New-York tribune., 1896-12-02

sight of In the excitement that followed the read
Ing Of Il paper on high buildings sent by Elizabeth
Cady Stanton. and speech by Mrs. Harriet
Blatch on high buildings ospreys and mothers.
In regard to the last of these subjects Mrs
Blatch gave expression to some startling opinions
On occasions when she had expressed them be-
fore she said the back combs OF her auditors
fairly rose of their heads. but yesterday after
noon many OF her listeners agreed with her.
81 am on the side Of the children against the
parents" she said. ''and | don't think 1t follows
that because a woman has brought healthy
child into tho world she is the best to rear It.
Every kindergarten and school is an admission Oi
this fact II is an utterly mistaken idea that al
women sympathize with children at all ages. My
own mother seemed to have a particular fondness
FOR very Young children ard have heard her say
that she would like nothing better than TO work
in an institution where she could battle babies al
day long She understood us perfectly. too. wher
we were grown up but for the middle period she
was too easy-going. 1t would have been better
for us to have been away from her"
Nearly every woman in the club wanted TO say
something on this subject. and II was with diff
Guilty that they could be Induced to adjourn
Among those who spoke Miss Teresa E'arca-
low the. Rev Phebc Iianaford. Dr. Ellen Miles
Miss Anna Jackson. Mrs. Charlotte Bell. Or. HUI
dah Gum Mrs Thaddeus Wakeman. DIR. Leonora
White Mrs Madeline D. Morton. Mrs. Bates, the
Roy Antoinette Brown Blackwell and Mrs. Sarah
Norat.
DR. Gum said tha, her comb had not risen ou'
OF her mead but nevertheless she could not agree
with Mrs Batch. She thought where women were
properly educated the difficulty would disappear
Miss Barcaow agreed with Mrs. Batch. She
wasn't a mother but she had had one herself and
had always been glad 10 get away from her, ana
she thought that If children were less with their
parents they might treat them with more respe''
than is The. case under existing conditions.
Mrs Mofat expressed similar opinion Whe!i
-i. was a child she only saw her inotner a statcu
times and she WAS sure they both enjoyed IL more
jackson also agreed with Mrs. Blatch and said
the truth Of he- remarks was nowhere more eNi
dent than In the relations or mothers Win thei'
daughters. The, were much alike In disposition
thai at certain periods of the chid's development
they could not be toseth"f "i,hou' co"S'aNt INV
lion.
Mrs blackwell thought the two ideas could be
combined and Dr. White that II all depended upon
circums stances while Mrs. Morton suggested that
sonnet hing could be done by training girls FOR
Ellen Miles. Mrs Bates Mrs. Warner and Mrs.
Bell argued that even II the mother was not al
WAYS the best guardian OF her child she was gem
orally So and that II was best not 10 Try TO In
terfere with nature.
The ospreys also came in for considerable notice.
and many of the members said that they had been
wearing them without realizing what they were.
and had no idea how they We're obtained.
Mrs. iandlry thought that there must be many
where they from. She had just learned
that pdte-de -foie-gras was obtained with great
cruelty and was thankful that she had never eaten
any.
Mrs Stantons communication WAS acted upon
by the appointment OF Miss Anna Maxwell Jones
az chairman Of q committee. which she should her
self select to investigate the subject OF high build
ings.