The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-03
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL CT woMEr
Preparations For the Meeting In Febru-
ary-Pre sramnlc of the Sessions.

Preparations For the Meeting In Febru-
ary-Pre sramnlo of the Sessions.
The second tIi ia! session of the
National Council o1 u omen of the Unit
ed States is to be held in Washington in
the month of February, and the 700, 900
members and their friends will be inter
ested in knowing the programme for
the great meeting which will formal
ly open On the 18th in Metzerott's
Music hall. Exclusive of the Sunday
meetings, which will be held in the
same hall on the afternoons of Feb. II
and "a, there viii be 81 sessions, -
morning and IL evening sessions and
three or four in the afternoon. The
morning sessions open at 10 a. m. and
adjourn at p. III. The first of these,
held on Monday, Feb. Is, Will be de-
voted to the Presidents address and the
introduction of delegates, regular and
fraternal, and of guests. The second
morning session and the last, held ON
Saturday, March 2, viii be occupied by
formal business Topics of general in
terest will be introduced at the nine re-
manning sessions by an adequate adj
dress, which will be followed by dis
, members may participate.
These are the general officers and pa
irons of the council, the president and
delegate of each organization of the
council, the president and delegate of
every state council, and of every local
council, and Remembers of all the
four standing committees, which are as
follows: The committee on dress, ON
equal pay for equal work, on divorce
reform and on patriotic institutions
One morning session will be devoted to
each of the four subjects continuously
considered by the council through these
committees. In business sessions only
! the general officers of the national coun-
Gil, the president and delegate of each
organization and the president of ev-
cry state and local council are permitted
to vote. The evening sessions will open
at 8 and adjourn as 1920, and with
the exception of the last will be devot
ed to the presentation to the general
public of the work of the organizations
composing ne council through pro-
grammes which will be prepared by the
officers or by special committees
At the last session the work of the
council proposed for the immediate fu-
ture will be presented, and the officers
elect for the next term will be introduc-
ed National organizations entering
the council later than three months pri-
or to tho opening of the session of 1895
cannot be considered members until aft
er said session, although the officers
and members will be welcome guests.
In all subsequent triennials it is pro-
posed that thu council shall be convoked
! as one body composed of two parts, the
upper and lower councils, the presidents
and delegates of organizations sitting in
the former, and the presidents and del
egates of local councils sitting in the
latter, while state councils will be di-
rectly represented in both houses. But
in the triennial of 1895 the presidents
and delegates of local and state coun-
. ellis, of national organizations, general
officers and p. irons will sit in one body.
The national councils in foreign coun-
tries will be invited TO send fraternal
delegates, while all the officers of the
international council of women will be
invited to attend. and the president, the
Countess of Aberdeen is expected.