Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-16
A CANADIAN CONGRESS.
Delegates of International Council Of
Women to Meet in June.

The canadian National Council of Wo-
men is making elaborate preparations for
the quinquennial meeting of the interna-
tiCnal Council of Women. which will be
held in Toronto from June 1G to June -.
The Mayor of Toronto, the government
of Toronto and the councils of ottawa,
Montreal and Toronto will cooperate
with the National Council in its efforts
to make the stay of the delegates in
Canada a memorable one, and a most in
tcrt sting programme has been arranged.
A shipload of delegates is secluded to
reach Canadian shores on June II, and
from that time on not Il single moment
will be allowed to hang heavily on the
hands of the visitors, among whom will
he the Countess of Aberdeen president
izer of the Canadian Council Lady
Aberdeen, who is now Nicereine of Ire
land is well known in the United States
not only as Il prominent figure in many
lines of Woman'S work but as the wife of
former Governor General of Canada.
The delegates will spend day or two
in Montre.l and will then go to ottawa
There will be a luncheon for them at the
Experimental Farm and a reception at
Government House. They Will arrive in
Toronto on the morning of June is. and
meetings of standing committees Will be
held on that day. In the evening there
d
of Toronto University, where each OF the
national presidents will give greetings
from her country. The international eN-
ecutive committee will meet on Thurs
day. June II. and the Mayor and the
Mavoress of Toronto will receive the
delega at the City Hall in the evening,
The international council Will meet on
June IS. H. y and -. and on June "A, -:
IS % and 80 there will be an international
congress This will be held in the uni
versity buildings, and any one may pro
cure a ticket for one day or for the whole
congress- The congress will meet in nine
sections-those of education. philanthro-
pv. industries. health and physical train
ing literature art social work and mora!
reform professions for women. and laws
that concern women and children The
programmes for all these meetings are
extremely interesting, and delegates from
many different countries will take part
in them. The Countess of Aberdeen VIII
be one of the speakers IN the pupllc
health section.
The Ontario government will take the
delegates to Guelph on June - to visit
the Macdonald Institute. and there VIII
he an excursion to Niagara on June %.
On June 10 they will go to Hamilton to
oe the guests OF Mrs. Sanford. one of the
vice-presidents of the Canadian council,
and another afternoon they Will be en-
tertained by Lady Edgar. another vice
president at her home on Lake Simcoe.
Delegates have been accredited to the
council from Great Britain. Germany,
Holland, Sweden. Denmark, New South
Wales. Tasmania. Victoria; South Aus
tralia. France italy. Queensland. Austria:
Norway. Belgium. Greece. Smyrna and
the United States. and the list is not yet
complete. In addition. many members of
the councils of the United States and
Canada who are not delegates will attend
mark and Norway are paying the expen-
|ses Of their delegates.