The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-30
new WOMAN OLD
So Miss Repplier Says In
Her Address Last
Night,
JERSEY CITY CLUBS GIVE RECEPTION
Free Kindsrgartens and Clean
Streets Discussed -Today's
Proceedings.
JERSEY CIYYCLUBS GIVE RECEPTION

The afternoon session of the meeting
of the New Jersey State Federation OF
Women's Clubs yesterday was oeVoleu
to the consideration of free kindegartens
and of Health Protective ASSOCIATIONS.
Before the papers were read Mrs. Mar
garet Yardley, the President of the Fed
Grafton, called to the platform Mrs. Ailee
Ives Breese, of Massachusetts, wee
President of the General Federation MISS
Carrie Louise Boylan, State Chairman
of Correspondence; Mrs. Horace BROCK
President of the Pennsylvania Federatlon'
Miss Mather, President of the New Cen
fury Club of Wilmington, Delaware; Mlss
Marguerite Lindley, of New YORK; MISS
Annie Beaston, of Camden; Miss Mcn-
yane. Vice President of Evelyn College.
and Mrs. D. NJ. Lozier, of New YORK
These ladies all made short speeches IN
dicative of their pleasure at being pres
ent at the meeting. Miss Mather urged
the ACCESSIBILITY of a clubhouse, saying
the New Century Club had found their
clubhouse most helpful.
Miss McIlvane asked the cooperation
of the women of the State in assisting
Evelyn College. She said it had the same
standing as the three other affiliated coli
geges, Radcliffe, Barnard and Brown
University, and the students follow the
same course of study and nave the same
teaching as Princeton.
Mrs. Fannie Schwagen Barnes then
opened the discussion on Free Kinder
gartens." Mrs. Barnes said they are
most necessary. Every city should have
them and should have as many as pos
sible. They are necessary because OF
the moral as well as educational effect
they nave on the children. They counter
act among tenement districts the effect
of vicious people and in better districts
they counterfeit the influence of the
often ignorant nurses who have charge
of them. When a child, she said, is
taught to love the beautiful and good,
she wants it about, and because of the
earnestness of her desire she makes those
near her desire it. Following Mrs.
Barnes, Mrs. F. A. Pickernell of Rose
vile. Mrs. william Clark Dayton of
Camden, Mrs. Flugel of Bayonne, Mrs.
G.. W. B. Gushing, President of the
Woman's Club Of Orange, and Mrs. II.
W. Moeller Of Newark gave short talks
urging the ACCESSIBILITY Of free kinder
gartens all over the State. (.
Mrs. John Scribner of Philadelphia and
Mrs. Ralph Trautmaun Of New York told
Oh JQ6 WOTk u the Ho6iln FTDlCctlFc AS
sociations in their respective cities. In
both these cities the women of these
associations have been instrumental in
abating public nuisances and in securing
sanitary ordinances and laws. They have
been indefatigable in tracing these nui-
sances and in Sighting them to the bitter
end. They have succeeded in estab-
fishing new methods of disposing of gar
proper places, not blown all over streets.
Miss Florence May Of Rpseyille then
told of the work accomplished there by
women. They have been successful II
keeping their streets clean and free froTr
garbage and refuse. AS it was then late
the meeting adjourned without q discus
sion of the subject
Philadelphia delivered q scholarly ad-
dress on 1.-THE New Woman: Her Re
mote Antiquity"
Miss Repplier showed in her talk ina
this new woman so frequently heard OF
is not even in extreme Instances so new
as might be supposed; that way back IN
o me GOOD Old Gays women ave who ala
written and talked of quite as much and
many things said of her nowadays are
mere repetltions of old criticisms. She
alluded to the prominent women of the
Inherent ages and quoted contemporary
writer's in their caustic criticisms. She
proved that in no age has woman entirely
planned at the lack of intellectually in
women, again they disliked her because
she cared too much for intellectual pur-
suits. Should we be blamed" asked Miss
Repplier. fer our widely divergent de-
sires?" She instanced the conduct Of
sevral Ducnesses late in the eighteenth
century, who a up their minds they
would hear discussions on a certain qnes-
tion, even though their lords had com
manded the ladies' gallery to be locked
and only the comrneners admitted. These
women presented themselves at the doors
at nine 0 clock and demanded adn1itfance
which was refused them. Determined K
gel IN they solaeed themselves in kickins
speakers within coNld not be heard. The
men decided to starve them out and lie
mem continue their noise till trey grew
vailed Suddenly all grew silent; the 81
lence lasted half an hour. The lords
confident that the women had left tn,
field and knowing the c~omnoners should
be admitted, ordered the doors unlocked
when in rushed the women and took vi
the whole of the front row, making audi
Die both of favor and disap
provai as the speeches were made. Tni
and many other instances Miss Repplie
addueed to show that women of th'
good old days" have been known to be
nave as women of today would not thinl
OF doing To show that woman in politi
cal aifairs IS not such a new thing sh'
mentioned Madame de Stael and Nfadaml
Corneille. She quoted Addison in sayfn,
that 'ft Disguised him when calling OF
these silly dirts to find them deep in thu
discussion of politics in rooms that ar,
hung with the proofs of the industry o
their .grandmothers." THESE is9ll,
f%ilrts,' " said Miss Repplier. have nov
become our great grandmothers whom
We are now accustomed to hear of as in
dustr1ous, devoted housewives. Perhaps
Who knows their great grandmother
We're IN Their day approached fer not be
ing as their great grandmothers
But there is one comfort to be derive,
from all this. In time we shall hay
become great gralndmothers, and then tn
reproaeh wial fan to our great grand
children who are not as we wereaT Mis-
Heppler in closing quoted a poem com
planning that there is nothing left 10
the men to do" but "to WELD the broom
aweep and sew.T
Both before and after Miss Repplier<
address, Miss Betsy Beckwith Of Ney
York sang very chagn1ingly. She san
Bonnie Sweet Bestsie,'' with a great dea
OF feeling and completely captivated tn
audience.
Immediately after Miss Repplier's ad