The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13
THE woMEN's COUNCIL.
Interesting Meeting OF This organiza-
tion Yesterday.

II. Crockett, in the chair, it was
voted to confer with the Associ-
ated Charities on the curfew law, and
Mrs. Bigelow was appointed COMMITTEE
for that purpose.
A letter from Mrs. George $. Hunt, was
read conRrntalating the council ON the
gratifying result OF the appointment OF
women on the school board, say ing: My
first effort In this direction was made
twenty years ago, when went before q
legislative committee asking for suffrage
for women on the school question
On behalf Of tie Samaritan association,
Mrs. kilborn reported: The Samaritan
club was formed March 4ih, 1873, by Mrs.
Macy Betsy, wife OF the Rev. Mir. Bessy,
of the First Universalist, now Congress
Square church. The club has member
ship Of two hundred, the membership fee
Is fifty cents. They have fund of four
thousand dollars and now is added there
to five hundred dollars from the Walker
estate This year they have SO far paid
out one hundred and seventy dollars for
coal and wood, seventy five dollars for
clothing aside from the large quantity
of second hand clothing donated which
the club has distributed and seventy five
dollars for provisions.
A letter was read from Mrs. Margaret
L. W. Merrill, who takes a great interest
in all that pertains to the Advancement
OF women, although she is now seventy
sight years old. The letter gives good
idea of the work of the National Women's
Council 1t follows:
lin addition to the foregoing report of
our council work, it seems TO me timely
to make some mention of the National,
which held its third Triennial at Wash
ington in February of this year. This or
ganization Is composed of national ascot
atlons, state and local councils. Though
in its eleventh year of existence, Its pur-
pose has not become very generally under
stood Quoting from the late president.
let me briefly state 1t here. AT the very
(oore) heart of the coun ,il i0ea, are the
ASPIRATIONS for harmony and the percep-
ton that through discreet ignoring of
points of difference and n generous en-
phasis upon points of agreement, all or
aauizatiors in a community without in
the least degree subordinetlng their re-
spective objects may unite for the prose
cutiou of large general plans which C n
Germ the entire community. Such union
of local organizations constitutes local
council such union of national organi-
cations for the prosecution of common
interest, not incompatible with the OBJ
ject of any organization in 1t constitutes
national council.
"Up 10 date there is no national coun-
Gil which includes all OF tho national or
of women in the country in
which 1t has been formed. For example,
in the United States, such important as
soeiations as the General Federation of
Women's clubs, Association of Collegiate
Alumni and others remain outside of the
national council, while in England the
Liberal Federation and the National
Franchise League still hold aloof, and
similarly in other countries. No one
should bs surprised or discouraged by
this. Large ideas are necessarily of slow
growth and there are hundred reasons
for congratulation to one of condolences in
realizing what has 5een accomplished in
this ten shor decades. Quoting now from
the council catechism, We find enumer-
ated the following lines of general work
of our national councils
i.-Equal pay for equal work.
2.-Divoree reform
3D. Dress.
4.-Patfiotism, expressed by education
in citizenship.
5.-Domestic science.
6-PeaCe and arbitration.
7-Domestio relations under the law.
Social purity.
Committee cateohisms can be had on
application 10 the corresponding secretary
OF the council. Under the headlof domes-
tic relations the problem OF child-saving,
in particular the best methods OF proyid-
ing for hopeless and dependent children
were brought prominently before the
council
The new officers of the National Coun-
Gil are: Mrs. Fanny Humphrey Gatfney,
New York city, president; Mrs. Myra
Puidy Peck, vice president at large,
Iowa; Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett. Wash
ington, ID. C.; Mrs. Hannah q. solomon,
treasurer and president of the
Woman's Jewish Council; Rev. Anna
Spencer, recording secretary,
Providence, r.. L.. Mrs. Emeline b.
Wells, second recording secretary, salt
Lake City.
The history of the International Coun-
cll of women is full OF interest. Its execu-
tive committee met in London. July 9th,
9TH, OF 1898. adjourned on the 11th. Its
president is the Countess of Aberdeen.
The councils of Great Britain, Canada,
Germany, United states, Sweden and
Italy were represented there, and the de-
ibarations were in part upon the arrange
ments for its qrinquennial session next
June, to be held In Lond on.
The meeting closed wi III An interesting
drill.
THE FOSTER COMPANY.
The system OF carpet beating advertised |
md ,1Sed bv Foster's Dive House cOmpanv !