New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-14
nyIvERSALISr WOMEN MEET.
c,,1rRcHEs REPRESENTED AT THE
BROOKLYN GATHERING
,-pr FOR CHILDREN AND KINDER
cAsrEN METHODS IN MUSIC DISCUSSED
RY ALLIANCE MEMBERS.

,.--pr FOR CHILDREN AND KINDER
c,s7rS METHODS IN MUSIC DISCUSSED
BY ALLIANCE MEMBERS.
49,. and sleet did not prevent hundreds OF Uni
-sar., women from attending the Alliance meet
w. yesterday al the Church Of Our Father, In
Brooklyn ,..
- hair during the opening exercises. and Mrs
u'..user literary chairman. introduced the vari-
~ ..skers Mrs Parker P. Simmons read
- IN current events which alluded to impor
-, bsnpenings the wide world over" The Rev
,r.s K Wright's paper on Religious News
81, largely with matters Of local interest An
s~r..sble interlude Of the programme was the con-
,raro solo by Miss Quintard
1h General subject for considera ton was divided
,.,o TWO parts the first dealing with Literature
nv children" comprehensive and scholarly
,ar IN this topic was read by Mrs. Martha g.
,,,asnsr OF this city She said In part.
"Next 70 being born in Christian nome, no
,,,er fortune can come 70 a child than to be born
no one where the best books are read and the
h.s, conversation is current To be enveloped by
49, atmosphere Of culture during receptive years.
~ the seeds OF thought dropped into the
s,,l e an incompatible privilege. The essence of
-, &c tho expression Of emotion. and the emotion
:, the hest literature is not only genuine ana
,vnioal but wholesome and normal The child. IN
,,e DEVELOPMENT from Inconsistencies TO knowl-
sos ,reads the path humanity has trodden before
,,r his traits and instincts correspond with those
- ,ne rare i, the early stages of development. and
- his reason the story Of the in It's child
,ood g the fttest nourshment for the child mind
The speaker suggested the story book of myth
,,osv with its herosm. dramatic action and
.o,r,. ,he Greek myths field well covered by
v,,eslev's Greek Heroes" Mebuhrs Greek Hero
e.or,ss" Hawtborpe's Wonder Book and the
..o-e recon, story Of the Golden Age" by Bald
Mrs Mosher agreed with Arlo Bates that III this
,-scfic9 age there Is need Of enforcing the VaIue
~ the imaginative side Of educau ton; nst OF
9o,ss best Calculated 70 strengthen the magma
ISnS nj children was given, also valuable ADVICE
sbout excellent biographies and books for begin
ners in science Child-ens magszne stories were
declared 70 be- in the main. an&nic ~, - =,
The second part Of the topic was A Ialk on the
Flstcher Music Methods. Simplex ara KINDER
rarten" by the inventor, Miss Evelyn Astor
rated bv the exact methods OF work, with the aid
~ some children pupils The subject is entirely
new and unique that it commanded unusual at
tention from the audience II IS, in TACT mu,
.i6aI kindergarten where all the intricacies Of
scsis clefs notes rests and nterludes are learned
through the happy medium Of song and story
The social hour over. the box luncheon. supple
r,enrsd bv the hospitality of the women ~ the
nbnrc6 was not the least interesting feature.
There were representatives, from ten churches, VINO
met and greeted each other in the most CORDIAL and
informal manner. thus keeping alive the true spirit
Tbe woman most suitably gowned for the day.
and consequently most envied Tor her good sense.
was Mrs Jessie Blake. Of the Church OF the
Divine Paternity She wore handsome brown
cloth rainy-day suit and her serene expression was
IN strong contrast 70 the anxious faces OF her be-
dragglec sisters.
The next meeting Will be held N me lnlNersalist
Church in Jersey CITY.