Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-19


National Woman Suffrage Association.
In order then will follow q band, forty
ushers dressed in ligh: blue and gold,
carrying yellow and blue pennants; the
/ Washington division, a mounted brigade
we airing go.den tan capes.
Then will be carried the large banner
of the association, Women of the World
| Unite followed by another banner
Countries Where Women Have Full
Suffrage with the countries indicated
characterized and portrayed each by
float, as follows: Norway Finland, New
Zealand and Australia.
Countries With Partial Suffrage.
| Next will be carried banner: "Coun-
tries Where Women Have Partial Suf-
| frage," followed by the following: Ten
girls dressed In Sweden's colors. ten girls
dressed in Danish cOlors. ten girls dressed
| in Iceland's coiOrs, three girls dressed in
| Welsh colors, five girls dressed In Scott
ish colors, seven girls dressed In Canadian
| colors five girls dressed in Ireland s
colors. three girls dressed in India
| cOlors.
| Also following this banner there will be
! Irepresenting other countries which have
partial suffrage. for Austria Hungary. a
| detachment OF Bohemian women from
Baltimore. three Bosnians and three
| Tyroleans; for Belgium. ten girls dressed
| in Flanders costume.
| Then will follow a banner representing
| countries where women are working Tor
suffrage, another mounted herald. another
band the Baltimore division as mounted
brigade and various floats, representing
the amendment to the Constitution de-
sired by the suffragists. The Seventy
| five Years Struggle for Freedom, JUS
tice Conqueripg Preiudice; As AZ. L I, Wss Wss
I'm $780, and To-day
Each of these floats will be preceded by
pioneers and allies and followers in Co.'S
tune.
Floats of Various Ideas.
Another mounted herald and band will
I follow, then the Virginia division, with
banners and floats following that aggre-
CATION. These floats will represent. va
rious ideas among them THE Home
| Makers with the legend I'VE prepare
our children for the state. Let us help to
prepare the state for our children."' An
other will represent 'Education, and
will be followed by college women in cap
and gown.
Another THE Law followed by woman
lawyers; another Medicine followed by
woman DOCTORS: another Labor, others
Government, etc
Then will come detachments OF social
! workers. teachers, business women, Wom-
| en- In government service, librarians, writ
ers artists, actresses, musicians, clergy
and clubWOmen
| The state delegations will follow, pre-
ceded by another herald and band. Fol-
lowing these will come senators and rep
| resentatives from suffrage states and
marching contingents from the various
poi,ica parties.
| There will follow another succession or
floats, the banner of the National Mems
League for Equal Suffrage. state car
| carrying q banner Inscribed with Lin
coins words. mo country can exist half
slave and half free Following these
will come marchers bearing legends con-
| tanning laws In existence in various
! states which are deemed by the sut-
ra gists to be unjust to women. The pa
! rade will close with delegations i'll auto
mobiles.
i Request Made for Troops.
! 1t was announced today at suffrage
! headquarters that the Comm nssioners have
! announced their Willingness to station as
| many policemen as can be spared along
| the line OF the parade, and have informed
the War Department of their request for
troops to protect the public from crowd
| ing.
| President Taft has promised the suffrage
| leaders that II there is no objection to
| troops being stationed along the line on
| the part of the District Commiss oners,
and If the police department needs or will
welcome help, the promoters Of the pa
, rade shall have troops.
The Commissioners have written to
the War Department. informing Off
cials there of this situation. and sug-
gesting that cavalry troops would be
| acceptable, 10 be stationed along the
route, rather than to act as an escort.
So that it is said today at suffrage
| Headquarters that they expect to see
an order issued in day or two for
detachments of cavalry from Fort Niger
| stationed along the line of march to
| supplement the police in protecting the
public
Three Special Invitations.
| Three special invitations have been en-
| graved and one copy each struck off for
the suffragists, one inviting President
Taft ''and family" to be the guests of
honor in specially built box to view the
| pageant and procession and cumulative
aliegorical tabieauX': one inviting Presi-
| dent-elect Wilson "and family to be the
| guests in another specially built box, and
| one other inviting Vice Pres!dcnt-eiect
Marshall and family" TO be guests in
another specially built box March .. The
President was asked to be guest of honor
il was said, because March :, he will still
be President. and Gov. Wilson and Gov.
Marshall were asked simply to be guests
i Victor Murdoch. representative in Con
gress from Kansas has signed q pledge
TO march In the procession have Mrs
Edward Lauterbach OF New York and
Alice Hubbard. wife of Ebert Hubbard
among the more prominent OF those who
sent pledges to the headquarters today.
Miss Mary Johnston, the authoress will
, speak at clock tonight in the ballroom
of the Cairo apartment house on Wom.
; ans suffrage.
, Mrs. Woodward Clark will speak a;
Mrs. Harden's home, at if1V NJ
street; at the same hour tonight: Mrs
Aliendcr viii speak this afternoon al
$50 o'clock at Neighborhood House
Miss Burns will speak tonight before the
: Vermont State Association. in the Wash
inston Club and Mrs. Beard will speak
D before the Washington College of Law
: 1871 New York avenue. There will alse
be - suffrage meeting this Afternoon