Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-08-03
NO CHAUTAUQUA
IN BRATTLEB0R0
Position of State Health Board
Sustained by Judge Hough
Managing Director Peirson Wants Guar
antors to Help Bear Expense Incurred
Point Undecided.

Point Undecided.
There will be no Chautauqua in
Brattleboro this season. This became APP
parent Tuesday forenoon in q meeting
of the Brattleboro guarantors with DR..
Peirson, managing director of the
Swarthmorc Chautauqua, in the Brooks
House parlor, when DIR. Peirson gave
instructions to the tent crew not to
unpack the baggage car but to go on
TO Newport, n. II.
The sitaution then resolved itself in
to a question of whether the guaran
tors would share the expense already
| incurred by the Chautauqua associa
ton, on a $3.50 basis. The sentiment
of the guarantors present including
Chairman L. b. Smith of the local or
ganization, was against sharing the
! loss.
Dr. Peirson wished to get out larg
err representation of the guarantors
and so suggested that another meeting
be held Wednesday night. Chairman
Smith told the Chautauqua representa-
tive that the guarantors had held
about all the meetings they cared to,
but he said he would have them noti-
fed. Before DR.. Pcirson left, however,
| it was decided that it would not be
feasible to meet Wednesday night, so
nothing further has been done. Wheth-
or anything further will be done can
not now be stated
fed, and the meeting adjourned with
DR.. Peirson said he was not here to
raise any technical point of law, but
he thought the guarantors were liable
legally for the amount they had guar
anteed. Chairman Smith was equally
convinced that the state board of
health order forbidding the holding of
Chautauquas in Vermont until further
orders relieved the guarantors of liza
bility.
The Chautauqua ear carrying tent
and other equipment arrived in Brat
tlcboro Monday afternoon. There al
so came the tent crew, two junior lead
crs and the superintendent, Mrs. Ber-
tina Smith Titus, prepared to start
Chautauqua Tuesday as scheduled
About that time news came from st
Johnsbury that Judge Hough of New
York had that afternoon dissolved the
injunction granted recently by Judge
Howe of the United States court re-
straining the state board of health
from carrying out its order, which left
the state board of health order in full
force and effect. AS is already known
this order was issued because of the
prevalence of infantilc paralysis in the
state.
Dr. Peirson also communicated the
news of the court S decision to Mrs
Titus, and in the evening she and the
|, junior leaders went to Island park ant
entered into negotiations with George
+. Fox for the use of the grounds there
that being in New Hampshire. Mr.. Fo'
named a rental price, but stated that i
the tent was erected on the island i
would have to be located where i
would not interfere with other event
there. The women were great
pleased with the location but coul
close no deal until hearing from Dl
= Peirson.
Less than dozen guarantors al
tended the conference Tuesday morn
s ing. Chairman Smith presided, Stain
d the status of the local organization
S DR.. Peirson told of the experience o
l. Chautauqua in other states where il
8 fantile paralysis has prevailed, an
C mentioned three ways which had sug
d gested themselves to him as possibl
e ways for making some salvage fror
the wreck.
C One was for the guarantors to put o
IS entertainments Independent of Chat
e. tauqua. This the guarantors woul
not consider, as they regard it a
S. against the spirit of the order of tn
e. board of health.
- Another was to erect the tent at Il
l. land Park. The guarantors offered II
D. advice as to that idea. They had II
J.. J. objections to the Chautauqua givin
- entertainments there, but they wOul
:. not be guarantors for them.
=. The other plan was for the guaral
~ tors to divide the expense, as was don
in several places last year. This led
considerable discussion.
DR.. Pierson said it was purely
wreckage proposition and he wante
to be entirely honorable, reasonab
es and fair. lie said that rc-routing woul
be an easy proposition, but on the tw
weeks notice it was impossible to S
3 cure another place and do the advert
. ing, organizing and other nccessal
y. things.
y w. A. SUBWAY. secretary of IL
lc Valley Fair association, DIR. S. +. Dun
h' of Wilmington, II. T.. Stiegler, $.
OF DahlelS, IL. D. Snllth ana othcrs too
~ part in the discussion. Mr.. Shumwa
-" said the Valley Fair association la
q, been hit two years in succession
" heavy loss. The fair association
=, said could not save anything from II
wreck and he didn t see how the Cha
or tauqua could expect to.
re Chairman Smith suggested that d
~ Pierson write out statement of VIII
he wanted the guarantOrs to do, TIN
it might be shown them, but DR.. Pie
son thought meeting would be mo
satisfactory.