The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-06
SU RlALGE PAGEAN
rs GRO WING GIL DRY
In the World S History of Cor
geous Displays of HUI
man Effort.
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AS the Fourth OF July is the natal
OF our republic, as the twenty-second
of September is the day that Abra-
ham Lincoln issued the emancipation
OF the slave, so win the third orI
March be the natal day of the
American woman.
The finest pageant that ever
marched on Pennsylvania avenue or
amy other avenue in the world, was
the one that marched Monday last
from the capitol to the White House.
All the circus parades of Barnum,
Forepaugh, Ringing and all other
exhibitions OF King solomon, Cleo
patra. forty thieves, ETC., sink into
insignihcance in comparison with the
grtad array OF bullion brains and
bewildering beauty and intelligence
that marched solemnly along that
great highway. witnessed by hun
dreds OF thousands of sympathetic
cnlookers. There was no frivolty,
but every face looked as serious as
the faces of the men that marched
in solemn procession in the spring
of 1851 when the life of our govern
,ment was at stake. Years ago wo-
men had no right that man was.
bound to respect now they have
some rights that man does respect.
They are now determined to have
and will have all the rights that
man has, even if they have to resort
to force of arms Not to arms that
carry death and destruction, but to
arms Of .loye around their husbands
and brothers and sons impressins
upon them the injustice with which
they are beiag treated, and as a
final argument that unless you grant
to us justice, the population of our
country shall have no further in
crease and that youriname shall not
| live after you die, but shall go into
oblivion as the last of your race.
The procession was started with
ladies of wealth and beauty each
riding white horse, sitting on their
steeds in the o1d-fashioned way; they
were as fine equestriennes as nie1
ever mounted for fox chase In
England All men that are men aa-
imire a graceful. woman on horseback
Up the whole procession which
oSE Two hours to pass; thsre was
mo poverty neither was their Dem
lihlpnde IN the parade. On OF the
most attractive little prlgades was
dressed in shorts, exposing the in
i.fantf1e bovine parts of their
anatomy enclosed in white silk
hosiery beautifully garnished with
carnations and American Beauty
roses woven in the hose.
To attempt to describe the differ
ent parts OF the parade would take
columns Of your paper. West vir
ginia had small number of
marchers. But we have no better
women in the state than the little
band that want not their rights, but
justice for all-''laYge trees from lit
tie acrons grow"
AS othe disrespect shown the
march, it did not occur when we
could see it, but the desire OF every
body to get close and look in the be-
nevolent faces OF the suffragettes
made people crowd into the Avenue
until there was only room for the
ladies 70 pass. The worst behavior
that; we WITNESSED was on
1.-THE part of the mounted police
riding against men and women, fore
ing them back hours before the pa
rade started. did not see, neither
did i hear disrespectful remark
made by anybody in regard to the
|suffragettes. Rosalie Jones and her
band Of mixers were loudly cheered
God bless her. she is the Frances
Willard of the movement. 1t is the
wish of the writer that they may
live long and prosper and accomplish
all they undertake-the freedom of
the American woman.
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