The Washington times., 1895-02-27
Their Relation Discussed by the
National Council.
INDIVIDUALS HIGHEST DUTY
What the Cholera Scare Did for New York
Humanity Should Be Treated as Carefully
as Cattle-Ths City and State as Viewed
by Mrs. J. Ellen Foster-social Evil and
the saloon-Applied Patriotism.

The subject for discussion at the evening
session, Municipal work" was opened by
Anne I. Scribner, Pennsylvanian, who
spoke on "The relation of household to
municipal sanitation, Of private TO public
hygiene" Household sanitation, she said
was question in which every woman in the
land was deeply interested.
The first and highest duty of the indi-
vidual is to keep himself healthy. Municipal
sanitation was scarcely thought of fly wears
ago. Epidemics brought this question home
to municipalities The care of streets. his h.
ways, water supply, and other elements have
made change. The cholera scare did more
for New York in five weeks than other in
fiuences had done for years. Eternal vigil
.nee is the price of health.
woMAN's RELATION To HYGIENE.
DIR. Mary E. Green, of Michigan, spoke on
"Woman's relation to hygiene. with past.
present. and future" She said the various
types of humanity maybe traced to SANTA
ton. The condition to-day in Europe and
in all the crowded cities will not prove that
we are sanitary people.
government shall pay as much attention to
humanity rs to the raising of stock. the wo-
man OF the future will demand aud obtain
from the government sanitation in its best
forms in National Health Bureau.
The paper OF Prof Maria /. Sanford. of
Minnesota, was or our duty TO the degraded
classes. Women, she said, seek boldly for
causes, and men when they need radical re-
forms call on woman. The speake regarded
QG "A
necessary evil.
The most wise, the most kind. and the
most economic system Is to furnish work to
the poor and strictly restrain all who seek to
live in idleness or vice.
Mary Lowe Dickinson. the new president
of the council, read-but did not conclude
a paper written by Kate Bond, of New York.
on the Needed factor in municipal govern
ment.' The first part OF the paper was de-
voted to an enumeration and discussion OF
the evil factors in politics. Woman as the
mother OF the future generation bad great
responsibility as the needed factor.
Mrs Josephine r. Nichols, who was to
talk on non-partisanship in municipal
boards, apolized for non-preparation by
reason OF having been engaged in hard work
all day: vet she would sp ak eXtempore.
This goes to prove, said Mrs. Sewall,
1.-THE feebleness Of woman
!, Mrs. Nichols showed that the general idea
/ among partisans WAS TO see after their OWL
reelection. or TO see after their own special
! localities or wards. What she meant by non
partisanship was the entire elimination o!
/ party politics from municipal affairs.
THE CITY AND THE STATE.
The discussion Of thsquestion OF the even.
ing was concluded by paper on The city
and the State, =" by Mrs. J. Ellen Foster.
Mrs. Foster said the vast aggregates o.
city population reveal both the depths and
/ heights of human association, and as the
conspiracies of crime are often more active
than combinations for good, these conditions
make possible the mlsrule which has dis
graced American cities.
Among the institutions which are destroy
ing the heart Of the nation and the genera
health Of the body polite are the saloon
! power and the social evil. and it appears tha
/ cities cannot save themselves from their owl
/ denominations. Hence. the problem of the
| cities becomes the problem of tie State anC
nation.
Mrs. Foster took the ground that the dis
! tinctly political functions exercised by ctN
are not inherent but come from the State
and that therefore a c,ty's affairs should b,
administered through the same plan of po
/ litical organization which has proved usefu
I elsewhere.
The concluding parts of Mrs. Foster
I paper were on the ambition for civic honors
( which she iniorsed, as ''the chiefest humal
rewards OF patriotic endeayor," and on zap
piled patriotism =
Mrs. Sewall announced the programme TO
this morning. the discussions TO be ol
"Dress reform" There viii be no afternoon
session.
The council will attend n reception tendere
them by Miss Adelaide Johnson from TO
2. m.
The Countess Of Aberdeen and tine pres
dent OF the International Council of Wome
will arrive in the city this morning. and wi
stay at the British embassy. Mrs. Sewa
announced last night that Lady Aberdee
wonld attend the session Of the council Il
night.