Evening star., 1902-01-25
THE COUNCIL OF WOMEN
TRIENNIAL CONGRESS OF ORGAN1za
TION TO BE HELD HERE.
Opening Session at Carroll Institute
February 19-PrOsram of
the Exercises.

The National Council of Women, which Is
to meet IN Washington in its fourth trien-
NAL congress February 10, will remain in
session for about ten days. The program is
pelng made up for a session of seven days.
but matters which are regarded as of i'm
pcrtance and papers of paramount interest
are to be presented, and it is not improb-
able that the time will be extended a day
or two. Carroll Institute has been selected
for the meeting Of the triennial
The national president, Mrs. Fanny Hum
phreys Gaffney of New York, speaks with
great pride of the rapid strides the organi-
zaton has made since its inception, and
especially in the past two years.
we have now sixteen national organiza-
tions affiliated with u.s. and seven local
councils said Mrs. Gaffney, land we our
selves are affiliated with the International
Council of Women, comprising the national
councils of women of Canada, Germany,
Sweden, Great Britain and Ireland, Den
mark, New South Wales Holland New
Zealand, Tasmania, Switzerland, Italy,
france and Argentina, the last three COM
ing in in 1900.
i believe" continued Mrs. Gaffney, that
we are now the largest and most formula
bic body of women in the world. There is
nothing in the way of ethical or political
reforms that We might not accomplish if
we as national and international bodies
We're to combine for any one purpose We
are not working along ideal lines, however
indeed, we have no power over our affiliat-
ed councils beyond that of suggestion and
sympathy, as set forth in our constitution
but in our great triennials we meet to col,n-
sci with each other, TO exchange ideas and
TO brush up against the best thoughts of the
world brought to US by its women from
every section of the GLOBE
Mrs. Gaffney is looking forward to the
m hal6 b,rf
and smilingly yentured to express hope
that Washington will greet her delegates
with rather less bluster and more warmth
ihan met them three winters ago, when
nalt the delegates were snowbound up in
the Pennsylvania hills, and the other half
oiizzardbound for two days in Washington.
Program of Entertainment.
The program as outlined provides for at
least four evenings of fine entertainment
The first evening, February 10, will have
for Its topic "Organized Effort Among
Women" and the big guns at the head
OF the various affiliated councils will pre-
sent the case with general discussion all
along the line.
The evening of February 30 will be given
over to Cosmopolitan America" and wo-
men from the New England southern,
northern and Pacific states will lead the
discussion. The National Association of
Colored Women Is one of the affiliated
NocI4SilS anu II Is lTODaDIe tndt a reDreSSn-
tative of that body win take part in this
discussion. The topic for the third even
ing is The Ethics of Race Relationship"
IL IS sad that Some surprises are in store
Tor this particular evening, as there will
be talks by an Indian woman, an afro
American and representative women from
Cuba, Porto Rico and China
The evening of February %, Washing
tons birthday, is to be periodically OBJ
served by the delegates and representa-
tives of patriotic societies and Institutions
1t IS also the eightieth anniversary of the
birth of Isabella Beecher Hooker, who has
promised TO be present and give an address,
Other sessions that are to be filed with
interesting subjects include an address by
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president Of
the National Suffrage Association. and one
by Rev. Anna Howard Shaw on Cuba and
Porto Rico" Miss Shaw made a tour of
these Islands and has studied the condi-
tion there of both men and women. An
other feature win be an address by Mrs
Fenwick Miller Of London, founder of the m
working Woman's Club" on the "Work
of English Women
The officers of the National Council of
Women are Mrs. May Wright Sewall and
Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, both past
presidents, honorary presidents; Mrs. Fam
ny Humphreys Gaffney, New York. presi-
dent; Mrs. Maria Purdy Peck, Iowa, vice
president at large; Mrs. Kate Waller BAR
rett. Washington. corresponding secretary: /:
Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer, Rhode Island.
and Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells, Utah, re-
cording secretaries: Mrs. Hannah q. Solo
mon, treasurer.
The morning sessions will be given over
to private business Of the council and will
not be open to the public. The afternoon
sessions will be open to all comers, but the
program will be Of a routine character re-
ceiving reports from affiliated organiza-
tions, local councils and standing commit
tees. The evening sessions will be open
to the public also.
Scientific Society Incorporated.