The Washington herald., 1907-04-17

new Ib4As april III 0-Q4E WllFIWlnd
programme for the Peace Congress. which
Included four meetings. one conference.
land four receptions to delegates, was al
iguided through troubled waters without
the hand Of the captain. But the spirit OF
Mr. Carnegie was present, and It mani
ifested itself Ia a gradually evolved deter
limitation TO separate the sheep OF peace
from the goats Of disorder and radicaHsm
lin the fold Of the peace workers. No reso-
Ilutions were passed against the recalci-
ltraat ones; no condemnation Of and-peace
Expressions was pat 70 papeT-that VIII al
come about at the general conference 10
be held in Carnegie Hall tomorrow morn
ling But upon the heads Of those who
have dared TO say that there could be any
thing desirable except immediate and uni-
lversal peace there was visited to-day the
disapproval Of the loyal ones.
some Expressions of Distrust.
This disapprovaI expressed itself in the
form OF interruptions and loud cries of
NO. no" when a report Of the manufac-
turing interests Of the country dared 10
tell an audience at the Hotel Astor that
il was al right to talk Of abolishing war,
but that the United States should keep its
powder dry just the same
Il was manifested when another speaker
presumed 20 speak Of the Revolutionary
war IN anything but an apologize spirit.
Across the tea cups at the Barnard Club
and over the salad dishes at Sherry's the
name of one man was whispered with
lsidelOng giauces Of suspicion. that man
being ". T. stead. Of London. who has
said that there can be no such thing as
disarmament. and that peace congresses
lalways talk fapdoodle and do nothing
To tie published record Of the Peace
/ Congress a new chapter was added To-
/ day when the women were heard from.
/ What the gentler delegates TO the con-
I gTess had 10 say about war was not the
/ least Of the contributions that have been
made To the literature Of the subject in
! the past two days. One of the speakers
at the mornings session for women al
/ Carnegie Han. Mrs. Ellen ri. HenF0tin.
/ lex-president or the General Federation
/ OF Women's Cla3s, Chicago, Faads~ bold
20 say that ia these times women had
nd a new way Of expressing them
] selves. and one Of these new expressions
/ was the determination Of mothers not 70
/ make sacrifices for the cannOn's mouth.
/ Race suicide had its inception from this
/ determination, said the speaker.
:
The fourth session Of the Peace Con-
gress opened at Carnegie Hall with Mrs.
Anna Garlin Spencer presiding. II had
! been advertised that Mrs Julia Ward
/ Howe would be one OF the guests OF
/ honor but her age prevented the we'll
! known advocate Of universal brotherhood
/ from attendance. and she sent a letter OF
/ appreciation and God-speed instead. Mrs.
May Wright Seawell. Mrs. Lucia Ames
/ Mead. Of Boston; Miss Mary f. Woolley,
president OF Mount HOIyOke College; Mrs.
! Frederick Nathan president o. the New
/ York Consumers League, and Miss JaRs
/ adams of Hull House. Chicago, were
/ the women who led the meeting. One
man braved the majority of women. and
i spoke near the end of the meeting. He
was William Archer, dramatic critic OF
/ the London Tribune
The hall was crowded with women,
/ with here aud there a lone man. when
! Mrs. Spencer opened the meeting. The
/ St Cecilia Society rendered TWO musical
/ selections. and then the business Of the
morning began. Mrs Lucia Ames Mead
gave lengthy address, tracing the
/ progress forces for humanitarianism
and fraternity through centers. and re-
viewing the progress that had been made
toward universal peace in recent years
Then Mrs. Ellen NJ. Henrotin followed
with her exposition OF ''The Home vs.
War"
Accounts for Race Suicide.
Woman Is every day learning new
methods Of expressing herself" said Mrs.
Henroun. Either as q member of a
group or as an individual. One of the first
efforts of her expression Of what is 10
her new found truth is found in the
falling birth rate among those nations
which. make large demands on the family
10 maintain standing armies or great
armaments Among those nations the
women best fitted 10 bear and care for
children refuse 10 bear sons at the call
Of what has become for them an absolute
duty"
Miss Mary E. Woolley objected to the
jamestown Exposition being turned into
an international army and navy show 'Ie
We were 20 substitute arbitration for
brute force, the reasonable accomplish
ments Of these ends would lie in the edu-
cation of the children. she said 1T is
because Of the appeal to the imagination
that the proposed naval and military
show at jamestown viii make great
harm. Why not depict the splendoFs of
peace?" asked Miss woolley
Mr. Archer felt his loneliness keenly,
the mornings addresses he confined him
self TO a poetical prophecy of what the
flag of peace Of the future would be. He
spoke half an hour elucidatmg this theme.
shafts for Editor stead.
The noonume was spent by the deIs-
gates being entertained.
There was a luncheon AZ Sherry's for
the patriotic delegat tions and committees.
At the Barnard Club Seventh avenue and
Fifty-sixth street. the graduates enter
tanned many Of the woman delegates
from out of town. President Nicholas
NJ Butler and Mrs. Butter received the
university delegates at Earl Han Coluna-
bia University, later IN the afternoon.
after a conference Of the college dels-
gates had closed. From 70
O'clock the patriotic committee OF the
peace congress gave reception to all
delegates who were not otherwise en-
gagged,
It was at the Roontime luncheon at
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