The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-04

writer. Mr.. Barnard is weli-knoWn
throughout tho United States and
Great Britain The lecture will be
| open to the public.
further South had objected to her
presence.
But the Illinois women want me to
march in their section" she said
smiling to the reporter, and / shall.
| Illinois Is Lincoln's State, you know
l don't believe Lincoln's State is going
! to permit Alabama or Georgia or any
other State to begin to dictate to 1t
now, AS Illinois comes along III join
them," and Mrs Barnett did.
The grand marshal OF the process
sion, Mrs. Richard Burleson, who is
the young wife of Lieutenant Bur
Lesson. Of the army, rounded the turn
at the Peace monument at the start
ing gun with Miss Mlholand, Miss
Hall and a troop of mounted girl
aides in black riding habits leading
| the way, just back OF Maryville girls
| band from Missouri footing the ma
/ tional air
/ Once those leading horsewomen
/ had come into the avenue and saw the
crowd there, they stopped aghast.
Requests Not Granted.
Days ago requests had been made
y
/ police the avenue. but these were not
/ granted.
/ AT the last minute two troops of
1 cavalry from Fort Myer Clattered up
/ before the reviewing stand in front
4 OF the sherman statue near he treas
ury building. much to the Joy Of the
municipal police and specials and
helped to sort out properly a bit of
/ the mass In front OF the main review
{ ing stand
Thanks to the regulars The pro-
! cession from this point around tho
north side of the Elipse back of the
| White House had a fairly clear path
| but the tangle to the east resulted in
a disjointed parade that passed the
| reviewing stand in broken, distoined
sections, And once the marchers had
got around the Elipse the disbanding
point just beyond, maybe they did
not say their say about the Washing
ton police and the oaths and drunken
reveling that at many points had as
| sailed them.
4 Record Parade.
Washington says on every side to-
night that the confusion spoiled what
undoubtedly would have been record
parade for mprcssiveness. The color
scheme of colors, and the shades in
rainbow rotation that the Hon. Pat
racia Street had so carefully designed
was not altogether lost. however And
all along the line were sights thai
brought forth cheer after cheer-the
Rev Anna Shaw, white haired. Sturdy
ard wearing her college zap and
gown; the good loking lassies in the
costumes of the nat ons that vote
and the nations that the sunragettes
hopes to see vote; the CLEAN of the
stars and stripes and Miss Hill and
hlarr of brass END the banging Oi
drums and Miss Milholland, ribbons
and Eayest banners and milk white
n horses, md Miss Alberta Hll and
golden charlots, and Inez Milholland
and the brunette, Mrs. Rurleson or
her young soldier husband cracl
cavalry horse, and historical floats and
) Inez Milholland and jeer- proof.
I mafChsrs, LED by James l.. Ialdlaw
New York banker and Senator Elect
Shofroth. Of the suffrage state OF Col
oradC, and Miss Hill, and the gorgeous
Victor Murdoch, OF Kansas, march
ing behind a banner borne by the dis
tinguished looking Judge Rucker, OF
Colorado. and bearing the legend
Senators and representatives from
| suffrage States" scores of these, are
far too many to list by name.
Mrs. Gait There.
Mrs, Carrie Chapman Gait, presi-
dent of the International Suffrage
Alliance. marched in the lead of the
first section behind a group of ma
tional officers that included Miss
Jane Adams. Of Chicago, and Miss
! G.. Anita Whitney, of California,
Mrs. John Nelson headed the dele
gates, representing Norway, and In
/ this section also marched costume
representatives of nine other nations
with big Canadian delegation.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley led a series
| of floats depicting the equal suffrage
s,, t.A Tate trNn lv,
1890, and finally one great float for
| today" heaped with purple clad girls
| each representing one of the States
where women have the ballot And
! back of these came a group of horse
women with Mrs. A. 3. Whitney al
/ their head and you would know from
| the way they rode their glistenins
/ ginia. The capital nurses wore the
| Portia capes and Portia caps that
| were seen in various color arrange
/ ments on so many thousands OF the
I marchers, gathered applause all along
! the line. And there were the ply
sicians, the women scientists band
! of sixty girl garment strikers from
/ New York. who received much at
! tention, women clergy writer's.
actresses led by Miss Fols LaFollette,
and bands and floats and bands. But
| the great stars of the thouea nds were
! General Rosalie Jones an" her little
band of hooded mixers who had
walked from New York Washing
| ton.
Mime. Nordica as Columbia.
Madame Nordica as Columbia was
to have been the leading character
! in the beautiful tableauX and dances
and songs that greeted the head of
the procession when the vanguard
clawed it's way TO the natural stage
b H.. ,IY,x. k1xe a1rvI
4 end of the treasury.
+ Banked behind Miss Reicher were
earlands of girls in robes OF filmy
silks and when the paraders marched
past down the steps came the stately
Z Miss Keicher and she and her girls
marched across the ellipse to the dis
/ banding point. And after the indig-
( nation meetings the suffragists scat
/ tered to get something to eat. To-
| night they are telling their arguments
to many natives and visitors.