The herald., 1896-02-09

youthfulness of many OF these women was
commented upon, but as few girls enter
college before g and the majority are over
20 before undertaking college work
the alumnae can not be young except in
appearance is certainly true. Even the
gray-haired women on the program had
that charm OF manner which proclaims
the truth that the wise die young tina! is
that they never grow old.
Addresses were given by the following:
"College Training for Women" Jennie ).
Pierce, Manzana, Mt. Holyoke; "Homes
of College Women'', Mrs. G.9G. Baldwin,
Claremont. Oberiin; "Heal.h of College
Women". Sarah p. Monks, Los Angeles
Vassar. Lucille Eaves, Stanford, opened,
the discussion.
The evening meeting was given to the
subject of the home. The first address
the Hone". The address was scholarly
and impressive. No woman could listen
to it without being inspired with earnest
aspirations to fulfill her part as the largest
factor of the home. Mrs. Averill argued,
however, that there were other factors that
produced the perfect home, and urged
upon husbands their duties in no light
vein, and insisted that only when the free
wife stood by the FREQ mans side could the
perfect home be realized. Mrs. Mia L.
Maynard followed Mrs. Averill in an adj
dress on the subject "The Home as
Factor'. 1t is not disparaging to other
speakers to say that Mrs. Maynard was
the favorite speaker at the parliament.
Her manneris peculiarly simple and unas-
suming, but every word of her 40 minutes
extemporaneous address fell into its place
with irresistible force. One is reminded
by her gentle eloquence of the rain drops
that remove mountains, and certainly one
add ress such as hers on The Home as a
Factor, has power to remove hoary noun
tains of prejudice in a single evening. "Her
breadth of mind and acquaintance with
her subject" as one Of the San Diego pa
pers remarked, "afforded striking ex-
ample of the possibilities of American
womanhood." Seldom are strength and
sweetness blended as in Mrs. Maynard.
Men and women alike feel her power as a
woman and speaker.
Mrs. Maynard's address treated largely
of the home AS a factor in social and gov
ernmental affairs and gave her distinct
opportunity to show her rare skill in the
handling of economic questions.
The press of san Diego gave thoroughly
appreciative notices OF her address, which
excited unbounded enthusiasm in the lis
teners.
The last morning of the session IVES given
to the discussion of the general subject,
The Financial Status of Woman. Four
brilliant papers were presented as follows: ::
Growth of Financial Independence Among
Independent Purse, Emily Newton Whee-
ler, Monrovia Observation-Disclosures Mar.
garet G. Rice, Alhambra; An Inquiry Into
Extravaganza, Franklina Gray Bartlett,
Tustin.
Discussion followed all papers of the
session and showed clearly that women are
learning to talk on their feet in large as
semblies with the freedom which charac-
terizes their drawing room conversation.
They are Fast losing their self-conscious-
ness, which has, in the past, often made
such efforts painful. The audiences were
uniformly large, attentive and appreca-
tive. At times there was no standing room
in the church. but perfect quiet was pre-
served.
If the thought of the executive committee
of the Woman's parliament can be inter-
preted in the arrangement of the program
it is this: that the foundation of a woman's
usefulness is a well disciplined body; that
we'll trained mind comes next in import
ance; that this sound mind in q sound
body will find it's highest use in the home
which is the unit of society; that the
spirit OF the home-the spirit of usefulness
lis the great social need of today, and
that when men and women. work together
for the upbuilding of society as they work
together in the home the dream of poets
and philosophers since the world began
the dream of a perfect social organism will
be realized.
There were many delightful social affairs
sandwiched in between sessions, lunches,
dinners, drives, sailing parties on the bay,
trips to the war ships, and at last an in
formal dinner and reception at the Coro-
nado.
No wonder that the women who went to
san Diego are loud in their praise OF the