Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-22

Tenth Annual Meeting Of the American
genealogical SOciety-Opening Pro
ceedings ut the Columbian College
Building To-day.

There was a gathering of fine-looking gentle
men in the lecture room Of the Columbian uni
versity this morning. They were the mem bers
of the American Chronological society, who
assembled to open the tenth annual meeting of
the society. There were present five ladies,
one or two with short hair aud masculine-lOok-
ing vests, besides few medical students who
came with note books, and also a few persons
who did not appear to have any earthly inter-
est whatever in gynaecology or even know
what the word meant Before the meeting
opened pleasant reunion was held. Little
groups gathered here and there to talk, and
persons passing throug h the room caught stray
snatches Of conversation like these: "A most
remarkable case" Adhesion of the pla-
centa-." "Peristalsis of the genital tract"
"ThankS, will take a chew"
At 1890 O'Clock the president, DR.. VIM. T.
Howard, OF Baltimore, called the injecting to
order, and the secretary, DIR. Frank L. Foster,
of New York, called the roll.
MEMBERS AND GUESTS.
The members present were Drs. w. T. How
ard, Baltimore; s. c. Busey, Washington; II. p.
c. Wilson, Baltimore; H. ]. Garrigues, New
York; Joseph Taber johnson, Washington; r.
B. Maury, Memphis; Thomas Adds Emmett,
New York; X. StanSbury Sutton, PittSburg; w.
1; Lusk, New York; Il. B. Browne, Baltimore;
W. L. Richardson, W; IL. Baker, J. r. Chad
Brooklyn: NJ ID. Mann, Buffalo, and +. L. Eos
ter, New York.
The following members of the Washington OBJ
sUelrlc:tl ana chronological society were, upon
vote, invited to seats as guests of the society:
Drs Geo. n. Acker, Samuel 5. Adams, I'll. ii.
Barker. j. R. Brownell, samuel C. Busey, q. p.
E. Hagner, Geo Byrd Harrison, ]. Taber Joill-
son, George Woodruff Johnston. William W.
Johnston, a. F. 4. King, G. IL: A. kleinschlnidt,
G. Smith, j. A. Harrington, j. Ford Thompso
Lachlan Tyler and II. NJ. Cults. Drs. w. p.
Chunn and X. T. Wilson, of Baltimore, were
also invited to seats AZ guests.
DR.. Samuel Z. Busey, of this city. delivered a
brief address of welcome. He referred To the
meeting in this city as a great honor to the
young society here, now just completing the
third year OF its existence. He spoke eloquentiy
OF the progress made in the department of med
icine and surgery devoted TO the cure and allie
Walton Of the sufferings of women and the great
contributions made by the American society 10
this progress. In conclusion he expressed the
hope that the second advent of the society here
would not await the passage OF another decade.
READING AND DISCUSSING PAPERS.
The society then proceeded at once to the bust
ness Of the meeting. The first paper was on
the theme, "The Natural Hygiene of Child
Bearing Life" Its author was DR.. Busey, OF
this city. DR.. Busey, in his paper, discussed a,
some length the proper age for marriage, and
| the injury done by premature marriages. Pre-
cocious puberty was, he believed, on the in
crease in this country.
Dr. Chadwick, in discussing the paper said
| that according to his observations the child
| bearing period was growing earlier in Ameri
can women and the power Of prOductiveneSS re-
manned longer than in women of other nations
This indicated an added vigor and refuted
writers who claimed that the women OF Amer.
| lea were desenerating in this respect. 1t was
| true the number of children in families was
| decreasing, but this should be attributed to
social customs rather than to any physiological
cause. The second paper was by DR.. Henry j.
Garrigues, of New York.
AT one o'clock the society adjourned until
three o'clock.
The program for this afternoon comprises
| papers by Drs. TheOphilus Parvin, of Philadel-
phia, and Henry F. Campbell, OF Augusta, Ga.
The society will be in session three days.