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Show soffSettes Biggest Demonstration of Women Ever Seen in the United States; Enormous Crowds Cheer. ! POOR GIRLS WALK WITH RICH' DAMES Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch Presides at' Meeting- at Carnegie Car-negie Hall; Women Go Home Tired, Happy. By International News Service. N-1S1V YORK, May -1. With ban-nurs ban-nurs flying and bands playing "The Boy T Left. Behind Me," the great army of suffragettes marched up Fifth avenue this afternoon after-noon in the biggest public demonstration demonstra-tion of women ever seen in this country. coun-try. It is estimated that there were more than L,000 marchers in line. From Washington square up Fifth avenuo to Fifty-,sevcnth street, and thence to Carnegie hall, great enthusiastic enthusi-astic crowds lined the way. Windows, baJconics, roofs and sidewalks were filled with admiring and checriug throngs for the plucky women taking the two and a half mile walk to demonstrate dem-onstrate tlm earnestness of their appeal for the ballot. 'o great wero tho crowds at Washington Wash-ington square when tho marchers began to gather that tho reserves were called out to clear the streets and square for the delegations of suffragists assont'-blcd assont'-blcd there. Bugle Call Sounds. Promptly at 5 o'clock Miss .Tosophine Beidcrhaso, grand marshal of the day, sounded the bugle call, and tho head of tho parade moved, out from under Washington arch with the precision and assomblo of military training. Ten mounted policemon and ten motorcycle mo-torcycle policemen, in charge of Inspector In-spector MVCluskey, preceded the woman's wo-man's cavalry troop in charge oC Mrs. Charles Edward Noblauch, wearing a gray riding habit with ja great groon sash with the words in yellow, "Votes for women." The fifty women riders smilingly bowed recognition of the cheering avenue ave-nue onlookers. All woro the three-cornered black straw riding hats with cockade of suffrago colors, purplo, green and white of the women's political politi-cal union, under whoso management tho arade was hold. Some of the Riders. Among the riders were Miss Winona Marlin, Mrs. Beatrico Forbes Rob or t-son-IIalc, Mrs. Theodoro H. Smith of Detroit, Gladys Brown, Misses Alice and Irene Lewisohn, Miss Cornelius Ryan, Dr. I. H, Ogllvic, Phyllis Mueller, Muel-ler, Sylvia Loines, Mary Duncan, Esther Es-ther Evans, Philadelphia; Clara B. Fuller, Ful-ler, Miss L. A. Carle, Mrs. He-yworth Campbell, Mrs. A. H. McCarthy, Miss Evelyn Granger, Miss Ethel L. Woodman, Wood-man, Mias Mary Willard, Ruth Wellington, Well-ington, Eleanor B. Thompson, Miss Goiss and. JMjss Mary Winter. Miss Milbolland, whose mount became be-came fractioufj at tho start, foil iuto line behind the old guard bund and attracted a great deal of attention by her stunning attiro and clever riding. She rode astride, wearing a tan crash costume, knoo lougth coat and divided Hkirt with high black boots and the regulation Gcorgo Washington stA'lo of riding hat. After Miss Milholland walked Miss Eleanor Brannan, bearing tho suffrage standard. Tho executive Imard of the Woman's Political union, headed by Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, whose combined efforts for the past twolvo months resulted in today's groat demonstration, dem-onstration, received a big ovation all along tho marching lino. Mrs. Blatch woro her collego cap and gown, while tho other officora, including Mrs. James Winters Brannan, M.isa Luxow, Miss Cook, Mrs. John Rogers, Jr., Miss Pcrkin, Mrs. Arthur Townsend, Mrs. Blancho He Forrest and Miss Flor-onco Flor-onco Kelly wero attired in white. Social Equality. Women of wealth and proud aocial position marched in suffrage leagues with the working girl of shop or factory. fac-tory. Members of the marching army declared de-clared that the parade represented not only a groat epoch in tho history of woman's suffrago In this country, but even a. moro decidedly interesting epoch in the growing activities of women in public life and public intercuts, in-tercuts, Although 2000 members of tho Moh'h (Continued ou Page Two.) ARMY OF WOMEN IN SUFFRAGE PARADE (Oontinned from Pago Ono.) Leaguo for "Woman Suffrage marohod with tho women, it was decidedly "woman's day." Men along tho lino of maroh uncovered uncov-ered their hoadB a3 tho carriago driven by Mrs. Cyrus Field and containing tno Eov. Antoinette Brown Blackwoll, tho pioneer suffrage worker, who bo-gan bo-gan this work in 1848, and tho first woman to bo ordainod a clergyman in this country, passed, surrounded by a bodvguard of twouty young women in white. Dr. Blackwoll was tho oldest suffragist in tho parade, being 9-1 years old. In fact, tho nttitxtdo of tho crowds was an eagerness to pay homage hom-age to tho earnest marching women rather than to jlbo and jeer as on former for-mer occasions. Splendid Reception. One young business man who marched in the men's leaguo expressed tho sentiment shared by other marchers march-ers when he said: "Tho street crowds wero far different dif-ferent in thoir reception of. "us than thoy were last year. Today's reception recep-tion was splendid and shows the rapidly rap-idly changing public Bentimout towards to-wards suffrage. But it ia no doubt duo to the addition of California to the suffrage states since last year's street parade, and tho number of 6tatos represented today which makes the parade one of national interest.7' One of tho banners carried by the mon bore tho world "Until women vote we shall not havo a complote democracy. de-mocracy. " Tho men's league was headed by a fifo and drum corps. Colonel Frederick Fred-erick Green of the national guard acted as marshal for this division, assisted by Frederick Nathan, James Lees Laidlaw and R. C. Beadle, secretary secre-tary of tho leaguo. witter Bynner, tho poet, brought a good sized delegation of men marchers march-ers from New Hampshire, among whom was James T. Ives of Andover, 73 years of ago. "It makes mo feel yonng again to march in such a splendid procession, for such a high principle,' ' said Mt. Ives. "I am well repaid for the trou-bio trou-bio of coming to New York." Among tho prominent men marchers were: Prominent Men in Line'. Hamilton Holt. Max Eastman, Rabbi Stonhon Wise. William Ivins, Swinburne Swin-burne Hale, Jame3 Liviugston Duano, Professor Vittorio Racca of the University Uni-versity of Rome, Professor John Dow-ev Dow-ev of Columbia, Robert Elder, Duncan B. Hardison, Thomas "W. Hotchkiss, "William Bracken of Boston, Walston Brown. Jefferson Seligman, Professor J. E. Spingarn. In spite of its being late Saturday afternoon Broadway was thronged and the crowds cheerod the suffragists and tho brilliant spectacle they presented. Delegations of Norwegian, Swedish, Greek aud Chinese women, garbed in nativo costume, added to the brilliancr of the march. Bankers, lawyers, doctorB and men well known in the educational circles as well as in professional life, marched in the division of tho Men's Suffrage league, with members of the bricklayers' bricklay-ers' union, longshoremen's union, carpenters, car-penters, plumbers, motormen and other unions and presenting a long marching column of moro than 1500. There was a big delegation of college women wearing their caps and gowns. Twenty Bands in Line. From the moment tho parade got under un-der way, stirring military music accompanied ac-companied tho white robed army every minute. Ther wero twenty regimen ta bands and three fife and drum corps. Arriving at Carnegie hall, a big mass meeting was held for tho marchers and the hoxholdcrs, while an overflow meeting meet-ing was hold on the street corners by voung women of the various organizations. organiza-tions. Addresses were delivered bv Mrs. Blatch, who presided; Dr. Anna Howard How-ard Shaw and tho Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer. Dr. Shaw announced that she would start for Ohio on Monday to take part in the suffrage fight thore. At the conclusion of Dr. Shaw's ad-dross, ad-dross, the thousands of women iu tho hall rose and sang "America" and then passed out of tho hall looking verv tired but happv b ond description. |