New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-11
THE MOTHERS CONGRESS.
THE LAST MEETING OF THE SEASON
COURSE OF LECTURES AND
STUDY DECIDED UPON.
m IEvrRsoN PRESENTS HIS VIEWS on vAcC--
Observation-Disclosures BY MRS SOPHIA
MCELLAND MRS. HENLEY
AND MRS. BARNES.

AND MRS. BARNES.
tn. No,hers' Congress Of the city Of New-York
held its last meeting Of the season yesterday AFTER
mann IN ,he Mott Memorial Hall. No. 81 Madison
ave A large audience In attendance ana
Mrs F SCHNEIDER Barnes. the presiden.' con-
Quoted the meeting The feature or the allerhooh
was the paper on Psychology In Education, oy
Mrs Sophia McCelland. vice-chairman OF ,he
Meaico.Iegal Society Among others Mrs NC
C,leuand said. Every man has two fathers-or-
eanization and educa tion-and what the second car,
do depends on what the first has done oHiiuioCu
should be surrounded with every influence oo'" III
obiects OF sense and in human conduct that may
ouicken the mind right growth pea'lns III
mind that the earliest impressions make the mus
a-,,a,e,t records The ability OF the brain 10 90
the work we'll depends greatly upon the "ho'e e."
vironment Of the child. not only the 'hinss .ii"
AFFECT the body from the outside nut the cou.,io,I
~ the body itself cramped position a seat OF oeSN
,oo high or low cold. warmth. irrlta'loh' me-
-. a,,a, or comfort Organization is the erect
~ life not the cause of 1t. During long 9uCce
sion Of years brains have been deveiopi"s o"'
the simpes, convouton TO the "s"est ''P9
evolved until hold to-day the advanced pos'-
tim we now occupy. At no time In the "o'iu -
h,e,o,v has mind held high place. ana al no
tine IN the future will II occupy so low place as
now The power of the coming BRAIN VIII lar 49,
awning the world has yet known bldii-o "iu-
Ing Is the science Of the future, and we 90 not
doubt that the human brain of ten thousand years
h.rca will produce ideas far beyond the capacity oi
,he host niece of thought mechanism OF 'he
present time" 49, 80. ,ho,
children should be made happy ana cheerIui Il"
ordar % bring about the best and highest develop
,oor. Ones faculties expand more luiiy ana
80. under a bright sunny cheerfuness ana IN
fuence ~, ,,,
Mrs McClelland was followed by Mrs Alma
Uenzlev who read an excellent paper on the rear
ing and training OF children Boys ana s"lS
18th should be told by the parents the great ques-
,,ora concerning life and its reproduction said
Mrs Henley "as they are old enough 10
understand and to inquire about such SUBJECTS.
Mothers should especially win the commence OF
,h.ir daughters while they are tiny children. so
,yben they grow older and vital ana physicai
hargee take place the daughter VIII not hesitate
20 tell the mother everything that concerns hel
welfare BY this wise and tender confluence anu
care women will be stronger ph!SioHnS anu
mentally and purer morally. DO not Jet 1ou' w!
or cir, find out from Objectionable ana evil
80 Communion that which their fathers ana
mothers should tell them no.,
Mrs Barnes then said Few stiohs anu W."
words about the love and reverence we shouio nave
Cor babyhood and childhood, the periods Oh purS "lu
tnnocence remembering that Christ HlhseH pe'"iie
a u,tle child and blessed the fantng wofiu VIII"
f3is love Mrs Barnes then requested Dr. Lever
ca, N nresent MS views on vaccination which ne
proceeded 10 do vigorously ana ui'q"di'ieu'' 90
10 starte me ~ wrong announced DR.. Leverson
u.,.b sweeping gesture, and smallpox which II
asee and have proved that it is not lnecucu ihe
Board OF Diseases i better nam ha rds make such
iSoard of Health and when these DcdIus ""n' rn
FUSS about smallpox ana us Th 1u1 ren,ark
e.,le esnmnthing OF a sensation, and the Doctor
Td mn his Ave minutes by asserting that vac
e,ma ion except by killing MIN before he ever
'0 W1 Barnes said that family physicians and the
@ heif "amthorties would be consulted on ths IN
~: ,1btact owing press OF otner duties
XII t tdtt Stmson resigned the position OF wee
president and Mrs. : Harris Was feE ~ Mrs
S1n'.o,is HANDED i'm her resignation as correspond
Inc secretary and Mrs. Charles Bucharu was
olUseii " ~ ,,, short The meeting, which was one OF
,,r,IS,ai interest and earnestness, The congress
viii divide itself into classes or r SJ
Mrs Barnes ior me lecturers and SPEAK
ers Will address us on these cIV'oi r,i1 nf &c
each meeting an exhibition ana eNlosition OF tIe
80 RE members may select which course OF
study they prefer. ana enter the u''''" ''"' ''"''
Tbc following course has been decided upon for the
coming YEAR: For OCTOBER, nature studies; Novem-
Der a lecture by DR. Mary Putnam Jacob whose
topic will probably De Hygiene Before Adde'S
cence": December nursing diet and clothing. Janu-
ary child study by Mrs II. Hastings, VINO mas
done much excellent work In the Ethc1i Socle,y:
April Kindergarten; May. nome amusements and
Entertainment such music. rawing and ltera-
lure The congress then adjourned until next Ocio-
ber waen IL viii meet on the second Monday that
Gay having been selected for the permanent assem-
~ Gay Mrs John Wood Stewart, OF THE AL
,rtJs;T addressed the congress on the subject Of
eireiy 10 the mothers work and Interests The
gress Will decide later about accepting Mrs.
Stewards propositlon'