The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-03-06
PARADE |SASUCCEsS
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AND
SOME MEN MARCH FOR
cause" IN WASHINGTON.
FLOATS ADD TO THE SCENE
Handsome Tableaux Are Presented by
Madame Nordica and Others
On Steps of Treasury
Building.

washington, March TO-
day made on Pennsylvania avenue in
the capital of the country for specta-
cular parade appeal for suffrage. In
the marching ranks were many Of the
most prominent IN of the United
States, women who have given the
greater part of their lives to the suf-
frage work, and women also who only
recently have given their fealty to
the cause. The wives of senators
and representatives and of other men
in high position in the government
service had places in the line. 1t was
a parade of devotees and it was in size
and in effect that the women had
promised it should be.
There were thousands of women
and hundreds of men in the process
sion which made its way up Pennsyl-
yania ayenue from the capitol to a
point beyond the White House. There
was a succession of floats in the
column representing the progress of
the cause of woman's suffrage; labor
conditions which it is sought to bet
ter; what woman has done in war;
IhS "OHldh III pSdNc, anu TIE WOHldu
in all the varied activities of life.
Planned by Prominent Women.
Mrs. Champ Clark, wife of the
speaker of the house, was one of the
hard laborers to make the event live
up to its promise. Working with her
were Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, wife Of
the governments former chief chem
list; Mrs. John Rogers, Jr., a sister-in-
law of Secretary of War Stimson:
Mrs. Robert NJ. La Toilette, wife of
the Wisconsin senator, and scores OF
other women prominent on their own
account and doubly prominent per-
haps because of the official positions
occupied by their husbands or other
men members of their families.
General Rosalie Jones and her
small army of "hikers" who marched
all the way from New York City to
the capital in behalf of the suffrage
cause, We're given a chief place OF
honor in the marching throng. The
procession was led by Miss Inez Mil
holland of New York, to whom her sis
ter s~uffragists gracefully accorded the
need of greatest beauty. Miss Milhol-
land certainly is handsome and. as a
herald, she shone.
The women who had no parts to
sustain in the tableaux on the floats
wore pilgrims cloaks and on their
heads were small campaign hats
j~auntily turned back and caught with
Votes for Women" pins. The grand
marshal of the parade was Mrs. Rich
ard Cope Burlespn, wife of a Fort
Myer army officer. She is a fine rider,
and with her were several army wom-
en- accustomed to the saddle and to
the word of command. 1t is esti-
mated that at least 1000 of the WON
en- were on horseback.
Tableaux on Treasury Steps.
At the moment the procession start
ed from the Peace in front
of the capital a tableaux was staged in
front of the great south doorway OF
the treasury building. Madame Nor
dica, taking the part of Columbia. was
the central figure. Dressed in classic
costume, she came from between the
white pillars guarding the doorway
and sang, The Star Spangled Ban
ner.' When she had taken her sta
ton half way down the steps she was
followed by five women representing
Liberty, Justice, Peace, Hope ard
Mercy. Florence Fleming Moves, a
classical dancer, impersonated Lib
srty. and Miss Flora Wilson, daughter
Of the secretary of agriculture, took
the part of Justice. The spectacle. in
a succession of movements and in a
dozen scenes as varied as the mani
festations Of Liberty, Justice, Peace.
Hope and Mercy would admit. con-
tinued for over an hour and was wit
messed by an enormous crowd of PEG.
pie.
The suffrage parade was all that
the women promised that it would be-.
Some members of congress say h a
the demonstration was unnecessary
because it has become certain within
the last two years that eventually wo-
man will exercise the suffrage in every
state OF the Union.