The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
"SUFFS' TODAY PLAY
RING-AROUND, WILSON
Women Will March Around White
House, Starting a 8 O'clock.

President Wilson VIII be serenaded py
women and music this afternoon while
sauadrons OF police win stand by to
maintain order.
More than 1000 women from every cor
ner Of the United States. including wives
Of mlllionaIres. Senators. and Represent
atIves, prominent professional and BUSH
ness women. wage-earners, and factory
girls OF all. activities. will ring the White
House as d climax to the suffrage pick
citing.
Rain or shine, 1t will matter not, the
women, will hold their Gordon about
the fence of the Executive Mansion
grounds for two hours flying their tri-
colored banners. many of them being
inscribed, while bands will play religious
and patriotic music.
While the weather will not interfere
with the program, the public and police
may. Remembering the melee which abb
ruptly terminated the suffrage demon-
Of President Wilson, the authorities will
place strong guards to prevent a repe-1
tition Of this near-riot Of feminity and
masculinity.
May he Nuisance.
II Inc question: arose idSI hBuL as 10
whether the game Of ring-around-the-
White House by the suffragists might
mot be regarded as a nuisance.
On the surface It does not appear to be-
disorderly. but many are Of the opinion
that the President, overburdened with
the present crisis and on the eve of the
busy and strenuous inaugural day, will
perhaps not be in a mood to be heckled
by an army of women and bands playing
a. his d00ra fvv0 hours
1t was declared that such q besieging
OF the White House would be anything
but conducive to few restful hours
which the President will seek this after
noon, and It Is probable that the police
will receive orders to keep moving any
persons who may congresate about the
White House.
But there prevailed at the Little White
House, in Madison street. the homo Of
the Congressional Union for Wom1n Suf-
frage, the same determination that has
always characterized the activity Of the
silent sentinels and the union.
The women declared that In spite OF
would be q "glorihcation" of their pick
citing by an extension of their lines
around the White House so that Presi-
dent Wilson would have no possible
means Of escape from their fight for the
Federal suffrage amendment
Climax to Picketins.
The demonstration will mark the con-
clusion Of the picketing Of the past sew
eral months.
The women will assemble at the unions
headquarters at 2 o'clock and will ad- |
vance In single file upon the White House |
promptly at g.
The marchers will be led by Miss Vida
Milholland. Of New York, sister Of Mrs. |
1nez Milholland Boissevain, the sufrra ze
heroine who collapsed while pleading for
the cause in an address in Los Angeles
several months ago. She died shortly |
afterward and was eulobized as a suf- |
frage martyr.
1t will be Miss MiIholland's debut into
the suffrage ranks. She will carry a |
banner. inscribed. How long must NO
men wait for liberty" which were the
last remarks of her sister.
The old Federal amendment banner, |
carried in every suffrage demonstration
OF nationwide proportions, bearing the !
inscription. "WeN demand an amendment
to the United States Constitution enfran-
chising women will be held aloft by |
Miss Mary Phelps Morgan and Miss Bliss
Findley.
1000 Banner Bearers.
Following will be several bands and the
Loo banner-bearers. preceded by Miss
Beulah Amidon, Of North Dakota. who
has been voted the most beautiful suffra-
gist
The banner-bearers will be divided into
state groups. and in addition to the
suHrage colors, one woman from each
commonwealth will carry the State ban
ner.
The file will move around the White
House, and the Gordon completed. the
oands VIII be stationed. at the east and |
west gates in Pennsylvania avenue, while |
tne marchers will form from an augment
ed oody OF sentinels to stand guard until
o oclock, when the pageant will disband. |
The demonstration will be the first in
which voting and non-voting women have
combined; the National Woman's Party, |
representing the former, and the Congress
sional Union for Woman Suffrage. repre-
senting the latter class OF women having
merged on Friday
Among some Of the prominent women
who will be in line are Mrs o. H. p. |
Belmont, Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, |
sister to former Ambassador Bayard |
Mrs Robert Adamson, wife of Fire Com
missioner Adamson, of New York City; |
Mrs. ]. A. H. Hopkins, wife Of the Pro-
gressive leader Of New Jersey; Mrs. John |
Rogers, of New York; Mrs. William Kent,
wife Of Representative Kent, Of Cali !
fornia and Miss Dora Stevens
All women will Join in the mass meet |
ing at the New National Theater at 8 |
o'clock this evening as the closing feature |
Of the three days convention of the
union here.