The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-22
CONN. SUFFRAGISTS GIVE THEIR GOLD
 FOR MELTING POT
Sacrifice Trinkets to Aid Pop
 ular Vote on Suffrage Amendments.
EXTENSIVE CAMPAIGN
 IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY
Mrs. w. T. Hfncks Too HI to Attend Executive Com
 mittee Meeting.
(By A. G. Porritt of TIartford.)

.saa4 lEoV A. GT. EOET4lE fO4 11dIt4O1SA.1 2.
 The meeting of the executive board
 of the Connecticut woman suffrage association last Wednesday was made the occasion for carrying on an exten-
 sive suffrage campaign in Litchfield county. Windharn. Holland and Mid-
 dlesex counties have all had their suf- frage campaigns this summer and scores of meetings. both in halls and
 outdoors. were held in these counties
 between Juno 18th and the middle of August To bring Lftchfield county also into the movement Mrs. A E.
 Scranton Taylor. the chairman of Litchheld county in the Suffrage as-i sociation laid careful plans to obtain
 the assistance of all the officers Of the C. w. s. "A. and to hold suffrage meet
 ings in a, large number of Litchfield
 county towns.
 Tn order to do this Mrs Taylor in vtted the executive board to hold it's monthly business meeting at her home
 in Norfolk. The meeting was arrang-
 ed to begin at II o'clock, in order
 that all business might be completed early. A large representation Of the
 officers was present although there
 were several absences, due to the fact chat some of the members are in
 Europe. Mrs. Grace GalIatin Seton,
 the vice president is in California, and
 Mrs. William T. Hincks who was | vented from coming by illness. The chief business before the board was the consideration of the reports of the
 summer automobile campaign, the
 making of final arrangements for work at the fairs, and more important than these details, the laying Of plans for political action in the coming elec- tions to the Connecticut legislature. This business over all the members present and a number of other prerni- nent suffragists who had been called in to help, distributed themselves for
 the holding of the open air meetings all of which had been carefully arr
 ranged beforehand and widely adver- l tised. by Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. r. N. Hep burn. who was to speak again in the evening, weRt and held a large meet ing in the street of Winsted. She was
 assisted by MT. 4. s. G. Taylor Of Nor
 folk, and local suffragists were present to aid in collecting signature and dis tributing literature. A large meeting at Torrington listened to Prof. Charles A. Beard of Columbia University and
 to Mrs. Edward Porritt. and after speaking there at o'clock the party, which included Mrs. Arthur Knox of Norfolk and several other helpers, went by automobile to Goshen. where lanother meeting was held at 2 o'clock.
 Mrs. Carlos F. stoddard and Edward Porritt were the speakers at a fine
 meeting held on the green at Canaan,
 where the mem bers of the local league l had done sffective work in advertising the meeting beforehand. East Ca- naan, New Hartford and Sharon also all had suffrage meetings that after noon=Mrs. Charles A Beard. Mrs. Ed l ward Q. Parker, Mrs. H. Fl. Knox. Hiss Danie1son and Dr.. Woodward having been gathered from all parts of the
 te-GEeenwich. New Canaan, Putt
 nam and Norwich--to address meet
 ings at these points. Mrs. Prender- gast of Brooklyn, New York, who is
 staying in LakeviIle for the summer
 also took part in the sharon meet ing. Ea,keviIle itself was omitted as a suffrage meeting had been held there near the post office. on the l evening of August 10, in order to free
 the Lakevi1le suffragists to help in
 other towns.
 In the evening of last "wednesday
 a big suffrage meeting was held in the
 Village hall in Norfolk. NThe hall was
 gay with suffrage co1ors and banners and bright with flowers. Mrs. A. gE. l Scranton Taylor presided, and Mrs. T. N. Hepburn and Frank Russell were 1 tho speakers. As the other suffragists returned from their outdoor n1eeeiAgs they filed into the hall. Most of them
 arrived in time for the meeting. but
 some were late as the points at which l they had SD poken were more distant. There was a. fine audience, and the F speeches were received with an inter-
 est and responsiveness which actually
 surprised even the women who had | organized the meeting.
 Last Saturday all Connecticut made
 an effort to raise money for the cam- paign States in response to the call | of the National association for a Sac | rifice Day. The proceeds of the col 1ections then made have not yet all reached the treasurer, and in many | places the work is being continued | all through this week. Trinkets and | treasures of gold and silver have been l forthcoming in considerable quantities l for the suffrage melting pot, and wh en l the accounts have been made up it will be found that Connecticut is naak- i ing a handsome gift to her sister
 States, where popular votes on suf- frage amendments are to be taken
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