The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-04
SUFFRAGE HOSTS
lContinusd from First Page.


OF thousands who should have been
cleared from the avenue fully an hour
before the parade was supposed to
start at nil. Also almost until the last
minute the city officials debated about
stopping the Pennsylvania avenue
street cars during the afternoon.
AZ Il was the cars were run through
the lam nearly to the instant Of the
starting gun of the big parade.
Select the Peaches.
II goes without saying that when
the women OF the entire United States
OF America began TO look over the
American peach crop to decorate the
very head of the procession, the wo-
nfen' naturally selected Miss Inez Mn
holland and Miss Alberta Hill, OF
New York Miss Milholland, with a
golden crown on her tresces and
mounted astride white horse, was
down on the program as "a mounted
herald" She was not any such thing
Miss Miiholland was a peach, The
crowd. tanning close. said so.
Miss HIN was in the vanguard OF
the peach crop wearing natty tail
ored riding clothes and purtees and
riding headgear designed along the
lines of the colonial cooked hat.
And ] never was on horse ex-
cept once before in my life" said the
beauteous Miss Hill, who is willing to
try anything for the cause once, con-
fessed ii to your reporter while her
chestnut mount backed In high calked
circles around the Peace monument
during ante-formation hours, MAY
he. though the less said about that,
the better" she added
No Chance For Mice.
Word had gone out that 500 stu
dents from Georgetown university
collegiate department were waiting up
the line. each with n past ehoard box
under his arms. and each box con-
tanning ten. live mice which were TO
be liberated among the women march
ers. and bust up the proceedings.
Preparations were made to start the
procession Just the same. When the
mice story reached Capitol Hill at
least two policemen in the reporters
range Of vision got hold of trouser
clips, such as bicyclists wear. and
made the lower end of their unmen-
tionables mouse proof.
IF any one let's any mice loose
here said a plain clothes man an
hour later in one of the automobiles
butting away at the head Of the line,
ALI / say is that in this crush, gawd
help them mice"
Parade Is Formed.
Horsewomen. who rode like crack
cavairymen. galloped all over that
part Of the District Of Columbia
where the parade was forming dur
ing the hours of forming the line.
Automobiles of other women officials
of the procession. dipped cross lots
while the occupants stood up in the
tonneaus shouting sharp orders
through megaphones that promptly
were obeyed
oh. I say. girls, girls. where's
Austro-Huneary Where's Norway.
girls? Norway. you fall in back of
Iceland Austro- Hungary you're to
stand here and then fall in"
Mrs. Glenn a. Smith, director of
the parade. and the Hon. Patracia
Street daughter IF the late Lord Chief
Justice of Australia. and designer of
the costumes and general rainbow
color scheme of the procession, saw
10 II that during formative hours at
least that confusion had no place In
suffrage parade.
Negro Woman I'm Parade.
Ida Wells Barnett, negro woman.
who is one of the leaders of her
race and has lectured i'm the cause
OF the negro man and woman
throughout Europe and America. had
come from Chicago TO parade with
the Illinois delegation of women. but
some 81 the marchers from States