The Mena weekly star., 1913-03-06
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Washington Streets Crowded to Witness Most Unusual Parade in Nations HiStOry-WOm-
 an Is Grand Marshal.

Washington, March 3.-This was woman's day of political crowning glory, short of actually possessing the universal right to vote, for several thousand of them turned out to form a great procession in Pennsylvania avenue to demonstrate the unanimity of their sex in it's demand for the ballot.
 Even before the procession start ed enthusiastic thousands lined the broad avenue.
 Cheers greeted the small detach- ments and a great wave of applause marked the progress of General Rosalie Jones and her little band of mixers" as they proceeded to the rendezvous. Men and women alike joined in the demonstration.
 Business-like methods marked the arranging of the parade, which was to form at the peace monument. IrumpcterS stationed at intervals were ready to sound the advance e' as the head of the parade started. On the steps of the governments treasure house the actors i'll the tableauX, symbolic of woman's trl- umph, stood at attention and ready to bagin a series of dances and all turing groupings.
 Mrs. Richard Coke Burleston, grand marshal of the procession, was busy from an early hour today preparing for the start. She was assisted by five aides, all excellent horsewOmen, who rode astride and dashed here and there, giving hur- ried commands and bringing order out of chaos. Miss Inez Milholland, as the herald whose trumpet blast was to signal the start, was dressed in royal purple and astride a met tlesome charger.
 No Deviation.
 Virtually no deviation was made from the order of march as already made public. Allegorical floats found their way into line without a hitch; under the directions of the mounted aides, delegations were as signed and the various sections were placed in their individual po- sitions.
 A striking feature of the gather ing at the foot of Capitol Hill was the number of elderly women who appeared to march for the "cause." While the day was perfect, the air was chilly and the way was long. Younger women before the start, waaried of the long wait, but their elders were stoical.
 As planned, the officers of the Ma tiona Woman's Suffrage Associa- | ton were given the places of honor in the line immediately behind the grand marshal and other aides, and the purple-clad herald. Behind them were massed 40 "ushers' and prancing squadron of petticoat cavalry under the command of Miss GanieVieVe Winsatt.
 Then the seven sections into which the suffrage managers had divided the procession formed ka- leidoscopic picture of evershifting IcOlor. Gay tunics set off sOmbre caps and gowns; the prim dress of the professional nurses formed the background for the gingham gowns, and poke bonnets of the farming women, while the gay and fashion able attire of well-known actors were in contrast with the purpose ly ink-stained dresses of the literary women.
 When the six golden chariots contributed by the suffragettes of Baltimore put in appearance to lead the seventh section they were acclaimed with cheers. Prominent women from the Maryland city were prepared to steer them down the long line of people. Although gaudy in their fresh gilt, the chario- ols shared attention with a more sombre liberty befl" anoat in the same section, the contribution of the suffragettes of Philadelphia.
 Ii had been arranged that when the parade started the dances and tableaux on the treasury steps were to begin. reaching their climax as the head of the procession reached that point.
 Mime. Hedwig Reicher, as Colum- bia, was to hold the center of the improvised stage and to summon to her side justice, charity, liberty, peace and hope. The prettiest of the younger suffragists had been cast for the part.
 The principals and dancing girls had spent busy and anxious hours in the preparation of costumes. They were of varied colors, rich in purples and crimsons and scarlets, but all had been arranged so as to make harmonious color schemes. Two of the principals whose roles forced them to dance in bare feet found the chilled stone floors of the treasury very cold.
 Long before the procession got under way, 80 Puritan girls were husily preparing for a record busi- ness in food supplies for the fam ished marchers. The District Fed eration of Womens' Clubs, which proposes to build a womens' club house that will be of national char acter had provided four large vans, from which they served hot cof-