The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
MIME. BOISSIERE WRITES LETTER TO LOCAL CLUB Members Hear Interesting Document at Meeting
 Today ATTEND WEDDING
 IN NEW YORK Good Attendance at Equal Franchise Lecture at
 Stratfeld

Mrs. Francis Sanford was the hos tess this noon at her home on Hazel wood avenue for a luncheon for the members of the Avignon Club. The personnel of this club is comprised as follows: Mrs. Sanford, Mrs. W. B. Grant, Mrs. J. W. Bray, Mrs. c. ]. Crosby, Miss Florence Hastings, Mrs. Emma VanStone, Mrs. Green of Waterbury, who was Mrs. Sanford's house guest today; Mrs. John T. King, Mrs. Callahan of Brooklyn, N. Y, Mrs. Brady of New York and Mrs. Charles Biltz.
 The Ayignon Club was started last | summer and commenced in a most informal way. Realizing the urgent need in Southern France for aid for the women and children and wound ed soldiers, many of whom have not been able to procure at once their | pensions, the club has continued to | raise money and sending needed gar | ments
 Some extracts from the last letter | or Madame Boissiere of Avignon, who l so willingly and so wisely directly | places the money where most needed, are given below:
 I Very dear Madame and friends | I have so much received from you all that I have each time the feeling that l do. not know how to thank you enough. Your generosity has been infinite and you have placed in the name of your charity so much of grace and charm that we are truly 1 moved by each of your new manifes- l tations.
 We have done infinite good with all that you sent and the unfortunate have hearts full of gratitude. We have used the money where 1t was most needed as you suggested and ! found in the wards of cripples that they lacked crutches and braces for knees. For eight months, wounded nave come here from Italy and all the instruments de Chirugi' have been used.
 We have not, however, used all the money this way but have provided some other comforts in your name for
 our wounded of February. They Will sign a card of thanks to you all. They feel they owe that to you for comforts they have received from time to time. They have care and simple nourishment but the wounded from Salonica are very numerous and certain comforts we cannot give them without your help.
 Thank for me Madame, in the name of all the wounded soldiers, the women and children, your friends So ) charming, who have worked for us ) Thank them also in the name of all French women so united in a senti-
 ment of duty that this terrible wal
 imposes on them and which has cos;
 so many tears.
 We have just heard today of the
 terrible damage that our barbarou; enemies have inflicted on an Ameri
 can transport. The spirit of all these
 dead heroes cries to us for vengeance
 and it is necessary that we put al of ourselves in the service of oul K country.
 l Thanking you again from my hear p to you all,
 TERESE BOISSIERE
 Speaking at the second in the course
 of lectunes on government under the !! auspices of the Bridgeport Equa Il Franchise League last evening in tn. l sun parlor of The Stratfeld, Mrs Herbert Knox Smith of New Canaan 6 paid her respects to the legislature o1 e this state. She referred to it as mos. s covered and said the women of Con. ho +J,<
 ballot by initial action from this body
 To her mind the war has removed tht
 single objection that stood in the patl F of granting the ballot to women. Thi.
 objection is to the effect that worner il could not fight for or defend theil = country The splendid work done b,
 the women of this country so far il the line of war work has effectuaIl! | put quietus on this statement The main speaker of the evening l was Mayor Clifford B. Wilson and h, l declared himself as unequivocaIly il / favor of the city manager form o
 government. His topic was '<City an,
 Town Government It is his belle l. that the town government system il q Connecticut cannot be improved upon e It is the most elastic, the most direc e and most responsible form of govern
 ment. The city manager plan is yer
 similar to the town government sys
 tenn and that is why the mayor ia
 vors it.
 F; This system centralizes the actvi l. ties of the community. The city man d ager would take the place of the frs Is selectman. 1t has been said that thi ie new idea is drifting away from tn
 old New England form of governmen
 but it is really getting back to th
 old ways The best recommendatio
 this form can have is the ftourishin a condition of the towns themselves. ly The difference between the town an ,n city form of government was lucidl 1g explained by the speaker. He asser ed ed that as long as we have partit 7n just so long will we have polite on With our present form of governme1 politics are inevitable. In the mayor
 opinion the present form of electio
 for members of the board of educs
 ton is all wrong. This importal oh board should not be at the disposal or the political parties. Membership ( ,.S | e,xxyr7rrrr DEAG UT0T,ETS TvTuTP