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2 Gower St., London, England.
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Helsingfors, Finland.
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Assemblyman Frank L. Young’s bill
conferring the vote on questions of bond-
ing upon all taxpaying women who live
in‘ the towns and villages of the State of
New York, has passed both Houses and
been signed by the Governor. It is an
extension of the vote on special appro-
priations which was granted to tax-
payiiig women of the towns and villages

in 1901.

by the Young bill.

A straw showing which way the wind
blows was seen in the cartoons during
the \Vashington convention. One depict-
ed the women going in great crowds with
their petitions to the Capitol, out of
which the members of Congress were
fleeing in wild confusion. All the wo-
men were fashionably attired, with hats
a la mode, and a feature was made of
little feet beneath a from frou of rullles.
Another, entitled “The Suitragists Visit
\\'asl1ington,” showed the Capitol with
all its many pillars decorated with
ribbon bows, vases of llowers scattered
about and a woman’s hat, beautifully
trimmed, perched on the dome.

In other days the cartoonists never
allowed the artistic or esthetic to be in
any way connected with woman
frage.

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As the press work at the national
suli'rage conventions had been largely
managed for a-number of years by
Miss Elizabeth J. Hauser, it seemed to
the chairman of the press committee
that it could best be done by her at the
recent convention, and therefore she
went to \Vashington, while Mrs. Harper
remained at the headquarters in New
York. Miss Hauscr’s report of the meet-
ing will be found in another column. As
space in Progress is so limited, only the
barcst resume is possible of what was
one of the most interesting and impor—
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As these lines are written we can look
out from the windows of our lofty head-
quarters iii-New York and see the crowd
gathered in front of the church on Fifth
Avenue, where, for a brief hour, rests the
body of Mark Twain, the much—loved
humorist. He many times expressed
himself in favor of woman sull'rage; was
one of the first signers of the national
petition last year, and not long before
his death he said, “I should like to see
the ballot ill the hands of every woman.”
In his beck, “Following the Equator,”
he devoted two pages to woman sutl'rage
in New Zealand, and gave the ollicial

statistics showing that the women vote

in quite as large a proportion as the
men. He applied all the favorable ar—
guments to the situation in the United
States, and declared that it was time the
women here were enfranchised.

In the death of Dr. Borden P. Bowne,
Professor of Philosophy at Boston Uni-
versity, during the past month, the cause
of woman suffrage lost another able and
eminent supporter. 'He often made ad-
dresses for the meetings in Massachu-
setts and published a very comprehen-
sive article on the subject in a recent
number of the North American Review.

One more must be added to the inim—
ber of distinguished friends who passed
away in April. Bjornstjerne Bjornson,
the Norwegian poet, was a strong be-
liever in woman suffrage and used his
influence for it when the question was
pending in Norway. He was deeply lll-
terested in the Congress of the Interna-
tional Alliance at Copenhagen in 19013,
and sent an original poem suited to the
occasion.

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be provided to immortalize the names
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T AND THE CONVEN-
TION.

In a matter which elicited such uni-.
versal comment as did the Illl€X1)CCt-.

ed incident during the address of I’i'esi- .

dent Taft to the National Sull'rage Lon—
vcntion, it seems advisable to print the
full

It may be said, however, that

address in and refrain

iiient.

the audience were entirely unaware it,

had happened. The room was over-

chairs
insist that

and
Many

sitting,
moved. the
was simply a "sh” for silence.

being
sound

was done by the “antis” through pre-
arrangement. Still others claim that it
was a protest by the delegates from the
States where women vote against being
classed as “undesirables.” One ollic‘er
says that she heard a man beside her
make this sound. ,

“'hatever the facts, neither the asso-
ciation nor the convention could justly
be held responsible for the occurrence,
and the manner the ollicial
board made reparation and President
Taft accepted it was highly creditable
to both. He stated the thought which
had been uppermost in the mind of
every sufl'ragist when he said in his lot-
ter, "I regret it because it may be used
in an unfair way to embarrass the lead—
ers of your movement.”

in which

from com- ,

Others 5
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believe that it there was any hissing it . lllglll)‘ appiumtc the ‘Inut Of Piesnhnt

This unques- .

tionably will be the case, but unfairness ‘
and injustice will not be new to the ad- .

vocatcs of woman suffrage. Nothing,
however, could better illustrate the

changed attitude of the public toward

 

ll would have been only sweeping con-
2 demnation for the sufl'ragists, singly and
collectively. Now, for the most part, the
‘ subject has been considered temperately
and judicially, and indeed there have been
suggestions to the ell'ect that the speech
was not entirely without provocation to
some expression of resentment. There

ion on the part of the sufl'ragists—that

. . . . - ‘ ‘1 0"nest of the convention. whether the
the "hissing” was so slight that many in - ‘ D . '

‘Presidcnt of the L'iiitcd States or one
of the least distinction, was entitled to

. ‘ erfect courtcsv and they (IOC'JI * regret
crowded, almost as many standing as ' p " . I) D

constantly .

that there should have seemed to be a
lack of it even by those who were prob-
ably not a part of the convention. They

Taft in welcoming their convention to
\Vashington.

In Austria, the Diet of the crown
province of Ix'rain has adopted a new
sufl'ragc‘law for the capital city, Lai—
bach, which gives women the right to
vote. They will be entitled to cast their
ballots in person, and not by proxy. May
__other provinces soon follow this good
example I

In Italy, the Chamber of Deputies has

i given women engaged in trade the right

to vote. The report in the press does
not say for what officers, but it is prob-
ably for members of the trade councils
or judges of tradedisputes. This right
had already been given to women in
France.

 

this question than the way in which this ‘

incident has been treated by the preSs

editorially and by those who have spoken

through its columns.

Formerly there i

At the recent municipal election in
Stockholm. Sweden, two women were
elected City Councillors; one was a Con-
servative candidate, the other a Social
Democrat. Swedish women can vote for

all municipal officers.

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THE NA TI ONAL
‘ PRESIDENT’S
LE T2 ER

The National Convention, the closing
and beginning of our year of service has
come and gone, and it was best described
in a single sentence by one of the dele-
gates who had attended many previous
ones: “Its spirit throughout was one of
enthusiastic consecration to work, and

there was not a dull moment from be-
ginning to end.”

IVith the close of the convention a new
year of service opens before us, for there
is no time for delay nor waiting, and al-

1 ready the inquiry has come, “\Vhat is the

next step to take and how can we best
serve our cause?” The important things
for us to know are the present status of
our association, the outlook for the fu-
ture and the plans proposed for our im-
These we shall learn
from the printed proceedings when they
appear.

It has been the custom to close the
year’s work in our clubs with the ap-
proach of summer, as indoor meetings
would be no longer practicable, but under
the changing conditions of public senti-
ment towards woman’s enfranchisement,
it is believed the summer months will fur-
nish the best oppqrtunity ‘for propaganda
by means of a great variety of out-of—
door 'meetings in parks, camps, chau-
tauquas, picnics, summer resorts, auto-
mobile and canal excursions. In fact, we
might well follow the example of our Eng-
lish sisters and utilize our entire vaca-
tion in holding out—of—door and tent meet,-
ings. This method of propaganda, as
well as the practical use we make of the
opportunities offered, must depend upon
the initiative and the number of workers
each community can furnish.

Out-oE—door meetings have the great
advantage of being cheap, and 'they‘ai‘ford
opportunities for utilizing a variety of
talents. Altliough‘no rules can be laid
down to govern all cases, a few sugges-
tions might beiof assistance. We should
never hold a meeting without securing
immediate practical results. All speak-
ers 'or workers should not sit upon the
platform, or group at one point together,
but they should scatter among the peo-
ple to sell the best literature, our oflicial
organ and our badges. If there is cheap
literature for free distribution, a careful
selection among the audience should be
made, and the leaflets given to those only
who really desire them. The eEect of
promiscuous distribution of literature,
which may be thrown away. is harmful.
Believers and members should be enrolled
at these meetings, and, last but not least.
a collection should always be taken.

The question is frequently asked why
the English women are able to. raise such
vast sums of money while our contribu-
tions are comparatively so meager. I
think the answer may be found, in large
measure, in the different manner of apt
peal. “'e ask for financial assistance as
if we were begging for ahns, while the
English women take the attitude of giv-
ing to those who have neither time nor
talent for work the opportunity to serve
the cause by furnishing the money to en-
able the work to be carried forward. ‘iVe
need to drive home the fact that it is
the duty, and should be considered the
privilege of every believer to serve our
common cause in some manner. and that
those who do not or cannot work for it
should help in some other manner, and
that financial assistance is most needed.

A committee was appointed to consult
with Miss Blackwell in regard to making
the “VVoman’s Journal" Our National or-
gan, under the management of the Na-
tional Association, with Miss Blackwell
as editor-in-chief. If this plan is carried
out the official orgail will be issued weekly
at a subscription price of one dollar a
year. To make the paper self-supporting,
will require the active and hearty co-
operation of all suffragists.

As soon as

,the negotiations have been satisfactorily

it is decided that the Na—
tional Association has adopted the “\Vom-

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an’s Journal” as the official organ, all
subscriptions should be sent to the Na-
tional headquarters at 505 Fifth Avenue,
New York. Now that the work of secur~
ing the petition is over, we should begin
to utilize the list of names, to extend the
work of organization and to build up the
membership in existing societies. In this
manner we shall be able to secure prac—
tical local results from our work.

1 am writing this letter on the train.
as, in company with Miss Ray Costelloe,
I am speeding South to Greenville, Miss,
from Clntrlottcsville, Va., where, witln
Miss Mary Johnston, the distinguished
author, we addressed an audience of over
a thousand professors, students and citi-
zens in the auditorium of the State Uni-
versity. Lila Meade Valentine,
State president of the Virginia Suffrage
Association. and Miss Johnston and her
sister came from Richmond. This morn-
ing we local friends whom I
again addressed, and when we departed
for the train Miss Johnston and the State
president were. forming a local suffrage
club in the conservative university city
of Virginia. the home of Thomas Jeffer-
son, the father of Democracy.

Our cause indeed is moving on.

ANNA HOWARD SHAW.

[Doctor Shaw was able to give only one
day to the headquarters in New York be-
tween the close of the National Conven-
tion and the beginning of her Southern
trip. It was therefore impossible for her
to write the long, comprehensive letter for
“Progress” this month which we had an—
ticipated. In a hastily scribbled per—
sonal note, she says:

“Never was there a more enthusiastic
audience than greeted us at \the Univer;
sity of Virginia last night. \Vhen I fin-
ished speaking, one student sprang up,
and swinging his hat in the air, shouted,
“Three cheers and a tiger for the Suffra-
gettes"—aud they were given with a roar.
The president of the university .is also
president of the Civié Club, which en—
gaged me. to spark, and this morning they
are the happiest lot of men you ever saw.
I cannot help smiling when I think that
I left town with men, and women gath-
ered in the Y. M. C. A. room of the Uni—
versity of Virginia, forming
club.”

Doctor Shaw requests that “Progress”
shall call attention to the adoption of a
“Decoration Day for Our Heroines” and
the acceptance of the flags for the pur-
pose prepared by Mrs. Belmont. At the
closing Executive Committee meeting,
Mrs. Belmont’s suggestion was presented
that suffragists throughout the country
observe Decoration Day by placing flags
on the graves of workers in the cause of
suffrage. It was unanimously voted to
recommend such observance to the States.
The small blue flags, four—starred and
having the familiar inscription “Votes
for \Vomen,” were distributed among the
State presidents. Those who were not at
the convention, as well as suffragists, gen—
erally, are urged to act upon the above
suggestion. For more detailed informa-
tion and for the flags, address the corre-
sponding secretary, Mrs. Mary \Vare Den»
nett, at National headquartersfl

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PRESIDENT SHAW’S DATES.

May 2 and 3.—State “roman Suffrage
Convention, New Orleans, La.

May 12.—Adelphi College, Brooklyn,
.at 11 a. 1n.; Hoboken, N. J., at I p. In.

May lti.—Twenty—first Assembly Dis-
trict meeting of \Voman Suffrage party,
New York City, S p. in.

May l‘T.—Poughkeepsie.

..May 20.—Pittsburg.

Our ever expanding, ever accreting
language is indebted to Miss Melva Bea-
trice \Vilson, poet, sculptor and club-
woman, visiting in St. Louis, for the new
coinage “womanette.” M'iss \Vilson em—
ploys it to distinguish the members of
her sex who are opposed to the ballot as
against the “sufl'ragette.” “roman, this
advocate of conservatism maintains, is
not fitted for suffrage. “I wish,” she
says, “to preserve the traditional beauty
and sweetness of woman’s nature. The
masculine woman is a pitiable object.
“Then a woman becomes great in cer-
tain lines she ceases, to some extent, to
be womanly.”——St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.

"\Vomauette,” if we accept its literal
meaning—a small woman—is the most
appropriate name that could be given
to one who is opposed to women hav-
ing a voice in their own government.

 

FROM REPORT OF NATIONAL PRESS
COMMITTEE.

The National Press Bureau was opened
in New York about the middle of Sep-
tember with a private reception to the
representatives of every newspaper in
the city, to whom its objects and hopes
were stated. From that day most ofthese
men and women have been its true and
unfailing friends. It is needless to say
that back of reporters have been the in-
terest and support of city and managing
editors. In the nearly seven months,
with two or three unimportant excep-
tions, there has not been a sneering or
abusive editorial, and there have been
many of a favorable and helpful charac—
ter. Every day sixteen papers of New
York City, not including Brooklyn, have
been read by some member of the Press
Bureau and the clippings carefully filed.

"These, during the past- five months, have

comprised over 3,000 articles on woman
suffrage, ranging in length from a para-
graph to a page.

During these five months there have
been received from one service
bureau 10,800 clippings on woman suf—
frage from papers outside of New York
City. Included in these are 2,311 edi-
torials. All were read, sorted and filed.
The number of magazine articles 011
woman suffrage as noted in Progress dur-
ing this period has been about one hun-
dred. It is doubtful if there ever was
such a record in any preceding ten years.

In years past there has been great re-
joicing when one of the large syndicates
would accept an article on \Voman Suf-
frage. From the time the Press Bureau
was established in New York practically
every one of any consequence in the
United States has urgently requested ar-
ticles and used all that could be fur-
nished. From one to a dozen artic‘es
each, with a great many photographs,
have been sent to the Associated Press,
United Press, Lafi'an Bureau and Na-
tional News Syndicate of New York;
\Vestcrn Newspaper Union, Chicago;
Newspaper,Entcrprise Association, Clove—
land; North American Press Syndicate,
Grand Rapids; over 100 short items to
the American Press Association. There
has been'scarcely a limit to the requests
for suffrage matter from individual
papers in all parts of the country—~large,
influential papers, and if there had been
a fund with which to employ special
writers an immense propaganda would
have been possible. There were, how-
ever, but two persons in the Press
Bureau for all this work, and practically
the whole of it has fallen on Miss
Hauser.

It would be impossible even to attempt
to enumerate the extracts of speeches,
personal sketches and photographs, at
least a hundred, sent broadcast for this
national convention, for the, big na-
tional meeting in New York and other
oerasions; or to give the endless detail of
notices distributed, literature supplied,
bulletins posted, etc.

As the syndicates reach practically all
the newspapers in the country, the scr—
vice of the bureau to the State press
chairmen was discontinued in November,
by order of the Official Board, and
largely reduced the 1mm
ber of letters necessary. Nevertheless,
the report of the bureau secretary, Miss
Caroline I. Reilly, shows that in six and
a half months 2,700 letters were written
and sent out. This was exclusive of the
scores of letters I wrote by hand, of
which no account was kept. Neither did
I make any record of the many writers
whom I helped to prepare articles, or of
the articles and plays on the suffrage
question that I read and passed judgment
on. or of the information given out by
letters, interviews and telephone. Once
a month I have supplied a report 011 the
work in the United States for Jus Suf-
fragii, the international paper.

No adequate idea can be given of the
time consumed in a great city like New
York in seeing the people who call—an
endless procession of in-town and out-of-
town residents—all on legitimate busi-
ness. It is really a very important part
of the work to counsel with these callers,
men and women, but it frequently con-
sumes the whole day, and very often
evening finds not one particle of the day’s
work done. Judging by the register kept
in the New York State headquarters, 1
think there have been not less than 2,000
callers at the Press Bureau since it
opened. Add to these a call on the tele-
phone at least every ten minutes. and
the difficulties of any sustained writing

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I have many a time
otlice till nine and ten
o‘clock at night in order to have a few
uninttrruptcd hours for work. and even
then have been unable wholly to carry

are apparent.
stayed at the

out my most cherished .plans for the
bureau. Almost all of my work done on
Progress, including proof reading, has
been done at these hours, either in the
office or in my own home. although my
arrangement with the Official ioard
called for only half of my time.

Before closing I want to express my
deep appreciation of the generosity of
Mrs. Oliver II. P. Belmont through which
the Press Bureau has this splendid op-
portunity for work. Every comfort and
facility have been provided and every re-
quest cheerfully granted. lVith the ut-
most eeonomy the expenses are never less
than $575 a month. Mrs. Belmont never
attempts because of her financial assist—
ance to exercise any supervision over the
bureau, never dictates to it in the slight—
est degree, and never asks the smallest
personal favor. I wish to emphasize
these facts in the strongest manner. She
employs her own secretaries and keeps
all the business of her own office and as-
sociation entirely distinct from that of
the National. Her large donations are
purely a freewill offering to the cause.

The Press Bureau is 110w well-estab-
lished; it enjoys the confidence of the
press and the public, and the opportuni-
ties that lie before it cannot be measured
in extent and importance.

IDA HUSTED HARPER,
Chairman.

THE NEW VICE-PRESIDENT.

It is hardly necessary to introduce to
the readers of Progress the newly-elected
second vice-president of the National
Association, as she was a member of the
official board for a number of years and
is its legal adviser. Mrs. Catharine
\Vaugh McCulloch is a member of the
Illinois bar, and has been admitted to
practice in the United States Supreme
Court. She is in partnership with'her
husband, Frank H. McCulloch, attorney
and counsellor for the Merchants’ Loan 8;
Trust Company, the oldest bank in Chi-
cago, and for some of the largest busi-
ness firms in the city. Governor Deneen
was one of her class"?t9§_i‘n_law,$b_onl.-

f,;_*,-,,_.~ . --r _
1‘ or years she has had charge of the legis-

lative work of the Illinois Equal Suf-
Association; is chairman of a
committee formed from the" leading Illi-
nois women’s organizations to work for
enlarged suffrage rights for women and
is a member of the Chicago \Voman’s
Club and the Civic .Federation. She is
a graduate of Rockford College. from
which she has received her masters’ de:
gree, and is also a graduate of Union
College of Law. Chicago, from which she
received the degree of LLB.

Four years ago Mrs. McCulloch was
elected a justice of the peace of Evans—‘
ton; last spring re-elected, and has
servcd to the entire satisfaction of her
constituency. She was one of the United
States delegates to the International
\Voman Suffrage Congress, held in Ams-
terdam in 1908.

For many years Mrs. McCulloch has
been a leader in Illinois in the work for
woman suffrage and improved laws for
women. Iler little book, published in
1808, called “Mr. Lex,” a resume of the
terrible injustice possible under the exist-
ing law of guardianship, was a strong
factor in securing a statute in 1901 giv-
ing the mother equal guardianship with
the father. She prepared the bill for
this and piloted it through the devious
paths of legislative action. During 'the
past session of the legislature. and many
others, she has had charge of bills to ex-
tend the suffrage and managed them
with consummate ability. She was the
prime mover in the scheme to deluge the
Territorial Committee of the United
States Senate with thousands of peti-
tions when it proposed to classify
with the insane, idiots and
criminals in admitting ' Oklahoma to
Statehood, which compelled the com-
mittee to omit the word “sex.” Mrs.
McCulloch has been a leader in the
two great movements to have woman
suffrage in the new charter for Chicago.

The home life of the McCullochs is
ideal, notwithstanding the wife’s pub-
lic activities. She is the mother of
four beautiful children, three sons and
one daughter. Mr. McCulloch gives to the
conduct of the home the same cordial co—
operation which Mrs. McCulloch renders
in their business relations.

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THE WASHINGTON CAMPAIGN.

The College E. S.-League of "Washing-
ton is organizing a Poster Brigade, with
ramifications over the State, to do prop-
aganda work with Miss Adella M. Par-
ker's posters which have proved so popu-
lar as a supplement to the paper, Votes
for lVomen. The April poster is red
and white and reads: “Roosevelt, when
Governor of New York, in a message to
the New York legislature, urged \Voman
Suffrage.” The workers will not neces—
sarily be members of the College League,
but will be under their direction.

The Press Committee, Miss Lucy Case,
chairman, a month ago was looking for
work to do, but now is looking for more
workers. The two leading dailies in
the State are taking material regularly
and the committee are actually swamped
with requests from papers throughout
the State. Equilibrium between work
and workers will soon be restored. .

The series of letters received from
Governors and other leading citizens
from the Suffrage States are objects of
especial interest to voters who read them
carefully and. curiously when they are
on exhibition‘ at social gatherings.

Mrs. H. D. \Vright, the circulation
manager of Votes for IVomen has
established a stand on Second avenue,
Seattle, where large numbers are sold
daily. The paper is also sold at the
Bon Marche, through the courtesy of Mrs.
Frank McDermott, the president of the
company; at the Quaker Drug~Co., on
First avenue, and at the Health Ray Op-
tical Co. on Third avenue. On May 1
two more street stands will be opened in
Seattle. The manager expects to sell
Votes for Women in all the larger
cities of the State, disposing of 10,000
copies a month.

The Poll List Canvass is proving a
splendid campaign method. In the east-
ern part of the State Mrs: Z. IV. Com—
merford, president Spokane College
League, has been given charge of Spo-
kane County, the third in importance in
the State. She recently spent two weeks
athtate Headquarters in Seattle, con-
ferring with President DeVoe and other
suffrage workers. Mrs. Bessie Isaacs
Savage, first vice—president, whom the na—
~tirmal delegates will fememFe‘r as the
chairman of the Hospitality Committee
at the Seattle Convention, has been in
other counties in eastern IVashington,
making her headquarters at her old
home, \Valla \Valla. She has been sev-
eral weeks in the field, organizing the
canvass in \Valla \Valla, Garfield, Asotin,
Columbia and Franklin counties. Every-
where she finds cordial co-operation, with
especial welcome from the friends of her
late father, Henry P. Isaacs, a well-
known merchant miller and member of
the legislature from that section, who
always stood for woman suffrage.

In the southern part of the State, Mrs.
Jennie chett, of \Vhite Salmon, reports
a majority for woman suffrage, as the
result of a return postal card canvass of
her county. She put $70 of her own
money into this first inquiry.
now proceeding to visit the voters who
did not respond. In Tacoma, Mrs. S. A.
Beadle is in charge for Pierce County,
and in Seattle Mrs. Sivia Hunsicker for
King County. Devoted helpers are copy—
ing far into the night, so eager are the
workers to make the lists available for
immediate canvass. Mrs. Elizabeth
Baker, of Manette, is making personal
canvass of Bremerton, in Kitsap County,
going up one side of the street and down
the other. This being the town where
the navy yard is located, she meets
some strange contrasts in friends and
foes, but the friends remain in the ma-
jority.

Mrs. DeVoe has just returned from a
strenuous week in Bellingham, in the
northern part of the State, where she
spoke twice and sometimes three times a
day to groups of women, or labor union
people, or citizens in general. The most
notable meeting was when she was guest
of honor of the Twentieth Century Club,
composed of men and women from col-
lege and business groups who meet once
a week at G p. m. for a banquet and have
one speaker on the issues of the day.
They gave her an enthusiastic reception.
In Bellingham she also participated in
a meeting of the new Union Label
League, formed by Dr. Luema Johnson
at the request of President Chas. R. Case,
of the State Federation of Labor. The
League is composed of both men and
women and declared for suffrage.

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The State Grange has sent word to
Mrs. DeVoe that they will provide men
to look after woman suffrage at the polls
next November. '

In Paulsbo, on Puget Sound, Mrs. De
Voe addressed the district convention of
the Norwegian and Swedish Good Temp-
lars last week as their chief speaker for
that day. Last fall the State conven-
tion of Good Templars passed a resolu-
tion not merely endorsing suffrage, but
making it a part of their regular work.
Mrs. John Ableset, of Seattle, delegate
to the district convention from Norron-
.na Lodge, also an ardent suffragist, ac-
companied Mrs. DeVoe, who received an
ovation.

The "Methodist Preachers’ Association
last week unanimously declared for
suffrage by a vote approving a. strong
letter sent them by Miss Emily Inez
Denny, through her pastor, Rev. IV. H.
Rees. Miss Denny is a daughter of Ar-
thur A. Denny, one of the founders of
Seattle. She wrote, “Those of us who
are struggling to cure some of the re-
sults of present. conditions look with
a great and noble envy upon the success
of women in securing protective legisla-
tion for boys and girls in the States
where women vote.”

CORA SMITH EATON,
Treasurer.
NOTES AND NEWS.

During the past year Dr. Mary D.
Hussey, of East Orange, N. J., distributed
personally_ about 50,000 pieces of suf-
frage literature. Think of the converts
that could be made if a large,.number of
women would even approximate this
record! .

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