The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
MOTHERS WILL MEET
Programme for Congress Be-
gins Next Week.
MANY GOOD SPEAKERS ON LIST
Sessions to Be Held I'm tke Metro
pOIitan VI. T.. ChuFeh-PFesident
on Opening Dny-Study OF the
Child the Subject Of Debate.

Beginning Tuesday. March 10, the Inter
national Congress on the Welfare Of the
Child will be in convention in this city for
q week.
At 2:so o'clock on the opening day tho
associate members. governors delegates.
foreign delegates, STATE presidents. frater-
nal delegates. and guests Of the interna-
tional congress VIII be formally received
by President Roosevelt at the White
House
In the evening at S o'clock. IN the Met
ropolitap Methodist Episcopal Church.
messages from delegates appointed by
governors Of States viii be read. Hon.
Elmer Ellsworth Brown. official repre-
sentative of the United States, appointed
by the President, will make an address
on Children in the United States"
All sessions or the congress, with few
exceptions. Will be held at the Metropoli-
tan Methodist Episcopal Church, John
Marshall place and c street northwest.
Press Committee Meets.
At O'clock Wednesday morning the
conference OF the national press commit
tee will be held. Reports by the follow
ing delegates will be read al 1870 o'clock:
Mrs. Allen Whitworth. Of London; Miss
Sevarti CaDisperi. Greece; Mrs. a. w.
Cooper. representing the siamese govern
ment: Mrs. B. W La Barrer. and Mrs.
L. L. Tribus. representing the Persian
government.
Gen. Francois Joubert-Pienaer, Of An
gola, Africa. will speak of "Chfdren's
lives in Africa" at $50 O'Clock in the
evening.
On Thursday, March T. meetings OF
the legislative and business committees
will be held in the morning. The follow
ing viii make addresses on subjects re-
lating TO the home and household topics:
Mrs Henry J. Hersey. Denver. Colo;
Mrs. David o. Mears. Albany; Miss Lucy
Wheelock. Boston; Mrs. James s. Bolton.
New Haven Hon. Charles 2. Nell. Com
missioner OF Labor. will discuss Child
labor" and Graham Romeyn Taylor. Of
Chicago, viii speak on Fairgrounds
Those who will address the convention
on Friday. March Is, are: DIR. Harvey ".
Wiley. Mrs w. +. Thacher. Miss Alice
Lakey. Mrs NJ NJ Allen. Mrs. Cora
Graham, Mrs ". f. Thacher. Miss
Louise Pirington, NJ. D.. Clifford Web
ster Barnes, of Lake Forest, H., and
Miss Jane Brownlee. OF Toledo. Ohio.
Delegates VIII Report.
At O'Clock, Mrs. Edwin c. Grice.
chairman of the parent teachers associ-
ations. Will call for the reports of the
following delegates: Mrs. Henry A. True,
Colorado; Mrs. Charles II. Keyes. Con-
necticut: Mrs James II. Van Sickles.
Maryland: Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews.
Massachusetts,; Mrs. J. ID. Gibbs, Cali
fornia: Mrs Everett Metcalf New York.
Mrs. o. T. Bright Illinois: and Mrs. A.
T. DOdd. New Jersey.
Others who will speak on the subject OF
parent teachers associations are Martin
G Brumbaugh, superintendent Of schools.
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Mary T. Ledyard,
kindergarten supervisor, Los Angeles
public schools.
Education OF the dear Will be the
subject OF the principal address 70 be
given on Saturday. March u, by Miss
NJ s Garrett. Other addresses viii BE-
given at the morning sessions, treating
Of the care and welfare OF deaf children.
T. T. A.
y. J.; Charles S. Turnbul, Nj, D., and
Hon. J. B. Showalter. The afternoon viii
be devoted 10 entertainments to the
Washington children. Short addresses by
State presidents will occupy the evening
session.
Sunday afternoon viii be taken Up with
discussions on Sunday schools. Those
who will speak are Rev. W. Loring WoT-
cester, Rev. Jacob Z. Werren, Mrs. J. W.
Barnes. Rev. Robert g. Boville. Rev.
Richard VI. Hodge, D. D, and Rev. Josiah
Strong, D. d.
Memorial services for Mrs. Theodore W.
Birney Will be held at S O'Clock at the
Shoreham-
officers for the ensuing term viii be
elected at the morning session on Mon
day, March 16. Discussions or ''Delin-
quency In children will also be held
at the morning session.
Causes for truancy, vagrancy, and de-
linquency'' will be the subject OF an ad-
dress by Judge William II De Lacy at
the evening meeting. Other dlscOurses
on the subject of juvenile court work viii
be made by Mrs. Frederic SchoI. OF
Philadelphia; Hon, Henry L. McCune, Of
Kansas City, No. and Robert n Wilson,
NJ. D.. of Philadelphia.
The Closing Sessions.
The closing days sessions viii be de-
voted 20 business meetings OF various
committees. and introduction of officers.
The principal address Of the day win
be Psychology of motherhood by DR..
c. Stanley Hall. of Clark University.
Worcester. Mass.
DAY nurseries as child savers will
be the subject Of an address by AIr Ar
thur NJ. Dodge. of New York MI Charles
T. Weller, OF this city, will speak on
Housing and tenements' -
Addresses treating on the prevention
and care of blindness will be made by
F. P. Lewis. OF Buffalo; John F. Bled-
soc. Of Baltimore; Miss Harriet Rees, of
ST. Louis; Miss Wlnfrid Holt. OF New
York City. and Olin II. Burritt, of Over
brook, Pa
The formulation OF principles of work
for the welfare Of childhood will be the
last business transacted by the congress.