The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-27
WOMEN FAVORED
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
With Few Exceptions Those Attending
County w. C. T. u Convention
Wanted the Right to Vote.

The 31st annual convention Of the
Windham county w c. T. L. was held
in West Wardsboro May 2l22. The I
opening devotional service was con
Quoted by the county president, Mrs. /
Mary S. Morgan of Wilmington, and I
a feature Of the morning session was |
the president s annual address, filed |
will helpful and inspiring thoughts.
Some time was given to department |
reports showing that good work has
been done in the various branches re-
ported A duet was pleaslnglE rem /
dered by Mrs Bessie +. SvmOnds of
East Mortified, Mass, and her daugh-
ter. Miss Helen Symonds An original
poem entitled The Widow : Son, com
posed by Mrs Mary +. Spring Of Bel
7 lows Falls and read by Mrs Belle
4 Butterfield of Wilmington was very
\ approximately received.
\ The evening program included recl-
tation, An Object Lesson, by Edic Sci
four followed by orchestral selections,
readings by Miss Helen Symonds and
a duet by Rev w. II. Bishop and Mrs.
i Avis Waite. Miss Symonds is Il grad
nate of the Emerson School Of 0ratory
I in Boston, and her charming person
aIitv, together with her natural and
easy grace of manner. and entire alb
sence of affectation IN rendering her
finely chosen selections, delighted her
audience.
The remaining department reports
were given Thursday morning and
these officers were elected: Pres, Mrs.
Mary S. Morgan; vice pres, Mrs. G. l..
Hescock, Mrs. Lucy r. Kellogg; sec,
Mrs Ida NJ Parsons; treas, Mrs. En-
ma l. Putnam; auditor Mrs. Emma NJ.
Foster In the afternoon the memorial
hour was observed, during which Low
ing tribute was paid to the memory
of the comrades gone before. Mrs.
Minnie Mountain and Mrs. q. +.
Davidson, state president, spoke words
of appreciation OF Mrs. A. J. Stearns
of Brattleboro, a charter memDer OF
that union and also of the county or
ganization. Mrs. Davidson also spoke
of J. c. Robinson of Jamaica, an hon
orarv member of that union. Mrs
Morgan paid tribute to the memory OF
Mrs. ". r. Davenport Of Bellows Falls
and Mrs. J. l.. Redway and Mrs. Belle
Y ButterfeId of Wilmington spoke fitting
n " of Mrs Edith ). Grout of that
a place A solo was pleasingly rendered
by Rev w. H. Bishop, and Miss Sy
monds favored the audience with ;
reading.
Some time was given to a discussion
Of the question of equal suffrage
While there were one or two eonserva
= tives present who expressed some doub
as to the necessity or eXpedieney o
such a measure, nearly all the partlci
pants in the discussion expressed them
selves as believing wholly and unre
= ervedly in ''votes for women, thougl
greatly deploring the unwlse method
of our sisters across the sea.
Following the discussion was a Yer
able and Thoughtful paper on Temper
anee Work in Rural Communities, writ
ten by Mrs. "A. A. Wyman of Cam
bridgeport and read by Mrs Barber o
Wilmington. Then came the children
hour, during which the convention Wa
pleasantly entertained by recitation
by school children in manner retle'
ing much credit upon themselves, an
showing careful training by the
- teacher, Miss Griffith The remainin
- time was given to Mrs. Bessie +. s,
= monds, who interestingly portrayed II
cidents and experiences OF a receI
trip abroad.
BY request Mrs. symonds relate
some facts in the evening regardn
the drinking customs of the countri
visited by her during her trip abroa
and Mrs. Morgan spoke along the san
line, telling of facts brought to h
notice while visiting in England. II
principal feature of the evening W
- the address by the state presider
n Mrs. Davidson, on The Liquor Traf
~ vs.. The Home. She pleaded eloquent
and convincingly for the abolition
the former and the protection and co
= servation of the latter. Miss Symon
kindly consented to give one me
reading followed by an encore, and