New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-25
THE WOMAN'S PARLIAMENT

| ment held Saturday morning, In Room No. p,
Packard's Building pursuant TO adjournment The hall
| was well filed. DIR. Anna Densmore was elected Vice.
President The following resolutions were adopted;
Received That there time imperative demand that
usnes saa force and brought 10 bear upon ali snb-
100. 1ll e >. IS ~ erss and tbciT ebidrsu
es0rs for this purpose the Of this city shall ogsniIe
Themselves into council which shall be with similar councils
hrouho the country aud these Associations by their
afd 5 5 % f Tcopsd Ran o1oas upon
ever subject which has to do with her life and wslbeng
Council By registering name by payment Of registry
Rssod That this city invited to SATURDAY,
Oct at ~ ot ,ae purpose o. i@I5s be [ in an address
| By Mrs. Charles h. Pierce Of Cambridge.
PRIMARY EDUCATION.
Mrs Elizabeth p Peabody spoke the subject Of pri-
mary education giving interesting account Of the object
Of the Kindergarten, the principles upon which II was
founded, and the methods OF teaching pursued The
Kindergarten established by Froebe Is primary 9rt
school, for it employs the prodigous but originally blind
activity and easily trained hand OF childhood rom tne
OF three years In intelligent production OF things
within the childish sphere OF affection ana fancy gye
thereby harmonious play OF heaIt a'a nu ~ "JyeS
educating, even 10 the point OF ueNelopHg hNen-
ton, while 1t keeps the temper sweet and SPIRITS
fosered by questions leading them to give an account OF
how they produce effects and strain ia put upon the
BRAIN because the child is always kept within the child
world To conduct such education this is great art
founded the deepest science both within and without
the human soul For moral culture necessary tha
the children produce things and play with each other
from sefforgetul motives and affection for their com
American constitution OF society gives an opportunity LOT
public education and there reason in the world
why it should not be perfected here.
women i'm relation 10 Their appeal 10 MIR Peabody, In be-
half OF the industrial education of the southern girls
paper on Hygiene and Sanitary Reforms was le"u py
Mrs. Croly followed with an address upon
WORK.
Mrs Croly dsclamed the popular belief that labor was
intended rs curse and argued rather hat was offered
as a redeemng Influence. The msconcepuon had,
however disastrous to the best interests OF mankind
and especially Of Womanlnd. No one doubts the grand
results Of the labor OF men, but have had part in
these enterprises and every effort has been made to make
them believe that theirs the happeI destiny; that
writing TO share the rewards OF victory Trey nave ot
earned Is preferable TO taking part IN the struggle inns
cannot true labor Of kind ennohles But work
TO bring permanent satisfaction must nave les
and cOmpcnsauOns In modern AMERICAN PaIaoc, 10
must pay" But work that pays women nave Deeh
taught 10 regard with peculiar horror Men might wOrk
sacrifice special virtue and they have been nat
really IT, Notwithstanding the efforts to dlscredlt labor
women have not been idle but they nave worked
principally the founders and sustalners OF lhe iainy
and of society Men hold all the positions or eInolumeht
Nnetcuths OF the women are absolutely dependent upon
Is not because they ITO not work but because their aDor
is not aCkuuwiedged-nO other words Is not pa'd women
as wives work harder than the members OF any Olher
class profession, and yet are precisely III INC
and no moro they have Acknowledged share IN the
income no voice IN the disposition that SHAH Dc mace VI
H. This rs necessarily the so long as no provision u
made Tor wives by law. The ballot would nep this II
| Women were independent enough 10 make the
| hcsf rsa az IT, but with their present iguO-
| rance and helpcssuess IL could not very mate
/ rally better their condition. IL Would not lui-
i,h them with means OF livelihood any more than II does
men. in would simply remove OF their disabilities
The great fact will remain that they are ana uIhl DC ,
mothers of tine human racetha this Is the highest and
r0b.sf Office Ia the world when couscieuuOuhy ana re-
riously perfOrmed The marriage service endOWs tue
wife with all the worldly goods O nor husDahu, anu no
dOubt the original idea OF the ceremony was that man
was the natural prOvider and woman the receiver aud
disbuIser. But The woman, Il she nae properly ehGo.s
the man practically. The man eEdnWh me NohhH Win
a Hrd OF his estate Of ne has any, provided lac des 30
is that women shall render themselves independent oi
marriage. and demand certain eoAI'on5 ~j in y, I5
10 he d.yD0sfi0 ot a. This provision would make mar,
rage desirable 20 the best cla5s OF WOMEN ~
i-tcugrf women more desirable wives, and hold
them 10 a stricer performance OF duty borrower u IL
Dut poor anu sI.ug ,, b,t IT, caUn"f do herr"
woman may 40 Eilh Nu4A' oul 49,, ,ont,.is
one objection voting s that politics already cohll9h
0po is of more Importance than its political NE Yet
IuPOyerlsL the one Tor the l4lohr "H'tDy 70
cry OF politics wa-tes The means and corrupis tho morals
Ie, tLIs constitutes the work Of thousaha5 o heD Nho
women simply because they pad FOR thcr ylng ana
trtkery while not paid FOR their services Z"
humanity But there are women who Oy gII or
Nh o i'to bu'inesc establish ruauufacturics ANA
build townships But women u they have lttle' are
advised live upon 30 TN 10 finds ts way into The peck
els oi some man: and n they have good deal they
dow, missionary or leave II a mans collie whose
first provision Is that all women shall be excluded from
it, advantage The participation Of high-ca-r women
m active pursuits would tend 10 assist Tie proper organ
zaou OF an the different fields OF labor II u
said that society gives women work o no. ana that s
frivolous character o. an Indication Oi The want oI mat
cxalatOn aud sicahiasucs OF purpose when INNS. be
brought to tie achievement OF any fea WoiA heh ~
STRIFE. me Ur0ricc Of aud ~ doing 50 render "ta
,,HHt for me small uses 10 Uhch Hcy are trHnW 70
"prottctcd" until there is very little energy or ndivd-
ualy left among them. They have had no choice OF
profession or occupation but have been compelled u
waste time In trnes or utter and wretched inactiou.
Mrs. Mary r Davis next read paper upon
REBORN N PRISON DISCIPLINE.
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from those VINO are mmoraly situated; those who are
born and reared in circumstances Of poverty
and wretchedness. A philauthropst, commissioned by
the French Government 10 investigate the causes OF
crime and misery among me poorer oaSses 81 Ihl sa
After studying with religious anxiety the domestic
life OF "A large number OF wOrkpeop!e, am bold 10 am M
that the unhealthy and wTetched condition OF their
dwellings the primary cause oil me misery the wee snd
c.lamltcs Of their social existence guardian OF the
London poor arms that such the general character
OF the tenemcnts occupied BY the tailoring classes IN
London backed II h by evil cOmpanonshlp, which Is
their natural and almost necessary comcomtan,, as TO
produce per cent OF the crime that ms he prisons,
poutes the public journals, and endnngers me- Chares
j. Brace Of the Chidrens Aid Society says that there
is III NewhGr City a uIu.1 PtlA.aly ~. r., VI n
Orrhaus hafOrphanB, children cast out from Their
homes or who have been dropped here by the TIDE OF
mulgration or have drfted In from the whole country
round about who have run away OF are the OFFSPRING
inc ON fhe community or supporting themselves by half
lido employments IN the streets and on the docks From
the pckpockes, petty thieves small bnIglars
copper stcalers young prostitutes peddlers street
sweepers and boOtbacks that swarm IN various parts OF
CIV honest and Industrious, others i've
~ tIriI ttaiinn" Thus we cet a glimpse of the
great causes OF crime, aud thereby discover that our
prisons are by many who were victims OF ms
rtue rather than voluntary agents of evil But society
fails Ia both prevention and cure Notwithstanding all It's
boosted cumbrOus institutions Criminals arc treated
as IN wholly responsible for their crimes; that Is az II,
with perfect physical mental and moral organization,
the education, and the most desirable surroundings,
thew mad wilfuly plunged wickedncss and guilt.
The pena system OF vengeance-a plan for inict
Ing pain the prisoner as yindelye punishment Inc
idea OF doing anything for his reformation the thought
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