The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
"A LITTLE CHILD
SHALL LEAD THEM'
experience. and that in his
school they learn littie?'
Fighting Ignorance.

masters. experience. and that in his
school they learn little?'
Fighting ignorance.
1t is this ignorance which the Congress
of Mothers is fighting, by being with The
| ignorant and teaching them.
The public is invited TO the meetings OF
the convention. and it is expected that
there will be crowded houses at each SEES
sion.
One of the interesting features of the
| convention is that they are to have day
nursery, in which mothers who wish &c
attend the convention may leave their lit
tie ones, and where they will be taken
care of by experienced women.
The ladies of the church will serve
luncheon every day in the basement lee
| ture room of ;he church.
Programme of the Congress.
The programme as arranged is as fol-
lows:
Monday. February "a. 8 p. m. and p. IN.
Meeting o: board OF managers at the
Cairo
Tuesday. February %, 10 a III. TO l p. m.
delegates received by committee on ere
denuais at church: p. m, invocation,
Rev. 4. $. CnIIds, followed by music:
opening of ski. National Congress oil
Mothers, with address by Mrs. theodore
". Birney, president; greetings from sis
ter organizations: reading of minutes, Mrs
J. T. Mumford. secretary; reports of Off
GERS, committees. and delegates; p. m,
"Childrens Literature. Miss Mary d.
Runyon. Teachers College, Columbia Uni
versity, New York; $50 p. m, reception by
officers of the congress at the Cairo.
Wednesday, February 20. 10 a. m
Opening prayer, Rev. S. h. Greene; re-
ports from State presidents and organ
izers. Mrs. David o. Mears, Albany. n. Y,
president New York State assembly; Mrs.
James S. Bolton. New Haven, Conn, pres
ident Connecticut congress: Mrs. Edwin C.
Grice, Riverton, y. j.. president New Jer-
sey congress; Mrs. Frederic Schoff. Phila-
delphia. president Pennsylvania congress;
Mrs. Roger B. McMullen, Evanston. Ill,
president Illinois congress; Mrs. Isaac Lea
Hills, Des Moines, Iowa, president Iowa
congress; Mrs. Joseph a. Jeffrey, Column
bus. Ohio, president Ohio congress- Mrs.
Marguerite Beaulieu. president Michigan
congress: Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, Or
sanzer for Virginia, Mrs. E. E. Shepherd,
organizer for Utah: Mrs. ]. NJ Smith, or
sanizer for California: Mrs. Mary C. An
drews ORGANIZER fOr Nebraska.
Mothers Clubs Among the Colored
Race" Mrs. J. Silone Yates, president
Colored Women's Federation; p. m,
visit TO Congressional Library and Cap
itOl; to p. m. reception to officers and
delegates. Mrs. John B. Henderson. Six
teenth Street and Florida Avnue north
west; p. m, The Educational Value OF
Play" Mrs. Mary Boomer Page. Chicago
kindergarten Institute: Mother Clubs
and Kindergartens in the Sums Miss
Mary f. Remington, Buffalo, y. Y.
Deaf Children in the SCHOOLS.
Thursday, February 27-l0 a. m. invo-
cation. Rev. f. NJ. Bristol: election of Of
fcers; working conference on organiza-
ton of parents association in the public
schools; p. m. exhibition of deaf chill
dren who speak and attend public schools
Miss Mary :. Garrett, Philadelphia:
Three Determining Factors in the Life
of the Child" DR.. Sherman Davis, In
diana University; discussion; p m.
"Childsaving Work; Parental Func-
tion of the State in Care of Dependent
and Delinquent Children" Mr.. John w.
Douglass, Washington, D. c.; Probation
Work with New York Criminals" Mr..
David Willard. principal of Tombs Prison
School, New York; discussion.
Friday, February $3.50 a. m. invoca-
ton: amendments to constitution and by
laws; II a. m. The Growth of Person
ality," DR.. Sherman Davis. Indiana Uni
yersity; discussion; 5 p. m, reception to
the National Congress OF Mothers by Mrs.
Roosevelt at the White House: 1870 D. m.
discipline. Mrs. Mary BInomer Page.
Chicago Kindergarten Institute; D. m,
ODenIng EraY II
Period of Spiritual Awakening" Dr.
Sherman Davis; discussiC n, report OF res
olution committee, greetings to newly
elected officers, America" by the audi
ence.
Saturday, March 1-9 a. m, meeting of
the board OF managers at the Cairo; trip
to Mount Vernon.
Officers and Committees.
The officers and committees of the con-
gress are as follows: Presider.. Mrs.
Theodore w. Birney; vice presidents, Mrs.
Frederic schon. 34lS Barring Street. PhiIa-
delphia Pa; Mrs. Roger B. McMullen.
1921 Grove Street, Evanston. Ill; Mrs.
Arthur A. Birney, 1916 Twenty-second
Street. Washington, d. c.; recording sec
rotary, Mrs. Joseph p. Mumford. 72l
Spruce Street, Philadelphia. Pa; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Robert r. Cot
ten, Bruce, n. c.; treasurer, Mrs. Hardin
w. Masters, Lewiston, Ill: auditor. Mrs.
James S. Bailey, Albany, y. Y. honorary
vice presidents, Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst.
Mrs. Adlai Stevenson, Mrs John r Lewis.
Mrs. William T. Carter advisory council.
Theodore Roosevelt. President of the
United States; Robert Collyer New
York; Rev. Josiah Strong. d. D., New
York; Col. Francis W. Parker, Chicago.
Ill; DR.. William p. Wilson. Philadelphia.
Pa: Roger b. McMullen, Chicago; Fred
eric Schoh. Philadelphia: Rev. David o.
Mears. Albany; DR.. George E. MacLean,
Iowa City. Iowa.
Committees Finance, Mrs. William
Carter, chairman, PIG Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pa; literature, Mrs. Her
man II. Birney, chairman. 914 Belmont
Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. education. Miss
Harriet A. Marsh, chairman, Detroit.
Mich; domestic science, Mrs. Mary
Moody Pugh, chairman. Omaha, Neb.;
press, Mrs. Edward l.. Morris. chairman
1852 Thirty-frst Street, West Washing
ton programme, Mrs. Frederic Schoff,
chairman. Philadelphia. Pa; legislation.
Mrs. 7. L. McKinnie, chairman; Evanston.
Ill; printing Mrs. b. +. Hawley, chair
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