The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-27
GREETING TO MISS ANTHONY
How to Keep Milk Fresh and the Proper
Care Of Children the Topics Discussed
During This Mornings Session.

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tended cordial invitation to the Con-
gress to meet in that city.
A Talk on Hygiene.
While the delegates were gathering il
the room above DR.. G. E. Gordon. scien-
tIhc director Of the WaIker-Gordon Lab
| ratories, was giving an interesting ad-
dress On hygiene TO large circle Of in
| terested Mothers in the basement. The
talk was on infants food and was in sub
stance as follows:
"A good deal Of lying $ done about
milk IN cities I know, because I'm
milkman myself I run fourteen milk es-
/ adjustments 1 am not going TO recon
] mend any particular milk However ask
/ your physician what milkman he would
recommend; city doctors keep pretty well
/ posted nowadays on that subject But
I don't buy a cheap milk. good milk can
/ not De cheap. Don't use too rich a milk.
/ like that Of the Jersey or Guernsey COW.
/ The Holstein and Ayrshire miIks are
/ more disestible for infants. though the
/ richer milks are al right for table use.
! i just got a report from 81. Louis
/ that during the hottest part Of last year
/ al babies were fed on HoIstein milk and
! not one died II you are buying a cow
/ for your own house. buy HoIstein
The Care Of Milk.
AS TO the care Of milk in the nursery:
some people let milk stand out Of doors
Two or three hours. This will in sum
mer, raise the temperature Of the milk
10 siXty-three, the danger point Of milk.
where bacteria begins 70 multiply. I have
known milk to double its bacteria in
twenty minutes The temperature is the
Key 90 the safety Of milk. An infant un-
der year old should be fed on milk as
nearly sterile as possible Don't let -
.- f-. o. 20 the CFau rCfriElrai... Cd. ...t
( house. The nursery sh0ulC have its own
Z refrigerator The milk should be ex-
posed 10 the air as little as possible. the
hanoS carefully washed in running water
ana wiped on sterilized towel-one
4 baked IN the OveT-bei0re handling me
milk, ana al bottles should be boiled ana
! hept closed until used Use an inner
( sion, not steam steriIiZer-
1 Cover the bottle OF milk with q little
. emitted cosey, which viii keep the milk
az even temperature, and make the bottle
easier for the child 20 hold"
Applause for Miss Anthony.
/ A ripple OF applause broke out as Miss
susan B. Anthony came up the aisle and
every woman in the house rose to her feet
and gave her the Chautauqua salute Of
waving handkerchiefs. Miss Anthony was
introduced by Mrs. Birney in these words
/ Miss Anthony. you need no introduce
1 ton save the work you have been doing
/ all your life fer women"
Miss Antho1y's Kind Words.
Miss Anthony spoke as follows. 1T is
+ with pleasure that come into your pres-
Z ence this morning have heard Of the
/ Mothers Congress. I have been in the
/ city when it has been held. but never be-
/ fore have l entered its portals. do not
know exactly what are the lines Of the
{ work that you proceed upon. but [ SUD
I pose IL is everything toward the rearing
and training Of children ] have been In
/ your rooms lelOw andhave seen the vari-
Gus operations that are going or there.
and ! am very much pleased-with it,
Needs Of the Child.
You are looking at the matter OF ster-
| liking milk, which is a good thing and
| OF guiding children at pivotal times in
/ their lives, which Is also a good thing
I But OF all things. mothers need aid TO
| shape the conditions that should surround
/ the child outside as well as inside the
/ home. The mother is said TO be the
/ queen OF the home. but you all know that
| she is often the victim Of circumstances
/ and that she cannot have absolute SWAY
/ in her own home.
Reyerts to Suffrage.
you may wish 70 guard your children
from typhoid fever. from pneumonia. Ty-
| phoid fever is the result Of bad water.
/ and women have no power 10 break I'd
! the ring and work for pure water in Phil
/ adelphia. II seems 10 me that until they
/ have that power their work Will be far
| short OF what they desire You must
/ have the control Of outside as well as in
/ side Of the home to rear your child TO per
/ lection.
you cannot name a single incident Of
municipal government that does not affect
/ the home. So ] look forward 20 your
education and development in the direc-
| ton Of making the conditions surround
| ing the home ideal conditions. Napoleon
said: It is he who makes his circum-
stances who is the great man. And IL
| is she who makes the circumstances Of
her home who has the perfect home"
Hoped for Affliation.
Miss Anthony then expressed the hope
that the Congress Of Mothers could
affiliate itself with the National Council.
and closed with the following words:
i should think that OF all women in
the world mothers would want the vote
| You should want a word TO say about
sanitary matters In the government.
| have stood for fifty years for the one
idea Of representation. not as a woman.
but as q citizen"
Election Of Officers.
The report of the nominating commit
tee was then read By Mrs. Washburn.
| as follows:
Mrs. d. o. Mears Of Albany, n. Y.
president.
Airs Robert Gotten. Of Bruce. X. c.. first
~ president
Mrs j. p MunnfCrd Of PHILADELPHIA
/ second yice-president.
Mrs r. C.. Grice OF Riyert0n. y J.
! third yice-president.
Mrs. Kate Waller Burnet, recording sec
rotary.
Mrs, Fred Dubois, OF Idaho. treasurer.
Mrs. J. =. Deliver, Of Iowa. auditor
Mrs. Frederic SchOn Of Pennsylvania.
was nominated for the presidency from
the floor By Mrs Thatcher, OF New Jersey
Mrs. Mears said that she had accepted
the nomination under protest and wished
20 withdraw her name. which she was
permitted 10 do.
Mrs Crhom ,vac than oTorfoE rra.f4.-t