The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-26
'SUffRAGISTS BUY
KNITTING MACHINE

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One Pair Of socks N Twenty-six
!, Suffrage League in Richmond.
II Delegates to Convention
u Nominated.
i 1t having been estimated that an ex-
pert handknitter can kuit\ one sock
In day--one pair m two days, and
that by machines an expert worker
can turn out a pair of socks in TWEEN
: ty-flve minutes, the Equal Suffrage
League of Richmond has PURCHASED "A
knitting machine, the first to be in
stalled in Richmond. The suggestion
of this purchase came from the Misses
May and Julia Moore, who spent last
! summer In Los Angeles. Cal. and
' worked with the Red Cross chapter of
women voters there. both becoming
expert in the use of the knitting ma
chine. Current events---and there were
many; tea, coffee and sandwiches--all
excellent. had to stand aside" as, 1t
were, yesterday afternoon in favor of
the interest displayed in the knitting
; machine. At the close of the meeting.
Miss Julia Moore, operating the ma
chine, completed sock in the pres
ence Of large gathering of spec
tators Beginning this morning at 10
I o'clock. the Misses Moore will give
! one week to the Equal Suffrage League
of Richmond intrusting those who
desire to learn to use the knitting
machine. Anyone Interested In seeing
/ the machine at work or in learning to
! operate 1T. will be welcomed at suf-
| frage headquarters. Fourth and Frank
! lin streets between the hours of 10
( A. NJ. and s. NJ. daily Saturday, 1C
! A. NJ. TO =. NJ.
3. Nominated by a committee repre-
senting the four wards of the city,
Mrs. John G. Munce. Lee ward; Mrs.
f. q. Hill, Madison ward. Mrs. Ro-
land Garrett. Jefferson ward; Mrs. I.
c. Gordon, Clay ward: delegates from
the Richmond league to the seventh
annual convention of the Equal Suf-
frage league of Virginia were elected
yesterday afternoon at the regular
weekly meeting of the Richmond
league at suffrage headquarters,
Fourth and Franklin streets Those
who will represent the Richmond
league at the state convention are:
State officers entitled to votes at
the convention-Mrs. b. b. Valentine
president; Mrs Edith Clark Cowles,
executive secretary; Mrs f. G.. Kidd,
treasurer: Miss Ida NJ. Thompson,
headquarters secretary; Mrs. s. NJ.
Block, auditor; Mrs. G. Harvey Clarke,
chairman. political study and research:
Mrs. d. Miles Taylor. state chairman
of agriculture.
City delegates to the convention;
Mrs. Charles c. Boshen, Mrs John
MeCemh, Mrs. Sally Nelson Robins.
Mrs. Robert Pollard. Mrs Georgia Nav
Jobson. Mrs. A. M. Cover. Miss Cally
Ryland. Mrs. c. p Lee, Mrs. Barton
Wise. Mrs Stuart Michaux. Mrs. Hor-
Snlithdeal. Mrs. j. Hampden Cham
bcrlayne, Mrs. J. ]. Pollard, Mrs.
Charles Picot. Mrs. Ernest c. Mead.
Mrs. J. Il. Cox, Mrs. Hiram Smith,
Mrs. NJ. ]. Fulton. Mrs. Gordon Smith.
Ms. j., S. McRea, Mrs. Barksdale
4s*.h-or, Mrs George Harrington. Mrs
w P. Adkins. Mrs. Archer Jones Mrs.
F. l. Jobson. Mrs. Henry Aylett Samp-
son, Mrs. Milton Marcuse. Mrs Hugh
Rose, Mrs. A. Greenwald, Mrs VIM.
II. Schwa rtzchild.
Mrs. stuart Reynolds, Mrs. John
Armistead, Mrs. Walter Hubbard. Mrs
Robert Pegram. Mrs. John A. Coke
Jr.. Mrs. B. NJ. Anderson. Mrs T. w.
Murrell. Mrs. w. w. Gin. Mrs. Lewis
Machen. Mrs. r. c. Gordon and Mrs
A. Palmer
and Miss Julia Moore.
Mrs, Moses May Mrs NJ Kirsh,
Mrs Ordway Fuller Miss Lucy Mason,
Miss Nora Houston Miss Adele Clark.
Miss Julia SulIy, Mis- Elizabeth Quin-
by, Miss Marianne Meade, Miss Mary.
Street Miss Alice DooIey. Msss En-. ma
Robelen. Miss Matte Robelen, Miss
Donna Sheakan.
Mrs. Josephine Houston. Mrs. E. l..
Williams, Mrs. John Hart, Mrs Fred
Hodges. Or. Drie Hatcher, Mrs John
Robertson. Mrs. Robert Crump. Mrs.
Branch Morgan. Mrs. Eula Young
Morrison, Mrs. D, r, Creecy. Mrs.
Carter Wormeley. Mrs. J. j. Hickey.
Mrs. Arthur r. Orpin. Mrs. w w
Foster. Mrs Walter s. MeNeil, Miss
Mae Schaill, Miss Agnes Randolph,
Mrs. Otway Warwick. Mrs. w. II.
Campbell, Mrs. Isaac Diggs, Mrs. Jean
Jones, Mrs. c. c. Vaughan. Mrs. A. l.
Constable. Mrs. A. J. Webb, Mrs. Net
tie jackson. Mrs. l. w. Hamberlin.
Mrs. Witcher Keen, Mrs Saunders
Hobson, Mrs Meade Addison. Mrs. ].
A. Addison, Mrs. John Lyons, Mrs
James Cannon. Mrs. r, w. Miller.
Mrs. Katherine Rostrop, Mrs. Tom
Smith, Mrs. f. II, Meanley, Miss
Helen Stockdell. Miss Hattie Belle
Gresham, Miss Emily Page Jones,
Miss Lou Belle Catesby Jones. Mrs
Clifford Caperton, Mrs. Russell Bowie
Miss Mary Cringan. Mrs. Pope Nash,
Mrs T. Nash Preaddus. Mrs. Villa m
p. Partin. Mrs. A. W. Broaddus. Mrs
George W. Smithey. Mrs. w w PEN
dleton. Mrs. J. c. Kidd. Miss NJ. Jen-
ME Jones, Miss Jane Kidd. Miss Ina
Kidd. Mrs, II. Mason Smith. Mrs w.
NJ vickers.
Mrs j. s. Haddock, Mrs. Frank
Dew, Miss Anne Fletcher. Miss Beu-
lah Eichel, Miss Bessie Taylor. Mrs.
r. E. Burton. Miss Page snellings.
Mrs. r. S. Fitzgerald. Mrs. John G
Munce, Mrs e. c. Hill. Mrs, Roland
Garrett, Mrs, T. G. Gordon.
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Every Man Sober.
The best temperance lecture we
have heard in a long while Is the
word which comes from Camp Dew
ems after the second contingent o.
drafted men from northern New York
arrived and it is this: The New York
contingent from the Ogdenshurg and
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