Huntsville gazette., 1893-05-20
WOMEN Or 1'HE WORLD.
The Greatest Gathering Ever Known
Was at Jackson Park.
NATIONS REPRESENTED.
A Busy Day at the Worlds Fair-Buiid-
ings ned d:cated-Exhibits Arriv-
ing and the Ever Present
Music Squabble On.

CHICAGO, May l9.-JacKS0n T2rh HAS
held the largest assemblage of women
the world has ever known.
Twelve thousand, and upwards, was
the number assembled under one roof
in congress here.
Should the audiences continue to
grow, the eight halls now in use at the
great art palace on the lake front Will
be entirely inadequate and additional
accommodation will of necessity have
to be provided. Besides the general
congress held in three divisions, there
were five department-congresse in ses
sion. The National Christian league
for the promotion of social purity, Wo-
mans Christian Temperance union,
International kindergarten union, Wo-
mans National Indian association and
National Association of Loyal Women
Of American liberty. AT all these ses-
sions the audiences were large and en-
thusiastic.
The main sessions of the congress
during the day We're devoted to the rep
resentatives of the foreign nations. The
audiences, which were the largest by
far of the conventions to date, listened
to reports of the progress of women po-
litically and industrially in other lands.
Women from Spain, Greece, France,
Switzerland, Peru and Russia told of the
efforts made IN those countries to OBJ
tain the emancipation of woman from
the harsh conditions imposed ON her by
the laws of the 18th century, Isabel
Bogelot of France; Calliheree Parren,
of Greece; Sieona Karla Machova, of
Bohemia; Kaethe Schumacher, of Ger
many; Jane Golden Unwin, of England,
and Lady Aberdeen, of Scotland, were
among the speakers. Every English
speaking nation and colony was repre-
sented by one or more distinguished
daughters, and from each country in
Europe, except Turkey, woman had
come to tell the worlds congress Of the
trials she and her sisters at home were
enduring in the cause of woman's ad-
vancement. The report of the con-
crosses, of which there were two, were
also devoted to the reception of reports
from the five foreign woman's associa-
tions represented at the congress. Some
of the organizations are powerful bodies
with large membership,
Inside the hall at night it was tri-
umph of histrionic art. AS the hand Of
the clock indicated almost 8 o'clock
Julia MARROW, fresh looking and snlii-
ing. ascended sbe platform. A mo-
ment later Georgia Cayvan stepped up.
The applause which greeted Miss Mar
lows appearance had not subsded
when Nine. Modjeska, accompanied by
Clara Morris, stepped in view. The
famous actresses were greeted with the
widest applause. Mrs. May Wright
Sewell introduced Nine. Modjeska,
who began her address by recounting
the history of women on the stage
down to the present day. She closed
by saying that the women Of the stage
We're more independent, and as to NOR
ais fully the equal of their sisters off
the stage.
Miss Cayvan followed in a short ad-
dress, which was heartily applauded.
She made a strong plea for the actresses
in the stock companies, because she
said in the stock company lies the hope
Of the regeneration of the stage. Miss
Cayvan said that the real elevation of
the future must come from the public
not from the profession 1t must come
from a publication of public sentiment
to that degree which shall refuse to ac-
cept women whose only qualification as
stars is an appeal to morbid curiosity.
which shall defend and endorse legiti-
mate and wholesale plans rather than
the sensational, sensual and trivial The
actress then referred to women of the
stage as being the first in the field of all
the professions to secure financial rec
ognition equal to men.
Miss Morris spoke briefly but very
strongly in behalf of the women of her
profession and her speech was received
with as much applause as ever came to
her across the footlights.
Miss Marlow's youth and beauty won
for her perhaps warmer welcome than
had been extended to the others. Her
talk was on ''The stage and its women"
She recounted the progress of woman
in the dramatic art, her influence and
position.
Busy In All Quarters.
The dedicatOry exercises of the Nor