Evening star., 1895-02-18

time by circumstances and by experience.
To one feature of it only do ask your
| attention, and that is its international 1ea-
| ture. Nothing was more evident to the
| ard of lady managers than that the
work of the women of the world could not
be shown in the Columbian exposition, II
collected. Hence, the foreign travel OF
Bertha Honore Palmer and the foreign
| &C orrespondence of the board became a
| conscious impulse to the work of women
| ard to the idea of associated work among
| women in all countries of the globe nor
| was the work of the woman's branch OF
| the worlds congress auxiliary IN this re-
| spect less important and less UNIVERSAL III
| its influence, and among all the lessons
| taught by the exhibition of the products OF
| woman,s manual labor in the Columbian
women in the worlds congress of repre-
| sentative women and in the other con-
| crosses through the long series held under
| the auspices of the worlds congress aux
| iliary, nothing was more valuable to Amerl-
| can women than the opportunity tnus
afforded to get the foreign point of view
| in looking at their own achievements ana
| to shift their point of view to more III
| telligent and sympathetic one in meaSur-
! ing the achievements Of the women OF
| other lands.
Growth of Women.
1T is quite impossible that women in
| Siam even should ever feel again quite so
| humble, quite so subordinate, as before
| Siamese woman was appointed by the king
| to represent her countrywomen in the de-
| partment congress of the international
| council at Chicago. Evidences of the growth
| of the Self-respect of women, and OF the
| public respect for them, are spread before
| our eyes in the issue Of every daily paper,
| and in each issue of every magazine,
| large or small. To any student of history
| a fascinating history attaches to the study
| of planting and product, of cause and effect.
In our own country, when we consider the
origin of the spirit of organization, tne
| muse of history takes to Seneca Ealls
| in August of 1913. 1t is not too much to
say that without that meeting the board of
| lady managers had never had existence:
| Council of Women of the United States
| would have remained unborn When we
| read the history of that meeting and con-
slider how small it was In numbers, how
| little a thing it seemed balanced against
| the current world, the world of custom, OF
habit, of prejudice. of belief. we know that
| it's members must often have felt fa1ntlng
| discOuragement When we look at the Ma
| tional Council as it is-so small it seems in
| numbers When compared with all whom we
| wish within its membership; how lnSig-
nificaEt it seems in influence when bal,
| anced against the forms of ignorance ana
| injustice to a continual conflict with which
it is committed by it's constitution, that the
| heart may sink and hope may fall. But
| when we look at the board of lady man
| ayers a the woman's branch of the world s
| congress auxiliary, at all national organlZa-
| tons of women outside the council, at all
national organizations of women within the
| council; when we contemplate the sublime
| spectacle presented during the past week
| at Convention Hall under the auspices of
| the Worlds Womens Christian Temper
| ance Union, of which the National WomenS
| Christian Temperance Union of the United
! States is so large q part, and when we see
| all of these as fruits of the planting of '4s.
| and then look at ourselves and regard our
| work planting, we may take heart of
|
| that there is no arrogance in the claim and
| no eXaggeration in the prophecy-we, the
| women cf the National Council, are
| power; We the women of the National Coun
| Gil, are a light: We the women of the Nation
| al Council, are an inspiration; and in the fu-
| ture a manhood united with woman
| hood on plane of moral purity higher and
more exactng even than that hitherto de-
| manded of women alCne, a womanhood
united with manhood on plane of phys
| ical strength and intellectual culture
| greater than hitherto has been held as
| mans ideal, shall in the relatively perfect
world. in which such men and such women
shall live and move and have their happy
| being, look back to this date planting
| and to us as sewers of good seed.
| On the Platform.
| Among the women the platform al
most every corner of the country was
| represented. AS the president, Mrs. May
Wright Sewall, introduced the delegates of
each allied society, the lady responded
by coming to the front and giving the con-
vention an opportunity to her. She
then announced the names of the other
delegates from her particular society. 1t
Is bright, irtellec tual-lookng body repre-
sentative of the grand development made
| by the women during the past decade.
| Mrs. Sewall has happy way of saying
| apropOS things, and as each delegate pre-
serted herself she made her and her work
known in brief, pithy sentences. There
was almost continuous round of applause,
particularly when such well-known people
as Susan B. Anthony, president of the
| National Woman Suffrage Associations; J.
| Ellen Foster, president of the National
| Woman's Republican Association; Frances
| F. Willard of the National w. c. 7. L.;
| Mrs. Ruth G. D. Havens, president of the
| Wimodaughsis; Mrs. Ellen S. Mussey of
| Washington, in behalf of the Legion of
| Loyal Women. and Mrs. Emma r. Wal
| Relief Corps were present. When Mrs.
Wallace was introduced she gave the
military salute. She is a gentle, sweet
faced little woman. and was greet
ed with a round of applause She
is well known in connection with her work
| as one of the board of lady managers of
the worlds fair. She is also president of
the Illinois Industrial School for Girls.
| Connected with Mrs. Wallace in this work
is Mrs. Margaret Ray Wickins of Kansas,
who will speak at the evening session
| Thursday on The New Thought, the True
Thought for Philanthropy" Mrs. Wickins
is woman of splendid stage appearance
! and delightful talker.
| Mrs. Minnie ID. Lewis of New York is one
of the most gifted and cultured women Ct
| the Jewish faith in the United States. Her
| paper at the woman's congress IN Chicago
was one Of the ablest presented. She is a
| slight dark woman, of pleasing presence.
| She will present paper on Tuesday morn
| ing. on The Influence of Women in Bring
| ing Religious Convictions to Bear on Daily
| Life
| Mrs. Elizabeth D. Gales of Maine is one
| of the ablest ana most attractive speakers
| upon the platform of the country, noted
| alike for her fascinating presence and orig
| inalty of mind She is one of the few
| women to whom the Methodist Episcopal
| Church ever granted a license to preach.
| Her pulpit efforts are characterized by
! simplicity and power. She is national lee
| turer of the w. c. +. u. franchise depart
| ment. She will discuss "Woman's Mission
| TO the Church Minister and Missionary"
| Mrs. Emmilne Burlingame Cheney of
| Maine for years president of the w.
| C. T. L. in Rhode Island, at present Gv-
| ing in Maine, and the wife of the pres-
| dent of Yates College. She will present
| paper at the evening session on practical
| Christian Living She is a present identi-
| fed with the work of the Baptist Mission
| ary Association of the United States,