Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-28
Mrs. Zina Y. Card Describes Her
Journey to Washington.
EMINENT LADIES SHE MET.
Places Of Historical Interest Visited
Lectures delivered III. Jour
ney Home.

she going NJ chairman Of the press
committee and Salt Lake Herald re-
porter, AMI my own mission IA delegate
10 the National Relief Society.
We were very Joyous over the pros
pcct Of trip together a. We had al
ways imagined Il one Of fuihlmcnt Of
a contemplated mission our honorcd
father had talked " Just before his
death for Us.
We heard. Incidentally that the
trains had been blOci,adcd. but on pur-
chasing my ticket I was assured that
the road would be open before our ar
rival at the place of detention.
Al went mcrrily uli we arrived at
colorado Springs. or GlcnwoOd springs.
properly, n lovely summer resort with
Grand hotel. Immense warm springs
With covered and open plunge baths,
ana everything ON the most approved
plan. but, alas, u was IN winter. "a
binding Hnowrtnrm had been raging.
aud We were Informed that snow
slide had occurred about four miles be-
You'd. killing four men. completely de.
mollHhinE an engine and freight cars
and We must wait for the opening Of
the drlft. ~ rtill showed, and cold.
uRhi Canada could not make better
record below zero,
Twcniy.fouf hours ~ waiting hut
having a good lunch basket and falling
Ia with some very nice ladies and two
sweet children, We were not dircour-
aged or unhappy.
on NJ last one hours ride and we
come 20 terrible SNOW slide. The
steep mountain side. walls ~ snow.
battered ears, downi duwn' IN the river
where the poor men mot their death.
n SILVER runs over ua With o silent
prayer Of thnnkfulnoan that We were
not there NJ the fatal moment. and we
dash through the canyon wherr noun
tnins tower. rivers rush. ana dame ma
turc seems 10 defy the power ~ man
10 prnotfutc her faHtncarss. Yet On We
30, the mountains ccholnH the rhrill
whistle OF tho train. down 10 i.eadville.
Pixies Peak covered with snow. snow
ftiil dying, and stop. We nHk how long.
Don't know. trains can't pass: too cold
ana Ho much snow. Fourteen hours
wear away Il n utili intensely cold.
which causes the train 10 lose time, but
We rejoice that all fear OF trouble
10 ever.
We landed In Washington Sunday
nlrht between II ana T., Find friends,
and start Monday morning at . o'clock
10 got 10 the Council meetings. Scver
In the memory ~ the oldest inhabitants
has such storm raErd IN Washington.
We ruccccded. by paying 81 each. to
gct a. the Council meeting.
Here we met the most cordial and
noble ladies' ~ the United states. and
have been edited and instructed by the
rfnndest and most soul -inHpiring arti-
cion. from the brain ana pen ~ women
who have devoted their lives for the
bcttcrment ~ their sex and the whole
human family.
Miss susan n. Anthony. Mrs Mary
Low Dickinson. Mrs. May Wright
sewall. Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery and
| Mir. Annie shaw; fivc of the most dis
| tinrulHhrd ana Intelligent ladies' In the
eye ~ England ana America M re-
/ formers.
sn-nn N. Anthony stood na n tower
! nf strength whore many were ClnmnflnF
! Tor strenuous measures 90 he passed
against the much talked % H. N. Rob
| crta. Not Tor man. but Tor a prin-
| ciplc. She ttoud. 10 make the moral
standard reach an men who are vlo-
laters Of United States laws, and with
| her llcv. Annie Garland Spencer. MrH.
j, u. Foster ana many other women
| for resolution ~ this nature Ia pass.
! This revolution was passed by a rous-
Ing majority. Those who were Tor the
| minority report on the resolution We're
lovely women who desired what they
deemed the hest good for the nation:
hut u was too narrow for the council
idea. which il 10 bring Into a broad and
| sympathetic union the forces NJ wo.
mans work On all organized lines Tor
moral. social, physical ana financial
reforms. Ia convert and bring the
youth of the nation 10 kce these great
solf-evldcnt truths and both soxes 10
work for their fulnllmont,
Thrc. sessions a day from a. m. 10
| 10 y. m. through storm ana blizzard,
assembled the ladies ~ this memoir
able assembly. The spirit ~ the Lord
was there. ana peace was the motto ~
all. The results are with God but Ile
| VIII surely rlpcn such lovely seeds 10
truth NJ We're Hown on that glorious or-
cnslon 20 bring a harvest ~ peace 10
the human family.
In Washington We visited at. Yer.
non. the home ~ President Washing.
/ ton with the bedrooms Just n- they
were left by himself and wife. being
| built ON a hill which slopes gently
/ down IN the Potomac river on
two slides, one gets u fine ylew
/ NJ hills ana woods. with everything
| 10 make an Ideal southern huUe.
\ walk down the green Hill side and
We stand before the tomb NJ this good
ana great man and his eatimnhlo part-
nrr. Two plain marble rotnnH. in "a
nnr red sand stone vault. with the
| whispering leaves ~ huge trees he
| planted, ever singing sleep on an tho
resurrection m the lust" one Thought
! came to me- with force. The Father ~
our country would surely approve Of
tn noble work done hy that grand body
NJ women workers known ~ the "N6.
mems Council"
our next most interesting visit wns
to the New Congressional library. "a
building full Of historic. artistic. and
scientific Interests, Htatunty ana paint.
ing from the brightest ana best of
American talent ns well ~ other ma
| lions
II II impossible Co give IN an article
| like this a hundredth part M the fnr
things to SEE I'M tho capital NJ this great
nation.
We lrft Washington Tor "a lying trim
| 10 Philadelphia. Mrs Gates had an
aunt living thrrr vhOm We hunted up.
and We're received with open arms by
! her We spoke tp the Universal Peace
! Union powerful society having It's
! headquarters In this city ~ "Brnthcrly
! Love sister spoke uu the Women of
Hawaii their political position and
! Future privileges with rcrnrd 10 the an.
nrNniiun with tho United states. NV
subject was the "piouecrH of tftnh y
ana application ~ the system ~ lrrign.
| ton TINT has been lmmitntod ana an
piled hv 800 many people since then.
We were thanked most warmly by
tho president Mr. Love. and by all
present Tor our lectures aud VIM We
were received In tho home uf Mrs.
Rnphel Foster Avery az guests. Our
Visit % old IuNau.UsT,ta. hau