Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20
Joseph Habersham Chapter Prom
iseS to Reveal Attitude of
Atlantans on Subject.
MRS. PEEL KEEPS SECRET
Will Outline Views at Meeting,
but Will Not Now Tell What
They Are.

If in your own infallible mind you
cherish private opinions concerning
woman suffrage, opinions that are
kept from posterity mainly because
Of lack of opportunity for their IN
folding. then you should welcome the
little affair that the members of Jo-
seph Habersham Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, will
sponsor at Taft Hall Tuesday even
ing at o'clock.
Woman suffrage will be discussed
both ways from the middle Joseph
Habersham Chapter is neither for nor
against votes for women. 1t is mere
ly TO provide an opportunity for free
and frank discussion, in which any
one present may take part and may
talk for five minutes.
Mrs. Peel to Preside.
This free-tor-all debate will be gov
erned by Mrs William Lawson Peel,
who consented to preside over the
meeting at the solicitation Of her
chapter mates. Her own remarks on
the topic of debate will be momen-
tous, it is announced, although Ill
Atlanta society is wondering just
what she will say about it.
Intense interest has been aroused
among Atlanta women at the an
nounCement Of the public meeting.
The interest further was heightened
when Mrs. Peel said she had OBJ
tanned the promises Of a number Of
well-known men and women Of At
lanta to enter the discussion.
A delightful air of secrecy is at
tached to the affair. Most of the
plans are in the hands Of Mrs. Peel,
who has revealed to no one-not even
he Na.V Of a toa hot a,yr
act nature. She is determined that
Atlanta shall enjoy a surprise, ami
holds her well-laid plans under cover
hiding the time for the meeting.
Women of the city who avowedly
are suffragists will speak from the
floor, it is expected, but who viii take
up the gauntlet to champion the 9th.
er side is not known. Mrs Peel says
there will be several serious-m minded
"antis" to speak.
No lntimation of Position.
THE meeting is not for the purpose
of swerving opinion one way or the
other" explained Mrs. Peel yester-
day. "An opportunity merely is given
for an expression Of views by anyone
attending l have some well-definsd
ideas on the subject, framed after
careful study. and will take the OPP
portunity OF express them"
Mrs. Peel was very firm, although
she smiled with her firmness, in her
refusal to give even a hint of the
trend which her talk viii take, or to
reveal any other details of the meet
ing.
q will not take more than the five
minutes that will be allotted every
one" was all she would vouchsafe.
The purpose of the meeting is IN
keeping with the function Of the
Daughters of the Revolution, she
said.
1T will be patriotic, first of all"
she announced. Let women tell wnv
they want the vote or why they do
not want it. Let the men tell Of
their opinions on the subject. Let
every person be fearless in the eX-
preston of his views. Let it not be
said that men and women of Georgia
are afraid to get together in debate
of the question. The audience, which
will be representa- tive, We think, will
be judges of the debate"
Among the members of the Joseph
Habersham Chapter who have helped
Mrs. Peel in the conception and plan
ming of the meeting are Mrs. John A.
Perdue, regent; Mrs. w. H Neal
Mrs. Preston Arkwright, Mrs. George
Howard, Mrs. George Dexter, Mrs. A.
r. Colcord, Mrs. A. p. Coles, Mrs. VIII
Rives, Mrs A. H. Benning Mrs. Spen-
Ger Atkinson, Mrs. Belle Stallings,
Mrs. w. S. Yeates, Mrs. John T.
Moody, Miss Helen Moody, Mrs.
Clement Ashford, Mrs. z. j. Ripley
Mrs. w. w. Martin, Mrs. W. L. Percy.
Mrs. w. R. Hammond and Miss Pres
colt