The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-08


ly of the way in which the flags anC
pernants used in decoration, an(
presented to the local d A. r., were
origionaly used ON the gun-boat Ber
nington.
/ Following this the meeting ad
iourned for lunch.
At 4;45 Tuesday afternoon the exc
cutive board held short meeting
with II members present, The secre
tary's report of the last executive
board meeting held in Middlebury in
November was read and accepted
Eight new clubs were accepted as
members Of The State Federation
Hyde Park, Morristown, Williamstown
Wilmington, Jeffersonyille, Underhill
Jer cho and the Country Club of Ro
chester. Plans were suggested and
business discussed which will be
brought up for action later in the
convention.
The first session of the meeting
was held last evening In the ab
sence of Mrs. ]. w Votey, Federation
chairman of music. the local chair
man, Mrs. Arthur j. Holden conduct
ed the community singing with which
the session was opened, The invOca'
ton was given by the pastor
of the church, Rev. George s.
Mills. Mrs. George S. Mills, in a
few well-chosen words, extended a
most cordial welcome TO those as.
sembled, the response to which was
peasingly given by Mrs. Robert +
( French Of St Johnsbury. 2nd vice
president
Letters of greeting were read from
the first pres dent of The Federation,
Mrs. Elisha May of st. Johnsbury, al
so one from former president, Miss
Susan f. Clark of Brattleboro and a
telegram sent from California from
Mrs. Gilbert +. Davis of Windsor, who
was unable to be present, as she is to
attend the Several Federation council
meeting in Salt Lake City which
opens the 18th Mrs. Ashton of Rut-
land and Mrs Smile OF Montpelier,
past pres dents, both gave words OF
greeting. Mrs Ashton reiterated her
loyalty to the federation and said
that while this organization does not
specialize in any kind Of work it Is
interested in all humanitarian prob
lens. Her closing words were stick
to the federation and you'll always
have job"
Mrs. Smile spoke concerning the
privilege Of voting which has so re-
Gently come to women. She said all
women did not want this privilege
L,.t .L,t 1. ,.., NTH nnur5p tpbilp tpp
might not care for it for dessert it
might be a most useful thing to have
if our dessert did not agree" Wo-
men should assume the obligation,
choosing what is best for our homes,
our state and our country.
These greetings were followed by
the flag salute and two verses OF
America
At this time the present state fed
Grafton president, Mrs. Walter w.
Slack. declared the convention open
for business.
The address of the evening was by
Dr.. Lou j. Matos of New York his
subject being Our Dye and Coal Tar
Industries lie told how the raw
material are used in this country in
manufacturing Dyes had been for
years imported from Germany until
with the beginning of the war we
were suddenly thrown upon our own
resources, only to find that in follow
ing the patents of the German chem
lists some important step had been
omitted or misrepresented in practi-
cally every case; so it was more than
a year in several instances before
the proper combinations of chemicals
cou be worked out. 1t took three
ton for dyeng the red of our nation
al flag However during the past
four and one half years great strides
have been made in our country along
this line until precedent has been
establ shed, He told of the different
colors combined to make another
color and of the reasons why some
colors fade more readily than others.
Dr.. Matos lecture was most instruc-
tive and should serve to make those
who heard it a little more lenient in
their criticisms of those who have
been spending so much effort in try
ing to make dyes which would pro-
duce fast colors.
Following the program an informal
reception was he'd in the parlors of
the chapel to meet the federation Of
iicers
Delegates interviewed
Mrs. Fred Blanchard, Montpelier:
Bloomington is perfectly lovely
town. | really didn't know there was
town in Vermont where the people
were all so cordial, the homes so at
tractive and things made so agree
able. or course am loyal to my
home town of Montpelier but I am
sure | should like to I've in Ben
nington"
Mrs. j. A Waterman, Burlington:
ave have been having trouble with
an automobile and that distracts at
tention from Federation affairs and
other things but not for long. An au-
tomobile is like a husband, sometimes
docile and fairly useful but again OBJ
streperous and difficult to manage.
You can't send a husband to garage
for repairs to manners or habits.
Sometimes | think it would be good
thing If one could
Mrs, Walter w. Slack, President,
Springfield: Il am glad the Fedora.
tion meets in Bennington this year.
| am a native of bennington county