The Washington herald., 1913-07-27
women PREPARE
FORCELEbRATION
Su&ragists Will Gather at Hy-
attsville, Md, Preliminary
to Visiting Capital
TOWN IN GALA ATTIRE
Mammoth Petition Being Signed to
Place Before Members
of Congress.

With banners flying and enthusiasm at
Its height, suffragists representing every
State in the Union will gather next
Thursday morning at Hyattsville, Nd.
about six miles northeast of Washington,
FOR a celebration preparatory to visiting
the Capitol and laying before Congress
their many myriad petitions advocating
equality of suffrage.
The little town Of Hyattsville vii! be
In its gala attire. Houses will be deco
rated and the stores will be gay with
flags and bunting and banners. A COM
mittee of fifty residents, twenty-five men
and twenty-five women, is busy at work
endeavoring to make the occasion one
that will never fade from memory.
All Sections Gathered.
From all sections of the country pill
grimages are now being made to the
Mecca that lies but six miles from the
Capitol dome. They are coming from
the East and the West the North and
the South-women and men: persons who
believe in equality of suffrage and are
spending their eloquence and their en-
ergy in the crusade to hasten that day
when the woman shall stand under the
law on the same footing with the man.
They are coming by foot and by train
and by touring car-all vending their
way toward the town of Hyattsville,
stopping along the route only long enough
to speak a word here and there and TO
gather additional signatures to the petit
tions that are the cause OF the entlre
trip.
BY Thursday morning the pilgrims will
be gathered from all sections of the
country at the Maryland town. From
Washington a big crowd of suffragists,
and the merely curious will go out to
welcome the strangers. Among the party
will be delegation from the Senate COM
mittee on woman suffrage. This COM
mittee is composed of Senators Charles
s Thomas of Colorado, chairman: Robert
/. owen of Oklahoma, Henry F. Ash
urst of Arizona, Joseph Z. Ransdell of
Louisiana, Henry F. Hollis of New
Hampshire, George Sutherland of Utah,
Wesley L. Jones of Washington. Moses
f. Clapp of Minnesota, and Thomas B.
Catron of New Me-iCo.
The celebration will be held at the
picturesque old ball park. which has
been proffered for the occasion by o. B.
Zantzinger, one of the leading citizens
of Hyattsville, who heads the mems
committee on reception. The cere-
monies will commence promptly at 10
o'clock in the morning.
Key VIII BE Given.
an elaborately decorated key to the
rity" by Mayor Harry Shepherd, who
will be assisted by Editor G. NJ. Nc
Farland. DR.. Guy Latimer. Dr. Thomas
Latimer. Rev. Henry Thomas. and
other prominent citizens. A local COM
mittee will conduct a reception. In the
receiving line will be Mrs. ]. B. Coates,
of the Hyattsville committee: Mayor
Shepherd, Representative Frank o.
Smith of Maryland, and Miss Alice
Paul, and Miss Lucy Burns. of the Con-
gressional Union, and distinguished
supporters of the Federal suffrage bill.
The visiting delegations will be an
nounced by H Martin Williams. Reading
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
The Laurel Band will furnish music for
the celebration. Speeches will be deliv-
cred by members of Congress and prom
inent suffrage workers, and promptly at
II o'clock the suffragists will leave for
the Capitol in automobiles.
More than forty-five cars will be in the
procession. They will be decorated with
gay flags and banners. Special flags will
designate the delegations from the vari-
Gus States The procession will pass
along Pennsylvania Avenue where II is
expected that thousands will witness it
Arriving at the east front of the Cap
itol. the suffragists will mount the steps,
at the top of which they will be received
by the Senate Committee on Suffrage and
other Senators and Representatives. Hun
dreds of petitions from every State in the
Union and containing hundreds of thou
sands of signatures will be presented to
the Senate by the travellers. 1t is prob
able that in the afternoon meetings will
be held in various sections of the city
on the streets, the speakers talking from
automobiles.
The women's committee at Hyattsville
In charge of the reception is composed of
Mrs. ]. B. Coates, chairman: Mrs. Zant-
ginger. Mrs. Thomas. Mrs. r. G. Whit
ng. Mrs. r. X. Elliott, and others
At o'clock in the evening a banquet
will be given at the Brighton Apartments