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fantS and their foods. for upon her knowl-
edge and care the sons of men are depend
ent for strength in manhood to make the
nation great.
She should be taught the application of
science to all departments of household
labor. with a view to tightening that la Dor.
in order to give more time to scientific
thought and study.
She should be taught the mysteries and
possibilities of heredity. and impressed with
her duty to improve and develop her race.
for the benefit of mankind. and for the
government which provides such oppor-
tunitieS for woman.
There will be no need to teach patriot
ism in such a school. Patriotism, already
spontaneous in woman'S heart, will in
crease an hundred-fold when she is recog-
niZed by her country.
This national training school should re-
cei1e its quota of pupils from each state,
just as do the other national schools. and
it's curriculum should embrace a higher
course of study than is pursued at the
Industrial colleges of the various states
These state institutions form the first steT
by which woman may ascend to more
perfect womanhood, and this national train
ing school will be the second step in that
ascent. One will develop her practically,
the other will develop her scientifically
The first will give her skillful hands tc
obey practical minds. and the second Will
give her deeper scientific knowledge, ane
teach her how to use it for good.
1.-The boys of the nation, the Indian, the
negro. have all received educational op-
portunities: the arts and sciences have
been promoted, but woman and her natural
colleague domestic science. have been ap'
parentiy forgotten. The schools at es
Point and Annapolis for the training OF me
boys of the nation: the schools for tht
training cf the Indian and the negro; the
schools for the advancement of agriculture
and mechanic arts. all proper aid use
ful-oUt are they ail-SufcieHt?
"The elevation of domestic science to its
proper place among the other sciences viii
do much to dispel the poverty, dr'idger,
and disease which are the results oi
ignorance, and which in SO many homes
rob wcman's heart Of happiness and life
of its brightness.
Thrift viii dispel poverty. but thrift
is born of knowledge and training. Drucg-
cry encourages stupidity, and disease feeds
on the ignorance of woman despite all the
laac
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FAIR WEATHER.

That is Promised for Tonight and
Tomorrow.
Forecast till pm. Saturday.-For the
District of Columbia and Maryland, fair
tonight and Saturday, followed by cloudy
weather and probably showers by Sunday
morning: slightly warmer Saturday; winds
shifting to easterly
For Virginia, fair tonight; Saturday partly
temperature on Saturday.
Weather conditions and general forecast.
The barometer has risen from the central
valleys eastward to the Atlantic coast and
it has fallen over the Rocky mountain dis
triets, and thence westward. to the Pacific
coast. The barometer is highest over the
Ohio valley and it is lowest on the north
Pacific coast; it is colder this morning over
the northern states east of the Mississippi
lantic coast and it is warmer over the
regions west of the Mississippi.
Local rains are reported this morning
local SHOWS from the ST. Lawrence valley
The weather is generally cloudy throughout
the Mississippi valley.
The indications are that the cloudiness
local rains Saturday. The weather will
probably continue fair from Virginia north
ward over New England until Saturday
evening.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
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by the women in the audience and these
she answered from the wealth of expert
cnce she has gained in kindergarten work.
Not all of the questions We're on kfndergar-
ten subjects, and some of them gave Miss
Newton opportunity TO express her views
number of subjects. This she did in a
bright and entertaining way. Speaking of
the need of cooperation in the home be-
tween husband and wife, Miss Newton put
goodly share of the blame for marital un-
happiness upon her own sex. She said that
in every man there was an inherent respect
and reverence for woman, and if the wo-
man IN particular fails to reach them it
is her own fault
Il feel more hopeless said Miss New
ton, for selfish. shrewish woman than
for the most unsy mpa thetaic and heartless
man that ever lived. If woman fails to
arouse the sympathy CT her husband it is
almost always her own fault
The question as to the value of fairy
tales for children was presented, and this
Miss Newton turned over to Mrs. Putnam
for answer.
Children said Mrs. Putnam "are the
same today as they ever were and to de-
prive them of the universal truths contain
ed in the standard fairy tales and myth
is 10 deprive II EN- of a portion of their
birthright.'
The regular morning session was called
to order al 1880 o'clock by the president Of
the congress, Mrs. T. w. Birney, and the
devotional exercises were conducted by
Mrs II. A Stirlson of New York.
During the morning a pretty and we'll
deserved tribute was paid to the two women
who probably deserve more credit than any
others for the success of the congress, Mrs
Hearst and Mrs Birney. A resolution was
presented and unanimously adopted by a
rising vote tenoering the thanks of the del
eSates to Mrs. Brney for the thought of
the congress, and to Mrs. Hearst for so
generously enabling her to carry it into
effect.
Physical Culture.
The first ADDRESS of the morning was de-
iivered by Miss Julia King OF Boston on
Physical Culture. In the course of her ad-
dress Miss King said:
We will consider some tests which NAV
be applied to whatever any one has named
physical culture. and present as a funda-
mental proposition that true system of
physical culture properly taught aids in
bui1inS up ideal character
First, through its effects upon the
health, for in the nature of things health
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MOTHERS CONGRESS
Papers on Important Subjects Pre-
sented This Morning.
LARGE CROWDS At EVERY SESSION
Discussing Physical Culture and
Character Building.
WOMAN'S HIGHEST SPHERE

Judging by the size of the audience this
morning. the general interest in the ses-
sicns of the congress of mothers has not
fallen off in the slightest. 1t can hardly be
said to be on the increase, for at every ses-
sion the attendance has been limited only
by the capacity of the hall where it has
been held
This morning the auditorium of the First
Baptist Church was crowded long before
the time for the regular session to begin.
The program for the session was an un-
usually interesting one, being devoted TO
a consideration of the subjects of physical
culture, especially for women; character
building as opposed to the ordinary con-
ception of education, and proposition to
establish a national training school for
women, where domestic science shall ne
taught.
Prior 10 the regular session an hour or
more was given up to an informal confer
cree, which was presided over by Miss
Newton At it's conclusion a number of
questions We're presented to Miss Newton
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inches) was reported during the pas
twentyfour hours: Los Angeles, 1.3O.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. 2:3S am and 3:17 p.m
high tide. S:54 am. and 9:27 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, $40 am. and 4:Os
pm; high tide, 9:41 am. and 10:14 pm.
The SUN and Moon.
Sun rises, 6:47; sun sets, 5:42 Moon rises
S:3S pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, GAG.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by $50 pm: extin-
gushing begun at 5:J4 a. m. The lighting is
begun one hour before the time named.
Public arc lamps lighted at 6:35 pm. and
eXtinguished at 600 am.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water ut S
am: Great Falls. temperature, 50: condi-
ton, 3. Receiving reservoir, temp eTature,
81 condition at north connection, >; condi-
ton at south connection, l. Distributing g
reservoir temperature. 81; condition at in
fluent gate house. s; ef1iuent gate house. ).
Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours
The following were the readings of the
thermc meter at the weather, bureau during
the past twenty-four hours, beginning at
o'clock yesterday afternoon:
February 1S-4 pm, 30; pm, 10; mid
night, 10.
February 19-4 am, So; s am. SO; 12 m,
IS, and pm. Al.
Maximum, 30, at 4 pm. February IS:
minimum, 81, at Z am, February II.
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reciprocal, and it is the duty of the gov
ernment. which seeks the welfare of it's
people, to offer to its women an opportu-
nifty for the attainment of this scientific
motherhood which will be fraught with SO
much good to the nation H.
The message of nations greatness is
the elevation of its women, and any in
crease of national greatness is dependent
upon the mothers of the nation Nowhere
on earth does woman hold a, more honored
position than in the United States, and it
Is nopea that this government will lead the
world IN orering to it's women the op-
portunity for acquiring. the. scientific train
ing necessary to the performance of the
nigh duties of woman's sphere
HSeh.llc motherhood VIII gain no mark
eu impetus while restricted to fortunate
few. 1t must be made q national possi-
pliity IN order to become national benefit
Like all our national blessings, it should
"; ne oy me people, for the people" and it
Is the duty of the government to give wo-
tific knowledge.
1T can be done through the establishing
py the government of national training
school for women, where the women of the
nation shall be trained in the sciences of
domest1clty and peace, just as at West
folnt ana Annapolis the men are trained
I'm this school woman should be taught
the highest domestic science in all its di-
versities.
'she should be taught applied chemistry,
charge
She should be taught architecture, be-
cause she makes the homes, and should
know what architectural conditions are
most conducive to health and comfort
She should be taught sanitation, disin-
feetion and the prevention and care of dis
ease because 1t Is to her arms all the ma
| should be familiar with the foes Of health
and know how to Combat them.
She should be taught the care Of in
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Hotel Arrivals.

Wellington-F. A. Hawley, Minneapolis
Mimi; Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Hansman, New
York; III. w. Brown, Cincinnati. Ohio; w
| F. Butler, Philadelphia, Pa; Mr. and Mrs
E. H. Conant and H. F. Conant Camden
| n. j.
Oxford-O. V. Mitchell, New Orleans, La.
| G. w. Cook, Leadville Colo; NJ. p. Hogan
Brooklyn, N. Y; A. d. Barton, Philadel-
| phia, Pa; w. H. Fowle, Lynchburg, Va.
Hanilton-G. G. Bradford, Boston, Mass
Riggs-L. w. Winslow and n. Fayer, Bos-
ton, Mass; A. c. Bennings. Columbus, Ga.
]. c. Cook. Brooklyn. N. Y; T. s. Jones,
| New York; S. NJ. Jackson, Apollo, Pa.
Ebbitt-J. G. Beale. Leechburg. Pa; T. H
! Roth and E. a. Brown, Dolgeville, N. "
P. T. Colgrove, Hastings, Mich; G. c.
Street, Rochester, N. Y; w. c. Marion,
| Indianapolis Ind; T. Evans, New York.
Cochran-T. A. Howell. jr, and Mrs. H.
| B. Howell. New York; W. Auman and
] wife, Fort Niagara, N: Y; p. Goldsmith
| and wife, Newark, n. j.
Shoreham-J. II. Multin. A. F. Sherman
and w. S. MacKellar. New York; c. S.
| Dennis ard A. w. Walburn, Chicago, IL.
| jr., San Francisco, Cal; J. F. Gaynor and
| E. c. Hall, Syracuse, N. y; q. II. Burf,
| ST. John, Kan.
Arlington--G. T. Tolman and wife. Bos-
| ton. Mass: c. Wolf. Philadelphia: Pa; f.
| r. Chapman and L. Allen. New York; DIR.
J. Lelmert and wife and III. c. Reltig and
wife, Brooklyn. N. Y; H. Hole. Chicago,
Ill: w. w. Peabody, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Normandie-Mrs. j. c. Mccall, LeXing-
| ton, KY; w. w. jackson, E. G. Klepstein,
o. J. Victor, New York; w. F. Myers,
York. Pa.
WiIlard's-C II. Hile, Boston, Mass: T.
r. Everett. R. Schmidt and wife and l.. w.
FIeishman, New York: C. r. McMullen anI
w. Graham, Philadelphia. Pa; G. E. Slep-
! per and wife. Lynn, Mass.
st. James-H. r. Wade, Toledo. Ohio: j.
L. Harley, Clifton. SC: J. II. Pitt and
wife, Providence, RI.
.National-W. C. Halleck. New York: A.
C. Heath. Boston. Mass.
Jefferson-W. Chapman and o. H. Briggs,
Providence, RI: j. o. Brien, F. H. Nc
Mackin, j. NJ. Spellman. L. Brooks and W.
Slater, New York.
Johnson-D. A. Fyfe, New York; w. B.
Morgan, Cincinnati, Ohio; L. Loughlin.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Health of body leads to equanmity of
mind. We are hardly aware how much
the state of nerves affects our minds
You NAV say such person is a very un-
comfortable person to live with, as she is
very fretfu and very irritable, but if you
could with something keener than the mi
croscopc eye, look at the nerves of that
fretful, irritable individual you would dis
cover that the cause of that irritability is
in the condition of the nervous system, and
not in the disposition.
Health tends to promote normal pro-
pensitics. Abnormal propensities are often
developed from disease. Proper physical
culture gives a moral direction to the in
teliectual activities by interesting the mind
in the study of natures laws.
THE study of physical culture leads to
character through establishing in the mind
ideals of beauty. 1t is practical way of
studying the science of aesthetics. The
law of aesthetics applied to the human
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Washington 100 years ago next January,
which provided a Request with the earnest
wish that an education should be pro-
vlded for building characters, which as
statesmen would preserve the spirit OF
the Constitution of the United States
On the whole, the speaker looked hone
fully to the future prospects of education,
citing the fact that the greatest thinkers
in Germany, in France. in England and
in America are turning their attention in
great seriousness toward the thought OF
new educa ton
The German thought was affirmed to be
the advance light, because it has made
the greatest progress toward developing
the powers of the mind. 1pr toward the
real birth of man to the knowledge of his
soul powers and his relation to infintude
Right education was proclaimed to be
that which leads a man from his lower de-
sires his meaner sensibiitieS to mis- higher
sensibilites, to higher purposes, to that
which elevates mere faculties into an out
growth of manhood: that which takes the
youth from the farm, the shop. the studio
and returns him better ard stronger
farmer, mechanic and artist
Education toward practical ends with di-
vine impulses, so that business NAV be-
come moral and the world better was the
high ideal set forth In character building &
in education. rH 40
Training for Mothers.
The ffral paper of the morning was read
by Mrs. Sallie A. Cotton of Falkland, N
c., on "A National Training School for
Women In her address Mrs. Cotton said
in part:
Scientific motherhood means more than
a casual thought can grasp 1t means a
grander, nobler race. an altruistic human
ity, which shall fit the earth for the Sa-
Vlor's advent. 1t means the reformation
of the drunkard. the redemption of the
criminal, the repentance of the murderer,
the abolition of asyums for the blind
dumb and insane. 1t means the elimination
of selfshness, the death of oppression, the
birth of brotherly love, the uplifting of
mankind through true spiritual Christian
ity, and the control of hereditary weak
ness of mind and of body, all by prenatal
influences.
'rhese blessed Lesuts will not come in
day. nor year-perhaps not fully in d
century-but the sooner the first effort is
made toward it the sooner will it's full ac-
complishment be reached. Oliver Wendell
Holmes said truly that the time to begin to
train child is one hundred years before
1t is born, and now is not too soon to be
gin to conquer the evils which fill The
earth.
1T is evident that woman's most imper-
atlve duty to the government under which
she lives Is to supply Il population COM
posed of the highest types of men and wo-
men. and it is equally evident that a scien-
iific motherhood is necessary to the proper
performance OF this duty. But all duty is
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affects character. 1t was once thought
that health was not favorable to spiritual
ity, but times have been slowly changing
Light is breaking the morning of civ
llization and general culture advances. We
are beginning to see things in a new light
that ili-nealth comes natural conse-
qucuce of violation of the laws of God
and not as a special dispensation of Provi-
dence.
Let US notice some of the ways in which
health tends to moral conduct In the
first place, through giving self-relance to
its possessor. and thereby freeing him from
many temptations which beset the weak
Illness subjects one to temptation. 1t is
SAID that as soon as the human body Is
depressed to 4 certain degree there is a
manifest presence of microbes. which pro-
duce no end of disease and misery. So We
may say of character. AS soon as the ply
sicai system Is devitalized to a certain eX-
tent innumerable temptations enter, to
which one is in great danger of submitting
and thus losing the life of character.
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READ ToMORRoW.s STAR.
1t Will BE Interesting to Evcrybod. .
i'm Washington.

1t Will BE Interesting to Every bod v
I'm Washington.
The following are a few samples of the
interesting special chapters which will ap-
pear in Saturdays twenty-four page Star:
WITHOUT AN EQUAL QllustrateD
Description of the New Corcoran Gallery
of Art, which will be opened Monday
night.
STRIKING OF OIL Ullustrated.
Interesting story of the beginnings of the
great petroleum industry.
AS A SOCIAL CENTER 0llustratedD.
A season of unusual gayety in Cairo,
where Americans are well to the front.
AN AFTERNOON AT MIR. PEALE'S Ill
lustrated).
A story of the painting of an original por-
trait of Washington. BY Clinton Ross.
HISTORIC REQUESTS. Gllustrated.
Benefits conferred by endowments of
Washington and Franklin.
THE MUTABLE MANY GllustrateD.
Continuation of the absorbing story of
labor and love. By Robert Barr.
SICK ON THE STREETS.
The enlarged ambulance service in Wash
ington for the inaugural period.
THE PRESS OF PARIS.
Leading French dailies and some of their
news enterprises. By Sterling Heilig.
CHOLERA ABOARD.
Graphic story of the behavior of officers
and men of the L. S. S. Bennington
when the scourgc appeared.
OVER THIN ICE.
How boys ska les won him a place on
big city paper.
LATE ACHIEVEMENTS.
What travel, science and industry have
discovered for the good of humanity.
A ROYAL ELOPEMENT.
The love story of willful princess.
RIVER FRONT STORIES.
Recollections of traffic in the early days
when boats sailed into the capital.
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The Improvement of Alley Dwellings.

A public meeting will be held under the
auspices of the Civic Center, the central
relief committee and the board of trade
committee on charities tomorrow evening
at the Foundry Church for the pur-
pose of promoting the establishment of
Sanitary Improvement Company"
whose chief object will be the improvement
OF alley dwellings. Addresses will be made
by DIR. Z. X. l.. Gould. president of the
City ard Suburban Homes Company re-
Gently organized in New York; Rev DR.. S.
NJ. Newman, Bishop Satteriee and Surgeon
General SterEberg.
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Full of Information.

Every business man, as well as every
housewife, should possess a copy of The
Evening Star Almanac. 1t contains infor-
nation carefully gathered from every
source, valuable alike to every one. Twen-
ty-five cents buys il at any news stand or
The Evening Star office.
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Busfne.. Mems Smoker.

Las: night the Business Mems Club gave
its second smoker at the club rooms. 1l3
9th street northwest. Many guests were
present and all enjoyed the program.
which included songs by Harry Hill. Harry
Wolf Frank RobStock and Mr.. Middle
ten; selections by Harline Orchestra, and
a budjet of jokes by Frank Ireland, Roach
ard Oppenheimer gave an exhibition of
sparrirg. which lasted three rounds. Re-
freshmcnts were then served
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Delfrfum Tremcns.

When the case of Henry Haden, charged
with being drunk, was called i'm the Police
Court today, Bailiff Kendig reported that
IIaden was apparently on the verge OF de-
lirium tremens. Judge Kimball had Police
Surgeon Neavitt sent for, and after the
latter had examined Haden Judge KtInball
directed that ne be committed to jail for
an indefinite period, with the understanding
that Clerk Harper would be notified as
soon Ss the prisoner is able to appear for
trial.
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CON DE MSED LOCAL S

Horace X. Piper will deliver his lecture
entitled Twenty Years of the Life Saving
Service" before the Association of the
Sons and Daughters of Maine at their hall.
tl3 10th street northwest, tomorrow even
ing at o'clock
john Webb was fined s. for cruelty to
animals today. Officer Rabbit said the
case was the worst he had ever investigat-
ed, and Judge kmball fined Webb as stat
ed, but upon an appeal by Lawyer Hewlett
who said that 50 was all the money Webb
mad, the court reduced the fine to S. and
suggested to Webb that he should have the
horse killed, in order 10 avoid further trou-
BILE.
A bill in equity to enforce mechanic s
lien was filed this afternoon by William D.
Campbell against David NJ. Lea and seven
others.
In the divorce proceedings instituted by
Addie L. Hopper against NJ. Berry Hopper,
Judge Cox today ordered the latter to pay
the former $15 a month alimony during the
pendency of the suit, the payments TO be
gin February -.
The will of the late Catharne Weyrich
widow of Joseph Weyrich. dated April 3,
1886, was filed this afternoon for probate.
The estate. which includes considerable real
estate, is left to the children of the de-
ceased and their heirs.
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Marriage LICENSES.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
White-Webster S. Hurd- of Washington
and Jennie n. Buss of Erie. Pa; Thomas
Cole and Frances Struder, both of Fairfax
county, Va.
colored-Wiliam Green and Sarah Bailey.
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Mr.. HANNA. Coming.

Chairman Hanna has decided to leave
Cleveland for Washington on the morning
of February 25. He will be accompanied by
his family.
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For Greater New YORK.

The Greater New York commission has
adopted the charter prepared for the con-
solidated municipality as a whole. Tht
vote was unanimous.