The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-02
BUSY DAY IN
CLUB CIRCLES
FoRTNIGHTLY MET IN REGULAR
SESSION IN AFTERNOON AND
VOTES FOR WOMEN LEAGUE IN
EvENING-sELEcT DELEGATES
TO CONVENTIONS.

The Fortnightly club held their reg
rlar meeting yesterday afternoon and
enjoyed a very pleasing programme.
The meeting was opened with a short
business session in which Miss Abbie
L. Simmons of Fargo college was
chosen as a delegate from the club to
rhe national biennial convention which
meets at San Francisco June rs and
holds owe July 5. Mrs. c.. f. Ami
don, who is chairman Of the national
pure food committee of the fedora
ton, will probably go as we'll as sew
eral other women from the Fort
nightly. Mrs. Amidon was selected as
a delegate from the Fortnightly club
to the district meeting next week at
Hope. Mrs. Wilder, president Of the
club will go and others will probably
be Mrs. r. NJ. Pollock, Mrs. w. B.
Bell and Miss Grace Robinson.
1t was voted to cooperate with the
other Fargo clubs in a common club
house, that selected being the Unitarian
church, which move will probably
mean a small upkeep cost per year.
The programme OF the day followed
this business session.
Mrs. C. /. Gross read the first
paper On the subject or Prison Work
in North Dakota. She gave an ex-
cellent description Of the penitentiary,
saying h a there are over 200 cells,
each Of which is well lighted and
ventilated and has running water.
Each cell has but one occupant. Mrs.
Gross went on to tell how the prison.
ers were managed under an honor sys-
tenn and were divided into three
grades, each wearing a different uni
form. Those of the first grade wear
plain blue with brass buttons and
are given 5 cents per day for their
work, which amount is for themselves.
The second grade prisoners wear plain
blue without buttons and do not re-
ceive a compensation and the third
grade men wear the stripes. The
prisoners of North Dakota are not al
lowed to contract the prison parlor."
They are given plenty of work about
the farm and in the gardens which
keeps them in healthy condition.
The reader continued, speaking of
the library, which has the largest cir
culation of any in the state per capita.
She told of the classes for improve
ment and of the religious services.
Judge Ben Lindsay pronounced
North Dakota's penitentiary one of the
best equipped and conducted that he
has visited. In connection with the
institution is a Society for the Friend
less, with a membership Of about fifty.
The aim of the society is to find suit
able occupation for the released pris-
oners and to give them a new start.
Mrs. Gross concluded by reading the
pledge which many of the prisoners
take, which pledges that they live up
to the rules of the prison and try 60
live a better life.
Mrs. Sudro followed this excellent
paper with one on Betterment of
Health Conditions in North Dakota.
She said that North Dakota had en-
dorsed the movement for a health bu-
reau at the last legislature, but was
in need of a permanent contribution
toward the salary of a health officer
who could spend his entire time for
the benefit of public health with a
sufficient salary to support his family.
Some Of the things which she mem
toned as dangerous to health are the
polluting of streams, public drinking
1 ups 4udA dllNAIC3 anu d LldITldBG law
in regard to health, which would pre-
vent criminals, feeble minded persons,
and degenerates from marrying. She
spoke of the success of this law in
ether states and mentioned many other
corrections that might be made. Mrs.
Sudro touched her topic from every
point OF view and brought out many
new and interesting facts which were
much appreciated.
Votes For Women League.
The Votes For Women league met
last evening in the basement OF the
public library with a large attendance.
The meeting opened with the usual
business session, in which a number
Of new members were announced
making the total roll Of 100. A mem
bership committee consisting of Mrs.
Pierce, Mrs. kindred, Mrs. Gilbert
Haggart, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Shepperd,
and Miss Champine was appointed.
The matter of the common clubhouse
was taken up and Mrs. F. j. Thomp-
son was called upon to give a de-
scription of the accommodations of
the building, which seems especially
we'll adapted. No decision was made
upon the matter.
The programme of the evening was
then announced and was opened with
several piano selections by Miss Ruth
Stockholm, who was heartily APP
plauded. The president then intro
dueed Miss Perley, the speaker of the
evening, who talked very interestingly
Of the progress and aims Of the wo-
men in regard to suffrage. She began
by quoting an eminent authority who
has said his idea of suffrage was that
the rights and liberties of suffrage and
property are as much for women as
for men. Miss Perley continued by
stating that the suffrage movement is
over fifty years old.
In 1883 when Susan b. Anthony and
other well-known women had tried
to start an international association,
England was the only nation who had
a society of any sort. Last year when
the International association met in
Norway there were delegates from
twenty-four nations. The movement
began in Norway in 1885 and in 1909
the women were given full suffrage
with a tax-paying qualification. In
Sweden there has been a form Of
franchise for fifty years for widows
and unmarried women and recently
suffrage has been granted the mar
ried women,
Miss Perley continued her talk by
citing some Of the nations who have
equal suffrage. The isle of Man has
full suffrage for women; in Australia
the women have voted for ten years,
New Zealand was the first nation to
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