Evening star., 1902-02-26

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Believing that such q celebration must
cement home ties and make more sacred the
tee has sent 2 letter to his exoeliency the
governor OF the state expressing sympathy
with the moyement to establish such an
observance III New York state and praying
subject. A COURTEOUS reply has been re-
ceived stating that the governor viii give
the matter his careful consideration.
Thanks President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt having spoken for
our state mothers.assembly In Albany two
years ago, and Mrs Roosevelt having given
a reception for us at the Executive Man
sion and being q charter member OF our
Albany Mothers Club, we sent to them our
loyal greetings and best wishes with CRATE
ful remembrance of personal courtesieS re-
ceived A kind and thoughtful acknowiede-
ment was at once made by the President
Truly the mother work takes us into the
seats OF the mighty but everywhere the
mothers club Is kindly given the right OF
way
After all has been said the Importance
OF years work lies not in being busy. not
merely In Increase of membership or re-
ports OF work accomplished. but 1t Is to De
found in the wise selection OF lines of Work
which. faithfully carried out through the
results"
Conditions in Connecticut.
Mrs. Francis Sheldon Ballou. president
of the Connecticut congress OF mothers,
was next upon the program with her re-
port OF conditions in the nutmeg state.
Il come from the small but old state OF
Connecticut" she said, land represent the
small and young organization called the
Connecticut congress Of mothers. Our con-
greSs Is but fourteen months old, and 1t
Byf
mouth. but yet we trust 1t may live long
and prosper. A few interested women met
together, and the result was the Connecti-
cut congress of mothers. Still, young as
we are, we trust we have made good be-
ginning, and we shall do our part of this
all glorious motherhood work We believe
that there is no work in this world that Is
80 important and so vital toward the up
lifting of humanity as this work with the
mothers and for the mothers.
1--WE feel sure that Connecticut IS al
ready feeling the effect of our organization.
The simple existence Of our organization
makes for the higher ideals. We believe
that many homes are the better because
or our state congress since definite atten-
ton has been called to the mothers work,
duties and privileges, and that having these
subjects thought important enough to be
seriously considered by learned and able
men, as we'll as women. have had bene-
ficial effect-the very fact that these sub
jects are being carefully considered, whether
by famous men or women, or whether just
our own common people are thinking along
these lines, inevitabl ychanges public opfn
Ion, slow though it be. The mills Of the
gods grind exceedingly slow, but sure 1t
has been said. and this is certainly so as
regards the thoughts concerning the moth
ers part in our sociological arrangement.
1t Is slowly but surely and steadily under
going great change. and the Connecticut
congress means to help toward the highest
and best for the mothers In her state.
Ideal Mothers.
II realize that we have had ideal mothers
and that we still have ideal mothers in our
own state. But the great question is. How
can We have more and yet more of the ideal
mothers-mothers whose work Is a constant
JOY not only to themselves. but to every
one in the home? We cannot hope to have
many Ideal mothers until the mothers po
sition is assured and society recognizes
that 1t is vastly more important to our
state that it has ideal mothers than 1t has
any other one thing, because then only can
we have state that We can be proud of.
''The Connecticut congress desires to help
every mother in our state, so that she will
have the highest and best ideals to work
toward. and so long as there is one mother
that is not inspired to work for these high
ideals so long will the Connecticut con-
gress exist before 1t has fulfilled even a
part Of its mission Of usefulness"
Among the Colored People.
Mrs. ]. silone Yates, president Of the Col
ored Woman's Federation of Clubs, who
reviewed the whole question Of mother and
school work among the colored people, un-
der the subject, Mothers Clubs Among the
Colored Race"
There is probably no secular science of
the present age to which the world owes a
greater debt than to that known as So
ciology,' science that, championed by such
o0t tr1ticf
Gibbons and others, still engages the atten-
tion and thought of the most philosophical
as we'll as of the most brilliant minds Of
the age" she said, In beginning.
"The condition Of the women Of q race
or people indicates very clearly the degree
OF progress positively attained, and the
calendar recently issued by the National
Suffrage Association. stating somewhat
definitely the legal rights and privileges Of
woman at the beginning of the nineteenth
century, the occupations she could enter
the education she might obtain, tracing
these and other conditions down the years
to the beginning CT the twentieth century
indicates quite clearly that the emancipa-
tion of women and of the enslaved race in
the United States began somewhat eontem-
poraneously; but in the former case there
in the drama Of their existence, in the lat
| ter comparatively but few years.
with this unequal preparation for the
duties which an enlarged sphere Of actiy-
forced upon us, and brought face to face
with the adjustment of great race prob
lens, likewise incident to these changed
neutrality-suspicious. which shape the des-
tiny Of individuals of masses, Of institu-
tions-the women OF both races In question
today find themselves involved
Thorough Understanding Necessary.
"A thorough understanding between the
races is one of the first and most neces-
sary steps in settling race problems. At
present. for various reasons, the negro
possibly understands the Anglo-saxon far
better than the latter comprehends the
negro, for. as rule the Anglo-Saxon
meets only the illiterate or deprayed me-
gro, takes little or no interest in the negro 3
books and periodicals, sees little of his
worth and progress. learns more through
the daily press Of the so-calIed .crtminai
negro than Of any other class and comes
to consider the race in general as a de-
generate type better left uncultivated.
Here women may show themselves 4
strong factor In the solution of this mart
Of the problem-a better understanding be-
tween the races: and the work accom-
plished by women's clubs will do much in
the way Of countefacting this lack Of
knowledge of the negro's real status
The Oid-Tfme Mother.