The Henson Journals

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Tuesday, September 30th, 1913.

I attended Holy Communion in the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral, & received the Sacrament from the hands of my excellent host. Nothing could exceed the beauty of the place, or the comforting solemnity of the service.

Canon Vaughan showed me the Chapter Library. There are not many treasures, but some objects of great interest. Bishop Morton's [Morley] books are there preserved in their own original bookshelves.

We all went into Southampton in order to hear the President's address. Bishop Talbot was in good voice. The occasion lent itself to his distinctive style of speaking – slow, sonorous, oracular. He was assisted by the sympathetic appreciation of his hearers: & sate down after discoursing for an hour amid loud applause.

We dined with the Bishop & Mrs Talbot at the Deanery. I sate next Armitage Robinson at the table.

I took the chair at a distinctly rowdy meeting of the Anti–Female Suffrage Society. Arnold Ward & Miss Gladys Pott were the speakers. The suffragists attended in force, & interrupted freely. However the meeting was judged a success.

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Issues and controversies: female suffrage