Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-11-30

A0AN the M0lAC4 > 0AneAll1aAAoAS u IAS
country for the quInquennIal meeting
OF the International Council OF Won.
en-. This Will be held in Berlin in
June. Mrs. May Wright Sewen,
president OF the international cOun-
CT, has made an authoritative staUe-
ment OF the pans up TO date in the
WOman's Journal, together with an
account of the last executive meeting
held in Dresden
The QuinQuennial wiz cover a
period OF two weeks, the first week be-
ing devoted 20 executive sessions OF
Jhs council proper which will occupy
the mornings. Three public meet
Ings vail be held in the evenings on
the general subject Of The New In
ternauOnalsm. its object being both a
demonstration and a propaganda AS
a part OF thls pan reports OF the ma
IEOual councils. now numbering nine
teen. viii be given. The special sub
Iect OF the third evening, peace and
arbitration, will be discussed in three
formal addresses by Lady Aberdeen
IL English, by Barness Won Suttner
IN German and by a French speaker
IA her own language.
According 10 the laws and customs OF
Germany. the council and the congress
Of the following week VIII be con-
vened by the National Council for Ger
many which viii make. all OF the
preparations. The congress, or popu-
.ar gathering of council women
viii open June 13 and continue a
week. The congress will be con-
Quoted in four sections running stimuli
taneOusly, so far as day sessions are
concerned, during the week. The Sec
tons viii be convened under the fol-
lowing titles:
First-WOmen's Education and
Higher Culture (under general charge
of Fraulein LANCE and Fraulein Bau-
mer.)
SecOnd-Women in Social Aims and
Institutions BOUNDED either for or by
women for the Improvement of social
condttiOns.) This section will discuss
such questions as Temperance. Social
Purity. etc, and is under the general
charge OF Frau Edinger.
Third-WOmen's Professions and
Industries under general charge of
Fraulein Alice SalOman.
FOurth-The Legal and Political
Position OF Women (under the general
charge of Freien Won BeschwitZ)
The discussions viii be limited
strictly To the rights and duties OF
women in connection with the various
subjects indicated. The afternoons OF
congress week as well as the evenings
viii be occupied by large public meet
ings and social gatherings. The sub
jects for the pubic meetings are as
follows:
Education.
Suffrage for Women.
Equal Pay for Equal Work.
Women in Science and Art
The committee OF arrangements in
cludes a large number OF Germany's
most able women They are fired by a
legitimate ambition 70 demonstrate TO
the world how German women can
convene and prepare for an interna-
tiOnal congress on a scale large
ana generous enough TO justify its
ute.
Mrs. Mary Wood Swift, president Of
the American council, viii nominate
the speakers from TINS country, and
she has sent out a circular asking for
a ia-t y. wOmen capable OF making re-
prs ana participating IN discussions
aaalIns unuer the following heads:
rIrst-The education Oh girls and
women.
Second-The Industrial position and
PROCESS o. women.
Third-The civil rights of women.
FOurth-The political position OF
women.
Fnth-women in letters, science
and art.
In addition Mrs. Swift says: In
making nomination, l beg you to
have in mind this condition strictly
stipulated by the German committees:
No one viii be invited To speak whose
voice cannot be trusted TO carry easily
and intelligibly what she has TO say.
This must be borne in mind, and how
GNEA a4AE AIA@AAI@AAeAAs a "N--~~-% ~-@N-a
be, she must not be nominated unless
her voice can carry her thoughts"
AS an evidence Of the vitality of the
council movement, which had its or
igin in an international convention in
Washington in 1888 to celebrate the
fortieth anniversary of the organized
movement for the political enfran-
chisement OF women it should be
noted that the council has almost
doubled its membership since the Lon
don meeting In 1899, having then but
ten councils, three of which were new.
There is a prospect of a membership
OF twenty-one councils before the
quinquennial meeting. At the Dresden
meeting al OF the general officers
were present except the recording sec
rotary, and all OF the councils were
represented except two.
AMONG fha social amenities Of the