ughter whom she has named Phyllis, in honor
of Phyllis Wheatley, the black woman whose verses received
the commendation of George Washington and many other
distinguished men of her time.

Mrs. Terrell is now engaged by a lecture bureau. She has
traveled extensively in the West, speaking before large
audiences and everywhere her talks have received the highest
praise. The Danville, Ill., "Daily News," speaking of her
address before the Chautauqua of that town, says:

"Mrs. Terrell's addresses are the pure gold with less dross
of nonsense than any lecturer that has come upon the stage
at this Chautauqua. From the first word to the last she has
something to say, and says it as a cultured lady in the best
of English, which has no tinge of the high falootin or the
sensational. Such speakers are rare. She should be paid to
travel as a model of good English and good manners."

Mrs. Terrell's eloquent utterances and chaste diction make a
deep impression, which must have influence in the final
shaping of the vexed problems that confront the Negro race
in this country. Her exceptional attainments and general
demeanor are a wonderful force in eradicating the prejudice
against colored women. She is making an opening for her
sisters as no one else is doing or has over done.

Should any one ask what special phase of the Negro's development makes
me most hopeful of his ultimate triumph over present obstacles, I
should answer unhesitatingly, it is the magnificent work the women are
doing to regenerate and uplift the race. Judge the future of colored
women by the past since their emancipation, and neither they nor their
friends have any cause for anxiety.

For years, either banding themselves into small companies or
struggling alone, colored women have worked with might and main to
improve the condition of their people. The necessity of systematizing
their efforts and working on a larger scale became apparent not many
years ago and they decided to unite their forces. Thus it happened
that in the summer of 1896 the National Association of Colored Women
was formed by the union of two large organizations, each of which has
done much to show our women the advantage of concerted action. So
tenderly has this daughter of the organized womanhood of the race been
nurtured and so wisely ministered unto, that it has grown to be a
ch