New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02
NEW YORK TO THE FORE
Its Women To Be Prominent in
the Big Suffrage Parade.
ASSIGNED TO GOOD PLACES
Advance Guard on the Ground
and Three Trainloads of
Marchers to Start To day.

They started in the best OF humor yes
terday, the advance guard Of the New
York suffragists, and three trainloads
Of proud sisters Will follow them to-day
crying. "Cn to Washington"
Why so happy? Well. considering the
fact that New York is Washngton's
rival for national prominence. Father
Knickerbocker's daughters think they
have drawn pretty good places in the
show. You just can't keep 'cm down.
Miss Inez Milholland for instance. long
famous as New Ycrk's "beautifullest"
suffragette. is 10 be the grand herald Of
the parade. Miss Milholland left for the
capital last night to spend Sunday get
ting acquainted with the SNOW white
charger" on which she will ride trium-
plant. right behind the parade marshal,
| Mrs. Richard Burleson. of Fort Myer.
Mounted on the aforesaid white
charger. clad in a gold colored robe. with
a gorgeous crimson mantle and carry
ing purple banner. the herald viii be
the head of a walking rainbow. The
costumes Of the paraders win be shaded
from the herald's triumphant purple to
the pages lavender biues. greens, vel
lows and rose
Other New Workers in Line.
Close after Miss Milholland will come
more New Workers. the officers of the
National Woman Suffrage Association.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw. Mrs. Mary
Ware bennett Mrs James Lees Laid
law and Miss Eleanor Byrnes These
women all started yesterday. too. in or
der to be present at the great mass
meeting of suffragists in Washington
this afternoon.
Mrs. Stanley Mccormick. Of Chicago.
and Mrs Susan w. Fitzgerald. Of Bos-
ton, other officers OF the national" ac-
companied their leaders. With them
went two more New Workers., Mrs. Har-
riot Stanton Batch and Mrs. Carrie
| Chapman Gait. who are to be speakers
at the mass meeting.
After these leaders of the procession
will come the floats and banners for
the countries where women have fun suf
frage-Norway Finland. New Zealand
and Australia-and for other countries
where women have partial suffrage.
Then will come Section III of the parade.
headed. II you please by none other than
| General Jones herself. Travel-worn.
| but triumphant, proudly wearing the
mud-stained brown pilgrim cloaks which
| they have worn through five states. Cen
eral' Jones and her army will receive
| the plaudits of the crowds.
| New Workers will be scattered all the
| way along the line on floats and In special
delegations. as OF college women. nurses
| actresses, musicians and artists. 1t Is
variOusly estimated that there will be
anywhere from two hundred to five hun
| dred New Workers. representing the diff
| ferent associations of this city. Many
| who are not counted on the three special
| trains went on the Congressional Limited
| and other regular trains.
| The largest delegation will go this
| morning on the state and party special
| leaving at II o'clock. They will carry the
banners of the New York State Woman
Suffrage party. with its many district or
PLANTATIONS The party has some new
and very fetching white silk banners
made to blow araistcally In Southern
| girls and actresses to carry the same.
| There are sixty-three banners in all.
Mrs. A. C. Heyleston is leader Of this
| trainload.
The New York State Woman Suffrage
| Association will have "A representation OF
thirty, among them Mrs. Harriet May
Mills. Mrs. Marie Jenney Howe. Mrs
Mrs. Mrs. Carl osterheld. Miss Isabel How
| land. president of the Cayuga County
Club: Mrs. Harry Hastings and Mrs.
Herbert Carpenter. 80,
| The Woman's Political Union train Will
leave tonight at Ii o'clock. with Mrs.
| Nora Blatch de Forest in command.
one of the most effective figures In the
! parade will be Sacajawea, the first suf-
| frage hiker' as some one has hippantly
| dubbed the Indian woman OF Montana
| legend who led Lewis and Clark across
| the mountains a hundred years ago. She
will be impersonated by Miss Jeanette
Rankin In rare Indian robes which are
| valued at $500 Miss Rankin picked them
up in the course OF her six months cam
paign for suffrage in Montana.