New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-20
THE DUTIES OF MOIhEhhO0D'
MRS B1.ArcH TELLS BROOKLYN WOMEN
COLLEGES SHOULD PREPARE ALoMNN"
80, MARRIED LIFE.

MRS BI.ATCH TELLS bftooHA'-'
COLLEGES SHOULD PREPARE ALL "NNA
FOR MARRIED LIFE
snecial training TO be given hancees TOT .ne
rroaching duties as wives ana mot'ie's -, yemen
.surg feature Of a plan for the education oi "o"
..,,os ~, Nrs Harriet Stanton Blatcn III d" au
sr.ss before the Brooklyn Womens suffrage
ISOLATION Yesterday afternoon wilson .n,.r
- - ro,aod 70 the doors the occasion Delns
m esneciajly interesting monthly meeting VI '''
ISOLATION. $780, ,,,,ohs,b Cady
e.. 49, e. a, present visiting this country.
uar bor,o &c IN England Manual Training III ou,
Schools" was her subject yesterday. Women.
they were 10 keep apace with the times, enc co.
must have technical education In f-"s"s"
she had noticed that none or the i"'poi'"'' -
recurring Judgment were given TO ~omeh' oe'"~'
they were prone to do things u! Oh.
should be done in a more scientihc maihe,
,hou,h, .o,er we're in a better position In TINS re-
tpect in America. from,
In America she said. women should demand from
the State in the upper grades OF the schoo sse
4 training in the duties that might ue'o''' p
them as domestic employees II 'hey c"ose u .
4 profession OF such domestic work as housekeep-
lnv nursing e,c There should be- likewise nstruc
t,on for such women as were about TO ne mar ,ea
Girls who had just become engasea s,,o dnies which
cial training for the most important uu'e "a liz
they are about 10 take up Some people mao o,ru,
eised this plan sne said on me syine known that
nnh q
they were engaged. but she bad never ,ost Women
modes.y Of this sort and thought tnat NOS ere en-
were glad 10 have all the world know they were Gil"
gagged oo,.I train
As evidence OF the Importance OF specdai, sant
Ing for wifehood and motherhood she citeo t"e ga
that out of 1000 English women VINO were aon'
whether or not II the proper tnlns " 81 =,
taby milk on it's being weaned. only one knew no
II was the proper thing. She had seen mucn ~ @
ance also among American women american VI ~,
leses Mrs Batch insisted. should esIaDisn pos,
Graduate courses where alumne might return any
get special training when they became engageo. j..
sft.
life. there was a possibility that men Win tnern
Organizing power might take the chlidreh ~
women and organize a method OF rearing nihar
Mrs Blatct thought that one reason why InotneL :
hood did occupy the important place III me pn no
lie esteem that II ought was that women d'u no,
have a vote The enfranchisement OF women wouio
Increase the Importance Of motherhood and WEE
hood In the eyes OF the world.
The subject for the day was ''Educatlon Nfs
Mary f. Craig.e chairman OF the committee, iead-
ING the speakers Miss Bertha Backus gave an OUT
line Of the work Of Maxwell House, and the rev
Antonette Brown Blackwell gave some educationa'
"reminiscences Of Lucy Stone. Mrs Corneiia Is.
rood the president Of the association, occupied the
onsir At 4:30 p. m. tea was served ~. =. "a,
There were noted In the audience Mrs NJ. w
ccnapman. president OF the State Association Mis
Sstcrnelis Cary Mrs. Isaac Rowland. Mrs; Cnatneid
Sn Hall Mrs. T.. d. Hackstan. Mrs 1. r. eiihis
~"u Miss Julia Clarke