The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13

son, Francis C. Wood. Horatio D. Wood.
Joel Wood. George Nj. Wright, Virginia b.
Wright. F. G.. Zeibig.
gd misTSuri po @emRdfsc ors.: Mrs. JOHN i.
Hill. Augusta, Ne; Mrs M~orrison-ful-
Ter. Glasgow, Mo-: Mrs. Fred u.
S Hdflon. c Bn,rsio. n ~; y: Mrs Mrs. VI F"9 Nor Mi15S5
Mcmillan. England: Miss McCord, ST. Jo-
seph, Mo; Nine. Diaz Albertin, co.
burg: Mrs. Thomas l. Casey =. p
Ernest. Denver; Miss Helen Could. New
York; Mrs. NJ. H.. Hubert. New YORK;
Mrs. Daniel Manning. Buffalo, n: Y; MIS-.
Kioshi sugawa: Japan; Mrs; W. Il e. sI e.
Coleman. Indianapolis. Ind: Mrs. Anne u.
Hatch, New York; Mrs. Edward Such
walter, Springfield, o.; Nine. Victor Zeg-
gio. Italy; Mrs. Howard j: Rogers. Al
bany. n. r.; Mrs. o. ]. Lewis. Boston.
The Emerson School Mothers Gu held
its first annual meeting Tuesday. Novem-
Der /. at $50 p. IN. The president, Miss
Gertrude Croker, was In the chair, but
owing to the death Of a near friend Mrs
c: S. Aehle. the secreiary; was an nI.ce
Preparations are begun for an active win
ter's work
The Alumnae of St. Vincent's Seminary
held their annual meeting at the assem-
Dly-IOOm Oh IHe SCHULZ OtbcDtI - CO.
Seventy-fve ladies were present. including
representatives of most of the ole French
Catholic families. The retiring president
delivered an address to Archbishop Gen
non, to which he responded. The pT?-
gramme included the folloTing mp.,c
numbers: plano selection. by Mrs. Mosher,
vocal solo by Miss Dierkes. se.ect1i u
Chopin by Miss Murphy and two delight
full vocal selections by Miss GerIrIle
Moore. A luncheon by a prominent ca
farar fnlIoUed after which the lSane=S
of the day was taken in hand. The an.
nual election resulted in the selection OF
Mrs. Ida B: Chassains for the PRESIDING
officer for the coming twelve months.
The coming Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock, the second session o. the Greek
Ethics Gu will be held in the west
wing of the Museum of Fine Arts. "on
the Heights" by Auerbach will again form
the subject for consideration. There VIII
first be a paper dealing with the char
acters of the novel and after that q dis
cussion or the part OF all those present
The Literary Symposium discussed the
German galleries Wednesday morning.
After noticing the realistic and impression
list styles of G~ermany's collection. Mrs
Griffith described the genre and historical
paintings. Among many pictures men
toned were the portraits OF Emperor Wal
liam, the Empress and BisLlaTck; me
Berlin Congress and other OF Won MerneIs
state scenes. Schuster-W oiGan'S "On the
Heights" was the subject OF the table
talk. The club visited the Little Trainon
on Thursday. then down the Pike to see
ject for Wednesday is: Great Britain
Oil paintings and water colors.
The Wednesday club. at its last meet
ing on Wednesday afternoon. had the
pleasure of hearing Doctor Yamei Kin
speak on the Mental Environment and
Ideals of Chinese Women" Doctor Kim
was born In China, educated BY Presoy-
terrain missionaries in China and japan
and later studied medicine IN New York
She is an interesting and remarkably
fluent speaker. who uses the EnS-ish IAN
guage with a grace of diction winch vindi-
Chinese that their inherited literary sense
Is very well developed. Doctor KIN wore
a beautiful Chinese gown Of embroiGeTed
green silk: which she c SAD YOU'D i1 fo4
styles are at last beginning TO change, the
newest gowns being very close-htung and
decidedly mannish.
Doctor Kin spoke at some ength OF the
Chinese woman's position toward her hus-
band. children and can When a .oman
marries she becomes part of her husbands
cl"u. with which she must live and he in
accord, ana SO. although but few reasons
for divorces are recognized in China, one
OF these u a quarrelsoTne disposition, and
it is ecaa ssrd wiser to put a daughter
IA II WY ~ L-AS %ObAiy tLe- NV 49,
to disturb its other members. A woman is
early taught weaving and embroidery and
other household arts just as our OWE
Observation-Disclosures were, as her chef OBJ
ject in life is to be a good mother and
horSekeeper. and to this end she is pro-
tected and cared for in every way. While
education is not compulsory in China.
many women are eminent in their COM
munities for their learning. Self-sacrifce
and noble lives OF her women gre the
backbone of China's strength.
Indeed. IN business and politics also It Is
not at all unusual for q mother or wife
to be a mans chief counselor and to be
acknowledged as such. The nature. skill
full, self-controlled woman, familiar with
the maxims of Confucius. loyal to her du-
ties to the clan, Is the Chinese ideal, and
always she is held in honor. Indeed the
most prominent feature of a Chinese land
scape Is the number of memorial arches
dotted over 1t. most of which nave been
erected in memory of women who ave
lived long and honorable lives among their
people.
At the conclusion of Doctor Kim's lee
ture Miss Carl told very briefly Of her ex-
periences while living In the royal house
hold at Pekin, where she painted the por-
trait of Empress An. Miss Carl spoke of
the mental ability Of the Dowager EN-
press and the great kindness with which
che as well as all the court ladies treated
Miss Carl. who Is the first American to
visit the court.
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