Putnam patriot., 1913-01-24
Woman Suffrage Campaign

A woman suffrage campaign party, which is coming across the state with flying banners, is scheduled to reach Putnam Saturday night. The suffrag- ists will stay week, opening exhibi- tion rooms in an empty store on Main street and holding meetings afternoon and evening. Their big mass meeting is to be held in Union hall Thursday evening. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Woman Suf- frage association, will come from New York to be the speaker on that occa- sion. Dr. Shaw is said to be the most eloquent woman speaker in the coun try. The suffiragists acknowledge her to be the most brilliant orator in their ranks.
 There are eight regular members of the campaign party: Miss Emily Pier son, organizer for the State suffrage as- sociation, is manager and with her are Miss Clara Hill, daughter of Congress man k. J. Hill; Miss Alyse Gregory of Norwalk, Mrs. Dora Horine of Chica- go, Miss Anne Forsyth of New York, Miss Mary Keegan of London, Eng land; and Miss Helen Allen of Utah.
 Miss Allen is the only member of the party who is voter. She comes from Salt Lake City and has very interesting story to tell of her experi- eDce at the polls in the West. The non Mormon men and women stand together in Salt Lake City and vote and work to improve the condition of the city, which is almost completely under Mormon rule. On many ques- tlons concerning the care of children and homes the Mormon women vote with them and it Is by the united vote of the women of the city that many improvements have been made Miss Allen is to speak every day at the ex hibition rooms. The suffragists have meetings afternoon and evening, all of them free.
 Among the exhibits which the cam paigners have to offer is collection of photographs from the National Con sumer's League showing the women and children at work in the tenement homes of New York. Specimens of their work are also shown mounted on cards which give the hours the ehil. dren work and the wages they earn. For making violets the price paid is four cents gross and it is tiny amount a child can make although some of them work until Il and 12 o'clock at night. The work women have already done to better conditions for these children is shown. side by side with what they can do when they get the vote. Another exhibit shows the death rate among babies in the civ ilized world. The death rate in the United States is high. In Australia, since women got the vote, about fif- teen years, they have reduced the baby death rate one half.
 The suffragists will stay here week, then on to Willimantic, Middletown, Bristol, Derby, Naugatuck, Torring- ton, Winsted and Meriden. They are visiting the cities where there are no suffrage organizations now at work and they propose to leave such an or ganization behind them in each town. The expenses of the general campaign are being met by the State suffrage association.
 Miss Helen Allen who comes ahead of the party will speak at the prayer meeting of the Congregational church Thursday evening of this week.
 The suffrsgists have offered speakers to every club and organized group of people in town and many of the clubs are arranging to give them hearing.