The herald., 1895-05-02
The New Woman Holds
Her Parliament
She Is Brainy and Her Papers
Interesting
REFORM IS HER SLOGAN
Important Topics Wisely and Brightly
Discussed
REFORM is HER SLOGAN
Mrs. nary Reese of Santa Paula Talks About
Our Boys--Mrs. Eiwood Cooper Attacks
Aduterated Foods, and Mrs.
Graham Tells OF Altruria

der promptly at 10 clock this morning
by the president Mrs. ID. G. Stephens, in
the Methodist church in Santa Barbara.
The morning hours were devoted to the
regular order of business.
The officers of the parliament, Mrs. Ell
mira L. Stephens. president Mrs. Mary
J.. Gibson, secrtary, and Miss Fannie
Wills treasurer, were all present.
rhe county officers, yice-presidents and
district secretaries are as follows: Orange.
Mrs. NJ. Tillotson, Mrs. Lizzie Mills;
Ventura, Mrs. Lettia B. Killer. Mrs. An
ME Baker: Los Aneeles, Mrs. Emily
Collins Brady, Mrs. Marie +. Tollinage;
Riverside. Mrs. W. E. Hewitt; San Di-
ego. Mrs. Flora Kimbal Mrs. \. A.
Parker; San Bernardino. Mrs Margaret
Howard White, Mrs. Reeta Y. Hadeni
Santa Barbara. Mrs. Emily q. Wright,
Miss Susan b. Wade.
The committee on entertainment con
ssts OF Mrs. Sarah Spencer. Mrs. J. W.
Cooper. Mrs. Z. II. Morrison, and NJ. j.
Bond. all OF Santa Barbara.
The committee on credentials consists
of DR.. Belle Reynolds and Miss Grace
Krepper.
The committee on reception at the
Arlington MOTEL is the executive board
of the Woman's club.
The credentials were presented 10 the
committee, the badges were distributed
andthe opening work fairly begun.
At 2 o clock Il large audience was pres
ent. when the meeting was called 10 or
der. The exercises opened with prayer
by r ". Mr. Grant, pastor of the Baptist
church, followed with singing by the au
dienoe.
Mrs. May Reese OF Santa Paula. with
paper on Our Boys, was the first speaker
of the afternoon. The subject matter of
Mrs. Reese's practical paper was equally
applicable to girls as we'll as boys, and
really dealt with the rearing and educa-
ton of children on broad general grounds,
rather than with either sex in particular
The speaker said the methods OF euuca-
ton ,re different nowadays from those of
a few years ago, and the boy of today is
brighter than his father and grandfather
were at the same age. Formerly the
teacher who could do no higher work was
considered good enough for the primary
grades; now there is a loftier standard
for that important position, and it should
be higher STILL with the am plest COM
pensation.
''ro these race developers we must look
for the embodiment of the bud; to make
them observant and quick TO discern the
realities about them; alert with their
reasoning abilities; to make original
theorists and not mere machines. TO be
Indifferent to the movements and pro-
gress of our children when not under the
personal supervision of the parent is an
oifense against a divine trust Tor which
we will be held accountable.
Education begins before the child is
born; parents are responsible for its
mental and moral Development and
should be as yigllant in building the
character of the child as in building up a
business.
Mrs. Reese outlined the wrongs in our
of aIn
gested some OF the remedies to be applied.
There should be reforms in our marriage
laws preventing the union OF people not
physically sound. consequently there
would be heartier race OF people.
Fathers are as responsible as mothers for
the physical welfare of the child.
The speaker pointed out many of the
errors and injudicious methods in child
training and culture and made many
pertinent suggestions where present fail
ings may be overcome and better systems
adopted.
An animated discussion followed. Miss
Stickney thought the idea brought out n
the paper of paying boys for work done
arounu home might be overione; there Is
more danger of over paying than of
unGerpaying the boy OF today. Our
dressing also fostered extravagant habits
that could not be INDUCED in later years.
The discussion turned upon ethics
an DR.. Rachel Reid thought the true
remedy for many OF the wrongs in the
rearing OF boys was two standards Of
morals. They were taught that there
were some things in which they might
be like their sisters bat it should be i'm
pressed upon them early in life that what
was wrong for the sister is equally wrong
for them.
Many other speakers concurred IN the
docuor's views.
Mrs. E!wood Coopers paper on the
A Il ion, ,f Lay, ,l,I
a d exhaustive, but it dealt with facts
that make one wonder how poor, helpless
humanity manages to scrub along with
all the dreadful things dishonest manu-
facturers succeed i'll smuggling into
the ung-suffering stomach and abused
digestive organs. Mrs. Cooper said she
would contine herself to foods solely. as
briefly as consistent with the gravity of
the Subject though she desired to impress
upon her hearers the fact that this fraud
is practiced upon consumers in every line
of commercial production where it is pos
sible.
The object of food adulteration is to
cheat the consumer, enabling the manu-
facturer to put the product upon the mar
ket at a less price and still leave u large
margin of profit. The unsuspecting con-
sumer pays out his money without get
ting an equivalent and runs the risk OF
endangering health.
Most of the foocs in general use prior
to the adulterating period had char
acter or value well established by genera
tions of use. About three years ago the
grocers of New York City held u conven-
tion to discuss aduterated foods and de-
eide upon their course regarding the
same. After a full consideration OF the
subject they decided not to oppose the
sale SO long as the adulteration was not
in urious. But no action was taken to
ascertain whether or not tho adulterated
foods were injurious. Hence we are
forced to the conclusion that with them
it was solely matter of profit. regardless
of consequences to consum ers.
The speaker gave alarming statistics
from the pure food bill of Senator Pad
dock of adulterarions of the staple art.
cles in diet such as butter. coffee, lard
milk, sugar. tea. vinegar and spices. DR..
Newton of New Jersey gives table OF
the percentage OF adulterants. In spices
we have 66 per cent. ground coffee 49, tea
4S, uninspected milk 30. butter 40, vine
gar i0, olive oil 20. In tea there are as
many as thirty-two kinds OF leaves passed
off as genuine. while ground coffee con
tains sawdust, husks, rye. peas, beans
carrots. acorns and roots.
Mrs. Cooper gave valuable suggestions
as to the methods OF testing food To de-
tect adulterations, and rointed OUT the
dangers IN each to health and the special
diseases engendered by each class of adu-
ferations. The object of this fraud is the