The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-13
Gen" Rosalie Jones, Who
Will Lead Army Here,
Hopes for Amendment.
WILL ERECT. SHRINE
One of the Features of the Parade on
March 3 Will Be Section
of Writers.


led suffragist band of five to Albany
from New York. the plans of the hike
that that young woman will command
from New York to Washington for the
pageant of suffragists March ; in the in
terests of a Constitutional amendment
granting the franchise TO women. were
well defined.
Miss Jones left for Philadelphia. where
she will organize the branch OF the
pilgrim band that will come from that
city. She also will visit Wilmington
Baltimore, and several other places,
where she will get the women into line
for the hike.
The object OF the pilgrimage to Wash
ingtOn, as well as OF the entire pageant,
is to bring before the incoming admin
istratiOn the demands Of the women for
this Constitutional amendment that will
grant them the franchise without wait
ing for the slower method through the
State legislatures.
For this purpose the army under
Gen" Jones will carry with them pc
titions setting forth their demands. and
these petitions will be presented for sig
nature TO the president Of the woman
suffrage organization of every State the
army PASSES through. These petitions
will then be placed before the new Presi-
dent and Congress for their action.
Follows Scout Car.
Gen" Jones has laid the plans for
the pilgrimage with the idea Of adver-
| tisinE and urging this demand. The army
will be proceeded by a scout car an
automobile driven by Mrs. Schultz, one
OF the prominent figures of suf-
fragism in New York. In this car be-
side Miss Jeanette Rankin. Of Montana
field secretary OF the National Woman
principal speaker Of the army. there will
be- complete printing press with which
the pilgrims" will strike OF en- route
such literature and advertising matter as
may be deemed needful to the cause.
II Is in this connection that the prac-
tice Of erecting Shrines along the way,
referred to. will come in. Whereas the
pilgrims Of centuries ago built shrines
along their line Of march wherein were
the crosses and figures representative of
the aim of their pilgrimage, inside the
shrines the pilgrims of Miss Jones will
put up will be the literature they them
selves strike of on their press. descriptive
Of the constitutional amendment they
seek.
Word was received yesterday that not
only will Miss Rankin make the trip with
the pilgrims from New York, but she
will be one of the principal speakers in
meetings that will be held at the time
Of the inaugural Miss Florence Allen.
Of Utah, secretary Of the National Col
lege Suffrage League, will be another of
the speakers at this time.
Miss Lavinia Dock, secIStary Of the In
ternational Council of Nurses, and a we'll
known figure among social workers. will
have the organization of the nurses sec
tion OF the pageant. and Miss Jane A.
ton nurses organization.
Women as Newsies.
Besides her pilgrims. Miss Jones also
plans to bring a company Of horsewomen
with her. II this detail is worked out
successfully. a large part of the parade
will be made up of mounted suffragists.
Mrs. Steurt Mosby Coleman intends to
bring a mounted delegation from Nir-
ginia. and there are already plans for
six mounted detaChments in the page
ant. Each Of these will consist of ten
riders. and the organizations of horse
women will be scattered through the
line of march at intervals.
One OF the unique features OF the
pageant will he the band of 100 or more
fair ''newsies." who will vend the liter
ature of the suffragist cause through
the crowd. 1t is planned to have at
least 100 young women each to be pro-
vided with canvas shoulder bag after
the cut Of the regular newsboys' bag
from which she will sell the suffragist
magazine. suffragist buttons, and other
suffragist advertising matter. Mrs. Net
tie Podell Gutenberg has charge Of this
branch OF the pageant. and she will
meet with her volunteer ''newsies" at
the association headquarters Thursday
night.
Mrs. Emma S. Tenny has been made
chairman of the reception committee for
the headquarters on Street Word
comes from Mrs. Minnie ]. REYNOLDS, of
Colorado. who has been prominent in
rolitics of that State. that she will bring
a good sized delegation to Washington
and Miss Stella McCalla, of California
who is now in Washington. is organizing
the women of all those Western States
where now women have the right of the
ballot. This will he one of the largest
delegations in the parade. and the leaders
here are counting on It to be one of the
most influential I'm showing the govern
ment the force Of the women in the
United States.
The section of women ministers who
will march March will also be a large
integer in the parade Among the menu
bers OF this section will be Rev. Caro-
line Crane, of Kalamazoo. Mich, and
Rev. Anne Howard Shaw. the president
OF the national W oman suffrage AsSocla-
ton.
Women Dentists to March.
The women dentists will be organized
by DIR. Clara McNaughton, of Washing
ton. There is to be large division of
men in the parade. it is said, but the
name of the man who will have charge
of getting this section together and
marshaling them in the delegation has
not yet been made public.
A large delegation OF prominent writer's
is expected to make up part of the
spectacle The duty of enrolling the
women of this branch is in the hands
of Miss Mary Johnston, of Richmond,
the author of To Have and to Hold,
and a number of other first sellers"
In the delegation will be Miss Ellen
GLASGOW and Mrs. Valentine. None of
the other names have been given out by
Miss Johnston as yet, but she promises
a representative number of authors
One of the latest arrivals in Washing
ton in the interest of the coming weeks
campaign is Miss Lucy Burns, of New
York, a member of the congressional
committee. Miss Burns at present is en-
gagged in arranging for the drawing
room meetings, to be held from now on
until after the pageant. These meetings
are to be held in many of the fashion,
able homes of Washington, and are to
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