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Show WOMEN MEETING Ninety Conventions Cover Broad Scope of Important Problems and Public Questions. I CAREFULLY LAID PLANS Famous Women of All Nationalities Nation-alities and Professions in Life Working to Lift Standards. San Francisco, August 19. Women are bringing their clear vision and , great heart interest to nearly every large and Important congress and convention con-vention of the 825 convening in connection con-nection with the Panama-Pacific International In-ternational .exposition during 1915. Ninety of these congresses and conventions con-ventions are of women's organizations organiza-tions exclusively. This is ten times as many conventions of women as ever before met at a world's fair. These ninety gatherings are devoted devo-ted wholly to tho interests and activities ac-tivities of women. Their subjects cover everything from social service to the various religions and include in their broad scope such Important problems and public questions as suffrage, suf-frage, peace, child welfare, social hygiene, hy-giene, and social economy, together with professional governmental and fraternal interests. James A. Barr, director of congress, of the exposition, and his corps of assistants, as-sistants, whose efficient work made 825 conventions and congresses of all kinds for the year, has and is laboring labor-ing heart and soul to aid tho women ln obtaining from the wonderful llBt of meetings the very pinnacle of success suc-cess in their chosen fields of splendid splen-did endeavor. Famous Women Meet. Manv famous vnmrn nf oil nnllnn. alities, including in their ranks physicians, phy-sicians, lawyers, publicists, nurses, suffragists, peace advocates and social so-cial service workers, are to be found In the vanguard of tho convention and congress army, which hope to lift the standards of civilization higher as tho result of their deliberations and exchange of views at the Panama-Pacific Panama-Pacific International exposition. Among the women of special note who have either attended meetings which have already been held or who will attend the sessions yet to come, are Mrs. Philip Snowden of London, wife of the Labor leader in parliament; parlia-ment; Miss Jane Addams of Hull House. Chicago; Mrs. Carrie Chapman Chap-man Catt of New York;! Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett of the United States immigration department; Madam Montessorl, Madam Chen Chi. wife of the China exposition commissioner-Madam commissioner-Madam All Kull Kahn, wife of the Persian ambassador to the United States; Mrs. William Cummlngs Sto- rv nf Tanr "V-l.. j-x . j ,.. ..,w j.v4n.f pieaiuent oi tno Daughters of the American Revolution; Revolu-tion; Mrs. Florence Kelley of New York, general secretary or the National Nation-al Consumers' league; Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of schools of Chicago; Mrs. Phoebe A Hearst, who launched tho women's international peace campaign; besides numerous woman journalists and writers wri-ters of note. Keeping Open Houso. For tho convenlenco of the thousands thou-sands of women visitors to tho exposition expo-sition from many states and many lands; quite a number of the women's organizations are keeping "open house," notably the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Young Women's Christian association tho Travelers' Aid society and the Women Wom-en s board of tho exposition. Tho Travolers' Aid society is doing splen-d splen-d d work In aiding girls traveling alone, securing for them shelter and work, protecting them, and in other ways looking out for their welfare. The Daughters of the American Revolution have splendid quarters in the Grand Canyon of tho Arizona concession, con-cession, where they mafte visitors and members of the association welcome. The Young Women's Christian association asso-ciation has a fine building on the grounds fitted up with rest rooms and a high class restaurant. The girls employed by the exposition are en-Icouraged en-Icouraged to bring their lunches to be CJWITT Tl III I I ! I eaten ln the shelter or the building Official State Hostesses. The Women's board of the greai fair is composed of the official host esses of the state. All women of prominence are tendered receptions and luncheons and are made to feel that their presence means much to the success of the exposition. Tho extent to which college women are participating in the exposition is remarkable. Many sororities and reunions re-unions have been held during the past four months, and the following list will give a comprehensive Idea of those yet to come Sigma Kappa, Julv 12-16; Alpha Xi Delta, July 19-23; Alpha Al-pha Delta PI, July 27-31; Delta Delta Delta, July 31-Aug 5; Delta Gamma, August 2-7; Kappa Kappa Gamma, August 5-10; Sorority Editors' conference, confer-ence, August 11; Gamma Phi Beta, August 26-29; Young Ladies' Institute. August 15-20; Smith College Reunion, August' 15-25; National Association of Collegiate Alumnae, August 16-23; Mount Holyoke Colleke reunion, August Au-gust 21, and the Wellesley College reunion, re-union, week of August 23. Fraternal Organizations. Ten fraternal organizations of women wom-en will meet during tho balance of the exposition year including the Catholic Ladles' Aid society, September Septem-ber 14-17; Women's Christian Temperance Temper-ance Union of California, September 27-October 1; National Society of Colonial Co-lonial Dames, October S; California Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, October 19-22; United Daughters Daugh-ters of the Confederacy, October 2U-23; 2U-23; National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, September 14-15 rlnitUni -,J r tt:.. o..u!--i ' For the consideration of educational education-al and religious subjects the following organizations are still scheduled for conventions Congress of Reforms, August 16-20; Pacific Coast Citv conference, con-ference, Y. W. C. A., August 16-25; Departmental congress on Kindergarten Kindergar-ten Education, August 17; International Internation-al Kindergarten Union, August 17-19; Congress of School Women, under auspices au-spices of California Federation of School Women's Clubs, August 19; National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations' conference, confer-ence, August 24; International Educational Edu-cational Home Economic congress. August 26-28; International Congress of Farm Women, August 31-September 3; Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, September 14-15; Needlework Needle-work Guild of America, September; Pacific Branch, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M E. church, October 6-8, and the Woman's Wom-an's Home Missionary society of the M. E. church, October 11 and 12. The majority of delegates to the 129 educational congresses and conventions con-ventions of the exposition year are women. Among the largest of these will bo the convention of the National Education association and the International Interna-tional Congress of Education which will convene in Oakland from August 1fi frv 9R IniMliclva TVinca iiltVi OVirw 19 departmental congresses meeting at the same time will bring 40,000 delegates del-egates to tho Pacific coast, the greater great-er number of which will be women. Women Receiving Recognition. A significant thing :s the fact that women are receiving the same recognition recog-nition as men at the exposition. Women's Wom-en's activities are not relegated to some "Woman's buildlug," or tacked perfunctorily to some "women's exhibit," ex-hibit," Intermingled with the best efforts of men, women's achievements are displayed and everywhere credit Is invited to attend their worth. Achievement and not sex Is emphasized. empha-sized. Prominent in tho Palace of Education Educa-tion is tho Federal exhibit, covering chiefly the subjects of infant mortality mor-tality and tho care of babies. This exhibit Is under the supervision of Dr. Anna Strong, exhibit expert of the Children's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor, and two assistants including the celebrated specialist in children's health, Dr. Francis H. Bradley pf Atlanta. Special attention is paid to school hygiene and to the subject of defective defec-tive children. Model schools, sanitation, sani-tation, ventilation and all tho points bearing upon tho matter of the child's ' welfare are covered exhaustively in tho various exhibits In the Palace of EducaUon. The rest of the world Is apparently specializing upon the problem prob-lem of hoyr to kill ofr all tho men. We ' i t ' ii mii 1 1 maegESEa aamaiBi of the United States are specializing upon how to conserve the young who oon will be men and women The race is important, therefore, the time to begin saving it is at the time wheu it begins. Philippine School Exhibit. Going afield, the Philippine exhibit carries tremendous interest During the convention of the California Teachers' association, me delegates were enthusiastic over the results obtained ob-tained iu the islands, as exemplified In the wonderful exhibits shown, products of the school children of the Philippines, under the system of vocational voca-tional training obtaining there. Just a few years they have been studying this way. yet in this exhibit are wonderful won-derful tables of narro and camagon harder and heavier than mahogany beautiful things, valued at nearly "a thousand dollars each. Matting, cloth, hats and many other things of commercial com-mercial value, made from native fiber, fi-ber, attest the fact that under competent com-petent supervision by older and wiser heads the boy and girl become more valuable to themselves as well as to the world they live in oo |