Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-18
AFTER IHE CONGRESS
Little Pictures Of Some OF the
Notable Women.
mrs. HOWE LOVED BIZ EVERYBODY
WaAs shs Ladies' at Grasd Rapids Nave
- szy Concerning ths Big Assfiaxs-
Ineldenp, aas Personals 6Ash-
cred 81 kaaaoas.

o4 women, h@ld yesterday morning,
DC vas d,seislesi ~ llold the mid-year
plest4ng ar Washington, d. C. Az th@t
nleat4ag it viii b. decided where the
urxt Congress VII be held. Many in
vstatsoas have already been received
The n4o-nLng sessions were taken
up es regular routine business. and
uhe reports O. the dlferenr states
u9on certain questions. The care of
poor e..As-sn, End the benefits OF
aaioptlng sAtIGrea received much at
teBtson.
At enc OF the business meetings, Mrs.
Howe mad Just called for the report
a. one OF the states when she sneeLed,
Unexpectedly 10 herself But quick as
Hash she added, addressing the lady
who had risen 10 report, Not that
am sneez.ns at you or your State"
Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Brown Is
president OF the Federation OF Womans
Clubs. aud Is tally equal to the posi-
tion. Every word is weighed before
IL Is uttered. and her perfect faith In
the bctterment of woman's condition
is very helpful TO those who feel any
yoke.
When asked for some thoughts on
Stone Blackwell. journalist. said IL
Woman in -Jnrnalisn.' Miss Alice
pat Der in mind OF story.
man waz seen dragging "a
very sorry looking dog along
Al station platform. and when asked
Whore ar was goiag with thr log. ii
dun know You don't know?' 'No.
aHn know where he's goin', an tho
pup dun know where he's goin'. aa'
he's ct np his tag Now, said Miss
Blackwell. that's about the position
OF Someu in journalism. The men don's
know where they are going. and the
women don't know where they are
going. aud vvherc is the tag?''
Mrs. Congressman burrows, of Kali
amazoo, added many 10 her long list
oi fG rntls in Grand Rapids. Her Is
years in Washington have given her
n fund of Washington life and society
talk that makes her conversation very
interesting.
Mrs .Stthbins, OF Detroit, who has
teca attending the Congress-. is one
of tna s.-v- wo-fcn now living who sign
ed the first :all Tor the first womanN
suffrage convention held at Seneca
Falls in May 1913
An old anecdote OF Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe has been revived. At one time
when Charles Sumner was feeling very
heavily the burden OF the war he said
IN Mrs. Howe's presence that he was
done with individuals. That's farther
than God had gone when He was last
heard from.' remarked Mrs. Howe.
Miss Octavia Bates. B. A., OF De-
troir, was y $50 president OF
the Detroit woman's Club. She is q
great student OF Theosophy. and lives
xn a plane much higher than that
of the ordinary woman
DR.. Ella V Mark has made an Inn
preston on the people OF Grand Rap
bis that viii not soon be forgotten
..Her individuality is her largest
bump" phrenologists say. In metli-
cal practice she Is an homeopothist.
In religion. she is an agngstie. having
arrived at that view after long study
of theology. She is 1. bravs little
worker, having earned her own way
through college, and now having the
entire care and support Oh her mother
o. addition TO her own.
Mrs. Colby had to answer many
quest .ons in regard 10 the Indian
fxby. Lost Bird" The story oi the
baby Is this: ON the fourth day after
the battle of Wounded Knee Greek
which occurred December %. 1890,
there was found Gu the field. by the
kisie OF a dead woman. partly covered
with snow. a baby gt-!. apparently
about four months old. and only
slightly frozen upon her head and
feet, Mrs. CoEby's husband, General
l.. W. Colby. who Is In command of
the Nebraska State troops, took pos
session al the child After n little
time. the baby was legally adopted
isy the general and his wife. The
chfld's Indian name Is Zintka Lamlni,
Which means Lost Bird" The In
t.ans also call her Okieize wanii Cinca.
The chIid III the battle field
Mrs. H. T.. It. Wolcoft Il the agent
of the society TOR prevention OF
Cruelty to Anfrsals and Children" in
her own town OF Dedhan, Mass. She
rsakAs out her oryn complaints and
wsrraDts and serves them herself
whet Hs il n particularly tough man
slle ha-@ 70 deal with, she takes
policeman along. but otherwise she
gofs aiorp.
Mrs. George Fitch. who T. enter
tanning Nrs. Howe and Mrs. Elliot saya
that she feels that she has had the
rIcheSt of the whole treat. .'Mrs.
Howe Is simply n wonder. While she
commands the deepest admiration on
n short scoaairfance. she grows on
US ID uhe becomes better known 70 rs.
Socially. she IL chsrming-so brilliant
sn humor. an8 so quick az repartee.
Referring 20 an article In one of the
recent papers stating that she had he
gun the study OF Greek only two years
ago. che said INT sh I
had l-en student ~ Greek evrs since
her xirihood. A pleasant thing has
happened during her present visit 20
nv home. A dear little mother of mr.
acquaintance begged that she Nigh .
bring her chiidrea TO my horse derinx
Mrs. Hows-s stav here that they
might see and speak with her"
Mrs Elliot 30. moth
~ "a vpvy beautiful. she hss many of
tbc excellent trsifs % her mothers
shararter anil many cracions quail
ties of hsr own
uru. Nauae Howe Flilot sevs The
woman,s Congress might he called a
great comparing ~ notes. "Wcnsfn n
srho are Interested II, the advance
+heusht of the world, como togethe-
srsssn All narts ~ ths eouatrv and tell
cne a-,sttcr what thev have learned
about the bsnevoleut kvowfh. the ars
r~owfh. the Industrial growth. aH'l
every ether growth in sheir particular
srrtfcn. It alwaTs nBskt~ and ssifnu
satrs ~ Row effcrt~
Nfls~ Anna csuifieIa grave lfsafhe'ss
e.sagrdnv aflerBoon - Mrs. Maads
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