The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-10
LOCAL MEN TALK
TO WOMEN'S CLUB
Business and Professional
Women Have Supper At
tended by lis 4
COMMITTEE TO NAME
OFFICERS CHOSEN
Principal +. X. Caverly Speaks ON OuaI-
mes Essential in Business Women. A.
l.. Maynard Speaks on Insurance and
Z. l.. Sticlney on Banking

! {. l.. Stickney on Banking
Three particularly interesting +au,s
were given before members of the Rrat.
tleboro business and Professiopa1 W.,
el > cIuo last evening in meeting which
followed a delicious supper served to IL
persons by Friendship circle in odd Eel
lows banquet hall. The speakers wora
Principal Z. r. Caverly of the RrattIe-
boro high school. whose subiect was
Qualities Considered Essential for tho
BUSINESS Woman; Arthur l.. MAYNARD
OIL the Fred w. Putnam Insurance
agency, who spoke on Insurance. and
Clarence L. Stickney of the PeonIps Na.
tional bank, who spoke on Banking. Mrs
Suckney, first vice president of the cIpl,
presided.
The supper. which was served at cir
0 clock; consisted of grapefruit, creamed
potato meat loaf. cabbage salad. rolls
M asnipped cream cake and coffee During
the supper piano selections We're rendara5
py Mrs. Walter Fairbanks.
Inc election of nominating commit
tee' [" make up list of officers in nren-
arat.4 Tor the annual meeting of the
cup Nay ., was the only matter Of bnsi-
ness The committee consists of Mr.
Carrie l.. Hamilton. Mrs. Horton n
walker and Miss Leah Rathbone.
me evenings program was then
opened with group Of vocal solos bv
-IasIef Iaul Crown. with piano accom-
i,hill, pdHlilient mt by Mrs Henry \. Chandler.
winch We're warmly applauded.
Mrs. Stickney introduced Mr.. CaverIv
as the hrst speaker. He said that Eve
years ago anyone could get a place in an
oIIice; office assistants were in gregt
1sahd deihahd and any who could speak fbe
m nc a
We're minded to be in the office ona-tbi,J
OF the time which they We're expected 10
Oe there could secure places. The var il
over now and we are getting back TO dir
Iereht conditions. Mr.. Caverly saTl
there We're three essentials The f,Ot 49,
personal appearance second one rn,,1t
hhoW now to make use of the tools of her.
business: and third. one must have an
interest IN the business in which she i;
engaged. lie gave brief discussion of
gaeh OF the essentials as he proceeded
IN addition to these three essentials tho
speaker said there were two highly -.
portant qualities which were greativ de-
sired also. These are initiative and
culture anu
In connection with culture he declared
o,laI o.sI II was a mistake to put aside gen
efaI reading and that the reading of
good books and the best magazines.
! ! ttnefehy keeping in touch with what the
biggest men and women are thinkipo
anu doing. means much in culture.
Mr. oaveriy. in closing. touched upon
the training phase of his subject STATING
lhat he believed it necessity To have
,eacherS who had practical experience and
that that end was gradually being
achieved III the local high school
Alr. MAYNARD was the next speaker
lie confined his remarks in particular 10
lIe insurance showing wherein If was n
savings and Investment proposition. He
spoke OF some Of the special clauses in life
insurance contracts and read interesting
from one of the larger near nv
states showing the percentage of nerSons
VINO dle leaving no estates as compared
10 the number who leave estates. He also
read interesting figures showing the num-
GER OF persons in each 1000 who save
money as shown by compilations made hy
I Weli-known authority They are a.
follows: Italy 2IS. England 20o Gsr.
many 317. France 3I6. Sweden 3S6. ReI-
gum %sium 39T. Switzerland Oh, United States
The last speaker was Mr.. Sticknev who
gave an interesting explanation IF the
'tepS IN the formation of a National
1ahk. the methods of securing currency.
oanlng money, etc. the way in which the
banks are examined by bank examiners
ind other information He smoke Of tbe
Inherent departments and of how checks
'ecelyed by the banks are handled for
collection. He also spoke of the different
Methods OF organizing savings banks and
rust companies, which come under the
tate laws, and mentioned the savings
luoS telling what could be Accomplished
II period of years on a savings account
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