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


The Woman's Council progressed two ses-
sions yesterday in the second day of its
annual congress in the Unitarian church.
and provided interesting programmes for the
afternoon and evening. There was a large
hearing for both, and the discussion of phil
anthrOpic work and methods in the afternoon
session touched responsive chord among
those who have made philanthropy a study.
The evening programme was furnished by
the department Of literature, and the study
clubs furnished q series of brightly written
papers. The breadth of the council through
It's various departments is eXempllfed 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
philanthropic work Of distributing perused
literature to country readers, which the. news
paper women OF Chicago 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
paratve Methods-Its History and Develop
ment."
To Mrs. c. W. Reyes was intrusted the dis
cussion of American methods of charity dis
pensation. At the outset she said charity
must have the gift of self-sacrifce and effort
The evolution Of philanthropy has appeared
In the growth of the idea that the higher
CHRISTIAN way is TO cleck 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. ]. Gray had for the subject of her
paper English Poor Law and Elberfeld Sys-
tenn" to which was traced the early form
Of American poor law. and from which may
be derived the broadcast instruction in the
right employment of philanthropy.
Mrs. S. B. Williams followed Mrs. Gray g
exposition of the Elberfeld system with a
NH
necessity of learning to do philanthropic
work 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 Sums
Mrs o. P. Carter gave an exceptionally in
teresting and well arranged account of the
systems of poor relief as practiced in France
and Holland.
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,
Travelling Abroad While Staying at Home"
the subject of the first paper, read by
Mrs. Emmett T. White. of The Ramblers'
club.
Mrs. H. c. Tuttle of toe Nineteenth Cen
fury club, gave. a review OF Kate Carnegie"
She said Ian Maclaren the writer of SO
many short stories of interest and delicate
pathos, is at disadvantage in writing a
long story. Mrs. C. E. Wenzel, of the Travel
ers' read sketch of ''The Greatness of
England" Miss Emily P. st. John. of the
Coterie, spoke of "Browning's obscurity."
She first gave the opinions of the critics
on Sardello at the time of it's appearance.
They were refreshing to any one who has
ever found difficulty in understanding Brown
ing. The last paper of the evening was a
by Mrs c. F. Clark, of the Shakespeare club,
and read for her by Mrs. C. E. Dickinson.
1t was clever analysis of the motif of the
play and the means used to develop the plot
through the characters The musical nuns
bers Of the programme were a piano solo by
Miss Helga Olson and violin solo by Miss
Florence Verge.