The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-05

breeHWicn Nlilager,
Just what They Want.
The first inscription read:
Mr.. President. what will you do for
woman suffrage?"
On the second was
Mr.. President. how long must women
walt for llberty?"
The third had more on It. II was:
Mr. President American women pro-
test against the defeat Of suffrage, for
which you and your party are responsi-
Bile. We demand that you call an extra
session OF Congress Immediately to pass
the suffrage amendment. An autocrat
Mt home IL poor champion Of democ-
racy abroad"
Following came the rest Of the candi-
dates for Jail. walking three PAGES
apart. holding the purple. white and
gold high above their heads There were
besides the ones mentioned Mrs Ella
Clapp Thompson OF North Carolina, Mrs.
Frances Lang OF New York. Miss Rhoda
Hunt OF New York. Mrs. Alice Bergen
OF Worcester, Mass. Mrs Jane Osborne
Hannah Of New York. whose profession
Is singing; Miss Theresa Stitch OF New
York. Miss Lena Horowitz. Miss Alice
Gregory OF Connecticut. Miss Dorothy
Loeb Of New York. Miss Berta Dell, a
Greenwich Villager; Mrs Tornsby
Evans. wife of Capt Evans Of the u. S.
Army; Miss Mollie Best OF New York.
Miss Hannah Pickering of New York,
Mrs. Irving Moller. wife OF Major Mol
Ter: Miss Emma Frances Adams Of Los
Angeles, Miss Carlotta Felgemaker of
Erie, Pa, a student in the New York
University. who never did a thing for
suffrage in her life before, but Just
dropped In headquarters the other day
and they signed her up" Miss Elisa
beth Elder of Wayne, Pa. Mrs. Alex
ander Shields OF Texas, and Miss Lottie
Helper and Mrs. Jean MacAlpine of Ne "
York.
Tooth Brushes Hurried to Scene.
Miss Castieton realizing in the last
wild moment that most OF the SUITS had
forgotten their tooth brushes, rushed out
and bought a suTply. along with n large
bundle OF what she vaguely described
as 'necessities' and took them with her
on the march. I'm the baggage bearer"
she laughed.
And so they started out And by the
way. where all this time was Mrs. O. II
p. Belmont. ardent militant. who had
almost promised to march? Well. she
had had couple of tickets to the Opera
House sent her and she went with her
granddaughter. Miss Muriel Vanderbilt.
dauehter of w. K, Jr., to the meeting
They were among those who were to
send the Presidents utterances to the
waiting suffs outside. History does not
reveal when or how Mrs. Belmont found
out about the near tragedy in the street
Well. to go back to 10 Fast Forty
first street the parade started to the
music of lusty cheers. mingled with
hnotG nd
and sailors gathered on the steps of the
War Camp Community Service Club for
uniformed men next door. and the SAL
walton Army canteen to which Mrs Bel
mont has given part of the suffra ge
temple. Down Fifth avenue and across
Fortieth street they walked. Miss Paul
and Miss Stevens Fastening alongside and
regarding the display with beaming
smiles.
Doesn't it look beautiful they re-
peated and really the line with its hut-
tering vari-colored flags did light up the
dark street marvellously. And so they
came to the police and then the deluge
the wild. fierce battle.
Miss Hill Quite a Fighter.
But as the bluecoats bore, with
shouted directions. upon the parade in
skirts ordering them to fail back, Miss
Paul and Miss Hill and Miss Stevens, the
three leaders who were to keep out OF It,
suddenly were in the thick OF 1t. holding
on to the banner poles with grim re-
solve. Miss Hin. her hat torn from her
head. was battered back and forth, but
each time she was beaten back she
pushed forward till she was arrested
and led with no ceremony down Broad
way toward the Thrtieth street station.
There were glimpses of Miss Paul in
the same fur coat in which she marched