The Woman's Congress

The twenty-second animal couventiou of the Association For the Advancement of Women, better known as the womau'scongress, received a royal welcume in Knoxville, Teuii. The women's associations of the city gave tlieiu a brilliant receptioQ, large audiences greeted the public meetings, and the Knoxville papors vied with one another in cordial aud complimentavy reports. On Sunrtay, by invitation, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and othor ladies of the A. A. W. occupied the pulpits of several prominent chnrches. ïhere were encouraging reports from maiiy status, and a request was received from Canada that a vioe president of the A. A. W. be appointed for each Canadïan province. One of the delegates writes: The congress is over and has been very successfal. Ie is delightful to see how interested everybodyis. Lastevening every one listened with respectfnl attention and interest, if not approbation.to a good rousiug suffrage plea by a Tennessee woman. We visited tho state üniversitv of Teunessee, whioh toas alxmt. 200 ycung men and 36 youyg i vomen studente Mrs. Havre, .Mk. Cbeney and Miss Channiog spoke to i theni all in the chapel. We had a del'.htful excursión to Maryville, where tlire is a coeducatiomil college. The corjis of iustrnctors seems exceptionally bright and able, and it is wouderful io tbink of such au institutiou in this qniet little corner, only 15 miles from the Great Smoky mountains. They all as.semblod in the ohapel, with many of the townspeoplo, and spoke to us and sang to us both beautifully, and six of us telked to them.