The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-01
MRS. GAIT SAYS
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
WILL WIN IN VIVA.
Tells How Women Have
Gradually Thrown Off
Shackles.
A1TI'S FEAR NEW ORDER
Entertained at Dinner by
County and City Suf-
frage Workers.
AIT|'S FEAR new ORDER

A large assemblage Of local people
heard Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait deliv.
er a splendid address yesterday after.
noon at four o'clock in the Circuit court
room. Mrs. Gait who Is brilliant wo-
man. is thoroughly conyersant with
the various phases Of the suffrage Is
sue and coupled with this she possess.
es dignified charming stage manner
which impresses her hearers.
Mrs. Gait traced the progress OF wo.
men from the seventeenth century up
to the present time. She showed the
progress by decades of women up to
1900 when the first revolt against the
old common look took place. At this
time tho right Of man to beat his wife
with stick no thicker than his thumb
was taken away. Even at this remote
day the enlargement was against the
reform to the effect that q woman's
place was in the home and this mode
OF discipline was necessary.
Mrs. Gait believes that woman suf-
frage Is an advanced reform that must
come in this country and that like 9th.
er necessary reforms must have op-
position from the old order merely be-
cause 1t is something new and there.
fore to be avoided. Mrs. Gait cited
various incidents which show how wo-
men have gradually thrown of the
shackles that bind them and how at
the present day they are fitted and
ready to take their places on an equal
ity with men in the election Of the gov.
erning bodies of the world.
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hour and half she held the closest
attention Of her large audience, the
strong points OF the address being re
peatedly applauded by her interested
hearers. She concluded her remarks
with the following comparisons of tho
suffrage and anti-suffrsge origin.
Women suffrage was begotten In
the souls Of women by the divine call
OF evolution; Il was rocked III the
cradle OF the progressive west by the
love of liberty 1t was tosiercl ny JUS.
tice and is being pushed into West
Virginia homes by her own wives and
mothers who, because they want to
make better world for their chilaren.
are giving their lives and fortunes 10
the task.
"Apti-suliras, vas begniten In fear
Of a new idc.. rocked III the cradle Of
tradition. fostcrnd W urth,nk!ng pref.
udicc; and is being pushed into West
Virginia homes BY people who 1--we
chiefly outsiia the state, whose Nmo.
tives and sources Of support are UNI
known"
Mrs. Gait was introduced by Mrs. j.
EnGle, OF this city. pioneer In the suf.
frage and prohibition work of the state
who acted as chairman Of the meet
ing.
During her stay in this city Mrs.
Gait was entertained at the Women's
building and following the address last
evening she was the honor gGest at a
dinner served at the building at which
the county officers and city officers
were guests. A splendid dinner was
served and covers were laid for the
county officers rs follows: Chairman
Marion county. Miss Margaret McKin.
ney; first vice president, Miss Flora
Koen, OF Huntington: second vice
president, Mrs. a. l.. Lehman. OF Fair.
mont; treasurer, Mrs. Smith Hood, of
Rivesvflle; secretary, Mrs. Frank C.
Dudley, Of Fairmont; president OF the
local suffrage organization. Mrs. Allie
G. Raymond; secretary, Miss Jennie
NJ. Fleming; treasurer, Mrs. Charles
e. Marley; chairman of the propagan.
da committee, Mrs. B. L. Butcher:
chairman membership committee,
Mrs. Frank P. Kelley; Mrs. Jennie En-.
gle, a charter member Of the local or.
ganization. and Mrs. Gait. the honor
guest Mrs. r. L. Cunningham, a 10.
cal officer. was unable to be present
on account of illness