The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-31

GUARANTORS ASKED
TO SHARE EXPENSE
Conference in Brooks House Today
with Managing Director Peirson
Without Result Another Set for
Tomorrow Evening.
Tomorrow Evening.


There will be no Chautauqua in
Brattleboro this season. This became |
of the Brattleboro guarantors with DR.. !
Peirson, managing director of the |
SwarthmOre Chautauqua, in the Brooks |
House parlor, when Dir. Peirson gave |
unpaek the baggage car but to go on
to Newport, \. II.
The sitaution then resolved itself in
to question of whether the guaran-
tors would share the expense already
incurred by the Chautauqua associa-
lion, on $3.50 basis. The sentiment
Of the guarantors present, including
Chairman L. B. Smith of the local or
ganization, was against sharing the
loss, but no decision was reached
DIR. Peirson wished to get out a larg-
er representation of the guarantors
and so suggested that another meeting
be held tomorrow night. Chairman
/ Smith told the Chautauqua representa-
1
| about all the meetings thev cared to.
but he said he would have them n0ti-
| fed and the meeting adjourned with
| the understanding that Dr. Peirson
| would come here tomorrow night to
meet them and get their final decision.
/ DR.. PeirSon said he was not here to
raise any technical point of law. but
he thought the guarantors were liable
L bn hoI
anteed. Chairman Smith was equally
convinced that the state board of
health order forbidding the holding of
Chautauquas in Vermont until further
i orders relieved the guarantors of liza
bility.
The Chautauqua ear carrying tent
and other equipment arrived in Brat
tleboro yesterday afternoon. There al
50 came the tent crew, two Junior lead
| ers and the superintendent, Mrs. Ber-
tha Smith Titus, prepared to start
| Chautauqua today as scheduled. About
the same time news came from st.
Johnsbury that Judge Hough of New
| York had that afternoon dissolved the
injunction granted recently by Judge
4 Howe OF the United States court re-
Il Straining the state board Of health
from carving out its order, which left
the state board of health order in full
force and effect. As is already known
FL this order was issued because of the
prevalence of infantile paralysis in the
! | state
II DR.. Peirson also communicated the
, | news of the court 5 decision to Mrs.
Titus. and in the evening she and the
Junior leaders went to Island park and
entered into negotiations with George
+. Fox for the use Of the grounds there
hat being in New Hampshire. Mr.. Fox
named rental price, but stated that if
,fI the tent was erected on the island il
i would have to be located where ii
dI would not interfere with other event:
there. The women were greatly
" pleased with the location but could
J close no deal until hearing from DIR
,dl l'eirson.
,dl Less than dozen guarantors at
+. tended the conference this morning
Chairman Smith presided and stateC
ne the status of the local organization
~ Or. Pcirson told of the experience o
s,I Chautauqua in other states where in
Y fantile paralysis has prevailed, AM
We mentioned three ways which had sug
EN- gested themselves to him as possibl
as ways for making some salvage fror
rs the wreck
ofI One was for the guarantors to put o
r. entertainments Independent of Chau
tauqua. This the guarantors woul
not consider, as they regard it q
against the spirit of the order of tn
board of health.
IS Another was to erect the tent at Il
land Park. The guarantors offered n
advice as to that idea They had n
ed objections to the Chautauqua givin
es entertainments there, but they woul
ne not be guarantors for them.
",' The other plan was for the guaral
- tors to divide the expense, as was dor
- in several places last year. This led
,a1 considerable discussion.
." DIR. Pierson said it was purely
On wreekage proposition and he wantt
30 to be entirely honorable, reasonab
+ho and fair. He said that re-routing won
~ be an easy proposition, but on the tw
mo weeks notice it was impossible to s
ner ,ure another place and do the advert
ing, organizing and other necessa
275 | things.
go w. A. Shumway. secretary of t
ion Valley Fair association, DIR. S. F. Dul
raj Of Wilmington, II. Z. Stiegler, S.
ion Daniels, Z. B. Smith and others to
lS5 part in the discussion. Mr.. Shumw
ain said the Valley Fair association h
lire been hit two years in succession
per heavy loss. The fair association
tsaid could net save anythinp from