Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-01-21
MADISON.
An Installation by Minerva
Chapter Of 0. {. S.
Equal Suffrage Discussed al the
Meeting Of SoTosis Club.
An Interesting Program and Strong
SpeakeF..locaIs and Personals.


nerva Chapter, o. E. s., were held
Monday evening in Masonic hall be-
fore an interested audience of mem
bers and friends. At 6 o'clock a sup
:. per was served in the banquet hall
for the members and their families.
The installing officer was Past Wor-
!, thy Matron Mrs. Allan Copp, assisted
by Mrs. Arab Davis as marshal and
Mrs. Lizzie Gray as chaplain. The Of
! ficers installed were: Worthy matron,
Mrs. Mary E. Perkins; worthy patron,
George Walker; associate matron,
I Mrs. Annie V. Nichols; Treas, Mrs.
Susie Haynes; conductress, Mrs. Ad-
die Cogan; associate conductress, Mrs.
Eva Rogers; chaplain, Mrs. Bina With
ee; marshal, Mrs. Arab Davis; Adah,
i. Miss Gladys Perkins; Ruth Mrs. Eff
fie Hanson; Esther, Marion V. Green;
Martha, Mrs. Aunice Adams; Electa,
!. Mrs, Sadie Hall; warder, Mrs. Lila
Sawyer; sentinel, William Cogan. At
ter the installation there was a short
, program: Recitation, THE Inventors
Wife," Miss Marion Nichols; vocal
solo, Miss Florence Walker; recita-
4 ton. Ralph Kennison.
Equal Suffrage" was the topic of
y the regular meeting of the Soross
I Club held Monday afternoon. The host
esses were Mrs. W. B. Brown and Mrs.
w. II. Spear and the meeting was held
at the residence of Mrs. Brown on
Weston avenue. There was a large
attendance and great interest was
manifested in the program, as fol-
lows: Piano solo, Mrs. Alice Lamb
, Mitchell; roll call, responded to by
interesting items and quotations from
prominent men in regard to the suf
frage movement. Next came an ad
dress by w. 3. Brown, which was the
principal feature of the afternoon. Mr.
Brown opened his remarks with a
definition Of universal suffrage and the
importance of Ballots and not Bal
lots" He then spoke of conditions in
Mexico and Japan and in continuing
gave reasons why man needed wom-
ans help under the following head
ings: Taxation; Labor and Capital;
Education; Corruption in Politics: the
Liquor Question. In another division
of his address stated some of the
reasons why men object to womans
suffrage: woman's home duties and no
place at the polls for women. He then
took up the question from a religious
standpoint beginning with the book of
Genesis, showing by ingenious argu-
ment how perverted idea of the place
of woman was obtained. He then
touched upon religion in the Consti-
tuition and common law and said the
= Kingdom Of God, for women, is at
hand" In closing Mr.. Brown said
woman had been put in a place sec
10 t1yfth av~ao M,
and to give her the ballot was not only
a privilege but a duty. Mr.. Brown
held the close attention of his audi
ence for nearly an hour and half
and spoke to such good effect that
several who came to the meeting OPP
posed to suffrage announced their in
tention CT supporting the movement.
The remainder of the program was:
Read Mrs. Dooley on Suffrage"
Mrs. Annette Morse. singing. WON
ans Cause Shall VIM" by the COM
pany. At the close of the meeting. en-
rollment cards were circulated and
generally signed, and suffrage liter
AZURE was circulated. Each guest was
presented with a card bearing the pro-
gram of the afternoon and tied with
bow of yellow ribbon, the suffrage
color Yellow and white refreshments.
consisting of oranges, cocoanut cakes,
waters and tea We're served.
Mrs. Mary Linn Fuller Of Hartland
arrived in town Monday and is the
guest of Mrs T. H. Mitchell.
Henry II. Steward went Monday
noon to Lewiston, where he expects to
undergo a surgical operation for ad-
hesions at the Central Maine General
hospital.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Asa M. Gilman passed
Monday with friends in Norridge-
wock.
Miss Adele Patterson of Arlington.
Mass, arrived in town Monday night
for a brief visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hall returned
Monday night from Bath, where they
passed the weekend with friends.
The funeral services of Mrs. Thorn
as Souci were conducted by Rev. M.
f. Curran at st. Sebastian Catholic
church at 10 A. M. Tuesday and the
remains were placed in the receiving
tomb in the Forest Hill cemetery.
Harold Welts left town Tuesday