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twelve. and working from in the morn
ing to and at night.
Method of puujsb mcnt.

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| Method of Punishment.
Under the present law in some States
! the only charge on which parents can be
prosecuted for these false affidavits is
perjury. which is pententiary sentence
and very severe. and so in Illinois it has
been recommended that a new law be
passed imposing fine or Jail sentence.
From New York, Massachusetts,. New
Jersey and other States comes the
consideration to be urged that in all our
States the married mother should have the
/ legal right to her own children.
I'VE are informed that the expected
municipal exhibit at St. Louis will ad-
vance many ideals in the way of caring
for children. and show that in slum work
and Institutional work 1t is better to reno
vate and prevent the conditi ions than to
take children away from their surround
ing for only a short time.
Reports of Delegates.
Reports from the delegates were then
called for.
Mrs. Harry Hastings. president of the
New York CITY Mothers Club. was the
first speaker. She said in part:
The New York City Mothers Club real
ICES to the full the peculiar conditions
existing in the schools of that city and
the difficulty of changing the system CT
work in any way. There are eight thous-
and teachers in these schools. and they
are very hard worked so that when the
| mothers club presented new ideas which
it wished worked out in the schools tie
| teachers felt that it was an additional
task to be undertaken. and one of which
they were doubtful
But the mothers club feels that in
New York. more than in some other cities.
it is imperative to strengthen the tie be-
tween the school and the ZONE. because
so many OF the children come from homes
in which the surroundings are not what
they should be.
Talks on Many Subjects.
"A course of talks from authorities on
| various subjects. as hygiene. manual
training, music. nature study. etc, have
| been given in the schools through the
influence of the mothers club, and may
say that Mr.. Walter Damrosch in his talk
| on music. expressed conviction of my
| own when Re said that the child should
be trained in music. not by being Obliged
bat by being accustomed to hear music
from infancy"
Work in Syracuse.
Mrs. A. S. Estabrook. of the Syracuse
| Mothers Club, then spoke for that or
| ganization. which is said to be the second
daughter of the original Mothers Club,
ana to be particularly interested in kin
| dergarten work. and in the schools. Most
of the schools of Syracuse have Mothers
| Club in connection. and instructive lee
lures have been given in these clubs by
| physicians and others.
| Mrs. Whish extended the greeting from
| the albany Mothers Club. which has given
attention of late to domestic economics.
| Mrs. odell is much interested in its work
and Mrs. Roosevelt also took an active
| part in it when in Albany.
Mrs. Charles F. Stowell brought greet
| ings from Inc Fourth Presbyterian Church
| Mothers Association. of Albany. She
| spoke with pride of the fact that the as
| sociation is sixtyfive years old. Mrs.
| David o. Mars is its president. 4 birth
| day roll Is kept with the names of the
| children of the associations and at every
meeting each child whose birthday occurs
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| assembly.
| other Organizations.
The Julia Chaplin Association. of Grin
| nell Iowa, was represented by Mrs. David
| o. Mars. This association was the first
| Mothers Club formed west of the Missis-
| sippi. 1t has interested itself in the home
school and church affairs of the commu-
! nifty
Mrs. James S. Bolton. of New Haven.
president for the State OF Connecticut.
read the report from that State. She is
/ the editor of the Mothers Journal and
| delegate from the New Haven Mothers
! Club
Mrs. Mary Brown Page delegate from
| Chicago, the i.ext speaker. She said
| that in that city the Mothers Club and a
| kindergarten normal training school were
| combined. and Mrs Stevenson of New
| Jersey. spoke for that State followed by
| Mrs. Lambert. of the Woman's club of
| Salem, \. j.
| Mrs. Thomas ". Patterson. wife of the
| Senator from Colorado spoke for the
| Mothers Club of Denver and referred 20
| a paper that had been read in that suf-
! fragc State on Husbands Rights"