Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-02
FOR SUFFRAGE PARADE.
Norwich Delegation Preparing to Be in State Demonstration in Hartford.

l The Norwich Equal Franchise league representatives, six or seven in mum
 Der, who are to go to Hartford to be 1 in the state parade today (Saturday)
 made their final arrangements Friday, i and the league has passed a resolution which is to be incorporated in a big
 resolution to be presented before con- | gress.
 | All the preparations for the suffrage | parade are now completed and suffra- g1sts all over the state are hoping and praying for fair weather in order that | the demonstration may be a complete | success. Suffrage headquarters in | Hartford is a scene of incessant activ- i ity, and Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton | has spent three days in Hartford put | ting the final touches to her work as l chairman of the art committee. Miss Pierson and Miss Gregory are also hard at work. Miss Gregory is giving l invaluable assistance with the decora- 1 tion of the floats, and Miss Pierson mas had in hand the work of preparing the beautifully illustrated programme
 which is to be sold on the streets and which will form an excellent memento of the pageant and parade.
 Harmonious Color Scheme. The work that has been done by Mrs. Seton as chairman of the art com mittee has included the designing of over 40 banners which are intended to be carried at the head of each group of Women-Women doctors, women law yers, milliners. factory workers, etc. These banners are in different colors and the marcherS will wear the capeS and caps which accord in color with the banner of their group. The whole has been arranged in great color scheme-a scheme which will make the parade the most beautiful street spec tacle that tEiS state has ever beheld.
 After the parade there will be mass meeting in the Park Sacino at which resolutions will be offered calling upon congress to pass the amendment to the United States constitution sweep ing away all disqualification of sex. This resolution is to be carried to Washington by Mrs. Seton, who is chairman of the Connecticut delegation that is to join in the great national suffrage parade and demonstration in with the representative women from ali the other states, Mrs. Seton will march from the BelaSco theatre to the capitol and there deliver the resolutions to members OF the Connecticut congress Sional delegation.
 In Windham and Holland Counties.
 As soon as the parade is over Miss Emily Pierson will turn again to her plans for a campaign through Wind ham and Holland counties which has been determined upon by the eXecu- tive board of the c. w. s. A. This IS tO SIdll OIl 1oln d-lu to last two months. Miss Pierson has already secured the services of five suffrage workers-all college gradu ates or to be college graduates before the campaign opens. With herself and Miss Gregory, this will make a force of seven workers. and it is Miss Pier sons intentiond to bring the number up to nine before the 18th of June.
 There are already two suffrage leagues in Windham counyt, and mem bers of these leagues will be ready with help when the campaign is in their neighborhoods. These leagues are the Putnam Equal Franchise league and the Danielson Equal Fran chise league. In Holland county there is as yet no suffrage league, although there are many enrolled members of the c. w. $. A. in Rockville, Stafford Springs and other of the Holland coun- ty townships It is this backward con dition as regards suffrage organization that has fixed the choice of locality for the campaigns of ahe coming sum mer. Both these counties have many towns that are remote and difficult of access and 1t is only possible to carry out a campaign in such a territory dur ing the summer, when automobiles are available.