The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-09
THOUSANDS JOIN aSUFF' PARADE
 TO WIN VOTE
Women March On Capitol With Petition For Equal
 Franchise.
Demand Passage of Resolution Calling For Constitutional
 Amendment.


 taons of the country today paraded along Pennsylvania avenue From A4al-.s faystte Sqzaxe to the Capitol- There Were 5s1 of them representing every state in the Union, and assigned one to each Senator and tRepres tat1ve presented to the members of Congress Detftions asking the passage of the BristoW- -1dondeu resolution ealing tor federal Constitdtiona,l amendment enf1anchizing women s- <l11 lons the rosite. When the ,Capi- foi was reached the b azads were mass ed on the plaza before the east front, where they played the March ofa the &myth of England, accompau uying chorus Of 1.eoe women. wearing robes r,f Hfi1te with green sto1es and Hl- le<s of green on their heads- me parade followed a mass meeting ar,S a duzrnto-.n thsater preaiied ever avf1Frs William Kent, wife of Repre- ,ser<<ztfve Kent Of Ca1ifornla- at which <st2rxzrz addresses were made by Miss Caroaine Eexow, field secretary of the TVcman' Rclft1cM Union. Of New rF Mrs Donald Hooker of BAlti- more and Miss Lucy Burns, of Brook 1vn vfce-chaizrnan of the Con greSsion- .a1 Union for Woman Suffrage, under ths auspices of which the denonstra- ton was bezd . N1,onr t1,1get occupying boxes at the meeting were Mrs. O. H. F. Belmont Of NeH York, Mrs Florence Bayard H[Ilss, of Wz1mfnEton. Dels daughter of President cIevelands Secretary ol Etzta- MIss yu1za Iathrop, chief of the Esederaz Chdldren's Buragu; Mrs EarEzst Stanton BzA4ch Of NssW York dnusn9ar of the date EnIzabefh Cadya Etnnx1n, one of the pioneer leaders 9n fte suf1age movement; t1le Equal z7.razchfsss Society. Of adelphia. 1Er4 .AntnfnettH Funk 1f Chicago. and tns Pennsy lvaria Mems Izsasue for 8cfrzge number of young worn en. many of thenn Drona1nent in SO city, acted as uszaers-
 MANY NOFEM FE;A1an7Ess.
 There wsre many novel features i'm fhe parade and the marching women were c1eered loudly by the throngs Hhat lined Pennsyav aria Avenue all the way from Lafayette Square oppo- cite the White HoazHe. to the Capitol z1rst and foreznost was borne aloft a @anzser 2n feet wide. hearias. the in -l scr1ption- We fen1aud the passage of the Bristov Iondell fssozutIo1''
 Then came the fEr# secdon, the 9sSzn qsgsh sa zss ss Szesfy,as I pssp SPITE. ranged under the dfreetion or Mrs. ElIphaet Andrers- 1housands of gar- lands of flowers were carried by the young women and children the shades. Of the blossoms having heen selected with an eye to z1azz7on1zizg with the Unions colorz, purple white ana gold.
 In this. dzvfsion also marched the <aorus of 1.0p0 led by Mrs. Appol15us t M- Blair, president of the Fsubfnstien Club of this city :. i5 q
 Attractive as was this part Of the parade. n did not evoke any more en- tfzlszasm or interest from tn et on7o ook- ers than the cavalry section which came next commanded by Mrs Juliet Barrett H1bzees of Washznf;tu1s who also was the mounted grand marshal oE the p1ceess1on
 MISS H1EEs ON HOUE1EvTUBK
 Ins advance Of the caRalry contin- gent were seven color bearers on horssbaGk, each carrying purple, white and gold flag At their head rode Miss Elsie HIII. daughter of for n1er Representative HiH of Connecti- cut Among the prominent cavalry E5fnen vas*e Hdrs- Denver 6 Church W1rssoksR RepresenfaEzv Church Of Cali fornza= Mrs- Cz,arles Forrest Curry, wffesuf another csa1ifornia Representa- tk5ve-E Miss Mary Morgan, of Washing ton. niece of Gifford Plncfot, former chief forester Miss Alberta BiI, for meriY of Australia. now of New York, and MILES E1izabeth Kent daughter of tRepz esezzfaz1Ve Kent E.
 Mrz- George rOden was chairman of the foot m1arska9s of the political division which was next in line. and which was subd7vfded into various sec Idosaz The sections that created 3tIae i1r1ost interest were those of the wo- men writers and the actressses The foru1er was organized by Mrs Marie Manning Gasch. of Washin gton. and among those who trudged with. her were Mrs zona Gale, Of Wisconsin; !; IEdra Kertcn- Helen Refine Snyder HEart1n. Mrs, Adelaide Fa1rb anks Tim mons, daughter of Former Vice Presi- dent F'afrbauks. and wife of Lfe,1ten- laut Tfmnom, U- S. N; Mrs. Rfeta iChizde Dorr. Marguerite Spauiding Gerry of New York: Alice Duer Miller. and Robert Bradshaw Among the Isert and Mrs Mary Realty C1agett were conspzcuos1s-
 WOMEN WORK ERS' SECTION.
 Other groups included college wo- men, farmers, waitresses, saleswomen, 1aundresses, women printers. steno- @raphers social workers, seamstresses. arttsts, physicians, dentists, nurses, makers. the latter section organized by Mrs Harvey w. Wiley of Wash tngton. wife of the noted pure food ex- pert
 An interesting feature was large delegation of women voters from ten states where members of the fair sex now are allowed to cast the ballot. walking at the head of this contingent was Dr. Cora Smith King, Of Seattle Washington, treasurer of the National Council of Women Voters. Bringing up the rear of the parade were hun dreda of women under the banners of separate states.
 MARCH OF THE Wt,BEEN.''
 The word of the song. .srhe March of the Women which was sung by the paraders and which had been heard in this country only once before. .sIzort. shout up with your song;
 Cr1 with the wind, for the dawn is
 breaking: