The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-09
WOMEN IN GREAT PARADE
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division, typifying Spring, Youth and
Hope, which had been arranged undo
the direction of Mrs. Eliphalet An
drews a we'll known artist. Thousands
of %garlands of flowers were carried by
the young women and children, the
shades of the blossoms having been Sc
lected with an eye to harmonizing
with the Unions colors, purple, white
and gold.
In this division also marched the
chorus of 1000 led by Mrs. Apolline M.
Blair president Of the Rubinstein club
of this city.
Attractive as was this part of the
parade, it did not evoke any more en-
thusiasm or interest from the onlook-
ers than the cavalry section which
came next and was commanded by
Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rubles, Of Wash
ington, who also was the mounted
grand marshal of the procession.
In advance of the cavalry con
tingent were seven color bearers on
horseback, each carrying a purple,
white and gold flag. At their head
rode Miss Elsie Hill, daughter of
former Representative Hill Of Con-
necticut. Among the prominent cav
airy women we're Mrs. Denver S.
Church, wife of Representative Church
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Curry, wife of another California
representative; Miss Mary Morgan, Of
| Washington, niece of Clifford Pinchot,
former chief forester; Miss Alberta
Hill, formerly of Australia, now Of
New York, and Miss Elizabeth Kent,
daughter Of Representative Kent.
Mrs. George Odell was chairman of
the foot marshals of the political di-
vision, which was next in line, and
which was subdivided into various
sections that created the most interest
were those of the women writer's and
the actresses. The former was or
anized by Mrs. Mary Manning Gasch,
of Washington, and among those who
trudged with her were Mrs. iona
Helen Reimer Snyder Martin, Mrs.
Adelaide Fairbanks Timmons, daugh-
ter Of Former Vice-president Fair
banks, and wife Of Lieutenant Tim
mons, u. S. N MRS. Rheta Childe
Dorm, Marguerite Spaulding Gerry
Of New York; Alice Duer Miller and
Roberta Bradshaw. Among the &C
sert and Mrs. Mary Realty CIagett
were conspicuous.
Other groups included college wo-
men, farmers, mattresses. saleswomen,
laundresses, women printers, steno-
graphers, social workers, seamstresses,
artists, physicians, dentists, nurses,
lawyers, teachers, taxpayers and
homemakers, the latter section or
ganized by Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley of
Washington, wife Of the noted pure
food expert.
An interesting feature was a large
delegation Of women voters from the
ten states where members Of the fair
sex now are allowed to cast the bal
| lot. Walking at the head of this con-
tingent was DR.. Cora Smith King, OF
Seattle, Washington, treasurer Of the
National Council of Women Voters
Bringing UP the ear of the parade
were hundreds Of ome under the
banners of separate states.
The words Of the song, "The Marct
of the Women which was sung by the
paraders~ and which had been heard
in this country only once before
are:
Shout, shout, up with your song,
Cry with the wind, for the dawn !!
breaking;
March, march, swing you along,
Wide blows u banner, and hop
is waking.
\ Song with it's story, dreams with thei,