New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
LOCAL SUFfRACfTTFS MARCH IN HARTFORD Mrs. B. B. BaSSe'tc Carries New
 Britain Banner. COLLEGE WOMEN PARTICIPATE

Two Women Dressed in National
 Costumes of Sweden al,t, Norway
 Parade Gala Affair.
 Ranks of the suffrage rte in the "Votcc for Women pageant and par ade !" held in Hartford ,:.is afternoon were materially swclled b:' men and women sympathixers from New Brit ain. many local ladies either march The gentlemen too. were in evidence. several members of the Mems league from this city participating. Mrs. Buel B. Bassette, president of local league, took an active part in this demOnstra- : tion. She marched with the presi dents division, wearing cap and hood and proudly displaying the New Britain banner.
 With College Women.
 In the college women's division marched Mrs. Henry N. Lee and Mrs Stanley H. Holmes. They are grad uates of Wellesley and represented that institution, wearing the regula- ton college hoods and gowns. pr. Catherine Travis also took part in the parade. wearing gown and hood fin recognition of her having obtained a university degree. She was with the doctors division.
 Miss Anna Rockwell, librarian at the New Britain Institute, and Miss Minnie Goodrich paraded with the librarians and Mrs. Amanda Wallen and Miss Poole were among other local women who paraded. Am mong those from this city who rode in the parade in automobiles were Mrs. Isaac F. Miles Mrs. John c. Gill; chreest, Mrs. Willis r. Corbin and Mrs. Hooper.
 Wear National Costumes.
 Being we'll represented throughout the line of march this city easily won recognition with it's pageant. Miss Bertha Johnson, representing Sweden and dressed lin native costume and carrying the national flag, made a decided. impression upon the thou sands who thronged the sidewalks as the pageant passed. No less notice- able was another local woman who, representing Norway, was also garbed in tho clothing of her race and held the colors of her native land.
 The anti-suffrage mass meeting held last night in Hartford. which was in effect intended as a counter demonstration and at which hundreds of red roses were distributed, helped to excite curiosity on the part of the general public.
 Marchers Assemble Early.
 The parade was scheduled to start at 3 o'clock. Long before that hour the 1narchers began to assemble in the neighborhood of the capitol and the state armory where the line was formed The line of march was from Capitol avenue, to Trinity street, to Ford, to High, to Main, down Main to Elm, to the park casino where a mass meeting is to follow at o'clock It was a novel and picturesque Night, hundreds of women dressed in white trudging sturdily along behind ban Ters which designated the trade or profession to which they be- ] longed. Practically all of them l wore caps and shirt gowns of 1 variegated colors similar to those worn 1 in the big parade in Washington a year ago, presenting kaleidoscopic | effect and they also wore arm re- galias. There were many men in the 1 ranks. Yale, Wesleyan and, Trinity each contributed 8 good sized contin- l gent of students who seemed to think it great fun. Bands of music at fre- auent intervals in the procession made things lively. Quite number of suffragists were mounted and the manner in which they handled their horses demonstrated that they were g-pipers in Highland costume added 1 to the novelty. Another unique feature was yoke of oxen drawing tion: "Connecticut trying to catch up.' 1 Divided Into Five Sections. The parade was divided into five sections, each being preceded by 8 herald carrying a banner announcing 1t. There were also numerous floats ingeniously conceived and very attrac- l tive. There were hundreds of ban ners other than those borne by the heralds, one bearing the revolutionary legend Taxation without representa-. tion is tyranny" and another, carried by forty young girls, inscribed: t'votes for Women"
 The paraders were grouped accord. ing to occupation and these groups numbered nearly thirty, from doc. tors. lawyers and ministers down tc cooks and laundresses There were mothers and grandmothers, and chil dren under high school age. Elever artom obiles carried as many loads o suffragists, each auto bearing tht name of a state in which women hat l been granted suffrage. Others were tagged with those of which the suf fragists had immediate future hopes