The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-30

Washington, Jan 29-When the
National Woman Suffrage Association
opened headquarters in Washington
about a month ago and announced it's
intention of giving a suffrage pageant
ana demonstration at Inauguration
tsIua which would rival in interest anvil
ether single feature of the big weeks
delays, the cave dwellers' of theI
capital who had witnessed inaugural
parades and professions since we be-
gan having them INDUCED themselves
in some pardonable laughter.
That was a month ago. however.
From that day to this the suffrage
headquarters has been the busiest
place in Washington; and at least the
belated Inauguration committee has
tunlbIed to work frantically in the fear
that the women's demonstration of
March will overshadow in interest
any of the following days events ex-
cert the actual administering of the
oath of Office to President ELECT Will
son.
Fair Suffraset in Charge.
The women's headquarters was
Placed in charge of Miss Alice Paul,
a Swarthmore College graduate and
society girl of Philadelphia. Miss Paul
is young, wealthy and prepossessing
in appearance, but very, very serious
minded, and she has devoted her life
to the cause of woman suffrage. She
is of Quaker family, and the style ri
gowns m gubduedr s1f t9 year ar. fetching
poke bonnets which do not at all de-
tract from her appearance. Moreover,
she is capable and energetic and has
affected an office morale that would do
credit to a business system expert. And
she has a corps of able assistants.
Under this management the plans
for the pageant progressed; and as
far as they have been announced they
indicate that the Inauguration visitors
in Washington are to witness a novel
and wonderful spectacle. The pageant
is to be the supreme effort of lie
equal suffrage movement in America
Those planning it realize that this in
auguratioT will bring to Washington
not only the leaders, but working rank
and file of the political party which
may dominate the affairs of the nation
for years, and it is proposed to send
every visitor back with woman stuff
rage forever associated with he
scenes of the Wilson Inauguration.
The spectacle will consist of two
parts linked to each other and stimuli
taneously in progress. One part is the
procession of women which in itself
will be unlike any parade ever given
before The other part will be series
of tabIeaux, a sort of morality play in
dumb pantomime describing in fascin-
ating pictures the progress of women
all the while the procession is passing
the outdoor stage on which the &C
tresses will play. The broad south
porch of the treasury building at the
western end of Pennsylvania avenue
has been chosen for the stage. Here
the procession will turn from the ave-
nue. upon Fifteenth street, and the
classic Ionic facade of the building will
form an enchanting and appropriate
setting for the Greek costume of the
allegorical characters of the tableaux.
Thousands in Line.
The present indications are that
$4,000 women will march in the process
sion. There may be more. They will
come from many parts of the earth.
The militant womens party of Eng
land will send a contingent. Women
have already started for Washington
from Finland, New Zealand, and Aus
tralia--countries which have political
equality of the sexes. The new re-
public of China, which also gives
women equal voting rights with men,
will send a marching corps to Wash
ington. The nine suffrage states will
contribute jubilant regiments. And
from the states where woman suffrage
is a present day issue will com eight
ing cohorts Haunting their battle flags.
Much of the parade will be uniform
d. For instance the intrepid General
Rosalie Jones who led her dwindiiugl
army from New York to Albany will
soon depart from the metropolis with
much more numerous train Of fol-
lowers to march to Washington to take
part in the procession. In the process
sion her band will wear brown sack
cloth robes and monks cowls and
carry slaves. And they will step toll
the sedate swing of the pilgrims,
Chorus played by the band which wfIlI
precede them. While Mrs. Gus Rubin
viii be the leader of a light brigade oil
female cavalry which will ride hors -
back to Washington from New York.
The cavalry women will be dressed in
khaki.
Goods There Too.
Then there will be uniformed COM
panies of college girls. from Radcliffe,
yassar, Bryn Mawr and Swarth-t
more, of the east, and goods from the
west, chanting their college yells as