Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-13

purpose Oh pTlHS1U6 iitd AOi1o anu VIC
school together. causes the superintendent.
who is interested in the welfare of the
children, to see the possibilities for the bet
torment of school conditions. The func-
ton of the school is to supplement the
work of the home, and the work of the
home should supplement that of the
school, ef IS
The California congress- of mothers has
taken an active part in securing the juve-
nile court law, and in aiding in making It
effective for the betterment Of conditions.
1t has seconded the enforcement of the
compulsory education law, and encouraged
the work of tenant officers. All this, Mrs.
Murphy said, she believed to be the most
practical way to control the abuse of
child labor She stated that they looked
after the boards of education and induced
them to enforce the law for the teaching
of sewing cooking. sloyd, and cardboard
instruction. She stated that the men-the
fatherS-took great interest in this matter
There have been ten mothers circles form
ed during the year, eighty in all, in Cali
fornia.
Mrs. Charles Newbold Thorpe. president,
spoke for the New Century Club of Phila-
delphia, which is one OF the pioneers and
one of the largest womans club of the
country, numbering 200 members. Mrs.
Thorpe who is also president of the board
of managers for the presbyterian Wom-
ans Foreign Missionary Association in the
United States told in brief of the mothers
meetings and juvenile court work in which
the New Century Club has been engaged.
other Reports.
Other reports were presented by Eliza
beth W. Lowry, delegate from the Phil
adelphia Mothers Club, which she said
was in it's eighth year and doing excellent
work; by Helen Hopkins Jones of the
Mothers in Council" of Germantown, Pa,
which is an organization of Friends" in
which was enumerated a number of re-
forms which have been instituted; by Mrs.
IN of
particular attention to the juvenile court
work which was indorsed by many distin-
guished jurists of that section; by Mrs.
Cora Bussey Hills president of the Iowa
Congress of Mothers, where, so the presi-
dent stated, they are working hard for
juvenile court, and to establish a home for
dependent and defective children and
the report of the Mothers Association of
the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Albany,
N. Y.
Mrs. D. o. Mears of Albany, N. Y, au-
ditor of the national congress of mothers,
made an interesting report of the work the
mothers of New York are doing along
educational lines and in every helpful way
possible to uplift the Golden, ignorant and
incompetent mothers in the slum sections of
the city and to help their unfortunate Off
spring to become self-respecting and indie
pendent citizens.
Mrs. A. A. Birney, was introduced by the
national president to make a report on the
newly organized mothers of the District
of Columbia, of which Mrs. Birney is pres-
dent. She stated that the organization was
too new to have accomplished anything
yet, but she thought she saw great future
for it,
Mrs. Mary H. Weeks, chairman of the
committee on literature, whose home is in
Chicago, is unable to attend the congress
because of Illness. Her report was pre-
scented to the congress by Mrs. Edwin c.
Grice, corresponding secretary. Mrs. Weeks
reported that the library fist of the mothers
congress is constantly growing She rec
commended that the papers presented to the
congress be presented much more fully in
the annual journal, it only by this
medium that most of the. mothers of the
congress could keep in touch with the ma
tional congress. -
Notes of Interest.
How that model nursery of Mrs. Du Bots
does rejoice the hearts of the women, even
though they know they can never have
anything like it. There is a dado of pic
lures clear around the ROOM most of them
childish subjects, but aHi excellent prints
of famous pictures. A few are in colors.
All the furniture is in white enamel and
the finishings in light colors, and there are
handsome pictures on the wall. 1t is a
room that appeals to every woman who
sees it, with its white lawn draperies and
all the dainty accessories dear to every
childish heart. The play room is tricked
out with swings and plays of all kinds,
picture books blackboards,e tiny round
UlUlLS ldDlEs all SET IOT d meal, COILS, Toys
in fact, Santa Claus might have emptied a
Christmas Sleigh there for a little boy and
little girl. The two beautiful Du Bots
daughters were the little hostesses, and
the fun they were having! 'ts,-.
AS The Star reporter peeped in Miss
Elizabeth Du Bots, assisted by tiny Mar
garet, had a small boy in the spring swing
and were dancing him up and down till all
you could see was a streak of white flash
ing between ceiling and floor and the small
master wasn't having Bit of fun, but was
bowling for mamma while Miss Eliza
beth with concern on her small face was
bouncing him harder and harder, meantime
soothingly adjuring him to be mice and not
cry These small hostesses have much the
society air of their devoted mother and
they make everybody welcome who visits
the place. 81.
The Pennsylvania state congress of
mothers has had as it's leader for the past
two years, and has recently reelected to
the presidency, Mrs. Anna Janney Lippin-
colt. Mrs. Lippincott is also an active
member of the National League of Women,
an organization whose object is the aboli-
ton of polygamous practices Her breezi-
ness and enthusiasm are due perhaps to her
southern origin, for she is the daughter of
James Janney, southern Friend, and she
was born on her fathers estate near Hills
boro', Va.
One of the Mothers Congress state presi-
dents Is Mrs. Alexander Marcy of Riverton,
and active in work for mothers and chill
dren in all walks of life. She is of New
England birth, with antecedents which have
brought her into membership In patriotic
bodies, including the Society of Colonial
Danes and the D. A. R.
Mrs. Sallie S. Gotten of Bruce, Pitt
county, N C., one of the sunny-spirited
ana charming southern members of the
congress OF mothers, was a lady manager
at the Chicago fair, both on the national
ooard ana on the state board. She was the
nrst recording secretary of the National
Congress of Mothers and editor of the
magazine while they published it. After
ward she became corresponding secretary
and is now national vice president. She
was born in Lawrenceville, Brunswick
county, Va, and is the daughter of Thomas
j.. and Susan Sims Southall She is devot-
ed TO the work of the mothers congress,
which claims her entire time and interest.
MRS. Gotten speaks with the true southern
accent, and speaks well. She is the life of
any assemblage and fits into many inches
during the congress-
AT a meeting of the board of managers
saturday afternoon at the Raleigh Hotel
mrs. Schor appointed a committee on reso-
Iutlons, as folows Mrs. Robert r. Cotton
or North Carolina, chairman; Mrs. L. K.
ellison Of Illinois. Mrs. s. James of Wash