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I can assuie y«)nthat I feel it to be a very great privilege and honor thns to be allowed to eonu' in eoritact with the women worker of Port Arthni and Fort Willianj and to be counted by them as a fi-iend and fellow worker. 1 have already had that privilege in many othe?' cities of ( 'anada, and I feel ittobean inexi)iessible advantage to be allowed to come into touch with all the manifold works and activities which are being carried out through- out (he Dominion, foi- the well fare of the connniniity at large, and, indeed, I feel it would be more appropriate if 1 were a listener this afternoon instead of a speaker, for I would like you to tell me as a stranger all that you are carrying on amongst yon and thui to give me help and inspiration. I imder- stand, however, that yon wish to con- fer together concerning a movement, which I liave the honor o representing, and Mts Gibbs, and that beautiful society called the Kings Daugh(ers, with whom I claim special sisterhood and membership, weie good enough to suggest sucli a meeting as this and to take in hand its organization, repre- senting all the various societies and churches in Port Arthur, in order that I might have the opportunity of tell- ing you something of this Nati<»nal (■ouncil of A omen <»f (■anada, which is intended by its authors and promot.n's to forge, as itweie, a golden link unit- ing all the wonjen workers from ocean to ocean in bonds of sisteihood for the high.vud holy vork which they are called on to ntuhJirtake by virture of their common womanhood, and their common respcnisibilities in this fair country. I am glad, therefore, to meet you and to respond lo this invitation, i-e- cognizing how great is the mission .Inch Canada— the wonu-n ot a country wnicl inheritssuchhigh traditioiiH fi-oni tim- es past and which, as a [)opnlation ,»oss- es.ses all the elements of greatness, and who as a people are God-fearing and law abiding it is impossible nottoiecog- ni'/e what a future must, lie before this country if its wonien can onily be found trni' to tliosi- liigli resixm- sibilities which have been laitl u|>on them; if they build up homi'.s ir. uu whence will issue inliuence.'-' whic'! will both sweeten and exalt th'' whole current of national life and vvi;en wt- look around foi- a sign asto wlu'th'.'i- our women are going to be true to their re.sponsiliility, both of a private and a public nature, 1 think we ha\ e very much reason for thankfulness and for faith \v the future. It has been sm- prising to those who have organized these women c-nncils, in various cen- ters of populations, when they hav«' come to empiire into the vai-ious insti- tutif this city ai-e not behind others, and that in all the churches there are various societies for various purposes. 1 will not go ovei* the various forms of T)hilanthropic, religious, and edncat ional work which exists amongst'you, and which, in one foi m or another has, I d ubt nt't, the sympathy of each (me here, even when they caiuiot personally participate in their efforts. But let us go back and ask how has this come about. ? Did it exist 15 year.s ago ? or even 10 (u- 12 ago ? We find that great progress has taken place, during the last few years in womerj's work and op|)oi-tiniities for good in all the counti-ies of the world, and we can observe I his fact in small ontlyittg places, as well as ifi lar'ge frit- ies and centers of population. The fact IS, ladie?, that wojnen have fotmd out that "union is strength." There used (o be a soi't. of idea that women could not work together. ^V'e haveheai'd on all sides that wonien had son><* soi-t of inherent incapacity for working ''» gether. but 1 think thattliat .•iss( i-tioii has been pretty well cor.t i a(li( t( d t Joseph. That inclination is daily strengthened. Not (July do we find that these societies exist but there is a tendency between those of akindred character to , unite; in fact. I think we I'ealize that the work of the different societies resem- bles, to a great extent, the work of specialists, in Mie medical profession. One medical man will take up the study of the eye. anothei- that rfthe ear, and another that of some other poi'tioii of the body; but they all find the lecessity of coming together novv ana again and taking into considera- tion tlie care of the general health of the body if success is tf life-. ' he ac- complished. The Executive Commit- tt'c of which I have spoken in each Council generally ari-anges from time to time to have some geneial meeting or conference at which all th(^>^e socie- ties'which join are repi-esented. These give in a shf)rt account of theii- own ])articular work, and, in addition, a |)aper or papers ai-e read by ladies who have been invited to discuss some special subject of general interest to the community. You will see that the mere fact of the diiferent report;s of work being cai-ried on l)y many dif- ferent sec) ions of thought and brought Ix'fore t.he public, ui itself must tend to this unity of thought, sympathy, nnd pi;rpose, of which we have been speaking. To Ix'gin with, it enables the public to ac(iuire some knowledge of the work lh;it is being done and you will know, ladies, how even in a com- paratively small place people are often unaware of what is being done by the diifei-ent societies and institutions. (Surely that, in itself, is a. very great beiient But it is well for us "that we siiould know Avhar is being accom- plished; it will draw oui our sym- pathy; it will widen oiir charity to know of the noble work that is being accomplishea by other bodies -bodies against which ,ve may perhaps have had some prejudice; it will deepen our faith if we thereby leai-n that we can learn fioin as well as give to them. It is a wonderful lesson to oui-selves and it sends us to our homes lejoicing to know how God is working by manv and (livers means for His own good end. It gives these institutions opf)()rtuni- ties ioi- hi-ingijig their various needs forward - their needs either for mater- ial help or for more workers; oi- it is the means of drawing into actual work some of th(> younger women wlu. liave not yet found their vocation, but who are stirred up by hearing what it s being done by ot'hers. Then it enables to be brought liefore the [)ublic anv general need in the city or district- some general want which all citizens of the plac<>are concerned in relieving, .•md wliich if they determine together shall be done, will undoubtedly he taken in hand by those who can meet such need. These are, 1 think, tlie cliief benefits which come to any i)ai - ticular district through the establish ment of such a ' They aie intended to suit the neeils of each p ace where they are set on ft)ol. and if the 'Jouncil has tieen formed by those who are working- t)y tho.-^e who know the jteople and tlieir needs, then it will doubtless fullil its o()jects and will also fuither the great work of bi'ingingus all nearer together. These local ('ounc'.Is an- represented on the National (louucil of Canada, which meets onccf a yeiir in different places in the Douiinion. It met last' year at Ottawa. The dliTeivnt local councils, eight or niim in number, be sides the nationaily organized xtcie- ties, were then repri'.-ented. tjadies from ditl'erent ])!aces iinuI valuable papers on subject--^ relating to their special work or on sulijects of general interest. These ^s.-.tional Couiicil.s have been formed not only in C.aiada nnd the United States, but in in iiiy coun- tries in Europe and are intended to join an International < 'OUiicil which meets every five years, again extend- ing the bond of a c;ommo!J sisterhood n work You will «ee that there aie vast ])ossil)ilities in this work. There are doubtless dangers al.so for we aie but human, ai.d .vhen we in this way gather together representatives of all sections of thought we know that there must V)e dangers, but we believe that this movement towards real unity this coming to know one another l)etter and to realize this com- mon respo.isibility which is ours must tendforgood both tor ourselves indi- vidually and for the communties amongst which wi' live. And if we begin to think of some of the general subjects on which we can unite — some of the subjects in which all women of whatever church or denomination or section of the community may com- bines surely then' serni to be very many such subjects in which they are all deeply interested. Fiistof all vve must place the home. We all here agree that the liomc is woman's first mission. But what dncs that involve? Sonu'l-imes it is s{)oken of as if home duties meant a narrow life, a circum- scrihed life, but if we ask ours.dves what home means to each of us — what it should mean to each of us — we shall see th.il it t)y no means involves a nai- I'ow life. If we ask ourselves each of us to think out what would be tlie the vou anv mcil. I caiUKit give ideal for ourselves, eacii in our own hard and fast lines cu osili'ii in oui" own home, of what we which these Councils {•hall develop could do and be. if we coul ! risi- t o that i(l«'Jil of charactei'. and infliionco, and life, and self-sariMflcp, yo'.i will at ont'o SCO how inucli it means and h'>w nnich we have to l»'ar!i. Sometimes ])eo|>1e speak as thon^^h the power to h(^ home-makei's came l)y in stinct to women, hnt do not we know — we, who are iii our homes as wives, niolhers, sistei-s. (hui,u:]iterH -that this is hy no means the case? Do we not eacth of ns r'calizc oui- v ant of trniniiifi; and of knowledge in our contact willi (ttlier lives, on which so much (U'lu'iuls? Cannot wc in there j^r'ncral confi-rences and meetings which aie to l)ring us togeth- er as women wh(. aie wanting to fulfil t lieir duty in tlie world? cannot we specially confei' togethei' on some of these mattei's which touch the very inmost spi'ings of oiu' lives? Do we not need to know umch more of how to train (»ur chil''ren — how to study our children— to uudei-stand the diffei- ent characters of those little ones that have been confided to us? and whom we often damage hecause we do not understand :ind enter into the individ- uality, the different charactei-ist.ics. of each one and the ditfeient ti-aining needed to fit them for ♦heir work in life? Cannot these subjects bearing upon the relations of parents and chil- dren V)e made? as I trust they "ill be, most important subjects m your coun- cils? Most valuable papers were read in these topics at the first meeting of Council at Ottawa, and I trust we shall never meet without taking up this sub- ject and endeavoring to help one an- (other to imdeistand what it means to be home-makers in the deepest and broadcast sense. And even as regards the bodily wants, the sanitaticm of o'u- homes, the care of the sick, the pi even tion of illness, the knowledge of the the value of various foods and their pi'epa ration, are we all trained as women to know about these things and understaJid them? iVll these sub- jects have a general interest for us and touch us all very nearly. They ai-e subjects which can be disci issed with nnu-h hel{) atul profit and to which ea(rh of ns doubtless coidd give* our quota of experience. Again, in speaking of our hopes an- other snhject has been sugsjested .at fflur Coimcils, the (piestion of domestic service. It is a subject which is nnich on the thoughts of women eveiywhere, not only here but at houH\ ft needs (n\y best thought and (vssentially it is one which the women in my countrv! should assist one another ! o solve. It! is too large a subject to enter intoL at any length now, but it is one ofj those sul jects which will have nuicli light thrown upon it by these C^ouju-ilsj anr woman: one foi- Sundays and the other for week days; one tor religion and the other foi- business; whose taul' is it ? Is it not the fault of those who set the tone in th(^ home and in the so- cial life ? In these matters also can we not unite in our conferences those of allchurcHes and sections of thought- who desire a lofty standard of moi'tali, ty whether from the secular or r(;li- ous point of view. Can we not help one another to lift higher the ideal of life? whethtu- in the home or .social life, or the life if the country? Does it not depend upon us women, and, especial- ly upon those whom God has called to be mothers, to see that the children grow up with a high ideal of public life, that they should deem it to be a high privilege that they elong to this country, deem it a. high lionoui* to be tx'ained to serve their country, any- way, howe-'er humV)le. These mat- ters come home to us mothers although I am riot sure that the wcjmen of any country ha\e realized the duty incum- bent upon them to liring up their I'hildren with a distinct idea of serving their country and with a high ideal of what lb it servic(> means That brings ns again to the fui-ther thought of a women's duty to her country and to mankind at large; to that wider idea ofdutyt.0 whi(;h women are called in thes(Mlavs. The call comes to all f us I country olvc. It tor intd OIH' (if n' imu'h ('oihumIk of wise, ipathctic lumic whicli lilies to I lie h)M li;it low- it? Is it ic pijicc;-' iisibilitv t'spi'ci- whcii itioii tiiid ' foi- the )iu' of so Jt'opln ill he lujiiii hat ? If morality he other and the relif^ioii lose fault hose who ill the so- so can we > those of thoii;jfh1- f niortah, • or r(;h- ihelp one al of Wfc? } life, or )es it not esi)ecial- called to chihli-en )f public ein it to eloiif? to lonotii" to I try, any- ese niat- although n of any ,y ineuiu- up their if serving 1 ideal of at brings ightof a V and to ider idea called ill I all f II in one way or another. There are few who can shroud themselves in the pri- vacy of their| homes without hearing in their hearis the summons to serve their felhjw creatures in some way or another. It is a most hf)ly call and a high vocation this call which comes to woman, but we nnist rein- emt.'er that one of the great essentsials for its success is to carry into our work the element of true witiiumliness and what does that (jual- it y involve ? How has it been brought iiitt) being ? Is it not the pressure of home duties and fiuiiily life that has taught women in a gii-ater or less de- gree that t lu'y must live for others!' Is it not a fact that woi an must learu this Ic.-.son through her children's needs? through the discipline of the home ? if she is to rightly perfoi-m in any UH^asure her d\ities as Avife, daughter and mother? And it is in that spirit of self-saoriflc I hat we are called to go forth to the wider work to which womeji are being died nowa-days, and it is that spirit illy, which our Lord has taught us, can legenerate the world. As Mrs Gibbs has said we are not de manding rights by this Council we are hut seeking to help one another to per- lorm our duties in a higher spirit and with a deeper motive, than ever before aliJioagh, indeed, it may lead iist-o see duties where we never saw them be- fore. But let us never seek to escape the discipline which has sanctified , womahood, but, rather let us glorify in it. Let , us make it yeild us its full fruits; teaching us to give our very best and our very selves to whatever work for the ccmimon gt)od (iod calls I • Let us ahvays remem- lier our basis the proinoti ii of "the golden rule of love. " What more can we require ? It can exclude none. It includes all and in all our diff- erent Councils we rejoice to know that we have the su port and co-operation of all sections; of a 1 the vari«)us Pro- testant denominations: of ie[)resenta- tues of the Roman Catholic ('hurch and its institutions. Here Iwouldgrate- fully a(;knowledge the help and sup- l)oit given to us by several of the Arcii. oishopsand bishops of that church and then again we have oiu- Jewish sisters also with us. We svolcouie them all. Let them only be Minted in one common aim the uplift- in;j; of Inniianity . Whether this is at- tempted tlirough what we mav call '■:. ■ ' ,, ,^; ■...,.■ ■ ' ■, ' ■ ' ','iivr .; the more seoular work of life, or the educiational work, or the promor- tion of that which goes to muke life, beautiful, the promotion of cidture in any way, or the promotion of good and healthy recreation and nil phyttctal development— anything of thai sort as well as directly philanthi'opic work — we want them all. We Avanb them a'l to be drawn together by thijJ beaiitifuL and sacred bond of love. Ijadies, I have striven in a very im- pei'feet way to put bef re yon the ob- jects of this m veinent. I woidd like to say that 1 h'-je I shall nut be under-- st d in any way to be pressing this su' ^ K'X. I oidy feel it t.) be my duty- t> lay before you itsobjec s; the w. rkers cf this place must knnw whet her such an <>rganizati"n w uld be of ust to them, and I beg you not tu go forwar 1 in this matter unless y-u all, of every denoni- illation, share the feeling that this would be for the common c >od and would help y u t • fulfil yi ur jiign. and h ly mission. I thank y^ u for listening to me so patiently. I will now read the conotitutiou recom- .. mended by the Natiuiial Council for,; Local Councils of W«)nien of Candida: PREAMBLE. Believing that the more intimate know- ledge of iMie another's work will result iri larifer niutucil syiupathy and gre.-ter unity of thouifhtv and therefore in more effec- tive action,certain Associations of Women interested in Philauthropy, Religicm, Ed- ucation, Literature, Art,- and S.)ciai Re- form, have determined to organize Local ' Oo'iicils, and to that end join iu the. following CONSTIIUTION. . , ' ' / ARTIOLB I. — NAME. shall be This FederatioQ shall be called the Local Council of in affiliation with the National Council of Women of .^ ;jk Canada. ARTICLE II. — POLICY. The aim of the Local Council is to brini^ the various Associations of Women «n into closer relations through an organized union; but no So ciet'y enlermg a Local Council shall there- hy lose its independ jnce in aim or meth- od, or be be committed t(» any principle or method of nny other Society m the Council, the object of which if; to serve as a medium of communication and a means of prosecuting any work of com- niun interest. ARTICLE III. — MEMBERS. Sec. I. Any Society of Women, the na- ture of whose work is satisfactory to the Executive Committee of a Local Council, may become members of said Local Coun- cil by its own vote. SRC. II. The women of any organization composed of both men and women may associatH themselves by their own vote and join said Local Councils. ARTICLE IV. — OFFICERS The Officers of a Local Council shall CO nsist of a President, Vico Presidents at large, ex-otficio Vice-Presidents (Presi- dents of all Societies federating in a local Council), a Corresponding k^ecretary, a Recording Secretary and a Treasurer. These ofliceis shall comprise the Execu- ive Committee, whose business it shall be to control ana provide for tiie general *erests of the Council. Five members ..all constitute a quorum of th'.s Com- mittee. ARTICLE V. — MEETINGS. Sec. 1. A Local Council shall hold Annual Meetings for the electictn of offi- cers and other business. See. 2. The Committee of Arrange-* ments shall consist of the Executive Committee tdgerher with one Delegate from each 8