The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

side to await their places IN the lima
Wherefore, Mrs.. Barnett quietly stepped
aside and now stood back among onlook-
ers.
But the Illinois women want me to
march in their section" she smiled to
the reporter, and shall. Illinois Is
Lincoln's State, you know. I don't be-
lieve Lincoln's State Ii going to permit
Alabama or Georgia or any other state
to begin to dictate to It now. Az Illinois
comes along I'll Join them" and Mra
Barnett did.
Grand Marshal Burleson. who Is the
young wife OF Lieut. Richard Burieson'
of the army. rounded the turn at the
Peace Monument at the starting gun,
with Miss Millholland. Miss Hill ana
a troop of mounted girl aids In black
riding habits. leading the way Just BACK
of the Maryville girls band. from ME.
souri, playing the national air. ana
once these leading horsewomen OK inc
parade had come into the avenue AM
saw the solid pavement OF Solo nunan
heads stretching without a break 81 the
way westward to the Treasury, "heFe
the parade was to break up after passing
the main reviewing stand, the parade
leaders stopped aghast.
The police. instead Of clearing the way
earlier. now frantically tried TO 90 IL py
throwing line OF automobiles WIN
mounted men along each curb ana start
forward half a block ahead OF the Pro-
cession The front ranks OF the cro"o.
where there seemed to be as many wom-
en- and babies In arms along the hring
line as men, were more than anxious TO
climb backward over themselves once
the broad line OF automobiles and
mounted police began to charge. But
thousands and tens of thousands were
banked against the front rows and the
throngs could be wedged backward only
very slowly.
DAYS ago requests had been made for
army oavalrymen and militia to police
the Avenue. The regulars didn't seem 70
favor the idea Of SO important branch
of the government as their own doing
police duty for a suffrage parade Gov
ernors of States. likewise would not lend
their troops for the purpose. When.
however, things got n little worse than
the worst to-day. the army was appealed
to again and at the last minute two
troops Of cavalry from Fort Myer clat-
tered UP before the reviewing stand In
front of the Sherman statue near the
Treasury, much TO the Joy of the
municipal police and specials. and helped
to sort out properly a bit OF the mess
in front OF the main reviewing stand.
The regulars gave the procession from
this point on around the north side OF
the Ellipse back OF the White House. q
fairly clear path. But the tangle to the
east resulted in a disjointed parade that
passed the reviewing stand in broken.
dlsjointed sections. And once the
marchers had got around the Ellipse to
the disba nding point. just oejond.
maybe they didn't say their say about
the Washington police and the oaths and
drunken revilings that at many points
had assailed them
TabIcnuK Is Big Feature.
The suffrage parade took shape stimuli
taneously at two different points.
The pageant proper. presented by a
tableauX of over hundred classically
garbed women. typifying Faith. Hope.
Charity, Justice, Liberty, Columbia. Gov
ernment and kindred subjects. was
staged on the broad terrace Of the Treas
ury Building
Among the women taking part in this
portion of the suffrage celebration were
Nine. Hedwig Re.cher. the German
actress: Flora Wilson. daughter Of the
Secretary of Agriculture; Florence Flen-
ing Moves. tho classic dancer; Mary
Shaw. the Shakespearean actress: Fola
La Toilette. daughter Of Senator La Fol-
ette and many other noted public per-
all Of whom held synbolcal
poses during their review OF the mile
long procession.
The parade formed about the Peace |
Monument. which stands at the foot
Of the Capitol terrace, at tho lower end
or Pennsylvania avenue. II was headed
by the grand marshal, Mrs Richard
Coke Burleson. She was clothed in semi |
attire and sat her horse like !
!, field marshal of NapoleOn's Old Guard. |
Mrs. Burleson is the wife Of Capt. Bur- |
eson of the regular army
Next came Miss Inez Millholland. also |
She was the herald for the
oarade and was dressed in robes of
relIow surmounted by a great purple |
,anner. whose stafr fitted into stirup |
up and rose above her head.
Following Miss Millholland came ten
Ishers. robed in light blue and gold and |
,arrying yellow and blue pennants.
Young girls, mostly OF Washington. ap-
,eared in this group. They marched on
DOT. preparing the way for the officers
II the National American Woman Suf
rage Association.
In this vanguard of the parade was
the 'Amendmsnt Float" which pro-