The evening world., 1890-04-12
SESSION OF WORKING GIRLS.
Monster Convention to Be Held in
This City Next Tuesday.
Delegates from All Parts of the
Country win Attend.

A thousand readers of The EVENING
WORLD, men and women. and some of the
brightest of the girls themselves, have pre-
scented their views III brief on the subject Of
what shall we do with Our Girls, evInc-
ing the engrossing interest which this sub
ject has aroused in free America. the land
of progress, OF promise and Of rapid fulfil
men..
How unerringly TIKI EVENING World hit
the bulls-eye OF the popular mind in present
ing It's columns for the discussion is about
to be emphatically demonstrated
On Tuesday next there will open in this
city u Convention most remarkable in it's
composition, and unexampled in its pur-
pose.
The gathering will be one Of women.
Workingwomen!
Not merely of those Of the fair sex who
toll with hands. but Of women as well who,
having a plenty OF this worlds goods, have
devoted their brains 10 the successful solu-
ton of the momentous question which The
EVENING WORLD has framed for discussion.
New York's brilliant eX-School Commits
sioner, Mics Grace L. Dodge, u at the head
of the committee in charge OF the Conven-
Grafton OF American women will participate.
1t will be the sixth annual Convention, of
such a society ~ does not exist in any other
tom Of Working Girls Societies.
There will be $50 delegates. coming from
Boston's twelve clubs, Philadelphia's New
eleven clubs; Montreal's eight societies, and
associations in Chicago. Baltimore, Pitts
bnrg. Providence. Newport, San francisco,
and Plymouth, Mass : New brunswick,
Paterson, Bergen and Orange. N. j.. and
from several Connecticut towns,
of the Central Council of the New York Assoc
citation of twenty-slx working girls, sOcle-
ties; The delegates will be Snartered az the
was built years ago by the late A. L. Stewart
The first session will open at the Assembly
a nGsmS; and Mrs. Mary stOrrs Hsynes,
Of Brooklyn, will read a paper on What Il
? Working Girls socisty?.' This will be fol
lselin and three-minute discussions will be
Edith Howes. of Boston. will. speak on
How to Rouse an Intelligent Interest in
Jane Potter on How Can a Society Be-
come s~elf-SnpportinS :" Grace .: Dodge on
of Philadelphia, will offer a paper through
one OF its bright members on, practical
Glasses; Which are the Most Useful?' fol-
Tuesdsy evening the Convention will hold
q mass-meeting at Cooper Union, at WHICH
Lander will furnish music and Mrs. +. ID.
of the Committee Upon the Federation OF
Women's Clubs, will offer a greeting to the
Working Girls societies.
Marion HaTland (blrs. Terhunel will de-
liver an address. club songs will be sung,
and the annual report, and MESSAGE. and
greetings from visiting clubs viii be given, |
There will be a morning session At 10 and
an afternoon session ct 9 o'clock Wednes-
day, Florence Is. Lockwood will open the
morning session, followed by a symposium
from the Brooklyn Association on the Lit
Miss Shepard. OF the North Bennett Street
Club, Of Boston p5d Miss II oiisshe,meri
Benefit Schemes, =" aud papers will be read
by Miss :. +. Gardner, Of Boston; Clara $.
Pottei, Of New York, and Emily ii. Morgan.
In the afternoon the programme comprises
discussion of Junior Clubs" by the East
Cambridge Club, Boston; ''1he, Relation
sPs I se''i New r York 70 "H'what Do WORKING
Girls Owe One Another? p Clare dc, GTstien-
ried, of Washington. and Mrs. l.. ", Bets,
ton, Miss s. NJ. Minturn and Carlotta r..
We Tending :" Mrs. Eliza i. Turner, Phila-
delphiA. and various other topics.
Wednesday evening the. tWenty-six New
York clubs will give receptions 10 the dele
gates al. their clubs, and tie Convention
at which plans for the future will be dis
The New York active clubs are eighteen in
number with a membership OF 2,B35, but
there are eight other clubs in honorary mem
bership. Thirteen OF the clubs rent and
occupy whole houses and thirteen have Only
club-rOOms.
There are So classes teaching dressmAk-
ing. sewing. cooking, millinery and NIFTY
other useful occupations. There are twenty
three libraries, hive music clubs, twelve
aud benefit schemes and twelve
resort clubs.
Tie Association is in no sense a charity
orRAnizAtlon. 1t 10 entirely cooperative.
by the members for the members,
and Ii il wholly E~elf-supCorting.
IL is but six years old, but its rapid success
is q sure sign OF the times. and the advance
ment of the w~oTkingWpmau b. self-help.
tho deyelopnPnt II higher aims, and her
ia every way, is the object OF the
association.