The Washington herald., 1913-01-03
SUFFRAGE HOSTS
IN new QUARTERS
National Offices Opened Here
by Women at l420F
Street.
ARRANGE FOR PAGEANT
From This Central Place Plans of
Campaign for Country viii
Be Managed.
ARRANGE FOR PAGEANT

National headquarters for the woman
| suffrage hosts. for whom the Washing
| ton Offices are expected to be both {
clearing house OF opinions and strategi,
point Of organization. from which &
| reach Congress and State legislators
were opened yesterday at 1870 + Stree
Northwest by the Congressional commit
tee of the National American Woman
! Suffrage Association.
The beginning of the end Of the cam
paign for woman's rights-a successful
| end. mind you-the establishment OF tn,
campaign quarters here was called BY
Mrs. Helen II. Gardener in speaking o.
the tremendous Significance of the In
stitution of this central bureau from
which the sum total of equal suffrag'
sentiment Of the country will be d.
rected.
This new high council of sufrrag,
workers is the Congressional committe,
Of the National American Woman Suf
frage Association. Under its control Il
Is to concentrate the direction of the
forces OF the movement throughout the
country. II Is to form its workers into
close organizatins in each of the cam.
paign States, establish its campaigns or
sound. business basis, and plan and
carry out scientific campaign OF equal
suffrage education.
Mrs. Kent Presfdes.
The offices of the new committee YES
terday were filled to overlooking Most
of the city's prominent suffrage workers
were present to participate in the OPEN
ing ceremonies of the new national body
Mrs. William Kent. wife OF Representa-
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chairman of the Congressional Commit
tee. presided at yesterdays meeting. She
opened the meeting with a brief an
nouncement of its Importance for wom-
ans cause. and then introduced the
incoming chairman, Miss Alice Paul, of
Philadelphia.
Miss Paul. who has been tirelessIy
busy with the many details OF organ
ization Of the committees work, de-
veloping efficient Office methods and
force of assistants. gave a brief out
line OF what the committee had set it
self to accomplish, together with the
assurance that the work will be thor
oughly done.
The outline of local work includes
open-air meetings. which are to be
held all over Washington during inau-
guration. The committee already has
obtained permission from Mai. Richard
Sylvester. chief of police. to hold these
meetings in any Of the open places of
the city. provided they do not interfere
with traffic. This permission is con-
sldered a great concession TO the cause
The most prominent women workers
in the cause Of suffrage will be invited
to come TO Washington to address these
meetings, and to take part in the NAM
9th pageant which the Congression-
al committee is arranging for March
). the day before inauguration
Plans for Pageant.
Mrs. Glenna II. Tinnin laid the plans, in
outline, for the projected pageant before
the meeting. The change from the plan
TO hold parade to a pageant was made
she said, because A pageant offers a
Large scope and more opportunities for
demonstrating a principal. for telling a
story, presenting a condition and driving
home an argument"
The principles of equality. freedom. and
justice are TO be presented in the pageant
as the basic principles OF the pageant.
she said. The personal element. she con-
tinued, must be kept in subsection. and TO
that end all the actors in the pageant
must wear an impersonal dress. This
dress will be medieval. Heralds. mar
shals, standard-bearers, musicians and
will all appear in a tradi-
tional dress in keeping with the pageant.
1T is intended" she said. that when
all is completed the picture will convey
the impression of a new crusade, having
all the fervor and dramatic interest of
the old crusade. and the spirit of pro-
and faith in the ultimate
OF the right that belongs to the
new"
She stated that floats will form part
Cf the pageant. and will be arranged in
series. each series to develop a particu-
lar idea.
The first series of floats. Mrs. Tinnin
said. will show the success of suffrage
in other countries. In this series will
be cars representing Norway. China, New
Zealand. Finland, Iceland, and Australia.
The next series will show the progress
of the women's movement in this coun-
try. This will be headed by float rep
resenting the first pioneer. surrounded by
scoffers. while the fourth and last car
of this series will show a huge car crowd
ed with women, with the single figure OF
Prejudice still present
The next series of floats will represent
men and women working side by side
to solve problems of every department
of life, with the exception of government
alone. They will be shown paired at the
pillow, Telling trees. sharing the hardshlps
of war, in business. and education. Fol-
lowing the first float in this series, will
march a contingent of women farmers.
following the second a contingent of
women manual trainers; following the
third. corps of nurses.
To Show Unjust Conditions.
The next series will attempt to show
unjust conditions. which, it Is believed.
that women by their votes could correct.
After this series will follow the State
and the pageant will be
closed by a huge State car. representing
States having equal suffrage On. this
car, each State will be represented by a
man and a woman working side by side.
They will form a circle around the car,
and on the center on a raised platform
q figure typifying lawmakers will be
carried. This float will be surrounded by
women walking, typifying States without
equal suffrage, and each represented as
being weighed down by some unjust law
DR. laws. Mrs. Tinnin concluded that the
Mems League for Equal Suffrage is to
Join in making the pageant a success.
She also stated that along the lines OF
march speeches will be proclaimed by
heraids to the spectators.
The committee has written to the Com
nissioners. asking that Pennsylvania
Avenue. with police protection, be al
owed them for the holding of the pa
yeant. letter from Mfs. Ellen Spencer
Nussey to Commissioner Cuno H.
Rudolph. asking. as taxpayer OF the
;ity, that this request be acceded to, was
cad. DIR. Belva Lockwood offered a res
,lution that the meeting, in which many
taxpayers were present. ex-
'ress its desire in a letter to the Com
n Ara laN