Show WOMANS advancement 4 the large audience at the opera house last evening listened attentively to interesting addresses addressee from mrs henrietta L T wolcott Wolo ott of dedham mass mrs E howland of new york and rev antoinette brown blackwell the ladies ladie eare are officers of tile the Ast association for the advancement of women the motto of the organization is couo JW jo tice and honor and as the name indicates the object is the improvement 4 p pro ro of women in every department part ment of life mrs wolcott was the first speaker she explained the organization of the A A 0 W which was effected in october 1873 A number of leading women in new york issued a call to those of their sex who had made themselves distinguished distin guised in various branches to assemble and organize about responded to tills this call and the result was the formation of the asso association clation with a president secretary treas treasurer a vice president from each state clr territory where there were member the vice presidents to be also directors and twenty div fi directors QC 9 course mo most t of the latter were fron X new york at first but as the organization has extended the other states have bave been given their proportion since the organization a comans womans Wo mans 8 congress has been held each year beginning at portland maine and visiting other states till the last one held recently in denver colorado um mrs wolcott explained how the work of the association was divided a amoto committees who make their aan annual report of the advancement made by women in the various pur pursuits sPits ot of relief in all parboo the country in the meetings a feature has been to have one of the members submit a paper upon a given subject this to occupy about twenty minutes time then the members without an opportunity port unity for special preparation would discuss the subject this plan was followed to develop public speaking and readiness of tho thought te ht on the part of the members the it subjects discussed have been beniti the various phases of motherhood the work of women in the home as aa well as outside of the family circle and her labors in and adaptation for various professions on science art etc are established establish edi and every brauel branch receives reee ives atten i S s mft the work of each year being partied at the annual congress instance the last report of the on science contains the nt of a great many difficult leal cal operations performed by surgeons the effect being to ow that the work in this line has boon as well done as when per by py men out of surgical operations eions of a difficult nature per ed on women as reported to the were performed by Iro daen surgeons and with equal adim aul and success to those performed apty pty men sanitary regulations schools also receive attention nd in iii this year yearns a re report rt denver WU superior to all olgo others ers reported ata the good condition of school buildings 11 dings thus the work of women lall dign parts of the country is ic ie ported ao d noted it 11 isa is a distinctive bisti active feature faatu re agthe of the organization that it is not iden toned with any special movement but IB for the general improvement of the condition of the fair sex by incie ilg them to individual eff efforts orts for own intellectual development abam howland followed in a few remarks on temperance dhe e announced herself as a prohibit hanist Hp because she believed that favery ly path of life should he made as afe as is possible to all she spoke or of the social influence of young ladles both in their homes anu and father er association advised the g ladies to be careful and not empt the you young n men to be aj of strong unk drink by offering ahe social glassband glassand glass glas sand and thought they had bad a great deal more influence for flood than they were aware of if ahey would but use it aright r bev v antoinette rown black won irell was the closing speaker she as educated at oberlin college ohio and was there ordained a Ad arnister nister of the orthodox lonal church it was in 1846 that 0 abe first rot began her career as a public speaker aker last evening she gave a fiao of the development of the abose of woman during the 40 9 years the change for the n r bein being f brought about by i act acting ng in their sphere as visuals Ivi Vi duals into whatever branch of science or art they had ventured had bad been attended with ay w lauch uch success as men and exhibit ad the intellectual power they pos eed KI there was much yet to be abue and the future as the past maid id show woman possessed abill abili ai tomake her successful in all the her paths of life |