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

Special Gable to The American.
BUDAPEST, June 14-Women of
all nations, distinguished in many
walks of life, crowd Budapest to-day,
preparatory to the opening of the In
ternational Woman Suffrage Congress
tomorrow. The delegates from China
and India are attracting much atten-
ton from the natives of Budapest, but
these delegates, who are attending
their first Congress. do not seem 70
resent the attention they attract.
French, English and German are
to be the official languages of the
convention. For the benefit of those
who do not speak any one of those
languages, the Budapest Woman Suf-
frage Committee has supplied a num-
Der of young women lInguists, who
are conversant with all known
tongues.
Dr.. Anna Shaw Prominent.
American women are to 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 will be for
mally opened and in the evening a re-
ception will be held. Monday morn
ing the business meeting will 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, will
enjoy several excursions to interest
ing points about Budapest.
Among the American delegates are
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
Of the Equal Franchise Alliance; Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw. Mrs. O. p. Bel
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liam Tod Helmuth and Mrs Henry
Willard. New York; Jane Adams and
Mrs Bowen. Chicago; Mrs. Stanley
Sweet, Rochester. y. 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 c. Munds, Arizona; Miss
Elizabeth Barnes, oregon; Mrs. w
d. Wright Idaho; Mrs. b. F. Perkins,
Wyoming, and Miss Laura Grover
Smith, California.
All Nations Represented.
Among other prominent persons to
attend the Congress are the Comtesse
Emilia de Pardo BaZan. Of Spain, one
Of the most famous women nOvelists
Of Europe; Herman Bahr, the Aus
trian writer. Lawrence Housman, the
English writer; the Marchesa Elena
LuCifero. one of Italy's most famous
orators. Annie Flora Steele, presi-
dent of the Women Writers Suffrage
League; Keir Hardie, the English
labor leader, Mrs. Charles Lees, may
or of Oldham, England; Catkarina
Won Rennes, the Dutch composer
Mia Hla Dung. a leader Of the Bud
dhist women of Burmah and scores
of others The Chinese women have
presented the Congress with a ban
ner bearing the inscription.
Let us hold together for we are
working for the same ideals"
Officials Of this city have taken a
great interest in the Congress. The
City Councillors gave 5000 crowns to-
ward entertainment Of the visitors.
The Board of Trade gave 1 1900 crowns
and the Board of Agriculture 1000
crowns. The Postmaster General has
arranged to Give all of the women en-
ployed by his department holiday on
Monday that they may attend, and
the Department of Education has done
likewise with the teachers.
While the Congress is I'm session
the International Mems League for
Woman Suffrage viii be I'm conven-
ton. the second which IL has held.
Sir John Cockburn, Prime Minister
Of Australia. who was elected TO the
chair at the last convention, will pre-
side.