The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
A SILENT ARMY
OF A PARADE
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LONG march, moved the crowds first to
sympathy and then to the realization
Of what the demonstration really
meant slis
at is patriotism for women willing.
ly to offer upvthe sons they rave Civ
en- the world to slaughter upon the
i. battIefieId?'
That 10 the question the women who
paraded today have left to be an
swered. There.was no meeting at the
conclusion of the parade and no
speeches.; merely h silent parade OF
protest.
Tired and worn, the older women
holding up onty by iron will and de-
termined belief in the cause For which
they marched, were cared for by the
younger as they broke ranks at
Union Square. At the close Of the
Mrs. Henry Willard, chair
an Of the parade committee, live
.ifed but vigorous in her work for
eeace, declared she was most impress
ed by the attitude Of complete sym
pathy in the crowds along the line OF
march.
I'VE have merely thrown . pebble
into the great waters" said Mrs. Vii
lard, "but there will be many, many
circles from il and we hope eventual
Iy all wonen will be united so that
t..ey will not send their sons and
husbands out to slaughter. Ny heart
was touched by the almost reverent-
~.i - ,unor-%h akiN atftfIaA of The
vast thronss. Some women have
grown to accept all that their hus-
bands say as fate. That leais them
to believe that sending their husbands
and sons out to be slaughtered in war
is patriotism. But We want to start
a new patriotism and make all wom-
en- realize that it is a crime to offer
upon the altar Of war the lives they
have brought into the world"
There was no distinction in nation
OF peace. Rich and poor marched
SIDE by side. There were represen'
tatives of of every nation now
engaged in the ter ifc conflict in
Europe. A full blooded Indian woman
rode in an automobile with a Chinese.
Marching in the ranks was a division
OF negro women. Many ONE from
other cities participated. There was
a division of refugees from Europe
WHO had arrived here from the wal
zone within the last few days. Miss
Eleanor Garrison of Boston, a grand
daughter of VIM. Lloyd Garrison, ar
- xhs. ,@~rt- o-S
Immediately arranged to march in
the parade this afternoon. In the
first division was Mrs. z. A.. Shores
of Seattle, WASH, chairman of the
executive committee of the Washing
ton state suffrage organization. Mrs
Rose Berger of New York, marched
the entire distance, pushing a go cart
from which her infant son Irving Nc
Abee Berger, cooed and cried at in
tervals as the silent procession moved
on.
An escort of mounted police headed
the procession. Then came Miss Por
tia Villa, the grand marshal. and
Miss Alice Carpenter bearing the
peace banner. The only Inscription
was the single word peace In large
letters. In the center of the banpe7
upon a circular field of blue was a big
white dove. Miss Rose Young and
Mrs. Florence Woolston held the
streamers to the banner. Their cams
Mrs. Henry Willard n in the parade
were such we'll known women as Mrs
Elmer Black, Miss Mary Shaw, Mrs
James Lees Laidlaw, Mrs. John Win
tiers Brannan and Miss Lillian Valid
The younger women were the mar
shals and the prime movers in the
demonstration but 1t was the women
of advanced years, their faces lined
with care and suffering, who swelled
the ranks at the last moments. Just
before the parade started, an aged
woman stepped from the crowd al
Fifty-eighth street and eagerly ad
dressed Miss Young.
Cant I join the parade?' she asked
II want to do my part in CARRYING