Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-29
DEL AWARE WOMEN To.
STUDY GOVERNMENT
Suffrage Association to Open Head
quarters at Dover and Hold
Citizenship Institutes.

The executive committee of the Della
Wa Equal Suffrage Association met on
Friday. December 10, in the directors
room Of the Charles Warner Co, Will
mington. aud made plans for the work of
the coming year. On January l head
quarters viii be opened at 221 State
strcet. Dover, with a reception rendered
by the Dover section of the ASSOCIATION
to the State officers and members.
Mrs Bernard Bchen has been engaged
as office secretary and will tie in charge
OF headquarters from ? to 5 y. IN. each
day.
Mrs Horny Ridgcly. president of the
Suffrage Association, announced the
forrnatlon Of five committees education,
0rg,anizs tion, literature, press and finance.
The personnel OF the committees not
belng quite complete, its announcement
was postponed until the next meeting.
The most significant piece of work TO
be undertaken by suffragists in the inn
mediate future is the holding of citizenship
Institutes In various sections OF the Ststc.
These Institutes are TO be held III Feb
ruarv They arc to be planned somewhat
IN the lines of the farmers Institutes, and
ar designed tO give tO women the tram
ipg for the responsibilities of citizenship
which all ewly-cnfranchIsed groups need
Since women arr 50 soon TO share with
nscn the duties and responsibilities of
citizens, We wish TO get ready for what ls
coming" said Mrs RIdgeiy, when inter
vicRr,i as body Of thinking women,
II seems TO us to be our first and most
sCrlotIs obligation to put In reach OF every
Woman IN the State the opportunity to
learn the value Of citizenship. its mean
ng, IT'S po;cntiAlitics and how to use IT
mtclhgriitly apd conscIcntiously.
Do you think the women will take
s.ivantag, Of the opportunities you pro-
pa,c to Civr hem she was asked.
Mrs Kidgcly smiled when she an
swrrvsd Il don't believe you men realize
vet that Delaware women have walked
up The kcnc-St Hterr.st IN our Institutes
has h,4.n EXPRESSED wherever our IN
u.ntionS IN rrrsrd 10 thcTn have become
Known Women even who have always
claimed thcy did not want 70 vote, are
askinC questions and wishing TO enroll
that they nav bc prepared Tor what they
rrahrc now is inevitable.
DOES that mean you are to have .
SPECIAL session IN Delaware? was the next
question.
Not necessarily Women will hc voting
inside 0f $ months, whether the Delaware
Legislature acts or not, BY virtue Of what
the lttlJT Ni9 jf~ VIII da- however II
Governor Townsend should call . special
session before Chruary | i would IN al
Likelihood insure votes to women al over
the country IL the 1920 fall elections, and
wc cannot help bcncving that both Po-
iulcei parties viii scc tile cXpcdlcncy of
finishing Dc thing at once. Nc hope We
an - have il.
The present plans for the institutes in
chldc PROVISION for six Others may be
aided They VIII last two days and in
rlucIe 3 function ii some kind IN the even
mc. There Wl ~ three lecturers, who
VII give talks On such subjects IS "Poli-
tic. the Sclcno, Of Governments The
Vote and How to Ise It Primary
Election, etc At the close Of each lee
ture time viii be gwen for discussion and
questions. Sample ballots will b, IN eyi-
dencc and the prospective voters vii be
shown how 10 mark them. in fact, il Is
-unorod that > real mock election will be
held from the time when the ballot boxes
are examined 81 the opening Of the polls
On election day until the votes are counted
81 the q SC II looks 81 # the women
mean business II they carry out their
idea Tor training for citizenship seriously,
thev VII be al ASSET 70 the State, the
value Of which cannot bc cst!nate