Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-07
PARADERS ASK AN
ENDORSEMENT OF
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
THOUSANDS OF SuFFRAGlSTS MARCH
DOWN MICHIGAN A%vENuE-TO
PRESENT RESOLUTIONS.
SPREAD ACROSS AVENUE SIXTEEN
ABREAST MARCHERS PRESENT
IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE.

a. iAiN " t4f ~ lN AA AhH -
gala OF the National Women : Suffrage
association and recruited, il j. declared
march down Michigan boulevard late
this afternoon 10 the Coliseum and there
present - The resolutions committee for
The republican national convention an
aplra for the endorsement of equal suf-
frdgc.
The white column IN Il long line
spreading across the avenue sixteen
abreast with fluttcring yellow ban
ncrs and bands of martial music will be-
one Of the picturesque demons rations Of
convention week. Alonr thr line oI
march If twenty blocks the street will be
clear red aud decorated with flags and
yellow and white bunting Outer Grant
Park. from which the marchcrS viii
emerge will hc the reviewing area. I'm the
reviewing stand the national officers uf
the organization who will leave the line
nf march AZ that point. Governor Dunno
of Illinois: legislators and other invited
guests. will bc found.
Before noon sthc women. thousands Of
them from out of town, began gathering
With the blowing "a \ bu@lc. the grand
marshal 81 The parade. Mrs. kcllo""
Fairbank. &c Chicago. will take her
place un the NiadGct that leads into
Michigan boulevard ESCAPED by pla
tunn~ ~ policemen and policewomrn. She
viii lead the line into the boulevard aud
south toward he coliseum.
A. honorary aids TO The grand marsh.
~ sixteen Of the distinguished %Suffra-
eiSts "t The country. among them Mrs.
lo>cpii 7. Bowen, Mrs. Mary Wilmarth.
Miss Mary Mcdowell. Mrs. RAYMOND
Robbins. Miss Katherine L. Davis Miss
Stone blackwell. Mrs. Julius Eosen-
Maid. Mrs Catherine W.fneh Mccall
l"ugh and Mrs Lambert %. Vile will
appear. The personal aids. who are az
tive suffrage WORKERS ia Chicago. came
next The lirStsbaud ia the procession
VIII WI that IT the progressive national
conNcnri"n. loaned for the purpose.
Mrs. Capri" chapman cat. president
IF The 1>~uciatipu viii hr followed as
communicated her division ht noted
women %inrludin. Dr. "A. II Shaw former
president the national holy; Mrs. James
". Morrison. Mrs. Frank VI l,uc>>ing.
Mrs. Stanley Mccormick Mrs. Henry
Wade Rogers; Miss Hannah J Patterson
Mrs. Walter McNob Miller ana Mrs.
Hunucr Jacobs. all members Of The N
tional executive board.
Automobiles carving pioneer %Suffra-
gistS will bc the only vehicles in the pa
radc. Among the pioneers are Miss
Jane adams. Mrs. Harriet Stokes
Thompson. nr Julia Holmes Smith.
Mrs Ellen VI. Hcurotin. Mrs Fla Stew
art. Miss Mary 4 Holmes. Mrs. celia
Parker WooIcy. Mrs Charles l. Lane
Mrs. Harrison Mnnor RoNn chairman
~ the committee managing the plradc
WAS assigned ~ marshal Of The first Iii
vision and he mir>fal~ nf the other III
visions with their battaliomS AMI com
mandantS follow Mrs. Florence Bennett
Peterson. Mrs. Ida parlin. En.rlkr. Mrs
Gcorec Mathc> Mrs Moses l.. rurNin
Miss Marion TulhA Mrs Harriet >okrs
Thompson. Miss Harriet T. Nitt+'m Mrs
Ill, H. Fnr>man aud Miss Nav Irwin
and Miss Elizabeth thri>tman joint mar
>hal> of the tenth division.
One If the picturesque features plan
ned yas the college women's division.
. distinguished 10y the caps and gowns
made ~ the marcherS and the brilliant
hoods of those vino had received degrees.
~ this division were assigned alumna"
OF NaS>ar. Wellesley. Smith. Bryn Mawr
Northwestern university AMI ~" Uni
vrr>iticS az Chicago Wisconsin Michi-
Gan and Iowa Students Of the art
schools ~ Chicago were t. wear bril-
liant distinctive dress. Working siri
were "a To- led hy Miss Nay Irwin.
Women of foreign birth whose hus
bands have become American citizens
formed i large group 4 battalion If sew
eral hundred Polish women carried red.
white and blue parasols in such forma-
tion that the American flag was pic
tured by their column. was planned as a
feature.
Kansas. Wisconsin. Michigan AMI
New York. sent particularly large groups
of marcherS. The Standard dress Of the
marchc> seven early NJ mobilization point
was varied ~ some of the marcherS IN n
picturesque manner. \ group IT ..Ai
vonns women. the Junior auxiliary ~
the Chicago Political Equality League.
wore a costume which included 2 Shoul-
der cape. They were military wide
brimmed hats and and carried batons