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Show Young Woman Who Leads in Big Parade 1 1 MI 8 3 INEZ MILHOLLAND. SUFFRAGETTES TO New York Will Be Scene of Pageant W hich Promises to Be Spectacular. By International News Service. NKW YORK Vpril 28, Those n - barge of the great suffrage parade, scheduled for next Saturday, May t. predicted this afternoon ihat all nisi performances of the eiual rights advocates will be surpassed, sur-passed, and that the coming pageant will go down In history aa the mogt. spectacular and forceful demonstration ever staged by suffragettes At the local headquarters of the Woman's Political union, under whose auspices the regiments regi-ments of women win assemble, rumors Of the parade's Immensity ar confirmed con-firmed by the unprecedented preparations already made and bj the enthusiasm with which women throughout the United States have come to the support of their eastern sisters. There are to be colored suffragettes. Chinese suffragettes, suffragettes a?tt-ide horses, suffragettes carrying banners, a suffragette fife, and drum COrpSi Del de the thousands I hat will trudge the New- Fork streets or ride the magnificently decorated floats emblazoned with plOSUI for "Votes tot Women." In addition to these features, "California Suffrage spe.-nl, ' picking up Hundreds of ardent western advocates of the "cause" win arrive m the Grand Central depot on Saturday morning, bearing a thousand or more sisters to awell the line of na-raders na-raders It is estimated that l'.OO0 women will be In line. Noted Women in Charge. For weeks the women In charge cf the coming parade .'uive been busy perfecting per-fecting the details and organizing corps of women to marsh. Mra Harriet Stanton Stan-ton Blatch, Mrs. Arthur TowasetteT, Miss Eleanor Brannon. Miss Inez Mllholland. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont and others, known from ocean to ocean for their activity U suffrage circles, have lent their r-r-sonal and financial aid to 'lip prols.-r Prominent bUSingM men have been Import Im-port mind for old. and millions of dodgers liHve been distributed by tallyhes filled with suffragettes, which are dally to be Seen In the cltv streets. The Question of uniforming the parad-cr parad-cr ha beon disposed of by the adoption of a "suffrage hat " -if butter colored straw, which will be sold to the parading parad-ing suffragettes at 'J cents apiece. These hats are of pale gold chippe I trimmed with black satin, and tiio.s.. indulging in-dulging In spring millinery at the low price tjuoted, aie requested to -- ;i written pledge that tht will attend tin-parade. tin-parade. The profit on this headgear w i: i be turned over to the organisation for the dissemination of suffrage pi 'pigan-la. Plans for Parade. Plans for the parale, which hae been under advisement since last August, are now practically complete. The procession will start from Washington square and proceed up Fifth avenue and across 37th (Continued, on Page Two.) SUFFRAGETTES TO PIPE SATURDAY (Continued from Page One,) street to Carnegie hall, where a groat suffrage mass mooting Will be held. The procession will ba headed bv a eavnlcad? uf women on horseback (riding (rid-ing astride, of course) These riders will be followed by the Woman's Political Union Sfiund. with Miss Eleanor Bran-non Bran-non and Miss Caroline Luxow taking turns at the arduous honor of carrying the union's magnificent banner. Then will fDllow dlfTerent groups, ac-cordinK ac-cordinK to their occupations, or to the socletv they represent A large number num-ber of sctresses hope to march, their professional duties permitting Among these are Ethel Bnrrymore Constance Collier. Olive Wyndham. Gertrude Elliott. Mary Bhew Louise Glossor Hale. Elizabeth Eliza-beth Valentine and Mrs Thomas Whlf-fen Whlf-fen p. -side? this, there will he chariots for suffragettes too old to -valk Among these is the Rev Antoinette Brown i B'nekwell one of the most venerable of j eounl rights advocates, who will occupy a flower decorated chariot drawn by a ' dozen pretty girls Mr? Blackwel! hud been a suffraeette since lR4fl. To moke n suitable background for the gorgeous decorations each member of the parade has been requested to wear white. Chinese Brigade. The brlorade of Chinese women win be headed hy Miss Myrtle Jim. while the colored aggregation will he under the command of some prominent negress lighter for the "ceuse". The out-of-town enlistments In the pageant are showing up particularly Strong, women from the South and North signifying their Intention of contributing to the precession, In addition to those from the West. A squad of automobiles, titled with uf-fragettes uf-fragettes from Connecticut. Massachu-setts, Massachu-setts, Vermont. New Jersev. Maine. New York state. Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania will be In the line of marchers Most of these women will make the trip to New York in their own machines. Mary .lohnston, the author, is organizing organiz-ing a delegation of Virginia women; Mrs. T.ouls Falrchlld Fuller Is organizing artists: ar-tists: Mrs M E. Alexander, business women, Mrs. Robert Ersklne Ely. Dutch women: Mme Gregort. Greeks and Italians Ital-ians Mrs WolSton Brown, women interested in-terested In animals, Miss A Lenaile, musicians, Miss Frances Peters workers In the shops. Miss Josephine Beideiimze, teachers. Mrs. Frederick HaCard Syracuse Syra-cuse women and Mrs. Edward Everett Hale, Schenectady women And last, but far from least, vill come a delegation from the Men s league, composed com-posed from masculinity attached to the suffragette marchers. In the various offices of-fices of husbands, sweethearts aixl brothers. |