The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-07
WOMEN WILL MARCH
TO CONVENTION HALL
BY the Thousands to Their Ap-
peal for an Endorsement OF
Equal Suffrage.

Huffrnglsta. most Of them clad In tho
roRnlla OF the National American
Womnn'B Suffrage Association and
recruited, II In declared. from every
state In tho country, will march down
Michigan boulevard lntc this after
noon 10 tho Coliseum and there pro
Rcnt 10 tho resolutions committee Of
tho Republican national convention
m appeal for the endorsement Of
equal suffrage.
The white column in long Zinc
sDrcRding across tho avenue sixteen
abreast with Tutoring yellow ban
ncrs and bnnds OF martial music will
be ono Of tho picturesque dcmonstra-
ttons Of convention week. Along the
line Of march OF twOuty blocks the
street Will be- cleared and decorated
with flags and yellow and white
bunting. Outer Grant Park. from
which tho mArchcrs will emerge will
be tho reviewing area. In the review
Ing stand tn" national officers OF the
organization who will lcnvc tho limo
~ march at that point, Governor
Dunno. OF Illinois. legislators and
other invited guests will be found.
Before noon the women. 'huus-
andR OF them from out Of town, be
gan gathering. with the blowing Of
- hugle, the grand marshal OF the
parade, Mrs. Kellogg Fairbnnk OF
Chicago. will take her. place on the
viaduct that leads into Michigan
boulevard Escorted by platoons Of
policemen and policcwomon. she win
lend the line into the boulevard and
tf,V 4 81
AR honorary aids TO the grand
marshal sixteen OF the distinguished
HunraGIsts Of tho country among
thom Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen. Mrs
II Mary WiImurth Miss Mary Nc
Dowoll. Mrs Raymond Robins. Miss
Katherine u, Davis. Miss stone
blackwell. Mrs Julius Roscnwald
Mrs. Cathor'n" Waugh McCulloch
ana Mira. Lambert o. Wilo Will ap.
pear. The personal aids, who are
active suffrage workers in Chicago.
camo next. The hrst band in tho
procession will bo that Of tho Pro
grossly" national convention. loaned
for that purpose.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. prog!-
dent OF the association. viii be fol-
lowed ns commandment OF her division
by noted women. including Or. Anna
Howard Shaw former president OF
tho national body. Mrs. James W
Morrison. Mrs Frank VI Ross!nE.
Mrs. Stanley Mccormick. Mrs. Henry
Wade Rogers. Miss Hannah J. Pat
torson. Mis- Walter McNab Miller
and MrN. Patty Jacobs. NIL members
Of III" national executive board.
fraststR will be tho only vehicles In
tho parade. Among the pioneers are
Miss Jnno Addama, Mrs Harriet
Stokes Thompson. Or. Julia Holmes
Smith. Mrs Ellen " Honnotiu. Mrs
Ella Stewart. Miss Mary +. Holmca.
Mrs Cola Parker Woolcy and Mrs
Charles Il. Lane.
Mrs Harrison Monroe Brown.
chairman OF the committee managing
tn" parade was assigned as marshal
OF the first division and the marshalr
Of IN" other divisions with their bat
tallonS and commandantq follow.
Mrs. Florence bennett Patterson.
Mrs. Ida Darling EnEclkc. Mrs
Mrr. George Nathes. Mrs. Moses l..
Purvin. Miss Marion Talbot. Mrs
Harriet Stone Thompson. Miss Nar-
riet +. Nlttum. Mrs Ida l.. Fursman
and Miss May Irwin. and Miss Eliza
both Chr!stman. joint marshals OF
the tenth division.
one OF tho picturesque features
planned was tho college womcn's d.
vision distinguished by tho caps and
gowns made 10y tho marchcrs and
the brilliant hoods o: those who
had received degrees.
In this division were assigned
alumnac Of Nassar. Smith. Bryn
Mawr, Northwestern University an!
tho Universities OF Chicago. Wiscon-
SIN. Michigan and Iowa. Students
OF tho art schools Of Chicago wore
TO wear brilliant distinctive dross.
Working girls were TO be led by Miss
May Irwin.
Women OF foreign birth whosc
husbands have become American cit
izons formed large group. \ bat
talon Of several hundred Polish
women carried rcd white and blue
parasOls IN such formation that the
American flag was pictured by their
column. was planned NJ = feature.
Kansas. Wisconsin. Michigan and
Now York sent particularly large
groupR OF marchers. The standard
dress Of the mnrcheTs seen early at
mobilization points was varied by
some OF the marChers in pictur-
o-Gu" mGnnet. \ group OF 500 Young
women. the junior auxiliary Of the
Chicago Political Equality League,
wore costume which included
shoulder cape They wore military
wiIc-'-!mmed hats and carried
Al'0us on which were yellow pom
pors
4 delegation led by Mrs Gait will
present the suffrage plank to the res
n'n'.Dr. committee This IDDnal will