The herald., 1897-02-04
Closed Its Lab0rs at Riverside
Yesterday
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
Were the Keynotes Of Several Papers
and Discussions
Hygiene in the Household, Dietetics,
Women's Clubs and the Opportun-
titles of the Age the Texts.

read an interesting paper on kindergar-
| ten Principles on Tuesday evening, sub
stituting for Miss Harrison, who was
unable to be present By request Miss
Lawson told couple of kindergarten
stories,to the entertainment of her hear
ers. Riverside is opening its first kim
dergarten school, and consequently an
earnest discussion of the system follow
ed. This morning a number of residents
were at the church to drive the visitors
down Magnolia avenue. The weather
| was perfect and the country was look
ing it's best after the bountiful rains.
Ten o'clock found the church well
| filled with residents of the town.
The first speaker of the morning was
Mrs. Ella L. Sessions of Hueneme, on
Household Sanitation. Health, hap
piness, life itself" said the speaker, ARE
largely dependent on the sanitation OF
our dwellings, The chief requisites are
an abundance of sunlight, pure air and
water. Sunshine cannot work its Won
ders through darkened houses; pure air
is not laden with smoke, dust, poisonous
gases and disease germs. Pure water
does not come from wells and rivers re-
ceiving filthy drainage. Patients on
the sunny side of hospitals make most
rapid improvement, and we know that
mould Is the only thing that thrives
without sunlight. Thousands go to un-
timely graves who have directly caused
their own death. At every inspiration
each person renders three cubic feet Of
air unfit to breathe again. What won-
der delicate lungs become a prey for tu-
bercles and other organs rebel against
the red corpuscles returning to them
empty instead of being freighted with
| oxygen.
Our grandmothers had great open
| fireplaces, keeping the indoor air pure.
! New houses should be built so that
each room and closet connects with
ventilating chimney One open window
| cannot ventilate-the word means wind.
| motion. Dust is the great microbe car
| rier, hence a carpet that can not be
| shaken out doors twice week is not
| sanitary article
On the subject of pure waiter the
| speaker had much to say that was per-
| tinent and convincing, also making an
experiment with a simply constructed
| filter for household use when water is
muddy after hard rains.
A lively discussion ensued on kitchen
sinks. drainage, air in clothes closets
and the practical things that the house
| keeper has to deal with in everyday life.
DR.. Helen DenSmore of London Eng,
| was the next speaker. her subject be-
ing Dietstics.
"Nutrition," che said, sis the basis Of
| life. When we see a man or woman who
has passed the century mark 1T occa-
| sions surprise, yet science tells US that
| mans natural life is from 100 to 120
| years, and that death before this peri
| cd comes from disobedience and not
| from the natural order of things The
| life of any animal Is from six to seven
| times as long as the time it requires for
maturity. The cause of death Is wrong
dietetics causing earthly or calcareous
matter IN the body The source of this
is in our food and drink
The speaker gave valuable facts on
the amount of calcareous matter in the
various articles of food and it's effect on
the different organs of the body. The
cereal eating people Of China and India
are small in stature and short lived.
The contrast between these and the beef
eating residents Of London is very
marked.
DR.. Densmore is an advocate of DR..
Dewey's theory of the injury of eating
a hearty meal in the morning She be-
lieves in abstaining wholly from food
until the middle Of the day, no matter
what labor is to be performed
This naturally drew out a lively dis
cussion. Several who spoke to the paper
have been putting this theory into prac-
tice for some time with very beneficial
results.
At the noon recess a number of the
visitors met some fifty of the Riverside
ladies and organized suffrage club.
Mrs. Alice L. Armor, the editor and
publisher of paper in Orange, present.
ed an interesting paper on Social Study
Clubs, the first on the afternoon pro-
gram. Mrs. Armor spoke of the latter
day fad for clubs among women and said
she thought if all club women could be
called up they would form a line that
would reach across the continent. If we
realized what could be accomplished
by a few moments study each day,
clubs would not be necessary. In the
successful club the subjects of politics
and religion must be avoided, as nothing
so arouses the old Adam in man and the
new era in women. The speaker out
lined what she considered a successful
social study club in country neighbor-
hoods. In such, she said, the aristoc-
racy of wealth or intellect should have
no place. AT the close of the paper the
president. Mrs Galpin, was called for,
and made many valuable suggestions
for the forma ton of clubs and the
courses of study.
Mrs A. R. Aldrich Of Philadelphia was
the last speaker on the program, on the
Opportunities of Age.
The IDEAS presented in the paper We're
that a. healthy body Is essential to a use
fai and harmonious old age. There is no
time in life when mental growth and
development need cease.
Mrs. Caroline Severance was intro
duced to the audience as the mother of
clubs" and encouraged the audience by
saying that age is the richest time in
life, the time that brings the greatest
blessings.
Mrs. Reddng Of Buffalo, the secretary
of the federation Of woman's clubs, was
introduced and spoke a. few moments
about that large organization.
A general discussion was held for a
few moments, when the president de-
clared the parliament adjourned to meet
in Ventura next May.
One of the pleasantest features of the
meeting in Riverside. aside from the
cordialty and kindness of the people,
has been the superiority of the music
At every session it has been abundant
ard excellent The musical committee
did its whole duty, which cannot often
be said of many.
The twelfth session of the Woman's
Parliament in Riverside has been emf
nently successful, owing to it's president,
the officers and the people of this love-
ly city.
PLEASANT DEBUT.