The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-09-22

The final selection oil the names
will be in the hands Of a special
Historical Research committee of
one bundled prominent citizens of
this state, who are now being Sc
lected. This committee will in
elude newspaper editors, leading
educators, historians, heads OF pa
triotic organizations, etc.
Among those who have been
asked to serve on this committee
from Vermont are Percy Mack
aye, Windsor; Miss Doothy G..
Fisher, Arlinqton; Miss Jenny
Valentine, Bennington; Mr.. John
II Stewart, Middlebury; Mrs.
Lyman T. Holden, Brattleboro;
Henry II. Vail, Woodstock; Miss
Frances Duncan, Windsor; Wins
ton Churchill, Windsor; Frank w.
Hastings, West Glover; Edith X.
Dunton, Rutland; Gardner L..
Green, Randolph Center; Charles
/. Leonard, Poultney; John
Spargo, Old Bennington; Ira l..
Reeves, Mortified; Mason s.
Stone, Montpelier; John N.
Thomas, Middlebuly; Sarah n.
Clcghorn, Manchester; Zephine H.
Fahnestock, Dorset; Charles A.
Adams, CastletOn; Joseph l.. Mills,
Burlington; s. c. Barnes, Bur
lington; F. /. Houghton, Brattle
boro; NJ. NJ. Shoemaker, Ben
nin2ton; Judge W. W. Miles, Bur
ton; c. X Hollister, Barre.
Mrs. Clarence Calhoun Critten-
den Of Washington, D. c., pres
ident of the Woman's Universal
Alliance was asked to give her
personal choice of candidates for
| tho position of the 25 leading
women in world history she con
scented to do so unof'icially as; of
course, she cannot pesonally take
part in the contest, Her tentative
list follows:
Ruth; Cleopatra; Miriam; Ju-
dith; Dido; Sappho; the Greek
Poetess; Aspasia; Mary, the
Mother of Jesus; Saint Elizabeth;
Catherine II of Russia; Saint
Hilda of Whitby; Queen .Osburga,
mother of Alfred the Great; Joan
OF Are; Queen Elisabeth of Eng
land; Pocohontas; Mary Ball,
the mother Of Washington; Flora
Mac Donald; Florence Nightingale;
Jenny Lind; George Sand; George
Eliot; Rosa Bonhour; Elisabeth
Barrett Browning; Dr. Anna How
ard Shaw and Phoebe A. Hearst
The formation Of the interna-
tional honorary committee of one
thousand notable women selected
ON various states and countries
for the Woman's Universal Ali
auce is going forward rapidly.
Among the people who have join
ed most recently are Madame Ri
ano, wife of the Spanish Ambass-
dor; Madame Narela, wife of the
Minister OF Uruguay president Of
/ tho Pan American committee in
Washington; Mile Stepanek, sis
ten of the Czecko-Slovakian minis
ter; Sonora di Ballivian, wife of
the Minister Of Bolivia; Senorta
Romano lie FeVre, sister Of he
charge d'afaires of Panama;
Countess d'Audefcret, of France;
Mrs. William G. Gorgas, Mrs, Bar
Irett Browning, daughter-in-laW of
/ the poet; Mrs. James NJ. Thomson
daughter Of the late Speaker
Champ Clark: Mrs. Charles
| Worthington; Mrs. Mayhem Vain
wright, wife of the Assistant Sec
rotary of War; Mrs. II. l.. Rust
end Miss c. e. Mason, director
general Of the Pan-American
Round Table.
General membership in the
Woman's Universal Alliance is
open to individual women of all
nations who are in good standing
/ in their communities Full par
ticulars can be obtained from the
! secretary, Woman's Universal Al
/ lance, Washington, d. c. The
slogan is harmonious service for
/ humanity, and its objects are as
! follows: to erect an acropolis of
Womanhood in Washington as
! tribute to the great women Of the
world; to establish an athenaeum
Of civic activities and give to
each member of the Woman's Uni
versal Alliance an opportunity to
study the civic problems Of her
own country and her duties there
to and to learn from the women
Of Their countries what they are
doing along the same lines, thus
forming Il clearing house Of infor-
nation for educational, club, eco
monte and welfare work for Wom-
en- throughout the world and to
provide an open Forum for the in
terchange of ideals and to gather
/ BY a general referendum the con-
census Of opinion on subjects re-
lating to world welfare and make
this opinions known through all
the news mediums of civilization.
Another important work of the
Woman's Universal Alliance will
be The character education of chill