New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-16
INTERNATIONAL DAY.
Congress Of Mothers addressed By
Foreign Representatives..
IRON THE TRIBUNE BUREAU

Washington. March l5-This was international
Day at the Congress of Mothers, and the an
nouncement that addresses were to be made by the
British Ambassador. representative of the Ger
man Ambassador and Mr.. Hioki. first secretary of
the japanese Legation, attracted crowds TO the
sessions Of the day and evening
The first speaker Of the morning was Mrs. Anna
F. Murray colored woman, of Washington, who
took for her subject Negro Children Of America"
She said, in part:
The negro has felt the influence Of home life less
than anything else. 1t is also safe to say that if
slavery had continued much longer there would
not have been left pure African in this country
mat since slavery the negroes have had hundreds
SianfStty Of home have been closely guarded as
what is to come The maraniS DAYS ef sIsyer U
show what a large mother heart the negro woman
IN the children. and to them must look for an
increase IN right doing. But out of every seven
reedied by day nurseries for the children Of work.
be settled until tb cBSFen Of f ham can never
brought up to be the best possible men and women
Mr.. HIoKrs ADDRESS,
When Mr.. Hioki appeared the platform this
afternoon he was greeted with applause and the
waving of handkerchiefs AS he bowed his eye
caught the flag of Japan in the decorations of the
day. and he smiled and bowed again. He said:
The importance of maternal influence upon the
education Of children has been well recognized in
our country from oden times The story that the
has been at the tongues end of every educator
u
greatest sages of China, only next to Confucius
His father died while he was yet young, and the
fell entirely upon the shoulders of the mother This
sre gre IotRer OF the great son Seyoted her eager
beloved child and in the of life. finding the
ton of her child injurious. she changed her abode
three times: We have a saving that Water as
tanned" ana 50 in the same way a mans, char;
Comrades Wei Understood Was the 7 real potency
of this saying by the mother of Mencius, who made
With due Difference TO the principle Of heredity,
we can safely say that mans character depends
he grows up chil9 is often compared red by our
Ppe to blood PiHe9 turns qn w T TeR% in n
the responsibility of mothers toward their children
careful OF what they think and do. but they must
roundings that may work upon the uniformed minds
OF their children In Japan the f0rmat tS OF
of the mother There were different classes OF
emerged only thirty-eght years ago, and there
fore It Is impossible to treat the subject without
tdn G the msgn
say that the minds and character OF the japanese
lance Of the feudal times.
In reviewing domestic life in Japan under the
feudal system. the speaker said in effect that it
dren scrupulously clean and dressed properly
to present their greetings to their father and to all
the senior members of the family. and that they
should take their places at the breakfast table
in strict order of precedence and observe Ell
quette faultlessy. He continued:
In Japan the rule of age before beauty finds its
real application. There baby obtains no privilege
of being served at table before its elders. II is
the mothers duty TO see that the children come
TO the front door of the house when the father
leaves to attend his duty. and to be there when
he returns. The mothers of Japan teach their
children according TO the book called Teaching Of
Children which is regarded as the embodiment of
the Golden Rules. This book teaches that children
should be severely punished for lying or deceit
A boy should be brave, but tender Should he run
home chased by some superior antagonist. the door
will be closed to him by the mother. DO not fear
the loss of life when il is for a righteous cause
but you should show tender heart. even to your
enemy when he IS at your mercy. is the teaching
Of this book. which is most carefully incucated
by the mothers Of Japan Sef-control IS another
virtue nurtured under the maternal character. The
revolution of 1868 was accompanied by the adoption
of Western civilization. Public schools and kinder
gartens up to universities have been established
throughout the country. The influences of the
Western civilization. which has already effected
such great changes in the material world, cannot
fail to affect the moral ideas of the people Under
the influence of Western learning and Christianity
the moral ideas OF the nation will, doubt, be
broadened and changed, but the spirit of feudal
days will far outive the peculiar institution OF
which product.