The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-11-29
Suffrage Social.

Thursday was by nomeans calcu'
lated to tempt the average wo
man from her own fireside, a
steady down pour of RAIN being
on the weather schedule for that
day-two score patriotic. enthu.
siastic women defied the eelements
and met at the home of Miss
Mollie Seylar 10 celebrate the
recent great suffrage victory IN
New York State at the last elec
ton, and to do their bit In ad
vsncing the cause Of the Y. W. Q.
A. work recently launched IN our
county.
The rooms were tastlly decor
ated with American flags and i'm.
mense punches of white and vel
low Chrysanthemums.
The chairman, Mrs. G B. Ste.
vens, presiding. "Auerlca" was
sung as an opening number.
Mrs Stevens then read care
fully prepared paper reviewing
the struggles OF the early colon.
lists for the right Of suffrage, and
how the women of that period
asked to be given the same polls
ical freedom as the men, but were
denied.
Miss Anna Mary Sipes, who Is
one of the ardent Suffragists
among the younger set-read a
poem entitled, "Chivalry." This
was followed by the singing OF
the "Star Spangled Banner" by
Miss Emily Greathead and Mrs.
Geo. Reisner.
Mrs. Charles e. Jackson gave
a reading, stating that as women
were In the minority IN jails and
penitentiaries, and in the msjori-
yin the churches and schools,
they were entitled to the ballot.
Miss Seylar gave a little talk
on "What Has Been Gained for
Suffrage IN 1917 "
Seven newly enfranchIsed
States added 10 the twelve states
already won, give the right of
Suffrage to more than 10000, 600
women. New York State alone
gives 100000 with 43 Congress
men to be elected.
For the first time in the history
of the Uulted States a woman
took her seat in Congress, elect
ed from the State of Montana,
which gave Womaus Suffrage in
1914 Harvard University so
long closed to women students,
now welcomes them. Not alone
IN our own land has the cause ad.
vanced, but 5 Provinces in Can
ada have enfranchised their wo-
men. Russian women will not
be excluded from the new gov
ernment that will be established,
and it Is conceded that English
and French women will vote when
the war is over, all of which
shows that the women suffrage
is a part of the world movement
toward a. more thorough gong
democracy.
Miss EN- ma McGovern, in her
usual convincing manner, gave
the last address. She urged the
won en- present to be more inter-
ested IN public affairs reminding
them of its broadening effect on
their usual narrow lives. While
the whole program was helpful
and inspiring, the climax of en-.
thusiasm was reached when Mrs
Nellie Skinner Crlswell's letter
was read by Miss Seylar, (Which
appears IN another column) tell
ing how the fight was won IN New
York State. 1t was not handed
out to them on a silver platter,
but by hard, steady, persistent
effort. And the men of New
York State will find that none of
the dire calamities predicted will
happen when their women cast
the ballot, that Cupid's arrows
are still invlncible, husbands will
still be loved, babes will be rock
ed and stockings darned as they
were before. When the htte vel.
low suffrage plate was passed the
ladies responded with a generous
Offering for the Y W. @ A work,
altho many of Them had given