New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
WILL KEEP UP CITY WORK.
State Household Economic Society to Dis
band Soon

seet. sIush. snow and slipperiness did not pre-
vent large attendance yesterday afternoon at the
meeting Of the New-YOrk State Household Eco
nomc Association at the home Of Mrs John Muir
No II West Eizhty-sixth-st Introduced by Mira
Martha X. Sinclair. who presided At the meeting
Thomas l. James. ey-Postmaster General spoke
feelingly Of Abraham Lincoln's influence on
the home. ''fTe of those" he declared
of whom the last word never De said Per
haps the highest evidence Of his supreme great
ness Was the fact that he master Of men,
While full Of tact, he exerted il 50 sUbtly that =
was seldom perceived re united logical intellect
with a tender heart
A number Of choice anecdotes bearing on the sub
fect were given BY General James I'm closing he
took occasion to refer TO the race problem in tho
South. In antebelum days he said. every wei
ordered plantation sort OF Industrial scnool-
where each individual became master Of some trade.
The only way TODAY 10 redeem ard r7seneratH
this people completing rho work which Lincoln
began and making them worthy Of being American
citizens 10 give them trades. teach them rhr
value of property rights how 10 gain and main
tain homes and then allow them TO work out theiT
salvation
Mrs Smaller gave 3 resume of the work OF N"
tenement kitchen cooking classes, a work that -
daily assuming larger proportions. un1tted only by
lack OF funds necessary TO carry 1t on 4 teachers
salary is 50 for a course OF twelve lessons. and
the teachers selected are not those who have
smatterIng OF cooking alone. bat those who BY
their broad sympathy enabled 70 reach the
hearts OF their pupils Miss Waldron, who has
been one of the most successful of these teachers.
gave some OF the experiences The men in the dis
tricts where these classes have been held are 50
enthusiastic that they beg the teachers 70 cOntinue
their work. The who had learned TO make
mullins from his wife's directions when she was
sick and unable 20 do il herself explained proudly
that he was really getting TO be "A tne cook On
Lincoln's Birthday he said 20 the teacher, Say.
won't YOU tell the women uptown that US men ap-
preciate all that they have tried 20 DO for Us We
don't like to'5e looked down on as East Siders. tor
have feelings
II was announced that department OF household
economics had been established as part OF the
New-York State Federation, which fact was the
direct result of an appeal from the New-York State
Household Economic Association Another result
the appointment of committee consisting OF
Mrs W q. Smaller (chairmanJ, MrS- Linda Hull
Larned, Mrs. Rufus Stanley and Miss Martha van
. Rensselaer,. who Will carry on the Work on tne
general lines instituted by the original asSo-
ciation-
In the announcement made by Mrs Shaier shs
states that this practically accOfnpLSnes
what have long desired, and in the opinion or
so far as State work is concerned With every
club in the Western Federation and the state FED
GRAFTON having its committee on household eco
nornicS the home institutes established and reacn-
ence looking after syIabuses, courses for schools
and COLLEGES the travelling library having It's HSl
of books on household economics and all the rest
of the agitation which is now In the air, II seems
a fitting time for relIuquiSh our state Work
and devote ourselves 70 local work, notably the
tenement kitchen classes, In New OK CltS
ON March 70 the ASSOCIATION Will torInaliy -
Iinquish all work outside OF New-fork City