The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-03
Great Pageant of Suf-
fragettes is Preinaug-
llration Feature.
MANY SUFFRAGE
MEETINGS HELD
With Feet Bare, Those Who viii
Participate in Tablcau Brave
March Winds in Rehearsal.
Visitors From All Over
Country Have Gathered
10 Witness Parade.

! have - gala da% I'm Washington to-
morrow fctc ami pageant dag 10
spur un tho cau3c Of equal franchl5e
and to inpress upon the minds OF mon
who arc to rule the government after
March 4, their demand for AN amcnd
mcnt TO tho Constitution curranchlsinE
women
plans FOR suffrage procession lav.,
tccn made on most elaborate scale.
and 5000 woman - c*pcctcu 10 par
'iCipate in tho pageant which will move
up Pennsylvania Avenue from the
Icacc Monument to tho Treasury
Building, and then to Connecticut Hall.
where a monster suffrage meeting viii
be held.
sivalinS in interest tho preliminary
events of tho inauguration program.
the suffrage demonstration has attract
cd thousands of women 10 Washing
ton from all sections Of tho country,
and many mass meetings wcrc hold
to-day and Tonight in different Soc
iions OF tho city. Accomplishing tho
procession tomorrow. which will con-
sist of seven divisions. will bc
allcgorical tablcau or tho steps of the
! Treasury Building in which will bc i'm
pcrsonatcd Columbia. summoning TO
her side Justice. Charity. Liberty.
Plenty, Peacc and Hope.
These attended ny groups c1
Inaidens. will Wow the procession after
! which they viii assemble and follow
to tho hall where the final rally OF
tho day will DC held.
Ischearse in Hare Feet.
Earefooted women hraVcd the March
winds to-day TO practicc briefly for
to-morrow's pageant. Chief Marginal
Mrs. Eichard Burlcson's aides re-
| hcarsed formations at the Peace Mouu-.
/ mont Some OF tho women did deign
, 10 wear stockings at the rehearsal, but
/ several went in bare feet. Unless to-
| morrow is too cold, the suifraScttcs in
| the tabl,au Will display dainty white
fec; again
Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson will be
tho grand marshal of the parade. and
Miss Inoz Milholland OF New Work,
it's herald. Sections of the parade Will
represent the progress and meaning
OF the suffrage movement The first
section Will typify the world wide
movement for woman suffrage" and
will be headed by Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait. president OF the Intcrna-
tional Suffrage Alliance. Women from
all countries where suffrage prevails,
Will march in this section. The second
section will represent seventy five
years struggle for freedom, or justice
conaucring prejudice" and will be
eNcmpliticd in series OF floats TO be
piloted by Mrs. Harvey w Wiley. Miss
Grace Ross, Miss Katharine Hitchcock,
Miss Hazel Roberts and a mounted
brigade Of suffrage women.
The third section is to portray the
idea that man and woman make the
state: man alone rules The state"
| Floats here will reveal women in the
field. the farm, the homo. in patriotic
service. in education. medicine. Law,
labor government aud other fields OF
cndcavor
Tho appeal OF business ard ,hc pro-
fessions." will be the motto OF the
fourth section; the appeal OF the
States" that of the sixth section. The
NTH section will comprise ununiform-
Cd women marchcrs. and the .cventh
section will consist Of delegations from
states where suffrage mas hecn wholly,
or partly granted.
Nearly all OF the women marchcrs
will be gaily uniformed and tho floats
pear have been prepared with regard
Cor the beautiful. The parade will be
headed by officers OF the National
American Women suffrage Association,
including DR.. Anna Howard shaw,
president.
Many suffrage Meetings.
Two large suffrage meetings guarded
| by policemen were held this afternoon
| a. local theatres. The suffrage qucs-
! tion was discussed by speakers who
placed upon the shoulders of thc men
the burden OF the white slave traffic
cnild labor and nndcrpaid women
workers in the swcatslops and fac
| tories OF the larger cities OF the coun-
4! try. At tho larger meeting more than
S:,500 was collected TO aid in financing
| tho pageant of tomorrow. In many
| cases tho contributions camc from men.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait who made
ihe principal speech. entered upon
general history Of the suffrage move
mcnt and then charged the protectors
of women" with responsibility tor all
tho evils under which the women OF
day are suffering. She declared that
if these same protectors" would Sive
thc women the vote they would lie
their own protectors She charged
Seuator Tiihu Root with ignorance OF
history when he recently said tho ques-
tion regarding woma,<s suffrag. wes
whether granting them the franchise
would give the country better govern
nent.
In Introducing tho speakers. Mrs
Harriet Stanton Rlatch hreathcd do
fiancs OF tho antisuTraSists. and said
I'VE here and now throw down the
gauntlet to all the miserable anti
suGraEists in tho country" and that
when "thcy declare tho women OF TN"
country do nos want tho vote, they
lie"
General EoAalic Jones. who led the
mixers" from New York also spoke
briefly and Introduced to the audience
whom sat in tho front row on the
stage. Other speakers were Miss Tncz
Niihollaud. Mrs. Ray mond Brown ana
Niss Maude Younger. Of California.
There is Senegamhian In tho SUI
LContanuad on 1Ihird TauaA