New Britain herald., 1914-05-09

that lined Pennsylvania avenue all the way from Lafayette square, opposite the White House, to the capitol. First and foremost was borne aloft banner, twenty feet wide, bearing the inscription: We demand the passage of the Bristow-M reso- lution.' Then came the first sec- ton, the pageant division, typifying Spring, Youth and Hope, which had been arranged under the direction or Mrs. Eliphalet Andrews, a well
 known artist Thousands of gar
 lands of flowers were carried by the young women and children, the
 shades of the blossoms having been
 selected with an eye to harmonizing
 with the Unions colors, purple, white and gold.
 Chorus of 1000 Women. In this division also marched the
 chorus of 1000 led by Mrs. Apolline
 M. Blair, president of the Rubinstein
 club of this city.
 Attractive as was this part of the
 parade, it did not evoke any more
 enthusiasm or, interest from the on-
 lockers than the cavalry section which
 came next and was commanded by
 Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rublee of Wash
 ington, who also was the mounted
 grand marshal of the procession. E@,-. In advance of the cavalry con tingent were seven color bearers on
 horseback, each carrying purple,
 white and gold flag. At their head
 rode Miss Elsie Hill, daughter of for
 mer Representative Hill of Connecti-
 cut. Among the prominent cavalry
 women were Mrs, Denver s. Church,
 wife of Representative Church of Cal
 ifornia; Mrs. Charles Forrest Curry,
 wife of another California representa- tive; Miss Mary Morgan of Washing ton, niece of Clifford Pinchot, former chief forester; Miss Alberta Hill, for merly of Australia, now of New York and Miss Elizabeth Kent, daughter of Representative Kent.
 Writers and Actresses. Mrs George Odell was chairman of the foot marshals of the political di- vision, which was next in line, and which was subdivided into various sec- tions. The sections that created the most interest were those of the wom- en writers and the actresses. The former was organized by Mrs. Marie Manning Gasch of Washington and among those who trudged with her were Mrs. Zona Gale of Wisconsin; Edna Kenton, Helen Reimer Snyder Martin. Mrs. Adelaide Fairbanks Tim mons daughter of former Vice. Presi- dent Fairbanks, and wife of Lieuten- ant Timmons, U. $. N.; Mrs. Rheta Childs Door, Marguerite Spalding
 Gerry of New York; Alice Duer Mil- Ter and Roberta Bradshaw. Among the actresses, Hattie Williams, Annie Bussert and Mrs. Mary Realty Clagett were conspicuous.
 Other groups included college wom-
 en, farmers, waitresses, saleswomen, laundresses, women printers stenog- raphers, social workers. seamstresses, artist, phyicians, dentists, nurses, law yers, teachers. taxpayers and home | makers, the latter section organizel q by Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley of Wash ington, wife of the noted pure food expert.
 Women Already Enfranchised. An interesting feature was a large delegation of women voters from the ten states where members of the fair sex now are allowed to cast the bal lot. Walking at. the head Of this contingent was Dr. Cora Smith King. | of Seattle, Washington, treasurer of the National Council of Women Vot-
 CTS. Bringing up the rear of the parade were hundreds of women un- der the banners of separate states.