The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-03-03

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followed bearing a soldier and nurse,
both in blue uniforms. Nurses in blue
| trugged behind.
"In Education" was the next banner,
and a float bearing a man and wom-
/! an, each in college cap and gown, fol-
lowed. College women and school
teachers followed afoot.
A man and a woman in lawyers
caps and gowns We're carried on the
next float which followed banner
reading, "In the Practice of The Law"
Women lawyers pleaded their cases
by walking behind. Women doctors,
wage earners and banners followed
the medical and land labor floats and
then came moving stages telling the
labor story. Greed and Tyranny We're
symbolically depicted and Indifference
was also shown. Factory women and
children stood beside them as their
victims.
MAN Needs Her Help But She Can
not Give It," declared the next banner
which introduced the government
float This showed Man bearing the
state upon his shoulders. He was
shown as rather worn out by his task
and the float was designed to give the
spectators the impression that he was
scarcely able to handle the matter
anyway. Woman was shown standing
beside him with her hands hoplessly
tied.
Of no
was composed largely of eminent per-
sons marching on foot and grouped
| by occupation or profession. Social
| workers came frst, men and women
prominent in this work from every
great city in the country appearing.
Teachers followed and then business
! women and librarians.
A float typifying the learned profess
sion and followed by writer's, artists,
actresses and musicians came after.
| Uniformed profession advocates of
women suffrage came next. In this
section of the procession marched Gen
eral Rosalie Jones and her army of
suffrage hikers who had covered the
miles between New York and Wash
ington afoot in order to bring a mes
sage to President-elect Wilson.
State delegations made up the fifth
section of the parade, led by herald,
mounted and carrying a trumpet.
Then came band. Senators and Rep
resentatives by state delegations
marched here. Among them were
Senators LaFollette, Sutherland,
Bourne, Townsend, Poindexter, Mar.
tine, Works, Nelson, Ashurst, Cum.
Minis, and Representatives Anthony
a nephew of the famous Susan B. An.
thony-Borland, Hobson, Baker. Henry
George, Kahn, Kent and Taylor. The
wives of many of these congressman
marched with them, and other promi
nent government officials and army
and navy officers swelled this detatch.
ment Marching contingents repre-
senting the various political parties
followed.
Then came float showing the prim.
tive tribal woman who had voice
in government A First Bill OF
Rights" float, mounted brigade and
a float bearing a large map showing
the nine states which have equal suf
frage and the thirty-nine which have
not come yet. Banners for the equal
suffrage states, Wyoming, Colorado
Washington, Utah, Idaho, California
Arizona, Kansas and Oregon then ap
peared and mems leagues favorine
suffrage followed.
The State Car, led by a banner in
scribed mo Country Can Exist Hall
Slave and Half Free" followed, bear
ing women dressed in light green cos
tunes This float was surrounded by
marching women each bearing a ban
ner on which was written the name OF
some law declared to be unjust to
women.
Delegations from states working for
equal suffrage, a long list, followed and
then, bringing up the rear of the pro
cession came the Mississippi and Mis-
lsouri state floats. Mrs. Champ Clark
wife of the Speaker of the House and
Mrs Borland, wife of Representative
Borland of Missouri rode on the latter
float.
The parade was more than a mile
long and before the last float had left
the peace monument the van had ar
rived at the south front of the Treas
ury building. Passing in front of the
great stage afforded by the broad
stone terrace of the Treasury. the pro
cession was reviewed by the "Suf
frage Pageant" and then wound its
way past the White House and down
Stevenson street to the Continenta
Memorial Hall. a woman's institution
built by the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution. Here mass meeting
was held and addresses were deliver
ed by the suffragists leaders.
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