The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-27
NEWS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
 OF CONNECTICUT

A special meeting of the Executive Board of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association was held Thurs day in New Haven. The meeting was practically continuation of the previous meeting when it was found | impossible to complete the large amount of business that was awaiting the action of the Board. Last weeks s meeting was held at Greenwich at the home of Miss c. Ruutz Rees- It was the first meeting since the begin ming of the summer at which Miss Emily Pierson was present, and there was a very full attendance at it of members of the board.
 The most important business of the meeting concerned the Annual Con vention of the Association It had been determined to hold the Conven- tion in Hartford on October 30 and 31 but on account of the difficulty in securing speakers for the mass meeting the date has been changed and at-the meeting on Thursday 1t was voted to hold the convention on the 21st and 22nd. The sessions of the Convention will take place in Unity Hall beginning at noon on Oc- tober 21st, and continuing over to quarters which are just across the street from Unity Hall will serve as a base of supplies and as meeting and resting place for the delegates. The speakers for the public meeting in the evening, for whom the date Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the Pres fdent of the International Suffrage Congress, and Dean Sumner of Chi cago. Mrs Catt has long been known as the American leader in the interna- tionaI suffrage movement. lit was largely her tact, her skill and her gra- cious charm that made the Congress at Budapest so notable a success. She is to be in the East in October, and the opportunity of securing her for the public meeting has been eagerly seized by the Executive Board of the c. w. S.
 Dean Sumner who among his many duties is secretary to the bish- op of Chicago and dean of the Ca thedraI of s. $. Peter and Paul, is one of the leaders in all social work from Boy Scouts to the Chicago Home for Aged People. His activities take in all ages and all grades. He is a mem Der of the Chicago Board of Educa- tion, chairman of the advisory com mittee of United Charities, first vice president of the Juvenile Protective League, director of the Wendell Phil lips Social Settlement, chairman of the Chicago Vice Commission and chaplain of the First Illinois Cavalry This is by no means an exhaustive list of the offices he holds in philanthropfc
 
 be expected in the case of a man who has been brought into touch with so many forms of active service he is a strong advocate of Votes for Wo- men, and coming from Illinois he will be able to tell how and why the men of his State have enfranchised their women and what results are expected, and what are already being obtained from Voting women in Illinois
 This week the Berlin Fair has been occupying the attention and time of Miss A1yse Gregory, who this year has had charge of the suffrage work at a large number of the Fairs. Miss Gregory reports that the most useful form of propaganda for fairs is the Voiceless speech. This consists of a number of cards each bearing a few lines in large type. By displaying these cards one after another d con- nected speech is delivered. There are also cards each bearing an ob- jection to woman suffrage and the re- ply to the objection. The cards are displayed on a frame or easel, and are turned over by one of the work CTS. A crowd readily gathers to see the process, and most of the people remain to see the thing through. Af- ter reading the whole series of cards enrolment slips are passed round the audience and large numbers of sigma lures are obtained. Miss Gregory re- ports that this quiet speech is much more effective than open air speaking at the fairs, it is very difficult to find a, spot sufficiently quiet for the people to be able to listen in comfort to speaker.