| Show WOMEN jhb WERE ON TIME I 1 to tim one minute speeches at th the the recent congress of the now new york state federation notes Elar harpers perS bazar should go down in history as a great triumph in the line of system and regularity for every meeting began and alid closed at the appointed time think of women making such a record oraas as that for punctuality this was largely due to the example of mrs MM william tod helmuth the dreg presiding iding oscer the holding of every part of the program to its prescribed prescribe place made it possible to have lapses of leisure where new business and matters of interest nt not set down on the program could be voiced A convention that gets through with everything that it intended to discuss is almost an anomaly but was the result the cutting down of time limits in the speakers from three minutes to two and then to one showed however that even this open program was too full another federation meeting will un undoubtedly remedy this and it will teach the women who are to speak that they will have only time to present the meat of their thought in terse strong sentences mrs russell sage who was given one minute to tell about the emma willard alumnae association summed it up in a sentence that was epigrammatic in its force and directness we worship emma willard she said and we love each other the federation showed that women are learning to do away with useless verbiage in making their points but it also showed that the truth was not entirely learned |
