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Show Forty to Sixty Thousand March Through the Streets ;of London London, June 17 The procession of, suffragettes, 'Vhlch traversed the streets London this afternoon, prior (to the meeting at Albert Hall, was probably Justly described by "General" "Gen-eral" Mrs. Drummond as the "greatest "great-est procession of women In support of the suffrage women that the world ever has seen." From forty thousand to sixty thousand wbmen, according to tho varying estimated, marched In the five-mile procession which started at-the at-the Victoria embankment, which lies east from Westminster bridge, and proceeded along tho coronation route to Kensington. Militant and non-militant suffragettes combined on this occasion. All question of caste was put aside, and,.queens or those garbed to represent sucfii characters as Bod-icea, Bod-icea, Kathorlne of Argon, Mary Queen of Scotts, and Queen1 Victoria, rubbed shoulders wjt,h felhow workers in the suffrage causae from the sweat shops of WhltechapeL Hundreds or historic characters, from the early "ages down to famous "Victorians" like Charlotte Bronte, Grace Darling, Jennie Lind and Mrs. Browning were portrayed They carried lances with banners and the suffragette colors. There were many Americans In the ranks. Miss Inez Mulholland rode at the head of tho brigade. f Gertrude Elliott, the American actress, was another parad-er parad-er Miss Bryce,- a daughter of John A, Bryce, n member of the House of Parliament, Par-liament, was at the head of one contingent. con-tingent. Other' prominent women included in-cluded Annie Bessant, president of the Theosophlcal Society, Sarah Grand, the novelist; Princess Dhuleep Singh, Mrs. William G. Cavendish Bentinck, Francos Balfour, sister-in-law of the Unionist leader; Miss Mllll-cent Mllll-cent G; Fawcett; Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst and Miss Sylvia Pankhurst. One brigade was made up of women pipers in Highland costume who played a stirring march at the head of the procession. nn |