New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
QUINQUENNIAL NEWS.
THE LATEST REVISED PROGRAMME OF
THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS.
OVER FIFTY AMERICAN WOMEN WILL GO TO LON
DON TO REPRESENT ASSOCIATIONS IN

OVER FIFTY AMERICAN WOMEN WILL GO TO LON
DON TO REPRESENT ASSOCIATIONS IN
THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
The latest revised notes Of the programme OF the
international Council and Congress of Women to
open in London on June rs show that there will be
five sessions Of the council proper. The Interna-
tional Congress convened under the auspices OF the
International Council is divided into sections as
follows:
The educational section, which will hold eleven
meetings most OF which are set for the large hall
The professional section which will hold fifteen
meetings in the council chamber In Westminster
TINS Town Hall.
The political section, which Will hold five meet
The IN social ee section which will hold eleven meet
ings chiefly in the convocation hall or Church
House, Westminster.
The public meetings Of both the council and the
congress may be attended by any one wishing to
buy tickets. The applications for these tickets are
In three forms-the ordinary ticket OF membership
in the congress- 81 Is: ticket for any member OF
any organization affiliated TO any national council
81 g. and ticket for an official OF any organization
AFFILIATED In any national council, N@.
May yeS Wright iSh sewa Indanapois Ind The money
for tickets must In all cases be sent 10 the non
cured, International Congress Fund. General Post
Office London. NJ,
j.
ardson are the alternates-elect for the two dele
gates. Miss Susan B. Anthony and the Kew. Anna
Howard Shaw. -, =,
Besides these regular official delegates. the In
ternational Council has invited fraternal delegates
from two classes Of organizations, national eoun-
ellis not yet affiliated with the international Coun-
ell and International ORGANIZATIONS Among these
are the International League OF Press CUBS, the
Arbitration and Peace Society; the Red Cross Fed
Grafton. the International Union OF Friends of
Young Women, the International ASSOCIATION alton for
the Abolition OF the State Regulation OF vice. the
International Press Union the Worlds Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. the Young Women
Christian Association, the General Federation or
Women's Clubs and the International Order OF
Kings Daughters. Over fifty American women are
in some way connected with the council and the
congress and expect TO be present
Some Of the social functions are only open TO
delegates and speakers. but the more importah.
ones include In their invitations also members OF
the congress- and these embrace all members or ar
nIated bodies The most careful preparations nave
been made to insure the OF the second gum
quennal Of the international Council and the con-
gress held under it's auspices No special meeting
has been arranged for the subject of womans sur
frage but Susan b. Anthony Is to speak AT a
suffrage meeting under the auspices or the Ma
tional Suffrage Societies OF England scotland Ire,
land and Wales In Queens Hall on the evening or
June 90 Mrs Fawcett is to preside. Lady Henry
Somerset and a number of other distinguished per-
take part.