The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-09-08
MRS, NAY WRIGHT SEWALL
m PARIS.

this summer. JUST DOW, Wuou al eoI 70
OF walls are going up from American
travellers, it is pleasant to know that
Mrs. May Wright Sewall has been hsv-
ing the time Of her life over here. The
noble army Of club women in the Unit
ed States know who Mrs. Sewall is, but
for the information OF lese fortunate
beings it may be stated that che is the
president and founder Of the Interna-
tional Council of Women and that she
proposes to enlist thousands OF women
from every country on the globe for
for-well, it isn't quite clear for what,
but ne some Of the women already en-
listed would say. at reads lovely"
The women of the United States,
Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Italy.
Sweden. Switzerland. Tasmania and
few other places had already joined the
Council. but the French women were
still outside the fold. Then came the
Exposition and with it came Madame
Wright Sewall. The penetrating read
er will probably Suspect at once that
the lady is no other than Transatlantic
Mrs. Sewall. The reader is right. Mrs.
Sewall is an a. thorized delegate to rep
resent women's organizations at the
Paris congresses. This golden oppor-
tunity to convert the French women
into members of the Council did not get
away from Mrs. Sewsll. Shout the glad
tidipRs to Tasmania and Hoboken.
France lie ours.
The American Pavilion had a room
to spare, 90 the headquarters Of the
council we're promptly established there.
and every Tuesday afternoon there is
tea and talk in unlimited quantities.
Last week came Mrs. SewaIl's laat ap-
pearance and il was therefore especially
moving. 1t was also especially interest
irg rs an example OF the different way
10 which French women and American
women run q meeting. 1t was really
Mrs. Sewall's meeting. 90 one could only
guess what it would have been il it bad
been altogether French. More than
half the women and nine-tenths Of the
men present were French and all the
speaking was in that language, but any
ebullitions Of an exciting nature we're
promptly repressed by Mrs Sewsll.
One OF the American guards on duty
at the pavilion had given the cores
pondent q little advance information
Q bout the affair.
"Oh, no." he said, you don't need
any card. You just 60 up and ask some
lady for Mrs. Sewall and they'll think
you're her cousin or her sister in-law.
What time do you come? Well, that
depends on how much you can stand.
At four o'clock. when there's tea, every
body's tryin' to get in and at five o'clock
when there's speaking. everybody's try
in to get out. They began by havin'
tea and cake and sandwiches and lemon
ade. But mercy! the people almost ate
the dishes. The merit time they had
tea and cake and waters. Last time
they had tea and waters. don't know
whether they leave out the tea or the
waters the next time"
They left out the waters. Tea drink.
ing lie one OF the English customs which
the French cultivate. That is they
cultivate it as much az they can. The
government does all it can to diesusde
them by putting whopping duty on
tea, but Of course il the tea is furnished
by somebody else the cost OF it doesn't
matter anyway, except to give an added
zest to the enjoyment. Some Of the
French women there looked as il they