The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-18
INCLUDES ALL WOMEN OF NOTE
Equal Pay, Divorce, Patriotism, Religion.
Dress. Politics and Morality viii
BE Discussed by Ladies' Who
know How TO Talk.
BY the United Press.

national organizations or peculiarly
feminine character. Every sphere OF
female effort will be represented and
there will be female ministers of the
Gospel, politicians, lawyers physicians,
authors, editors, educators, dress re-
formers, social purists prohibitiuniStS,
missionaries, church workers, steno-
graphers, publishers, or as society lead
ers.
Religious effort will have its repre-
sentation in the National Free Bap-
tist Women's Missionary society, the
Womau'S Centenary Association OF
the Universalist church, the Noman's
Foreign Missionary Union of Friends
and the National Council Of Jewish
Women; politics in the National Ameri-
can Womans Suffrage association and
the Womau's Republican Association
of the United States: patriotism in the
National Association of the Loyal Wo-
men of American Liberty, to which
also may be added the Woman's Relief
Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of
the Republic; social life in Wimodaugh-
sis, Sororsis. and the National Chris
tian league for the promotion of social
purity; prohibition IN the Womans
Christian TemperaIlnton.
other bodies C Soslng the council
are: The IllinoisYndustrial School for
Girls. national charter; the National
Womans Relief society; the Young La
dies National Womans Improvement
association; the Universal Peace union;
the International kindergarten union,
and the National Association of Women
Stenographers. These eighteen organi-
cations have a membership estimated
at between 100000 and 5,0OO 600 women.
Some of the Officers.
The president Of the national coun-
Gil is Mrs May Wright Sewall, of
Indianapolis, who has declined re-
election and wants Mrs. Rachel Foster
Avery, the corresponding secretary, to
be elected as her successor. The other
officers are Frances r. Bagley, vice.
president: Lillian NJ ". Stevens, treas
urer. and ISabsIla Charles Davis, re-
cOrding secretary. Every organiZa-
tion in the National council is eligible
to membership in the International
Council of Women. which has the fol-
lowing officers: The Countess Of Aber
deem, president; Mrs. May Wright Sew
all, United States, vice-pres.dent at
large; Madame Marie Martin, France.
recording secretary; Mrs. Eva Nc
Laren, England, corresponding secre-
tary; Baroness Alexandria Grippen-
berg, Finland, treasurer.
Many women of national and even
international, reputation will be in at
tendance. Some Of them are the Coun-
tess Of Aberdeen, Lady Henry Somer-
set Mrs. Russell Sage Miss Susan B.
Anthony, Mrs. Elizabeth =. Grannis,
well known in connection with the So
cal purity crusade in New York city;
DR.. Jennie De La Lozier, the New York
physician; Mrs. Laura c. Bullard, Of
Brooklyn, the millionaire; the female
minister Of the gospel. Rev. Anna
Shaw: Miss Frances T.. Willard; Mrs
French Sheldon, the African explorer,
and Madame Albert, the Delsartist.
The organizations of women in Ger
many, France, Canada and elsewhere
will also be present.
The meeting Of the council will last
fourteen days, and during this period
thirty-two sessions will be held. Pa
pers on multitude of subjects will he
read and action will be taken on ques-
tions Of national interest in which wo-
men are concerned. Religion. dress
politics, morality and other pertinent
topics will be considered.
Religious Services Held
Religious services in connection with
the council were held this afternoon at
Metzerott Music Hall, where the ses-
sions of the council will be held. a
large audience was present Rev. Annis
Ford Eastman, who with her husband
has been recently calleI to the joint
pastorate of the Park Street Congrega-
tional church of Elmira, ". Y, was the
preacher.
Mrs. Sewall, the president Of the Ma
tional council, told United Press re-
porter today somethingab about the coun-
Gil and what 1t expected to accom-
plish. She said its practical work was
conducted through the agency of four
standing committees. namely, the com
mittee on dress. the committee entitled
Equal Pay for Equal Work." the com
mittee on divorce, and the committee
on patriotism. Mrs Sewall suggested
that to the male mind this might seem
curious assortment. both very femin-
Inc and very masculine, and In expla-
nation she said:
I'm proportion as n thing Is perfect
you know II must contain both fem
inine and masculine elements But I
do not know that dress Is really more
feminine that II Is masculine. Men and
women alike need to be clothed. The
dress of women undoubtedly affects the
health and the financial circumstances
OF men even more than the dress of men
does. However, | suppose 1t Is patriot
ism which men may think masculine.
Certainly II cannot be divorce reform
since as II Is impossible for any divorce
y to be granted that does not affect one
man and one women, that subject
Unjust be OF equal masculine and fem
hinine interest.
I'VE are sometimes told that patriot
ism is on the decline. I do not be-
lieve It. The highest test of patriotism
hat the world has hitherto demanded
apan is that he should be ready to
his country. I am sure that the
dawning when test superior
will be the willingness of the
live for his country: and In the
pment of this patriotism, as in
rdens of the former patriotism,
must bear their share. The
triotism must mean such an in
h the daily affairs OF ones coun-
one will be willing to forego