The Minneapolis journal., 1906-10-25

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MISS cARoLINE.v. SMITH.
Chairman of the Music committee3ef the
State Federation.
tee for the state federation, more sys-
tematic effort to extend s the juvenile
court system, and more vigorous work
for the securing Of a state industrial
school for delinquent girls.
She would like the chairmen OF the
different committees oAshave vital
connection with national organizations
doing similar work, the civic commit
tee with the American & Civic associa-
tion, art committee,* the state art so
| ciety, etc. ). #as sSs ,..
Mrs. Washburn also said that the
"unanimous decision. Of the state dele
cation not to accept any office: for
Minnesota at the recent biennial,'
placed the federation high in the opin-
ion of other state tfederations.
| ,"lt is not plums Minnesota wants.
she said, s'but to be Of service to the
general federation as a whole.''
No Ice Cream and Novels.
Interesting times are promised to the
children Of Minnesota. The girls are
to be robbed Of their ice cream and
novels and the boys are to be sent to
farm.
At least that is what will happen to
them if their mothers carry home and
put in practice the ideas they came to
the federation convention to get. It
is partly the fault Of Mrs. Charlotte
B. Chorpenning Of Winona, for she
the asoussHh Ra in very sym
ing of the Child. - -
According. to Mrs: Chorpenning, it
| takes a mother who is brave, receptive
and frank and teacher who is frank,
| watchful and tactful to understand a
| child, so it is not to be marveled at
that some youngsters are misunder-
stood.
her child that makes it hard for her
| to see him as he really isl the speaker
| 1t was Mrs. G. L. Atwood of St.
Cloud who wanted to rob the girls Of
their novels, because no real man can
rival book hero, and a. girl novel
reader will expect more from love than
she can ever get:
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growing beyond the strength Of any
woman when Mrs. Robert Seymour Of
Duluth announced that women take the
situation too tragically, and that what
IS really needed is "a more wholesome
belief in human nature.
Farm VS.. Manual School.
Mothers: Of boys will be puzzled
whether to- follow Mrs. Atwood's ad-
! y b.
accept Professor G.. Weilbrecht 8 sug-
gestion and put them in manual
training school. No, graduate from. a
mechanic art schoolsWas ever out Of a
job, he said;Zfor those who employ Ia
Dor are looking for the boys who can
DO things with their hands.
Professor Weilbrecht is principal of
the st. Paul Mechanic Art school and
he showed drawings and school-made
articles to prove that his pupils knew
what to do their fingers,
Monopolized by Mere Men.
Althoit is woman IS convention the
men monopolized the program last
evening, for man was the chief
speaker and the questions were all
asked by the men in the audience The
juvenile court is a subject that is very
much alive to everybody and the talk
by Judge Richard S. Tuthill of Chicago
one of the first judges in the United
States to hold a juvenile court, bris,
, tied with thought for his hearers to
take home. and ponder over: Judge
Tuthill would diverge the philanthro.
pist's millions into good Industrial
, schools instead of libraries "for this
kind Of government cannot exist un,
, less we have Intelligent citizens.'' The
: Chicago WOmen's club is responsible
: for the Chicago juvenile court, and sew.
, eral Of the wealthy women of the city
i pay the salaries Of probation officers
that they may have share in the
) work.
' Almost anybody can be a probation
, ter, friend, until an erring child is
l surrounded with love and helpful in
, fuences. FFTake care of the children
and the men and women will take care
of themselves. Put in civic practice
=, that common sense that wise fathers
and mothers use in their own familie:
s and. do not become discouraged, was
: his final message. "..s=.-gs
= Judge Tuthill was in Winona only long
enough to give his talk, as he, is on hi
! way to Vicksburg to join his ccomrade
| in the dedication Of an Illinois monu
l ment on the battlefield. -> a %.
Social Features Not Pronounced.
!; The rainy weather Of yesterda,
! robbed the delegates of the drive abou
70 the city which they had expected
There has been no social feature be
yond the informal reception that fol
i lowed the. program in the. church thi
9 afternoon, and many of. the delegate
/ did not wait for that, but went ava
q on the afternoon trains. a. -
r Luncheons were served each day i
Women whose eV cordaty broueht
t shine into the church if the skies wer
/ lowering without. The personnel of tn
"A convention has changed almost daily
i for every morning brought new dele
e gates and every evening took ava
others who could not remain thru tn
n meetings.
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