Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-22
Woman S PartY
Headquarters
Are Dedicated
President Harding ard Other
Officials Present for
Ceremonies.

WASHINGTON, Nay 2o.-With Presi-l
dent Harding. leading members Of Con-
gress and representa- tives of foreign coun-l
tries viewing the ceremonies and az
throng of thousands of persons bookings
on the .'old Capitol" where CongresSi
sat in 1Sl4-1S19 and where President Mon
roe was inaugurated, was formally dedt-
Gated here Sunday as the new national
headquarters of the Womans Party.
The ceremonies attendant upon the for-l
NAL dedication of the new Womans
Party headquarters, which were pre-
sented by Mrs Oliver H. p Belmont
were participated in by thousands Of
women. All traffic In the immediate VII
cinity of Capitol Hill was stopped and
the streets closed during the exercises. /
President Harding, Senator Curtis OF
Kansas: Representative Fess of Ohio and
Cordell Hull, Chairman of the Democratic
national committee, representatives Of
foreign countries and officers Of the Ma
tional Woman's Party occupied a special
ly built platform overlooking the vast
multitude of persons viewing the elab-i
crate ceremonies Members Of Congress
and other distinguished guests were
seated in chairs arranged on the road
ways and lawns on the Capitol Park.
Preceding the ceremony the Marine
band played airs Of victory and triumph. .
professional of 1000 women, led By
chorus OF 200, sang.
Next IN line came foreign women and
those bearing greetings from foreign
countries, followed by State represented
tives and women of various professions.
led by the pioneers Of their groups. Al
the end Of the procession came severat
hundred high school girls, marching be1
hind the banner, Youth Is at the Gates.f
When the corner stone was closed q
ffteen-foot purple, white and gold ban4
ner Of pure silk, presented to the parity
by Mrs. John Jay White, who originality
chose the organizations colors, wa
raised by the daughters Of the members
of the party, symbonzing the women Of
the future.
PROMINENT WOMEN
PARTICIPATE.
Among the pominent women, Americans
and foreign, who participated were:
Brazil, Dona Bertha Lutz of Ri, de
Janeiro; Chile, Senorita Louisa Zenelu
Lopez of Santiago. and Senorita Sofia
de Ferrari Rajas Of Valparaiso: Colon
ia, Senorita Hortens.a de Coronado;
Cuba, Mrs. Edith B. Newman; Denmark,
Miss Anna Danslund Of Copenhagen;
Ecuador. Madame Matilde de Carbo Ha-
India, Nile. Piorobba B. Dasgupta Porto
Rico, Madame de Newton; Portugal,
Madame de Liqueira Coutinho.
The leaders Of the State delegations
were:
California, Miss Gail Laughlin, San
Francisco; Delaware, Mrs. Florence Bay
ard Hilles, Wilmington; District Of Col
umbia Miss Sara T. Grogan Washington,
.. c.; Indiana, Mrs. John Carey, Indian
apolIs; Louisiana. Miss Layinia Egan,
Shreveport: Maryland Mrs. Donald Il.
Hooker, Baltimore; Michigan, Mrs. VIII
liam J. Black, Detroit; Mississippi, Mrs.
Burnita Shelton MATHEWS, Hazelhurst;
New Mexico, Mrs. A. r. KeIlam,' Albu-
querque, New York, Mrs Marcus Marks,
New York City; Ohio, pr. Gillette Hay
den, Columbus; Oregon. Miss Emma
Void, Portland; South Carolina, Miss
Anita Pollitezr, Charleston; Tennessee,
Miss Sue White, Jackson; Virginia Mrs.
Sophie Meredith, Richmond; West Vir-
glnia, Mrs. Jewel Kennedy, Kingwood.
Mrs. John Gordon Eattelle of Columbus,
Ohio, was chairman Of the reception COM
ulittee for the dedication ceremony. The/
members of the committee are MesdameN
Harry VI. Daugherty, Albert B. Fall,
Henry c. Wailice, James ]. Davis. Alice
Pomerene, Virginia White Speel, Elliott
Woods. Marie Moore Forrest, IL. O.. Have
meyer, Lawrence Lewis. Valentine Wins
ters, W. Mcclellan Ritter, Emile Ber-
liner. Charles Boughton Wood, Frederick
II. Gillett, Charles E. Sawyer. Frank &.
Willis, George C. Christian, Thomas j.
Walsh, Joseph H. Crane, John Allen
Daugherty, James Carol Frazer and
Misses Katherine Judge and Emma Oils
lett