The herald., 1895-05-02
She Is Brainy and Her Papers
Interesting
REFORM is HER SLOGAN
Important Topics Wisely and Brightly
Discussed
Mrs. nary Reese OF Santa Paula Talks About
Our Boys-Mrs. EIwood Cooper Attacks
AduIterated Foods, and Mrs.
Graham Tells of AItruria


the Woman S Parliament was called to or
der promptly at 10 O. clock this morning
by the president. Mrs.. d. 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 T. Stephens. president. Mrs. Mary
l.. Gibson. secrtary, and Miss Fannie
Wills, treasurer. were all present.
The county officers, vice presidents and
district secretaries are as follows Orange.
Mrs. NJ. Tillotson, Mrs. Lizzie Mills;
Ventura Mrs. Letta b. Killer. Mrs. An
ME Baker: Los Angeles, Mrs. Emily
Collins Brady, Mrs. Marie Z. Tollinage;
Riverside, Mrs. W. L. Hewitt; San Di
ego Mrs. Flora Kimbali, Mrs. y. A.
Parker; San Bernardino. Mrs. Margaret
Howard White, Mrs. Reeta V. Haden;
Santa Barbara. Mrs. Emily 6. Wright,
Miss Susan b. Wade.
The committee on entertainment CON
sists OF Mrs. Sarah Spencer, Mrs. J. W.
Cooper. Mrs L. I'll. Morrison, and M. 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
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of the Woman's club.
The credentials were presented to the
committee, the badges were distributed
andthe opening work fairly begun.
At . o'clock "a large audience was pres
ent when the meeting was called TO or
der. The exercises opened with prayer
by R,v. Mr.. Grant, pastor of the Baptist
church, followed with singing by the au-
dience.
Mrs. May Reese OF Santa Paula. with a
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 well 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 e1luca-
tion are 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 loftier standard
for that important position, and it should
be higher STILL with the am plest COM
pensation.
ITO 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
offense against a divine trust for 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 vigllant in building the
character of the child as in building up
business.
Mrs. Reese outlined the wrongs in our
present systems of education and sug-
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 Il 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
lngs may be overcome and better systems
adopted.
An animated discussion followed. Miss
Stckney thought the idea brought out in
the paper of paying boys for work done
around home might be overdone; there Is
more danger of over paying than of
unGerpaying the boy cf today. Our
dressing also fostered extravaganza habits
that could not be INDUCED i'll 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 but 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 III the
docuor S views.
Mrs. Elwood Coopers paper on the
Adulteration of Food was able, practical
d exhaustive but it dealt with facts
that make one wonder how poor helpless
humanity manages to scrub along wit h
all the dreadful things dishonest manu-
facturers succeed III smuggling into
the long-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 adulteraton is to
cheat the consumer, enabling the manu-
facturer to put the product upon the mar
ket ut a less piice and still leave a 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 FOODS in general use prior
to the aduterating period bad char
acter or value well established by genera
tions OF use. About three years ago the
grocers OF New York City held q conven-
tion to discuss adulterated foods and de-
eide upon their course regarding the
same. After full consideration of the
subject they decided not to oppose the
sale so long as the adulteration was not
injurious. But no action was taken to
ascertain whether or not the adulterated
foods were injurious. Hence we are
forced to the conclusion that with them
it was solely matter of profit regardless
OF consequences to ccnsum ers.
The speaker gave alarming statistics
from the pure food bill of Senator Pad
dock of adulterarions of the staple arti
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 sc per cent ground coffee As. te a
is, uninspecred milk 90. butter 40 vine
gar 40, olive oil 60. In tea there are al
many as thirty-two kinds of leaves passed
off as genuine. while ground coffee con.
tains sawdust, husks. rye peas, beans
carrots. acorps and roots.
Mrs. Cooper gave valuable suggestions
as to the met hods of testing food to de-
tect adulterations and Sointed OUT the
dangers in each TO health and the speca
diseases engendered by each class of adu
terations. The object of this fraud is the