Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
W ON A Ms WEEK
Washington Will Be in the Hands Of
Female Host.
WoMAN's NATIONAL COUNCIL.
Its Sessions to Begin Tomorrow and Coptinne
Unril Wednesday Evening-Some Of the Or
ganizations and Their REPRESENTATIVE
Noted Women Wig VIII speak.

NEXT week will be woman's week in Wash
ington and for eight days the city will be in the
hands Of the female host from north and south
and from east and west. During the week there
are to be two great national conventions here,
the meeting of the Woman's National Council
of the United States, which lasts from Sunday
until Wednesday evening inclusive and the
twenty-third annual Washington convention of
the National American Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation, which will last through the following
Sunday.
The sessions of both conventions are to be
held at Albaugh's Opera House and for once at
least the eloquence and wisdom on exhibition
ut the west end Of the broad avenue will equal
| the exhibition at the east end. Morning and
evening there will be sessions of the woman Q
congress, at which some Of the ablest women Of
the country will be the speakers. The Woman
Suffrage Association might be said TO bring to
its annual conventions only those women who
are more or less interested in the efforts that
are being made to secure the right
of the ballot for women. The Ma
tional Council on the other hand is organized
on broader and more general platform and
one that is likely to interest women Of all sorts
and conditions.
THE woMAN's NATIONAL COUNCIL.
This organization, the National Council, was
formed very soon after the international Coun-
Gil of Women, held in this city in the early
spring of 1888. and is really an outcome Of that
notable gathering Of women.
The International Council of Women, held at
Albaugh's Opera House March Is to April /,
1883, convened by the National Woman Suffrage
Association, addressed by nearly 100 women
from seven different countries, and represent
ing ffty-three national societies, was the first
attempt to unity the spirit and method of the
world ) organized wOmanhood. Under the nine
general topics of education, philanthropy,
temperance. industries. professions, legal con-
dltions, political conditions, moral education
and organization a representative body Of
women was formed.
THE PURPOSES OF THE COUNCIL.
The purposes of the council are thus stated
in its constitution: I'VE, women of the United
States sincerely believing that the best good Of
our homes and nation will be advanced by our
own greater unity Of thought. sympathy and
purpose, and that an organized movement of
women will best conserve the highest good Of
the family and the state. do hereby band our
selves together i'll u confederst ton of workers
committed to the overthrow of all forms of
ignorance and injustice and to the application
of the golden rule to society, custom aud law"
The leading object of this new movement is to
aggregate all local societies having the same
object into national societies eligible to auxil-
ITS OFFICERS.
The Office of president of the council was
offered to Miss Anthony, but she declined it,
and it was partly at her suggestion that this
high Office was given to Miss Frances L. Viii
lard, the president of the National W. c. 7. u,
and one OF the most devoted and sue
cessful workers among women in this
country. The other general officers of the
council are as follows: Susan b. Anthony,
Rp Y tint taro
Louise Thomas, New York city, treasurer
Mary F. Eastman, Tewksbury. Mass, recording
secretary; May Wright Sewall, 343 n. Pennsyi-
vania street, indianapolis, Ind, corresponding
secretary.
According to the constitution the council is
organized in the interest of no special propa-
ganda, and has nc power over its auxiliaries
beyond that OF suggestion and sympathy,
therefore, no society voting to become auxiliary
to this council thereby renders itself liable to be
interfered with in respect to its complete organic
unity, independence, or methods of work, OF is
committed to any principle method of any
other society, or to any utterauce or act of the
council itself beyond compliance with the terms
of the constitution. All societies are given
equal representation on the executive board
each having two votes through its president
who becomes vice president Of the council and
one delegate.
ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
The meeting next week is to be the first tri-
| ennial meeting of the council and ia to be de-
voted to addresses and discussions on various
topics OF general interest to women. The ma
tiOnal organizations that have already enterei
the council and the women who will represent
them III the council next week are as follows;
The National W oman Suffrage Association-Eliz-
abeth Cady Stanton, president; Mary Seymour
Howell, delegate. SOrosis-Ella Dietz Clymer,
president; Jennie c: Croly, delegate. National
Woman's Christian Temperance Union-Fran-
r. Tath
delegate. The Womans Centenary Association
of the Universalist Church-M. Louis Thomas
president; Emily s. Sherwood delegate
Womans National Press Association-M. d.
Lincoln, president; Mary S. Lockwood, dele
gate. Wimodaughsis Anna H. Shaw,
president; Mary Desha, delegate.
In addition to these there will he large
number OF fraternal delegatessfrom other Or
CARNATIONS of one sort and another, who will
be present at most Of the executive meetings.
and who may participate III all discussions, but
may not vote. The program for the meeting of
| the National Council next week was published
in last nights STAR. There will be two sessions
each day. at 1880 a. m. and 7i5 pm. with the
exception Of Wednesday, when there will be
three sessions, one at pm. Each session will
be devoted to one particular subject OF interest,
as follows: Monday morning, charities and
phlianthroples; evening, women in the
churches. Tuesday morning, temperance;
evening, education Wednesday morning, the
laneous; evening, the organized work and life
OF women.
THE INAUGURAL SERVICE TOMORROW.
Tomorrow afternoon the sessions will be in
| augurated with religious service at Abaugh's,
which will be Of more than ordinary interest
inasmuch it will be conducted by Ave women
who are ordained ministers. The exercises are
Us follows: Hymn. Rev. Mia Frances Upper;
invocation, Rev. Caroline ]. Bartlett; Scripture
| reading, Rev. Olympia Brown; solo, N. Eliza
beth Johnson; sermon, Rev. Ida @. Hultin; the
national hymn, MY Country It's OF Thee"
exhortation, Mrs. Margaret Bottome, president
Of The Kings Daughters" an appeal, Rev.
Anna H. Shaw, the doxology; benediction.
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