Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-13


comes from France. tends to break up its
Id isolation and Independence. Things have
come TO such pass that there must be a
great reaction here in America in order that
the old simplicity may be brought back
again. The greatest factor in that develop
ment is the mother.
IN TINS day we are having new class of
statesmen, led by our President in whom
etnlcai Ideals are strong. They will be sup
ported by the mothers of our land. who viii
IRAN the statesmen of the future. They
ton of womanhood. The one dominant
thought of protection for our firesides will
go out from here and be heard throughout
all America"
Mrs. Charles N. Tharpe of Philadelphia
Ioiiowed. To me the ideal mother of all
the world was the immortal Hannah" she
SAID She wanted son, and this is not the
ambition of the mothers of today L will
give his services to Jehovah all the DAYS of
MS iife,' said Hannah and so, when her
samuel came, she kept her word, and when
she went to the temple she saw him but
once year. Her ideals were all accom-
pilshed in this son, and he was devoted to
his mother.
1t is not like that today. Mothers are
not teaching religion. The idea that they
should not interfere in such matters is
wrong. We should teach our children rel-
glon, and we should teach them by being re-
ilgious ourselves. 1 believe that religion is
ehtlrely lncommunicable to the boy except
by example,
Training Child.
Train Up a Child in the Way II Shou,d
30 and Even When He is Old He Will
Not Depart from It." was the text of the
discourse of Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf of
Philadelphia. He said, in part:
Young mothers are very apt to tell us
that they are quite anxious to afford their
children religious nurture in their tender
est years, but they don't know how What
Woetul confession this is! What a COM
hn DIV i1ioAf
century! Think of a President of tine
united States entering upon his illustrious
and responsible office without having had
years OF training in the science and art of
government. Think of a teacher entering
upon 1nstructing a class of pupils without
having been obliged to spend years in prep
aratlon. Think of physician undertaking
to conquer disease without having snent
years OF study and investigation on the
laws of life and health
ana there is young woman entering
upon the most fllustrious and most respon-
slbIe OF all callings, that of motherhood in
trusted with the responsibility of president
teacher and physician combined with the
responsibility of governing, training and
meaning, ana yet confeSsing that she knows
little or nothing of the sacred duties de-
VolVing upon her as mother, of duties upon
the proper or improper discharge of which
depends the blessing or blasting of a hui
man soul.
ITO be sure, she has been at school Ex-
anime her in the ologes' and 'osophes' in
the languages and sciences in the classics
old and new, and you may find quite a
paragon of knowledge. Question her on
the rules of etiquet or on the fashions of
society, try her on her social ACCOMPLISH
ments, and you may find her quite up to
the mark. But take her to the side of the
cradle, where lies dreaming an immortal
soul, being of mighty potentiality, a being
that, if blessed by past ancestral virtue and
present parental knowledge might become
some future Moses, or Socrates. or Luther;
SJ1.lya Jn1e-
son, and hear her confession of ignorance;
see her helplessness, her dependence on
some grandmother or equally laundering
neighbor lady, refinquishing her shcred
responsibility to the care of some nurse or
hired girl
Religious Training.
The last speaker was Miss Mary E.
Hutchinson of Columbus, Ohio. eff the ma
jority of women are wholly Indifferent to
the spiritual uplifting of their children, it
is because they do not believe in the i'm
portance of religious training" she said.
Religious training is too mystical. Think
ing people demand reality. 1t should be
better understood on the part of the
parents if it is to be properly taught to the
children
The child criminal and what to do with it
was the subject for discussion at the Sat-
urday evening session of the National Con-
gress of Mothers and for two hours noted
philanthropists and reformers discussed this
all-important question. Mrs Frederic
Schoff, national president, presiding.
The invocation was made by Rev. Teunls
Hamlin of the Church of the Covenant, and
Miss Alys Bently sang during the evening
number of child songs.
Mrs. Anna K. Ramsey, probation officer
of the juvenile court of Philadelphia, made
the principal address on The Juvenile
Court and Probation Work." and the fact
that both Mrs. Ramsey and the other
speakers were plentifully applauded showed
that the topic was of great human interest,
and that the discussion was entertaining as
well instructive.
Mrs. Ramsey told many laughably pa
thetic anecdotes of her experience among
the unruly boys of the great city, of
which sufficiently illustrates the pressing
need for some humane outlet for bOyiSh
eXuberance.
A small youngster was brought into the
Juvenile court-a boy of twelve only, and she
talked to him about the misdemeanor he
had committed-playing ball in a forbid
den street. He got impatient under her
questions, and well he Notwithstanding.
Gee! Mrs. Ramsey" he said, Il can't
play ball ner do nuthin'. De old lady she
drives me out, and de cop-he jugs me-"
In that Mrs. Ramsey found the whole
eye OF the offending of the average boy
'incorrigible,' whom she declared to be
not incorrigible under twelve. DE old lady"
made the house unbearable and the police
men made innocent sport impossible, then
the boy who must do something or die
turned his attention to more secret and
naturally unlawful pastimes.
THE trouble with them is that in their
lives there is so much of thine and so
little of mine she said. Having no
property. they do not value it. Hence, they
steal We must have Fairgrounds, and
gymnasums, and outdoor life for them. If
not, what sort of citizens are the children
who haven't them going to make for our
children who have them to associate with?
For the sake of the women from every
part of the country in this congress who
seek a Juvenile court in their own state, l
will relate of our efforts along this
line said Mrs Ramsey "A child is
caught stealing and falls into the grip of
a policeman, and then into a despicable
cell among lewd and drunken men and
women. The magistrate asks what the
trouble is. The policeman mumbles some
thing. The child is sent home perhaps,
with the result that he steals more if he
cares to. Perhaps he is kept under bail
until the trial comes. He used to be kept
In prison, sometimes for weeks or months.
The trial came, and the jury judged the
case as it would for a murder. Today the
child goes, before, to a magistrate, but
is then turned over to the probation officer,
who learns about the child's environment.
When the trial comes there is no jury;
%I,n oetro to1ly ~,