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TO PRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 29

FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE

California is a Suffrage State! Are you all interested? I hope so.
With much assurance I can turn to Nu for support, as I know she is,
for New York sent out Mrs. Helen Hoy Greeley, and California is
grateful for the work she did. A portion of her time was spent in
the northern part of the state, and the last few weeks in San Fran-
cisco and vicinity. On street corners and in halls we heard her, and
were proud. The College Branch of the Equal Suffrage League felt
called upon to do its duty, and presented in Piedmont Park, Oak-
land, a pageant of Progress. This represented famous women in
history: Joan of Arc on her milk white steed, Cornelia in Ancient
Rome, Queen Rodegund of Mediaeval times, Catherine of Russia,
Pocahontas in her Indian village, the early Puritans, down to a
review of distinguished American woman—and last of all, represen-
tation of the states of f u l l or partial suffrage, with a finale of Cali-
fornia receiving the ballot from Columbia.

Ancient Rome had her classic dances, chanted their hymns, Cather-
ine of Russia received Voltaire, and the peasants danced national
dances. The Indian village teemed with life and activity from the
camp fire to the painted braves and squaws, the Puritans sat at their
spinning wheels, and rocked a real baby in a real old-fashioned
cradle, famous women appropriately gowned were there from Betsy
Ross to Clara Barton. I n all there were 300 strong, and Sigma
Alpha Omicron, not necessarily a suffragette chapter, aided greatly
in an artistic way. Florence Weeks was Catherine of Russia, Helen
Henry as Betsy Ross—Edith Dickinson, one moment a nut-brown
Indian maiden and in another tableau a pappy dancer, and Kather-
ine Barnes of Lambda—a bureau of information. Isabelle Hender-
son had charge of the Russian section.