New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-02
WHAT THE WOMEN WANT.
REPRESENTATION. RECOGNITION AND A
BUSINESS COSTUME.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
CLOSING EXERCISES OF woMAN's WEEK
icy TELEGRAPH TO THE rKmUSE.I


Washington March 1.-Religious services "crc sa
in AIbaugh's Opera House to-day by women " Ulo
TrlenniaI Council and Suffrage Association IL was
thc finish of the eight DAYS work begun on sunday
veek with similar services In the same place. ihe
services to-day were made the more Impressive "
the everent attention Of the large audience 10 WYNN
the printed orders OF service were gwen at INC 49,
This included the hymns selected, ana inc s'e"'e
was congregational The services opened WIN 'anue
IongfeIIow's hymn Of "Greetlng beginning W.
life that makest all things new" read by the hcv.
oIvmnia proun pastor of the Universalist Church
I'm Racine Wis Prayer offered by MIS-. lsaDeia
Beecher Hooker, who with uncovered head aaVancca
TO the front Of the platform and fervcnuy m'one"
the Divine assistance continue all good WORK. ih
Rev. Mya +. Supper, Of Rhode Island, reau tue seoon
hymn "The Choice," 10y James Russell Lowen. i"o
sermon was by the Rev. Caroline j. Bartlett Oh hahS
mazoo, Mich, the youngest woman among INC WINS"
preachers ut the council. She does not look ao''o
twenty-five she is tall fatr-haired woman, OF IN
tellcctual type with n face of rare beauty
smooth clear voice, and quiet, sefpoised aa-
dress. on the waist of her blaek lace
gown she wore bunch OF mareuesi.s''
The closing hymn, Samuel Longrellow's Out OF inc
Dark was read by Mrs. Meriwether OF tennessee.
IL was sung by the audience rising. after which tfe
Rev. Anna Shaw pronounced the benedctlon, and
the woman's week ended.
At the final business session of the Board Oh the
National Council Of Women there were present INC
five general officers, and the representatives, OF te
twelve associations duly entered in the council
lists. The Board considered unfinished business anu
passed the following revolutions:
Resolved Frst-That the National Council OF
Women OF the United states send memorial 70 , w.
nasGlucl as 62 per cent of Che membership of that
denomination has already By formal ballot expressed
a re that women be admitted to the General Con-
ference that the clergy shall, I'm accordance with the
will OF the laity, grant the admission Of women to
second-That The Council ask that women be placed
the sunday -schOol Lesson Committee, and on al
committees appointed in the various churches FOR the
revision OF their creeds.
Thlrd-That the Council urge upon the National
Reform Divorce League the eminent fitness and conse-
Fourti"T6at the National Council Of Women Shall
In all departments Of its service the Government shall
pay It's employee equal wages for equal work ard that
consider efficiency and not sex, and thus set stand
Fifth~Resoved That inasmuch as 'he Columbian
Exposition of 1898 will afford an exceptional oppor
tunity for colvenng representatives of all countries
officers Of the International Council Of Women (Mill
cent Garrett Fawcet PRESIDENT TO hold its first meet
Resolved, That the general officers shall appoint
committee of women, whose duty II shall be to report
within year suggestions for q business costume Tor
women. which shall meet the demands of health
comfort aid g9od t tast ooc
for preventing the slaughter Of birds for the sole pur
pose If orlamenlation, and that Il asks american
Wales. who has forbidden the use OF the plumage OF
singing birds on her toilets.
The Council alsG resolved TO furnish a block OF
stone or marble, suitably inscribed to be placed in
the monument to lie erected the grave Of Mary.
the mother of Washington and voted to commend 10
all organized bodies OF women the objects Of the Mary
Washington Society.
The new president will soon issue an address and
the frat annual conference of the Executive Commit
tee will be held i'm May. steps will be taken at once
for erecting building at Glen Echo suitable for In
te.mediate meetings Of the Council and OF the varf
Gus organizations entering it, Triennial meetings OF
the Council will always be held in Washington.