NAWSA Subject File Temperance 14[?] Concord St. Nov. 28, 1881 My dear Miss Blackwell:- In response to a note sent Miss Reed on Thanksgiving day, in which I endeavored to assure her that my non-appearance at the meeting of the Y.W.C.T.U. had been due to force of circumstances & not indifference, I learned that I was one of a Nominating Com. for officers for the coming year. I am heartily sorry I cannot be present to do my duty in that direction, but I shall be prevented from taking any active part in the meetings until after the holidays I fear. I thoroughly endorse your suggestion as far as the continuation of the present official representatives as concerned, & with Miss Lathrop present you will have a two-thirds vote! Hoping that I may soon be able to again become actively engaged in the good work, with which I am more in sympathy than ever, regretting my inability to respond to your appeal. Believe me, Sincerely yrs, Lou E. Crockett. April 10, 1961 Dear Mrs. Giele: I haven't forgotten that I promised you that you could come to Melrose and look over the suffrage papers in connection with your work on your dissertation. At the moment I am hopelessly involved with decorators, but I am wondering how long you are to be working on the subject. It would be more convenient for me if you could come sometime in the early part of May. I shall be at Martha's Vineyard some of the time, but you could telephone me and let me know what your plans are. I can usually be reached between nine and ten. After that I am likely to be in the attic and do not go downstairs to telephone except in an emergency. Cordially yours, - 2 - "Question: Has the Board power to change the nature of the Hospital placed in their trust? "Answer: No. The Board was given full powers to administer the Hospital for women, but the Board is in the position of a Trustee and is subject to rules and obligations of Trustees. Foremost is the duty to carry out terms of the Trust as defined by the Founders." In voting to confirm the appointment by the Medical Staff of Dr. Rubin and Dr. Burke to be Active Staff Members and Chief and Assistant Chief of Obs.-Gyne., the Board acted illegally. The Medical Staff By-Laws specifically state (1) "The Active Staff shall consist of women physicians." (2) "There shall be elected yearly by the services a Chief who shall be a Member of the Active Medical Staff." Therefore these two male physicians are not eligible to be members of the Active Staff nor heads of a service. A statement made by Mr. John Rote is important: "When you take away the fact that this is a Hospital staffed by women, you are just another Hospital." It was made clear at the Board meeting, February 24th, that the representations by the Staff of the difficulties involved were over emphasized and that other means of meeting them are available, that the action of the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff was ill advised and precipitate before adequate efforts had been made to employ qualified women physicians, and that is appointment of men as Chiefs, even though temporary, should be returned without Board approval to the Staff for reconsideration. The word "temporary" might be construed as establishing a precedent that would endanger Hospital policies. However, we failed to make it clear how serious was the action of the Medical Executive Committee in preventing the appointment of a woman Chief by its hurried choice of Dr. Rubin last December. At the Board meeting many assured us of their wish to uphold the Hospital's principles, but the proponents failed to convince them of the danger in the proposed action of nominating a man instead of a woman. Unfortunately, the Board voted to approve the "temporary" appointment of men physicians as Chiefs. This vote should be rescinded without delay; in view of the legal opinion obtained this is a breach of trust and an involvement of the Endowment Funds of the Hospital. Your interest is needed to uphold the accepted and traditional principles governing the New England Hospital. Sincerely yours, Blanche Ames Ames Mrs. Oakes Ames North Easton, Massachusetts Edna Lamprey Stantial Mrs. Guy W. Stantial 21 Ashmont St., Melrose, Mass. March 3, 1958 for the Proponents [*Telegram*] October 24, 1960 Mrs. Guy W. Stantial 21 Ashmont St. Melrose 76, Mass. Dear Mrs. Stantial: As a graduate student at Radcliffe, I am doing my dissertation on certain aspects of the woman's suffrage movement and the woman's Christian temperance movement. Lately I have been looking particularly for any suffrage materials that would show state membership figures and, if possible, county membership figures. In addition I have been interested in any correspondence or other papers that could indicate the nature of the relationship between the NAWSA and the WCTU in the various states. The Woman's Archives has suggested that there might well be some relevant material in the collection that you have. Would it profit me, do you think, to look into some of the things that you have? If you think that it would, I should be very happy if you could suggest a time when I might come out to look through the materials. Sincerely yours, Janet Zollinger Giele Janet Zollinger Giele (Mrs. David L.) 1 Craigie St. Cambridge 38, Mass. (TR 6-7164) Alice Stone Blackwell to Kitty Barry, January 18, 1888 Papa is variously busy, with his new house, which is now roofed and begins to look like quite a building, and with the Woman's Journal and his chemical experiments, and a plot that the has with Mr. Edwin Dudley of the Law and Order League to organize an "anti-saloon" movement in the Republican party. "Thou shalt show them the way wherein they must walk and the work that they must do." —Exodus 18:20. "Be strong and of good courage: I will not foresake thee." —Joshua 1:6, 5. WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA. MRS. REBECCA B. CHAMBERS, President 102 East Evergreen St., Westgrove, Pa. MISS H. FRANCES JONES, Cor. Sec'y 812 North 20th St., Philadelphia, Pa. MRS. OLIVE POND-AMIES, Rec. Sec'y 130 S. Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. MRS KATE RITENOUR, 100 W. Fayette St., Uniontown, Pa. W. C. T. U. BULLETIN—OFFICIAL ORGAN Editor, MRS. REBECCA B. CHAMBERS, Westgrove, Pa. Associate Editor MRS. H. H. FORREST, Burry Building, 118 Ohio Street, Allegheny, Pa. EVERY WOMAN STAND IN HER PLACE. Jan 18 1906 Miss Alice Stone Blackwell- My dear Friend - Your sweet, pretty little Christmas card has been smiling in my face every time I have looked up from my work since the Christmas days. It has kept me singing all the time an old song of my girlhood "Tis sweet to be remembered" - And another thought has also been constantly with me. Oh, how happy it would have made my Olive to have seen and known that it came from you. She was a peculiar girl - she cared for but few - but the few she gave her whole heart - and she loved you so deeply. I shall put the card away with her things, and keep it so saved as though you had sent it to her - Yours most sincerely Olive Pond-Amies "FOR GOD AND HOME AND NATIVE LAND" "GO FORWARD" OFFICE OF THE TEXAS WHITE RIBBON OFFICIAL ORGAN TEXAS WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION MISS DAISY HUGHES SUBSCRIPTION 25 CENTS A YEAR EDITOR AND BUSINESS MANAGER Atlanta, Texas Feb. 26 1906 Ed. Woman's Journal, Boston, Mass. Dear Sister:- In reply to yours regarding advertising I beg to say that my paper is a state organ and not of special interest to those outside of Texas. Hence, an ad with you would hardly be of avail. But how about cash ads: My terms are 50c per inch insertion? Will you kindly send a sample copy of the Woman's Journal. Sincerely, Daisy Hughes [*Texas White Ribbon*] [*Temp*] WORLD'S W.C.T.U. CONVENTION BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS [OCTOBER 18-21, 1906] March 2, 1907. Dear Miss Blackwell: I hope the literature I sent you will be helpful. We have had so many calls that some of our best is gone but I think you will get some help in what I do send. Sincerely Janette Hill Knox [*Temp*] Send all "Tidings" subscriptions to Mrs. Flora Yorke Miller, 240 Dundas Street, London, Ont. "Through God We Shall Do Valiantly." Ontario Woman's Christian Temperance Union President: Mrs. S.G.E. McKee-Barrie. Vice-President: Mrs. May R. Thornley 843 Dundas Street - London Cor Secretary Mrs. Flora Yorke Miller 240 Dundas Street - London Rec. Secretary: Mrs. H.E. Irwin - Weston Treasurer: Mrs. Annie L. Britton Gananoque. "Y" Secretary: Miss M.L. Dunlop, Pembroke. London, Ont., March 25th, 1907 Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, 3 Park St. Boston, Mass., Dear Miss Blackwell: - Am sending by this mail a copy of a recent issue of our official organ. I prepared the exercise upon the Suffragettes As you will see it is almost entirely a compilation and for many of the extracts I am deeply indebted to your paper. We are waking up over here. The Suffrage Association in Toronto has been re- organized. They have no societies throughout the Province, but as the W.C.T.U. pretty well covers it, we will be able to help them out. Cordially yours, May R. Thornley [*May R. Thornley*] [*Temperance*] Commonwealth of Massachusetts. House of Representatives Boston, March 16th, 1907. Dear Fellow Worker: Last year there were some very pernicious liquor bills that passed the legislature, and not one favorable to temperance. This year the liquor interests have had several bills before the House all of which were defeated. Next week Wednesday or Thursday a bill will come before the House giving to the State one-half of the liquor license fee instead of a quarter as is the present law. Governor Bates called the attention of the unfairness of the method and this year Governor Guild also advocates the one-half to the State. Today the no-license places pay for the results of the liquor traffic for the license places get the license fee and then dump upon the State the expense of the paupers, criminals, and insane, saying nothing of the Court expenses, the ruined characters and blighted homes and lives. This is so obviously unfair that I believe we have a fighting chance of winning if we can awaken our temperance people to the fact that these license places should pay their taxes to the State in money instead of with boys and girls, if the no- license people will write their representatives to fight for this bill and those who live in license places if they know of some Representative or Senator who could be induced to feel that in equity and fairness he would be willing to vote to take away a one quarter of the license fee, that man should be written to also. Another bill House #413 is the District Option Bill for Boston, giving such places as Roxbury, Dorchester, Brighton, etc., the privilege of voting "Yes" or "No" for their district. Will you kindly write and get as many others as possible to write to the Representative and Senator whom they could influence. That would help the cause for which you and I both stand and this is our opportunity to make ourselves felt. I am, Cordially and sincerely yours, J.B. Lewis MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY TAKOMA PARK , WASHINGTON , D.C. TELEPHONE, GEORGIA 3700 6856 EASTERN AVENUE, N.W. BRANCH OFFICES PEEKSKILL , N.Y. SOUTH BEND . IND. Review and Herald Publishing Association BOOK DEPARTMENT J. D. Snider, MGR TAKOMA PARK, WASHINGTON, D.C. June 7, 1937. Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, 29 Wendell St., Cambridge, Mass. Dear Miss Blackwell: Answering your letter of recent date, the enclosed circular will give you full description and price of "The Shadow of the Bottle," with wholesale prices. It also describes two very interesting tracts which we have recently issued, samples of which are enclosed. This Association is 100% for temperance and has issued these publications with the belief that the friends of temperance will be glad to help in their circulation. The tract "Wounds Without Cause" should be placed in the hands of every automobile driver, and the tract "Charged With Murder" has a special appeal to voters. We shall be glad to have you circulate them among those with whom you come in contact. Very sincerely yours, REVIEW & HERALD PUBG.ASSN., By [??] ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE HOUSE [*Review + Herald Publishing Ass'n*] COPY August 20, 1917. CONFIDENTIAL My dear Mrs. Catt: I appreciate very much indeed your letter of August 2, written on the eve of your vacation. Let me assure you that I recognize the points you make in regard to our Washington press bureau and am in fullest sympathy with your desire for more federal amendment publicity. The baffling problem to me is how, under existing circumstances, to get it? If you will allow me, I am going to put before you some of the difficulties, in the hope that you can point me to the way. First, however, let me repeat for emphasis, and to show how much I want to stress amendment work, that I was not in sympathy with the idea of discontinuing our congressional drive. Granted a prolonged session of Congress, which I felt sure we would have, O believed we could have our amendment made a war measure. Now that we hear there may be no adjournment at all, I feel even more convinced this could have been done. In any event long or short session, I believed we should not stop hammering upon our main purpose. But, when the drive was called off, the publicity program had to swing into line with that. The Congressional Committee could not put out newspaper stories implying continued activity when their policy had changed, and, except those few stories we have issued, I have seen no chance to send out amendment stories without conveying the impression that we are pressing our campaign. For a time I hope we would modify our policy, and renew the drive. It seemed to me that with the gradual relaxing of the legislative restrictions (which has actually come to pass) we might conclude to do so. But we did not -- we even pledged ourselves not to ask for a vote at this session. When, under those conditions, I try to write a federal amendment story, what can I say that will carry in the newspapers? That has been the difficulty. It takes activity to make news -- and our policy was to lie low. The prohibitionist vote was a big opportunity -- had not our policy, as I understood it, sealed us up. So it seemed to me from one point of view, and to Mrs. Roessing also, I believe, for somewhat different reasons. In 1914, when the House voted on this same prohibition amendment, I had the time of my life, showing up the inconsistencies, but we were then pressing our own campaign up the Congress, and though I was not press chairman then, I initiated that publicity. The other day, when the Senate decided to vote on prohibition, I could have jumped in at once with the argument that if this was a war measure suffrage was -- and more so. For with the prohibition provisions in the food bill, the prohibition amendment really was no longer a war measure. To me the fact of the vote was significant as to possibilities for us -- and a tragic loss of opportunity, because of our present policy of delayed action. page 2 - letter from Ethel M. Smith to Mrs. C.C.Catt, Aug. 20, 1917. Again, suppose I interview Senators. If they talk about the suffrage amendment they must either talk as if it were an immediate issue, or as if it could be deferred. I did interview senator Hollis not long ago, and he said he would not advice us to try to get a vote now even if we could, because if we did so the Woman's Party would get the credit. We take the position that it was dangerous for Senator Cummins and Senator Johnson to try to hurry Roessing, to find out whether we had anything to fear from the efforts to bring the amendment to a vote at this session. Senator Cummins said during the conversation: "You aren't making the kind of campaign I would make on this question. You ought to keep hammering. You ought never to relax your pressure. It is a war measure if there was one -- though for that matter we are dealing every day with things that are nit war measures. There never were such arguments or such an opportunity for woman suffrage! Why, I would rather make a speech on woman suffrage now than on any subject in the world!" I think he is right -- I have thought so all the time. And I would like nothing better than to quote him and every other Senator who would say things like that. But instead I have to say nothing in the papers, and merely tell him we are afraid to have a vote now, won't he please hold off until next December -- after the possible election losses, and maybe after world changes less favorable to us than the present. I believe, myself, that if the parties are so crazy about us that neither will let the other have our amendment, we have too much strength for them to risk defeating us -- or for the President to risk it. I believe the President will come out for the amendment when the National Association asks him to. So you see I really want very much to cut loose on amendment publicity. I'd like, for instance, to hunt out all their little bills that are not war measures, and talk about that. But how can I do anything when we are telling the congressmen we don't want a vote now? It would confuse them, and it would confuse them, and it would confuse our women, too, it seems to me. I can't see how to write an amendment story without implying congressional activity on our part -- and as I understand it, it was to avoid that appearance of activity that our lobby work was called off, and news of the state congressional work suppressed. Of course, as you point out, if we have no amendment stories, and do have other stories, the emphasis looks wrong. Inevitably it leads to the impression that we have "a finger in every pie" except, for the moment, suffrage. It looks that way in the New York campaign, judging by the newspapers only, because of their war program. But the Executive Council gave us a war program, which exists chiefly by publicity. And the newspapers will use stories written from any war angle on a timely topic; while on the other hand, if we can't talk suffrage as a war measure, we are strangled as to our main issue, A little later it is likely to be worse, unless we do demand suffrage as a war measure, for there will be casualty lists from France, and more straight war news than ever. So the choice seems to lie mainly between publicly on our war work (which now inevitably touches the work of the Council of National Defense) and almost no publicity at all. I do not understand that you want to page 3. - Letter from Ethel M. Smith to Mrs. Catt - Aug.20,1917 abandon the publicity on our war work -- merely to subordinate it to the amendment publicity. But under the circumstances I feel very much baffled in that attempt. But under the circumstances I feel very much baffled in that attempt. The war questions seem to be the only news material available to me, or productive of returns so far as space is concerned. And so, dear lady, I come once more to this: If only we had had you here in Washington throughout this special session of Congress, we would not be in the mess I think we are in so far as our Congressional policy is concerned. Unless our chief, our statesman, is on the spot, personally directing this our biggest and most vital national policy, or consistent, effective publicity, and our success will be delayed. Won't you come and take full charge of the final drive! Faithfully yours, (signed) Ethel M. Smith There is something else I want to say -- both because it is so true and should be said and because I for my own part so deeply appreciate it. That is about the significance of Mrs. Roessing's presence here this summer. She has brought us vitality, fore force, and efficiency, and to me personally has meant the greatest happiness in my work. It is a joy to serve under her direction, because of the understanding she has and the spirit she infuses. PROHIBITION NATIONAL COMMITTEE VIRGIL G. HINSHAW, CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONTINUED VIRGIL G. HINSHAW HEADQUARTERS Robert H. Patton CHAIRMAN 326 WEST MADISON STREET W.G. CALDERWOOD CHICAGO DANIEL A. POLING Vice-Chairman MRS. FRANCES BEAUCHAMP F.C. HENDRICKSON SECRETARY E.L.G. HOHENTHAL M. P. FARIS FRANCIS E. BALDWIN August 2, 1917 Dear Co-Worker for Suffrage:- By National Chairman Hinshaw's direction, we are sending you a complimentary subscription to our National Prohibition paper - the PATRIOT PHALANX - of Indianapolis, Indiana. If it does not begin coming by August 12th, please advise us. Members of the Prohibition and Progressive parties, and prominent national leaders of the Socialist party - all of whom have been unswerving supporters of Woman Suffrage since the birth of their respective parties - are in process of bringing into being a greater, NATIONALLY VICTORIOUS, PROGRESSIVE-PROHIBITION- LIBERAL party with Equal Suffrage, National Prohibition, Government Ownership of Public Utilities, etc., as its cardinal principles. This organization will be the nucleus for the dry, liberal, progressive elements of the dominant parties. Together we shall fight the same enemy Woman must fight in order to win - the LIQUOR TRAFFIC. As YOUR ORGANIZATION and our greater new party will be "Entente Allies" fighting the same common enemy, we ought also to unite in a still greater party. Wherever the equal suffrage fight has been lost, it has been largely due to the LIQUOR POWER, for those interests know that their doom is sealed with the advent of suffrage victory for women. Suffrage cannot be won without the support of the Prohibition elements; Prohibition cannot be won without the support of the Suffrage elements. The two must fight together. Logically, they should UNITE. Among the "great" things we expect to do is to conduct a terrific "DRIVE" to capture some scores of Congressmen in 1918, HOLD A GIGANTIC BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS, and by that power force Congress to SUBMIT BOTH SUFFRAGE AND PROHIBITION AMENDMENTS to the states, and lead the fight in the states for adoption. Think it over, talk it over with you sister leaders, and then decide to COME WITH US AND GO WITH US TO MUTUAL VICTORY. Very sincerely, Clarence E. Bitts Prohibition National Headquarters Secretary. NATIONAL W.C.T.U.--FRANCHISE DEPARTMENT 3 PARK STREET Dear Sister:- Boston, 189 Will you aid the Franchise Department by trying to get equal suffrage reading into fifty families every week for a year, especially among people who are indifferent or opposed? For missionary purposes, The Woman's Column is published every week, at 25 cents a year. It is the lowest-priced weekly newspaper in the world. It tells what women are doing, in our own and foreign countries. In your neighborhood, there are probably young people, and others, who would be glad to make Five Dollars by a little active canvassing. If they do not succeed in getting the full club of fifty, they may retain ten cents as commission on each new subscriber obtained. Please enlist such persons in circulating the enclosed subscription blanks, and oblige Yours in the work, Alice Stone Blackwell Associate National Superintendent of Franchise Afdalia Feb 10 Suffolk 1000 1904 994 Oct 1 Suff 33.44 1905 Spt 4 5.46 Oct 431 1906 375 Apl 21 254 Oct 2 July 18 99.51 Mch 1 163 1906 Nov 15 Weldr 875 May 15 1754 Nov 25 18.96 2190.32 1904 March 29 50. Feb 1905 618.45 April 14 Suffern 36. Aug 14 51.40 Oct 10 36.80 1906 Jan 6 86.80 Apl 21 86.00 July 19 36.80 Oct 18 36.80 Dec 18 24 40 Mch 1 [?] 54.864 17 [?] 4.41 Aug 4 5 00 on hold10.00 June 4 36.80 Sept14 36.80 Nov 6 36.40 1908 March 6 36 40 [?] 95.14 4 1310.85 Copy for Cross Reference in Temperance file or Liquor Dealers, etc. Excerpt from letter of Miss Hannah Patterson, Corresp. Secy. Natl. Am.W.S.Assn. July 28, 1916 (original in N.A.W.S.A. Pennsylvania folder) The story of the connection between the anti-suffragists and the liquor dealers in Punxsutawney was very interesting. Unfortunately my memory does not carry the names of the men who were representing the liquor dealers and the book in which I had kept that record has probably found its way to the scrap basket in Harrisburg long ago. I left it in my desk along with many other little notebooks. On the outside I had pasted a bit of white paper on which was written suggested workers. This book I used when in the field in order to note the names of workers who were suggested in any given county. In the book I made a note of the names of the men connected with the Punxsutawney incident when I heard it. If you can find that book you will get the exact information altho I believe I have the record in a private book at home and will try to find it there. The facts, as I recall them, are as follows: The Suffrage Association in 1914 asked for space for a booth at the Punxsutawney Fair Grounds and were refused. Then the manager of one of the large stores in the town who had space for an exhibit offered the suffragists' space in a section of his booth which he had fitted up as a sample library or living room. The anti-suffragist(s) had a booth opposite the suffragist booth. The suffragists thinking to be friendly went across the way to call upon the anti- suffragists and were rather harshly treated. When the suffragists returned to the suffragists' booth and reported their treatment, the other suffragists thought the first visitors had not been tactful and so another suffragist went across to the anti- suffragists booth and the following was the gist of the conversation which ensued: Miss Liza Armstrong of Pittsburgh in charge of the anti-suffragists booth said she had never been so insulted in her life. The visiting suffragist inquired why, and said that the men of that town were not accustomed to insulting women. Miss Armstrong replied that at least a half dozen men had asked her whether the anti-suffragists were tied up with the whiskey force. Whereupon the visiting suffragist said do you not know how that impression got abroad. Miss Armstrong said, no. Then the visiting suffragist asked if it was not true that she had been in communication with three men in Punxsutawney with regard to the anti-suffragist booth, and that when Miss Armstrong came to Punksutawney to make arrangements she met these three men at a hotel in the town and talked over the space with them, the decorations, etc., and further that when she came to town to open up the booth these three men had helped to open, decorate and establish it. Miss Armstrong replied that this was true. The page 2. Hannah Patterson to Harriet Hubbs visiting suffragist then asked if she did not know that Mr. Rosengarten (I am not sure of any of these names) was an officer in one of the brewing companies in Jefferson County, that Mr. Brown was an officer in another brewing company in town or county and that the third gentleman was the largest wholesale whiskey dealer in the town. The story goes, as I recall it, that the anti-suffragists packed their tent and stole away the next day. Miss Armstrong made further reply that Mr. Fisher of Punksutawney had also be(en) interested in the anti-suffragists coming to the Fair and taking a booth and that he was a lawyer and could not be connected with the whiskey ring. To which the visiting suffragist replied that Mr. Fisher was well known as the attorney for all the liquor dealers in the license court. ..... Excerpt from letter of Harriet L. Hubbs to Miss Patterson Aug. 9, 1916 My dear Miss Patterson: I thabk you for securing the name of the three men who were connected with the booth of the anti-suffragists at the Punxsutawney fair last week. The 1915 Handbook has come in this morning and I am very glad to have it. .... Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.