The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-01

enc up also.
! al this meeting there viii be
report from The Delegates whIo q
ended the Chicago Biennial. FIJI
i meeting WIFI MO doubt have mhleh q
4 interest for old members as VIII q
new;
Annuai dies IRE payabie cd tltf
nees Ing. and the treasurer VII hasl
sards 81 meubefshis ready torl hi
2tirpose.
Woman,s Club, Wsllsburgsl
Il y IS P L
ME first meet ing of tlte w ttaiili
4 s1nb OF ellsburg for tie year wa
Iheld Vii Thursday Sept. 24:s AM
/ from the ent 1iustasm shown Plea.
lions are for 8 very stlec essful teaF
The PRESIDENT, 81 address was I'm;
Is5pirfng: and tie port Sof the Hen
IsniaiS by the clubs deleg gate. MrsE a,
sliHike n, was thorong hly enjoyed In
IEaddftion To q reading by the vice
tpresid ent, the ograms committee
f5proyfded fotte tenfe aiming feati res,
sind the social hour with which the
Injecting Scl osed was a. III ppy reunion
sEor an y S;33s siSs 5sS5r Il
EWoman's Club, Moundsyflle.
one of the mos Lorprising clubs
l3ln5thes0 Ohio valley IS the Woman's
Club Of Noun dsvil Ie. Every member
feels herself pledg ed to work for tile
E!best interests sof the club, and this.
liperhapsf more than any tliing else is
The reason why any undertaking Of
the club meets with success. The
leaders shave perfect corporation.
Last year the club made "a; SPLEEN
did record for itself in various ways.
1 tts not only4succ eeded in getting nut
Sic intoBthe Aroundsyille schools, but
RAISED the money for the teacher. 1t
will tand esponsible for the salary
again hissyear.; IL .a
It's Interest IN anti tuberculosis
work is deep and was materially
mani tested, in the large sale OF
FChristmas stamps, of which 1t had
l.charge last year. In order to have a
fund for local work this year in this
particular field, a fancy work party
twas given at the home of Mrs. ]. A.
iBloyd recently. The sum of fifty
dollars was. made by this venture.
The club begins its regular meet
ings on October End, 4 at which time
Mrs. James r. Miller will be hostess.
The4year book is ready for distribu-
ton, and at this meeting there will
be a general discussion. of the COM
ing years work.
Equal Suffrage League.
The Equal Suffrage League OF
Wheeling seems to be making much
progress in its propaganda: AT its
meeting on Friday interest was cen
tered IN one ofssthe speakers, Miss
Dupont, of Cleveland who has been
very ;activeSfn the campaign now go
ing son I'm Ohio to secure. suffrage.
4 Miss Dupont is of the opinion
when women become interested in
securing the franchise, they are also
awakened ito the sense of exercising
wisdom in til use thereof. In other
words, tile intelligent women who
Fare working OBSCURE the ballot rec
Eognize the responsibility of citizen
ship. These women, whose efforts
county for SO much in every COM
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES they are OF
k+he stable, reliable sort, whose judg-
ment in anything is always sought
believe that the franchise as now
exercised, gives unthinking, unprin-
.fpaled men chance to offset the
Best intentions Of the best men in u
community.
a tradition seems to have come
Town that women must not have a
voice in public affairs; that men will
attend to these things for them. AT
.he same time independent women
IF means or who are self-supporting,
have found it necessary to stir up
much agitation in order to arouse a
civic consciousness.
Perhaps this is the most powerful
weapon in the hands of the suffra-
gists. At any rate a campaign of
Education, which sets forth every
phase of the question OF equal suf-
.Erage for all citizens, is one of the
essential features in every state
where Votes for Women" has been
tanned to flame.
In West Virginia the amendment
has to pass cne assembly only and
then be passed bya direct vote two
years later to become Law, so the
suffrage organization in the state
feels 1t is. time to begin work for the
.ealization OF this ideal in 1917.
An election of officers was held at
Fridays meeting, resulting as fol-
flows: President, Miss Florence
Hoge; recording secretary, Miss Car
rie Zane; corresponding secretary,
Miss Anne Cummtns; treasurer, Miss
5chrader.