The Washington times., 1905-03-09
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR THE CONGRESS
Mothers to Be Addressed By
Prominent Men.
AN ELABORATE PROGRAM
Services Sunday and Business ses-
sions Saturday and Monday.
Bishop to Be Among Speakers.

The National Congress of Mothers will
open its annual convention in Washing
ton tomorrow morning in the Metropoli-
tan NJ. e. Church, with the president,
Mrs. Frederic Schoff, III the chair. The
Right Rev Henry Y. Satterlee Bishop
OF Washington. will formally open the
convention.
During the sessions tomorrow the at
tentlon of the convention will be pIfa-
cipally engaged in hearing addresses by
pI ointment speakers. Among the latter
will be Henry b. Il. Macfarland. of the
Board ef District Commissioners; DR.. G.
Stanley Ball. president of Clark UniVer-
sity; Mrs, Charles n. Thorpe president
of the New Century Club; Miss Mary f
Hotehklss, of Columbus, Ohio: Dr. Ran
doi!,n AIcKim. and Rabbi kraushop1
The general subject of discussion will
be the religious education Of children
in the ho9ne.
Saturday morning Il business session
Will be held when the convention viii
receive reports of officers and State pres
idents The afternoon Will be given up
to a reception by the officers at the
Raleigh to all delegates to the congress.
Al Church.
An afternoon meeting will be held on
Sunday at 3 O'Clock in the church, when
Bishop Stttterfee will preside. and when
matters of relative to the religious rear
ing of children will come under discus
sion.
A business session will be held Mon
day morning when reports Of officers
and delegates viii be heard. At O'Clock
on Monday afternoon, Mrs. Roosevelt
will receive the delegates at the White
House and on Monday night President
Roosevelt will address the congress
On the same evening Mrs Saran >.
Sheridan, of Georgia, Wel1-knoWn
Southern singer, viii participate in the
Mrs Lucia Gay Barber. OF Boston,
will address the meeting on tuesday
morning on THE Real Woman" and
Mrs Herman II. Birney Will speak on
The Value of the Autobiography in the
Education of Children" Tuesday after
noon viii be devoted TO a visit to Mt
Vernon, and in the evening Senator Du-
bois Will address the congress on 'Ihe
Purity of the Home" Mrs, Margaret
Dye Ellis will also be among the spea =
ers on Tuesday evening.
Wednesday will be international day,
when a series of addresses relative to
the EDUCATION of children in various
countries will be the feature of the day.
Among the speakers will be Senorita
education of Spanish-American children
Mrs Annie E. Murray, who will speak
on the education of colored children: DR.
Samuel McCune Lindsay whose address
viii deal with the rearing of Porto
Rican children, and Eki Hioki, of the
Japanese legation, who viii tell of the
children of Japan.
An Exhibition
In the evening Mrs Theodore Birney
will address the convention on ''Sympa-
thetfc Motherhood and Mrs. Robert
Dyer Cotton Of North Carolina, will
speak on THE Children of the South"
On Thursday morning the annual elec-
tions viii be held and subsequently, Mrs
Garrett. of Philadelphia, will give an
exhibition by several deaf children, who
have been taught to speak and under
stand sufficiently well TO attend the pub-
lie schools of Philadelphia. The list OF
addresses for Thursday includes DR.
She2rer, of Newark; Mrs. Henry Par
sons. OF New York. on School Gar
dens; Mrs. Lille Williams, of Trenton
Gu "Co-operation of Home and School,
ington schools. and William l. TomIins
on Music in Education
Friday viii be the concluding day oI
the congress Addresses will be made bs
Professor Wiley on Pure Food fol
Children" and Miss Florence Kelley on
seY viii talk on The Necessity for :
Uniform Law for Children" At moor
there VIII be a luncheon in the Raleigh
During the congress there will be az
exhibition OF literature, a kindergarten
model nursery, and a pIayroom 4
the nursery, and several children will b,
found in the nlayro0m. where pets anC
various aTnuSements will be provided fo
their entertainment There Will also h.
an incubator for the inspection Of Wis
it0rS TO the congress.