The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-23
THE FEMININE VIEWPOINT.
A Story of Ladies Week and Its Many
Functions.
From a Reformer correspondent
Montpelier. Thursday evening.

tFrom a Reformer correspondent
Montpelier, Thursday evening.
Ladies' week is the one week of our
biennial legislative session when the state
capital is the mecca of Vemont's patri-
otic sons and daughters. State officers,
senators and representatives take pleas
ur in having their wives and daughters
with them. Members of the women's pa
triotic societies gather for annual meet
ings. The governors ball is an important
event. Other social affairs follow one an
other in rapid succession and those who
attempt to keep up with them all must
be busy early and late.
Columns might be written without GO
| ing into minute details, and a brief ac-
count must necessarily omit much, touch
ing only the most important points
Tuesday the Vermont Society OF Colon
| ial Danes held their llth annual meeting
in the Wood art gallery, a beautiful room
well adapted to the purpose and attrac.
tive with its many paintings and works of
art. The business meeting of the forenoon
was taken up with annual reports, discus
sion of work, elections, etc. Ninety mem
bers from all parts of the state, responded
to the roll-call. This society gives an in
teresting financial report with balance
of S9I3.i3 on hand and all expenses paid.
The tercentenary was discussed. This oc-
ours chiefly at Burlington and Platts-
burgh, n. T., but also all along the Cham
plain valley, July to 10, 1909, celebrat-
ing the discovery of Lake Champlain and
the important military and naval events
of intervening years in the valley. Money
was appropriated to be used for placing a
suitable marker on Isle La Motto, the
Daughters of the American Revolution
ing with them in this work. Officers for
the ensuing year are: Honorary presi-
dent. Miss Anna c. Park of Bennington;
president, Mrs. +. Stewart Stranahan of
st. Albans; first vice-president, Miss Jen-
ME Valentine of Bennington; second vice
president, Mrs. Percival w. Clement of
Rutland third vice president, Mrs. G. F.
B. Jenne of Brattleboro; fourth yice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Albert Tuttle of Fair Haven;
Green OF st. Adams; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. L. Curtis Smith of st. Albans;
registrar, Mrs. w. G. Andrews of Mont.
pelier; treasurer, Miss Mary M. Tuttle of
Poultney; historian, Mrs. A. L. Leaven-
worth of Castleton; board of management,
Mrs. John L.. Alger of Saxtons River,
Miss May Cooke of Wellesley, Mass, and
Mrs. A. w. Ferrin of Montpelier.
In the early afternoon those who are in
ound their way to the senate chamber at
.05, where the election of United States
enators was the order of the hour. At
er the votes were cast with large MAORI
les for Carroll S. Page and William p.
visit was made to the house
f representatives to hear the completion
t voting and the announcement of the
hoice, in this body also, of Carroll S.
age and William p. Dillingham;.
eception, with delightful program, was
iven. Mrs. G. F. r. Jenne had charge
the program. Miss Pauline Jenne gave !.
vo piano solos, Mrs. James sang several
,ngs, Mrs. Siverthorn also sang. Letters
ON absent members were read Greet
g was sent to Miss Jennie Valentine,
rst president, who is about to sail
II Holland. The resolutions included the
,pression of love and good wishes of the
ciety for the president, Mrs. F. Stewart
,ranahan in her journeyings abroad dur
g the coming months.
Tuesday evening, in the governors
oms at the state house was the public
ception given by Mrs. Prouty, wife of
e governor, and Mrs Mead, wife of the
utenant governor, assisted by the wives
past governors. The Windham county
sitors were especially glad to be greeted
Mrs. L. X. Fuller of Brattleboro in
e receiving line. Crowds of people stood
line throughout the evening to be pre-
1ted. The governors staff in full uni
rm acted as ushers and the rooms were
borately decorated with flags and bunt-
J.
Wednesday morning at the Wood art
Ilery the Daughters of the American
assembled for annual meeting.
o'clock the state officers received the
rents and delegates from the chapters,
which there are o. with 1000 members
the state. Officers of last year were re-
cted for the ensuing year.
Mrs. G. H. Heaton, regent of Marquis
Lafayette chapter, extended cordial
lcome and response was made by Mrs.
ny E. MacKinnon, regent of st. John
Crevecoeur This was referred to as
ng appropriate for the tercentenary
ebration will have much to do with
nts in which the staunch French
,nds stood with the then new country
nation.
It u m. many hurried across to the