The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-07
WOMEN GOING ABROAD
100 WILL ATTEND THE INTERNA-
TIONAL COUNCILS QUINQUENNIAL.
Mrs. May Wright SewaIl Speaks En-
thusiastically Of the Coming
Meet-g In London.

NEW YORK, June 6.-The departure Of
Mrs May Wright Sewall. of Indianapolis.
on the Bremen on Thursday marks. the
exodus of American women to London for
the quinquennial meeting of the Interna-
tional Council of Women, which will open
Monday, June g. and continue until
Wednesday, July 5. inclusive. As pres
ent vice president Mrs. Sewall naturally
leads the 100 American women who will
attend and in most cases participate in
this convention Of worldwide import.
Mrs. Sewall speaks enthusiastically Of the
brilliant delegation America will have at
the quinquennial. Every outgoing steam
er has had will have party on board;
in fact, among the number are such we'll
known leaders as Miss Susan B. Anthony.
of Rochester, president Of the National
Suffrage Association: Mrs. Fannie Hum
phreys Gaffney, of New York. president of
the National Council of Women: Mrs Rebec-
ca Lowe. of Atlanta, president of the Gener-
al Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Gym
thia Westover Alden, of New York of the
National woman's Press Association; DIR.
Sarah Hackett Stevenson, of Chicago: Rev.
Anna Howard Shaw and Miss Agnes Rep
plier Of Philadelphia; Mrs. Clara Bewick
Colby. of Washington: Mrs. Susan Young
Salt Lake; Mrs. Charles Perkins Stetson,
of Hartford; Miss Octavia Bates. Of De-
troit. and Mrs. Annie Jenness Miller. of
New York.
These 100 American delegates" said Mrs,
Sewal, represent the 1,25o.OOo women in
our National Council of Women. There
are nine other countries in the interna-
tional with a similar membership you
hau of
tions Of this organization. Much of this
wonderful growth has been since the last
quinquennial The two principal meetings
in this ten days Recommendations
with three simultaneous sessions-will be
one on international Arbitration and one
devoted to Suffrage The council women
believe in solidarity of human interest.
and are, therefore. heartily In sympathy
with the proposed peace propositions Of the
Car of Russia. As a representative from
American women L shall be able to tell
of sixty-eight peace meetings recently held
in our country by women or our national
council. The prospect Is the international
council will take some decided stand on this
peace question.
toned as a part of this really prodigious
programme are the educational section,
which will hold all meetings in Westmln-
ster town hall: the professional section.
which will hold fifteen meetings in st.
Martins town hall and Westminster; the
legislative and industrial section, with
like number of gatherings in these two
places; the political section. with five meet
ings in the great hall of st. Martins and
the social section, with eleven meetings in
the convention hall of Westminster.
1T is a wonderfully poetical idea to me.
continued Mrs. Sewall, that Westminster
Hail the oldest town hall in Great Britain.
is thus to be opened TO the women of the
world And what is more, that special
services will be held for us in Westminster
Abbey and the Cathedral OF st. Paul. The
social features prepared in our honor are
also of unusual interest The opening re-
ception will be at the Stafford House, the
home of the Duke and Duchess OF Sutn-
erland. Lady Battersea Is also TO enter
tain at Surrey House. the Bishop OF Lon
don and Mrs. Creighton have arranged
garden party at Fulham Palace, and so
on in profusion, to the final feature, gar
den party at Gunnersbury Park, by Lady
Rothschiid and Mrs. Leopold de Roths-
child"
AS to her prospective presidency, to sue
coed Lady Aberdeen. Mrs. Sewall said she
would consider this the highest honor that
could be offered by the club women OF the
world Il can say, however, she contln-
ued, that the honor has sought me. The
executive board of the International, be-
lieve passed unanimously on my name,
and there is every reason to believe their
choice will be accepted by the convention.
THIS will mean that l shall preside over
the next quinquennial, which will be held
In Parlfn m 1904 ~