The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-13
THE FLEETIyG SHOW.
Some of Its Facts and Fancies.

l OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
 The last leaf has forsakcn it's 'ugh-the with | cred bough where 1t chung.
 Fluttering downward, worthless thing, to | lie and decay In the dust?
 | Nay, rather tls floating free In an atmos- phere heavenly pure,
 Fresh as in lifes glad Spring, fin the beautiful sunshine of God
 THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN.
 Before many months we are going to have everything arranged just as 1t should be.
 The president of the National Council of Women of the United States, Mrs. May Wright Sewell, has issued 0 call for it's second triennial meeting, to be held in Washington, D. c. The council will open formally. February IS. 1895. and close March ?, holding twenty-four sessions of the council proper.
 The avowed purpose of the meeting is ito make better known to the general public the magnitude and variety of | woman's work for humanity, to bring together women of all lines of work, and to give the united influence of all these women to such general lines The lines of work in which the council are interested, and which will be taken up and discussed, are religious, philan- thropic, educational, professional, social reform, moral reform and government reform"
 The National Council was organized less than seven years ago but it has al- ready grown to great proportions. its constituency being seventeen associa- tlons and more than 100000 women. Since it's organization similar societies | have been formed in England, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, and Ger many. I'o'y, throUgh the efforts of 5i:,nora Sall2ar, and mfer tn: patron are of Queen Margherita is taking steps toward the formation of such a body. Even the King of Siam has be- come interested in the work of these as- sociations, and has officially expressed his wish that a womans council should be organized in his country. These associations, with our own, make up the International Council, of which the Countess of Aberdeen is president. Each of them, it is expected, will send its president and one or moro delegates to represent it, and swell the number of distinguished women who are to take our capital by storm next Feb. ruary. An interesting feature will be the attendance of a committee, recently appointed in Germany to inquire into the condition of women all over the world Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis, the recording secretary, well known through her official connection with the "King's Daughters" says that without doubt this meeting will draw the largest number of women the world has ever seen in any assemblage, and that fully me million women repres :nting societies and associations will visit Washington during the holding of the council. l And these women are planning to do everything in a most orderly and dig nifed manner. They will deal with vital questions with all the earnestness and seriousness that the discussion of such questions demands. They will have their upper and lower council; the second to pass on propositions for local work, the first to consider plans for national work; and no measure passed by either body will be binding upon the National Council, and become a part of its pro- gram, until such measure is confirmed by the other council. These are some of the subjects which will be discussed by some of the most intelligent and sensible minds of this and other countries. Equal pay for equal work divorce reform, dress reform, equal ed ucational advantages for men and wo- men, and patriotic teaching for the young. The promotion of discussion of these and other important matters, with the awakening of public interest that must follow, must surely be productive of good to hu- manity. The master spirit who has but just left us said, T find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving" Such movements as these must bring about larger comprehen- sion of the needs of the time; and g nob- Ter activity in seeking that which will best satisfy those needs. We may req sonably hope for good results from this convocation of earnest, intelligent wo- men. HILARY.