New-York tribune., 1899-02-15
THE COUNCIL OF WOMEN.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC SESSION IN SNOW
BOUND WASHINGTON.
PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS on TOPICS RELATING
TO HOME LIFE AND sUFFRAGE-socIAL
FEATURES or THE GATHERING
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Washington. Feb 1.-THE sun shone on Wash
ington this morning. The blizzard had passed
There was hone for the National Council of
Women Bur It along narrow paths between
walls Of snow several feet high that officers and
delegates reached the Church Of Our Father where
the Council IS holding Is third ,riennlal session.
Though The Council was formally opened yester-
day. the furious storm raging all day prevented the
attendance of more than bakers dozen. The
real work. interest and enthusiasm began to-day.
when the president Mrs May Wright sewell
called the Council TO order At 10 O'Clock
Many changes had 10 be made IN the programme
because n stormbound delegates known m he on
the way. but nobody could say when they would
arrive After considerable shifting OF the pro
gramme rho fr1ternal delegates present were pre-
sented by the president Mrs Adelaide Hoodlett
of Hamilton. Canada. of the most attractive
and interesting speakers gave brief account OF
the work of tho National Council of Women of
Canada Mrs Hoodlett corrected the impression
that the Canadian Council was organized by Lady
Aberdeen wife of the former or-General OF
Canada She said the idea grew ont Of the National
Council n Women of the United States that the
organization made az Toronto with all the
officers chosen but the president Knowing the i'm
portance of having woman Of power al the head
they waited for the opportune moment which
How would you like 70 have me for your pres
dent7"
They were both surprised and delighted not
only because her position as the wife Of the Gov
ernor-Cenera giving TO the mia ton social and
official distinction. but because Of Lady Aberdeens
active interest in all steps for the Advancement
and elevation of women In Canada az In Eng
land. widows and spnsters have the right Of suf-
frage on all questions except election 10 Parlis-
ment Though many women having this suffrage
do not vote nevertheless in is a reserve power
greatly respected by Women School
Boards in Canada by favor OF City Councils.
for the favor is the other side City Councils
ask women 70 servo on School Boards National
Council work In Canada has brought about many
municipal reforms in city improvements. sanitation
and general oversight OF schools by women.
Mrs Hoodletts visit 10 the United States has
'wofod object Besides being delegate 10 the
National Council Of Womer. she sent by the
Minister of Education 10 study the domestic SCI
ence and school systems OF Philadelphia and Wash
ington
WORK OF COLORED WOMEN.
Scarcely less interesting because of the wide con-
trast. with similar aims the report of Mrs
Mary Church Terrell. president of the National
Association Of Colored Women. Mrs Terrell s the
first colored woman appointed the School Board
of Washington. There two colored women
the Board She above thirty. and
that colored women We're beginning 10 feel the need
of enlightened motherhood and elevated home life.
The association doing good work I'm kinder
gartens. and It had training class for nurses.
furnishing some OF the immune nurses FOR yellow
fever IN the war last year Statistics showed great
improvement made by the colored people in the
thirty years of freedom, though many Of them felt
they had only made a beginning. She
frsternal delegate. but by next year the National
Association Of Coored Women expected 70 become
member OF the National Council
The report OF the State Council OF Women of
Rhode Island read by IT'S president. the Rev
Anna Garlln Spencer. who said the women OF that
State were making themselves felt in municipal
affairs, demanding and securing the election OF
better class of Aldermen
Two associations represented In the National
Council are Utah organiza tons-the National
Woman's Relief Society and the Young Ladies
National Mutual Improvement Society. Among the
delegates from Utah Mrs Mnna Snow, wife
Of the president OF the Mormon Church. Mrs. Susa
p m 'i1 L ia -otbI Hfrs M p Yo,ne 0t bsr mem
bers of the Utah delegation are Miss Ann NJ Can
non. cousin of Senator Cannon; Mrs. MarltrO
Tingev Mrs Fmeine Wells and Mrs Emily s
Richards There brighter women Al the
council than the Utah delegation Mrs. Susa Young
Gates who spent some years In Hawaii and speaks
the Hawaiian language. is accompanied 70 Wash
ington by Miss Hannah Kaaepa. young Hawaiian
woman from the Hawaiian colony In Utah. Miss
Kaaepa speaks English and was educated IN the
public schools Of Utah During her stay in Wash
who has taken a house In Fifteenth-st on Friday
evening the D59gramme Includes The H.. Women me OF
cepted invitation TO be present
MISS ANTHONY'S PLEASANT TALK.
The 'ocal committee served luncheon TO the on
GERS and delegates in the church parlors. which
was not only a pleasant break socially. but great
convenience II was the ffty-seconi birthday ~
the Rev. Anna Shaw who received congratu tuatons
and flowers Bur n was Miss Anthony who made
he hsppy hte @ sPse2n I oT fa 'ne Fyerybod1
4 90 fqr4d Hof q
world looked so young as Miss Anthony and Miss
shaw This was emphasized hour later. when
IN tbe piaffGrn and smoke FOR the ocaI Council
Of Women Of Rochester Among other things of
there with It's four annual free scholarships out
open only 10 young men Finally, n9t lons ago
would raise 10000 for the university II would be-
opened 10 women She said there was some scol-
ing about this money condition. but they went 70
work 10 ralse the more, & @'u Uo,id soon 5sva he
whole sum and then the university would aford
the same opportunities 70 young women mat u
gys 70 yopag Avery read ,he report Of ,he
National American Woman Suffrage Association,
which included the work ~ three wears nv me
Other reports showed the work done by women
OF Illinois Minnesota Idaho Maine ana indlans.
of Washington spoke on Florence Crittenden
Missions" Mrs susa Young Gates. on The IA
J,21a Wds ON W o"~ ""G~itzensho' Mrs Ada G Dckerson
Of Washington on "Wimodaughsis' Mrs la NJ
Conservator Of Human lights Mrs. Bina "
West. Of Michigan on "Fraternal Li Life BeneBt
socaf as - S2e2l VSfionai rhrisiian League
for the Promotion of SOCIAL , HuritSi aho Mrs r,
Women"
DR. R T. LTycoLNS HOrSE BrRVED
TWO YorvG WOMEN RFscrED FY pR LOUIS
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