Evening star., 1928-11-06

| ton Florists Club, Monday Evening
Club, District Delegate Association, Ad-
vertising Club of Washington, Central
Labor Union of Washington, District of
Columbia League of Women Voters, City
Club of Washington, Women's Bar ASso-
citation, Twentieth Century Club, Asso-
citation of Oldest Inhabitants in the Dis
trict of Columbia, Susan B. Anthonr
Foundation and the Women's City Club
of Washington.
Conspicuous with deep mourning
, band around his hat for Washington's
voteless condition was Washington Top
ham, representing the Association OF
| Oldest Inhabitants of the District OF
Columbia and the Society OF Natives
| He also decorated his residence with
crepe. James F. Duhamel who repre-
sented the Al Smith Democratic Club.
was another in the line of march.
Signs and Banners Prominent.
Signs and banners depicting the dis
| franchisement of WaShington'S residents
| featured the parade and float. Depart
mental Condr Harlan Wood bore a
sign reading: American Legion, Wash
ington, D. c., Posts. We were good
enough to fight and we are good enough
to vote. Let Washington vote for Presi-
dent"
Atop the float a banner pointed to
| the fact that there are 100000 Ameri-
cans Voteless Today" while banner at
the bottom pleaded for National Rep
resentation."
The significance of the demonstration
an appeal for passage of House joint
resolution No. 18, providing for con-
stitutional amendment giving national
representation to the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia, was featured on an
other sign. Added to it were the words:
Taxed without representation, citizens
of Washington pay more national taxes
| than do those of Is States"
Two other demonstrations intended
to emphasize still further the unusual
condition existing here on election day
were staged at IL o'clock and at noon
Ballot Boxes Impress.
! Locked ballot boxes were stationed at
several of the principal corners of the
| city and in front of the White House
by committee of women representing
the Voteless District of Columbia
League of Women Voters. While these
women were standing guard over these
mute testimonials OF oiSfranchiSement,
a corps of pretty Washington debutanteS
were bombarding Washington from the
sky in three airplanes.
The ballot boxes were placed also in
front of the National Press Building,
The Washington S.ar. Post and TinlaS
J Buildings, KannS, Woodward SE Loth-
rop's and IN front of the headquarters
in the Transportation Building.
Committee of Women.
The committee of women was headed
by Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president
Of the league, and Mrs. Edna L. John
ston, chairman Their numbers COM
prised Mrs Harwood Read, Mrs. Louis
Gutenberg, Judge Mary O'Toole, Mrs.
George A. Rickes, Miss Muriel Fritz,
Miss Edna Sheehy, Mrs Charles L. Nc
c. Harlee, Mrs. H. l.. Parkinson, Mrs.
Frank Hiram Smell, Mrs. Kate Tren-
holm Abrams, Miss B. M. Custenborder,
Mrs. A. j. McKelWay, Mrs. Thomas j
Howerton, Mrs. Howard l. Earle, Mrs
Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs. U. G. B.
Pierce, Mrs. Harrison r. Baldwin, Mrs
Edward Keating, Miss Helen Anderson
and Mrs Henry c. Newcomer.
Taking sotf in three airplanes from
Washington Airport at HAS o'clock,
the committee of debutantes made good
work of their bombardment. Scores and
scores of small balloons bearing the slo-
I gan, \tfC washington NdllOIldl rep
resentation,' were dropped below Some
Of them waited far afield on account OF
the brisk wind blowing.
Flowers for Balloons.
For each balloon turned into the
headquarters of the Vcteless District OF
Columbia League of Women Voters this
afternoon, the lucky finder will receive
chrysanthemum from Miss Queenie
Smith, musical comedy star of Hit the
Deck" VINO is cooperating in the DEM
onstration.
The aviators who piloted the fair
''bombers" were Capt. Joseph E. Boud-
win, Stewart Eeiss and D. H. Stuart
These were the young women who
S took part in the stunt: Miss Marion
/ Jerdine, Miss Peggy Tyner, Miss Eliza
beth Dunlop Miss Rahel Davies, Miss
3. Nancy Beale, Miss Beatrice Littlefield
Miss Elizabeth Kennedy. Miss Anne