Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-12
WOMEN SWARM TO
GREET MRS. LOGAN
is DEEPLY INTERESTED IN
MOTHERS CONGRESS
Believes the Work Has Great Future
and She Will Take Part In the
Sessions to Be Held
Here

| With her crown of beautiful white hair
a dozen or more people yesterday morn
ing in the parlors Of the Hotel Alexan-
dria, Mrs. John A. Logan looked the
same as she always does, surrounded
by visitors and talking over matters
with every one of them with just the
same sweet sympathy and interest.
She has friends from one end of the
continent to the other, and when she
arrived in Los Angeles everybody, and
especially the club women, went singly
or in committees to talk to her and to
ask her advice upon some knotty club
problem, for Mrs. Logan is an author
ity on everything pertaining to organ
izing and maintaining big societies,
and Is everywhere eagerly sought.
Mrs Logan is the last surviving
widow of any of those famous old gen.
erals, and the interesting historic home
in Washington, D. c., which was given
to her a couple of years before General
Logans death twenty-one years ago, is
at all times beset by people, some curl
Gus to see the home, but all anxious
to talk to this woman whose kind Of
fees both in money and with sympathy
have made hundreds of destitute SOL
diers' families happy.
Prominent as a Writer
She is well known as writer and
prominent although unassuming men,
ber of a large number of philanthropic
movements; but Mrs. Logan Will not
talk much about herself. She is too
modest; and when asked personal
question she quickly turns the subject
to something she says she is more inter-
ested in, the Mothers congress, in ses-
tr1Nn
which she has come to Los Angeles.
She says she has always been inter-
ested In the work ever since it started
ten years ago, but has never Joined
until short time ago, as she felt that
she could only do justice to one, and
that one must be the Woman's Rel1ef
Corps for the soldiers and their famt-
lies. She said:
NOW I feel as If I really ought to
be actively engaged in the work, how
ever, as it is great movement and is
doing and is bound to do a great good
in the world They are becoming
stronger every year, and in the last
few months there has been great out
burst of enthusiasm for the cause
which know will lift the organization
far beyond it's present limit. nave
determined to do all in my power 10
help it and am writing all / can to
interest the people in it and to bring
the enthusiasm up to the highest pitch
possible.
Differs from Other Clubs
"The Mothers congress is distincly
different from other clubs. 1t does not
concern itself in the least with any
political or religious questions or any
topics of the day only so far as they
affect the children and the mothers. Its
aim is to give to women in general
correct appreciation of the glory OF
motherhood as far as possible, to aid
in the betterment of the condition OF
childhood by enlightening the mothers
and try to bring hearty cooperation
between the mother and the teacher, Tor
so often the mother leaves everything
to the teacher inside of school hours.
and the child lives two lives-one in
school hours and the other out-and
oftentimes both teachings are so differ
ent that the child has only jumble
of ideas, between which he cannot dis
tinguish. We have the best mothers
and the best teachers, so now we want
the best children. The great truth, If
you have good mothers you will have
great men and women, never seems to
have been appreciated as much as 1t
should have been, and it is the aim of
our organization to show its value.
at enjoy the work because I know
what good it is doing, and 1 am at
present devoting most of my time to it.
/ like Los Angeles, too, because have
so many friends here"
Mrs. Logan's popularity was attested
by the fact yesterday morning that she
had four great bouquets of flowers
which different people brought. She will
remain in Los Angeles until the close of
the congress Thursday evening, and
then will go north to San Franciso,
where she will visit friends.