Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08

E .nderson, who extends the hospitality
{. the delegates and visitors to the ma
t-Jnal council of women.
An interesting literary program, inter-
spersed with music, will be presented at
8 pm. and will be open to the public. The
program is as follows
Report of committee on domestic rela-
lions under the law Mrs. J. Ellen Foster,
chairman; address. Mrs. l. c. Manchester;
report of committee on arts and letters,
Mrs. ]. Ellen H. Richardson: address.
Child Labor" MIR. ]. A. McKelway, assist
ant secretary national committee on
child labor; reading. The Man With the
Hoe" Edwin Markham; Rev. Anna Shaw,
Equal Suffrage"
Program of Thursday.
Thursday morning, April Is, at 10 a M,
the committee on resolutions, Mrs. Eliza
beth B. Grounis, chairman, and the peace
committee, Mrs. May Wright Sewall, chair
man, will report to the council.
At 2 p. m. reports from the following af-
filiated organizations will be heard: Ma
tional Free Baptist Missionary Society, 2:15
to 2:3O, Mrs. Mary Davis; Rathbone Sisters
of the World 2:30 to 2:45, delegate or pres
ident; Great Hive of the Modern Macca-
bees, 2:45 to 800 Mrs. Frances Burns: local
council of Bloomington, Ind. 300 to 313;
local council of Toledo. Ohio 3:15 to $50:
local council of Rochester, N. Y, $3.50 to
3:45; local council of Indianapolis, Ind, 3:45
to 400; local council of Portland. Me-, 400
to Ais; local council of San Francisco, Cal,
4:15 to 400. The Patron, Her Duties, Priv
ileges and Responsibilities" Discussion.
In the evening there will be but two ad-
dresses, Our International Rela tionS, by
Mrs. Willoughby Cummings, corresponding
secretary, National Council of Women of
Canada, and editor International Bulletin,
and THE Spirit of Internationalism" Mrs
May Wright Sewall. honorary president.
International Council of Women: honorary
Not Of of
the United States.
Election Of Officers.
Friday morning will be devoted to the
election of officers for the term of three
years and the presentation of plans and
suggestions for the increased efficiency of
the National Council. At 40 p. m. there
will be luncheon at the Shoreham. COM
pIimentary to the newly elected officers.
The sessions of the national council OF
women will close Friday evening with the
presentation of the newly elected officers,
the transferring of powers and properties
of the council to the new adminlStra ton
and the following program:
Patriotism. the National Woman'S Re
lief Corps" Mrs. Fannie L. Minot, presi-
dent: What Fraternal Benefit Societies
Mean to Women" Mrs. Lillian NJ. HOLSTER.
president Supreme Hive, Maccabees of
the World; report, local council of Detroit,
Mich: report local council of Union City.
IND, MISS jessie NetSOn, Ine ReSpOnSiDll-
ity and Opportunity of the Government To-
ward the District of Columbia" Geo. S.
Wilson.
The executive officers of the national
council of women are as follows: Presi-
dent. Mrs. Mary Wood Swift. San Fran
cisco, Cal: vice president at-large, Mrs.
Kate Waller Barrett, Alexandria, Va; cor
responding secretary, Mrs, Flo Jamison
Miller, Wilmington, H.; first recording sec
rotary Mrs. Frances E. Burns, st. Louis,
Mich: second recording secretary, Mrs
Isabelle Quinlan, Galesburg. ILL.,: treasurer
Mrs. Lillian M HOLSTER, Detroit, Mich.
The standing committees are as follows:
Peace demonstration, Mrs May Wright
Sewall, chairman; arts and letters, Miss
Ellen H. Richardson. chairman; laws con-
corning domestic relations, Mrs. J. Ellen
Foster, chairman; department of home,
Mrs. N. Coe Stewart, chairman. dress, Mrs.
Anna L. Johnson, chairman; philanthropies
and charities, Mrs. Ellen E. Downer, chair
man; education, Mrs. Elizabeth E. Brown.
chairman; dependent and delinquent chill
dren, Kate Waller Barrett, M. D., chair
man.