Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-29

III.
celeb. s,ed Pi1nist aad Soprlao SIN r.
i oE. SMITHS AT, lllerv. 3Oi Penns vi 90
MA avenue. New pictures on exhibition.
Wemaa's N.eti...
An adJournsd meet 1g 0: ii Izdls o. Wash
'roa iav' . o's 70 the advsueS tnent o. iar'ssk
legislative TefOI Tor the p,arss nent o 20
eva ano soc al Tsistiors was held This ms -
M al naf- past ten O'Clock al Union League
EaiI, mis- ID Hathaway in the chair and Mrs
JbIa AIcnleaid Holmes secretary.
MIS-. Hathaway, from the committee an.
poihtsc 10 select proper person 20 canvass tle
WARDS OF me ely, subGItted a verbal report.
she siaied thai, upon ,OnfeIedoe With her CO.
adjn'Ors, Oh the committee, 1t b ID D Ell agreed
aS the most feasible plan OF carrying out the
ooJscfs ,OnbmPlsteol TO hold ward meetings
and 10 mvls the attendance Of all ladies favor
able TO wOman's rights. At these meeting the
subject &C aid Be fully discussed aud the mo. =
sui able poems sel ctsd TO call upon tho =
d dts OF TIE wards VINO Voc Id rot at,end and
Icy the matter fore them. For ne Seventh
Ward Mrs. Dr. Hathaway and Ms Jul,a
Arch t2id Holmes had bSen appointed as en-
'assers, aud a committee had AFRO b en- an
TOIr ed for Georgetown pn S.furIsv ~
morrow night meeting of Isdiss for tue
foHIth ward would u held at Union l. Igua
Hall Tor organization.
MIS- GidG'ngs, dtughtP~ OF tn lite Hon
joshua h GIddings- Of ONO, Rlade a fe " euIo.
Flsttc remarks Of ErS. NJ -shlIL OF Chicago
"LNM she ncPta lar me eiug would call up,n
MIS- Marshau expressed her thauk- for the
distinction COnIer-,d upoa her, aud EXPIRE d
All sympathy with the cause for which the
an eIe struggling
Ms Remiek. OF New York, fe!t much en-
cOuTsgtd ut the RAPID pro@rCs- which the
no n.nt M iavOr OF wOman's nights had
made See exhoTtsd the ladies, and those gem
uemen willing to AID them to perseyere IN The
wOsk 80 auspIciOusly begun.
mis- Simms also urged the i'm portance of the
E'Lot, snu IN ceseantlng upon its advautagPF
bore quite heavily upon what she terme.i the
vIIpnIIal InGlinatons OF man.
MS Dr. Hathaway spoke in behalf of an ex-
thueO circulation of newspapers advocating
the principles of woman s II ghts, and especially
IecOmu ended the Re collation.. pu he'd in New
iofk; ne political course of mat paper had
NOT al OSether teen such as 10 receive her sane
tCh out still, as awOman's tights paper il wa
taetied TO patronage. To the re pOrters of the
press OF Washington she paid a high compll-
meht lor tne impartial aud accurate reDorts
VINE n iney had given OF the meeting held last
ffiday, end said she was glad that they had
been admitted
participation IN every good work, and ex.
pressed her Determination 10 battle for this
new reform with all her power and influence
Negroes were now permitted TO vofe and
would any body, she asked prete nd to saw thai
women were moi as competent TO exercise that
night rs the negroes.
Ms. J. b. Archibald. of Kansas, desired rna
ms. OF the ballot il orLer to deyelop the IufiI
snce OF women over the institutions and wei.
1are of the country
Mrs. Hathaway reiterated her direction to
the political course OF The RerOIatioa, although
rs a wOman's right paper she thought NJ the
osst which could De subscribed TO- Th=a piper
she said, mad taken the ground that the cuti-
slavery advocates had forgotten the woman
an the negro question, who was as I.IlacIous
as ever truth could be uttered
Mrs. Or. Hartman followed at some length in
advocacy OF tue ballot for women, and all other
prlvIl'g.s enjoyed by the male sex Sine then
referred TO paragraphs published recently in
tne STAR OF this city, and the Tri5vas. of New
York that she had appeared IN the late Wo-
msn's Rights Convention in male attire =
Ineie papers she hoped, would make the
GsneTsds n HOTdbIe. Custom, she SAID had given
10 man the only common sense cCs NM which
was nj 10 wear aud man wss no more entitled
70 IL than woman. IL was the only proper
uless ior men or women 10 wear. 20 matter
whether view in a healthtul or confort.bIe
sense. = s held that large comma ; of lrama
~ork, Win scarcely anything Inside, such as
i worn by the women II the country was ont
OF place and nfsded reformation an concIn
SION she endorsed the PROJECT CT ward mae.,r- =
ana 1nquirSd whether ii was Intended N -
THESE IN. etlDg should be composed exclusively
OF women, or Won Id the men oe a imit,ed
Inc Chair replied that it was not designed :,
e1ciode either sex. The first means 10 he ta,a
was 70 obtain signatures TO a petition askir-
congress 10 give women the right IN VOC
which Petition would be so draw M as IN
Hne column Tor the men and one Tor the
women. Was in t,xo- ~. ar
Dr. Mary T. WaIKv. ~,msnt 20
ward movement, and The appo,.- ~es IN IN
vassing committees to solicit signatuA.
petition referred to- As 10 the negro questos5 ,
she would only reiteTate what she had already
said: thai she was not in favor of another per-
son, &c he negro, Indian, Hottentot. or otner-
wise, being granted a vote crfOre the women
We're permitted to vote. she had no doubt,
however. that the negro question would b.
foIly settled before that concerning the woman
was acted on. The speaker claimed 10 have
watched the progress of events IN this city for
some time, and felt deep interest in the
cause.
The Chsir exhorted the ladies to perseyerrne
acton, and recommended every woman %
lose NO me IN making herself aqua uled with
me laws or me D-irlct. she thought TO- NOR
row Night would be coed opportunity 10 con-
s-der this mater, when these ls"ies ss7t ac-
quaIntcd with the ordinances could point out
sues sections a. would be mott Irnpor ant for
the women 10 N axe themselves conyers.,r,
WI
After the trepsaction of some ,,,a. hn s,nass
Of inter-. only 10 the co., mitees, the meeting
sdjouIned.
PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF THE PECVIDKNT
AID SCCIETN.-At the meeting of TIA Off 'eTs
and directors OF his society, held al the Off