The Washington herald., 1913-04-27


Louis A. Cuvilier. ardent enemy Of suf-
frage, and he will be there as guest
of the parade committee. The commit
tee wrote him and asked him to be
present. despite his antagonism to the
cause, and he accepted with pleasure"
Gov. Sulzer. Police Commissioner Waldo,
District Attorney Whitman. Lieut.. Gov.
Martin H Glynn, and other prominent
State and city officials will be present.
The parade will march eight abreast to
make a more impressive appearance ana
to get through earlier. Leading the en-
tire procession will be the representa-
tives of the nine enfranchsed States. 1t
is hoped to have some of the Governors
of these States and Congressional dele
cations in the parade. Each marcher In
this division will carry an American
flag Following them will be the Wom-
ems Political Union, led by sixteen
horsewomen, followed by the standard
bearer, carrying the suffrage colors. All
will be dressed in white with purple,
green. and white regalia.
The speakers groups of the Womens
Political Union will carry their little
green rostrums. and each speaker will
be accompanied by a helper carrying
canvas bag, which will contain litera-
ture and buttons for distribution.
After the speakers group will follow
the members of the union, who Will
come from the different Senatorial dis
tricts of the state. They will not only
carry their Senatorial district banners.
but also special county banners. These
banners are made after the design or
Old Country flags and shields-designs
which are dear to the hearts or natives
from this country or that.
The Senatorial and county sections
will he followed by group of young
women carrying the banners OF the
suffrage pioneers. In the center of this
group will ride in a chariot decked with
flowers the Rev. Antoinette Brown
Blackwell. who was vigorous worker
in 1S4S. when Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Lucretia Mott called the first
woman suffrage convention at Seneca
Falls, y. Y.
All CaIIings in Line.
Immediately after the pioneer group
will follow the section of members OF
the Women's Political Union, divided ac-
cording to occupational callings. First
will come the teachers, each bearing
torch of knowledge, the oldest profession
Of women. Then will follow college pro-
fessors and students. One of the fea-
lures in the teachers section Will be
group of physical training teachers, who,
IN appropriate costumes, Will ldht
ing and other steps to the music of the
band which will Immediately precede
them. During the march the steps will
be what is known as advancing steps"
and at the cross streets where the pro-
cession has to be halted from time to
time, this group Will give national
dances. Another feature of the physical
training group will be a fourth hand,
driven by a well-known woman whip.
Following the teachers and the college
professors will come the women of the
Observation-Disclosures in cap and gown,
carrying the wand of Aesculapius: law
yers, investigators, nurses, writers, mu-
sicians, wearing a stole especially de-
signed by Miss Lydia Emmett; artists, !
actresses, librarians, and social workers. |
Before the section of business women
begins there will be A group of enfran- |
chised women from foreign countries, in |
their national dress. Then will come
the managers Of business houses. tea
rooms. buyers, shopkeepers. secretaries, |
bookkeepers, stenographers, telephone |
operators, department store clerks, and |
industrial workers
Mems League There.
Immediately after the section of the |
Women's Political Union will follow the |
Equal Franchise Society, of which Mrs |
Clarence Mackay was formerly presi- |
dent. This group, under the presidency |
of Mrs. Howard Mansfield, will be |
dressed in white, with blue cross Shout
der sashes. lettered in silver. Equal
Franchise" Each marcher will carry
a blue lantern. lettered in white, For
New York, 1916 The ranks OF march
ers will be outlined by bands of deep