EQUAL SUFFRAGE NOTES 
* As was anticipated, the Equal 
Suffrage cause in Massachusetts had 
its great victory in the Legislature 
on Tuesday afternoon, when the 
Suffrage amendment bill finally 
passed the House by a vote of 196 
to 33. This majority was much 
greater than expected, and so were 
the crowds of Suffragists who flood- 
ed the State House, many coming 
from different parts of the state,— 
some from Manchester! Some of 
us had to sit in the Press gallery, 
and there I found myself, by chance, 
beside Mr. and Mrs. Harry Russell. 
The galleries looked like a spring 
tlower show, with the array of yel- 
low daffodils. Very few Antis were 
to be seen. They also anticipated 
our victory! After equal suffrage 
has been completely won and be- 
come a fact here, there will be no 
Antis! But I suppose there will be 
forever an anti element in the com- 
munity, that element of prejudice 
and fear which always opposes any 
new movement. 
In the House debate, we were 
very glad to notice that the Repre- 
sentative from this district, Mr. 
Foster of Gloucester, spoke for the 
bill and for Suffrage. He spoke 
eloquently, too, saying that the pres- 
ent great war proves the need of 
women’s voices in affairs of goy- 
ernment. We shall always remem- 
ber Mr. Harry Foster of Gloucester, 
and Mr. Boyle of Manchester, who 
was his predecessor in the Legisla- 
ture (and also our friend). 
The chief speaker for the Opposi- 
tion, was so offensive in language, 
so ignorant of the facts, that he was 
interrupted by murmurs of protest 
from both the men and the women, 
but he continued his indecent speech 
until stopped by Speaker Cox. He 
was a disgrace to the Antis and to 
the Legislature. 
After the splended vote had been 
taken in the house, and the overflow 
meeting on the State House steps 
was over, the Suffragists formed an 
impromptu parade, several hundred 
strong and marched up to their 
headquarters in Copley Square, re- 
ceiving friendly greetings all the 
way. And there an impressive flag- 
raising took place—first the stars 
and stripes, then the new Suffrage 
flag—— while the crowd sang ‘‘The 
Star Spangled Banner’’ and ‘‘ Amer- 
ica.’’ Finally we sang ‘‘Home Sweet 
Home.’’ Home means Massachu- 
setts, and Massachusetts is now a 
‘“‘ecampaign state;’’ and when the 
Suffrage question comes up to the 
NORTH: SHORE- BREEZE 
voters next November, we shall ask 
the men to let the women work with 
them, for the home. 
Let me add only one item, for this 
week,—Suffragists and Antis have 
been working together for the 
second performance of ‘‘Sylvia,’’ on 
Thursday, which was for the benefit 
of the Women’s Peace Party. This 
is as it should be! 
—L. R. 8S. 
Pauline Frederick in ‘‘Innocent’’ 
When manager A. H. Woods un- 
dertook to produce George Broad- 
hurst’s American adaptation of Ar- 
pad Pasztor’s emotional play, ‘‘In- 
nocent’’, from the Hungarian there 
was but one woman on the English 
speaking stage whom he could con- 
sider for the title role—a role that 
called for the utmost artistic delica- 
cy of stage work and a_ personal 
charm that would carry out the au- 
thor’s description of Innocent ‘‘as 
beautiful as the orchid.’’ Pauline 
Frederick, so often produced as the 
most beautiful woman on the Am- 
erican stage today, was selected to 
create the part of Innocent and when 
that play was first presented at the 
Eltinge theatre, New York, more 
than six months ago, it was general- 
ly agreed that both manager and 
star were unusually fortunate. Miss 
Frederick and the same supporting 
company comes to the Shubert The- 
atre for two weeks beginning with 
Washington’s Birthday matinee, 
next Monday, February 22nd. 
‘“Nearly Married.’’ 
With Richard Bennett as the star 
in an excellent company of players, 
‘““Nearly Married,’’ a wholesome 
farce with a reputation behind it, 
has begun its Boston run at the 
Cort Theatre. This play, by Edgar 
Selwyn, comes to Boston after 
achieving success in a run of a year 
in New York and one of six months 
in Chicago. Selwyn & Co., the pro- 
ducers have won the confidence of 
Boston theatregoers in having 
brought here in the recent past three 
record-makers: ‘‘The Country Boy’’, 
also by Edgar Selwyn, which ran 15 
weeks; ‘“‘ Within the Law’’, with a 
credit of 12 weeks, and ‘‘ Under Cov- 
er,’’ which a year ago broke all Bos- 
ton records for 28 consecutive weeks. 
The story of ‘‘Nearly Married’’ is 
based upon an unusual twist of the 
divorce question; unusual in that the 
hero of the farce elopes with his own 
wife, thereby causing complications 
that supply the fun. 
The Breeze $2 a year postpaid. 
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PARENT-TEACHER MEETING | 
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Manchester Association Hears T 
on Vocational Training. 
The February meeting of the Man- 
chester Parent-Teacher associatior 
nesday evening with Edward L. Cur. — 
was held at the Price school, can 
ran of the Boston Newsboys’ associ- 
ation as the speaker of the evening 
in place of Mr. Freeman of the West 
End house. As it was also the an- 
cepted. 
tee on Child Hygiene showed that 
there was a comparatively small 
death rate in Manchester owing to- 
good housing conditions and general 
sanitation. 
Miss Clara Corren, accompanied 
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nual meeting of the association, the 
reports of the officers and heads of 
committees were rendered and ac- 
The report of the commit- 
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by Mr. Monroe on the piano, sang 
‘Tl Bacio’’, ‘‘I Wonder If Ever the. 
Rose’’, and ‘‘At Nightfall’’, and re- 
ceived enthusiastic applause. 
The following officials 
were | 
elected for the ensuing year: Presi- — 
dent, Mrs. Seddie Follett; vice-pres- — 
ident, Mrs. John Connors; secretary, 
Miss Ada Green; treasurer, Freder-— 
ick J. Merrill; program committee, 
John C. Mackin, Raymond C. Allen, 
J. A. Lodge, I. M. Marshall and Ro- — 
land Stebbins; Child Hygiene com- 
mittee, Mrs. Hattie F. Baker, Mrs. 
D. T. Beaton and Miss Lila Gold- — 
smith; visiting committee, Mrs. J. 
L. Prest, Mrs. Lorenzo Baker, Mrs. 
EK. W. Erickson and Mrs. A. E. Par-" 
sons; and Social committee, Mrs. — 
Katherine Campbell, Miss Fannie 
Knight, Mrs. Neary, Mrs. Miguel) — 
Mrs. Bernice Semons, Mrs. Ellen” 
Dahl, Mrs. Ferreira, Mrs. William 
Barnett, Mrs. Harry W. Purington 
and Mrs. Ella Graham. 
Mr. Curran, through his connec- 
tion with the Boston newsboys, was 
peculiarly well qualified to talk up- 
on ‘‘ Vocational Training for Boys’’. 
He spoke of the viewpoint of the 
boy, both the country boy and the 
city boy, declaring the odds to be 
in favor of the country boy because 
responsibility is thrust upon him 
and home influence is brought to 
bear upon him while the city boy 
is a creature of chance. He empha- 
sized the importance of helping hu- 
manity from the lowest stratum up 
instead of from the top layer down 
and said the truest way to help 
young people is to give them the op- 
portunities to help themselves. Mr. 
Curran told of the misfits in soeiety, 
who end at a reformatory and what 
a vast amount of misdirected: ener- 
