Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-26
RULE Of TEE WOMEN.
Their Congress Begins at the
Worlds Fair
Brilliant Gathering the Fair SeIFrOm
Every Section of the World.

Over twelve months OF in6nte labor, IL"
vol jng corr espondence wi every portion
o the civil sed globe culm mated in one oil
he most ,ruly ! resentative and bri ant
gather ngs of women that had eve assem-
b ed.
The see was the h,l OF The Colu nbus,
in th , new Art Inst tute, on the axe from.
now occupied for the first time, and the
event, the op' 6 OF tie World = Women
Congress, the h.st Of seies Il worlds
Fa Congress y, tn t wi ! oastan lysucc e
each ota,r, week a ter week, until the end
Of October. Ma ly eve ty ga ~ II Is
imposed xclusvely OF women, together
with many hur drsds OF so ietics d as 'cci-
alto. g. are presente u the congress ana
tle.o Of t .ose that AiIl "a ticipste ccnsists
of 8 00O
There v Ill be as many as twenty o { ese
congresses in each ay In addition ID the
meetl In the halls OF Columbus ana
Was ington. which have seat ng ci piclty
81 3. 300 each, and every subject rest 10
the sex, rom re igi il m RI ago prospects,
IA TO be elaborately iscus ell. Ihe dele ates
" ere pr mpt i getting to the Art faiace
and nrior TO the 0 ening proc 'eulngs
nroner in ulge i an impr mtl ption,
W oh W MOTEL for its Ia y G 70 oby'
Th representat yes from Russia were tro
| duoad So th Amer,c LIS frater ze I'll
on IN sisters st RS in theat lcal W r x
cbonged @ Influences with the women who
haze mgde tn il ark in the pulpit, atd the
leaders O the tw riv. WoL en- Oh Ist'an
! Temperance I'm ons exchanged 20 Pill
ments. r ro
nroper. there were brief ceremonies uhd I
the q spices e the Con ss Alixl ry, the
or anig ito resp nsi 10 or the gene ny
Tho Congress- proper assembled hort
after eIs en- o'clock, vita an ad fesS i
come by MIS- hares Heuiotin, ' ce-prcsi-
dent of the Woman Branch o. the AuAl'-
iary. ,,-,,,o.
Mrs Henrotin's hearty and cordial address
of welcome was followed by an address on
the Worlds Fair Congress of Representative
Women by Mrs. May Wright Sewell, OF In
dianapolis, who outlined the objects OF the
congress. and alluded to the subject that
will he presented in tho various convention
halls.
An address of length was delivered by
President Charl C. Booney, OF the World S
Congress Auxiliary. He paid tribute to the
Iate Secretary Blaine for the earnest and
untiring cooperation which he had ver
both personally and through the State De
partment. to the movement also euloglzet
Cardinal Manning, Lord Tennyson ana JONI
G. Whittier all of whom had furnished theil
cooperation, but had passed away beior'
their promise could he fulfilled.
number OF foreign representatives wer'
tle n introduced and responded on behalf o
their respective countries Most OF the rep
rcsentatives spoke in the language OF thel
own country Marie Stromberg responds
for Russia Sig Mugnussen for Iceland
Nine. Queseds for South America; Isabelle
Bogelot, Ernest Urban and Cecille Hano2
for France; Jane Golden Unwin. Florence
Fenwick Miller, Marie Fisher, Lotte an
Laura Ormiston Chante, for England Mrs
Elizabeth Tilley, Mrs. DR.. Todd, Mira Joh
Haryic and DR.. Emily Howard stone, Q
Canada. In the afternoon there was publ
reception to the women OF all nations IN tn
same hall, and the welcome exercises wer
continued. and the delegates from Germany
Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland
Australia. Finland, Greece. Spain, Bonemi
and Scotland were presented.