Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-13

ula. NY eldest son was taken, two OF three
years ago. with heinorrhage from the lungs.
1t troubled him for a year He took Or.
Pierces Colder Medical Discovery and has not
had bleeding from the lungs in over year.
Your medicine certainly saved his life"
lating to local interests Thus the state
council becomes link between the ma
tlonal organization in the upper house and
the local councils in the lower house.
The council holds two kinds Of meetings.
public sessions 10 discuss questions Of gen-
eral interest in the lines of work represents
ed by the members Of the council, and bust
ness sessions. which are open only 10 the
president and one representative from each
OF the national organizations and from each
state ana local council constituting the Ma
uonal Council, to the general officers Of the
National Council. to the members of the
cabinet, to the members of all standing
committees and to the patrons.
There will be three business meetings of
the Triennial Council. one this evening at
the Arlington. one Monday morning al the
JnlNerSaiiSt church and the third Saturday
evening, Fe- -uary Is at the same church.
The National Council of Women for the
United States was formed in 1883 in Wash
inSton. d. G. at the fortieth anniversary
OF the first woman's rights convention,
which was held in Seneca Falls y. Y in
1873 Frances Z. Willard was its first presi-
dent and Susan b. Anthony. vic. president
at-large. At the close OF the three years
term Mrs May Wright Sewall was elected
president and presided over that memorable
woman tbtSfeSS at Inc NbfLh : iaif. whose
daily sessions We're attended by 1o.eD peo-
pie. Mary Lowe Dickinson was elected The
third president but failing health compelled
her to resign. and Mrs SeWall was again
elected. and took upon herself the hercu-
lean duties Of The office ably assisted by
the Rev. Anna Shaw vice pTesideut-at-
large.
National Councils Elsewhere.
Since the organization Of the National
Council Of Women in the United States ma
tional councils have been formed in France,
Belgium. Switzerland Canada Germany,
New Zealand New South Wales. Sweden
and Great Britain. The Council Of Canada,
now including twenty-five councils OF local
character and several national societies,
was organized i'm 1897. That of Germany
composed of siXtN-ive federated societies,
was organized in 1894. those Of New Yea
land and New South Wales and Sweden.
respectively. in 1896; that of Great Britain
in 1891. In Denmark. Holland, Finland and
Italy councils are forming.
The president of the interna tional council
has received word that steps are being
taken in Hawaii toward forming a council.
and the King of Siam has, through a royal
ambassador Of that country, officially COM
municated to the president OF the national
council of the United States, who is vice
presiGent-at-large of the international
council of women, his desire that a council
OF women be organized in his country.
There is no individual membership i'm
these national organizations, except that by
the payment of 500 a man or woman may
become a life patron with fun privileges
excepting that the man pays his money to
listen. He can't talk, and he cannot vote
The list of such patrons is long comnrfS-
ing the names of nearly 100 wealthy and
influential men and women. Canada viii
send to this trienniaI Lady Tilley, Lady
Thompson, Miss Edgar and Mrs. Emily
Cummings.
Subjects for Discussion.
The subjects which will be discussed at
the triennial will cover the whole world OF
civic military, religious political and edu-
cational life. The Womans Relief Corps,
auxiliary to the Grand Army OF the Nv
public, Will discuss patriotism. and all its
kindred subjects, through its national pres
ident. Mrs. Flo Jamison Miller. The Ma
tional Council of Jewish Women viii be
fully represented. and in between these two
comes the Womans National Republican
Association, with its president Mrs. Judith
Ellen Foster, 10 present its issues. Miss
Anthony will he there, and her biographcr
Mrs. Ida Harper, and they will give wo-
mans suffrage big send of
Then there will be the National w C. T
l., the National Purity League. American
Nivisection Society. Wimodaughsis
Universal Peace Union, represented by Mrs
Belva Lockwood. who stoutly affirms that
she will have peace if she has 20 fight for
it: National Association of Women STEM
ographers. Supreme Hive Ladies of the
Maccabees; Rathbone Sisters and twenty
other organizations.
Inc OfncefS oil the Nanonal Council of
Women are Mrs May Wright SewaI pres
ident; Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, vice pres
dent-at-large; Louise Barnum Robbins
corresponding secretary: Francis Stewart
Mosher. first recording secretary: Helen
Ffnlay Bristol, second recording secretary
and Hannah ]. Bailey. treasurer Nearly
all these women have international repu-
tations for brilliancy, culture and achieve
ment in some special direction.
The Trtennial Council Of the United States
is to be greatly honored this year as its
president. Mrs. Sewall, has been nominated
by the executive committee of the Interna-
uonal Council for president of that body
which will hold its quinquennial I'm London
next June. This nomination made in June
OF last year, rs tant3mount to an election
as no other name is proposed and the NOM
nation has only to be ratified by the Ma
tional Councils of the world
The International Council is cornnosad of
the National Councils OF France. Belciltn1.
switzerland. Canada. Germany New yea
ltnd, New South Wales, Sweden Great
Brltaln, Italy and Finland. 1t was organ
lied at the great international council held
IN washington in ISIS Its first president
was Millicent Garrett Fawcett of England
with Miss Clara Barton for vice PRESIDENT
at-larse. lis second president now
completing her five years term, Is Lady
Aberdeen, and Mrs. SewaIl is vice presI-
dent-at-large
Variety of Natfonatities.
How various the natfonaIitios COM
posing the international Council is shown
by a resolution which was adopted at the
meeting of the executive committee in Lon
don last June. 1t set forth that as far as
possible, English shall be the language of
the conference; that the three languages
Enshsh, French and German. may be used
for papers and discussion; that papers in
French or German shall be translated fra-