El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-13
AUTO
FAILS To CONE
Local Suffragets Have Din
ner Anyhow and Listen
to Speeches.

On account Of the bad roads below
Valentine. the route of the Golden
Flyer the yellow automobile in which
Mrs. Alice Snitzer Burke and Miss Nell
Richardson are travelling from New
York city to San Francisco in the IN
terests of wOmens suffrage was
changed to a more northerly route anu
so FL Paso was not visited by the SUI
frage speakers. The luncheon to nave
been given in their honor by the FL
PasO Equal Franchise league Friday
was held without the guests in the
grill room Of Hotel Sheldon ana
speeches on suffrage were made Oy
Miss Isabel HoIbrook OF Boston. Mrs
Thomas S Holmes Of New York CITY
and Miss Ella Harrison of New AoIA'
Mrs. 5. J. Fennell presided.
Mrs. Holmes talked about pracIlCai
lines Of work for suffrage and the ne
[ cessity of passing the Susan %. An
thony amendment to the national con
stitution. which would enfranchlse al
women and save the labor CT Worklils
for suffrage state by state The CON
gressiOnal union is working Tor TINS
purpose and Mrs. Holmes spoke OF lns
urgent need that every senator anu
representative elected to congress thls
year be pledged to vote in favor OF the
amendment
She told of the wav that suffrage
work is done in the larger cities, IN
which the voting precincts are divided
among suffrage workers who make
personal canvasses OF all voters VINO
have paid their poll taxes, urging their
support Of equal suffrage and candl-
dates who are pledged to equal SUI
frage
Miss Holbrook's topic was organiza-
ton. She especially emphasized the
psychological power of unity OF
thought, saying that unity of thought
was the supreme purpose Of organiza-
tion. She discussed the importance of
educating the thought Of the public 10
the realization of the justice Of equal
suffrage
Miss Harrison talked OF the neces-
sity Of the women being well Informed
upon the laws of their own state that
are unfavorable to wOmenkind in gen
eral and urged that they learn the
ways By. which these laws can be rene
died. She spoke of practical experience
in the state Of Arizona. The talks We're
enthusiastically received.
A large number of the guests at the
luncheon wore all white, with bald
ricks Of yellow, carrying out the SUI
frage cOlors. Among those present
were Mesdames s. J. Fennell. Thomas
S. Holmes, Z. H. Yale, DIT. Alice G. Mer-
chant. Horace A. Lay, Eugenia Schus-
ter. w W. Fink. W. ]. Watson, O. c
Bernard. Charles Kercher, Margaret
Olive Jordan, Joseph II. HurXthal,
Brooke Jones. Amy s Yale, r ". Nc
Afee /. L. Mundy, Martha a. j. Wells,
A. W. DePew, II. p COrbin, Archie
O'Rear. George W. ORear, Christine
GarIick, W. y. Small Susan ". James,
P W. Ward, celia X. ! atchaw, J. F.
Won Rhein. Gertrude X. Cooke, Marie
Burnham Browning, d. A. Sanford, H.
r. Moss, Parvin White, L. r. Harris +.
e. Hitchcock. H. A. Taylor, r. F. Moul-
ton. Georgia Ferguson, O. a. Critchett
DR. Ida f. bishop, Or. Doris Bowlby.
Misses Isabel HolbroOk. Ella Harrison,
Margaret Slseeu. A. Louise DIETRICH. r
Owens, r. u. Greene, Alice Fltzsim-
mons, Jessie Z. 5. Mcdonald, Emily f.
Jarrett Louise PREFER. and r. VI. Augur
and little master Frederick Browning