New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-23

massed along the street as when
Miss Nofett. the seven pound fox
terrier mascot Of ,he Philadelphia SUI
fraCc Society, refused 70 keep her
perch on ,hc suffrage bell.
4 gray haired woman. bent and
wrinkled and with three small children
about her. all clad in rage that were
TOO thin even FOR the mild temperature
was !n the ranks Of those who wanted
che vote
ANTS" Use Adding Machines.
To would he difficult 70 estimate the
number Of marchcrs. Suffrage leaders
iuhilautlv proclaimed a. a. least 1000.
But while the line wound about South
pcau Square corps Of "antis' were
posted on the eleventh door Of the
Finance Building TO check carefully
The number ~ psraders. And with
each ramp. tramp 81 the marching
feet there clicked an adding machine.
The 'autis" would not trust 20 the pub
shed estimates o. numbers. But 10
can % least be said that BY ( o'clock
this afternoon every suffrage head
quarters ,u the citv sold out It's stock
Of costumes. ~oeottes and banners
The parade was more than an hour
late In starting. ard u was no. until
s:55 that the detail Of mounted police
that led the yellow army swung around
tho northeast corner Of City Hall Be
hind them was 4 bind. but that passed
hv unnotced, Tor all eyes were on the
httlo Yellow car that purred az the
head Of tho procession.
70 was 'he Eastern Victory 7,
given TO D. ANNA q. Shaw by the New
York sufraCists and recently seized
from rs garage a. Media and sold for
taxes. Imposed without representa-
ton" and i'm the car was Miss Susan
p. Anthony. DR.. >haN's secretary. who
had lovallv held the garage until fur
Their defence was useless.
Then followed 100 automobiles OF ali
makes and virtagcs. covered with suf-
fraCc banners and IN many cases car
ryirC fancy lanterns. And among
them. second only in importance 70
chat little yellow car" was the Burn
ham Winner Of the EQUAL Franchise
Society. which docs the scout work"
for tho PHILADELPHIA sufTragists
Cheers and tossing Of banners and
suffrage balloons greeted the appear
ance on foot Of Mrs. William Albert
Wood. Of Chestnut Hill, the grand
marshal She was dressed in a mill
;ary-like suit of blue with a broad vel
low sash. a huge suffrage banner was
borne by Mrs Ellen II. +. Price and
Miss Ida Stokes Adams. And then
followed the most artistic spectacle Of
the parade.
One Hundred in Grecian Gowns.
One hundred young women. dressed
in flowing Grecian gowns Of yellow and
bearing yellow dafodils with electric
lights u the centre of each. marched
four abreast and drew with yellow rib
bors q bank OF yellow flowers that con-
cea.ed an irar'istic motor truck.
And on the bank on n raised pedestal
was the famous Justice Bell" that
has carried the suffrage propaganda 10
nearly every hamlet and town In the
state. The "Dafodil Girls" were mem
bers OF the Logan Suffrage party.
After the symbol The Cause" came
the Philadelphia County Suffrage So
ciety. hundreds strong, in costumes OF
yellow and bearing aloft on poles
lighted lanterns Of the time Of Ben
Franklin. Richly decorated floats.
worded 10 drive home q point for suf-
frage. appeared in the ranks On one
stood a figure Of Columbia. an Uncle
Sam and the Goddess OF Liberty.
waffle Wagon" Goes By.
Another bore huge transparency
announcing that the President of the
United States had just voted for sui
frage IN his own state. Headed by Mrs.
George A. Pierson. Mrs. William Derr-
Butler. Mrs. II. c. Bethel and other
leaders. the Woman Suffrage party OF
Philadelphia and representatives from
the various legislative districts tiled by
with floats and bands And last, but
not least, I'm this division was the ia
nous waffle wagon" Of the 23d legis-
lative district sufragists.
Rivaling the "Dafodil Girls was
the Rainbow Of Promise" spectacle
presented by the campaign committees
section Forty young women marched
in FIVE lines, eight abreast Each line
was attired in gowns of one Of the
primal col5rs. Each bore a lantern Of
a tint in harmony with the hue Of her
costume.
Tho Equal Franchise Society brought
out a small army corps Of marchers in
itself. They were headed by Mrs. Will
fred 3. Lewis. All carried Japanese
lanterns and were dressed in elaborate
but always uniform costumes.