The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-26

| towards full suffrage, on which uues-
tlon the members are divided but as a
measure for increasing popular inter-
! est in education.
| The penny savings system introduce
ca py local mothers clubs into sixteen
of the public schools of Des Moines !
Iowa, says report read at the last
congress of mothers, averages a saw
1 ing by the children Of over 81 600 a
| month
Manual training" says another re-
port read at the congress, lis coming
| 10 De justly regarded as one of the
| Stancnest aids and allies of the moth
| ers congress. The children love il.
and the so-called incorrigible becomes
good boy, easily directed, and often
! wonderfully bright and ingenious II |
| lnsures the study of the children's in
| d1V1duaI needs and emphasizes the i'm
possibility of reaching just and helpful
conclusions by class or mass observa-
| ton and study. Even the Wisest and |
most expert authorities on this subject |
are far from claiming to have solved +
the question of child care and culture. !
ana can only say for my own state
that we believe we have tnaugurated
an era Of better things"
The South Carolina State Federation
| mas no less than sixty-three scholar
SHIPS for girls at its disposal, many Of
them In the best colleges and institu- /
tons, for these scholarships were such
as TO convince the educational commit !
tee or the federation that the REQUIRE I
ments for secondary education were
more In need Of it's attention than had
Deen supposed. In other words a Num-
per Of the applicants had been badly
trained for higher education This /
Iact brought home to the committee
h
turn their attention to the primary
ana elementary schools. The keystone
winch is the organ Of the federation.
prints the report of the educational
committee. which contains the follow
ing recommendations to the clubs:i
" PERSONAL visits to the schools in
you locaEty; CD the appointment Of a
day IN your club calendar as educa-
tlonaI. day-a special day set apart for
the discussion of educational matters
generally. On such a day inform your
serves IN regard to the questions which
! are agltat1ng the educational world,
such as school gardening manual
training in the grades, which includes
| cooking and sewing. Audubon day Ar
| Dor day, improved school buildings,
medical inspection in the schools, i'm
preVemeht of curriculum, compulsory
education, better trained teachers. bet
Ter paid teachers. parents meetings.
the need of women on school boards. the
personnel of state and county educa-
uonal boards. the modes of election and
| all such Matters
Inc report also asks: "At the recent
conference for education in South Car
| DINA, held in Columbia, when all prom
nent educators were invited to meet in
! order that they might discuss the hem
| ehtS to be derived from the efforts OF
the southern educational board, and to
pan Tor better educational methods in
I
woman educator was invited? Are
there no women in Souh Carolina able
! TO discuss educational matters? Or
was there no need for woman in the
| discussion of so vital a question:
| III the suggestions made by the COM
| mittee be carried into effect nv tha
clubwomen of the state, it is possible
mat women will be invited next time.
| The fact is that the women of the
south, until very recently, have been
accustomed to leave all matters not
slrlctiy domestic and social to their
| men. Inc popular ideal in the South
| IS hearthside queen and a belle of 4
pail room. 1t is a selfish ideal. and
| the sooner the women find it ont the
better for themselves, their men and
their community.
The The splendid gift of a $4,000 club
! mouse for enlisted men at Manila
winch the d. A. r. of Pennsylvania
| nave presented to the United States
army, is to be paralleled in England.
There, as here, the idea originated
| with a woman. Miss Ethel McCauI
went out to the front In the South
AIrlcan war as an assistant to Sir
Frederlck Treves, and the sympathy
she learned to feel for the rank and
! fle of the army inspired her with the
idea of providing for them a club
mouse IN London. The Union Jack club,
7 winch was the name that INSTANTLY
! suggested itself to her, is to be club
Tor soldiers and sailors passing through
or remaining in London, where thew
may be at home, sleep, read and have
their meals. The idea gained favor in
army circles, and $4,000 has been sub
scr1ped towards it already. The en-
tire amount necessary is said to be i'm
the neighborhood of 100000. This
provides for maintenance fund. There
VIII be no membership Dues although
| regiments and ships will be expected
| 10 give regular subscriptions.
For her work in nursing in South
! Africa Miss McCaul received the ROYAL
! Red Cross. 1t was she who assisted i'm
the operation which King Edward un-
derwent last year.
The recent death of Mrs. George w.
Kendrick Jr., of Philadelphia. for MANY
| years corresponding secretary of the
General Federation of Women's clubs.
caused much sincere sorrow among
! club women. Mrs. Kendrick was for.
years regent of the Quaker City chap
ter, d. A. R., treasurer. of the Civic
| club, vice president OF the PennsyI-
! yania Daughters of 1872, and a meme
Der of several other organizations.