The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-23
Society Leaders to
March With Factory
Girls In New York
MANY BODIES
REPRESENTED
Mayor Will Review
Procession From
Library
ny UNITED PRESS.

OF 10000 men and women vill
march up Fifth-ave this afternoon
in the greatest demonstration for
woman suffrage ever held in Amer
| lea. Twenty thousand women, rang
ing from society leaders 10 factory
and shop girls. with 10000 men OF
all classes, will make up the huge
procession. Thirty bands viii De
scattered through the long line.
Long before noon, crowds began
collecting in Westinghouse from
where a start will be made Women
with children. women with dogs,
everywhere women crowded the hie
tcric square and waited impstiently
for the marshals 20 start lining W
he throngs.
From the square the parade vii.
head up Fifth-ave. TO F1tty-ninth-st-.
distance OF so blocks. Automo-
biles for those unable 10 stand the
rip will De waiting along the way
10 give aid. At Forty-second-st a
reviewing stand has been set or
The steps Of the public library, o.
which the mayor and city digni-
taries will witness the procession.
Ten suffrage organizations, each
with different colored banners, VIII
make the avenue a gay thorough
fare. The organizations represent
ed are:
Woman Suffrage party, Woman's
Political union. Nstioual American
Suffrage association. Empire State
I campaign committee. New YORK
/ state Woman Suffrage association
Collegiate Equal Suffrage associa
ion, Congressional Union for Wo-
man Suffrage, and the International
Woman Suffrage alliance.
The majority OF the women will
be dressed in white; all will wear
white hats.
There will be no laughing or
talking In the lin, leaders said to-
day. Everything will be done TO
preserve the solsmnity and impress
on the voters the magnitude OF the
issue on which they will vote on
Nov. 2.
Among The 1000 men marchers
we're such wellknown personalities
az these: VIII Irwin. author;
George Middleton, playwright, VIII
liam VI. Msckay. artist; Allen Nc
Curdy. clergyman: Samuel Mer-
win, author; william Rose Benet.
editor; wytter Binner poet; Sin
clair Lewis and Charles Norris,
authors.
These were supplemented by law
yers. doctors. actors. business men
and Just citizens.
Gigantic banners declaring will
son lie for suffrage" Suffrage means
better babies Suffrage means
pure milk Suffrage means clean
streets" Seven million women vote
elsewhere IN the world, why not in
New York;" and costing about 81
500. made the parade a verhable
river OF gay colors. In the midst OF
all the bright banners, however. will
be this solemn cry in a deep. black
border: New York women have
no vote at all"
Mrs. Leonard Thomas, Newport
society leader. will carry the Inter
national Woman Suffrage alliances
Gamer that will Lead thu big pa-
! rade. She Will De the nrst woman
N the entire line walking in sd-
vance OF Mrs. Carte Chapman Ca,t
| This section viii include a proxy
2: ocession" % the 2s nations ret-
resented In the alliance, but no ma.
tional colors will be carried eroen,
that America and Uncle Sam viii
lead. The women are to wear pure
white.
The main divisions or the line
which starts from Washington so
at p. m, and marches up F1fh
ave. 10 Fifty-ninth-st.. will be IN,
International section, the Nationa
Woman Suffrage association, tn
Empire state campaign committee
headed by Mrs Raymond Brown, IN,
state president; the woman SUI
frage party, divided into borough
and subdivided into assembly dis
tricts. and occupstional groups. Tn
largest OF these will be the city en-
ployes recruited by COMMISSIONS
NJ Correction Katherine II Davis