El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-12
THE CONGRESS
OFMOTHERS.

Clubs For Every Thing Under the Sun.
The Don't Worry Movement -
Old Fashioned Theory and New
Fashioned Practice.-kindergar-
ten MethOds.-The Responsibility |
OfChild Rearing.-''Nagging Clean
hness."-The Rights of Children
The Mother as Mediator Between
God and Mantle Training
School for Nursemaids.- War
For Peace.''-A "West Point to
Train Girls For Housekeeping
: DR.. Mary Walker. Who Wears
Mems Clothes. Phoebe
Hearst Paid ALI the Expenses.-NO
Need of Heaven if One Tenth OF the
Beautiful Theories Are Put in
Practice.
Special Correspondence Of the Herald.
iWAsHINGToN, D. c., May s.-One
gets decidedly tired of women's clubs
there are 90 many Of them, some are
such wish washy affairs, and 80 often
the big conventions Of women are
more quarrel-tossed than fruitful or
intelligent. The world hesved big
sigh when, q year ago, 1t heard Of the
birth of another one, 1.-THE Mothers
Congress" Washington has to bear
the brunt of vexstion and agitation in
cident to this clubbipg-frenzy OF wo-
mankind, for this is the rallying point
of the ffragists-really the jolliest OF
all club women when that delightful
wit, Aunt" Susan B. Anthony, runs
the meetinRs-and this the chosen
battle field Of the doughty Daughters
of the American Revolution, who con-
tinually wage mighty wars. There are
hosts of others, national and local, 80
that we are usually in some kind of q
furry over one woman question or
another.
Even the 'Don ivory" man has
come to town, and 10 establishing
every week or two to mot worry" and
to never MUD" There is really such
1 a movement, ridiculous as it may seem
This man greatly prides himself on
having originated it, ard he is hand In
hand with the Mothers. Two ideas 10
connection with his theories are worth
thinking Overcome, that worry is not
consistent with true faith in God; and
the other, that We ought to be master
of our thoughts instead of letting them
master US. But one does not need to
Join Q club to take them to heart. II
is as one girl said-she expects yet to
be asked to join a club for going to
the corner to post letters.
So one goes to this congress q little
bored 10 advance and on general prin
ciples, AID anticipates long-winded,
mufie-voiced speeches. But one is
pleasantlydissppointed. The Mothers
speak fairly we'll, and most earnestly,
on living topics, and are endowed with
goodly sense of humor that keeps
the laughter ripping about the house
much of the time. OF course the good
danes hash over lot of old stuff, and
some adore sses would be more nearly
invaluable II their soporific qualities
could be bottled and sold; but one CAN
not forever escape affection of this
sort, 60 where he will.
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1t is q swe- t and old fashioned theory
that nature gives to mothers wisdom Il,
and sufficient for the care of their little
ones, but it seems to belong to the days
gone by, when times were simpler, and
children had wide fields ID wander In
and grew pretty in much rs the flowers
do; aud when kilograms and news
papers were not, to tell of the woes
and poverty of the unhappy world
Nowadays, when children have to live
in cities, and go to big schools where
one little personality 10 hardly as 9
grain OF dust in the immense thropg o.
other little thinkers, and when We
know of the hundreds of little onei
who are left helpless, alone, sometimes
crippled or defective in some way, anC
when parents are too poor or TOT
wicked to care for children, then the
problem of the care and education O
these waits, as well as the care of hel
own, becomes one for the women OF tn,
world to solve. Anything that make
life healthier, more joyous, cleaner, o.
more worth while in any way to
single little one, or to many, is surel,
Q worthy interest for wcmankind.
The Mothers in Congress assembled
lay great stress on the kindergarten
methods, which they praise as beini
Of the greatest help and pleasure il
the home as well as in schools and in
situations. Exhibits of kindergartel
books, toys, works, and games ar
placed In the lobby; and sometime
all of thu tired little ones are takel
from the audience and Rivea.a kinder
garten frolic while their mothers hol(
forth in the hall.
| In the speeches, careless moth ::
are reminded again AID again Of tn,
great aud holy responsibility that lie
in the care and training Of childre n
Pertinent thougbts-not lew, blu