The Washington times., 1915-12-14
SUFFRAGE PAGEANT
A GREAT SUCCESS
Congressional Union Planning to
reproduce Anthony Spec
tacie In States.

More than 400 Washington men. wom-
en- and children took part In the most
pretentious bit of suffrage propaganda
yet staged, the Susan B. Anthony page
ant, presented last evening before n
crowd that filled nearly every seat In
Convention Hall. ..
Leaders OF the Congressional Unicn
were so impressed with the spectacle
and with the reception given 1t, 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 HE
Of Susan B. Anthony. ranging from a
quiet and inl~essive scene whom Miss
Anthony was Quaker school teacher,
to the riotous and uproarious occasion
when Lucretia Mott, William Lloyo
Garrison and Wendell Phillips We're
meeting in the Broadway Tabernacle.
In New York. and Miss Anthony alone
remained, society girls posed In friezes
representing the progress OF the woman
suffrage movement
Titles of Friezes.
Women Despair" women Unite"
Women Strike or the Shackles,"
THE Dawn Of Hope" and Onward,
Christian Soldiers" were the titles Of
the friezes. As they appeared a chorus,
robed In suffrage colors. chanted words
set to classic music.
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
the Belasco Theater then the La
fayette). in Washington in 1900
Staged BY Miss MacKaye.
ttn nd Of n ri
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 ltem-
mick. -
VAS taken by Mrs. Florence Rays Han
son, impersonating Miss Anthony.
Other principals were Mrs. Charlotte
Stanley. as Elizabeth Cady stanton on,
cretia Mott; James X. Daily, as Wen
dell Phillips; Charles .. Shaw, as VIII
liam Lloyd Garrison; Howard Treat.
as Daniel anthony; n.ais1 Miss nisony: Adeaaaae
Miss Leanora de Grange, as Hannah
Anthony; Miss Margarite Pierson. as
Mary Anthony; Mrs. Margaret Hopkins
Worrell. as Mrs. Amena bioomer,
u. e.. -.
elder; j. Il. Peat, as Judge Hunt; Zen
nett Mead. as clerk of the court; FRED
erick Monroe Kirby, as Richard Henry
Lee; Watson Ahenfeld. as Farmer
Marsh; Harry Meyer, as "a country
boy" and Mrs. Mary Randolph DICK
els as "a slave woman.
The Patronesses.
The patronesses were Mrs. George
Sutherland, Mrs. William M. Borah
Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh. Mrs. Reed
Slnoot Mrs. John d. Works, Mrs. Henry
Ashurst, Mrs. Frank Mondell, Mrs. f.
j. Hill, Mrs. c. 3. Sigsbee, Mrs. Richard
!, ainwrlght, Mrs. Robert Peary, Mrs
ulistian Aemmick, MRS. Henry Blount
4.Is. George Odell. Mrs. Morven Ihomp,
.un, Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Mrs. Barrett
I.lugley, Mrs. Robert Baker, Mrs. henrS
maCr'arland, MRS. Appleton +. Clark
mas. Theodore .>oyes, Mrs. Harvey w
', LEY, Mrs. Henry Graves Mrs. Clara
D. Neigh, and -Irs. q. Brown Miller.
Those who took part in the frieze!
We're Misses Georgia Scnotield, daughter
Of Judge Schofiell; Harriet Peckham
daughter of Judge Peckham; Margare
1,ceve, the youngest debutante in thu
,avy set: Ruth i1apgood. Helen Burch
Ian Hendricks. Mary Howry.. Poca hon
las Butler, Janet Cowon, Mary Lore
Andrews. Candace Howard, Marsare
Toward, Eloise Orme, and the Misses
trber
The chairmen of the different com
Inlltees in charge of the production wer'
Eirs. w. T. Burch, participants; Morvel
publicity. ana Mrs. Estelle Willougnb!
Ions. music. rhe chorus of women
Jices was under the direction of Mrs
Lucy w. Metcalf.