Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-17

| don, president of the Equal Suffrage
League of Elizabeth; Echoes from
the international Woman Suffrage
Alliance Congress-" by Mrs. Clara S.
Laddey, eX-president of the New Jer-
sey Woman Suffrage Association. The
convention dinner will be held at $3.50
at the Y. W. c. A. restaurant. Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president of
the International Woman Suffrage
Alliance, and the presidents OF fra
ternal organizations will be the
guests of honor and bring greetings
Mayor Jacob Haussling will give the
address of welcome at the evening
session and Mrs. Gait will give a suf-
frage talk The annual election of
officers will be held on Friday morn
ing, November IA, at 9 o'clock and the
executive board meeting will take
place at 10 o'clock. The morning ses-
sion at 1880 will be occupied with the
minutes, unfinished business, new
business, election of delegates to the
national convention and the report of
the tellers. Mrs. Florence Howe Hall
will preside at the afternoon session.
Mrs Everett Colby will speak on
legislative work, Miss Alice Paul,
chairman of the national Congress
sional committee, will tell of the
work and plans OF that committee.
Mrs Mary Ware bennett will speak
on "'The Status of Campaign States
and Suggestions from the National
Association" and Mrs. George P.
Scott. chairman of State headquar-
tiers. will tell of the work of the head
quarters. Mrs. Edward f. Feickert
will conduct a question box on sui
frage problems and the session will
end with Il report of the committee on
Tho pf1rarG pf tbp State
association are; Mrs. Edward t.
Feickert, of Duuellen, president; Mrs.
Fred II. Colvin. OF East Orange, first
ce-presidsut; Miss Elinor Gebhardt,
of Clinton, second vice-president;
Mrs G. p. Eaton. of Jersey City. re-
cording secretary; Mrs. c. p. Titus
of East Orange. corresponding secre-
tary; Miss Bessie Pope. of Jersey
city, auditor, and Mrs. w. w. OPP
penheim. of this city, chairman OF
hospitality committee.
Mrs. NJ. G. Lacy, OF 70 Congress
street. returned yesterday from Eu-
rope on the steamship Oceanic. While
abroad Mrs Lacy visited her mother
at Old Castle. Ireland. and spent
some time in Paris and London.
Mrs. Melvin II. Stearns. of so Shan
ley avenue. was hostess yesterday
afternoon at the homecoming" meet
ing of the Woman's Union of the
First Congregational lube Memorial
Church. Glimpses of the years work
were given by the chairmen of the
various committees and f1ve-minute
travelogues by the members. The
program consisted of vocal
solos by Miss Emma Begin and Mss
Dewey. accompanied by Miss Nellie
and plano selections by Miss
Edwards and Miss Elizabeth Jenkins.
Mrs. T. Arid Moffat assisted the
hostess in receiving and Mrs. Robert
V. Cumming presided at the tea table.
The assistants were the members of
the social committee. Mrs. Robert n.
Waring, Mrs. Joseph T. Harrison, Mrs.
E. Wright, Mrs. Delos G.
Haynes, Mrs. Henry H. Hill. Miss
Sadie B. Clayton, Mrs. ]. 1. Schultz
and Miss Laura Geraghty. The next
meeting will be held November 6 at
the home of Mrs. Wright. lat Mon
mouth street.
Part of the proceeds derived from
last nights performance at the
Scenario Moving Picture Theatre, Or
ange street. Roseville, will be used
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