New-York tribune., 1913-09-27
WIT HEN IS EFFACED
FROM SUFFRAGE SHIELD.
BROOKLYN LegionS to Parade in
Amity and UnitedIy Annoy
All "AntiS."
DOVE, THO, NOT RAMPANT
Emblem of Peace Not to Perch
on Flagstaffs, Though Lions
Now Gambol with the Once
Ferocious Lambs.

M n is not true that each o., the ten
.soussnd suffragists who will march in
,be BROOKLYN parade on November will
carry a white plaster Of paris dove on
,bs tin Of her votes for women Flagstaff
asa sign that peace, sweet peace, broods
aver the once troubled Brooklyn suffrage
circles. The marchers will display their
own insignia and nothing more.
Al the same. the parade Is the outward
and visible loren that the days when suf-
frags lawsuits made the Brooklyn court
house JOYOUS as vaudeville show are
ended The lion and the lamb now meet
smicably together in a cooperative com
nojttee 10 arrange details for the parade.
The Kings County Woman Suffrage As
sociation and the Woman Suffrage Party
are both working hard for IT, Mrs. Rob
ert H. Elder. however, is not taking an
active part. She will march in the ranks.
but she is not on the committee.
-Four organizations are represented on
This committee. the other two being the
Womens Political Union, which recently
opened headquarters in Brooklyn. and the
Mems League for Woman Suffrage. The
rommittee members are Mrs. r. c. Talbot
Perkins and Mrs. Annie +. Merritt. for
Kings County; Mrs. II. Edward Dreier
and Mrs Frank II. Cothren, for the
party Miss Beatrice Brown and Mrs.
william G.. Wood, for the union, and r.
c. Beadle and J. 2. Coughlin, for me
mems league. They meet every Tuesday.
This really promises 10 be a great pa
rsde For one thing. It is the first suf-
frage parade Brooklyn has ever had
Brooklyn. the birthplace Of the movement
IN this vicinity Before Manhattan
thought about woman suffrage. back in
lsa a woman's rights club was formed
In Brooklyn and Henry Ward Beecner
was one of The founders. The few women
who joined at that time were accused by
the newspapers Of being hens who want
ed 10 crow" Mrs. Perkins recalled the
story yesterday.
a good many hens will crow on No
yember J. she said.
The route Of the parade. which will
start al o'clock in the afternoon, vas
trst marked out 10 be from Grant Square
down Bedford avenue and along Lafay-
cite avenue to the Academy Of Music,
10 end In a mass meeting there.
But so many of the suffragists have
protested that they would make more Of
an impression if they tied up the traffic
around Borough Hall for while that the
lien Of marcn will probably be altered TO
take that in.
The speaker for the mass meeting is
not Vet decided upon. John Pnrroy
Mitchell was asked. but replied through
Eugene H. Bell his representative, tnat
he could not promise now. he would be
glad TO speak If engagements did not
prevent.
Various picturesque features will enliven
the parade Leading the Mems League
division will be Alfred Brown, VINO is
nov touring the state for woman suf-
frage Mr.. Brown will march in a suit
OF mail, with shield and plumed helmet,
symbolic Of the fact that ne is the knight
Of 1915.
The Womens Political Union will d.
vide its section into occupational groups
nurses. teachers. stenographers. women
physicians. etc--each carrying its ban
ner Marchers from the Kings County
clubs will wear a yellow sash across the
front Of the dress. The Woman Suffrage
Party will also display much yellow.
There will be many bands Of music ana
probably floats.
Sufragists from Long Island Queens.
Richmond Borough and The Bronx have
been asked 10 swell the ranks and so
many have promised that ten thousand
In line seems a safe estimate.