New-York tribune., 1897-10-12
MOTHERS CONGRESS MEETS.
MASSACHUSETTS sONGBIRDs ARE MADE
TO PASS A LAW.
HERBERT B. FUTILE ILLUSTRATES WITH BLACK
BOARD SKETCHES THE SUBJECT OF HIS
LECTURE. CHEMISTRY. THE
BROADEST SCIENCE
WE HAVE.

BRoADEsr SCIENCE
WE HAVE"
The first fall meeting Of the Mothers Congress
of the City Of New-York was held yesterday after
noon in the Mott Memorial Library. No. Ga Mad
ison-ave. The president Mrs. +. SchweGler Barnes
conducted the meeting. the subject Of the pro-
gramme being Mature" After the reading and
approval Of the minutes Of the last meeting. In
May Mrs. Barnes said she wished 10 contribute
her share 10 the afternoons entertainment by the
reading Of a timely and Interesting article taken
from recent number of THE kindergarten Maga-
zine" The article in question The Birds
Petition to the Massachusetts, General Court" and
Hon George S. Hoar Is the author.
Tho songbirds themselves were made to do the
talking and in consequence Of that petition the
Massachusetts people passed law prohibiting the
killing Of the songbirds and the wearing or possess
ing Of their feathers. Copies OF the law were sent TO
feather dealers and milliners. and they promptly
began TO ship their stock out Of the State. II a
woman Is found with songbrds feather IN her
hat or bonnet she is liable 20 be arrested.
At the close OF Mrs. Barnes's reading she intro
duced Herbert b. Tutte. n son OF Mrs. Z. A Tut
tie. who read the paper OF the afternoon on the
subject Of chemistry. Mr. futile used the black
board in illustration OF his work. and performed an
interesting practical experiment He said In part:
II have been asked to say few words upon the
subject OF chemistry the deepest and broadest sci
ence we have-broadest because there IS no ma
because it deals with what Is 10 us at present the
last analyss-namely. the atom. TO speak Of chem
istry TO speak Of the atom Description of any phe
nomenon. 10 constitute satisfactory explanation
thereof must not stop short Of the atom. else the
phrase so far as known cannot be Included. with
out which no explanation IS complete
Solution OF any problem lies in the direction OF
concentration-that is focalization or conveyance
ending In point. The poln, only is inoiv!sibe. and
is therefore the stopping place. or 10 US. the last
analysis. A solid is the path OF plane; a plane IS
the path Of line; line is the path OF a point;
point Is position. simply posionno size, no shape
There probably exists no truer representation Of
the interrelation Of atoms than that afforded by
astronomy. which thus becomes chemistry nagni-
fed A being sufficiently gross and sufficiently re-
moved from myriad universes would behold these
as solid substance. and in relations TO mat
ger we labor under similar illusions. Chemistry
throws light the stars. We can tell what met
ais are burning there by recognizing their sigma
through the medium OF the spectroscop=.
Stars have favored with the light OF their coun-
tenances, and have used II 10 discover their
features. AS the heavenly bodies balanced in
their orbits by nhnity OF gravi;ative forces, so
each atom holds its relation with every adjacent
atom result OF all the atomic forces that sur
round and govern st."
Tho Rev. DR.. II. Wheeler then made short ad
dress about the official organ ot the congress. The
Mothers Voice" Of which Mrs. Barnes IS the ed
He compHmenfeQ tne paper ana recommended
q 20 all mothers. He also said he had read some
excellent articles about the Mothers Congress in
The New-York Tr!hune and other papers.
Miss Banwell OF Miss Laura JicJny's school.
then gave an instructive talk on botany. using
specimens OF mlkwsed and lis pods, Soden-rod
and burdock burrs In practical iHuStra.ion Mrs.
Barnes asked for the names OF suitable books
the subjec, of botany so that he mrmhers Of me
congress can them in study. Miss R1nwcll
recommo nded Mrs. Dana's plants ana Their Chi-
dren." Short Stories Of Our Shy Neighbors." ~
Kelly: sharp Eyes" by William Hamilton Glib
son. and Burrows's books. Ar. Tnttle recon-
rnended in the study of chemistry. "RoScocs
Chemistry Primer" "Clarkc's Elements of Chem
!stry" Cookies New Chemistry. "Chemistry AT
Glance" and "A Study IN Molecular Architecture
Mothers Voice" be ind0lsed by .hc M"thers' Con-
gress as most neccssary ard heipfuI 70 the mem
bers and o. special assistance 10 all local Clubs
which wish TO keep In touch with the Work OF ne
Tho treasurer. Mrs. Lionel Sutro. announced that
the congress was In debt and must have money 20
settle with
Mrs f. A. Tu:;le thereupon asked Mrs. Barnes 10
announce an entertainment 10 take pIace at hrr
home No l3i Iexington-avc.. next saturday after
noon October i6 from to ; O'Clock. Admission
for children will be 70 cents. and for grown people
S cent? The money will go into the treasury.
Mrs Tuttle had beaut!fui coleciion OF natural
history specimens arranged the table for the IN
etructiOr and enjoyment o! those present MISS
Rosa Moore announced series OF lectures on Ine-
osophy by the Countess Wacninelster' 70 Oc deilF-
cred on three consecutive sundays IN cctoDcr, on
the nth Ath nd 3ls:, at o'clock y. m. at NO ~?
F!fth-aye. , -, ,
The meeting then adjourned until the second
Monday In November when Dr. Mary Putnam ia
cobi will deliver an address on ''Adoc scence.
Among those present were Mrs. Lille DevereuX
Blake Mrs. Alinon Hensey. Mrs; Lionel Sutro.
Miss Rosa Moore Mrs. Harris. Mrs. Sophia Nc
Cielland and Mrs. E. A. Tutte