The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-24
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what full grown blizzard can do with
81 inches of snow on the level when it
gives its whole mind to it.
Washington is just at present stick
ing it's head slowly out of the snow
drifts and looking about for a flood.
People in Washington buy coal by the
bushel and wood in peach baskets. We
heard of one woman who had twelve in
the family. five fires to keep up, and one
bushel of coal when the blizzard came.
or the suffering know but little, but
from the way we'll to do people suffered
the condition among the poor must be
awful.
| was surprised and pleased TO re-
ceive letter from Mrs. II. A.. Romans
asking me to serve as delegate from
the Mothers Round Table of Denison
to the Mothers Congress here. l found
that Denison was on the map with
the leaders of the Congress-, they hav
ing met Mrs. Romans in Omaha, and
having very pleasant recollections of
her. III her ears have not burned of
late it has not been from lack of cause,
tor many nice thugs we're said to me
of her.
Never was a Congress held under
more uDtavorable conditions. The
leading members were showed in. the
church was in an out of the way place,
and the snow drifts "a la Klondke.' -
Tuesday morning Mrs. Hills of Des
Moines struggled through the drifts to
the church to find only the janitor in.
side. 'Hurrah for Iowa." said this
plucky woman. n little later fine
looking woman entered who proved to
be j. Ellen Foster s'Hurrah for Iowa
: some MORE" said Mrs. Hills, sIowa's
ALWAYS on top" 1t was rather funny
that too should have venturned out
. but when l reached the church, the
sign. POSTPONED until Thursday me,
my eye, so missed meeting. the Iowa
ladies 10y the swing of church door
Thursday Mrs. Hills arose and asked
to have the delegates from Iowa meet
her at the rear Of the church. We met
each other, being the only ones. a
member from each state had to serve
h on the committee on resolutions.
FASTENED to appoint Mrs. Hills. an(
t escaped my closest call to be on q com
mittee on resolutions. regretted very
much that Mrs. Hills report was 81
long that she Was not able to give it il
full. She is under contract to write
- paper on the Congress for the MIDLAND
Monthly. which presume Viii be very
l. interesting
Mrs Barber. who has castle of
home known as Belmont. gave I. ver,
k lovely reception i'm her treasure trove O
house. Mrs. mckinley also received
the ladies'; and the closing night re
d cepton was given at the Cairo. til,
8 hotel headquarters for the Congress.
To attend the Congress was a won
n derfnl inspiration in all that is woman
t ly and uplifting. The hand that rock
the cradle of to-day is guided hv y fin
% intelligence and an all pervading moth
y ery heart, that speaks we'll fer tn
future. One thing that pleased me wa
that the note of the Congress WAS no
: My Children, but the children OF ID
poor in mind and body.
Among the noted women prfsen
:, :, and took some part were Lily Derereu
y Blake, Mary Lowe Dickinson, Dr.
: Mary Z Green. Miss Lucy Wheelock
Mrs. j. z. Numford. Mrs H. Ii Brine
T, and Mrs. Earle of Iowa CITY who gay
l. a very fine paper.
An interesting account of tie worl
of the Colored Woman's League o
y Washington was given by Mrs. Helel
3 Cook She stated the league was OF
u ganized some six years ago aud TIL
membership ranged from $50 to 20C
I She spoke about the training school TO
VI kindergarten teachers and said that 81.
j. free llindergartens had been establish
e ed. Since. however. the kindergarten
l. had become part of the public schoo
system it WIS TO longer necessary t,
l. maintain the same number OF schools
q She spoke OF the efforts made to main
!. tain a day Dursery where the children
/. OF mothers who are obliged to go out t,
o. work can be left and receive prope
a. care. She said that the work under
'. taken by the league was hampered b,
q the fact that it did not have the sup
d port of the wealthy, but was sustained
:. 10y those who had but slender means.
Mrs. Murray. upon the conclusion o
Mrs. Cooks report, stated that sh,
wished the Congress to know that Mrs
IS Cook was not only president of th,
o eagua, but was the mother OF organi.
$ cations among colored women in thi.
Il country.
= Mrs. Losson of Washington told the
delegates about the Harriet Beecbe]
Stowe Club of this city, which was de
designed to study domestic and Other
problems. She stated that all the
y members were or had been schoo