Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-01
MOTHERS CONGRESS
Meeting Scheduled for March
10 in Washington.
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
GENERAL SESSIONS IN METRO
PoLITAN M. E. CHURCH.
President Roosevelt to Deliver Ad-
dress, Mrs. Roosevelt to Receive
Delegates at White House.

Delegates from mothers congresses In
| twenty states of the Union are expected
| to attend the triennal National Congress
| of Mothers, which is to open In Wash
| ington March 10 and continue in session
for one week. The Hotel Raleigh has
| been chosen as headquarters for the con-
| vention.
| The board of managers composed of the
| general officers the presidents from each
state and the chairmen of standing COM
mittees, numbering thirty EIGHT in all,
| has arranged for holding executive meet
! ings at the Hotel Raleigh Friday, March
! TO- at 8 and 8 pm. and Friday, March II,
at 3 pm.
The general sessions will be held in the
| Metropolitan NJ. E. Church. Az and
streets. The reports of standing commit
| tees will be given Saturday morning,
! March IL.
There will be several special days dur
| ing the week. A whole day, Thursday.
! March 10, will be devoted to education,
! and the discussions will be of the rela-
| ton of home and school, kindergarten,
| &c. Among the speakers are Superintend-
| ent Shearer of Elizabeth n. j., schools;
| VIM. l.. Tomlins of Chicago, Prof. Sher-
| man Davis. Columbia College: Miss Lille
| A. Williams State Normal School, Tren-
| ton, and others.
| The religious training of the child In
| the home will be the subject of the sun
| day services March y. when DR.. Joseph
| Krauskopf of Philadelphia, Miss Mary o.
| Hutchinson, vice president of the Ohio
| Mothers Congress, Columbus, Ohio, ana
| others will deliver addresses.
President Roosevelt to Speak.
| The address of President Roosevelt be-
fore the congress will be delivered Mon
| day evening, March 13. The evening OF
| that day Rev. John M. Schick of the Re
| formed Church in Washington, which the
| President attends, is expected to deliver
| the invocation. The annual address of the
| president of the National Congress or
| Mothers. Mrs. Frederick Schof of Phil
| adelphia, will also be delivered on that
evening. Mrs. Schof Will treat OF chiio,
! hood protective movements in the United
States.
Saturday evening, March II, DR.. Stanley
Hall, child study expert, Will hold the
| platform.
The Menace of Mormonism'' is the sub
ject to be considered Tuesday evening
| March IA, when Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis
national superintendent OF legislaion 10 ioi
| the w C. T. u, and Senator Frederic Du-
| Bots of Idaho will be the chief speakers.
Mrs Herman H. Birney. on BOOK Re
views for Mothers" and Miss Marie Shed-
| lock of London, on the Art of Story Tell
| ing, will be the chief feature of the Tues
| day morning program. Monday morning
| March 49, the delegates from the various
| states are expected to provide breezy pro-
| gram embracing five-minute reports.
| Legislative work for home and childhood
| will be discussed the closing evening of the
| Congress by Ellen t. Mussey. dean or tne
| Washington College of Law. DR.. whey OF
the United States Department of Agrlcul-
| lure will speak on Pure Food Friday
morning, March II. Mr. II. B. F. Macfar-
| land. Commissioner of the District of Co
| lumbia will be the local representative 10
| voice the welcome to Washington.
There will be q model nursery in charge
of Mrs. Frederic T. Dubois of Washington,
| national treasurer of the congress. EXhlplts
will be made also of literature recommend
| ed by the congress and of kindergarten ma
| terial. Receptions and excursions will en-
| liven the sessions.
Mrs Roosevelt Proposes Reception.
| Mrs. Roosevelt will receive the delegates
and visitors at the White House Tuesday
| afternoon, March ID. A reception will also
| be held by the congress leaders at the RAJ
| leigh and an excursion will be given to Mt.
| Vernon Thursday afternoon Mr.. w. I.
| Hoffman, 1914 18th street, Washington, is
| chairman of the local committee of ar
rangementS
What is regarded as a novel feature will
| be the international day which will be
| introduced for the first time at this session.
| The mothers congress embraces an initial
| organization in Japan, where Mrs. Benja-
min Chappel Tokyo, is leader and has
! correspondents in Canada, In China, India,
Australia, Peru, Brazil, Chile and the Ha-
waian Islands.
Childhood conditions in other lands will
| be the general subject Of international day,
which has been set for Wednesday, March
Is. Among the speakers on the program
are Sir Mortimer Durand, ambassador of
Great Britain: Mr.. Kioki of the japanese
| legation, and Dr. Samuel McCune Lindsay,
| former United States commissioner to Porto
Rico.
Mrs Sara Sheridan of Philadelphia will
ne oil
The chairmen of the standing committees
| who will speak Saturday. March IL. are:
| LITERATURE Mrs p. R. Weeks, Kansas
Kelley Me- New YORK press" Miss Jane A.
fective and Delinquent children Mr..
Hastings Hart. Chicago, chairman: Book
Lists for Mothers and Children" Mrs. Her
man II. Birney, Philadelphia; ''Legisla-
ton DR.. Cornelia De Bey. Chicago
printing Mrs. B. T. Hawley, Philadel-
Chicago, and Domestic Science" Mrs. D.
| w. Stanorcnd, Boise City Idaho.
The Official Roster.
| The general official roster of the National
| Congress of Mothers includes: Officers
founder and honorary president, Mrs Theo-
dore w Birney. Washington. D. c.; presi-
dent, Mrs. Frederic Schoff, Philadelphia;
| vice presidents, Mrs. Robert r. Gotten,
| Bruce, Pitt county N. c.; Mrs. ]. P. Num-
, ford, Philadelphia; Mrs. Frank L. Wean,
Chicago corresponding secretary, Mrs. E.
| c. Grice, Philadelphia recording secretary.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, Alexandria, Va
| treasurer Mrs. Fred. 7. Du Bots; auditor,
Mrs. D. o. Mears. Albany, N. Y; honorary
vice presidents, Mrs. Phoebe L. Hearst,
Oakland, Cal. Mrs William T. Carter. Mrs.
| Adlai r. Stevenson.
Advisory council--Presdent Roosevelt,
Robert Collyer. New York city; Rey
Josiah Strong, Mr.. Roger B. McMul-
len, Chicago; Mr.. Frederic Schoff, Philadel-
phia; Rev. D. o. Mears. Albany, N. Y;