New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-06
MOTHERS CONGRESS MEETS.
A GATHERING OF NETWORK WOMEN
LISTENS TO INTERESTING ADDRESSES.
MISS coPPERNoLL MRS. BARNES. DIR. HILL
COUNTESS DI BRAZzA AND MRS. KoHUT
AMONG THE SPEAKERS.

AMONG THE ePEAkEfS'
TIM initial meeting OF the mothers congress OF
Now York city was held yesterday afternoon In the
broadway Tabernacle Broadway and ThIrty-fourth-
G, Mrs = SCHNEIDER Barnes presided. She read
extracts from the minutes of tho National congress
held I'm Washington and spoke OF the responsibility
OF motherhood and of the training needed ny
mothers to teach them to know ana recognize all
the aids at their command.
ohio educated classes" said the speaker. com
pose only about one-hfth OF the worlds population
perhaps in some quarters of the globe. only one
tentb Education Is needed, and educated. inte-
gent mothers are absolutely necessary for the rear
ing and training of intelligent Children
BY invitation, Miss Coppernoll addressed the au-
dience on subject OF literature for children She
believed children should be given both poetry ana
prose ina ginary and utilltaran literature, Juve1llt
and classic. She thought poetry exceedingly gaod
for developing proper literary taste III chore"' anu
spoke of their enjoyment of rhythm.
Dr. Hill, OF Philadelphia gave a short but inter-
estng talk on "Pre-natal Influence illustrating her
subject by speaking Of the marked evidences OF
heredty in the lower animals. she spoke OF can
born on her farm last week whose mother was per
fectly black though the calf was white. Dr. Hill
looked up the registered pedigree of the COW ana
the calf and found that the latter was the fac
smile OF it's reat-grandfather on the fathers SIDE
She said that while honesty, truth, constancy anu
general nobility OF character could not be sci DOWN III
specific quantities in ancestral pedigree Tor man.
yet II people would stop to consider the viial I'M
portance of transmitting noble qualities to ther
posterity the world would soon be filled with a
higher and purer race.
DR.. Hill was followed by the Countess dl Brazza.
who spoke on Spiritual or Soul Heredy." She
was exceedingly earnest in her remarks, ana urged
the splendor Of spiritual worth and the necessity
OF transmitting it in order 70 conquer all the weak
nesses Of physical and moral heredity, when eithei
bless or curse mankind. She pied for peace ana
harmony In the higher nature, asserting that peace
was far stronger power for overcoming inc wrongs
and mistakes Of the world than discordant sorrow
Mrs. Weed then read a short clipping from a
Hartford Conn paper commencing the mothers
congress and the aim ana scope of its work. Mrs.
Novel; spoke earnestly in favor Of a suitable ana
nermencn, organization for mothers work and
training I'm Ncw-York city. Mrs Barnes then
called for opinion from the house as TO oigd''Z
ing at the present meeting, and IT was moVeu ny
Mrs Edw lrd Hewitt that the Organization should
be Undertaken at the earliest possible GATE - ,
This motion WAS seconded ny MIS- NoWeIl ','J
as chairman of the meeting Mrs. Barnes appolnteu
the following committee Of Ave TO cohduct te pr
limnary meeting by which permanent 0rsahi va
becca Kohut chairman; Mrs futile, Mrs. James
C. Fernald, Mrs. Mary r. Atkinson Ana MIS-, iiar
ris Mrs Atkinson is ne aunt nj Oh ,be YsionaI con-
gress Mrs. Butler secretary or the Natlonal coi'-
gress will be in New-York carly in May; when the
congress Of this city hopes to meet again so a. 10
have Mrs Butler present. Mrs. Kohut made a
brief talk the sanctity of the Hebrew NONE
having been specially invited 10 speak on tbat SUD
iect She said she had been told by Christians that
there was more paternal and maternal reverence
amonp the Jews than among the Christians, and
She knew OF no reason why such should be the
case unless It was that the home circle meant
more to the Hebrew -
those present being Miss RIker. of the alumn@
klndergaren work in TIE N9Tmnl coTse' Mary
Tounc Burt, State president Of the W. C. T. l.. ana
others.