The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09

aaih all sorts of ouldo0F entertainments
An eahlbll oi the soEk done could b
sren 10 the arts and crafts foom.
The lrI.oFi III the nominating commit
tee aas made hy Mr, GraFse y, War
hef At lisaiilsboio, aud Il VAS voted "a
adopt the recommendation II the pf-sl
ieni relative 20 membership aud TO slec,'
ins iga additional vice presidents, These
| oiiiofs NuTu rloried ffvsldral, Mrs, u,
Ir, Ashton At Rullandl yior, presidents,
/ Mrs, a, 4, Davis II Rutland, Mrs, John
an uplii u would be, They now have a
\. Chase of Lyndonyilc aud Mn q. II.
| Npaonrr at Narthheld, recording saefr-
1 tan'. Miss Margaret i,ohia oi ~, Johns,
bury twasnfeT. Mrs. 4, G. Fits al hfat.
ilvlSsTo, auditor, Ars. Josephine IL Arms
af Bellows falls, senrfal federation state
secTelan, Mr., l., D, llaHen oi -, Johns,
bury, The place l,r holding the nrN,
mr'iing sas not decided upon,
The muslral feature II the federation
meetings came lat evening, when Miss
lniia Stewart II lBIaiilrbofo gave a ".
eiiAl ifum 10 $50 on the Esiey Memorial
pile organ. The audience Nas grraily
PLEASED With Miss SieNaHs work and the
hmiiich0ro people present we're more
than ever impressed with Miss Siewari's
capabilities a. an orsanisi. tier program
included the First Movement oi Gull
manl's Sonata in 4, The swan, BY Saint
Saans. an allcgnito movement hy VOL,
strnholme and a Fanfare by Lcmmens.
The ncsi oi the evening was devoted 20
an hddnrss on Peru aud lts story by Mr..
Mabel i,oOmis Todd Of Amherst Mr..
Todd has spoken AZ many gatherings in
Vermont, including the federation meet.
ings Al Waterbury and -. Johnsbury.
She Is In the front rank of New England
I.lt.ltfssl .u1 81.
speaker. In 1897 she spent six months
IN Chile aud Peru. South America. with
her husband. who had charge Of the as.
Economical expedition from Amherst for
study of the planet Mars A large part !
of the time was spent IN the Andes range |
in Peru with headquarters al Lima. Her 1
address took up the history Of Peru from 1
he time of the old lncas down 10 the |
present time. While in Peru Mrs Todd +
climbed 90 the summit Of the Andes /
range At an altitude Of 1900 feet. visited /
he Cerro de Pasco copper mines, went
nto the homes OF many old Peruvian
amilics and gained an intimate knowl
'dec Of the country, its history and is
made an honorary member Of the geo
graphical society Of Peru and Ms. Todd
ave an address by invitation on "The
iairy 'Ainu" Of northern Japan which
ras the first occasion upon which any
woman had spoken in public in Peru.
IN July y. following out suggestion by
Professor Todd, the Peruvian government
dopted the worlds standard time. II ,
lay be interesting 10 note that Peru j. in
he same longitude as is Boston. These ,
hlngs as well as an account OF the voy- 4
gc to South America. which included /
isit 10 Panama, thence down past the I
irange and impressivev scenery OF the I
'cstern coast, were told by Mrs. Todd in /
fascinating way.
The Arts and Crafts exhibit was one OF G
ne finest ever held in this part of the '
ate. Its success was due to the untir- I
IL efforts of Mrs. John ID. Barrows, 5
lairinan of the art and literature com. I
ittee and her able corps of helpers. All 4
he exhibits cannot he mentioned. but es. i,
,cial attention is called TO the school ex- n
bits of Brattleboro and st. Johnsbury. 1
the amateur photographs including q
lose done by the AdamsJordan company Il
this town. the beautiful baskets and n
lgs made by Mrs. Carl Hollender and ;,
the copper and jewel work sent by the b
oston society of arts and crafts Miss n
ibot's linen industry was well repre-. n
nted. Mrs. Whittier. who spins for her, I
as present in Puritan costume at her II
inning wheel and Miss Hatcher, who al
caves for her. had charge of the finished II
oduct. The leading arts and crafts So f
,tes which sent exhibits were those in ty
,erfeld. Montague and Boston. Mass. a
d Peterboro and Cornish. n. II. There N
re also exhibits from II clubs in the ia
,te The entire exhibit was valued at 70
50t Y