The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-12

OF the state le0eTatlOn Was Cdlttu 10 Or
der at 2:30 Yesterday afternoon. Di-
rcetly after being called to order and
the committee notices having been given,
Mrs. Richard Bradley favored the ladies
with delightful vocal solo. The re-
ports OF the committees were then called
for aud the first to be given was that
OF the Educational Committee, by Mrs.
j. W. Sault of st. Johnsbmy. Mrs.
Sault denounced the present system of
the schools in the rural districts, saying
that the demand for teachers in the
thinIy settled communities greatly ex
ceeded the supply because of the ex-
tremely low salaries paid in district
schools. Mrs. Sault said that a penny
saving system, that had been tried in
the public schools Of Bellows Falls and
LyndonviIle, had met with astonishing
results.
Miss Della 7. Griffin told of the work
of the Audubon society in putting a stop
to the killing of song birds to such an
extent that almost no real birds are at
present to be found in the millinery
stores, most Of the present supply being
manufactured The Vermont branch Of
the Audubon society was formed in Brat
tleboro in 1901, and now has eleven
chapters.
The report Of Mrs. G. G. Fits Of
Brattleboro, chairman Of the COMMITTEES
on state institutions, was next read. 1t
was greatly hoped, said the speaker, that
law might be enacted at the 1904
session OF the Vermont legislature where
by there would be provision made for
woman TO be a member of the visiting
committee to the state Institutions,
where girls and women were confined
Mrs. Fits also stated that it is the de-
sire of the committee to induce the legis.
state institution for the deaf and blind
The recording secretary read the re-
port of the library committee, which
! stated that there are 35 towns in Ver-
mont which possess free public libraries
and "a towns with no library of any
description Thanks to the work Of the
federation an appropriation was secured
at the last legislature by which any
town Is entitled to $f00 for the purpose
| of buying books, ii they will at a town
meeting elect someone TO look out for
them and place to keep them. The
I st. .johnsbury clubs have maintained
| two libraries in public schools during the
! past year, and q third is soon to be
started. A Rutland woman's club has
maintained two small travelling libraries.
| Mortified and Barre have contributed
many books toward travelling libraries.
There was an appropriation made at
Enosbury Falls BY the women's clubs for
d public library, but a gentleman of that
place on hearing OF the good work of
the ladies' generously donated large
sum toward library.
The report Of Mrs. 0. d. Mathewson,
chairman of the committee on household
science, was then heard Mrs. Mathew
son stated that from the clubs which
4 had sent reports there were eight which
had devoted several evenings to the
study Of making the home more pleas
ant; one club had started a cooking
school. The committee advised each
club woman to make herself d commit
tee cf enc to do something toward max
ing sonle home more happy.
The report of the reciprocity COM
mittee was given by Mrs. S. II. Balch
of ST. Iohnsbury. She stated that four
papers had been contributed during the
past year; that the committee had sent
out 50 papers to different clubs on APP
i plication-
/ The report Of the Consumers League
committee was given BY Mrs. Rebecca
r. Fairbanks, in the absence of Mrs.
Noyes, the chairman The committee
reported that the campaign against child
labor had ben crowned with success, al
though it was impossible to state Just
how much influence the Federation had
had on the passage Of the child labor
law; they had also asked the Legislature
to investigate the food products on the
market, and law had been passed pro-
hibiting the sale OF adulterated foods.
although just what the influence Of the
clubs had been it was also impossible
to state.
II The federation president then intro
duced pr. Holton, secretary OF the state
board Of health, who spoke on the work
Of the board of health in stopping the
sale of adulterated foods. He also spoke
Of the work of the tuberculosis commits
sion and urged the Vermont women to
follow the example Of some of the west
ern states and Massachusetts in forming
anti-tuberculosis societies in each city
and town. He said the state board of
health would gladly send any ingtruc-
tions as to starting these societies.
\ A vote Of thanks was given DR.. Hol-
ton for his valuable talk and resolu-
tion was also adopted asking the Ver-
mont delegation to Congress to labor
in behalf Of the national pure food law
! A resolution was also passed thanking
Miss Cowles for her faithful work dur
ing the past year as corresponding Sec
retary. The afternoon session closed
with the reading by Mrs. O. H. Hale
of a paper by Miss Foster Of the Mas
sachusetts State Federation Pure Food
Committee.
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