Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-04

was dressed In 0aClvo costume. She
spoke extempOraneOus'y for half an hour
upon the subject of 1.-THE Women of In
dia," and received the close attention Of
the audience. In brief, she said:
In tho olden times in India women were COM
pletely under the control of their husbands and
but very few were allowed to be educated, and
these of the Brahmans or priestly caste. Only
a few were allowed any educational I'D.
vantages. According to the teaching of their
priest, an Indian women could only reach
Heaven through complete and perfect obe-
dience to her husband. II she were entirely
obedient and good and regarded her hu sband as
her savior after death she would be bCrn again,
and as man. Woman, they said, was made
from the rib of man, and, like it, was hope
lessly crooked; she needed no educa-
ton. Her husband was her natural pro-
WIDER OF all things needful, as he was her nat
ural protector. Representative men in India
had always advised against the education of
women, but since the English people took
The English people, she said, had
treated the native Indians fairl and
honestly. The universities OF India were
thrown open to woman, as were also her
medical colleges Since 1873 about half dozen
native women had graduated with honor from
the universities. Calcutta had taken the high
est ground In the education of women. A great
hange is being wrought. What India needed
was women teachers.
The next paper, @The Kindergarten in
Its Development of Faculty." was written
by Sarah B. Cooper, of California The
next paper was read by Mrs. Louisa Reed
Stowell. It was upon the subject of "The
Typical Woman of This Century" Other
papers were read by Rena A. Michaels, Ph.
D., dean Of the Woman's College of the
Northwestern University, on @Co-Edu-
cation;" by Cora A. Benson, A. NJ,
LII B., Michigan University and fell
low in history, Bryn Mawr College, on
College Fellowships for Women" and
dent Wesleyan College, Cincinnati The
college was the first to receive a university
charter for the education of women.
At meeting held Saturday it was de-
cided to appoint permanent in ternational
council, to consist of fifteen delegates; hav-
ing been at that time elected presi-
dent of this council, Miss Anthony
from the delegates elected chose Miss
Willard, chairman; Miss Richardson. of
Princeton, ILL.,, delegate on religion;
Rev. Ada C. Bowles, ministerial delegates;
Mrs. Louisa Thomas, delegate of Sorosis;
Miss Rachel Foster, Miss Mary Eastman,
Miss Margaret r. Field, of New Orleans;
Mrs Keefer of Canada; Mrs. Scratched,
of England; Mrs Ormiston Chant, of En-
gland; Mrs Groth, of Norway. and Baro-
ness Gripenberg, of Finland.
SECOND DAY.
WASHINGTON, March 2S. The Interna-
tional Council OF Women resumed it's ses-
sion yesterday morn ng: Papers were read
by Isabella G. Barrows and L ura McNeir on
the Work of Unitarian Women and the
. re nf TpHo
Bogelot described theprison reform work of
St Lazare in Paris. Edna D. Cheney fol-
lowed with an essay on Hospitals Man.
aged By and For Women" Miss Clara
Barton, president of the American Nation
al Red Cross, outlined the origin, purposes
and work of the socie.y of WI Oh she is the
chief The synopsis of her remarks is as
follows:
She told the International Council of Women
how the Red Cross was establ shed by the
treaty of Geneva in 1864. Under this treaty all
parties working in time of war for the succor
Of the wounded and sick are neutrals and may
not be molested. Military hospitals float
ing the Red Cross flag may not be attacked,
and those in the service of the hospitals or am
balances are safe from capture, while badly
wounded prisoners on q captured field may be
delivered to their own army. National So
cites formed within each signatory ma
ton. and all work together in time OF trial.
The American Red Cross differs from the
European societies in going further in it's work
of mercy than do the Old World organizations.
In this country not war alone, but any disaster
too large to be handled by the people among
whom it occurs is arecognized field for the Red
Cross Across the Atlantic this difference is
known as the American amendment.
In the Franco-German war of 1901 the Red
Cross first displayed it's great power for good.
nf
STA, and the Empress Eugene were the lead
ers in the work of mercy, and the
brassart on the arm of the relief
corps was passport anywhere. The
speaker had herself served through that war
and she spoke touchingly of the work that was
done. The work done in this country has been
seen in all the great misfortunes which have
fallen upon the peaple, beg ming with great
floods along the southern Mississippi in 1874
to the cyclone at Mount Vernon, III. AS to the
efficacy of the methods OF relief and the popu-
lar confidence in the work of the Red Cross
it was pointed out that the United States
Government spent $4,000 and the Red Cross
900 in relieving the sufferers by the floods
of 1884.
In conclusion Miss Barton said: "But, again,
what has the Red Cross to do with woman's
work, and why does our Miss Anthony give it
place here? Because her Judgment is quick
and sound. her vision clear and strong, and she
sees from a1ar. MISS Anthony was the first
woman to lay her hand beside mine in the
formation of Red Cross Society in her
native city OF Rochester, and that society
has stood like a rock through trouble and
disaster, responsive to every call. Be-
cause there are more women than men in
the Red Cross OF Europe to-day, Expresses
and Queens lead its societies and its relief
work in war, and while these princesses
OF peace and humanity, each Queenly wife
standing with her Red Cross hand on the
epaueted shoulder of her war-meditating
husband he will consider we'll before he
declares. This has been and will be again
the case. Women have much to do with
it, and in the great millenial daJ, when peace
has conquered war; and its standards float out
from the shining battlements. both women and
the Red Cross Will be there
Mrs. Emily s Richards made an INTEREST,"
ing address, showing tho tlourishing Con-
dition of the Woman's Association Of Utah.
Harriet E. Morris read paper on mission
airy ork, and Amelia :. Quinton described
the work and objects Of the Wolnan's In
dian Association.
Miss Frances E. Willard, of Chicago, was
the first speaker at the evening session
Her subject was @Woman and Temper
ance," and she described the work and the
arms of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union in a forcible and luminous
fashion. Hannah Whitall Smith, Amer
loan Sacyatarv fha w