Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-23
WOMEN OF MANY PERIODS.
Mems Suffrage League to give Histori-
chi Pageant.
CFrom the New York Post.)

CFrom the New York Post)
The historical pageant Of woman suf-
fragc. "SiN Periods of American Life"
written by Miss Hazel MacKay, will be
given this evening in the list Regiment
armory. New York city. by the Men ;
League for Woman Suffrage.
since the history Of humanity says
the foreword. men and women have
been working side by side, equally shar
ing the burdens of life, equally useful.
equally necessary to the community and
to the upbulding of civilization. Yet
after all these centuries it has been only
within the last hundred years that wom-
an has awakened to the fact that in the
making of the laws Of the community, as
well az in all other matters pertaining to
the State. frequently, even in the DISPOSE
ton of her own person or properly, she
mas been helpless and ignored. This
pageant attempts to show the position of
woman in various phases of American life
and how the present movement of woman
suffrage holds out the promise Of justice
to women In the future "
In the first period. that of the Indians,
a tribe enters from the wood to rest from
the days march and cook their evening
meal before proceeding to the final camp
ing place. The men, burdened only by
tSer bows and arrows, make themselves
comfortable and take their ease, while
the women, hearing all the paraphernalia
of the camp upon their shoulders, cook the
meal and begin to work busiy at all their
varied occupations They are seen weav
ing the mats, making the baskets, the
moccaSins and clothing. grinding the corn
etc, while the men eat the food that the
women have prepared, throwing from
tlma to time a bone to them as they hum
bly, wait behind Tho chiefs daughter
hears the call of her lover in the wood,
back to her duties In the camp and helps
to serve the meal.
In the midst of the meal stranger
tribe Of Indians approaches with friendly
signs that they have come to trade: ac-
cordncly their leader, the medicine man.
trades the bows and arrows and skins
which they have brought for the baskets
mats and clothing that the women have
been making. the men Of the tribe receiv-
ing in return the bows, arrows, and skins
as their lawful right
At last the medicine man tempts the
chief with some splendid skins which,
after valnly striving to procure by offer
ing all the belongings Of the camp, the
chief procurcs in exchange cor his young
daughter. She implorcs her father to
spare her from such a fate. but he is
obdurate, and she is carried off by the
medicine man and his men. The chief
then turns and orders the camp to move
on, and the last figure to he seen is a
woman with a burden on her back and a
child by her side.
The Puritan period deals with the witch
question and the fact that the only
friends of the WITCH the women OF the
colony have nothing to say in her trial
and condemnation. very pretty scene
is the one of the colonists Just before tho
Revolution. Groups of men and women
troop on to the village green. bringin :
their work with them. Some of the wom-
en- come with their spinning, others with
their quilting, others with their sewing
and churning. while the men bring on
Yokes, tnware, shoes, and brooms to
make
Side by side they sit, equally busy and
equally useful and they sing happily as
they work. In a few moments the work
ers enter from the fields. men and women
with their fails and rakes and the prod
their neighbors and friends, and then Join
in a merry dance together. This Is pres
entity interrupted by the coming of the
town crier. who rings his bell and calls.
Town meeting. town meeting" Accord
ingly, the men troop to the town meeting,
while the women meekly and submissively
homes
Susan + Anthony is the central figure
in the fourth period, Just after the negroes
have been enfranchiscd, Her appeal for
equal rights with the negro is rejected
The men and women of to-day, side by
side in all professions. occupations, and
trades, assemble to take part in state af-
fairs. Tho law invites them to enter the
portals of the state, hut when the women
attempt to pass their entrance IS barred
the men alone being allowed to enter.
The women hesitate, uncertain what 10
do, when in the distance, is heard the
coming OF the suffraeists. who enter bear
ing a message to them. The suffrage lead
cr urges the women to rally to the stand
ards and the cause OF suffrage, that by so
doing they will more speedily bring about
the Fighting of this great wrong The
cause Of suffrage is pledged to the grant
ing Of justice 10 the womanhood Of the
future
In the period Of the future "A man and
woman, accompanied by Justice, move to
the center OF the stage, The justice gives
them the law. a great volume, TO bear to-
gether and. swinging her sword, she sum
mons the state to hear what they have
done, Accordingly men and women bear
ing the standards of all the States and
Territories enter and take their place be-
fore Justice, The spirit OF freedom or tri-
umph can now have fun play In "A State
where Justice rcigns supreme. and ac-
cordingly, she enters, followed by her joy
Gus hand maidons, who dance in swinging
measure the triumph that the future holds
for woma nliind.
The costumes were made at the
Headquarters of the unemployed women of
the city.
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