At the white
elephant booth-nobody knows what will
happen there. There has been a detaIl
though. All who have white
elephants are asked to send them TO Miss
Glenn. Were this any other than WASH
ington City, she would probably have her
hands full.
Following are the committees:
Ways and Means Committee-The Rev
Olympia Brown. Mrs. Charles Morton.
Mrs. {. W. MacNaughton (treasurer),
Mrs Clara B. Colby. Mrs. Miles Poin-
dexter. Mrs. Abigail S. Dunniway, Mrs.
Philenda Spencer. Mrs Alice Park. Mrs.
jeremiah Curtin, Mrs. T. II. Clopton
Smith, Miss Emily Howland. Mrs. May
Wright Sewall, DR.. Belva Lockwood, Mrs.
]. r. Mickey, DR.. Sarah NJ. Sieyers, Mrs.
Martha Mitchell Hoyt (secretary). DR..
Elnora c. Folknar, Miss Louis Park,
Mrs. Anna Harmon, Mrs. W. T. Han
cock, Mrs f, Carl Smith, Mrs. W. d.
Bigelow, Mrs. B. FL Doyle. Mrs. Char
lotte Emerson Main Mrs. Ellis Logan.
Mrs. William z. Andrews, Mrs. Emily
Ragan. Mrs Herbert Rooksby, Mrs. Sa-
rah La Fetra, Mrs. L. A. Langilie, Mrs.
Elizabeth E Cuddiback, Mrs. William
Brown, Miss williams, Miss Florence
Ezekiel, and Mrs. Charles U. Bell.
The stalls already organized are as fol-
lows:
Federal woman's Equality AssocIa-
tion-Mrs. Albert johnson, Miss WASH
ington, Mrs. W. T. Hancock, Miss La
Toilette, Mrs. Virginia Johnston-Flow-
ers, Mrs. John p. Dunlap. Miss Maud
Dakin, Miss HoweiIs, Mrs. Muncaster,
Miss Bertha Yoder, Miss Karoline Kla-
ger, Miss Dorothy Bennett, and Miss
Florence Snyder.
White Elephant Booth and Aprons
Miss Lily Glenn, Mrs. MendenhaIl, Mrs
Florence Day, and Mrs Clara Dawson.
Federal Petition Booth-Dr Sarah NJ
sievers, Miss Mary washburn. Mrs. w.
n. Stoner, Mrs Jennie L. Monroe, Mrs.
Eva Lyle, Miss Louise Park, Mrs. Anna
Harmon, Mrs. N. z. MacCartee.
Japanese Tea Room-Mrs. Brayton Ran
'om, Mrs. w. s. Tancre, Mrs. William
:. Lee, Mrs. Mary Talbot
National American Suffrage Association
Devoted to suffrage literature-AIiss |
Bessie Barkley, chairman
The Susan b. Anthony League-Mrs. |