Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-13

iepresented in the vote because, for
n,any or them, the roads are so bad
'i'' 'hey cannot get to the polls and
we need those women. our Vermont
"oiieh need to come into closer COM
pai'omsnip with each other and get
'he inherent viewpoints The city
woman with all her advantages can
40 much to help her sister on the farm.
IL is the touch of the women in town
.hat Is needed by the women on the
| farm.
nave heard much of the aban-
dohed farm. This Is not the only
thing That Is abandoned. Many women
on farms had talents but they have let
them fall into disuse. They should
not DO this; they should keep fit On
our vermont farms there are many
women or splendid thoughts and sound
nihds and we need them all. All Of
our women must learn more and learn
to love better.
Ignorance is the natural enemy Of
hperty and we must remember there
Will not be n generation of great
men until there is a generation of free
women
we are glad that our women are
entering into city affairs and we hope
we can make our Vermont girls as ia
nous Tor their civic reform as our
boys are for their bravey"
THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
! At the close of the afternoon session
| Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait gave a short
talk on the national organization. She
! said that great mistake had been
MADE by Keeping all the nice things that
| nave been said about suffragists and
| throwing away all the hard times and
knocks' for in years to come the younger
generation would not realize how hard
1t had been to win suffrage.
! Our movement" she said, "as you
must Know, has almost passed from the
! stage OF a movement to the stage of
history. and later in every reform the
leaders Will turn to our history to see
what sort OF opposition we met. No
reader OF history In the next generation
Will hesitate to say that the ntrigues
against woman to keep her from having
| the vote have been the most abominable
ever used in any cause"
In speaking of the national organiza-
| ton, Mrs. Gait said she could never
think of any comparison except a snow
| ball. You notice how hard 1t Is to start
a SNOWFALL and then suddenly it grows
bigger and bigger with no effort at all.
| So it has been with this organization.
Mrs. Gait told Of a trip she took with
Miss Anthony "a years ago. saying that
the boom began then. She described the
office first hired for the association at
s15 per month and then told of its growth
until now the association has three
whole floors in New York and employs
40 people there and another house in
Washington. where another staff Of work
| ers is employed.
| She described the data department,
which is very complete, and how any
kind of information on suffrage in any
! part of the world can be obtained there.
! She described the press work, saying
1t was entirely supported by the Leslie
! fund. Also there is the Woman Citizen.
This was purchased of the Blackwells
when they were not able to run it. and it
has been made a success. There Is also
a publishing company which last year. a
dull year, published Ave million papers.
In Washington the association has a
board which deals only with the federal
amendment.
Mrs. Gait prophesied that the amend
ment would pass Congress in the extra
session and said then would come the
work Of ratification. She said that the
States that were strong should help the
weaker ones. For instance, New York
reaches out and holds Connecticut and
Boston reaches out and holds Maine and
New Hampshire. So there are only two
New England States that are really free.
Rhode Island and Vermont. They should
help the others. The States that tripped
us up in the Senate are the States that had
weak organizations. so II you have any
weak counties strengthen them at once.
Inta ,rrI,a ~,
have done. We are all proud of you and
want you to keep on setting the pace
for New England.
! LAS for Mrs. Thomas I want to show
my appreciation of her work by offering
her a travelling library, which after one
has finished reading has only to be
packed up and sent on 10 some one else.
This will come from the national organl-
cation and should be a help to the women
| in the country
| AMONG THOSE PRESENT
Among those from out of town
| who came to attend the convention
were: Mrs. Mary Grace Garfield. Miss
Anne Batchelder and Mrs. L. Fl. Olzen-
dam Of Woodstock DR.. Marion Horton
of Windsor, Mrs. A. w. Parmelee of
Enosburg Falls, Mrs. b. L. Thomas of
ST. Adams; Mrs. II. S. Beal, Mrs. w. l..
! Bryant. Mrs, l.. f.. Buss and Mrs.
Staples of Springfield; Mrs. Lisa Will
kinson. Mrs Sarah Healy and Mrs.
John Spargo of Bennington; Mrs.
Adella Baldwin. Mrs. Matthews Sharon
and Mrs. Lucy Blanchard of Mont
peler: Mrs. William ID. Policy of St.
Johnsbury: Miss Elizabeth Clement of
Rutland; Mrs. Laura Landon of john
SON. Mrs. A. T. Smith. Mrs. c. F. Car
penter Mrs Charles Nye. Mrs. Grisen-
waite and Mrs. Church Of st. Adams;
Mrs. Lou X. Thomas of Richford. Mrs.
d. j. Guild Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Mac
, IutOSh of Essex Junction.