The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
COUNCIL OF WOMEN.
Yesterdays Session Mainly Devoted
to PhiInnthrnnX

The Woman's Council progressed two ses-
slons yesterday in the second day of it's
annual congress in the Unitarian church.
and provided interesting programmes for the
afternoon and evening. There was a large
nearing for both, and the discussion of phil
anthropic work and methods in the afternoon
session touched a responsive chord among
Inose VINO nave made philanthropy study.
The evening programme was furnished by
the department of literature and the study
clubs furnished a series of brightly written
papers. The breadth Of the council through
its various departments is eXemplifed in the
successive programmes, and every direction
OF feminine effort is met in the several de-
Veloped lines.
A visitor of the afternoon was Mrs Sallie
M. Moses president Of the Woman's Press
Association of Illinois. who spoke on the
literature to country readers, which the news
paper women of Chicago are conducting
through their press association. Mrs. Moses
short talk preceded the regular papers
In her Introduction, Mrs. S. B. Williams
led the way to the proper presentation of the
subject of philanthropy. Her talk was a gen.
eral survey of the field offered under the
head Evolution of Philanthrophy and Com
parative Methods-Its History and Develop
ment."
To Mrs. C. w. Keyes was intrusted the dis
cussiOn of American methods of charity dis
pensation. At the outset she said charity
must have the gift of self-sacrifice and effort
The evolution Of philanthropy has appeared
In the growth of the idea that the higher
Christian way is to check the inevitable ten
dency of charity to lower the standard of
character, and to prevent the sapping of the
foundations of true living, industry and fru-
gality.
Mrs T. j. Gray had for the subject of her
paper English Poor Law and Elberfeld Sys-
tem," to which was traced the early form
be derived the broadcast instruction in the
right employment of philanthropy.
exposition of the Elberfeld system with a
word TO philanthropic workers, urging the
necessity of learning to do philanthrOpic
work as the politicians handle the wards, and
extracted lesson from the result of the late
election in New York where the evidence Of
power lay with the party that most con-
scientiOusly worked every district and left no
vote uncOunted In the slums.
Mrs. o. P. Carter gave an exceptionally in
teresting and well arranged account of the
systems of poor relief as praeticed in France
Mrs. J. NJ. Parker, whose labors with the
Associated Charities have brought her in
contact with the local form of organized
charity, brought the discussion to close.
She named the four cardinal points in charity
organization as investigation, registration, CO.
operation, friendly visiting
In the evening the programme was under
the direction of the department of literature,
of which Mrs. G. B. Willet is chairman.
Travelling Abroad While Staying at Home"
was the subject of the first paper, read by
Mrs. Emmett T. White, of The Ramblers'
club.
Mrs. H. C. Tuttle of tie Nineteenth Cen,
fury club, gave review OF Kate Carnegie"
She said Ian Maclaren the writer of so
many short stories of interest and delicate
pathos, is at a disadvantage in writing a
long story. Mrs. C. E. Wenzel, of the Travel
ers', read a sketch of THE Greatness of
England Miss Emily P. st. John, of the
Coterie, spoke of "Brownings obscurity. "
She first gave the opinions Of the critics
on Sardello at the time of its appearance.
They were refreshing to any one who has
ever found difficulty in understanding Brown
ing. The last paper of the evening was a
summary of the play of "Othello," written
by Mrs c. F., Clark, of the Shakespeare club,
and read for her by Mrs. c. E. Dickinson.
1t was a clever analysis of the motif Of the
play and the means used to develop the plot
through the characters. The musical NUM-
bers Of the programme were piano solo by
Miss Helga Olson and violin solo by Miss
Florence Verge.