Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-21
NORWICH TOWN
Rector at Christ Church and Vested Choir Provide Beautiful Service at Sneiterins Arms-Infornation Com nnittee's Social-TaftviIIe MinstreIs at Scotland Road.

TSeV R1cnard R. Graham of Christ church read the service of evening
 prayer and gave the address at the Sheltering Arms Sunday afternoon. The subject of the address was The Presence of Christ. He said:
 ! If you had asked the disciples why they were so brave, they would have sad, Jesus is with us now. He was l inspiring them, giving them bravery -Wofds to speak and power to heal It IS Tn me power and presence of a low Ing SaV1our that a preacher lives and speaks. Lo, I am with YOU always, even unto the end of the world. The spiritual strength of the believer and or the church rests upon this. We may
 De poor and ignorant but through the power of Christ, who strengthens us. we are able to do all things, it matters not what may be against us The vested choir, under direction of w. F. Habekotte, rendered most sweet
 ly the hymns for the day, closing with Holy Father, Cheer Our Way. The an- them. Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace, was sung in fine harmony and gave especial pleasure
 Suffrage Side Wins in Debate.
 A most enjoyable and successful SO
 cial was held Friday evening in the chapel of the First Congregational church under the auspices Apf the in forma ton committee of the Christian
 Endeavor society. The first part of the time was given over to a debate on the question of Woman's Suffrage. Miss Katherine Smith and Parker Lathrop supported the affirmative, and George
 F. Hyde and Miss Gala White argued on the negative side. Henry T. Fra zier presided, cutting short the argu- ments when time was up.
 some of the arguments in the af- firmative were: Taxation without rep
 resentation is tyranny; women are not so illiterate as men; suffrage will con-
 tinue to advance by leaps and bounds; in states where equal suffrage exists none of the predicted evils have come to pass, and these states have contin- ued to have equal suffrage; all kinds and classes of men have the ballot. why should women be excluded ? Woman's ability will show at the bal override the bad mans vote; if wom- en vote there is going to be less liqu0r sold: those in favor of equal suffrage are on the increase.
 On the negative side it was main tained that only small minority wish to vote. the majority are indifferent; it requires insight and study to grasp what lies back of the ballot; working women have no time for this study; does a woman wish to serve on a jury? The women in the west are falling off; three women's colleges in the east have voted down woman s suffrage; let women continue to do things in their quiet, effectual way; in the Divine order there is a division of
 labor, there should be the same in
 government: only one or two per cent.
 of women who have the chance use
 the ballot
 The judges decided in favor of the
 affirmative.
 Poems entitled An Eng1ishman's S
 Home and Ma Can't Vote were great
 ly enjoyed as read by Miss Helen Ew
 ing and Miss H. Louise Hyde. Piano
 solos were given by Miss Ruth l.. Pot
 ter and Miss Cecile Hale. Tableaux on
 The Seven Ages of Women-the In
 fanI, Schoolgirl Debutante, Sweet
 heart, Matron, Suffragette, and grand
 mother-were most successfully given,
 the suffragette being greeted with pro-
 longed applause. Games and light re-
 freshments concluded most delight
 ful evening"