The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-09
TEN BANDS IN
.T0DAYS MARCH
Thousands of Suffragists in
An Imposing Parade in
Washington Today
MARCHING SONG WAS
A GREAT FEATURE

Demonstration Made for the Purposes
of Influencing Senators and Repre-
sentatives to Vote for Constitutional
Amendment.
WASHINGTON, May with ban
ners flying, ten bands playing and the
women singing a marching song, sew
eral thousand suffragists from various
sections of the country today paraded
along Pennsylvania avenue from La
favette square to the capitol. There
81 of them, representing every state
in the Union, and assigned one to each
senator and representative, presented /
to the members Of Congress petitions
asking the passage of the Bristow- Mon
dell resolution calling for a federal |
constitutional amendment enfranchising |
women.
Immense crowds viewed the process |
sion along the route. When the cap
itol was reached the bands were mass |
ed on the plaza before the east front. |
where they played the March of the
| Women, composed by DIR. Ethel Smyth
of England, accompanying a chorus OF
1000 women, wearing robes of white,
with green stoles and fiIlets of green
/ on their heads.
The parade followed mass meet
! ing in a downtown theater presided
/ over by Mrs William Kent, wife of
! Representative Kent of California. and
| at which stirring addresses were made
/ by Miss Caroline Lexow, field secretary
| Of the Woman $ Political Union of
/ New York: Mrs. Donald Hooker. of
Baltimore, and Miss Lucy Burns OF
/ Brooklyn, vice chairman of the Con
! gressionaI Union for Woman Suffrage,
under the auspices of which the demon
/ stration was held.
! Among those occupying boxes ut the
meeting were Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont
of New York, Mrs. Florence Bayard
Miles of Wilmington, Del, daughter of
President Cleveland 5 secretary of
state; Miss Julia Lathrop, chief Of the
Federal Children $ bureau; Mrs. Har-
rict Stanton Batch. of New York
daughter of the late Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, one Of the pioneer leaders in
F the suffrage movement; the Equal
Franchise society, of Philadelphia:
. Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago, and
f the Pennsylvania Men 5 league for suf-
frage. A number of young women,
many of them prominent in society,
2 acted as uShcrs.
: Many Novel Features.
There weremany novel features in
+ the parade and the marching women
: were cheered loudly by the throngs
= that lined Pennsylvania avenue all the
way from Lafayette square, opposite
the White House, to the capitol. First
and foremost was borne aloft a ban
ner, % feet wide. bearing the inscrip
ton: We demand the passage of the
: Bristow- MOnden resolution Then
, came the first section. the pageant di
! vision, typifying spring, youth and
d hope, which had been arranged under
l the direction of Mrs. Ehphalet An
, drews. a well known artist. Thousands
! of garlands of flowers were carried by
the young women and children, the
3 shades of the blossoms having been Sc
: lected with an eye to harmonizing will
; the union S colors, purple, white ant
> gold.
r In this division also marched the cho
5, rus of 1000 led by Mrs. Apolline NJ
/ Blair, president of the Rqbinstein clul
t of this city. Attractive as was thi
, part of the parade, it did not evok,
u any more enthusiasm or interest from
- the onlookers than the cavalry section
- which came next and was commando,
= by Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rublee, o
= Washington, who also was the mounte,
grand marshal of the procession.
In advance of the cavalry contin
gent were seven color bearers on horse
back, each carrying a purple, whit
and gold flag. At their head rod
Miss Elsie Hill, daughter of forme
Representative Hill of Connecticut
Among the cavalrywomen were Mrs
Denver S. Church, wife of Represents
tive Church of California; Mrs. Charlie
. Forrest Curry, wife of another Cali
fornia representative; Miss Mary MOI
gan, of Washington, niece of Cliffor
Pinchot, former chief forester: Mis-
Alberta Hill, formerly of Austrai;
now Of New York, and Miss EIzabet
Kent, daughter Of Representative Ken
Mrs. George OdeH was chairman O
the foot marshals of the political d
vision, which was next in line, an
which was subdivided into various SCI
tlons. The sections that created til
he most interest were those of the wome
de writers and the actresses The forme
- was organized by Mrs. Marie Mar
o. ming Gasch, of Washington, an
IS among those who trudged with he
ny were Mrs. iona Gale, of Wisconsin
ss, Edna kenton, Helen Reimer Snyde
er Martin, Mrs. Adelaide Fairbank
ees Timmons, daughter of former vic
president Fairbanks, and wife of Liel
a. tenant Tlmmons, u. S. N; Mrs. Rhet
We Childe Dorr, Marguerite Spauldin
es, Gerry of New York; Alice Duer Mile
te. and Roberta Bradshaw. Among tn
IL actresses Hattie Williams, Annie Blu
d sert and Mrs. Mary Claggert were COZ
ng spicuous.
iiie1 Other groups included college won
.e, en-, farmers, Mattresses, saleswomeI
laundresses, women printers, stenogr'
~ pliers, social workers, seamstresses, .
IS lists, physicians, dentists, nurses, lar
mt yers, teachers, taxpayers, and hom
N; makers, the latter section organized b
~ Mrs Harvey w. Wiley of Washin