Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-26
SUFFRAGE SCHOOL
WILL Be OPENED
Women'ss Political Union to
Conduct Institution at
Hackensack.

FOR the purpose of developing
speakers for campaign work, the
Women's Political Union of New Jer-
sey will conduct a suffrage school at
Hackensack from October 10 to 90.
The school meeting will be held in
Odd Fellows Hall, that city. and will
be attended by some of the leading
suffrage workers in the country.
Mrs. Minnie j. Reynolds, State or
ganizer and secretary of the union,
has arranged the program for the
school meeting. The program will
be circulated at the annual confer
ence Of the union. to be held Mon
day, October 5, in the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association building at
SO Washington street.
Mrs. Nina c. Van Wrinkle, presi-
dent, will preside at the first session
of the suffrage school, Monday, Oc-
tober 10, when Miss Jenne Morrow
Long is TO give public speaking
lesson at 10 o'clock in the morning.
This is to be followed with an adj
dress on why Women Out to Want
10 Vote" by Miss Cornelia Bradford,
of Jersey City, one of the most dis
tinguished social workers of the
country. Miss Emily Pierson, exec
utive secretary of the Connecticut
Equal Suffrage Association, is to
speak on How We Do 1t In Con-
necticut" Tuesday, October 20, Mrs
II. r. Reed, of Leonia, Is to preside.
Miss Long will give her second les
son and William G. Noys. of Leonia,
professor of the Teachers College of
New York, will talk on "Some Rea-
sons Why Women Should Vote"
Mrs. Florence Maule Cooley, execu-
tive secretary of the Women's Po-
litical Union Of New York, will speak
on LAS We Do 1t in New York"
Mrs. H. B. Bartlett will preside on
the third day, Wednesday, October
81 Miss Long will give her third
lesson, and the Rev. Edgar Swan
Wiers, of Montclair. will speak on
"Why Women Ought to Vote. An
address will be delivered by Resale
Jones on Campaign Methods" Miss
Jones Is the famous little general
who led the mixers to Washington
AID Albany. She has just returned
from an automobile hike throughout
the Western campaign States. and
will have most interesting things to
tell of her experience.
Mrs Cloyd Marshall, of Dumont,
Awill preside on the fourth day, when
iii dQuTtSS Will Dc dCilfCACQ ny Jo-
seph P. Byers, New Jersey State
commissioner of charities and cor
rections. His address will contain
facts showing what New Jersey
women might do with the vote If
they had it. Harriet Stanton Blatch,
president of the Women's Political
Union of New York, win speak on
Campaign Methods Mrs. Blatch
is a well-known suffragist. and is
particularly interested in Bergen
county because she spent her girl
hood days in Tenafiy.
The last lesson to be given by Miss
Long will be Friday, October %.
when Mrs. Minnie j. Reynolds will
preside. Miss Rose Schneiderman
will speak on "Why the Working
Woman Needs the Ballot" Miss
Schneiderman is secretary of the
Woman's Trade League in New York
and worked as a child in the fac
tories and sweatshops of New York.
The arrangement committee for the
ball to be given by the Women's Po-
,itica1 Union of New Jersey met
wednesday at the headquarters, and
Mrs. William Platt Sutherland. who,
is the chairman, appointed Miss
Mabel Denton to take charge of the
advertising program. Miss Florence
Haines will arrange for the fancy
dancing and Miss Skinner will act
as secretary.
One of the features Of the annual
conference of the Women's Political
Union of New Jersey, Monday, Octo-
her S, will be the dinner to be given
in the evening, at which the guests
of honor will make short speeches.
Invitations have been sent to many
prominent men and women.