Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

Adams, Mass, who has come to Maine
| to assist in the suffrage campaign, is
located. for the present, at Bangor
Mrs. Willard gave her first address in
the home Of Mrs. A. E. Greene, Lisbon
Falls, where a successful meeting OF
women of the town was held. She has
I also held conference with prominent
women In Corinna, relative to carrying
forward the work there, and Sunday
evening, she spoke in Newport.
Miss Berniece E. Ham Of Lewiston
one of Names most charming dancers
will give recital in connection with a
general dancing party in Bangor city
hall. May 2. for the benefit Of the Ban
gor Equal Suffrage League. Miss Ham
will be accompanied on the piano by
Miss Frances l.. Turgeon of Auburn.
| Mrs. Sara S. Gibson of Boston, a rep
resentative of ethe Massachusetts, Suf-
frage Association, who has given a
most interesting and helpful series of
addresses in Maine, was called to We'll
lesley, Mass, Saturday, by the death of
relative. Mrs. ellison returned to
Saco for mass meeting Saturday ev-
ening and was also the speaker at a
meeting in the home of Mrs. Augusta
| Hunt, Portland. Monday night
Miss L. Lola Walker, a National or
sarizer, who has been in the State
some time making her headquarters in
Portland and doing effective work in
that vicinity, has been transferred to
Lewiston and has already been in touch
with leading suffragists in that city and
nearby towns.
| Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston Of
| Bangor, chairman of the State sufrra cp
/ campaign committee, has been invited
to address the Lewiston and Auburn
Rotary Club and guests, at their noon
! luncheon, May first. The third of Nav
Mrs. Livingston will speak in Kenne-
bunk and on the fourth will address the
Kennebec Federation of Women's
| Clubs at Oakland. On the sixth Of Nav
she will speak at a mass meeting in the
Bijou Theatre, Bangor, and on the
tenth will begin series of addresses
before the county w. c. r. U. conven-
tons.
| Mrs. Irving T. Emmons of Kenne-
| bunk tells an interesting story of the
organization and growth of the suffra &c
league in that town. The initial meet
Ing was in the home of Mrs. Sarah
Lord Cram, who is recording secretary
OF the Maine w. c. T. u, and Miss I,
Lola Walker, a National organizer. was
the chief speaker
| constitution and bylaws We're
| adopted at the next session in the homo
of Mrs. Howe and it was decided to
hold fortnightly meetings until Sen
| TENDER.
During the week 1000 leaflets were in
| serted in the moving picture programs
and distributed from house to house.
This means Of publicity will be con-
tinued every two weeks through the
campaign. Miss Thompson has con-
tributed So toward this part Of the
work.
! Plans are being made for mass
meeting at the Opera House, May 3.
| when Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston,
! campaign chairman, will be the chief
| speaker. Literature will be distributed
at this time. Posters are out advertise
! ing this meeting and later on slides will
be put on the screen at the moving pic-
| ture houses.
| MISS thompson Is a steam engine. -
writes Mrs. Emmons, but she has not
gone off the track yet and has left no
passengers behind. There are many
strings to the bow and all are taut
ready for any surprises that may come
| our way. We are cleaning ideas from
every possible source, and planning to
insert every telling thing we can find,
into the mass meeting program. Some
OF the things we have talked over are;
nave flag unfurled at the back Of the
stage when verse of Star Spangled
Banner. is sung. near the beginning of
the exercises, and hand flag waved by
| a leader, at the close during a verse OF
| America, have the K. H. S. orches-
ira: have the incest looking girls we
| can find as ushers etc.
Miss Thompson is planning tea at
her cottage at the Beach, after the
guests arrive, and have speakers. Mrs.
| Cram will give either tea or a lawn
party; letters will be written to people