Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-09-22
WHAT WOMEN DID.
International Congress Held IN Paris a
Decided Success-PracticaI Work
accomplished by Delegates.

F"'liS4 International council
that has been in session here during the
last week was a decided success In the
/ eighteen years that have elapsed since
I Washington saw the first meeting Of the
/ council It's list OF members has increased
/ by ieaps and bounds, until il contains no
/ less than I6,OUu.0OU members. nil uuifed
IN one practical object. viz, TO establish
means or communication between women
( Of all countries ia order to further the
interests OF the sex, economically, social
/ ny morally, mentally and, lastly, also po-
/ litically.
I Congresses followed az matter OF
I course, and this year 900 Delegates from
/ the different committees met IN Paris to
I report upon work done and work still to
Z 90 rance may be called the natural
nome OF the congress. Hardly a week
pa 7+-s without the meeting of some one
I or another such body in Paris They
/ flourish on the soil like the beautiful
acacia trees, which make Of the long
I nigh ro0ds stretching north. south, east
/ ana west one long. perfumed avenue in
/ these early summer months. Bur a con
greas IN Paris resembles not a whit Il
similar function held. say. in New York
London or Berlin. An element Of unex-
| pectedness gets inevitably mixed up in
IL mere In the women $ congress which
| closed on Sunday. June H. this delight
fui element of unexpectedness was not
lacking. 1t lay in the opening days pro-
ceedlngs. All the 500 delegates were IN
vited to assemble on Thursday. the first
day Of the congress, outside the walls of
the city, IN the beautiful grounds Of an
oldfashioned house, lying at the gates of
Versailles. Thus those of the women
from distant countries who found them
selves in Paris for the first time had an
opportunity of travelling along the terri
bic stone paved street which is today in
exactly the same condition as it was IA
hundred years ago, when handsome state
coaches used to transport a royal pair
and brilliant court backward and for
ward between capital and palace several
times week
Les Ombrag es The Shades is long.
now. gray house, covered with ceutenna-
rian creepers and looking upon a broad
lawn shaded with fine trees of every
kind There Is no room in the house ca
pable of seating 500 persons, and Nine
Andree accordingly had great mar
quee erected on the lawn. in which first
the meeting was held and then the
luncheon served. So a. motor ears
trans and trains deposited the delegates
at the gates Of Les Ombrages they were
ushered at once into the tent, where
Lady Aberdeen the Vicerelne Of Ire
land, presided by the side of the aged
Mile A0n0d
Apart from tie proceedings Of this one
-
gress have been strictly private and
wholly unreported. The problems under
discussion alone are known. Of course
the subject of w0man's suffrage came
up for attention. and Finland's repre-
senratives We're pardOnably proud and
beaming mt the advanced movement an
nounced in their country Just a week
before the congress met. While Fin
nish women are both electors and eligi-
BILE for election, only a very small sec
ton Of women in France take any in
terest in the question Americas dele
gate, Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper was
much Interested in hearing how Paris
has followed the American initiative of
establishing clothing depors to provide
outfits for patients leaving hospitals
after sickness. Such problems as the
white slave traffic and the drinking
curse, of course, were not overlooked
and a French woman, Mile. Auberle,
read an excellent paper dealing with
the question of mixed juries.
When the first days meeting had end
ed, the delegates visited Versailles. They
appeared a little incongruous in that
eighteenth century setting-these BUSH
nesslike looking and plainly dressed
women from Hungary. Belgium Swe-
den, Finland, Germany, America and
England. The poke bonnet of the Sal
walton Army delegates stood out prom
nently from the nondescript coverings
on other heads Versailles seems to
want high heels and Haunting ribbons.
dainty aces. and lowered silks. with
at least a suspicion Of powder and
saucy patch or two, and none of the del
egates contributed anything of the kind
The rest Of their meetings were held
a stones throw from the Madeleine
church. on the Paris boulevard. in the
hall of the Feminine Lab0ur Cuba
useful institution which provides an ex-
tra0rdinarIly cheap luncheon to working
women. But the gallantry of the Paris
city council did not allow the women to
isolate themselves entirely. \ handsome
luncheon was given in their honor at
the magnificent Hotel de Vile where
councillors and delegates fraternized and
toasted each other. in a famous vintage
Of dry champagne. None of the munic-
ipal councillors. however. could be in
duced to subscribe 70 the doctrine of
political rights for w0men-the subject
they evidently believed ~ iip Uppermost
in the minds Of the 800 delegates 60 the
congress. Indeed, the president of the
municipal council Of Paris frankly told
them so. and pointed out thar such ra-
deal changes need years before they can
be realized. but. as Lady Aberdeen re-
marked TO her French c0iea CUES IF
ten million women are all working in
harmony for enc common end it is in
evitabie that, with Eeuaciry and energy.
they must in course Of time succeed in
attaining their object. and it is in this
way that the International Council for
Women viii accomplish it's mission by
keeping its forces united and agreed on
all essential points.
The Delegates seemed highly pleased
with Paris, and Il British member of the
council did not hesitate 10 say that this
city is the earthly paradise for women.
because women in daily life enjoy great
or individual liberty here than anywhere
TrrTFg EN-
results aimed at seem to the delegates
to be-. nearer attainment here than else
where in Europe. in view of the open
handed hospitality extended them by the
official world. and in view of the great
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