Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
FFRACETTES
Of WORLD MEET
At BUDAPEST
American Women Have Prominent
Parts on Program Which Be-
gins To-day in Hungary.
so.siat cab,. 20 The American.

Special Gable TO The American
BUDAPEST, June IA Women NJ
all nations, distinguished ia many
walks Of life, crowd Budapest to-day,
preparatory 20 the opening Of the In
ternationaI Woman Suffrage Congress
Tomorrow The delegates from China
and India are attracting much atteu-
ton from the natives OF Budapest, but
these delegates. who are attending
their first Congress. DO not seem To-
resent the attention they attract
French. English and German are
20 be the official languages Of the
convention. For the benefit OF those
who do not speak any one of those
languages, the Budapest Woman SUI
fiaEe Committee has supplied num-
her Of young women l,nguists, who
are conyersant with all known
tongues
Dr.. Anna Shaw Prominent.
American women are 90 take a lead
ing part in the Congress. The Rev.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. Of New York,
will open the convention tomorrow
morning with a religious service held
especially for the delegates. In the
afternoon the Congress win be for
mally opened and in the evening q re-
ception will be held Monday morn
ing the business meeting viii occupy
the delegates followed by carriage
drive through Budapest In the after
noon and a reception In the evening.
A public meeting is to be held Wed
nesday evening, at which several
American women. representing States
in which the vote has been won, will
speak. The convention will come to
an end Saturday After the business
Of the Congress has been ended the
delegates, before their departure. viii
enjoy several excursions TO interest
ing points about Budapest.
Among the American delegates are
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
OF the Equal Franchise Alliance, Or
Anna Howard Shaw. Mrs. q. =. Bel
mont, Mrs Maude Nathan. Mrs. VIII
liam Tod He.muth and Mrs. Henry
Willard, New YORK Jane Adams and
Mrs Bowen. Chicago, Mrs. Stanley
sweet. Rochester, ~ Y. Miss RuntZ
Reese. Greenwich Conn. Mrs Crys-
tai Eastman Benedict Milwaukee.
Wis and Miss Anna Maxwell Jones,
Texas
Official state delegates are Mrs
Francis g.. Munds, Arizona; Miss
Elizabeth Barnes, Oregon Mrs. "
u Wright. Idaho, Mrs. b, r. Perkins,
wyoming. and Miss Laura Grover
Smith. California
All Nations Represented.
Among other prominent persons 20
attend the Congress are the Comtessc
Emilia de Pardo Bazan, Of Spain, one
OF the most famous women nuyDliSts
~ Europe. Herman Bahr. the Aus
trian writer; Lawrence Housmau, the
English writer, the Marchesa Elena
Iucifero, one Of Italy's most famous
orators. Annie Flora Steele prosi
dent Of the Women Writer'S Suffrage
League Kcir Harjie, the English
labor leader. Mrs Charles Lees may
or of Oldham. England. Catharna
Won Reuues. the Dutch composer.
Mia Hla Dung a leader 81 the Bud
dhist women of Burmah and scores
Of others The Chinese women have
presented the Congress with ban
ner bearing the inscription.
Let as hold together. for we are
working for the same ideals
Officials Of this city have taken "a
great interest Ia the Congress. The
City Councillors gave 5000 crowns to-
ward entertainment of the visitors.
The Board Of Trade gave 1900 crowns
and the Board OF Agriculture 1000
crowns The Postmaster General has
arranged 90 Give an of the women en-
ployed by his department a holiday on
Monday that they may attend. and
the Department of Education has done
likewise with the teachers.
While u Congress is I'm session
the Inter- iunal Mems League fnr
Woman Suffrage will be IN Conyeu-
tion. the second which it has held
Sir John Cockburn. Prime Minister
OF Australia, who was elected t0 the
chair az the last convention. will pre-