The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-11
ZOO WOMEN WILL
WALK 800 MILES
THAT is III THEIR COURAGE AND
PEDAL ExTREMITIEs BOTH
HOLD OUT.
BALL GOWNS TABOOED
HEAVY SHOES AND RUBBER HEELS,
WOODEN HOSE AND PLENTY
OF BANDAGEs AND LINZ
MENT ALL RIGHT.

NEW DIRK, REQ. lV-mOFe imam
zoo women will begin the march of
the suffragettes to Washington which
leaves here on February 18th, accord
ing to a statement made at suffrage
headquarters today
Applications from residents in
towns and cities along the line of
march indicate that the total num-
Der of entrants in the hike" will APP
proximate 400 in number. Among
these will be a number of male SYM
pathizers with the cause of equal
rights and nearly a hundred news
paper correspondents, assigned to the
story by their newspapers
The marchers will be led by Cen
eral Rosalie Jones, Colonel Ida Craft,
Surgeon Laura Dock and Private
Sybil. the only women to finish in
the march from New York to Albany
during the latter part of December,
Beside these veterans. mixers from
almost every State of the north Allan
tic seaboard have signified their
Willingness to participate. Among the
States which will be represented will
be New York. Pennsylvania, Connec-
ticut, Vermont, Massachusetts and
Maryland
Men to Join In.
In Philadelphia, the first men will
join the marchers. Ernest Stevens
and two other members of the mem
walking club have petitioned for the
privilege of marching. They were ad-
mitted on the condition that they
were the pilgrims cloak, a long brown
garment of flannel designed as the
most comfortable dress for withstand
ing the variable weather conditions
that will mark the trip.
Local suffragettes have manifested
the utmost interest in the coming
L
of carrying on their warfare for the
right to vote without resorting to the
militant measures adopted by their
English sisters The interest shown
by the public in the Albany hike,
they state. will be far eclipsed during
the Washington march.
According 70 the present plans of
the mixers they will arrive in Wash
ington on March LIST, where, after a
rest in the hotels of the capital they
will take part in the suffrage parade
on March Sd terminating their pill
4 grimage by literally carrying the
] word" to President Elect Wilson.
I Three Hundred Miles.
The route laid out by the mixers
will carry them over about three hun
! dred miles of country road, in many
/ places almost ankle deep in mud. To
/ prepare for the rigors of the trip and
\ to obviate as far as possible deser-
/ tions from the ranks through fatigue,
/ General Roselie Jones, who is the
nominal head of the movement, has
/ prepared q series of general orders,
founded on the experience gained
through her hike to Albany.
Important among these instruc-
tons is the adjuration to bring large
shoes with rubber heels, The Albany
army lost most heavily through the
failure OF some OF the marchers &c
abide by this primal law of walking
Wooden stockings, absorbent cotton
adhesive plaster, gauze and vaseline
and other articles included in the Xii
of the pilgrim pedicures- ---=
The expenses of the trip are esti-
mated at about 50 per diem for meals
and lodging. The women expect &c
cover about ten miles a day, putting
| up for the night at wayside inns OF
the homes of sympathiZers, where ar
engagements will have been made by
the advance agent of the army, who
will ride on ahead with the baggage.
Bali Gowns Are Barred.
Though bail gowns and evening
clothes will be strictly tabooed dur
ing the march. the army will be ask
ed to take part in a number of en-
tertainments and ovations in the
cities on their itinerary. In Eliza
beth, Philadelphia and Baltimore re-
7 CeptonS have been arranged for them
/ while at the Mason and Dixon line
the army win be met by a delegation
/ at Maryland, women, Led by Mrs. r.
f. Foster. Mrs. Calvin Gabriel. Miss
Doetsch, Mrs Bertha Mather. Miss
Louise FREEZER, Miss Minnie Jackson
and Mrs Charles Kellar. This band
will escort the pilgrims TO the capt.
tai A movement to cross the Della
ware in small boats, after the man
1er of Washington's famous ferryage
Of that historic stream is also under
way.
The Itinerary.
The official itinerary of the suf-
frage army is as follows:
Reach Eliza beth, evening of Feb
ruary 18th. reach New Brunswick
evening of February 18th; reach
Trenton. evening of February 18th;
reach Bristol evening of February
5th; reach Burlington, evening OF
February 10th; reach Philadelphia
evening of February nth; reach Ches-
ter. evening of February 18th: reach
Wilmington, evening of February
10th crest February 20th) reach
Newark, evening of February 21st;
Y reach North East, evening or Feb
! ruary 22d; reach Hasre re Grace
evening Of February 23d. reach
Abingdon, evening of February gath
25th, reach Baltimore, evening OF
reach Laurel, evening of February
28th; reach Washington, evening OF
March LIST.