The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-17

Burns. Miss Alice Paul. and Mrs. Jesse
Hard Stubs advance the cause of
votes fer women
Reporters Drop Hints.
About that time. Mrs Stubbs. who is
press agent for the Congressional Union.
was entertaining delegates of reporters
with reams of facts and statistics con-
nected with the suffrage demonstration.
The local Washington reporters who
were being entertained departed from the
presence of Mrs. Stubbs. and. dropping
in Mt the headquarters Of the ''antis,"
which is situated two blocks further up
Fourteenth street, let drop little hints
from time to time, of the very extensive
preparations which the local suffragists
were making for the big parade.
II Is not to be expected that the
'antis' would let such thoroughly
broad hint go unchallenged Straightaway
they went into executive session and
within two or three days. the war OF
the roses was on. The "antis" gathered
together their financial munitions of war
and purchased roses by the gross. The
roses were not ephemeral, evanescent
floral growths. that would wilt in a day.
but fine. fairly-permanent contra ptions of
red cheesecloth, dyed a beautiful red
and guaranteed to stay red as long as
the wearer kept out OF the rain.
The Washington Horse Show happened
along about the time the declaration Of
war was declared on the suffragists. The
latter, not to be outdone. promptly de-
clared the white rose as its emblem
which was nothing like a bad selection.
as three-fOurths of the marchers in the
suffrage parade were dressed in white
From the suffrage precincts of Four
teenth and r streets. the answer to the
challanRa nnatad hark fn he ssaptis'' in,
their quarters at Fourteenth and H
street and within twenty-four hours
Washington sat back to witness a revival
of one OF the most classic memories of
feudal history.
But to return to the horse show.
The gates of the National Capital Horse
Show had no sooner opened than through
the portal passed a flock Of boys, laden
down with baskets OF red, cheesecloth
roses. and over the paddock walled their
weird. minor call for recruits In the
bloodless battle which may wage through
the whole year OF 1914.
Buy n Red Rose.
But an anti-suffrage red rose" walled
the flower boys. and while Washington
has plenty of suffrage sympathizers,
there are also plenty more who believe
that the woman's place is in the home
and the flower boys never dreamed of
reaping the harvest of nickels and dimes
that came their way from the crowd that
circled the paddock at the horse show
grounds, down near the Washington
Monument.
.. This skirmish of the ANTI pickets.
however, faded into insignificance along
side the coup that the "antis" worked
while the loyal 1850 sisters from the nu-
merous professions and the several States
of the Union tramped down Pennsylvania
avenue to the Capitol Building. to show
Congress that the women of this country
meant. what they said when they asked
for the ballot.
The day of the suffrage parade dawned
fair and the sufragists crowded the
downtown streets thicker than newsboys
when they issue an extra along News
paper row. The suffragists had heard
nothing for quite a while In regard to
the activities of the ''antis." and they
we're the slightest bit squeamish over the
possible result of the anti activity
Absolute secrecy had marked the move
ments Of the "antis" up to the afternoon
of the parade. and then they cut loose
with their volley. just as the parade was
starting from the White House to the
Capitol regiment OF flower boys sud-
denly appeared along the street. laden
with baskets of red cheesecloth roses.
Buy an anti-suffrage red rose" they
walled to the crowds that thanked the