Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-28
To Clear Avenue for Suffrage Parade.

correspondent oi me star oufihs eHo
hike"
To Clear Avenue for Suffrage Parade.
Representative Johnson of the District
committee today favorably reported to
the House the resolution introduced by
Representative Taylor of Colorado di-
rectinE the superintendent of police to
stop traffic in Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween the hours of 3 and Monday,
March 8. while the woman'S suffrage pa
trade is in progress.
BY ETHEL LLOYD PATTERSON,
:. Representing The Star the Pilgrimage)
: For those who went through 1t the pill
.grimage was at least a human experience.
We learned lot. 1t helped us to know
%other people. That is always something
Possibly it helped us to know ourselves
THAT is good, too. We went through
reasonably severe physical strain. Some
sof us really suffered And we had our
-tempers and our spirits tried. 1t may be
that one of the real victories of the army
lis the way each pilgrim conquered her
-self, learned to remember that others
were weary while she was weary. too, or
learned to shut her lips on complaint
when complaining could do no good. And
as luck or fate or something would have
IT, yesterday was the worst OF all. 1t
started in a downpour of rain and ended
in a crash of hopes. Laurel. where we
had spent Wednesday night, had not been
cheerful Accommodations had been
scarce. Two of the pilgrims had slept on
horsehair sofas. Breakfast was poor.
Nobody could get up much enthusiasm
after a sleepless, uncomfortable night.
And how IL did rain. We all made a dive
for our dress suit cases for rubber caps
and rancoats. Nobody cheered us on
our way. Milton Wend tried to blow the
bugle and dismal, bubbly sound came
from the brass.
Townspeople Stare.
Miss Aldrich draped a piece OF white
oilcloth around her shoulders and some
body said she looked like pantry shelf.
We all smiled YEARLY. The townspeople
stood beneath dripping umbrellas and
stared.
Only Gen. Jones looked nice. She tenn
porarily discarded her pilgrim cape Her
trim little figure was outlined in a black
suit. She wore a black rubber hat The
rain made her cheeks a deep red. Her
hair curls naturally. But she walked
ahead of us preoccupied. Something was
bothering her. We thought 1t was the
day.
TT is going to be clear tomorrow" 1
said.
ut IS not that" she answered.
The roads were smooth and good. The
rain brought out the colors of the Mary
land clay and the little pine trees. 1t
made the branches and stumps quite
black We would all climb a hill and
those behind would see those ahead dis.
appearing over the brow of it.
Halt at Brick Foundry.
At place where bricks are made-what
do You call 1t. a brick foundry?-Gen.
Jones called a halt of the army. We
stood together beneath the she'd The
rain battered on the shingles. Then she
told US what it was that was troubling
her The letter that had been given her
by the National American Woman's Stuff
rage Association to deliver to President
elect Wilson had been recalled
Gen. Jones was In receipt of a telegram
signed by Mary Ware bennett, instruct
ing her to give the letter to the congress
sional committee in Washington. Con-
sterna alton reigned.
Shall you give 1t up?" I asked Miss
Jones, aghast.
shall you give it up after all this long,
dreadful walk?"
II shall give 1t up IL am asked for
IL, replied Miss Jones.
General Walks Alone.
/ do not think the marchers realized
then what the command meant to our
general. We took to the road again The
general walked ahead. We thought she
preferred being alone. so we let her set
the pace Presently Mrs. Baird's knees
gave OFT. She has not been strong since
her first break down In Princeton
Two newspaper men supported her, one
on each side. She would not give in and
ride. Then Mrs. Ruin. a woman who
joined US in Philadelphia. became semi
hysterical We Gained her. The day
seemed heavy with small unhappinesses
IL wore on, and We became hungry. There
was no place to eat. We had not pro-
vided any lunch Houses were few There
was no place to find shelter for a few
moments and sit down.
AT last, at go pm. We came to Hy-
attsville. There at least was hospitality
The local suffrage organization had pro-
v!ded something for us to eat
Looked Like Thanksgiving. j..