Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-10

Hills Womans, Woman's Book Review
of Dorchester, WoGnan's Tuesday of
Warren, Women in Council of Roxbury,
Worcester Weman's. .,.,...
That is, SO clubs were represented out
of something like 1879 in the
federation-not a large number as
declarations go, but good con-
sidering the distance Attleboro is from
Boston, the club centre of the stats,
and from the majority of northern and
eastern clubs.
In the audience were number of club
presidents and others prominent in. club
work, among them being Mrs. Caroline
Kellogg, ex-president of the Springfield
Woman's Club; Mrs. Helen Morse, pres
ident of the Clifton Literary Club; Mrs.
| Adelaide n. Blodgett, president of the
| Social Science Club of Newton, and
treasurer of the state federation; Mrs.
Armory president of the Wellesley Hills
Woman's Club; Mrs. VIM, president of
Old and New; Mrs. Eff1e M. F. Hart
well, president of the Fitchburg Wom-
ans Club; Mrs. Sarah D. Forbes, pres
ident of the Roxburghe Club; Mrs. Bush,
president Of the Melrose Womans Club;
Mrs. Gibson, president of the Medford
Womans Club; Mrs. Burden, president
of the Ka1mia Club of North Attleboro;
Mrs. Ray, president of the Alden Club
Of Franklin.
Worcester was represented by seven
members Of the Woman's Club, those
beside the speakers being the two ex-
Presidents Mrs. G. C. Baldwin and Mrs.
]. B. Stone; Mrs. J. w. Disco, Miss
Georgia Bacon and Miss Eleanor Whit
ing.
Miss Rowe next made short address,
giving a general survey of the subject of
the day, and urging assistance on the
part Of all thoughtful women for the
Consumers League which has just been
! started in Boston. The league is going
to ask the federation to give them one
| day, for which they will agree to pro-
vide the speakers Mrs. Orinda D. Horn
brooke of the Newton Social Science
Club then continued the program of the
morning with a paper on THE destruc-
| ton of our wild BIRDS This9is a sub
ject which Mrs Hornbrooke has deeply
at heart, and which she has presented
to many clubs in the state. She laid
all the blame of the slaughter on the
women who wear the aigrettes and
wings. That lovely Christian women of
| the 10Th century should bark back to
| the customs of Fiji Indians was as
wicked as curious, and as curious as
wicked. She thought that feathers were
more in use for decoration now than
ever before, and that, millinery had new
| er been so barbarous When all the
/ birds were killed off the children could
at least read about them in the ency-
clopaedia, but she thought that the
women who go to mothers meetings,
J further humanitarian movements and
( attend the communion table wearing the
/ skins of dead birds on their heads would
| present a strange appearance in the
eyes Of their descendants.
Miss. Helen A. Ball of the Worcester
Woman's Club opened the discussion by
suggesting several ways in which birds
could be protected and made comforta-
| Bile. Trees and shrubs should be al
4 lowed to grow low, as thus they afford a
better chance to the birds for insect
| catching, and If basins of water are
placed out of reach of cats, birds will
not only enjoy the drink, but will let
| the cultivated fruits, which they are
accused of stealing. alone. Mrs. Kate
| Tryon, the well-known bird whistler and
| talker, who is a member of the Attle-
boro Round Table, made humorous
| speech in denial of many Of the points
made by the essayist.
DR.. Clifton F. Hodge of 1'lark Univer-
sity was the last speaker Of the day,
upon 1.-THE waste of animal life" and
owing, perhaps. to the fact that he had
! learned but day or two previous what
the date of the federation was, he di-
vided his presentation Of the subject be-
| tween extemporaneous remarks and a
written paper. His address was clear
and forceful.
In commencement, DR.. Hodge spoke
briefly upon points raised by the. preced-
ing speakers The thing I have been
working for in Worcester. he said, apro-
pos of the loss of infant life, is to get
the various organizations to take up the
health reports of the city and clean UP
after them. Why should we not ask the
parents to cooperate with us in pro
| tecting their children from disease by
sending to them through the children
leaflets containing instructions regard
| ing the symptoms of disease? Any par
ent, whether he could s>-eaa English or
not, could learn to read a clinical Their
mometer. AS to forests, the planting OF
acorns-that is the keynote. That is
what I ann doing, only / use chestnuts
instead of acorns. But on account of
the hoodlums who break the branches
and injure the trees trying to gather the
nuts, owners of land will not plant
chestnuts. If only we had sifted through
the public conscience what a chance we
should have of identifying and enrich
ing the Forests. 1 have talked with
teachers to see what could be done to