th a heavy gold fringe and a golden wreath of laurel in the
center with the name and date of organization. The fund for it was
collected by Mrs. Ivins, the State treasurer, who gave so generously
of her money, time, thought and effort to strengthen the association
through the years of her service. At the head of the great parade the
first Saturday in May, 1912, marched the handsome and stately Mrs.
Herbert Carpenter, carrying the Stars and Stripes. Miss Portia Willis
as grand marshal, robed in white and mounted on a white horse, made a
picture never to be forgotten. These two led several processions. The
pioneers rode in handsomely decorated carriages. In these processions
tens of thousands of women were in line and they marched with many
bands from Washington Square to Central Park, a distance of several
miles. Delegates from Men's Suffrage Leagues walked with them. Half a
million people lined the streets, orderly and respectful.

In 1912 representatives of the association attended the State
conventions of all the parties and extended hearings were granted by
the Resolutions Committees. Their treatment was in great contrast to
that of earlier days when they could scarcely obtain five or ten
minutes before a committee. This year every party declared for woman
suffrage in its platform. It was a gratification to sit in the great
convention hall at Saratoga and hear the Hon. Horace White of
Syracuse, who throughout his long years in the State Senate had
constantly opposed the amendment, report in his capacity as chairman
of the Resolutions Committee that the Republican party favored a
speedy referendum on woman suffrage. Many dramatic features of
propaganda characterized these years, which marked the awakening of
the women of the entire State and brought into the ranks many
wide-awake, independent young women, who wanted to use aggressive and
spectacular methods, and these the older workers did not discourage.
Those that attracted the most attention were the suffrage "hikes," in
which Miss Rosalie Jones, a girl of wealth and position, was the
leading spirit. She sent a picturesque account of these "hikes," which
has had to be condensed for lack of space.

The idea originated with Rosalie Gardiner Jones, who began by
making a tour of Long Island, her summer home, in a little cart
drawn by one horse and decorated with suffrage flags and banners,
stopping at every village and town, giving out literature a