Evening star., 1896-12-04
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
National Council of Women in Session
at Boston.
TEACHING OF PATRIOTISM CONSIDERED
Use of the Flag for Partisan Pur-
poses Condemned.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION

BOSTON. December AT the second
days session of the National Council Of
Women there was large attendance. The
reports made were of a most entertaining
! nature. and the greetings from the several
councils were encouraging and enthusiast
tic.
For the Indianapolis council Mrs. Eliza
beth Vinton Price reported. directing at
Tntion to the fact that the council has pc
titiOned the Indiana legislat ture to pass an
act requiring that a woman be placed on
all boards of government institutions in
which both men and women are confined.
Miss Mary Bull of Quincy, ILL.,, reported
that the work of the Quincy council had
been divided into four distinct departments
-phi!anthropic. literary. social reform and
educational-and the work of each was
outlined
Mrs Augusta l.. Hunt of Portland. Me.
reported on the work done in that city ana
referred TO several matters in which sho
hoped to enlist the attention of the legisla-
ture Chief among these is the suggesto
that after a will has been probated ii may
be examined by aIy one upon the payment
CT a small fee. newspapers being prohibited
from publishing any item of Il will except
ing such as refer to public bequests.
Rev. Anna q. Spencer spoke for the Prov
iderce council The first work done by
I'the council was the formation of or
SaniZed charity in the city of Providence.
Then. through the legislature the council
succeeded in raising the age limit of child
abor from. ten to twelve years. and in the
aDpointm.n mt of both men and women as
factory inspectors.
~ greeting from Miss Mary Desha of the
committee for equal pay for equal work
was then read. In this Miss Desha sta ted
| that work for this cause was delayed pend
ing a passage of the married woman S
property rights bill' by Congress. Now.
hot fhe - boo, I1D,
administration has come in, the agitation
| VIII be pressed. and it is expected that it
| will result in the placing OF the men and
women employed by the government on an
equal wage basis.
Mrs. Helen Campbell of Detroit. for the
| committee oil domestic science. followed.
after which Mrs. NJ. Brown!ee Sherw ood
| reported on the subject of patriots instruc-
| ton.
| Patriotic Teaching.
Since the triennial meeting of the Ma
| tional Council of Women, held in Wash
inGtoa February. 1895. at which time the
committee patriotic teaching set forth
its work, exemplifying it by introducing
| the flag drill by the children of Washing
ton. some progress has been made in an
organized capacity. but it has been through
the agency of individual members that the
| largest interest has been awakened in the
subject. At the annual meeting OF the
National W. c. T. L.. following the Wash
lneton triennial. a resolution was adopted
calling upon the women of that numerous
and influential body to give their aid. in
dividualiy and collectively, to the cause Of
patriotic teaching in our public schools,
and from many sources reports reach rs
of important work in this line accomplish
ed through this organization.
Tine W omanS Relief Corps. auxiliary tC
| the Grand Army of the Republic, the asso-
| citation in which this work had its first
| conception as national movement mas
4 m 10 < In ful
| thirds of the states of the Union flags have
| been introduced into many of the public
| schools. and the daily exercises take on
| more and more patriotic character.
| From our WonanS standpoint, educa-
| tion means the preparation of the boys and
girls of the United States to enjoy tne
privileges and discharge the duties of hu-
name. intelligent citizenship. We would
bring about such modification of our school
system would develop the largest spirit
| of nationaiism. based upon the sacredness
of private rights and the immutable char
acter of our free Institutions
| The committee reaftirmed Its faith in the
suggestions. to the method of accom-
| plishing this object. hitherto enuncia ted.
and. in conclusion. the report says:
Flag for Partisan Purposes.
Your committee would deplore the use of
! the flag for partisan purposes, as was done
| in the political campaign just closed. and
| would call upon their associates every
mere 10 1OTWdrd 10 the members OF NOI-
Sress and Senators. in their respective dis
| tricts, the following resolution:
Resolved, That the National Council of
| Women of the United States IN executive
session assent bled call upon Congress tC
pass bill forbidding the desecration of the
| flag by printing thereon the portraits OF
partisan candidates, or any mottoes, . or
| embiems. of the opposing forces in pofiti-
cal campaigns. CT its for any adyer-
| tisns purposes. public private, of any
| character whatsoever