Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-04

!. AAen ad1ourne,,, ~ a public hall. / was
speaking when | happer.Y-.ss Stance Lane"
found slumber and who continued IN !.
proved something o: humorist, and as an
Illustration Of the effects Of starvation OF
the mind Of the children, related an incl
dent which, caused laughter, of how q
poor, ragged Georgia boy mistook sheep
for ships, and the confusion that followed.
when we hear of the sowing Of tares
In youth there must be some reason for
it, she said. "In Massachusetts, an in
vestfgetion was made" she declared, into
the cause of lawlessness which existed to
an extent not supposed even in that Purf-
tan state. 1t was said by a chief of police
to have been existent without doubt from
writer who said that a boys superfiuous
energy and anxiety to be involved in some
thing led him to join street gangs.
There is no time in the working hours
to teach the children of the duties of home
life. 1t Is the same way in city homes, she
safd where the children rise in the MORN
ing, eat hasty breakfast, swallowing cups
of coffee or colored water, and off to bust
ness. They return home at night, weary
and worn, and there is no time to teach
them.
There is a wide gap,' the speaker de-
clared, between the kindergarten and the
public schools. We took the idea of Miss
Huntington's kitchengartens, but abolished
the idea Of play contained in them.
In our work. Mrs. Fischel continued.
I'VE have all the home industries. We take
the children on Saturday, for the mothers
tell us, oh, yes, you can have them. They
would be running in the streets anyway.
So we would just as lief you would have
them
II saw not long ago a statement which
appeared in a catalogue for a New England
medical college which stated that the third
story would be fitted UP for contagious dis
cases, and would be entirely separated
from the rest of the institution"
Mrs. FischePs time was ended here, but
1t was the wish of the congress that she
She told of how the different duties were
conducted.
Firemaking Taught.
"Firemaking is one of the first things
we teach,' she said. 1.-The first inhabitants
of this earth were not far removed from
the beasts of the field until they brought
down fire from heaven and learned to use
It, We teach how to build fires of all the
constituent parts Of fire: tell all about
coal, its economic value, and it finally be-
comes beautiful object in their sight. So
with the paper and the matches We de-
scribe the whole. The same lessons are
taught In lamp cleaning and lamp lighting
we tel! them the dangers and describe
everything about it.. We show them the
1lnerence which 1t brings when there is
nght or none In short, the child becomes
the light of the home. The courtesies of
life are taught in the dining room, and all
things pertaining to it. From the dining
room we take them to the bed room, and
the lesson is gone through with there. Par
ucular attention is paid to the beds"
plause. "p
1t was stated that a message had been
received from the floor asking that no pa
pers pc allowed to 20 ove:. the time limit,
ana the president said that no further de-
Vlat1ons would be made from the rule I'M
pial 1yyI
Music n Topic.
MISS Mari Ruef Hofer of Chicago gave
The Child in Music Illustrated by the
singing OF different verses for children She
read an interesting paper telling of the eff
feet of music on the child. She told of ex-
periments in Chicago. This was undoubt-
edly one Of the most pleasing features of
the mornings program, Miss Hofer render
Ing the songs with her fine soprano voice
among the selections were the Little
Whlte Dove, the spinning song and the
nag song, which was especially well render
cd. She received much applause.
AS the hour of 1870 had been reached,
the morning session was adjourned. 1t
was announced that a meeting of the
&C mmittee on resolutions would be held at
5 o'clock this afternoon.
A meeting Of the chairmen of all the
committees was held the stage at the
close Of the morning session.
A number Of papers were read at the
afternoon session
Additional Delegates.
The following delegates have registered
since yesterday afternoon: Mrs VIM Burn
ham. New Century Club, Philadelphia; DR..
Ruth Louise Ravens, Pratt Institute,
mothers class, Brooklyn, N. Y; Fanny W.
Gresham, vice president Texas Woman's
Press, vice president National Woman's
Press Association; Mrs Jennie NJ. Gran
field, W. c. T. u, Washington; Mrs. O. Il.
Hershey, Lend Hand" Club, Maryland;
lanta. Ga; Rachel w. Underhill, president
Froebel Society, Brooklyn; Mrs. Eliza New
comb Alexander. mothers congress, New
York; Miss Hetty Abraham, Council of
Jewish Women, Washington; Mrs. Louise
Pollock, kindergarten Club, Washington;
Artishia Gilbert Wilkerson. Baptist wo-
n ans educational convention, Louisville,
KY; Fannie L. Stern, Council Jewish Wo-
men, Washington; Mrs. Frederic Schoff,
vice president auxiliary, Philadelphia; Mrs.
fanny, U. P. Church, Washington; Mrs.
]. NJ. Granfield w. c. T. u, LIE Droit
Park, Washington; Mrs. l.. F. Eaton, Iko-
Pratt Institute. mothers class, Brooklyn;
Mrs. S. Carrie Oppenheimer. Council of
Jewish Women, Washington, D. c.; Hat
h tie B. N Harke Marx auh RInse Salt A hahe
ton, N. j., Mothers and Teachers Club;
Mrs. Belva Lockwood. Universal Peace
Union, Washington; Miss Mary Temple
Atlanta, Ga; Mrs. A. r. Holden. Hyatts-
VILE. Md, Mothers Congress; Ellen Pow
ell Thompson, Suffrage Association, Wash
ington; Emma E. Cameron. Wimodaugh-
sis, Washington; Mrs: R. NJ. Master
mother and school mistress, Lewistown
ILL.,; Mrs. NJ. P. Jackson, Ashton Mothers
Club, Ashton, Nd; Mrs. l.. T. Miller, Ash
ton w. c. T. u. Maryland; Mrs. Cora L. v.
Richmond, Maternal Association, Washing
ton; Helen r. Tindali Woman's Suffrage
Association, Washington; Miss Fanny R.
Dickerson. Woman's Club, Evanston. ILL.,
Deborah c. Leeds Purity Alliance, Phila-
delphia; Ethel Burnham, Philadelphia Pa;
Mrs. w. Topham. secretary Mothers Club,
Washington; Mrs. J. w. Robinson, w. c.
T. u, Washington; Mrs Susie Irwin, West
End w. c. T. u, Washington; Mrs. j. "
Mcintyre, N. S. A. Washington: Mrs
Thomas Hudson Mckee, Washington; Miss
Ward, Washington; Mrs. Isaac Batten,
Woman's Club, Omaha, Neb.; DR.. Clara w.
MacNoughton, Suffrage Society, Washing
ton.
Mrs. Frederick Nathan, New York; Mrs.
A. B. Hastings, Linwood, Pa; Florence S.
Canter, Mount Washington, Md; Mrs. E.
M. Tucker. Collins N. Y; Clara Bewick
Colby, Washington, D. c.; Mrs A. j. Boy
den, Philadelphia, Pa; Mrs VIM. H APP
rold, Baltimore, Md; Mrs. H. H. Hanson
Newark, N. j.: Mrs. Lydia Hollock Ches-
ter county, Pa; Mrs. Adelaide Reading,
MontcJa{r Mrc avipa Cor a,i