The Washington times., 1905-03-15
Ne EGRO CHILDREN
THEME Of ADDRESS
To. THE MOTHERS
Mrs. Murray Presents
Picture of Racial
Progress.
ASINTERNATIONAL DAY
Reports of Delegates and
Presidents of
Clubs.
WAS INTERNATIONAL DAY

The morning session of interna tionaI
day in the National Congress of Moth
ers was taken up with the reports Of
delegates and presidents Of clubs and
the address to the congress by Mrs.
Anna E. Murray. a negress. OF Wash
ington, on Negro Children Of Amer
lea !"
Mrs. Murray depiored the tunra cing'
to which the negroes have been subject
ed, but said that since slavery the ne
groes all over the country have been
able to form good, true homes in hun
dreds of instances, and that this is an
earnest Of the good that is to come in
this direction. She also made enthusiast
tic remarks about the kindergarten
training school for negroes IN this city
Sencrita Carolina Holman Huidobro,
Of Chile. who was to speak on the .sChil-
dren of Spanish America" was unable
to be present at the meeting.
Children Of Porto Rico.
This afternoon DR.. Samuel McCune
lindsay. first United States Commits
sioner of Education in Porto Rico, will
make an address entitled. Children of
Porto Rico." First secretary of the
Japanese legation Eki Hioki will talk
about the children OF Japan
On the program for this evening. be-
ginning at o'clock, are the names of
Sir Mortimer Durand, the British Am
hassador, and Feiherr Speck Won Stern
burg, the German Ambassador, both of
whom will speak on the children of their
countries.
Tomorrow morning the election of Off
GERS OF the congress for the next theree
years will be taken up Although the
nominating committee had "a meeting
this morning, it refused 10 give out de-
tails of the tickets agreed on Js is
thought, however. that the present off,
GERS VIII be continued in power.
Session of Today.
At the beginning of business TODAY
Mrs. Wickham, OF Ohio, submitted her
report OF work done by the mothers of
her State The work, she said, was con.
fined principally TO the education of
children in the home.
Mrs. +. j. Love, of the Mckinley
Mothers and Teachers Club of Des
Meines, reported an active membership
of seventy, the chief object OF which is
the care of mothers rather than the
children Entertainment is provided
j regularly and Efforts made to get the
mothers away from household cares.
h
erhood and president of the Can+er-
bridsia Club of Cambridge, Mass. sub
mitted one of the most interesting re-
ports OF the day More than 700 mem
bers are carried on the rolls OF the
cub which was organized by Mrs Mer-
! rtH and IS regarded as one of the most
Successful organizations of its kind in
the country,
Mrs Tuttle. of Syracuse, in whose
house the New York State congress was
formed, was another important contrib
utor TO the mornings session. and 9th
ers whose reports were offered included
Mrs. Thomas C Rafferty,, of the PhfIa-
deiphia School Of Application and Prac-
tee; Mrs. George a. Morgan, of the
/ Club, of Des Moines, Iowa: Mrs w II.
Smith, of Bristol, Pa; Mrs Hyers of
| Williamsport, Pa; DIR. b. NJ. Hamilton.
q PARK FFhifaso' "a H1F MS Tobn h o Yale Of oak
Frankfort. Pa; Mrs. Samuel Irving
Price, of WilliamspOrt Pa; Mrs w. s
Foster Shreveport; La; Mrs. NJ. B.
/ 0anpeau. of Mount Holly, n. J.; Mrs.
| Q G McKinzie, of Albany, N Y: Mrs.
Draper Smith, Of Omaha. Neb.
Report of Auditor.
Mrs. d o. Mears, of Albany. n Y
here submitted her report as auditor Of
/ the congress. She congratulated Mrs.
Fred T. Dubois on her work as treas
u.-er, and said she had examined Mrs
Dubois accounts and found them cor
rect.
Mrs. Schon announced the absence
from the congress Of Mrs. J. P Mum
ford. Of Philadelphia. and Mrs Frank
l. Wean, of Chicago, two of the vice
presidents or the congress, Whc are de-
tanned at home by Illness. or motion
Of Mrs Robert r. Gotten the only vice
president present, a rising vote was
taken to send to Mrs. Mumford and Mrs
Wean tI1e sincere greetings OF the con
eress. The resolution was made unani-
nous.
The reports and announcements con-
Guided. Mrs. Sarah NJ. Sheridan sang a
Scotch lullaby, 20 Hush Thee" which
was enthusiastically received.
Mrs Murray's Address.
Mrs Anna E. Murray, a negress. of
Washington, addressed the congress Oh
Negro Children Of America - saying:
THE negro has felt the influence of
home life less than anything else. II il,
also safe to say that. If slavery had
continued much longer, there would not
have been left a pure African in this
country.
THAT since slavery the negroes have
had hundreds of homes In which the
decencies Of life and the sanctity of
home have been as closely guarded as in
the best Anglo-Saxon homes is but an
earnest Of what is to come.
The nanny days of slavery show
what Il large mother-heart the. negro
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