Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-18

all that these mean IN the way VI dlu-
ing IN the culture and progress OF the
child. there would be thousands in
stead Of hundreds in attendance. Their
club. she stated, was organized In con-
nection with the Relief Society and
hoped this would be satisfactory
Miss May asked for an assistant
State organizer
Mrs. Allen Of Park city moved that
Miss May should be authorized by the
assembly TO choose her assistants and
II was decided that such should be
elected tomorrow afternoon.
The congress then adjourned until
,. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The afternoon session of the congress
convened AZ $3.50 o'clock and the fact
that It was chlldrens afternoon was
sufficient to bring out a large number
OF young people, who, with the mem
bers and visitors, made up large
audience.
Mrs. NJ. r. Allen Of Park City gave
a report OF what the literary clubs are
doing In the mothers work. while
there are no actual mothers clubs In
Park City, the Athenaeum Society
has done a great deal OF work In this
line. The teachers In the schools help
in the work. and this department Is
carried on with a great deal OF enthu-
siasm.
Miss Mary c. May followed and pref
aced her "Children's Stories by say
ing that nothing had so helped In in
culcating good morals as the influence
Of the printing press We larger ones
find the necessity Of stimulating our
intellectual powers by the aid Of mar
ratiye literature. The child Is the
same His world Is necessarily limited
and his horizon rs Wldene1 and his ma
ture broadenod by his interest In these
fictitious tales His sympathies are
aroused and lessons are applied per-
sonally and apt to be more impressive
than any other kind OF teaching The
kind OF story should be most carefully
considered. The Cinderella stories
and all those with pictures OF
cruel stepmothers or other eNaggeIated
types Of cruelty, should be avoided 80
should all stories dealing win love
marriage, or any kind Of success AZ
tanned by methods Of trickery. me
moral OF a story should not be IN pro-
nounced evidence The whole story
should be n moral II should be OK
PRESSED In the best language and
should move rapidly stories should
be told. not read. no such effect can be
gained by reading as by telling the
stories. Miss May then read two
stories-one TO the children and one TO
the mothers Illustrating model stories
OF different classes.
The Group OF Children's Songs
which we're TO have been sung by Mrs
Alice T.. Hanford. were postponed IN
IN tomorrow afternoon, owing 10 the
lack Of piano for accompaniment
Mrs. MAY Preston Movie read an ex-
cellent naper on the subject OF Home
OCCUPATIONS for Children" and after
a brief discussion Of the subjects, the
meeting adjourned until this evening
EVENING SESSION.
The session tonight has been desg-
mated "The Fathers Meeting IN that
the speakers win be gentlemen. Ihe
program is as follows:
Invocation. Rev. Clarence Brown
Hymn .,... ...s. .ssssstss'. Ahlsi'~o
Relation Of Parent 10 the school,
...........Mr Geo, NJ. cannon
rt-Tqin Toncieres
Chaminade Chorus On costume).
school and Domestic Life o..,.,..
Prof. VIM. NJ. stewart
Song (selected) ..... ..,....,.Miss lyieI
There viii be two meetings tomorrow.