COUNCIL OF WOMEN.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 531, 26 September 1902, Page 2

COUNCIL OF WOMEN.

a . ANNUAL MEETING OF EXECUTIVE 3 y ys Tho Executive of tho International id Council of Women (i.e., tho International a President, Mrs Wright Sewall, U.S.A.; er the International Vice-President, Lady as Aberdeen, Scotland; the International ef Secretary, Miss Wilson, Canada ; and the je International Treasurer, Fraulein Lange, at Germany; togother with presidents of all affiliated National Councils) met last }f July at. Copenhagen, and was hospitably or entertained by various members of tho ■e Danish National Council. Unfortunately, w Mrs Wright Sewall, though sho had 11 already secured her passage to Europo, if was unable, at tho last moment, to leavo" o homo ; Lady Aberdeen and Miss Wilson were also unavoidably absent. They were represented by proxy, as were also many of the Presidents of affiliated Councils. ' An interesting letter supplementing the more formal minutes—is to hand from Fru Ada Frederiksen, the proxy delegate for New Zealand. She says: “As my family has been living in New Zealand, and my brothers’ children are still living 11 in New Zealand, I felt that I Bhould prefer to represent that country to n any other. Your letter of instruci. tionwasfollowedconscientiously. . . It .. was a great disappointment to us to find 3 that neither Mrs Sewall nor Lady 4beri, deen was able to be present, that neither f England nor France bad sent delegates. 3 Canada was represented by Mrs Sanford, j who took an active part in the discussions, . and whose quiet, undemonstrative words . were of great effect. She had seen Lady 3 Aberdeen lately in London and carried her , vote. Canada, you know, is the promised i land for women. It is good to see how I Catholic and Protestant women unite there i in doing good.” At their second social meeting, in the i Anglo-Danish Club, Mrs Young Gateß, U.S.A., spoke to us of the United States ; and, addressing the gentlemen present, told them that as the descendants of the old Vikings, they ought to be glad to see their mothers, sisters, and daughters free and strong women. Young Dr. Sanderlin also spoke that evening. She has been I practising for five years in Stockholm, and takes a great interest in the moral education of the people—has given several lectures on the subject in private houses and to Labor Unions. Fru Frederiksen notes that Norway ’ has obtained the Communal vote, and that her delegate to Copenhagen was the first of the nominations on the list of the “Left;” and then proceeds: “ After three days of hard work, we had a delightful excursion to Elsinore. . . • . Our dinner there was very lengthy, and, though no wine was taken, all our several countries were remembered. . . • . . The language was English altogether,” Frau Stritt, delegate from Germany, handed in an excellent report. She hoped that next year they would meet again at Berlin or Dresden. As the quinquennial (1904) is to be in Berlin, Frau Stritt, who lives in Dresden, hopes the latter city will be chosen.