Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-20

| turb the equilibrium of the earth's axis
| to such an extent that 1t would lose its
| bearings
Yet we patiently wait while a monarch
| disregards all the laws of humanity, permit
| him to throw upon our shoulders the task
| of feeding clothing ard educating the sub
| jccts whom he has pauperized and whom
he will only care for when he can prove
| them guilty Of state crimes or until he
grows better humored. Let US hope Tor the
pure Americans sake that the Turk VIII
prove better Mohammedan than his
mighty neie nbor was a Christian. Let Us
| also hope that in the twentieth century the
| serious question of theater hats and bal
| loon sleeves may have been satisfactorily
solved; that our statesmen in signing IN
| ternatonal treaties, will negotiate only
| with nations treating subjects with some
regard for the dictates of humanity. w nat
| our organization will accomplish in the
future is little difficult to predict. We
| receiving every possible encourage
ment from our rabbis, and should women
| desire to enter the ministry there will be
| no obstacle thrown in their way.
I'VE hope to assist in establishing a sum-
| mer school, where the best may be taught
| to intelligent audience, one composed of
| thoroughly prepared students. The associa-
| ton has here a legitimate field. that of APP
| preciative audience, to the scholar to en-
| courage and make possible the production
| and teaching of the very best.
| We hope also TO enter the missionary
| field. Our work will be among the poor and
| ignorant of own faith. We will not
| attempt to make inferior in quality Jews
out of inferior in quality Christians with
! food and clothes and Christmas trees, nor
| viii we attempt to proselyte among any of
| the historic faiths, feeling quite Skeptical
| as to the sort We would get, gauginS by
inference in our own case.
We don't wish to be understood I'M
| derestimating the magnificent work done
| for humanity by those heroes, the Chris
| tian missionaries, among the savage and
| barbarous, but it is a sad statement that
| $4,000 should be spent annually in con-
verting Jews. for such converts are neither
| less nor gain to any faith, and make not
a single exception. A warm, weil-fed
| Christian is more desirable than a cold
hungry Jew, yet when We have 500, 600
| to spend in missionary work We will not
! sup ply tenants for these particular regions
reserved for Jewish residents in mansions
| in the sky. but put up strong, good, SAN
| itary tenement houses on earth. AS MEM
| berS of the National Council of Women we
hope to keep in touch with the work of the
women of our land and are always ready
to join hands in any work for the good of
| men, regardless of creed"
Temperance Work.
The subject for the remainder of the
afternoon session was Organized Work in
Temperance" and Miss Willard was down
on the program for an address, but as she
was to speak during the evening the SUBJ
ject was discussed by the national treas
urer. Mrs. H. NJ. Barker. She began at
the beginning and briefly sketched the
work of the w. c. T. U. and it's various
departments. Her argument went to show
that the W. c. T. e. was in hearty SYM
pathy with the high purposes of the Ma
tionai Council of Women. The w. c. I. u,
however. was the first in the field with the
questions Of social purity. the kindergar-
ten, scientific instruction and the removal
of no la n
house.
Mrs. Barker also spoke of the need of
intelligent womanhood. Of a self-sup
porting womanhood. The dependence of
woman on man had great deal to do with
the divorces of the age. She believed that
woman ought to be able to wait until
she could be well married. for she knew
that there was enough of mother in
to the typewriter, and that she would pre-
fer home with man she loved to an
office with a man she did not love.
The Evening Session.
There was a very large audience at the
evening session, the earlier part of the
program being under the auspices of the
National Council of Jewish Women. On
the platform were seated Mrs. May Wright
Sewall, Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery, Mrs.
Frances Bagley, Mrs. Lillian Stevens. Mrs.
Isabella Charles Davis, Lady Henry SOM
w
DR.. Sarah Hackett Stevenson, Mrs. Eliza
beth b. Grannss, Miss Lucy Anthony,
Mrs. Solomon. Mrs. Mary Lowe Stevenson,
Miss Anna Gordon, Miss Sadie American,
Mrs. Wardale, Mrs. Mclaughlin, Miss
Belle Kearney, Rev. Anna H. Shaw. Mrs.
Helen Barber and Mrs. NJ. r. NJ. Wallace.
Mrs Solomon was called upon to preside,
and, in reply to Mrs SewalfS introduction,
said in part:
Friends. it has been my pleasure TO work
along the lines of the National Council OF
Women with my Christian sisters for many
years. But at no time have / been with
them with more pleasure than tonight, rep
reSenting my Jewish sisters our largest
organization, and, at present, claiming fell
lcwship in all that concerns the welfare of
humanity and the realization Of mans
ideal. We are organized as a distinct body,
but it is only in our religion that We are
distinct and differ from our neighbors. and
hence only in the work pertaining to
ligion are we separate. This separation i'm
plies the work of philanthrophy, and there
fore our organization has A philanthrophic
side Tie place of any religious organiza-
ticn of this country is we'll defined. Its first
duty is to enliShten its members concern
ing. every religion and to protect them from
Misrepresentation by the outside world
The Social Obligations of Religion was
the subject of a paper by Miss Sadie Amer
lean Of Chicago, who said that it is time
for us to realize that the sins Of omission
are great as those of commission. We
must stop speaking of the wickedneSs of
a
menian and remove the beam from our
own eye.
Mrs. Isabel Richman Wallach of New
York spoke on THE Education of Chill
dren," and Mrs. Carrie Shevelson Ben
jarnn of Colorado discussed the influence
of Greek and Hebrew thought on Christian
ity and civilization. She held that Greek
was the intellectual and Hebrew the moral
factor of modern civilization, and whatever
there is best and brightest in the last can
be paralleled In the component sources.
Mrs Sewall then reverted to the general
subject Of temperance and remarked that
as the first part of the meeting had been
given over to one Of the Oldest and most
potent of religions, SO the second part
would be given over to one of the oldest
and most potent of reforms. She thereupon
introduced Miss Frances E. Willard, as
president of the National Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union.
Miss Belle Kearney of Mississippi was III
II oduced as the first speaker on this part
Of the program, her topic being Temper
apca and Iynity" She said that King AL