The herald., 1896-05-10
louisville as the place for the third ma

louisville as the place for the third ma
tional convention.
1t will surprise many people to learn
that the federation is made up of very
nearly 500 clubs. each club being COM
posed of women. SCm5 thing like 100000
women are connected with these CLUBS,
SO it can easily be seen that the ap-
IroachiDE convention will not be a one
;.orse affair by any means. There are
not many states today in the union so
benighted as not to boast of at least one
wonlans club, and in many the number
can be cuunted by tens.
in the federation the number of clubs
Ly states is as follows: Alabama 2, Ar
Kansas 1. California IA. Colorado 13, Con-
necticut :. District Cf Columbia 4, Della
ware l. England /, Georgia 8, Idaho 3,
Illinois 6S Indiana %, India 2, Iowa 20.
Kansas 5, Kentucky 8, Louisiana =,
Maine ), Maryland 2, Massachusetts, 90,
MICHIGAN 2S Minnesota 13. Missouri Z,
Montana /, Nebraska ., New Hampshire
. New Jersey II, New Mexico ., New
York So, North Dakota /, Ohio IS, Oregon
]. Pennsylvania %, Rhode Island 4, South
Carolina l. South Dakota /, Tennessee
6. Texas 9. Utah g, Vermont /, Washing
ton 7. Wisconsin 5.
Ii was only in 1890 that the federation
was founded, but the first convention
was not held until 1892. the place being
Chicago, and the host of the convention
being the Woman's Club of that city.
In 1894 the second convention was held
in Philadelphia. the visitors being the
rilests of the New Century club, of which
Miss Louise Stockton, a sister of Frank
r Stockton, is one of the leading men,
bers.
WEIGHTY QUESTIONS TO COME UP.
Some very Weighty questions Will be
handled at the convention and they will
be presented by the ablest minds in the
feminine world. At its meeting in WASH
H..l., I aSy 40
utive committee of the Woman's Ma
ttonal council created sensation by
one of its propositions, but the PROPOSE
tion never came to much, and it will prob
ably be revived at the Louisville conVen-
ton and develop into an actual fact
This proposition was nothing less than
the formation of an organization to
include the senate and house of represen-
tatives. and cabinet composed of off,
cials representing popular departments
of woman's work. 1t also provided for
president and for the erection of a tenn
ple to answer the same purpose that the
capitol does TO the government
EIGHT MILLIONS TO CALL UPON
The council relied upon 5000, 900 of or
ganized women to aid it in realizing this
project The federation has the same
societies to call upon, namely; The w. {.
r. u, 1000, 900 members; the Kings
Daughters, 100000; the National Wo-
man S suffrage dSSOcldliOH, It-Vo,vuo, liis
ten domestic and foreign missionary
unions, 1000, 900; the kindergarten, 1O0.-
600: the Business Women's associations,
700 900; the Stenosraphers and TypeWrit-
ers 100000; and the Universal Peace
union, five College Alumni associations.
the National Jewish Women's Council,
the Women's Relief corps, and the Ma
tional Association of Loyal Women of
American Liberty.
The central idea of this organization
was to legislate, by an ideal government,
morally, for the women of the country.
There was TO have been department OF
philanthropy education. charity, labor.
domestic relations. law, science, art.
household economics and history. This
is only one of the gigantic propositions
which will be placed before the conVen-
ton.
PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION
The president of the federation is Mrs.
Helen NJ. Henrotin of Chicago. She is
native of the Pine Tree state Prior to her
marriage she spent several years abroad,
and on her return settled in Chicago,
where she at once took prominent place
in all the affairs pertaining to woman's
work She won national fame during the
womans congress at the Worlds S fair.
in which 200, 900 women took part. She
Is evel-headed, a clever executive offioec
and has tremendous energy. Moreover,
she has broad knowledge is not dream
er or visionary. but goes in for practi-
cal work.
The women who will attract the most
attention at the convention are Mrs.
Susan 3. Anthony, Mrs. e. 3. Grannis.
Mrs Mary Livermore, Mrs. Mary r.
lease, Rev. Anna Shaw, Mrs. Belva A.
Lockwood. Mrs. Lille Devereaux Blake
and Mrs May Wright Sewall. Two IA
miliar figures will be absent in Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Cady Stanton and Mrs. Frances
f. Willard The latter is on her way 10
London, and the weight of eighty years
is too much for even the enthusiasm
of Mrs. Stanton. If it were not for the
long journey from New York to Louis
vile Mrs. Stanton would be on hand and
give the convention the benefit of her
many years of service in the feminine
world.
THE BOARD OF OFFICERS
The officers of the federation are high
types of the advanced American wo-
man. Aside from the president, Mrs.
Henrotin, they are: Vice-president.
Mrs. Mary Il. Mumford of Philadelphia:
recording secretary Mrs. c. z. Barnes
of Louisville; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Phillip n. Moore of ST Louis;
treasurer. Mrs. Sarah Il. Cooper of San
Francisco; auditor. Mrs. Fannie Purdy
Palmer of Providence. The members of
the advisory board are: Mrs. Sarah NJ.