Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-23
HANDLE DEEP SUBJECTS
Women's Club Members Discuss
Several Problems That
Man Hasn't Solved.
Mrs. Holmes Thinks Municipal
Ownership Would Bring
Eternal Prosperity.
Compulsory Education Discussed
and Favored by Many
Members.

Yesterday afternoon AT the Women
Club the ladies demonstrated the fact
that they were quite capable of taking
up the questions of the day and discuss
them intelligently. The afternoon was
in charge OF the philanthropy and APP
piled Christianity department, of which
Miss Catharine Armbruster is chairman.
The discussion on the advisability OF
having acompulsory edueatiouallaw was
opened with able remarks by Mrs. Nib
lock. Among other things she said that
thirty-one states have such a law, but
in only a few is it well enforced. she
gave New York as an example OF the
latter. Miss Armbrusiei followed with.
d comparison between the schools OF
Germany, where they have the Law
strictly enforced, and those Of the
United States. The German schools
have the highest average Of attendance
OF any in the world. Mrs. Boucher
brought a very earnest plea for manual
training in our schools and then com
i,uisory law well enforced. Mrs. Mer-
| rift Greene spoke briefly on the subject
and said that the smaller towns had as
much need of the law as the larger
cities. Mrs. Duftield closed the discus
sion with some pertinent remarks on the
labor question. She fayors law
against the employment of children and
then a compulsory school law. She
says that If the demand for bargains
was not so great the factory owners
would not employ cheap child labor so
generally and thereby lower the wages
of the adult laborer.
Miss Armbruster as chairman of the
department took charge of the after
noon. Her program was opened with q
piano solo, Nevin Venetian love song
Good Night by Mrs. Ncle Whitehead.
| Following this a ladies quartet, COM
| posed of Mesdames Irwin Mason and
Scars and Miss Cora Nilborn, gave a
waltz song by Brinkw9rtil Birds of
| prins. The paper of the afternoon was
given by Mrs. Mary HollMes II was A
| Plan for Perpetual Prosperity" She
/ said:
The reason for presenting the suhjeet
| at this time is because Of the general
unrest of the masses of the people.
/ which shows itself In Il multitude OF
s.a%s The strikes a.sciss, Ii,
the failure in business of all classes, the
4 robberies. defalcations and suicides All,
sIIoint to dissatisfied method of doing
business in order TO rake a living. The
plan wish to presen. today is one that
we hope may bring about a happier con-
| clifton among the people Our country
/ has progressed in many WAYS during the
tlast century, but the question Of finance
| has not kept pace With tfe progress of
1.-the age. The combined wisdom Of I ae
| whole world has never been able n
| adopt a money system that would keen
| pace with and work in HARMONY with
cur commercial and industrial ,i,rsu,ts
This being true is /; possible ,fat MN
have not yer conceived the true ida az
money and its uses MAY n mr. H. M.
truth that they do not understand ~.
proper financial svsteme Discoveries
lin this? We claim that tbis Ma, *.
l'pefpetual prosperity for the raaa Of M
/ our people can be accon3n,isfs,, IL :.
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common good. The sysien, ,-a,,as.,,
offers to every man work ~ ,,.,sssI =
and at the same tins f,,,,,is,,as. 80,
the hungry and makes 49,, -.
even while the worl, il 4, I. !.
fail. - ''sS : Z