The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-19
WOMEN BEGIN THEIR WORK.
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL CALLED 10
ORDER.

The BodH 80 BE IN Session Two
Weeks aud no such Enthusinstis
Assemblnge of the Fair Sex EVer
Seen Before President Mary
Wright seWau Rnps the Rodv 90
order-The Rod, an EmtnentIs
Representative one.
Washington. Feb. lS-The second tri-
ennial ot The National Council of Women
or -he United States. 10 give the FUN
title. began this moruiue. and for two
weeks viii divide with congress interest
m Washington affairs. II Is safe 70 say
that never before was there such an en-
thusiastic assemhlage OF women as that
al the Netzerott Music hau at 10 o'clock.
when the formal opening occurred.
When Mrs. Mary Wright sewsn Of In
dianapolis. the president OF the national
council. raped Tor order from the stage
az one end of the hall. she looked down
upon representative gathering OF women
from every section of the country. and "a
few from other countries. while the gal
lery above was crowded with an APP
preciauvo audieuce-male and female
apparently thoroughly In sympathy with
the objects of the meeting
The gathering was not only representa-
tive from geographical standpoint. but
from those of appearance and sphere.
Dress rcformcrs and women in gowns OF
the mode sat side bv side while here and
there could be seen the quaint bonnet OF "A
ouakcress. Acknowledged leaders In So
ciety. noble women in the European mean
nf F.ts
wealth la their own right or that of
their husbands. were there on an equal
iootinS with delegates from tie ranks
OF those who worked for their daily bread.
All ages were likewise IA evidence. vary
ing from the more than threescorc and
ten of Miss Susan g. Anthony, president
OF the National American Womans Suf-
frage Association. to the 10 years Of Miss
II. Augusta Howard. president OF the
Georgia Auxiliary of Miss Anthony's or
ganiZation II was truely national coun-
cil Of women
Conspicuous I'm the gathering. 10y reason
OK their prominence I'm woman's work,
We're the Countess OF Aberdeen. president
OF the International Council Of Women,
and best known in America through her
irish exhibit at. the worlds fair. Lady
Henry Somerset Miss Francis e. VIII
lard of Illinois. president of the National
Nomen's Christian Temperance Union;
Mrs. Russell Sage OF New York, Mrs
Elizabeth y. Grannis OF New York pres
ident of the National Christian League
for the Promotion of Social Purity. who
recently attained some prominence I'm the
metropolis through following in the foot
steps OF Or. Parkhurst: Mrs. J. Ellen
Foster Of Washington. ID. G., president
Of the Woman's Republican Association
of the United states. Mrs. IA. Slocum of
Illinois, president of the National Council
Of Jewish Women; Mrs. Annie Jenness-
Miller, the dress reformer; Mrs Mary
French Sheldon of Massachusetts, the
African explorer; Or. Jennie De La NJ
Lozier of New York. Miss Lille Dever-
oauz Blake OF New York, Rev. Annie
Ford Eastman Of F.lmira, n y; Rev.
Caroline j. Bartlett of Kalamazoo. Mich,
the female ministers of the gospel; and
Mrs. Laura Curtis Billiard of BROOKLYN,
who shares with Mrs. Hetty Green the
distinction of being "a female millionaire
a number OF fraternal organizations not
in the council were also represented.
These societies numbered twenty, and IN
cludcd the WOman's First Dental As5O-
citation of the United States. the Woman's
National Indian Association, the National
Woman's Auxiliary Keely League the
National League OF Colored Women the
Legion Of Loyal Women. the Working
Womans Society. and the International
order of Kings Daughters and Sons
The opening session was merely formal.
1t began with prayer and this was fol-
lowed by the introduction of the pres
idents and delegates Of the organizations
forming the National Council The pre-
sentation of greetings from the National
Council of Women of Canada, and the
greetings by fraternal delegates from or
CARNATIONS not in the council came next
on the programme, and the session CON
cluded with the triennial address of the
president, Mary Wright Sewall.