New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-18
WrSrERY SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
SECOND DAY

was unite As good as during former sesSlons' IN"
paper read was by tho Rev j. NJ. Gregory - 10 v,
hama ILL., and its subject was woman > L "0e L. L., tIo
-. >, rho sneaker did not mean to1ntroduce 'no
+or,pestuous questions of woman rights per
sonal OF poitical did he propose 70 ui' ~. ~
five ability as compared with man. INC D"."o -"
,ooress must rage perhaps, another nan century o'C
t,s,,v ~ truth can he won, and the questions with
'no hocome the settled maxims Of law and
IL, o,,inio, Not what woman may be In the coming
optures but what she is now was the theme when com
,nanded his thoughts. Woman held her position ana pre-
roratives by ancient and prOscupuve right women en-
tered into the social world in tbreefoM character and
With tbreefod power. First, she came in the name ana
rogative OF motherhood secondly, in the rights and
tbority of the worlds hOuseleeper and thirdly, in the
autocracy Of their womanhood In each of these three
characters woman exerts influence Tesstless and
controlling that the student OF social science mlgnt
well ponder il as the chief factor in the regenera-
fiOn of society IL was u most diihcut as wen az
delicate task 10 approach the sacred mysteries OF
ny and reveal 10 the gaze Of science the many ana pro
found relations which the mother OF the human race
to ITS civilization and IT'S desnles Ni IN With
name and behalf OF mankind her children ana the WIN
reverent feeling ought we to attemPe SY not pass it
important, nevertheless that We iS & ln%icaI
unnOced Looking at maternity as simple pnys olOSICi
hing Come at once into view No physiological fact IL
better established than that OF the mothers power oe
,,nhOru child essential biography Deglns De
fore he is born The weak mother fingers IN the ne OF
her son; her consumpve lungs are "Aoesu banniep
ases her vigorous BRAIN and her intellectual ana moral
vers are enlarged into granGer proportions in the
Greatness OF her sons and daughters II was social ac
* s loniie irport that not only does the physical
VI I'm, 81 r,re iainiaIp always the Just OF the
vgOI Ui "h6 Of The mothers but that families and
races often die ont from the dinulshee aternai DOW
Of their women The eneryated and feeble daughters l
idIeness and fashion can never be the mothers OF
healthy aud vigorous progeny and ultimately must Ccaso
70 he mothers at all Social reform, II would operate
rermaDently. must begin with the mothers. II they
gave to the world poor starvehngs or IoOs I'D VAN
would education seek to develop men and women OF
high type. Neither Christianity nor cvlliLatOn couu
show much progress with such mean maternal al ga
hOuSekecper, the woman had nome as w
main. she makes 1t true home or hell NO CaIeess
or cursoIy thO9Se vu gs' tSoSe who reign i'm our
power exercised III sOclety ny thoSe Mlo uiS , tL
houses; and that is blind who does not see tue
immense influence which her position as hOusekeeper SC
10 her. The most pOtenuai lhnuehct, ,
which woman exercises is that she eXerts ny virtue oi
her womanhOod; by her beauty, her grace her VII
her wisdom. her affections her purity Ter % thG
her strength, and even her weakness Iorecle tuo
the religious social aud political history OF the world
Give to the mother, the sacred rights OF her
TO the worlds hOuskeeper the rights neediu TO her great
Office TO woman the rights. Of man. but of woman;
the right TO be all that she can as woman win al to
and the support reqSite for her IN her highest develop
men in society. Above all give her an education; anu
perhaps unntegenty with the others she may go mo
society as Its gneen its GontFoI anu e on
the part OF the Rev. Robert Laird Colyer Mrs WIZARD
we're more TO be blamed women for the frvoity and
extravaganza of the latter and remarked that men spent
more money for cigars, whisky and fast horses imam
Women did for Mrs ComstOek contended that one
most important branch OF wonans labor was nonS he
poor, and disappointed In not hearing tat "Ork III
MCFarlanQS
p G. Gillette OF Jacksonville read paper
prepared by Professor Quinn ON the " Political
length on the need not provided for by the Government
furnishing the people truthful and accurate political
sion is not educate youth the great principles OF
politics the present institutions OF tins country Will not
stand when the population grows dense as II Is IN the
countries Of Europe AS II is our institutions had
failed IN t many great sS6 Ss be & before be
mass people. This could be done by the publca
OF opposte politics The Government should assume the
expense and circulate the paper gratuitouSly From
persons might learn tho arguments on both sides OF The
question.
Dr. Andrew Mcfarland Of Jacksonville was next intro
duced and announced as the subject OF his paper what
shall be Done MIN the insane e 0 t9 s Scor
that there in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and
Iowa 5000 insane persons not provided with such shelter
as their helpless condition demands He then traced the
history Of Insane Asylums back even to mOnasc times
In the system Of conducting them for many years In
sane AsyamS need something more i9an 9ope
the prattle OF children that brighten oul
homes DR.. Mcfarland then suggested what he consid
as remedy for the evils attending large establish
AS agriculture and horticulture said he must be
the main industrial resort would nave an average OF
least two OF land TO every inmate provided for
In central situation abundanty supplied with that too
department. sufficiently large 70 receive from onetfth
ting construction commodous assembly room, in
which the great body OF the inmates could convene Tor
would provide accommodations similar perhaps, TO those
Of the asylum constituted but TO be regarded as
the temporary resort those demanding perfect
ourity, aud those under most direct medical treat
ment Removed from this and well isolated from
each other should be circle of cottage homes each
under the care OF a family consisting OF husband
and wife, few children, all the better In these
cottage homes the Judgment Of the patients should be
limited TO two dormitories only-small isolated
rooms being discarded. The interests Of each family
should be distinct possible. Each should have its
separate Housekeeping appuItenances, us horses and
1t by weseleced female head Here there might be
safe letting down from the regulated system, which
seems inevitable while the asylum remains what II now
The family thus made should be only just large
as to easily feel the direct influence OF responsible male
and especially female presence and control Each should
Industrial center distinct from the others and the
and encouraged. When the subject Of acute insanity
emerges from the active stage Of his disease shond at
more natural home thus provided and rice sersa when
As the most demented OCCASIONALLY subject 10.
POPULATION.
The last paper Of the afternoon session was by DIR.
Nathan Alien and was entitled population It's Law Of
Increase Having dened his subject and repeated the
and maintained former called attention the
steady decrease in the population of France and serty
decadeDce In New England. which, spite Of
foreign accessions, was even more decided than IN
After citing startling statistic. proving that in
produced on average only one and seven
tenths children TO each woman Dr. Allen discussed some
Of the causes OF this decadence laying great stress
the fact that upon perfect development OF all the
OF the body, constituting perfect union or harmony
human increase. II asserted truth, that married
women are longerIved than single ones, and this
longevity Ia furhered by many causes. Insufficient I'M
pOrtance attached this country to marriage, which
was r6gaTded sometimes temporary partnership,
leading divorce The practice Of constant ntermarry
ing depraves the offspring mentally and physical
ly. A constant infusion 81 fresh blood Is necessary
IN every grade Of society. The constant exercise
OF the brain consumes the vitality Of woman.
Neglect OF physical exercise fashions and dress and the
exclusive cultivation Of the brain each OF these and s
appropriate remedies fully analysed and domestic
labor pronounced Of the best existing
OF health. Important reforms In clothing were de-
manded and in the hygiene Of the household prompt
and general change In the modern
cation was also stated to be imperative necessity