Evening star., 1913-02-17

out Of Camden six new mixers. led by
j. IL. Berkcheime, joined us to escort
US into the Quaker town. They were
three women ard three men of the
Wanderlust Society.
Two men, Roy Troson of New York
and William Johnson OF Erie. Pa. CamI
No. GS Sons of Veterans. have also Joined
us to walk the rest of the way TO Wash
ington. This hike is Il marvellous means
OF getting what are Vulgarly known as
Handouts And speaking of things tc
eat. there comes in our narrative a polnf
relative to that subject. This is 1t:
Everybody gives us tea, perhaps that
sentence holds no horrible menace to you.
That is because you are not suffrage
pilgrim. If you were you would know
that there are some things pieasanter
than to stand with tea cup in your hand
when you have been walking twenty-one
miles and answer questions like this from
your hostess: MY goodness, how do you
get cold? Don't you think it makes you
thinner to walk? What kind OF shoes do
YOU wear?' ,...-....--
Tea Three Times in Day.
Yesterday we had tea three times. The
last time was fifteen minutes before din
ner, when on the march from the ferry
to the Hotel Walton we We're stopped to
''have cup of tea in the rooms of the
Pennsylvania Wonan's Suffrage Associa-
tion, the Woman's Suffrage Society of
Philadelphia and the Equal Franchise
Club of Pennsylvania
Incidentally these were organiZa tions
that entertained the Pilgrims for dinner
in their hotel last night But just here
one bitter word for the Philadelphia
police. When we disembarked from the
ferry upon which we came from Camden
we were nearly moOped.
1 shall always remember Philadeiph,a
as the town in which l became militant.
1 was pulled and hurled and almost
trampled upon by yelling boys and shov-
ing women until my mild spirits turned
and I took to stepping on tho toes OF
any one who came near me. Seriously.
1t took the Philadelphia police good
ten minutes to get the crowd in order.
During that time the marchers from New
York were considerably ruff1ed.
Gen. Jones Gets Love Letter.
Though yesterday was one of the easi-
est days we have had. Cen" Jones de-
cided that evening should be without
festivities. After a few brief speeches
during dinner the little army bivouaced
for the night. But not until Gen. Jones
had read and answered this love letter:
Dear General ROsalie Jones:
and read what you are doing. and l ad-
mire you. You are working for a great
cause, and l sympathize with you, be-
cause I lost a leg in Charlottesville.
Now, you may say l am old, but what
of that? Though I have but one leg,
I have a bigger heart than any two men.
Come and rest youI tired little head upon
it. / am a soldier, and you are a sol
dier, too. Let us join forces and / will
smooth the path for your tired feet. Ii
you will but be mine. | will give you
everything your little heart desires"
Gen. Jones laughingly refused to give
the name and address Of her gallant.
From all Of which you will gather that
it took the suffrage pilgrims to wake UP
Philadelphia.
Push On in Snowstorm.
PHILADELPHIA, February Ire
freshed by good nights sleep at one of
the prominent hotels, the 'On-to-W Wash
ington'' army OF suffragettes began their
fourteen-mile hike to Chester Pa, today
In a snowstor1n. Headed by a news
boy band, Gen. Rosalie Jones army
marched out of the hotel in single file,
while hundreds about the place cheered,
and. taking the middle of the street,
tramped to West Philadelphia.
On the way the marchers were met by
big contingent of students of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, who took the
lead and executed the snake dance all
along the route to the campus of the uni
versity. At the law school thousand
students Were gathered and a ''Votes-for-
Women" mass meeting was held, which
was addressed by several members of the
suffragette army. Two hundred police
men were at the meeting, which was
orderly.
Snow was falling heavily as the mixers
resumed their march to Darby, the first
stop, distance OF six miles.
Nine Regulars in Line.
The band included eight women in addi-
tion to the commando. Cen Rosalie
Jones, who have walked the entire dis
tance from New York. They are: Col. y