The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-12
STRONG TALKS
TO E.DUC|''Al TORS
Two Sessions Of the Eastern
Conference Held
Yesterday.
HOLD CLOSE ATTENTION.
Mr.. Henry Turner Bailey In In
terested Even the
Laity.

The5 sessions of the Conference, OF Last
orr public }tEducation Associations were
held Yesterday at the usual hours, ~ ~
thc morning, and Sin the evening, at the
hall of the Young Mems Christian AsSso-
citation. This was done that the teachers
of the colored schools of the city n,is'ie
have an opportunity to view the eSh'p olls
Of tile work of pupils IN the lnausttr IA
departments of the Richmond schools ttle
Hampton Institute. the Miller manual lsl
school and various northern schools.
Al the morning session Mrs. Dodge,
OF New York, read a very Interesting ana
practical paper discussing the relation
of the day nursery to the school. The
paper was devoted chiefly to an EXPOSE
ton from practical experiences in the es-
tablishment Of day nurseries in Tie city
of New York and in smaller cities. she
disclosed in detail the difficulties en-
countered In making a beginning and
prosecuting the work. and told how each
was overcome Following the reaong
Of the paper a sort of query and answer
forum was established in which those
especially interested In such work sought
information on specific points. Mrs.
Dashcl, Of this city, led in the questions,
ing, desiring to know the approximate
cost of opening day nursery for about
forty children. Mrs Dodge replied that
in her Judgment the limit OF a Woman's
capacity to properly care for and look
after babies is eight and that as a mat
ter of fact she ought not to undertake
to look after more than six. Mrs. Dodge
also expressed the hope that q day nur-
! sery for negro children would soon be
established in this city, and commended
this method Of Influencing the race for
| good by taking 1t In charge In tho forma-
| tive period. Eli
Miss MintZer read q paper on "House-
hold Science In the Public Schools" in
which she made an earnest plea-for the
establishment of systematic instruction
| in the domestic economies, practical
cookery and the mastery of the innumer-
able household problems encountered II
daily life. She treated the work Of wo
man in her sphere Mt home us of equa
dignity and Importance as that OF thu
man, the bread winner of the family II
his daily avocatlon, She earnestly urged
the elevation of household science to 1t!
proper place MS q high and honorable
rather than a mental and dstnsteful oc
cupation.
The Evening Programme.
The evening programme had to b.
amended somewhat, owing to tho alb
sence of Mrs. William NJ. Ellicott, 0
Baltimore, who was scheduled to discuss
along With others, various phases Of tn
theme, Design and Applied Design Il
the Manual Arts" The conference too
one of the topics from to-day's pro
gramme, ''rhe Agricultural Arts in Coun
try Schools" and made 1t the opening
address at the evening session. IN TN
absence OF Mr., Bishop, who was to hay
. discussed 1t, Miss Gowans, of the HalnE
! ton Institute, substituted him very &C
ceptably. Then followed the discussio
Of the regular topic, Design in the Mar
, ual Arts and Crafts, which was treatc
in three very interesting addresses ID
Talcott Williams opened the discusslo
IN II thoughtful address. in the cours
OF which he deplored the lack of taller
, FOR design in this country among tf
children and the difficulty Of ascertain
Ing the period and the conditions undo
/, which 1t might be best stimulated. II
y commended the talent of the Japancs
for design, and attributed 1t to the
. very early training IN following mode
= given them.
Mrs Sanford Bissell of New York, di'
: cnssed another phase of the work, u
Z commercial side of designing, and d
1t with attractive ease and earncstne'
3 and In a concrete form, Her subject WI
= really Il resume of the work of the Scho
n VI l'cSlSIl ~ .NNW4 io' y wy, MIMI ~ ;
! mart of tho public education system, h'
:, is a school for young women, most I
{ whom harc demonstrated talent TOR II
p work SHE referred to several cases
: | which young women graduates OF VI
~ school hpd found lucrative employme
designing patterns for silks, cottons. va
!. paper, cite, some Of these earning FRO
- so 10 $l2j per month. The most strikil
. feature OF her address vas the statene
y that some Of the pupils Of this scho
y made designs for great silk importer
~ and these We're sent TO Japan and &c
lowed by the makers Of the silk.
g, The same was true Of rugs and Orient
Ia fabrics. many Of which were concciv,
u M