New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-15
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OFF TO THE COUNCIL.
MRS. STANTON BLATCH WILL SAIL FOR
LONDON ON WEDNESDAY,
SHE SPEAKS ENTHUSIASTICALLY OF AMERICA
AND AMERICANs-soME OF TIE WOMEN
WHO WILL SOON FOLLOW

SHE SPEAKS ENTHUSIASTICALLY OF AMERICA
AND AMERIcANs-soME OF TIE WOMEN
WHO WILL SOON FOLLOW.
Mrs. Stanton Blatch sails next Wednesday the
Paris for London. the avant courrere OF the large
delegation Of American women who attend
the international Council of Women. which opens
June 90. Mrs. Batch goes early because she
has to attend to some Of the important committee
work which precedes the council.
Her daughter Miss Nora Blatch. who has been
attending the Horace Mann School, in this city.
during the last year sails on June on the AmerI-
Transport Line. with Miss Susan b. Anthony.
who is TO be the guest of Mrs Batch at her coun.
try home The Mount. Basingstoke.
During the council Miss Anthony will remain 10
London guest at the Pioneer Club, No. Grafton
Mrs. Blatch, who has been here since last
September with her mother. the venerated Eliza
beth Cady Stanton. is prominent member or the
larger political clubs Of London and intimate
friend of Mrs Sidney Webb. Mrs Creighton and
Mrs. Fawcett with whom she is associated in
many forms of phanthropic work. Mrs. Blatch is
a forceful speaker. and during her stay In this
country has been in constant requsition as guest
at all the prominent wor1en's clubs. She Is fear
less In attacking evil and injustice wherever she
may find it. while her convincing logic and per-
suasive eloquence are usually sufficient TO awaken
justice.
In an interview yesterday with Mrs Batch at
her mothers home No 80 West Ninety-fourth-
St. she expressed herself as dcngnted Win AHeii-
and with the strides that American women
are taking in all the higher fields OF crdeavor.
She outspoken In her qualification that
thoughtful and progressive American women were
to become We'll acquainted with the brilliant
women Of other countries and in the international
IMPROVEMENTS which this council would promote.
Her Young daughter Is equally enthusiastic about
America She does not for the English pre-
paratory schools. and therefore entered into
compact with her father, who Is true Briton.
that If he would allow her to prepare for college
here in her mothers country she would take her
college course in England. She has been studying
manual training in the boys school, and although
the only girl in a large class. has come on with
flying colors. receiving the highest mark possible.
"A" in Latin. mathematics and manual training.
Regarding the programme Of the council. Mrs.
Blatch said: "A number Of new sub-topics have
been introduced under the various sections ana
some amendments have been made
CHANGE IN PROGRAMME
in the educational section. modern educational
experiments in the United States. on the tont-
nent in Great Britain and Ireland, India and the
colonies China and Japan, are TO be introduced
In the professional section the topic Medicine-ta)
Training and Qualifications of Women Doctors
IN, Womens Work as Doctors in Private Practice
and Under Government" has been enlarged. while
art" has been added. and Journalism and Lit
erature differentiated
Under the Legislative and Industrial head the
Ethics of Wage Earning will include (a) The
I-npaid Services of the Housewife" o. Equal
PAY for Equal Work; (c) The Living Wage;
(d) THE Pocket Money Wage; (e) Legal Regu-
lation of Wages
LIST OF COUNCIL SPEAKERS.
Mrs Blatch gave the following list of the Amer
lean women who have already accepted mNi'"''o"'
to address the council:
Miss Octavia Williams Bates Detroit Mich
Professional THE Study Of Law for women;
Mrs Marganet a. oalne S 3h I Ean States
/ ne Rev. Anna Howard Shaw. Philadelphia
Miss susan B. anthony. Rochester, n YxPo,
lficai suffrage. Present Position Of the Suffrage
Mrs Maria Purdy Peck Davenport ,lowa,neEdu-
catlonal. "Education as Preparation for Life
Social The value of Organization Factor in
Contemporary. Social and Civil Life; or Arbitra-
The Rev Ida c. Hultln. Moline, Il..sosal.
Necessity for an Equal Moral Standard for Men
- Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett. Washington. D. C
Mrs Lillian NJ. IIollister, Detroit Mich Social
Professor Hamburger. Chicago Aggregation
Mrs susa Young Gates. Provo city, Utah.-Eco-
nS Mrs MaSd aT
Mrs Mary lowe Dickinson. New-York n. Y
Mrs Eannie HUMPHREYS Garney. NeN-York city
DR.. Dewy. Chicago. Ill-Educaton, "Educa-
tionai Experiments.
Miss Mary Shaw Professional Womans League
New-York City
Mrs Eliza Hendricks. indianapolis. Ind--Legis-
lative and Industrial. "Women's Prisons
Sarah j. Farmer. .
Mrs Elizabeth II. Grannis New-York City
Social. -
Mrs Corneia Stuart Robinson. New-York city.
Legislative and industrial. Labor Problem and
Trades Unionsm"
Mrs Mar r. Lowell. Bryn Mswr. Penn-sociaI'
preventive Work.
Mrs Mary H. Hunt worlds superintendent OF
scientific temperance instruction in schools and
colleges for the National Womans Christian Tenn
perance Union-Socal. paper on preventive work.
Mrs Virginia r. Smith, Hartford. Conn Educa-
tIonal Motherhood a Means OF Regenera ton; or,
The Reflex Action Of Motherhood.
Mrs. Annie White Johnson, Chicago, nl.-Paper
on dress physical culture
Mrs Cynthia Westover Alden New-York City
Journalism. .
Mrs Stanton Batch. THE Progressive Woman"
Among others who have been invited Miss
Florence Kelley Of Hull House. Chicago H.; Char
lotte Perkins Stetson of Boston, and Ellen C.
johnson, representing the Massachusetts Prison:
Andrew ID. White. to speak on co-education In
universities. and Lucy Salmon. of Vassar, on CO.
education in schools; Miss Klumpke the astron-
omer a California girl. but at the head OF the
Astronomical Observatory at Paris, under the
French Government: Miss O'Grady. professor OF
biology at Vassar and Mrs Emily Sartain, School
Of Design Philadelphia.
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