Evening star., 1914-05-03
WOMEN WALK, TALK
TO WIN SUFFRAGE
Big Demonstration Marks
Concerted Celebration in
Many Big Cities.
SEVEN MASS MEETINGS
HELD IN NEW YORK CITY
Boston Turns Out 1900 Marchers.
Philadelphia Has First Parade.
Chicago Rejoices Over Victory.

NEW YORK, May 2.-Woman's suf-
frage day in New York was marked by
| aggressive work toward winning the bal
| lot for women at mass meetings through
out the city.
The predominant red OF the socialist
| ist or May was superseded by plentiful
| color. The green. purple and white OF
| the Woman's Political Union. the yellow
OF the woman's suffrage party and fags
OF other colors Of the five other leading
organizations cooperating In the efrort
| We're draped on hundreds of motor cars
Kept running to supply speakers to tn.
various city squares where meetings
were going on.
uoro women OF fashion who have given tho
| movement their patronage were activ.
| IN the days campaign. Girl students
from Smith and Wellesley, in Massa-
| ehusetts. and Nassar and Barnard col
| to fair-sized audiences on the reforms
which they declared only woman's sur
frage could bring about The vote bv
lsi3 was the slogan OF the day
Military orchestras were hired TO At
tract listeners at some points A parade
OF automobiles on 9th avenue was used
| 70 attract attention to seven simultane-
Gus meetings around Washington Square
| Where speakers We're addressing grouns
from other automobiles. bugie call
close. ~
A resolution for the suffrage was read
ana simultaneously adopted by the seven
clusters or enthusiasts. The gayly decked
| machines then formed a parade of over
one hundred cars reaching up the avenue
Good Marchers in Boston.
BOSTON. May 2.-woman sufrragists
to the number Of 1900 marched today
through streets crowded with many more
thousands OF onlookerr. 1t was the great
est parade OF women in the history Of
New England
The route was lined by spectators esti-
| mated to number 100000. Many wore the
yellow flowers and banners of the suf-
| fragists. Others displayed the red rose.
symbol of anti-suffragists
The line of march brought the paraders
through fashionable Beacon street, past
the state house, where they were re-
viewed by Gov. Walsh, and along Wash
| ington and fremont streets in the bust.
ness district.
Women Of all ages and degrees wer.
| in the long line. There were several
| children In arms, some toddling girls.
| more Of high school age, thousands OF
young and middle-aged women and quite
Few whose hair was streaked with
gray. Several women's colleges sent del
sgations. among them Wellesley and
Mount Holyoke.
OF the several hundred men who
college students. The Harvard suf-
| frage Club sent 400. There were par
ties also from Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology and Tufts.
The demonstration ended with mass
meeting which overfiowed fremont
| Temple and made outside gatherings
| necessary.
Philadelphia's First Parade.
| PHILADELPHIA, May 2.-Philadel-
| phia saw her first woman's suffrage
parade today when about two thousand
| women and girls marched through the
principal streets to Washington Square.
where big mass meeting was held.
Addresses were made by well known
suffrasists, including Mrs. Beatrice
Forbes Robertson Hale of New York.
| Two resolutions were adopted. One
| called upon Congress to proceed without
delay in the most feasible and practical
| manner to remove the barriers which pre-
vent American women from the exercise
| of full franchise" The other called upon
| the Pennsylvania legislature to pass "A
constitutional amendment for equal suf-
| frage.
Great Day in Chicago.
CHICAGO. May 2.-suffrage day was
| celebrated today by the largest parade
| of women ever held in Chicago. Thou
sands of women. several of them past
seventy. many of them not yet twenty
| one marched down Michigan avenue in
| ten divisions. Formally the parade was
| a means of thanking the state legislature
| for voting for suffrage to women. and as
| Chicago's part in a national demonstra-
| ton.
rupture between the national leaders
| and the state forces, led by Mrs Grace
| Wilbur Trout, was nearly healed early
| in the day. when a message was prepared
| at suffrage headquarters similar to the
resolution which the national association
| had asked the state organization to ap-
| prove. Before the message was prepared,
| Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, a national officer.
| had left the city. declaring she could not
consistently take her place In line with
women who had refused to take the
action the national board requested. The
message read:
Demonstrations in Richmond.
Chicago today has participated in one
of the greatest demonstrations of the
world to show its gratitude for the new
freedom which has come to the women OF
Illinois. We urge upon Congress the
passage of legislation which will bring
complete liberty to all women of the
United States"
Demonstration in Richmond.
RICHMOND. Va, May 2-virgtnia sui.
fragettes held their first big demonstra-
ton in this city today, when LOCO women
gathered in the capitol square and lis
tened to a votes-for-women address by
Representative J. w. Bryan of Washing
ton.