The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-19
woMAN.s NATIONAL COUNCIL.
An Immense Meeting of Representative
Women Expected.


Women Expected.
The first triennial meeting Of this or
ganization. which Is to be III session at
Albaugh's Opera House on Sunday, Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, February
- TO %, inclusive, will be one of the most
notable gatherings of women that has
ever taken place in Washington. Thirty
five organizations, aggrcgating q member:
ship of over half a million women, will
be representated by one or more delegates.
Among the well-known women who
will either deliver addresses or take part
in the discussions are Frances II. Willard,
May Wright Sewall, Mrs. NJ. Louise
Thomas, Miss Mary +. Eastman, Mrs.
Joseph Cook, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Mrs.
Bertha Honore Palmer, president Of the
board Of Lady Managers Of the Columbian
Brown, cousin of Ralph Waldo Emer-
son; Mrs. Ella Dietz Clymer, president of
the famous New York Woman's Club
(Sorosis); Lucinda III. Stone, Mrs. Xerelda
Wallace, the mother of General Lew Wal
lace, author of "Den Hur;" Mary T. La
thrap who is called the Daniel Webster of
the temperance reform; Mary Il. Lease,
known as the famous orator of the
Farmers Alliance; Mary Lowe Dickinson,
the founder of the famous temperance
temple at Chicago; Miss Mary q. Bur
dette. sister of the famous lecturer;
Mrs. Frances II. Russell, the apostle of
the Delsartc system; Clara Barton, Mrs.
Emily S. Sherwood of the Sunday Herald,
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Mrs. Mary Seymour
Howell, DIR. Julia Holmes Smith, presi
dent of the Isabella Association, and many
others of the most prominent women in
the country.
The Sunday services will be free to the
public and will take place at Albaugh's
Opera House at 3 o'clock p. IN. They
will be conducted by six women clergy
men, Rev. Mia Frances Tnppcr Rev.
Caroline j. Bartlett, Rev. Olympia Brown,
Rev Ida c. Hultin and Rev. Anna II.
Shaw. These clergymen each represent Il
different denomination and all are pastors
of ilourishipg congregations, with the ex-
ception Rev. Anna III. Shaw, who, after
being pastor eight years, resigned her
charge to enter into the temperance work.
She is now president of one of the associa-
tons represented, Wimodaughsis. Mrs.
Margaret Bottome, the president and
founder of the Kings Daughters, will also
take part in the services, and Mrs. NJ.
Elizabeth Johnson will contribute solo.
Entrance to the other sessions Of the
National Council will be by ticket; single
admission 25 cents, with reserved seats 80
cents; season, tickets, 50. Season tickets
may be obtained from Miss Lucy Il. An
thony, HOG G street northwest
The officers of the National Council of
Women, are. Frances Il. Willard prcsi-
dent; Susan ID. Anthony, vice.president;
Mary u. Eastman, recording secretary;
May Wright Sewall, corresponding sccre-
tary; NJ Louise Thomas, secretary.
The associations represented rs mem-
hers or as delegates are:
The National Woman Suffrage Associa-
tion-Elizabeth Cady Stanton, PRESIDENT
Mary Seymour Howell, delegate.
Sorosis-Ella Dietz Clymer, PRESIDENT
Jennie c. Croly, delegate
National Womans Christian Temper
ance Union---Irances IL. Willard, presi-
dent; Mary 7. Lathrap, delegate.
The Womans Centenary Association of
the Universalist Church-M. Louise
Thomas, president; Emily 5. Sherwood,
delegate.
Womon's National Press Association
NJ. d. Lincoln, presidenti Mary $. Lock-
wood, delegate.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Anna II. Shaw,
president Mary Desha, delegate. =,
Columbia Exposition-Bertha IIonore
Palmer, Mrs, Charles NJ. Henrotin, Nir-
ginia G. Meredith.
The Queen Isabella Association, DR..
Julia Holmes Smith; the National Asso-
citation of Loyal Women of American
Liberty, Mrs. j. G., Manchester, Mrs. +.
H. Eaves, Mrs. II. Il. Bishop; the Ram
abai Association. Judith NJ. Andrews;
the Kings Daughters, Mary Lowe Dick
cational Society Of Boston, Mrs. Simonds;
the Illinois Woman's Alliance, Corinne
$. Brown; the Rhode Island Woman's
Council, Mrs. II. S. Burlingame;
the Protective Agency for Women
and Children, Caroline N. Brown;
the Ladies Physiological Institute of Bos
ton, DR.. Helen b. O'Leary: the National
Free Baptist Womans Missio1nar}y, Society,
Mrs, =. 5. Burlingame; the Woman's )
Grouse, Mary G. Burdette; the Woman )
American Baptist Home Missionary So
ciety, Mrs. T. Nickerson the Woman's s
Missionary Society of the Evangelical
Reformed Church, Mrs. NJ. T. Whit
more; the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Union of Friends, Hannah J. Bailey;
the Union Woman's Missionary Society
| dental Board of Foreign Missions, Mrs.
| J.. V. Robbins; the National Christian
League forthe Promotion of Social Purity
| Il. b. Grannis and NJ Louise Thomas
the Worlds w. G. I. IT,, l.. NJ n. Stevens
and Frances j.. Barnes; the British
| Womens' Temperance Association,
Florence Balgarnie; the Non-Partisan
| Nauonai w. =. i. u, j. Ellen Foster;
the Woman's Temperance Publishing
Association. NJ ID. Carse and NJ. A. West;
the Woman's National Temperance Hos
pital, Josephine II. Nichols; Woman's s
Health Protective Association of New
York, Margaret Ravenhill; the Illinois
| Womans Home Missionary Society, Mrs.
| O.. ii. Tainter; the New York Women
Press Club, Mary i. Seymour, Helen
| Watterson; the Illinois Press Association,
DR.. Alice b.. Stockham; the New Eng
land Woman's Press Association, Estelle
NJ. II. Merrill; the American officers OF
the International Council of Women,
Clara Barton, vice-president; Rachel Eos