The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16

committee made no recommendations
and the thought Of the training school
was the one uppermost. There is no
doubt of the continuance of the agi-
tation in this direction, but it is like
ly to be subordinated to training
school interests for the present. The
status of the reformatory work will
be determined by the executive com
mittee, as a part of the unfinished
work of the convention. S,..} d
The list Of officers elected includes
besides Mrs. Allen. Mrs. A. T., Bige-
low, st. Paul, recording secretary;
Mrs. U. o. Cox, Mankato, historian;
itor; district vice presidents, first dis
trict, Mrs. G. A. Hubbard, Lake City:
second, Mrs. j. H. James, Mankato;
third, Miss Alice Mott, Faribault;
fourth, Miss Caroline Beaumont, st.
Paul; = fifth, Mrs. w. B. MacLean, Min
neapolis; sixth, Mrs. E. J.. Lewis, Sank
Center; seventh, Mrs. Louise N. Wi
mer. Marshall; eighth, Mrs. j. L.
Washburn, Duluth; ninth, Mrs. G.. o.
WEIGH, Fergus Falls. -
MI. jones' Home Ethics.
The climax in wholesome senti-
ment and suggestive ideas was fur
nished at the closing session last night
in the address Of Rev. Jenkin Lloyd
Jones OF Chicago on woman as a
mon sense struck a responsive chord.
Mr.. Jones reiterated as his sober Sec
ond thought the dictum pronounced
last year, which created so much
comment, that the girl who could
not make a decent loaf Of bread and
make her own shirt waist had no
business to be married. He continued,
Dyspepsia in the home, like pus in
the hospital, is an arrangement of the
superintendent; there is no need Of
either" He urged the taking to heart
seriously of the problems Of the
kitchen and the dining-room.
On the ethics of the wardrobe Mr..
phatic. In them there is more inf
deity and more practical degeneracy
than in any other spot in the social
system. He referred to the damnable
chapters gathering around the sweat
shop, where fine clothing is manufac-
tured, and not cheap grades. Anoth
err social sore spot was touched when
he said: II believe that the most re-
fined materialism and the most insidi-
Gus dangers Turk in the great dry
goods emporiums. They are palaces
reared cut of the blighting weakness
Of woman, led by some fool goddess Of
fashion that does not take counsel of
beauty or of art, but only of the
cupidity Of men, who plan to create
the largest possible demand.
Mr.. Jones begged the women to
realize the conscience problem in the
wardrobe, the ethical ielement in
dress. Referring to a recent dress
makers convention in which a fash
ionable modiste stated that women
could manage to be we'll dressed on
$4,000 a year, he said that this stand
ard, this pace, affected every shop girl
of the country, every servant, every
farmers wife and daughter, poisoning
their minds and making them unhap-
py by their inability to dress like the
rest.
Courtship Serious Business.
Marriage Mr.. Jones defined as that
mysterious chemistry which makes
one out of two souls, leaving each
with individuality enlarged, potency
increased and freedom enhanced. He
found the roots Of the home in the
wooing, which should be period
seriously considered. This he pro-
nounced a time for keeping flippant
hands off the young man and the
young woman and declared it the
greatest sacrilege to invade with jest
the sacred realms Of love. While ex-
tolling the union Of hearts he would
common sense that would observe
whether children like the young wom-
an, how she looks on wash day and in
a calico gown and how. a young man
treats his neighbours dog and livery
| horse.
He urged as first duty that young
| couples should own their own home
nest but did not advise waiting to get
/ it upon the provident or thoughtful.
| He argued What is marriage but
lopportunity for snutual slabors- and sell