Evening star., 1895-02-21

ington's birthday at Metzerott's Hall, at 10
o'clock tomorrow. They are requested to
wear the national colors, or carry small
flags. and be prepared to join in the flag
salute. D
WOMEN AND EDUCATION.
The Subject Discussed at the Sessions
of the Trfent tial Council.
The general subject of education was
taken up at the session of the council last
evening. and the, large audience pres
ent listened to y number Of able and
brilliant papers from women who know
whereof they speak. President May Wright
Sewan called thsi meeting to order, and
among those who occupied seats on the
stage besides tnet speakers were Rev. A.
Eastman. Mrs. Frances c. Bagley, Susan
B. Anthony. Mrsy l.. M. N. Stevens. Miss
Sadie American, Miss Bina West, Mrs
Emeline Wellss Mary A. Davis. Mary F.
LCVell, Mrs. Anna Lowe Dickinson, rachel
Foster Avery, Mrs. L. b. Grannis. Mrs
Robbins, Mrs. DR.. Shipp and John Bryan
Immediately after the opening Mrs. Hoills-
ter of Michigan announced that Senator
Burrows had invited the Michigan dele
gates to be present al q reception at the
EIsmere this morning A delegation from
the Daughters of the Revolution, consisting
of Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, Mrs. Daniel
Lathrop and Mrs. Edward II. East, was
then introduced for the purpose of extend
ing the greetings of their organization ana
to invite the president and secretary OF the
council to be present at the Friday morn
iEg meeting OF the Daughters Mrs Sewali
made appropriate response, accepting
the invitation.
On the platform were two beautiful floral
ornaments, one a vase filled with La
France roses and Easter lilies, from the
National Council of Jewish Women to Mrs.
Sewall and the other a plateau of roses for
the president, from Mr.. J. M. Bryan Of
Cincinnati, one Of the patrons of the coun-
Gil.
in Memory of Fred Douglass.
During the early part of the evening news
was received of the death of Fred Doug
lass, and this was announced to the COLI
vention in a brief speech. Mr.. Douglass
had been extended the courtesies of the
me- citing at the business session yesterday
morning. In the course of Mis-. Sewalr =
remarks she said
the report, as unwelcome it is sad
and soieInn, has come to Us of the sudden
and most unexpected death of FREDERICK
Douglass. That historic 1i;sure, which, IN
div:dually and intellectually, was The SYM
Dol OF the wonderful TRANSITION period
through which this generation has HVcd,
has becu with us In oar councils as az IN
teresteu witness during both of our 2eS-
siGEs today. " hen he entered the hall to-
day it was ordered That an escort be APP
pointed TO conduct him to the platform.
I'VE felt that this platform was honored
by his presence and l am sure there was
no division OF feeling On the subject among
all the organizations here represented, and
including women whose families are reiat-
ed to all political parties of our country.
and who. by ancestry, have been connected
with both sides of the great questions that
have been presented to our common coun-
try for solution.
He again expressed his deep interest in
the significance of our proceedings by re-
turning again in the afternoon, but de-
cir ed to occupy a place on The platform.
desiring to sit where he could see and hear
all that was going on.
'It surely will be regarded as an historic
coin cidence that the man who in his own
person, embodied the history of a century,
almost, in the struggle between freedom
and suppression. spent his last day a
witness of the. united efforts of those who
have come from So many different places
and along such various avenues to formu-
late some plan 10 unite the demands of a
new expression Of freeiom in the relation
of woman to the world, 10 society, ana to
the state. and I'M theifelstion and applica-
ton of woman toithe Gre;,t questions pend
ing at this hour" ~
Symposium on Education.
At the syn postum on education Mrs. FL
mira S. Taylor occupied the chair. and Mrs.
Susan Young Gates read a paper by Miss
Lille T, Freeze of Utah, on the relative
ir'' "tance OF preventive ana corrective
This paper dealt first with the
origins and locations OF abuses needing re-
form. The correetiya .in1uences. she EN-
phasiZed, We're higher education of women
and the prey ention Of the circulation of
improper matter through the mails
IN sarnmrg UP her address Mrs Gates
SAID that the American girl o. today is not
strong physically, but is Improving. She
is cultivated intellectually to the verge OF
idealism. Spiritually she is either inert or
hysterical. The remedy is for her to grasp
and cling to the old faith in the saving
grace Of maternity. and then in her turn
to render all help to establish Institutes in
every city and town where every sirl-her
Eeighbor's as we'll as her own-shall come
out of the future cooperative household
and receive in the institute such manual
training as will fit her TO be first good
wife and mother and next to follow to its
delightful possibilities the peculiar bent of
her own mind SO developing her special
talent that the Master shall pronounce her
worthy of ten more.
Minnie ]. Snow of Utah spoke on The
Ethical Side of Women's Education" She
held that there was something radically
wrong in the educa tional method. Men
have an eclectic system. and one adapted
to them. Men go out with one educa ton
and women with another, yet they both go
out into the same world. The woman
wears the mark Of applications; the man
shows the evidences of college, manual and
physical training.
At the Evening Session.
The remainder of the evenings program
was in charge of Wmodaughsis the ma
tio1 al club, which has its headquarters in
this city, Mrs. Ruth G.. d. Havens, its
president, was introduced by Mrs. Sewall.
and she spoke entertainingly and very wit
tily on the subject of education of women
by women and for women. She came first,
she said in order to keep the best things
on the program for the last. She promised
that it was long ago demonstrated that It
was impossible to prevent womans deVel-
opment in knowledge, as was evidenced by
the story of Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Mrs Havens made use of this argument
to show that man at his first opportunity
shifted responsibility" from himself and
made the married woman the defendant
Miss Eva Olney of Boston read paper
Written by Miss Annie Tolman Smith on
Woman as G. Factor in Organized Chari-
ties" The ideal charity, it was claimed.
was only realized in the salvation Army.
Charity is only a richer name for love.
and public charity is generally wanting in
this element The church is still the great
training school for womans organized
action, in connection with sewing circles,
Epworth League, Christian Endeavor So
cieties and other organizations OF that
sort.
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