El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-14
WOMEN Of ALL
NATIONS At
BUDAPEST
International Suffrage Con
ference Draws Many Dis
tinguished Advocates.
AMERICANS TAKE
PROMINENT PART

X Women Of all nations, distin-
1 - Euished in many walks of life.
( crowd Budapest today, preparatory to
the opening Of the International Wo-
( man Suffrage congress tomorrow. The
delegates from China and India are at
, tracing much attention from the ma
/ tives Of Budapest, but these delegates
/ who are attending their first congress
/ DO not seen to resent the attention
/ they attract
French, English and German are to
/ be the official languages of the con-
vention. For the benefit OF those who
I do not speak any one OF those Ian
gUages. the Budapest Woman Suffrage
/ committee has supplied a number OF
young women Inguists, who are con-
For months these young women stud
led indUstriously that they might guide
the visiting delegates about and in
terpret for them
American women are to take a lead
ing part in the congress. The Rev.
DR. Anna Howard Shaw, Of New York,
viii open the convention tomorrow
morning with a religious service held
especially for the delegates In the
afternoon the congress viii be Tor
mally opened and in the evening a re-
ceDti0u will be held Monday morning
the business meeting will occupy the
delegates. followed by a carriage drive
through Budapest in the afternoon and
a reception in the evening
A public meeting IS to be held on
Wednesday evening, at which several
American women representing states
in which the vote has been won, viii
speak The convention will come to an
end on saturday June Il after the
business of the congress has been
ended the delegates, before their de-
parture, viii enjoy several excursions
sTa.-n
Many American Women Attend
Among the American delegates are
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. president
of the Equal Franchise alliance Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw. Mrs. O. P. Bel
mont. Mrs. Maude Nathan. Mrs. VIII
liam Tod HelmOuth and Mrs Henry
Willard. New York Jane adams and
Mrs Bowen Chicago: Mrs Stanley
Reese. Greenwich. Conn, Mrs Crystal
Eastman Benedict. Milwa ukee. WIS.,
and Miss Anna Maxwell Jones, Texas
Arizona Has Delegate.
Official State delegates are Mrs
Francis W Nunds. Arizona, Miss
Elizabeth Barnes Oregon; Mrs W D.
wyoming and Miss Laura Grover
Smith, California.
Among other prominent persons to
attend the congress are the Countess
Emilia de PardO Bacon, Of Spain, one
Of the most famous women noYellsts
Of Europe; Herman Bahr, the Aus
traliau writer: Lawrence HOusman. the
English writer. the Marchesa Elena
Lucifero, one of Italy's most famous
orators. Annie Flora Steele. president
Of the Women Writer'S Suffrage
league Keir Hardie the English labor
leader. Mrs Charles Lees, mayor Of
oldham ENGLAND. Catharina Won Rem
ees. the Dutch composer; Mia Hla
Dung. a leader OF the Budapest women
of Burmah and scores Of others. The
Chinese women save presented the
congress with a banner bearing the
aLet 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-
wards entertainment Of the VISITORS
and the board Of agriculture loo
crowns The postmaster general has
arranged to give all of the women en-
ployed by his department MONDAY
on Monday that they may attend and
the department Of education has done
likewise with the teachers
Mems LEAGUE to Meet.
While the congress IS IN session me
International Mems League for Wo-
men Suffrag &c will be in convention.
the second which II has held SIT
John COckburn, prime minister OF
Australia. who was elected to the
chair at the last convention. will pre-
'aThe event Of the year 1913" is the !
TaV hungarian newspaper writer {
referred TO the congress Certainly I
if is the most remarkable demOnstra-
ton of the spread OF the suffrage I
Among the countries rep
resented by delegates are China, India. /
Persia (these three for the first I
timel Australia, Austria, Belgium. Bo- l
hcmia, Finland, France, Great Britain. Z
Holland NOrWav. Portugal. Russia, /
Sweden Denmark. Switzerland. Servla, (
Bulgaria. Germany. Turkey. Hungary, 4
the Argentine Republic, Brazil Spain, !
Greece. Canada and the United States 4
The convention opens in the great !
halls Of the RedOute. a building beauu- !
fully situated on the banks Of the I
Danube Budapest has been trying for
some time to win the congress. but J
had failed until recently The cities /
In which congresses have already been I
held include Washington, Berlin, I
Copenhagen. London and Stockholm
Berlin Meeting Planned.
All Of the delegates and visitors to l
The congress meet in Berlin on June ),
by invitation of the German Woman
Suffrage association. the Prussian
Woman Suffrage association and the
Woman Suffrage Association Of Berlin
RECEPTIONS were given the visitors after
which all left for Budapest, stopping
N Dresden. where the party was en-
ertained bv the SaNOny Woman Suf-
rage association. at Prague. Bohemia
where the Bohemian Woman Suffrage
committee entertained and at Vienna, i
where the austrian Woman Suffrage
.Ounittee entertained.