The Washington times., 1905-03-05
acknowledgements
Social Service Sub
ject of Lecture.
Interesting Exercises
Mark Gatherings of
Various Clubs.

Congress o. Mothers which will open
ia Washington, March 10, and continue |
in session one week.
The Raleigh has been chosen as head |
quarters for the convention. The board |
of mana gers, composed of the general |
officers, the presidents from each State, I
and the chairmen OF standing commit |
tees. numbering thirty-eight in all. will
hold executive meetings at the Raleigh, |
Friday. March TO- at and p, m, and
on Friday March IL, at p m. The
reports Of standing committees will be
given on Saturday morning, March IL,
The general sessions will be held in
the Metropolitan n. E. Church, Four
and-a-half and streets.
Some Special Days.
There will be several special days dur
ing the weeks congress Thursday,
March g. VIII be devoted to education,
its interests, including the relation OF
l.cIGe and school; kindergarten, etc
Among the speakers are superintendent
Shearer, OF Elizabeth, n. J., schools;
William l. Tomlins, of Chicago; Prof.
Sherman Davis, Columbia College; Miss
l1iuie a Williams, state Normal School.
Trenton. and others.
The religious training Of the child in
the home will be the subject OF the
Sunday services, March y. when DIR.
Mary E. Hutchinson, vice president of
The Ohio Mothers Congress, and others
viii deliver addresses.
The address OF President Roosevelt
before the congress will be delivered on
Monday evening March Is. On that
evening The Rev j. n. Sehici. of the
Reformed Church, Washington. which
the President attends, Is expected to de-
liver the invocation. The annual adj
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Congress of Mothers, Mrs. Frederic
sehoff, CT Philadelphia will also be de-
1.vcfed on that evening. Mrs. schoff
will treat Of childhood protective move
rnents In the United States.
On Saturday evening, March II. DR..
stanley Hall, the eminent child-study
expert, viii hold the platform.
Menace OF Mormonism
"The Menace of Mormenism'' is the
subject under consideration for Tues
Cay evening, March Il when Mrs, Mar
garet Dye Ellis. national superinten-
dent Of legislation for the ". c. T. T.,
and Senator Frederick Dubois, of
idaho. will be the chief speakers Mrs.
Herman H Birney, on Book Reviews
for Mothers and Miss Marie She'd
lock, CT London, on the Art of Story
telling will be the chief features of
Monday morning, March IS. the dele
gates from the various States are ex-
pected TO provide a breezy program in
five minute reports. Twenty States are
enrolled.
Legislative work for home and child
hood will be discussed on the closing
evening of the congress by Dean Ellen
S Mussey, Washington College Of Law.
Or. Wiley, United States Department of
Friday morning. March H. Hon. II. b.
F. Macfarland, Commissioner of the
District of Columbia. viii be the local
representative TO voice the welcome to
Washington.
There will be a model nursery in
charge OF Mrs. Frederic 7. Dubois, of
Washington national treasurer of the
congress- Exhibits will be made also
of literature recommended by the con-
gress and of kindergarten material. Re
ceptions and excursions will enliven the
sessions Mrs. Roosevelt will receive
the delegates and visitors at the White
House on Tuesday afternoon. March il.
a receptions viii be held by the congress
leaders at the Raleigh. And an excur-
sion viii be enjoyed TO Mt. Vernon on
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. w t. Holtz-
man. 1914 Twelfth street, Washington. is
chairman of the local committee of ar
rangements.
One Novel Feature.
novel feature will be the interna-
flonal cay. which will be introduced foI
the first time al this sessit.1-
The Mothers Congress has enlarged
its borders and heightened its stakes
since the last gathering II the National
Capitai until now it embraces an initial
organization in Japan. where Mrs. Ben
jamin Chappeil. Tokyo. is leader; and
correspondents in Canada. and in China
Iaaia. Australia. Peru. Brazil, Chile. and
the Hawaiian Islands.
Childhood conditions in other lands
will he the general sub Jet Of interna-
tionaI day which has been set for
Wednesday. March -. Among tho
speakers enrolled are Sir Mortimer Du-
rand. Ambassador of Great Britain; Mr.
Kioki Of the Japanese legation: and
Dr. Samuel Mccune Lindsay, former
United States Commissioner to Porte
Rico Mrs Sara Sheridan, OF PhiiadeI
phia, will sing mother songs OF all ma
tons.
Speeches on Saturday.
The chairrnen OF the standing com
mittees who win speak Saturday, Marcel
IL are: Literature. Mrs. z. r. Weeks
KANSAS City, Mo; Child Labor, Mrs
Florence Kelley. New York; Press, Mis-
Jane A. Stewart, Philadelphia; Depend
ent, Defective, and Delinquent Children
Hastings Hart, Chicago. chairman
Book Lists for Mothers and Children
Mrs Herman H. Birney. Philadelphia
Legislation. DR.. Corne1ia Delay, Chica
go. Printing. Mrs. r. 7, Hawley, Phila
delphia Education, Mrs. W. S. Heffer
an. Chicago. and Domestic Science, Mrs
D w Standrood. Boise City, Idaho
The officers Of the congress are:
Founder and honorary president. Mira
Theodore ". Birney. Washington, u
C.; president. Mrs Frederic Schoff. Phil
adelphia: vice presidents. Mrs. Rober
r. Gotten, Bruce, Pitt county. n. c..
Mrs j. p. Mumford, Philadelphia: Mrs
Frank L. Wean, Chicago; corresponding