Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-10

be seconded by Mr.. Schoff, who is a valued
member of the national mothers con-
gress, serving on it's advisory counsel with
President Roosevelt and other well-known
men.
Mrs Schof is not a very large woman,
but is well rounded magnetic though quiet
in manner, a good speaker, said to possess
fine command OF the language and mental
composure, voicing her views with clear
ness, force. and ease She is said to be
equally facile w tn the pen, and is a fire.
quent contributor to publications on sub
jects related to her life work which is en-
tirely along philanthropic lines, and being a
woman of means she is able to bring about
results.
Work of Mrs. Mumford.
A strong pillar of the national mothers
congress ard one of the charter members
of the organization, the members say, is
Mrs. Mary E. Mumford of Philadelphia,
who is prominently identified with the So
cial, philanthropic, art and literary life Of
the Quaker city. Mrs. Mumford was for
eighteen years a member of the Philadel-
phia board of education. She Is a director
and trustee, on hospital boards; treasurer
OF the Philadelphia Civic Club, which she
helped organize, and leader of the New
Century Club Her influence for con-
structive work has been constantly exerted,
and her counsel, intellectual gifts and
talents as a speaker and writer have been
continuously called upon to promote for
ward movements in all lines of civic better
ment and charitable and philanthropic
work. Mrs Mumford Is native of New
England, and possesses the fine traits of
character which mark distinguished an
ceStry.
Another charter member of the congress
is Mrs. Sallie s. Gotten of Bruce, Pitt
county, N. c., who was the first recording
secretary, editor Of the magazine, later cor
responding secretary and is now vice preSi-
dent. Mrs. Gotten is Virginian by birth,
n CrQonGhnFn a.
male College, the Oldest chartered college
for women in the United States Mrs. Cot
ten, always a worker for women's move
ments. came into prominence at the Chica-
go worlds fair, when she was member of
both the national and state boards of lady
managers. In the comparative seclusion of
her country home She finds time for liter
airy work. and has written poems as well
as prose. Strong, sympathetic and breezy,
her heart is In the mother work. which
she regards as the most important outlet
for woman's organized endeavor. She is
said to be thoroughly original and enter
tanning at all times.
Another figure among the promoters of
the work for home and children is Mrs
Mary V. Grice of Reverton, N. j., national
corresponding secretary and president of
the New Jersey congress of mothers Mrs.
Grice Is a native of Philadelphia and is of
English and Dutch ancestry. An enthusi-
astic church woman, her activities were
first exerted in the missionary work of the
diocese of New Jersey.
Woman's club work has claimed her en-
ergies; and as a member of the school
board she has concentrated her efforts on
the desirable end of bringing about a closer
relation and cooperation between teachers
and parents. 1t was while engaged in this
movement that she organized the Mothers
Congress in New Jersey, which 1t is claim.
| ed has developed into q strong state body.
Mrs. Grice's gentle. unassuming mien,
complete lack of self-assertion, eioquence
and mental and spiritual qualities. her
| friends say, combine to constitute her an
eminent type OF the Mothers Congress
leader.
Among the sixteen state Organizations
| of mothers the right of pre-eminence Is ac-
mothers, which was the direct outgrowth