The Washington herald., 1917-02-23
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shall take no part in the inaugural
parade. The barring OF State floats an6
automobiles by order of Col HARPER
chairman of the inaugural committee.
has made this decision necessary We
shall continue all of the work at the
National Women's Wilson Union head
quarters, Fifteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. for the benefit of the pub
lic,"
Col. Harper read the statement given
out by Mrs. Boggs and then poured more
oil on the fire.
Mrs. Boggs has been too impractical"
he SAID. She has been talking about
having 500 horsewomen from Virginia Ia
the parade. and there are not that many
women in Virginia who can ride a horse"
Hopes They'll Change Minds.
Col. Harper then issued this formal
statement:
Women are by no means barred
from the Inaugural Parade, but on the
contrary we have persistently encour-
aged their participation and are still
anxious for them to take part, but
they must conform to necessary and
well-established rules, the same as We
require of the men.
I'VE are very careful to make our
requirements explicit and clear to all
The fifteenth of February was the
earliest date when any idea, anyways
accurate was given us of their inten-
tions as to what the floats would par
ticularly represent. The opinion of our
committee on floats was, that the time
between that date and the Inaugural
tion Day was entirely too short to
complete a new. untried and probably
uncertain proposition, and we also rec
ognized that such a display should de-
mand more than passing consideration
and preparation"
The question now is whether all the
bodies of women who have planned
to enter the parade-bodies from the
government departments, from various
cities. from suffrage and anti-suffrage
headquarters, and others-will abide
by the decision of Mrs. Boggs
Mrs. Boggs is quite certain they will
follow her committee, but Col. Harper
thinks that she is badly mistaken.
Outrage" Mrs. stone Declares.
Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner. of the in
augural committee, and one of the most
prominent club women in Washington,
/ declared herself simply stunned" when
she heard last night OF the action of
Mrs. Boggs
Il think the action OF Mrs Boggs is
perfect outrage" she said. "She Is
SIMPLY private member OF the main
| inaugural committee. and has simply
usurped any power she claims to have.
She has actually believed that she was
to ride in a carriage at the head of the
inaugural parade. and in her egotism
she has given out newspaper statements
| to this effect
"She set up a headquarters in the Ok
| ford Hotel and took upon herself every
thing connected with the women's di-
vision OF the parade I organized the
| National Women's Wilson League during
| the last election. but she has been using
the stationery Of the league and giving
| the impression that she was the head
! of the league. and also OF the women's g
division of the parade.
Mrs. Stoner declared she intended to
march In the parade, with many other
| women, despite the objections of Mrs.
Boggs.
II have had headquarters at the Eb-
bitt, simply as member of the main
Inaugural committee, and / have arrang-
ed with different bodies of women to
march in the parade, and I am quite
sure that they WILL" she said. There
will likely be scores of bodies of women
coming to Washington and there isn't
the slightest thought of their not being
in the parade.
THE trouble with Mrs Boggs is that
she knows nothing of planning such
things that she has simply been idealfz-
Ing She thought floats could be gotten
ready in day or two, and when Col.
Harper insisted on getting her plans, she
simply lost her head