Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-05
REAr preparations are b

OF MOIneTS, WHICH, Will hiOSS ASi Y
MAY 10 to 15 and an interesting session
Is expected from the program that has
been arranged. Mrs. w. W. Murphy Is
state president, and an exceptionally
busy woman she will be this week.
The congress is growing by leaps and
bounds and it's influence is being felt in
the most distant homes. Its aim is 10
raise the standard of home life and to
develop better parents, to carry the
mother love into all that concerns or
touches childhood in home, school,
church and state, to secure legislation
to prevent children of tender years
from being tried in ordinary courts, and
to establish Juvenile courts and have
special officers in every town who shall
look out for the child and rescue in
stead of confirm him in his evil ways.
The headquarters for the delegates
will be at Hotel Plumasita. Friday
evening at the Ebell club house,
Eighteenth and Figueroa streets. there
will be a reception in honor of the con-
gress delegates given by the California
Congress of Mothers. Music Will be
given by the school of orchestras. The
board of managers will meet at the
Ebell club house, the headquarters for
ali meetings, Saturday morning at S:SO
O'Clock. and at 2 o'clock Rev. DR.. Rob-
ert Mcintyre will open the conference
with the invocation. The Pupils Glee
club will sing and greetings will be
given by Joseph Scott, president of the
board of education; Ernest G. Moore,
superintendent of Los Angeles schools,
and Mrs. w. w. Murphy. Mrs. Fred
erick Schoff, president of the National
Congress of Mothers, will respond, and
at $3.50 o'clock there will be discus
sion on "Co-operation of Home and
School," led by Mrs. Edwin c. Grice,
chairman national committee of Pa
rent-Teachers' associations, and the
presidents of the child study circles,
teachers and parents are invited to
take part.
Rev. F. De Witt Talmage will give
the invocation at o'clock Saturday
evening and girls chorus will sing.
Hon. Ben B. Lindsay of Denver, Colo,
will talk on deficiencies in Care of
Children Revealed by Juvenile Court"
and 1.-THE Juvenile Court in Los Ange-
les will be the subject of q talk by Hon.
Curtis D. Wilbus. A boys chorus will
sing.
Monday morning at 10 o'clock there
will be discussion on Child Saving
Work" led by Mrs. Frank R. Hill, pres
ident Washington Congress of Mothers,
Tacoma, Wash, and probation officers,
officers of Day Nursery associations,
play grounds, boys clubs and others
interested in child saving work are in
vited to participate. In the afternoon
the Polytechnic high school will be in
spected, and Mrs. Adam Fisher will
speak on "The Ethics of International
Courtesy - Old Glory the World
Around
Monday evening the tenth anniversa-
ry session will be held at the Ebell club
house, and talks will be given by Mrs.
Theodore w. Birney, founder, Atlanta,
Ga. 'fEarly History of the National
Congress of Mothers; Mrs. Edwin G.
Grice, Philadelphia, Pa, 'Review of
Ten Years Work.; "a Hymn of
Motherhood" by Miss Frances Judyer;
Hymn and Mrs. Frederick Schoff,
president, "Foreword for the Coming
Decade
Mrs. George M, Brill of Chicago. ILL.,,
will preside at the Tuesday afternoon
session at o'clock, and "Children's
Punishments" will be the subject dis
cussed, under the leadership of Mrs.
Elizabeth Snyder Roberts, Syracuse,
y; af.a 4. o'clock Miss Emma M. Green
leaf, Mrs. Robert ]. Burdette and Mrs
l.. j. Hersey will start the discussion on
"Relation of Child Study to Home,
School and State.'' Mrs. w. w. Muir
ply will be in the chair Rev. c. Hecht,
Phi. D., will give the invocation Tues
day evening at o'clock, and the Pu-
pills Glee club will sing in chorus.
Rev. w. M. Paden, Salt Lake City,
Utah, will talk on "The Problem of
Intermountain States.''
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
with Miss Mary F. Ledyard presiding,
the following program will be given:
'The Child's Three Best Allies, Mother,
Teacher and Physician; quartet from
the "Daisy Chain" Liza Lehman;
twelve songs of childhood, Wenona L.
Hungley, accompanist; "Send Foreign
Mother" Mrs. A. B. Cass; song, "Fai-
ries," Miss Augur; keepsake Mill"
Miss Sterritt; "If No One Ever Mar
ries Me-" Miss Savage; Stars" Miss
Bailey; Seeing the World" quartet;
address, "The Teacher" President
George A. Gates; song, 1.-THE Ship That
Sailed Into the Sum-" quartet; 1.-THE
Cress," Miss Sterritt; 1.-The Moon"
Miss Bailey; "Blind Mans Buff" quar-
tet; address, "The Physician" DR..
Dorothea Moore, and song, Thank You
Very Much, Indeed" Miss Savage.
Wednesday evening at s o'clock Rev.
Warren F. Day will give the invoca-
tion and Prof. James A. Foshay will
talk on "Oral Training in Public
Schools" The Pupils Glee club will
Will report. The program for the even
ing will close with the singing of
america" by the audience.
Thursday the delegates will enjoy
drive, luncheon and trip up Mount
Lowe.
The various committees and their
chairmen are: Hospitality, Mrs. F. w.
Force, 1880 West Adams street; teach
ers' cooperative committee, Mary F.
Ledyard, care of board of education;
finance, Mrs. J. D. Gibbs, 424 Park View
avenue; bureau of information, Mrs
A. B. Gless; credentials, Mrs. H. Law
Twining, 1908 Calumet street; badges,
Mrs. Catharine Pierce Wheat, 521 Ave-
nue. 66; membership. Mrs. c. w. Rog-
ers, 216 West Adams street; music, Mrs.
G. Parsons, 1912 Oak street; usher,
Miss Lillian Nolan, 1894 South Grand
avenue; press, Mrs. u. B. Lemons, 923
West Thirty-ninth street: reception.
Mrs. Willoughby Rodman, 2631 Orchard
avenue; board of council, Mrs. Chal-
mers Smith, 1443 Hyperion street; dec
oration, Mrs. Matthew S. Robertson,
1887 South Burlington avenue; litera-
ture, Mrs. A. B. Cass, 1888 West Thirty
third street; and advisory board, DR..
E. c. Moore.
Fave Wedding Wednesday
The weddincr of Misc PaI1o Do5a1;rro