Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10

quently by the direct descendants of those
who In years past were responsible for the
moral degradation of their female slaves"
1T Is no new thought that actuates the
National Council of Women" said Mrs.
Kate Waller Barrett Of the National Flor
ence CrittentOn Mission. johnson has said
that a coincident of thought may easily
happen without any communication, since
there; are many occasions on which all rea
sonable men think alike, To form a COM
mon working center, where this agreement
may take active form, is the object of this
council. Thirty-five years of active club
life, has wonderfully bridged the chasm that
has separated women into social and re-
ligiouS clfques. If club life has done no
more than this 1t has justified its existence.
Much good is yet to be done in bringing
these various cults to appreciate the good
in others The great minds who conceived
the national and International councils of
women were wise enough to know that no
system can hold a large number of human
beings together for long unless it has hid
den in it some divine truth. The first ma
tional committee which formed the first in
and arbitration. The lion and the lamb
should have place to lie down together
without fear on the part of either the
weaker or the stronger or without waiting
for the millennium"
Greetings Of Jewish Women.
Mrs. Hannah G. Soloman of Chicago
brought the greetings of the National Jew
ish Council of Women. 1.-The religion
which I represent has something of har-
mony of all religions, for Judea gave the
world its civilized religion and has kept its
thought. No nation which loses Its religion
can survive. Here in the council all creeds
can get along together by doing justice to
ALL"
1.-The council idea is the fairest that has
been borne to my mind" said Mrs. May
Wright SewaIl. Miss Anthony was out
generated in the early days when the move
ment started. She had spoken of a cele-
bration of the first woman's suffrage meet
ing in this country. This grew into a pair
ticipation by other organizations in Amer
lea and Europe, because they were the
products of It. Invitations were sent out.
but the results were not fiattering, because
of the ignorance of organizations of others
than their own But this only quickened
our desire, with the result that at the first
meeting we had with us fifty-seven diff
ferent organiza lions In the United States
and six from abroad.
Miss Anthony spoke briefly. greeted by
the great audience rising and applaudlng
as she came forward.
''The convention of 1888 was the fappiest
event within my memory, she said. 'It
was the formation of an organization of or
CARNATIONS. shall never forget the re-
ports of those organizations at the begin
ming and what they meant And so now,
1t does not matter whether we are Mormons
or Jews. or what. we shall all try to do our
best and rejoice together. The information
al council made the suffrage of women
propaganda to go forward with. and Miss
Shaw was made chairman OF committee. 4
All of you who have not been converted to
the idea of the enfranchisement OF women
should go to the Pythian Hall every day
this week. Let US meet together to show