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Show BIG BATTLE OF ORATORY Opposing Camps of Suffragists Suf-fragists to Have Great Talk Fest Washington, Feb. 21. With the ar-rival ar-rival of 'General" Rosalie Jones and ber army" of suffragis sisters, com-blned com-blned with the mass meeting of the "anti-suffragists," the national capi-tal capi-tal will be the scene today of a des-p. des-p. rate battle of oratory between the two opposing camps. The anti-suffragists affect to believe be-lieve that the coming of General' Jones and her "hikers ' will serve only to stimulate interest In their meeting meet-ing Inst, ad of detracting from it. There was great activity in both headquarters todny The suffragists p especially busy groups of cavalry cav-alry women gathering In front of tho headquarters, while automobiles, gaily gai-ly decorated with "votes for women" banners, chugged up noisily, only to chug away again toward the Mary-, Mary-, land state line, from which direc-! direc-! tion the "hikers" were expected to come Plans were made by the suffragists to start their open air meeting as soon as "General" Jones and her party arrived ar-rived The mass meeting to protest against the grant of the ballot to women will Im held in a down town theater and will be presided over by Mrs Arthur M. Dodge, president of the anti-suf-Iragisl organization. |