The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-30

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! 10 the hundreds of thousands who
watched October twenty-third the
largest parade that has passed uT
rifth Avenue since 1896 II meant
mat over thirty thousand women
and men were marching for a prin
cipie in a dignified, impressive and
telling way, but to one of those
marchers IT meant infinitely more
II was glorious fall day full OF
sunshine and with an invigoratinp
snap in the air. Hawkers were
everywhere crying their wares; gay
yellow pennants, banners and bal
looms, and the streets had already
begun to be lined with expectant
watchers when about two O'Clock
made M way down to East Second
street. Second avenue and where /
Joined the Vassar college division Of
marchers. Crowds of men, black
eyed women and children gathered
around US, impressed most of all by
our real band" Two bent, old men
with their hands damned deep, deep
in their pockets of their overcoats
and the upper part o. their long,
wrinkled faces swallowed in derb;es
asked me timidly half in English,
half in Yiddish where the parade
would start from. | told them to go
to Washington Square which was
about eight blocks away. They
looked still more oewildered and
wanted to know how to get there.
Never before had they heard of
Washington square. though they
had lived in East Second street all
of their lives.
Promptly at three O'Clock came
the shrill whistle of our marshall
and the Vassar girls stood atten-
ton, eight abreast, three feet apart
with pennants held high. At the
second whistle the band struck up
a spirited march and the division
turned down Second avenue to Twen-
second street. People thronged the
sidewalks, balconies, windows. Oc-
casionally one would wave small
suffrage banner and all would cheer
without quite knowing why. 1t was
the first parade many of us had
taken part in, the first time many
of us had the opportunity to prove
we had the courage of our convic-
tons and the first time many of us
had caught the deep meaning of
Humanity" As we looked ct these
young girls of our own age, these
men and women of the Bowery who
were striving to live. we realized
more clearly our advantages. our
chances in life compared to theirs
and their dependence. We under
stood how Edith Cavell had risked
and given her life, we understood
how thousands of others were doing
the same for Humanity.
In Twenty-Second street We wait
cd over two hours while the first
divisions passed up Fifth avenue. 1t
grew cold and dusk fell but not one
thought of leaving. Instead we
sang college songs for the people
and forgot we were hungry and
shivering. Several business houses
put UP big placards reading, I'VE
vote YES on Suffrage Amendment. :"
The streets waved with banners and
rank with the cheers of the watchers
and marchers. 1t was almost six
when our turn came to fall in line
with the parade up Fifth avenue.
Ii was quite dark but everything
was ablaze with electricity and
crowded with enthusiastic hundreds
OF thousands who had been watching
and cheering since three O'Clock.
The band played louder, heads we're
held more erect and remnants waved
higher as we marched. The tired
faces of shop girls pressed against
windows of big department stores.
yet these girls were not too tired to
smile and wave continually. Never
had the avenue looked more i'm
pressiye. The tall buildings pushed
their way up in the blackness of the
night and as far up as We could see
PEOPLE were waving and cheering
from the windows. Before We had
thought of it, we We're nearing Cen
trail Park where we disbanded amidst
decorated floats, bandsmen in all
sorts of costumes, women, girls,
men. All the marchers who had fin
ishd before were there. No one
thought OF going home, no one
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