ntrol or management under the school
laws of this State." It was a very faint gleam of comfort, too
small to stir more than a breath of praise. It had the merit of
being a step in the right direction, though timid and feeble, and
as it has never disturbed the equilibrium of society, it may
ultimately be followed by others of more importance.

The annual meetings of the association have been held in
Philadelphia, Westchester, Bristol, Kennett Square and Media,
respectively. An interesting feature of the Westchester meeting
was the reading of an essay, entitled "Four quite New Reasons why
you should wish your Wife to Vote." It was written for the
occasion by Eliza Sproat Turner, and was subsequently printed and
re-printed in tract form by order of the executive committee, and
freely circulated among the people. It was likewise published in
the _Woman's Journal_. Other documents relative to the question
have been printed from time to time by authority of the
committee, and large numbers of suffrage tracts have been
purchased for distribution year after year, embodying the best
thoughts, the soundest arguments, and the most forcible reasoning
that the question has elicited. Frequent petitions have been sent
to the legislature and to congress, all having in view the one
paramount object, and showing by their repeated and persistent
appearance the indefatigable nature of a living, breathing
reform. The executive committee at one time employed Matilda
Hindman as State agent. Meetings were held by her chiefly in the
western part of the State. In 1874 her services extended to the
State of Michigan, where the question of woman suffrage was
specially before the people. Lelia E. Patridge also represented
the association in Michigan at that time, where she performed
excellent service in addressing numerous meetings in different
parts of the State. In 1877 Miss Patridge was appointed to
represent the society in Colorado. There she labored with others
to secure the adoption of a constitutional amendment providing
for suffrage without regard to sex. On several occasions the
executive committee has contributed to woman suffrage purposes in
other States. Massachusetts, Michigan, Colorado and Oregon have
been recipients of the limited resources of the associatio