The Washington times., 1915-12-14
SUFFRAGE PAGEANT
AGREAT SUCCESS
congressional Union Planning to
reproduce Anthony Spec
taCIe In States.

More than 400 washington men. WON
en- and childrSn took part in tho most
pretentious bit of Huffrage propaganda
yet staged, the Susan b. Anthony page
ant. presented last evening before
crowd that filled nearly every seat In
Convention Hail.
Leaders OF the Congressional Union
were so impressed with the spectacle
and with the reception given It, that
they are planning to present the page
ant in states where the union Is trying
To- perfect an organization.
In addition to ten episodes In the lille
OF Susan b. Anthony, ranging from
quiet and inlS~Sssive scene whom Miss
Anthony was Quaker school teacher,
to the rtotous and uproartous occasion
when Lucretia Mott, William Lloyo
Garrison and Wsnden Philips were We're
meeting IN the Broadway Tabernacle,
IN New York, and Miss Anthony alone
remained, society girls posed In frlezes
representing the progress OF the woman
suffrage movement
Titles of Friezes.
'tw6man Despair" Women Unite"
women Strike on the shaclkles,"
''The Dawn OF Hope" and Onward,
Christian Soldiers" were this titles Of
the frieSes. Az they appeared q chorus,
robed In suffrage colors, chanted words
one of the most dramatic episodes
was the torchlight procession which
celebrated the passage of the fourteenth
amendment, Two hundred and thirty
persons were on the stage In the scene
representing the celebration of the
elghtieth birthday of Miss Anthony at
the Belasco Theater (then the La
fayette), In Washington in 1900
Staged BY Miss MacKaye.
staged
under the direction OF Miss Hazel Mac
Kaye. Assisting Miss MacKaye was
Mrs. Randolph Keith Forrest. The
scenery was done by Mortimer clark,
who Was scenic director OF The OPIUM
Pipe" given at the Belasco Theater
last winter by Mrs. Christian Item
The stellar role of the performance
MAS taken by Mrs. Florence kays Han
son, tmpersonating Miss Anthony.
Other principals were Mrs. Charlotte
stanley, a. Elizabeth Cady stanton;
Miss Catherine r. Mccormick, as Lu-
cretia Mott; James K Daily, as Wen
dell Phillips; Charles .. Shaw, as VIII
liam Lloyd Garrison; Howard Treat,
Townsend as Mrs. Daniel Anthony;
Miss Leanora de Grange, as Hannah
Anthony; Miss Margarite Pterson' as
Mary Anthony; Mrs. Margaret Hopkins
Prof. Z. c. Townsend. as the QUAKER
elder; j. 4. Peat, as Judge Hunt; Ben
nett Mead, as clerk of the court; Fred
erick Monroe Kirby, as Richard Henry
Lee; Watson Ahlenfeld. as Farmer
Marsh; Harry Meyer. as "a country
roy," and Mrs. Mary Randolph DICK
eLs as "a slave woman.
The PatrOnesses.
The patronesses were Mrs. George
Sutherland. Mrs. William M. Borahr
Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh, Mrs. Reed
SlnOot, Mrs. John d. Works, Mrs. Henry
Ashurst, Mrs. Frank Mondell, Mrs E,
j. Hill, Mrs. c. B. Sigsbee, Mrs. Richard
\, ainwnght, Mrs. Robert Peary, Mrs
ulistiah Hemmlck, Mrs. Henry Blount
1lIs. George Odeil, Mrs. Morven Thomp-
son, Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Mrs. Barrett
l,Iugley, Mrs. Robert Baker, Mrs. Henry
iMaCF'arland, MRS, Appleton p. Clark
MIS- Theodore Noyes, Mrs. Harvey W.
', LEY, Mrs. Henry Graves Mrs. Clara
u. Neigh, and -Lrs, q. Brown Miller.
Those who took part In the frtezei
We're Misses Georgia Schotield, daughter
of Judge SchofieId; Harriet Peckham
daughter of Judge Peckham; Margaret
1teeVe, the youngest debutante in the
navy set; Ruth hapgood, Helen Burch
Anne Hopkins, Catherine Burdett, LII
liam Hendricks. Mary Howry, Pocahon,
Ias Butler, Janet Cowon, Mary Lore
Andrews. Candace Howard, Margaret
howard, Eloise Orme, and the Misses
arber.
The chairmen of the different com,
Inlltees In charge Of the production were
Mrs. w, T. Burch, participants; MorveT
Thompson, lighting; Benton Maekaye
publicity, ana Mrs. Estelle WillougnbS
Ions, music. rhe chorus of women'i
y Noices was under the direction of Mrs
Lucy w. Metcalf