Evening star., 1915-12-14
First Suffrage Convention.

BroaiWaJ Ia bernacle in New York in
1888. formed the setting for the third.
Miss Anthony on this occa sion was the
only one of several prominent speakers
who refused to be howled down. The
mob effect gained By the participants
was extremely good. The first SYM
tol{c frieze, 'Descair,'' followed this
episode
Then came scenes showing state cam
paisning, the passage OF the four
teenth amendment enfranchisirg the
negro. and Miss Anthony's trial in
Canandaigua. n. Y. for having cast her
vote under the provisions of this act.
Such portions OF the trial scene as
were used were given yerba tim from
the old court records.
The most pretentious OF all was the
episode of the reading Of the ..Woman's
Declaration of Rights" by Miss An
thon. at the celebra tion of Independ-
elce day in Philadelphia. July 1876.
The scenic effects and the effect of
tie moving throng were especially ef-
fectiye. the wealth of color in the cos
tuning reaching IT'S high-water mark
Beginning Of Better Days.
fhs eighth episode was intended to
show political action on behalf of the
Anthony amendment in its early days
Two tableaux made up this division,
one depicting hearing before a Sem
ate committee and the other a deputa-
ton to President Garfield, asking him
TO include woman suffrage in the party
platform. Episode nine was laid in
, 1851, The scene being a reception dur
ing tire annual convention of the Ma
tioIraI Suffrage Association in a Wash
ing on church. The year 1857 marked
the hrst vote in the Senate on the An
thoEy amendment After this came
the third symbolic frieze, The Dawn
OF Bope."
! Tne tenth and last episode was the
scene of the celebration In the Belas-
co T1eater. this city, of Susan B. An
thons's eightieth birthday anniversary
rateful tributes of her friends and of
q the women who have heen afforded
larger opportunities through he: Ifc-
time ~ service. Four figures repre-
sented the states at that time enfran-
chisej so largely through her work
I -" yoning, Colorado, Utah and Idaho
The pageant closed with the fourth
frieze and the chorus Onward, 'Giori-
Gus Soldiers.
Those in the Cast.
/ Flora Keys Hanson played the part
! OF Miss Anthony and Charlotte n.
Stanley impersonated Eliza beth Cady
Z stanton. Ada Louise Townsend and
/ Howard A. Treat played Susan r. An
thongs mother and father, respective
! iy. 'rof. Townsend and James B. Peat
were Quaker elders. and Bennett
Meade was tax collector. Violet
Warren Pierson and Leonora Marie De
Grange pl8 yed Susan il. Anthony's sis
r te.s. Mary Randolph Dickens was a
/ II eiu oman and Doris D5c:,ens played
her child. Margaret Hopkins WorreI!
as Mrs. Amelia BioomeT. Charles ..
Sha11 was William Lloyd Garrison. nd
James X. Daly was Verdict Phillips
William Barch vas a. butchers boy
( and J. &. Crawford, an apple man.
trayed Lucretia Mott, Harry Myers
| played country boy, and James Il.
Peat irapersonated the spokesman of
a group of farmers.
| Howard A. Treat played the judge
| of the court. with Bennett Mead as
his clerk James K. DAILY played Sen
ator Terry in the Independence day
scene. and others prominent in this
episode were Frederick NJ. kerby.
Francis Il. Moriarty. Helen Kerby. Nc
| kinley w. Kriegh. Il. S. Kicker. A. s.
Hathaway. b. F. Fernald. Henry
Holmes. and Messrs. Madison. Goodwin.
Nicol and crist. John w. Hutchinson,
| r. Anderson Those representing the
| enfranchiscd states in 1900 were Mary
| Randolph Dickens. ii. Reynolds, J.
| Grimes and Louise Beamer.
7! Those making up the crowds Incl
| dent to many of the scenes worked
| sistants to the directors. who were Miss
| Dunlap. Miss Jordan and i. NJ. kerby.
| Managers of Entertainment.
The assistant director and business
manager OF the pageant was Marie
Moore Forrest. and the chairman o,