The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-02-25
WILL Be RIOT OF COLOR
,,,,-py HUE OF RAINBOW WILL
,r EMBODIED IN SUFFRA-
GETTE PARADE MARCH 3.
wNl Be SPECTACULAR AFFAIR

Ng,rrhing COntingentS representing
otber Countries, the Virginia ''Pet-
,icoat Cavalry" and Hero Hobson
VIII An Be There.
yyASHINGTON.-The march of
,z, .uffragist host in Washington on
March 3 will be a symphony of color
.Tboea in charge of the arrangements
ora planning to have it take on the
oolor scheme of the rainbow and it
&c NOT likely that any color, or shade,
will be overlooked.
The line of march will be led by
rnaz MilhOlland, dressed as a herald
and mounted on horse. Following
bo- will be so ushers, in pale blue
and gold. Then will come women rep
rasenring the countries that have CIV
an the ballot to women-Norway,
Finland. New Zealand and Australia.
Following them will be foreign
marching contingents representing
Countries that have partial suffrage
Sweden. Denmark, Iceland, Great
britain. Austria-Hungary and Bel
GUM.
Next will be representatives of the
countries where women are working
for suffrage. One big float will rep
resent Turkey, Persia, China, Swift
arland. Greece, Italy, Holland and
Germany. 1t will be followed by Gen.
Rosalie Jones and her ambassadors
of Justice" dressed in gray cloaks,
knapsacks and slaves.
Four floats representing the devel
ounent of the suffrage movement in
its historical aspect will follow.
Next will come a float showing suf
frage as it is today. 1t will contain
a human bouquet of violets, beautiful
girls clamorins and clustering in all
shades of purple, palest lavender and
palest violet. Each girl will carry
small green branch.
Next will some the Virginia 'petti-
coated cavalry" with green sable
capes. heading the floats showing men
and women working side by side in
the field. The women farmers fol-
lowing the float will be dressed in
brown. The home-makers will come
next, dressed in gray and green, and
afterwards another float showing a
soldier and a nurse in appropriate
uniforms as they appear side by side
on the battlefield. Afterward will
come the college men and women in
caps and gowns, and then the young
women lawyers in caps and gowns
with purple decorations.
Women doctors dressed in caps and
gowns with green decorations will
follow. and then will come wage
earners in blue. Here there will be
float showing greed, tyranny and in
difference. Next will come the 'gov-
ernment float showing man bearing
the burden of state on his shoulders,
with a woman in blue with her hands
bound. Then will follow the fourth
section of professional women, social
workers in dark blue, teachers in a
lighter blue, business women in still
lighter blue and librarians in very
light blue.
The artists will dress in pale rose,
the actresses in deeper rose, the mu-
sicians in very deep American beauty
rose. Then will follow the state del
egations. First will come the first
bill of rights congress-, with a lead
er and nine girls in hoopskirts and
rosebud bonnets, Next the ban
ner float. with a map showing nine
states of light out of 80 of darkness.
The suffrage state delegations will
follow, each dressed in it's state
color.
Last in the line will be the men,
representing the National League OF
Equal Suffrage, followed by delega-
ton of men headed by Representative
K. P. HObson of Alabama. The last
float will be state car with the wo-
men dressed in white, representing
the SO states which have no suffrage.
This float will carry a banner with
the words of Lincoln: "No country
can exist half slave and half free"