The herald., 1896-10-15
Bat They Felt More at Home and
Acted Accordingly
MORE INTERESTING PAPER
Srhs Wider Home" Discussed by Mrs.
r. W. Pridham
nlss Helsa eTod1s On The Science Of
Parenthood"
The Subject Handled in . Careful and
Painstaking Manner-Mrs. Cats
Lecture In the Evening-The
Closing Proceedings.


Lecture in the Evening-The
Closing Proceedings.
The woman's parliament Of Southern
California concluded yesterday with two
sessions of fne gatherings and unabated
interest. There was a noticeable diff
ference in the attitude of the audiences
compared with those Of the first day.
Repose took the place of the eagerness
before. The visitors began to feel at
home; many Of the women taking Off
their hats. The men were not in greater
evidence than during the previous ses-
sions. The topics presented yesterday
probably influenced the atmosphere.
The morning session was given over to
home questions. After the formal open
ing of the parliament at a. m. by the
president, Mrs. Galpin, and prayer by
Mrs. Lucy T.. Blanchard. two addresses
were made, followed by liberal discus
sions.
'THE WIDER HOME"
Mrs. r. w. Pridham, we'll known in
Los Angeles society and popular in all
educational circles Of Southern Califor-
mia. presented the first paper. Subject:
The Wider Home. A sweet, low voice,
but Of sufficient volume to be fully heard
throughout the church. proclaimed
many beautiful thoughts, based on the
lines:
The best things any mortal hath
Are those which every mortal shares.
She said in part: The home is the unit
of civilization. Its foundations were
laid in the garden of Eden. 1t is the in
stitution which underlies all religious
all civic and all social life, and around
which character expands, develops and
reaches up until we see God in man."
No other institution is so closely linked
with all institutions as the home. Its
roots branch from the nursery and cling
to the state and country. Men and wom-
en- have ever prayed, suffered and fought
Tor its protection, deeming no sacrifice
too great, no burden too heavy
Home Is not merely spot that is
localized or consecrated to US by affec-
tion or association. 1t is the place where
we cultivate and nourish those virtues
which could never abound in the atmos-
phere Of the world but which within the
sheltering walls of home develop a vigor
which spreading out goes forth to bless
the wider home.
No man liveth unto himself. Some
one has said that an individual was like
a bit OF color in a mosaic. Every just,
honorable man Is an inspiration to ev-
cry other man. Every individual, every
home, the state and nation, are all but
parts, and we cannot fulfill our parts
unless humanity is bound together"
Neither can we as women perform our
common duties unless in the great
hOnQahnId 10 b,,
of all-the sons and daughters have
and share alike.
Mrs. Mia Tupper Maynard was the
first member of the parliament called
upon to discuss the paper. Each partic-
ipant in the discussions had but two
minutes to speak Mrs. Maynard seized
the thought Of creating fellowship with
all humanity, which she exemplified by
an object lesson, in which she described
two mothers, the one surrounding her
home and children in exclusiveness, the
other large souled and liberal-minded,
who left no call unanswered to leave
her home to look after the sick or dis
tressed, even If she were occasionally
obliged to leave the older children to
take care of the younger. This mother
fostered in the lives of her children a
consciousness and respect for the needs
Of others unknown in the selfishness of
the other home
Mrs. Elmira T. Stephens was the next
speaker, emphasizing the idea expressed
in the lecture that mo institution is
Is so linked with all other institutions as
the home" believing that the homekeep-
er having the elective franchise would
possess the power of uniting the tie be-
tween the home and state.
The next speaker, Miss Helen Merritt,
demolished the Biblical saying that no
man can add an inch unto his stature.
She explained how through physical ex-
ercise, the merits of which had only re-
Gently been thoroughly understood, she
had added five-sixteenths of an inch to
her height within the last year.
Mrs. Andrews then took the platform
"No man liveth unto himself" was the
thought this speaker dwelt upon, bear
ing 1t along to the work of the woman's
suffrage campaign cause, beseechine
all women to be up at once and doing
the time was short.
Miss Harrison, an authority and writ
er on kindergarten work, and superin-
tendent of the kindergarten schools o1
Chicago, who has been one of the most
popular speakers in the discussions Of
the parliamentqwas next called upon
She spoke OF the beautiful, earnes
mother of her childhood, who thought
eusan B. the worst terror" known, anC
that one who listened to woman doc.
tors lectNresoSHaS utterly impossible
ssNow this Beautiful mother is of the
past," she said, but there is much tha
II rich and beautiful in obscure mother!
today" An instancexwas given of 6
/ widow who supported three children by
doing tailoring and at the same time ed
ucated them herself for college. Mis-.
Harrison asked her how she managed t.
md time for doing this. She replied
II never secured the snailheads in tn,
garret floor"
Mrs. Marchant of San Bernardin
concluded the discussion.
Miss,sDorM James, then made happ!
Sntermissfons with violin solo. Mis-
Eva Ellsworth played the accompani
ment.
THE SCIENCE OF PARENTHOOD
The other paper of the morning was OIL
The sG0ie AQe of Harenthood, ably hand
lea ~ Ifss Helen M.'sTodd of Los An
Geles. Leaving out Of con Il Grafton TIL
one adverse criticism that tie treatmen
~ the subject was decidedly one-sided
the paper WAS most excellent in concep
t1on and exeout16n.i She stated that in
(. toI1igent parenthood was a science an,
thsk U<se @kdsn overwhelming need o