New-York tribune., 1908-03-11

world have assembled here to attend the interna-
tional congress on the welfare of the child. under
the auspices of the National Mothers Congress II
is estimated that upward Of two hundred delegates
are mere addition to four or five hundred NiS-
itors The congress will be in session for one
week and promises be OF the most note
worthy Of its kind ever held. At least a dozen
foreign nations represented in the assembly
among them being Great Britain Germany HOT
land. japan. Greece, France, Switzerland and other
countries. An interesting programme has been pre-
pared. and prominent men and women are sched-
uled to speak on questions bearing on the care
and culture of children. Among the subjects to be
discussed child labor. household economies.
home and school associations DuDhc education the
education of the deaf and blind. the care OF the
defective. Fairgrounds, day nurseries juvenile
courts and the treatment of erring and dependent
children
Among the speakers Will DE Elmer H Brown
Commissioner Of Education who will officially rep
resent the United States; James Bryce the British
Ambassador: Charles P Neill, United States Com
missioner Of Labor: DR.. Harvey w Wiley, OF the
bureau of chemistry of the Department Of Agf1-
culture: Judge Ben Lindsay, Of Colorado; General
Francois Joubert- Pienaar, Of Angola, Africa, ana
others
The feature of the opening day was the reception
and address the delegates by President iooseyet
ar the White House at 80 p. m
The President said, in part:
receive many societies here in the White
House many organizations o1 goou men @iIG eI
women stTys Of % our T social and civic condition
hut Ihere is no other society which am quite
aS n,t even ahead Of the of the Civl
War because, wnen ali Is sara II - -, 5.r
than the solder fights for has country me ne
successful mother, the inothe[ WIo 80 oU onC frts
in rearing and training aTlSht the poyS anu anu Snr1
who are TO be men and women oI tle ,IT1r =,
sed set o@cupLes if she only would realize it, more
honora bic as well more important Posi'ioii
I'm ma
Nothing Ia tins life tnat IS really worm naNiIs
at the cost OF enoPs no can 1e nossieiy
even in the point Of pleasure lthtl, Sleu re
ann amp Of 'seIfSenial OF effort suffering child
birth oC the long. slow, patience trying worh f o
edmcati9n no social attitude, can be right unless
it is based fundamentally upon the t %
s'1nrs1ne dignity the supreme usefulness of moth
nd GOOD mother unless she bears sufficient
humber OF children, so that the race snai IN m
- sa and not decrease, unless she brings UP liiesc
chdren sound in soul and mind and oodyunnies ,,IiI
this is true oI material prosperity triulnpns of
science and industry Will ayat 10 tba one su-
@ Io, aeIet of rational life; she is more important
r, far than the successful statesman, or business
man D. tbor 1l " and condemn the who is brutal
thoughtIess careless sed.9sh H., VIZ pn bousehoId The
ciaIly with the women OF MS own s III 40
hrtb pangs make all men the DEBTORS Oh an
The man is q poor Of the womans task who
~. reaiize what is done by her VINO oeals @ sh.lu
chiiaren are well grown, that any night VIII
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sfaer in abhor and condemn the man VINO Iaiis
30 recognize all his obligations TO the woman oman VINO %
So.s nor duty. But the woman WHO s!iIIhs iei
duty as wiie We Aao despise her as despise and
condeInn the soldier who finches IN pattle. A @ gooo
nr-on vho does full duty, rs sacred IN our eyes,
vartiy as the brave and patriotic soldier Is 10 De
Snr,ored above all other men But the woman
go, having false and vscuous ideal shlfkS heI
nnfv as wife and mother earns the risaI 9 10 our our
conffampt Just does the man who. from any any
ati,a tears 10 do his duty in battle when the
country calls him Because we so aanire .ns food
uon1an we have scant patience with her uhWorths I
s;Star who fears do her duty: exactly as LOT ie
SIS So -.ason that we respect man who does ms
d1tg honestly and fairly in politics, VINO WORKS
bard AT his business, who In time OF nauohai heeo