The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-25
Convention Of the Interna-
tiOnal Council Of Women
AT WASHINGTON, D. c., TO-DAY.
a step In Advance Toward Women's
Political EnfrRpchisement-T
Programme.
80 the Editor of THE HERALD:

bu6IS Will Dc Convened IN A1Daugl 8
Opera House, in Washington, D. c., the
most imposing assem- ~ of womea at
has ever been brought together in
America. Tn international council
has been called by the National Woman
Suffrage Association to celebrate the
fortleth anniversary of TIE first
Woman's rights convention held at
Seneca Falls, ew York, in lS48. The
council will assemble at 2.3J pm. Re-
iigious services conducted by women
only will mark a II dical change in
Eoman's position at the present time. as
compared with forty years ago. The
sermon will be by the Rev. A ME II.
Shaw; subject: "The Heavenly Vision"
Six ladies with the title of reverend are
to take part in the exercises OF the after
noon.
Monday morning. March Goth, at 10
O'Clock, will be the formal OPEN
ing of the council. Music: THE
Promised Lsnd;" invocation, Rev.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell; address,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, president
n. w. s. A. Mrs. Stanton is a most at
tractlve woman; she has a magnetic
presence and a charming, motheily
manner; her soft, white hair gives her
a venerable appearance, and adds
grace and look of exquisite refinement
which age sometimes impar:s to COM
pensate for the loss of youth. Her
superiority is quite apparent, whether
upon she platform surrounded with
intellectual and beautiful women, or
wherever she is; the same self-poise
and dignity are noticeable; she presiues
over meetings and conventions with a
quiet self-possession that makes her
the leader IN a great cause.
Next on the programme is the an
nouncement of committee on perma-
nent organization.
There will be sixteen sessions of the
Council, affOrding ample opportunity
for speeches, addresses, papers to be
read and discussion upon the various
topics presented; the OBJECT is not alone
TO promote the interests of Woman's
suffrage, but all the great questions
that relate to Woman's advancement
In the church, the home, or the State,
The main subjects mentioned in Their
order, are education, philanthropies,
temperance, industries, professions,
orga nizatiOn, legal conditions, social
purity, political conditions, with
discussions upon the themes, as they
come before the meetings. The ladies
who are to speak at the several sessions
of the council have a ,rtain time al
dotted to them, from ten 10 fifteen and
twenty minutes, so there will be no con-
FUSION as is often the case in meetings
where there is less method. Inc
speakers are distinguished women OF
this ana other lands, who have been Ia
boring long and arduouSly (maHy of |
them) for the uplifting of woman, and !
10 benefit all mankind. Such gather
ing cannot fail to impress people with
the magnitude and importance of wo-
mans influ 4nce in relation to the greatest
aud graYest questions of the ninteenth
century. The council has been termed
by some, ''the woman's dress parade |
movement" and it will no doubt be a |
magnificent sight to look upon, when |
these learned aud accomplished dele |
gates and public speakers come together |
and make official reports of their labors, |
and represent the various organizations |
with their views and methods of pro |
gressive work. The badg worn by |
Che ladies will be very pretty feature |
of the occasion and add greatly to the |
fine feathers and fans and flourish of
$Tumpets."
The council represents nation
ally organized associations ony
am, not local ones; this fact gives
distinct Significance to the movement,
and is in keeping with the object in
vieW-atter the adjournment of the
council, viz: to form permanent inter
national organization that will give
popularity and prestige to the cause,
and consolidate the interests of the |
women workers Of this and other ma
tions in such a way as to be helpful to !
al.
Among the most noted women, who |
are to take part in the proceedings OF |
6he council Will be several foreign |
delegates; this will be an interesting
feature of the meetings; and although |
s'We love our own the best" YET
Americans are proud to entertain repre-
cord to them all the honors ano |
courtesy due to their position, whether
men or women, with generosity and |
cordiality which has become 'roVerbial; |
and in this. respect the officers of the
National Woman Suffrage Association
will not fail 10 make a decidedly favor
able impression upon their fellow
workers from abroad.
Pendita Remahsi, of India, is perhaps
the most remarkable woman, who is to
speak, and her WORK must be considered
very great in view OF the difficulties
and prejudices she has had to contend
with and has overcome to such an ex-
tent. "She comes now to the women OF
America to tell the story of her Hindoo
sisters, and to ask for help TO enable
these Hlndoo women to help them
selves" Madame Isabelle Bogelot, of
Paris, the French delegate, is celebrated
in her own country and elsewhere for
reform work, more particularly among
female prisoners. She is directr1ce OF
the work of the discharged female pris-
Opers of st. Lazare, Paris. A notice of
Madame BogeIot and her work, as
published in the Revue deS DeuT MOndeS, |
in January. 1887, gives one little idea
of this noble, self-sacrihcing woman
II is said "she has but one method
pitv for every sinner; and she extends q
strong, helpful hand to those unfortu-
mates, who, by a single error, have been
,,ooda IN feel IL jynn0sSihie ever to rise