The Washington herald., 1913-01-09
Chinese WOMEN
TO MARCH HERE
Delegation Of Oriental Suffra-
gists to Take Part in the
Parade March 3.
REPORT OF COMMITTEES
Confident of Getting Use Of "Avenue, /"
Fair Ones Go Ahead with
Their Plans.

Chairmen of thirty-three committees in
charge of the details of the suffrage
pageant and gala week have rounded out
elaborate plans, and the work of prep
aration is being pushed forward at their
headquarters both early and late. They
are confident that permission to use the
Avenue will be granted them, and. II
all the plans are realized, Inauguration
week will merge much of its identity In
the suffragists' demonstration.
| Miss Flora Wilson, chairman Of the
committee on music and musicians. Is
| sending letters of Invitation to the lead
ing musicians and singers in the coun-
try to take part in the weeks cere-
monies. Such singers as Nordica and
other operatic and concert stars, will be
| invited.
Delegations OF foreign women are in
tended to be one of the pageant's dis
tinct features The committee on foreign
delegations is in charge of Mrs. Robert
Baker. Mrs. Baker is making arrange
ments to have contingents Of Chinese
| women, composed from the students at
tending American colleges: Australian.
Norwegian, Finnish, and New Zealand
| women in native costumes, representing
the lands where women vote. The Chi
nese delegation will carry banner, In
scribed, Catching Up with China" Then
there will be other delegations of French.
German, Italian, Russian, Greek. and
Turkish women, representing countries
in which women's claims have not yet
been recognized. Each delegation will be
preceded by a representative float. Ap-
propriate banners are to be sought from
the embassies and legations here.
state Representatives..
The work of organizing State delega-
tions is in the hands of Mrs. Stone, wife
OF Representative Stone Of Illinois. Her
committees contribution to the pageant
will be forty-eight companies of women.
composed of the most prominent suffrage
workers of the forty-eight States.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president of the
International Suffrage Association, is to
take an active part in the work Of or
ganization. She has promised to be
present to review the pageant and to
take part in the events of suffrage gala
week. Miss Margaret Foley, appointee
OF the Mayor of Boston trustee Of chill
dren's institutions and one of the most
far-famed of American suffrage speakers.
also has announced her intention to take
an active part She will stay in WASH
ington throughout the week and make
several open-air addresses.
During the week a big reception will
be given at the New Willard to all the
visiting suffragists At this meeting the
most prominent women suffrage workers
will discuss plans for making the Con-
gressional committee, newly established
in Washington, an effective organ for
promoting the suffrage cause.
The following new members on COM
mittees were announced yesterday: Mrs.
Harriet c. Brown, press committee; Mrs.
Eugene A. Carr, Miss Janet Richards,
Mrs Robert Baker. Mrs. Richard
Wainwright, wife OF Admiral VAIN
wright; Mrs. Ryan Devereux, of Chevy
Chase; Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs.
Henry B. Macfarland, DR.. and Mrs. Har-
vey Wiley, Gen. Anson Mills, and Mrs.
Clark z. Carr. of New Mexico. members
of the advisory committee: Mrs. Has
brouck, Mrs. Irving Moller, and Mrs.
Arthur Ramsay, a committee on pub
licity for the District