Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-11
WITH A WARM WELCOME
The Ladies' Literary Club Will
Throw Open Its Doors
FOR THE GREAT WOalS'S CONGRESS-
To Be Held In This City wednesday.
Thursday and friaay--froxrasn sf
the several Sessions to be
HEIDI otu nz ttees.

'Ihe Ladies' Literary Club OF Grand
Rapids ilings open lis gates, and bids
you enter on this, the occasion OF your
nineteenth annual congress.
ave welcome you, good friends, to
our city. our halle, our homes, and TO
our fallow fields of thought.
''Brng TO us, with these bright
autumn days. the garnered harvest OF
your wide experience. klncle, we
pray, the torch of Truth, that shall
shine with no uncertain light. Balance
for ns an even scale Of justice; that We
judge wisely and fairly in all the plans
and purposes Of life. Lift aloft right
and true standard OF honor To guide
and direct our lays.
1--WE welcome you, with receptive
minds, with ardent hopes, with warm
and cordial syinpathies."
How 1t Was Conceived.
The Association for the Advance
ment of Women was organized IN 1878,
the result of a call issued by the New
Yori, soiosis-the first woman's club
%. aiucilCa-iO NDItltu WIZ Ntit Qlt-
tlngulshed IN letters, progress and re-
form. AT the irst meeting there were
four hundred women present. and
permanent organization Was effected.
Every year since then regular con-
crosses have been held in the different
cities of the Union. TIE purposes of
the organization are "to consider and
present practical methods for securing
k..xt.. r.st
and physical conditions, with view to
the Improvement OF all domestic and
social relations" The motto is Truth,
Justice and Honor" The Congress
met in New York City, Chicago, syra-
cuse, Phiadelphia, Cleveland, Proyi-
dence, Madison, Boston, Buffalo, Port
vile, Detroit, Denver and Toronto.
The Association for the Advance
ment of Women has had four presi-
dents, Mrs. Mary A. Liyermore. Prof.
Marie Mitchell, Mrs. Kate Newell Dog
them women of more than national
fame. The present officers are:
President, Mrs. julia Ward Howe,
Rhode Island;
Secretary, Isabel Rowland, New
York;
Treasurer, Henrietta L. L. Wolcott,
Mass;
Auditors, Sophia Curtis Hoffman,
New York, and Charlotte L. Pierce.
Penn.
Character of the Work.
The members are true hearted,
thoughtful women, who have embod-
led thought in action, and who are
today recognized Representatives and
leaders in all wise social movements.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of this week these women will be here,
as the result of an invitation issued by
the delegates of the Ladies Literary
Club of this city, Mrs. JAS. II. Camp
bell and Mrs. Isaac Powell, when the
Congress was held in Detroit.
three years ago. Last year the Con-
gress assembled at Toronto, and re-
ceived a very warm welcome and many
courtesies from Its citizens. The topics
for discussion at the coming meeting
are well chosen, and cover a wide and
varied range OF themes, all IN the line
OF the central thought and high aim OF
| the Association for the Advancement
| of Women, the advancement of the in
terests and the well being of the great
human family. The speakers are not
able women from the far East. the dis
tant West, and from many parts of the
country. and the convention promises
10 be one of deep and abiding interest.
Papers To he Submitted
Mrs. julia Ward Howe will preside,
and during the conference wall read
paper on Aliens IN America" Mrs.
Charlotte Emerson Brown will present
well-winnowed thought on "Ihe Condl-
ton of Success for Women" There
will be a symposium on art, led by the
weli-known Mrs. Lucinda III. Stone,
and Mrs. Maude Howe Elliot, the novel
ist, will tell about "Some American
Artists" Every woman will pe glad TO
hear what Mrs. Potter Palmer may say
about the Columbian Exposition. The
question of Education for women viii
receive careful consideration. and other
topics of vital interest are found on the
program.
The subjects are assigned a. follows:
"The Condition OF Success for Women"
by Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Brown,
New Jersey; "Women in Africa" Mrs.
Ellen Battelle Dletrck, Massachusetts,;
"The Present Status of Wyoming as
Affected by Woman Suffrage" Mrs.
Clara Bewick Colby, Nebraska; "Ihe
Wise Economy OF Time and Strength as
part OF Educatou," Miss Mary A.
Ripley. Nebraska: "Wonen in Col
icges,' 0ctsyia W. Bates. b. A.. Michi-
gan; Symposium ala Grippe" Dr. Jen-
ME MCGOWAN, Iowa; Df. Leila q. Be
doll, Illinois; The Ethics of Business,
Miss Mary r. Eastman. Massachusetts;
"Aliens 10 America, Mrs. julia Ward
Howe. Rhode Island; The Importance
OF Keeping Close to Nature IN Edsica
ton" Nrs. II. l.. +. Wolcott. Massschu-
setts; "some American Artists" Mrs.
Maud Howe Elliot, Massachusetts,:
Symposium "The Real and the Ideal IN
Art" Mrs. Lucinda II. stone. Michigan;
Mrs Mary +. Wing. Nebraska; "rhe
Worlds Columbian Exposition" Mrs.
Potter Palmer Palmer, Illinois.
Members al ne Bssisess Sessions.
Az the morning bussness sessions men,
bers only will be allowed 10 attend. Tie
afternoon and evening sessions, which
will be held IN the Fountain-st
Baptist Church viii be open % the
general patssc. The afternoon meet
lngs will be- free. but there vii t%
charge of IS cents for evening sessions.
Many II the invitations sent out by ire
Isdies' Literary Cinb - other clubs
have been accepted, and . large dele
CATION Is expected from Indians ard
Illinois. Nrs. julia Ward Howe and
her daughter. Mrs. Maud Heve Eiifot,
will te the guesIs of Mrs. George G.
Fitch; Mss Mary +. Esstnsn of Mrs
Jas. III. Campoeli; Ars- III l.. I MoI~
cou of Mrs. r. r. Tai, and Nfs Potter
81 Mrs. H. III. Waters TIE Ladies