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Show NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN. An Important Meeting Soon to Be Held at Wasliington. The first triennial meeting of the National Na-tional Council of Women of the United States, which will be held in Washington Washing-ton from Feb. 23 to 25, is expected to bring together the largest representative body of women ever assembled. The I MRS. LATHROP. MKS. CLYMTIR, MKS. HOWELL. MKS. THOMAS. National council is tue outcome of the International Council of Women held in Washington in the spring of 1888, which was composed of delegates from fifty-three fifty-three national societies in seven different differ-ent countries, and was attended by 2,000 women from all parts of tho world. Its officers are Frances E. Willard, of Evanston, His., president; Susan B. An- V - f JM el 1 "".HIV 1 1 a f v 1 1 1 tjoa- dent; Mrs. May Wright Sewall, of Indianapolis, In-dianapolis, Ind., corresponding secretary; secre-tary; Miss Mary F. Eatitman, of Tewks-bnry, Tewks-bnry, Mass., recording secretary, and Mrs. M. Louise Thomas, of New York, treasurer. The object of this meeting is to complete the work of federation. A groat deal of the immediate interest of the assemblage will be the personality of many of the participants. Among those who signed the call are Harriet Q. Hosmer, Clara Barton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Kate Tannatt Woods, Mary H. Krout, Kate Field, Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, Jennie C. Croly (Jennie (Jen-nie June) and J ulia Holmes Smith, who are all well known in woman's work. Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop, who will represent rep-resent the Woman's Christian Temperance Temper-ance union, nas devoted her life to" temperance tem-perance and evangelical work; She lives in Detroit, and for years has held a local preacher's license from the Methodist Method-ist conference. Her sermons are noted for their persuasiveness and eloquence. The National American Woman Suffrage Suf-frage association will be represented by Mrs. Mary Seymour nowell, whose work before the New York state legislature has given her a national reputation. She is an effective and entertaining speaker. Another influential delegate is Mrs. Ella Dietz Clymer, president of Sorosis, a woman of singular attractiveness and marked pootic abilities, who has won an enviable reputation in the do-nain do-nain of literature and education. Miss Anthony and Miss Willard are everywhere every-where known as earnest and persistent workers in the cause of women, and will be among the most conspicuous figures in this remarkable gathoring, j |