The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-17
IN WOMAN'S REALM.
ANOTHER CONGRESS OPENS.
The Id. A. II. Delegates Share the
Capital With Mothers and w.


The congress of the Daughters OF the Amer
lean revolution opens Monday in Washington.
In addition to the matter of dues, which may
call forth sharp debate 1t is said that action
Will be taken in regard to the proposed estab-
lishment Of permanent continental hall for
the annual congress and other Daughters Of
the American Revolution functions. Still an
other matter that Is reported for discussion
Is the consolidation Of the Daughters of the
Revolution with the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution. The aims and purposes of
these two organizations were described In
detail in last Sundays G II be
The committee appointed to look into the
evil of the Dissertation of the fag'-that is,
Its use for advertising purposes and in other
undignified connections-will report. 1t is
pocted the report may result in the conven-
ton memorializing congress to pass laws re-
stricting the use of the flag. An appeal will
be made, in all probability, for funds toward
the erection of monuments to Washington and
La Fayette in Paris during the exposition.
1t Is In order for club women all over the
country to listen with close attention to the
words that are now being uttered by women
of the national council on the question of
national expansion. This is subject on
which women should be heard but about
which they should think seriously before they
speak. 1t will be too late when the purpose
less burden is taken up and they called
upon to send sons or husbands or brothers to
carry it into the tropics. The women in
Washington are asking the mothers OF the
land some very pertinent questions, which
call for thoughtful answers.
And the Mothers congress, too, is wrest-
ling with questions which have gone I'M
answered for centuries Not the rights of
women, nor of men,, nor of nations, but the
rights Of children, occupy the minds Of these
women at the head of whose organization
stands Mrs. Theodore Birney, the originator
of the idea. Not few laugh at the moth
ers' clubs, and no doubt some things about
them are laughable-more pretentious organi-
cations are not free from the ridcuous-yet
the domestic" woman, the strictly old-style
stay-at-home woman has been on earth since
the days OF Eve and she has not secured to
children their rights-their right to be we'll
born, physically and mentally, to be we'll en-
vironed and well trained
Having tried a long time in the old way
it is not altogether foolish that women should
try in a new way-through organized study
and effort.
The London humane societies are agtating
against tortoise-sheE ornaments because of
the torture the animals are subjected to in
depriving them of the shell. They are first
semi-broiled OYER a red ember fire until the
flesh that secures the shell to the body is
softened. The animal is then shelled clean
and, though the suffering must be intense
one rarely dies. but in a few months grows
another shell, of which he is deprived in the
same manner. The largest of the shells
are obtained in the islands near Ceylon and
Is a large part OF the industry of the natives
Several philanthropically inclined women of
New York are trying to effect in the larger
cities of this country the organization Of
clubs for working people, in which the study
and discussion of literary and political topics
shall be the principal features Among the
cities included in the plan is Philadelphia.
When interviewed on this subject by a
Press reporter yesterday afternoon Miss Ag-
mes Repplier, the we'll known essayist said
Il do not know with what favor 1t will
meet among VOL king men. but am confident
that it will be heartily appreciated by work
irg wonderland when I say this l refer more
particularly to shop-girls and female Office
employees Personal observation has con-
WINGED me that these young women are usual
ly ambitious and eager to take advantage of
all the opportunities which may be offered
to them for intellectual Improvement
Il do not know whether such clubs as it
Is proposed to organize will receive such
financial support from working people as
will make them wholly Independent of out
side aid, but 1 believe that If working peo-
pie are approached in the right manner their
interest in such an undertaking can be Sc
cured, and great-deal Of good may be done
The promoters of the project must not suf-
fer them to suspect Sthat they are being pa
tronized, however. for this class of people
are peculiarly sensitive and possess a great
er spirit of independence than is usually at
tributed to them l think that with the
proper sort of encouragement the plan should
be successful"
Mrs Cornelius Stevenson said that the wo-
mems guilds which have been established
here have been very successful. and that in
her opinion. the proposed clubs, if properly
managed, should be equally so.
Il do not know just what the plans of the
promoters are said Mrs. Stevenson, but
the idea. generally speaking. is good one,
and should be encouraged 1t has my most
hearty aDDroyaI >"