Evening star., 1898-05-05

ton between the National Congress OF
Mothers and the N. w. c. T. u, to have
Anthony Comstock and Mr.. McAfee of st.
Louis as champions against the destroyers
of innocence, and wondered that these men
did not get greater public support. she
quoted Eldridge T. GerryS declaration OF
the impurities of the press OF today" and
dwelt with evident pleasure upon the Chi
cago Stats Zeitung's remarkable state
ment that the increase in murders and
other crimes was wholly due to the habit
of newspapers in publishing accounts of
such things. 1t was rather amusing to
many in the audience to see press badge
displayed at Mrs Martins waist In full
view while she was so roundly excoriating
the newspapers that constitute the press.
Work of Undergraduates.
Kindergarten Training" was the subject
CT an address by Miss Alice E. Fits, prin-
cipal of the Normal Training School for
Kindergarteners. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.
She described the methods of instruction
followed in her school, and the Importance
of kindergarten teachers understanding
that they must not merely teach the chill
dren under their care, but to develop them
teacher must be in sympathy with hu-
manity, with nature and with God, so that
the child may be brought into harmony
with them. The morning session closed
with this interesting and instructive paper.
Yesterdays Proceedings.
The proceedings at yesterday afternoons S
session included "Stories and Story Telling
for Children" by Mrs Mary H. Weeks;
1.-The Scope of the kindergarten by Miss
Harriet Mel of this city; 1.-The Ethics of
Money Making and Money Spending by
Mrs. Frederic Nathan; 1.-The Needs of Fee
BILE minded Children" by DR.. Martin w.
Public Schools by Mrs. Mary Codding
Bcurland: 'The Children's Palace by Will
son L. Gill, and "V entilation," by Dr.. Agnes
Kemp.
partment of Agriculture read paper treat
ing of the different varieties of food best
suited for human consumption. DR.. True
exploded many prevailing fallacies about
the particular advantage this or that varie-
ty of food exercises upon some particular
bodily or mental function.
The man. he declared, who eats three
meals day of meats. dairy products,
cereals, vegetables and fruits can feel as
sured that he is following a practice that
In the end science will approve"
The Ultimate Purpose Of the kindergar-
ten-the Development of the Life was
treated by Mrs. Henry M. Cooper of Ar
kansas. who asserted that the present war
would never have been fought if our early
education had been more carefully directed.
Mrs. Riggs (Kate Douglas Wiggin) read
Eer 1deahstlc story. Timothys Quest"
and Mrs V. H. Cassidy read an interesting,
paper on Mother and Teacher" in which
tionship between them. Mothers should
take teachers into their confidence and
the speaker asserted with much emphasis
that traired teachers would never come
until trained mothers preceded them
Mr.. Ralph Waldo Trine read the last
paper of the evering, entitled Human Ed
ucation; Its Place and Power in Early
Training" his chief argument being the
necessity for teaching a child to nse his
heart as well his head. to govern his
passions and extend kindness to all of
Gods creatures. The speaker du!led the
cffeet of his opening sentences, however,
IN the estimation of many, by an attack on
all who engaged in field sport of any sort,
MI. Clevelands duck shooting being held
up as a horrible example.
An Object Lesson.
The prettiest sight in the congress yes
terday was in the kindergarten corner of
the Midway Plaisance. Many of the moth
ers brought their children with them and
the little things got very tired Miss Jane
Hughes, who is a kindergarten teacher of
many years standing, concluded to estab-
lish model kindergarten and take care of
the children herself. So she got the little
tables and chairs together in a convenient
corner and herded her flock of fifteen little
tots, ranging from year and a half to four
years, into it, There they played blithe
as birds all the long afternoon, delighted
with the beads and bells, the straws circles
of bright wires, the blocks and books No
picture that ever was painted could do JUS
tice to the blonde heads and black. the
bright eyes and rosy cheeks. the dimples
and the childish grace there displayed. The
small BARNS so amused were Catharine and
Lillian Birney. daughters of the president
of the Mothers" Robert and Amy Bas-
sett, George Pollock Bush and Overton Col
bert, grandsons of Mrs. Louise Pollock. the
national kindergarten: Reed Hayden
Wilman Michael. son of chief clerk of the
State Department.; Comstock Newcomb
Irving Ashley. Dorothy West Leroy Bineal
Glenn Abbott and Francis Harris.
CnIOred Woman's League.
Among the District reports presented at
the Mothers Congress none is more deserv-
ing of attention than those of the Colored
Womans League, along the lines of work
in sympathy with the aims of the con-
gress. This organization of women is an
incorporated body. The members have
done much effective work among their race
in the District. but that which deserves
especial mention is their effort in estab-
fishing a kindergarten training school, to
equip young women of the race for this
field of greatest usefulness, both at home
and In the larger field of the southland:
and that, also, in supplying seven kinder
gartens for the benefit of the colored chill
dren of the District-as well, also their
untiring efforts to have this made q part
of the public school system of the District.
From small contributions of 1, and 25