New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-12
CORRECT IMMORTALITY HERE.
women Should Reform New-York and Let
Congress Look Out for Smoot"

With one dissenting voice the New-York City
Mothers Club yesterday Endorsed a resolution
favoring the unseating OF Reed smoot and the
amending Of the constitution prohibit polygamy,
and the corresponding secretary instructed TO
write to Senators Plat and Depew urging them TO
use their votes and influence TO this end.
The dissenting voice was that Of Mrs. Harry
Hastings the recently retired president, and her
NO" was uttered with considerable emphasis and
decision.
I don't want TO be understood as favoring polyg-
amy" she explained afterward TO Tribune re-
porter but 7 don't that il is our province TO
instruct Congress IN this matter. II Smoot is
proved 10 be a polygamist he Will be unseated ipso
facto without interference. but all the efforts
OF the Secret Service have not yet sufced 10 prove
It. Mrs Martins resolution simply asks Congress
20 DO unconstitutional thing. and think We
women might better occupy ourselves In correcting
some OF the immortality OF city than in i'm
portuning the national legislature TO unsear mem
Der FOR what We think he has done l have taken
have SO exoresssa Tn1ssI, 81 tta onxeStion 81 both
the State and city Federations OF Women'e Clubs"
ence OF opinion. though It was not directly ex-
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the meetings should De opened with PRAYER; Miss
Atkinson said It would break her heart II the club
did not pass this resolution but the omnous silence
that followed the reading OF Il showed that the
broken by Mrs Harry Hastings who said that
resolution embodying such an important principle
should not be adopted without some consideration
She moved that il be referred the executive, and
asked II Il customary Tor copies re6OlO-
tons reports TO be handed TO the president or
submitted TO the executive before being presented
10 the house.
been done IL the club and Mrs. Hastings suggest
&c that such a provision be included IN the
bylaws. II would, she said, prevent embarrassment
this suggestion and promised that IL should be en-
bodied IN the revised constitution, which will be
Atkinson then withdrew her resolution.
The subject Of opening with prayer - one that
has been up before. and found 10 be impractica-
bic, for in organization composed Of Jews and
Genfiles Protestsnts and Roman Catholics no form
OF prayer could be selected which is not open TO
IRE business was followed by musical pro-
sramue. with a lecture by Miss Marie RUef Hofer
~ Teachers College, and the large room occu-
pied BY the club a. the Tuxedo was crowded TO the
Mise FEoser spoke OF The importance OF singing as
educational factor, and also OF The difficulty OF
Inducing children sing
All young children sing she said, and then
something stops them OF What this something Is
is an Interesting problem IN child study with
Nevg-York children familiarity with the perform
ances great artists has something 10 do with IL
They get all they want 10y hearing other people
Yet the development Of an inner power comes
through singing. In cur higher moments we want
souls salvation. / think We can go 10 heaven
without being able 10 sing: but 4 Is nevertheless
very important thing for children 10 love TO sing
u Is q good thing Tor physical reasons, II Tor no
other. The singing teacher does greater work
for the physical child than the gymnasium The
proper carriage 81 the BODY is more question or
brea thing than Of anything else and the need for
physical backbone in the school room is not small
Fofer said Il was chiefly necessary 10 get them
Interested IN the thought behind the song
singing. she concluded should be correlated
with the school course from the very lowest grade
Thus 81 comes 70 have reason for being. .
The musical part or the programme consisted OF
piano ana vocal numbers by Miss Ida Ashhurst
Bremen and Masters Arthur Bradley and warren
Matthews