New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-07
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ALL DISCUSSED BY THE BROOkLfN
FROEBEL SOCIETY.
rID TOPIC OF THE DAY WAS THE AMERICAN
MOTHER BUT THE SPEAKERS DID NOT
NEGLECT THE FATHERS AND SONS
TIID TOPIC OF
AND DAUGHTERS.


IN. ree,,,ar monthly meeting OF the Brooklyn
Froebel Society was held yesterday afternoon a.
the Academy No 6s7 Lafayette-ave There was
an unusually large attendance Of members ana
quests The topic considered was The American
Mother and Mrs c. f. Underhill. president OF
tho society. IN the chair
After routine business, the vice-presideh' "In
! r. Hartick was called preside. while the
president read her report as delegate 10 inc oo'-
Sress Of Mothers. recently he'd In WashihS'oh'
D. c. She gave "A detailed account or All that oc-
CURED and praised what most impressed her. the
papers on the plea for More Wholesome House
hold Work for our Girls and Boys and the &C
count of the physical and mental training obtained
therein; the varouS papers on child study winch
all spoke of the necessity for breaking down pre-
conceived opinions. and studying the child. chiid
purity and incidentally. the importance OF train
ing for nurses The report further said that there
were some 'fads' exploited. but. on the whole the
congress- had been productive OF genuinely Sood
work though Il could have been Improved hhd
papers on related topics been given at the same
session and had there been moro Formally, more
OF the club rules used in the conduct Of the meet
ings which she thought suffered from this lack OF
formality in platform arrangement
Mrs. A. Harris. Of ths Manhattan Mothers club
said she thought this tack Of formality was more
Of a strength than a weakness. making the
meetings more like parlor meetings. which the
end sought by the management
Mrs. Lawrence knecland spoke OF the objection
able scenes Of intoXication shown in recent
plays. These she thought demoralizing for chill
dren to
Mrs. c. y. Chadwick spoke OF the value OF do
nestle training for both boys and girls. saying
that her boy had learned TO wash dishes and
that she regretted the fact that in many homes tho
extra efforts needed mast be made by the mother
Whereat Mrs. Harris created great laugh by say
ing she knew al who did the family mending
in the evening while his wife read aloud.
Mrs. kneeland ascribed the difficulty In family
discipline O
sire for freedom innate In all Americans. This
difficulty has 10 be met b. the application Of the
Froebel rules OF elfgoycrnment.
Mrs. Ronald Taylor read paper on child cult
ure in which she said mat as II Is unfair to Judge
OF an unfinished painting. or OF dress while 1t Is
fun Of hastings. il is equally unfair to discuss
cannot be Judged until they are grown or perhaps
quality OF training received by the parents sho
considered the reputed lack OF consideration for
Ing that nowhere here are aged people, especially
women. allowed 20 work az IN Europe She spoke
supporting women as being the result Of the love
and defeTense he fees for his moher and closed
stalwart young husband. who on Sunday swept
ENJOY que; Morning mo- in The park This was re,
ceived with much applause
Anniversary Day to prepare paper on the , SUB
Jet Of the day but as she looked at the hue
she thought that instead. lecture should be
written on the influence Of dress on ne future OF
the feminine contingent Of the race Speaking on
the topic Of the day, she thought the environment
Of the american mo,her ~ 80 a b iIoI ,no.
lions and ideals that the two could hardly be
compared for the American mother Is still work
ing out her ideal "Gibson's pictures consld-
cred by all embodying the best idea OF the
American wOman--beautiful ducenly and self
poised Then | thought: The American man
what OF him? And thought again Of Gib.ons
pictures The man IS always there with the wom-
an. He is a gentleman perfect IN his dress and
bearing and outside Of the perfection OF his cloth
ing he is all manly. and in his aspect shows the
most chvalrous respect for the woman by his side.
So I cannot see the possible danger urged by a
noted pastor at n recent dnner-that OF the woman
OF America outstrippng the man. The advance is
equal but each IL on the line belonging TO each
u efreshments were served AT the close or the
addresses and after short time devoted 10 So
liability the meeting broke mp, about o'clock