The evening world., 1913-04-26
BAREFOOT DANCE
TOBE FEATURE Of
SUFFRAGE Pageant
Free Seats for the Scrub
Women of the Metropolitan
Opera House.
COL. ROOSEvELT'S PART
Nine. Lillian Nordica An.
nounced to Sing in lmpor-
tant Role.
COL. ROOSEVELT'S PART

Barefoot dancers. the t.:s Of Col
Theodore Roossvelts speech ard free
seats for scrubwomen--thess are three
new "fea;ures' Just announced for the
suffrage pageant. "A Dream OF Free
DOM" the nrst rehearsal OF which will
take place next Tuesday. The pageant
itself viii be given on the evening of
Friday. May 2. In the Metropolitan op-
era House.
The barefoot damseis represent the
virtues Of woman. who arc also the
and-maAdens Of freedom. Their lead
er. Hope. II Mrx. Florence Fleming
Soyes. who dan ed ~ Liberty On the
steps OF the Capitol In Washington.
Mrs. Sarah Truax Albert will BE- Jus
tice. and the other hand -maidens In
ciuds Mrs. Arnold Furst (who was an
Angel IN Art" last night. Miss Edath
Marley. Miss Enc Baker Xiss Bsulah
Hepburn. Miss Marion Beckett. Miss
Marjorie Manson and MIRA Richard
Bennett. The chief part in the pageant.
Woman. has been assigned to the act
ress. Miss Pauline Frederick. and Co.
lumha. another important role will be
sung BY Madame Lillian Nordica-
ROOSEVELT TO CRATE ON
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
A. for the Colonel. he will orats on
woman Suffrage Demanded In the In.
terests Of Good citizenship" and he has
professsd . bland willingness to en-.
phaaxs any aspect Of his theme pre-
ferred by the ladies. Here v the Col.
oners very latest utterancs upon SUI
fraEe. a. given out by NrA James Lees
Laidlaw:
In solving the great problems ahead
Of " We have q right. In the interests
Of all OF W, to demand that every -.
source for good government BE- put Into
the service Of the State. and It 10 .
wrong Of the community to deprive all
Of " Of what women can do for the
community through their votes"
Finally. free seats for the pageant
viii be offered to the forty scrubwomen
Of the Metropolitan Opera House.
There u . secret hope that these ladies
may be so grateful that they'll
offer to swell the numbers Of the suE-
frage parade next day. Even the SUI
fragist occasionally condescends to en-
ploy indirect influence.
WHAT THE STORY OF THE
PAGEANT WILL SHOW.
The story Of the pageant shows how
the Spirit OF Woman. after making
vain appeals to Truth. knowledge. and
Equity. finally kneels at the altar Of
Freedom. Then Hope shows her the
vision Of Liberty. and she arouses her
sister women and their children to seek
the vision. The pageant Of States fol-
lows. In which each state. represented
| by n man and q woman. lays wreath
ON Freedoms altar. but only the rep
resentatives Of the nine snfrAnchised
States and OF Alaska are allowed to
enter the temple. The rest OF the men
form . sold phalanx at the foot OF
the terrace. barring the progress Of the
women. until Justice. invoked by the
Spirit Of Woman. intervenes with lifted
sword.
Freedom at last appears on the scene.
taking the form Of Columbia. and - q
anale leads the performers and the
audience In the singing OF The Star.
Spangied Banner"
Some Of those not previously an.
nounced who will take part In the
pageant are Mrs. David Balch. Mia
Irene Beach. Mrs. Rlva Well. Mrs. Al.
bert Plimpton. Mrs. Margaret Brewer
Miss Irene Dimock. Mrs. Arthur Bowen
Miss Nysa McMein. Miss Keith Wake.
man. Mrs.. A. r. Townsend. Mrs. Nc.
Donald Sheridan. Miss Margaret Wy,
cherry, Miss Kathleen Lyon. Miss Alice
Reed. Mrs. Frank Stratton. Miss Doro
thy Williams. Mrs. Alexander Morton
Mrs. r. q. Welton. Miss Edna l. Piimp
ton. Mrs. Philip BoileAu. MiAs Elisa beth
Cleveland. Mrs. Robert Milton, Mis-,
Helen Grimth. Miss Gertrude Lee.