Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-19
WOMEN IN COUNCIL.
FORMAL OPENING OF THE SESSION AT
WASHINGTON, u. G.
A Large Number of Eminent Women Re
formers Present. Representing a Va.
riety of Organizations - Mr.,
srwell Addresses Them.

washington. Feb. is.--The formal opening
Of the second triennal session OF the ma.
tional council of the women Of the United
states began at the Metropolis hotel to.
day, Mrs. May Wright-Sewell. its president.
in the chair.
Seated on the platform and included
among those in the audience we're Susan
Il. Anthony, Frances Il. willard, Clara ).
Hoffman, Margaret Isabel Sandas, j. Ellen
Foster, Rachel Foster Avery and Harriet
Tupton. There are also present a number
OF fraternal delegates from organizations
not in the council, and most Of the time
in open session was occupied IN hearing
greetings from those organizations. These
included the following:
Legion of Loyal Women, Ellcn spencer
Mussey, of this city; WomGrs First Dental
Association, Dr. Edith Jewell, of this city;
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Of
the NJ. Il. church, Mrs u. H. Eaton, CT
Maryland; Woman's National indian AS
ISOLATION, Amelia $. .luinton, New Jersey;
National Household Economic Association.
Or. Mary II. Green, Mchigan Christian
Woman's Board of Missions, Clara c.
Schell, of the District OF Columbiai gem
eral grand chapter of the Order Of the
Eastern star, Mary c. Snedden, Missouri;
General spinner Memorial AssJciation,tiat-
riet ~ Raston, District of columbia. Ma
Ida Buxton cole, PennsylVania; National
League OF Culored Women represented
by fifteen dclegatesp, Helen ~ Cook, chair
man. ladies' of the AIdccabec3 of the word.
Bna NJ West Michigan; ladies' of The q.
A. r., Nettie r. 'iunlo,k, Illinois; racine
Coast Women's Press Assoclau9A, saIat a.tt.1t
f. Reamer, Californl: King ; DdrShttlH
and Sons Mary Lowe dickinson, ne"
York, and others.
REPRESENTATIVES from the national rotn-
Gil OF Women of Canada we're also IN at
tendance, aud one occupied n seat on the
platform. The trieunal address OF May
Wright -Sewall, of Indiana, the president
of The council con Guided the morning sN''-
Mrs. sewell.in the course of her remarks.
said the clubs organized by women IN an
the leading cities had thus far been $50
lated, but 1t was hoped that conyention
would be called within year to form a
erence was made by Mrs. Sewall to the
future of the council and TO the partlcipass
ton by women in the. various features OF
the Columbian exposition. and she saii
nothing was more valuable to the Amerl-
can, women than the opportunity, thps ny ,,,a aIr
in looking at their own achievements anu
20 shift their point of view to a more mel
ligcnt and sympathetic one in measuring
the achievements of women in other lands:
This afternoon reception was held at
exeoieers iist Wee Vice Presidents Of the council,
greeted the delegates and visitors attend
ing the triennial.
for consideration at the evening session: d,1:
1t was divided into two parts, the ilrst
controlled by the National Free, Baptists'
Woman Missionary Society,", and the Sec
ond by the national council itself. Mary
a. Davis, president of the Baptist society
named presided. During the first part,
Mrs Francis Stewart Mosher, of Michi.
gan spoke on the ethical adjustment OF
womans home and sociological duties. and
Emiline Burllngame Cheney, of Maine, dis
cussed practical Christian living. Mrs, Isa-
bella Charles Davis, of New York, record
ing secretary of the council, read report
giving an abstract of the work OF the
Standing committees of the council to Sc
cure the recognition of women in church
conferences Mrs. Mary Dickinson, of New
York, then spoke on the attitude cr the
leading religious denominations towards
woman's growing service in the churches.
She reviewed the steps by which woman
had gradually been admitted to such serv-
ice and spoke sarcastlcally of The limits
still imposed upon her by many denomi-
nations. She said that the Unitarians ana
ouakers alone had granted women abso-
lutely equal rights in all church work. The
Methodists had. in a few cases, ordained
women as ministers.
After the conclusion of Mrs. ,DiCkinson's
address, Mrs Mary A Davis said she wish
ed to correct one statement of Mrs. Dick
inson. The Free Baptlsts had, she sain.
more than score of ordained women
After a few words from Mrs. Elizabeth
L. Yates the council adjourned until to-
morrow.