The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-07

NA6E touiA StL d iSiiLtuS "etS OS gairing q part in the government.
 ..Thc other reason is this: The League of N@tiOns is a thing very near my heart. I have found many men who. for selfish reasons would reject the League, would even go into another war but never a woman. Women stand for all that is big and kind in international affairs
 Other important speakers at the dinner will be Mrs. Fletcher DObyns of Chicago. who is chairman of the Republican Women's State Executive Committee of Illinois, and Hon. Schuyler Merritt, of Stamford, who is the United States Congressman from the Fourth district Both Mrs. Do- byns and Efr. Merritt will also explain what they believe is the duty of the Republican party in Connecticut to- ward Woman Suffrage.
 Mrs. DobyEs is one of the most pop uIar Republican women speakers in the country and MT. Merritt needs no introduction to Connecticut audiences, particularly to a suffrage audience, to which cause he has long been faith full ally.
 The Girner will be served in the Stratfield where all sessions of the convention will be held. Miss Kath- ari1e Ludington. president of the as sociation, will introduce the speakers Mrs. Dobyns and MT. Merritt will speak during the dinner and ex-Pres- ldent Taft vii lspeak just following the dinner
 The dinner is open Q the public. Guests are asked to make all reserva- tions through Mrs. A F. Macdonald, G62 Clinton avenue, Bridgeport
 The second important public session of the convention will be the Thurs day evening Inass-meetins which shares hOnoTs with the dinner as to its political significance and public interest The principal speaker for the nlass-me meetins which will be held in the ball room of the StratfteId will be T. s. Senator Key Pittnan of Ne vada- Senator PittTnan is one of the leading Democrats in the Senate and was one of the strongest sEPporte CTS of the Federal Suffrage Amendment Mrs George Bass of Chicago, chair man of the Wcuan's Democratic Ma ticnal Con1InitJee, will also speak. The sIIt8jecL which Senator Pitt1nan and Mrs Bass will discuss is The Woman Citizen and Reconstruction 9 It is expected that each enc will ex- plain what ,he or she believes the Democratic party has to offer the New Woman Citizen
 The most picturesque feature of the convention will tc the Founders Luncheon on F'r1daE which will eel. eorate the crga afzatfon Of the asso- ciatfon in EartrOrE n ISG9. The apc- cia11y designed Invitations which have heen issued 70 all those who attended the first convention and to their de- scerldants, anngCI..zaed that the sub ject for the It-E~ileon will be Our Past and Future"
 Mrs. Percy jarizson of New York, gransl-Jau2fltcr o@ JsakcHA 2. Hooker. and IOr. EIWal,3 E. Hooker of Hart- ford, son Of Mrs. Hooker, will review the pass evenEs in suffrage history. Miss Julia L.athrop head Of the Chi dren's Bureau of the U. $. Depart . 1nent of Labor, and DF. Alice HamiI- Ion, HaryaFd's first Wonfan medical instructor, will present the future not only of Connscttsat women :ut of the women of America and of the world.
 Dr. Hamilton comes from Chicago where for some time both she and Miss IatnroD we're interested in so- ctai work tt Hull House. She is a skilled bscterio!ogist aud specialist in industrial and oeauDationaI diseases Dr. HamiItan received hes, early ed ucatfon in Miss PeteP's school in Far mington.
 Miss Latiira!9 holds one of the most important Civil Service positions in the United States. She was appointed