Evening star., 1897-02-16
TO TALK TO MOTHERS
Prominent Women to Attend the Con-
gresa.
All Ready for the Opening Tomorrow
-HeadGuarters Transferred to
the Arlington Hotel.

ne center OF aCuVlty IOT tHe iHotHSiS
congress is now at the Arlington. the busi-
ness office having been transferred. 1t Is
a very busy place. where the stenogra-
piers. clerks and secretary, Miss Butler.
are hustling to have everything in readi-
ness for the early session on Wednesday.
Many of the prominent people who are
upon the program have arrived. Miss
Amalie Hofer of Chicago was among the
first. Miss Hofer is a Kindergarten of
the most advanced type. and stands well
to the front of the kindergarten ranks in
the country. She prints a kindergarten
magazine. and with her sister publishes
papers and books on the subject. Her pa
per. What the kindergarten Means to
Mothors,'' will be full of interest for those
mothers who want to learn how to scien-
tif1cally employ their small weans, and
keep them happy, though out of mischief
Miss Hofer is the guest Of Mrs. Hearst.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Drake of Sacramento
Cal, representing the Mothers" Club of
that city, arrived last evening. From
Michigan comes Mrs. Lorraine Immen of
Grand Rapids, delegate from the Ladies'
Literary Club. Mrs. Immen has travelled
pretty much all over the known world, and
has written books on various subjects. Miss
F'rfLcis Newton another great kindergart-
ner OF Chicago, has been a leader in that
braH ch of work al Chautauqua, where she
had several classes, and has dealt with
children all her life. Miss Newton is here
and hard at work on her model nursery"
at the Arlington. She seems to have the
theory of motherhood down fine.
A little change has been made in the con-
ference for Thursday morning. DR.. Ada r.
Thomas, In charge of the clinical work at
the Emergency Hospital and who is on the
staff of Woman's Clinic. will talk on "Acci-
dents. ard What to Do Till the Doctor
comes,' instead of Mrs. Henry j. Finley.
DR.. Thomas is a regular a graduate of
the Womans Medical College of Philadel-
phia, and as bright she Is learned. This
conference will be divided into three parts.
DR.. Thomas has the first, Mrs Henry j.
Finley the second, In which she will dis
course of why Young Women Should Be
Trained for Motherhood" and the third
will be in the hands of the Woman's An
thropolOgical Society, who will discuss
Fear and Its Effects Mrs. Hampson.
Mrs. Heiglesberger and Miss Alice F1etch-
er. the Indian specialist. who holds a fel-
lowship in Harvard, will discuss the sub
ject.
All the arrangements have been quite
completed, and success is now waiting to
perch on the banners Of this unique con-
gress. The experiment is about to reach
fruitiOn, and the women who have had
their shoulders to the wheel all these
months are beginning to feel quite comfort
able. There is tug of war yet to come.
however. permanent organization must
be perfected II the congress is to be of
material benefit, and very naturally there
will be some kind of desire for office in
the breasts of many. Now that the con-
gress has really become popular. there are
plenty of women who would like to come
to the front and be recognized as leaders
1t is not likely, however, that those who
have been the mainsprinSs of the affair
are going to permit themselves to be pushed
aside for new blood. right at the beginning.
Thus far there has been no real organiza-
ton, and no possible chance for the con-
gress to get any money out of the enter
prise, even for running expenses. All the
has been furnished by Mrs. Hearst. Now
that the congress is an established fact,
money must be had from membership, or
in some other way than going down into
individual pockets for the funds necessary.
Miss Frances Willard has written that she
will be unable to come, but the w. c. T. U.
will be represented by Dr. Mary Wood AL
the national W. c. T. L. of department of
work for the promotion of purity, and Mrs.
Jessie Brown Hilton of Evanston, ILL.,, sec
retary of the mothers meetings, who will
represent Miss Willard also. Miss Willard
says they ARE both successful mothers"
Among other ladies who are reported as
coming are Mrs. Emily Martin of New York
work for the promotion of purity in hter-
ature and art; Mrs. Frances Barnes of
New York city, secretary of Our Young
Womens Work, and Mrs. NJ. D. Ellis, su-
perintendent of the department of legisla-
ton and petition work. The general Off
GERS of the society have also requested the
general officers of the states adjoining
bring credentials. These ladies will be pre-
sented by Mrs. Platt, president of the Dis
frict of Columbia. Miss Willard greatly
regrets her inability to be present