El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-19
Married Lies Troubles
Warren and Helen See the Suffraget
Parade and Warren ScOffss
While Helen Approves.
10y Mabel Herbert Urner --
" MnbeI HerDer
the band~

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ht~HEREs the bandl"
Helen leaned farther out the
window, but a stone prOjec-
! ton from the adjoining building shut OFF
( their view down the avenue They
I could only see the paraders Is they
Below. the street was lined with peO-
pie, and now there was a general STIR
{ of expectancy as everyone Sazed down
[ the avenue at the first strains OF the
! approaching band
/ First came the horseback brigade, IS
women in black riding habits with yell
low p6nnants Of votes for women
, Then the standardbearers, the grand
marshal, the band-and the parade was
under way
HeIen's first impression was that the
women marched Well-very we'll they
carried themselves with conscious dig
nifty and an earneStuess OF purpose
The white gowns and yellow regalia
shOne brilliantly in the sunlight
Wonder what college this Is muir
INJURED Helen. as company Of women
in black university gowns and mortar
board caps marched by with stately
precision.
'Weu. we can tell anything if we
can't read the standards We really
could see better from the street.
Helen Objects
"Oh, but it's much nicer up here,
protested Helen, who hated TO be
jOstled in the crowd
A great. square canvas lettered
Votes for Women. Victory 1915" was
carried flat by half a dozen women on
each side
Some one from an upper window
threw a handful Of cOppCrs on the can
vas The crowd laughed. but the wom-
en- gazed serenely ahead. A band fol-
Iowed playing the French battle hymn
The Marseillaise-" Then came
company in swinging step to the mu-
/ sic. carrying many banners
cob. why don't they all wear whlte-
asked Helen. They'd look so much
better in a regulation uniform
What's dOing2" Mr. Stevens had
come out Of his private office, and was
now looking over their shoulders.
"Oh. Fred. you're missing 1t an as
Mrs. Stevens moved over for him TO sit
down beside her
Cant come now Got to get off
some letters but III be with you when
Curtis gets here
Helen glanced at the clock Warren
had promised to come up about ;, and
they were all going out to dinner To-
gether She begged him 10 come ear-l-
er. bat he had scOffed at Lne idea Of
leaving his work for suffraget pa
rade.
However. it was not quite Z. when
the door opened and Warren stalked
in. Helen greeted him joyfully.
"Oh. dear. Pm so gladi want you
q
Not much doing Saturday afternoon.
so / thought ] might as wei knock Off
How do the damsels Look seating
himself on the windowsiu beside Helen
Those I saw coming up seemed pretty
wei seasoned"
Were too high up to see their
faces" said Mrs. Stevens
We'll. the farther away you are the
. better they look. Seems TO me they'd
march better if their skirts weren't so
Now. dear you're not to say horrid
things" reDrOved Helen. 'It really is
very wonderful parade You can't
help but be impressed with their dig
nity and earnestness-
T shouldn't say that woman in
red skirt was exactly dlgnlued.
laughed Mr.. Stevens. what would you
Look at this one over here" and
Warren pointed out an extremely stout
woman in an extremely tight black
dress. "She waddles. French heels
tool Can YOU beat it2
Dear. I don't think that's at all fun
ny. and it's certainly not nice for YOU
to try to pick out things 20 rtdicule-
Among 10000 women some Of them
may dress inapprOpriately. but thar
doesn't affect the cause they're march
Ing for"
Thirty thousandl7 Warrens tone
was skeptical "Tu wager there won't
be 10. And why don't they have more
bands2 That's the only part of any pa
rade that's worth while. An, were we
have the real thingi"
A band had burst into a lively air
just as it came i'm sight. Leading it
was strutting. gold laced, drum major
twirliug his baton.
Big Crowd.
AS Mr.. Stevens's office was i'm cor
ner building, they could see up the cross
street, which was jammed with stalled
. traffic But no one seemed to mind
the delay. People were standing up in
[ their cars. and some had climbed on
T the limousine tops and were waving at
the paraders
There's a sensible fellow" Warren
was looking down at the driver Of
huge beer truck. who had gone COM
IorTahly TO sleep on his seat
Here come the Sutherland Sisters"