Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16

Agent Illinois State Board OF Public Charities.
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brief address of acceptance OF the presi-
dency. She called the attention of the
delegates TO the fact that the members of
the congress should at all times carry out
their work along practical lines. She
told of her early association with the late
Mrs. Theodore Birney of Chevy Chase.
Md. founder of the organization. and
said that as president of the congress she
desired to witness the realization of
many of Mrs. Birneys ideals.
The congress is like a university"
said Mrs. Schoff, lin that It's members
have decided it wise to rarely change
their president In CARRYING out great
policies in any organization 1t has been
are made every two or three years in
the head of an organization
Duties of the Members.
Mrs Schofr then declared that the
preparation and editing of information
for every young mother in the country
should be taken up by the bureau of
education, and she pledged her efforts
in promoting such needed Legislation.
Concerning child labor she said: we
all deplore the conditions, but II is TO a
great extent tolerated because the par
ents want the children to labor. To solve
the question we must teach them that
to allow the young to engage in manual
labor is wronging them physically and
economically
She then declared that the National
Congress of Mothers should have an Of
flee i'm this city with paid secretary.
Speaking directly of the work in hand,
Mrs. Schoff said: 1t is to me the great
est i'm the world. for 1t is carrying out
the work of the Heavenly Father. It is
going to do more than anything else to
charge the character of the country. We
must guarantee that the boys and girls
of the next generation shall have correct
ideas
She expressed the hope in closing that
the next three years of the life of the
congress will be as harmonious il has
been in the past, and made plea for an
International congress of mothers to
take the place of the present organlZa-
ton. The love of the child is the tie
that will unite all hearts, said Mrs.
Schoff.
Each of the newly elected officers was
conducted to the platform and introduced
in turn by Mrs. Schoff. All made brief
addresses.
Grandmother of the Congress.
A motion electing Mrs. Harriet \. Nc
Clelan of Georgia. mother of Mrs. Theo-
dore Birney. an honorary vice president
prevailed. Mrs. Mcclellan was then es-
corted to the platform and introduced 10
the delegates the grandmother of the
convention" She made a short address.
in which she thanked the delegates and
also told of the early efforts of her daugh-
ter in forming the congress
4 photograph of Mrs. Harold Walker
of Mexico and her young Son-thc daugh-
ter and grandchld of Mrs. Birney-was
then shown. After the photograph had
been passed to the delegates Mrs. Arthur
A. Brney OF this city received thanks on
all sides for her acceptance OF the office
of corresponding secretary. When first
proposed for the office Mrs. Birney de-
clined absolutely to serve. but after the
bal Hot had been cast and it was found she
had received majority of the votes she
accepted the office.
The morning session came to close
shortly after noon.
Afternoon and Evening.
Placing out Work for Children was
the subject OF an address by Edwin y,
Solenberger, secretary of the Children s
Aid Society Of Pennsylvania, at the OPEN
ing OF the afternoon session. which be-
gan at 2:30 o'clock. After a discussion
of the address the convention will hear
Miss Helen Bennett Of New York talk
upon "A Home for Every Child. De-
linquency in Girls will be discussed by
katherine Senent Davis. superintendent
Of the New York state reformatory for
women and Mrs. Frank r. Hill of Ts-
coma. Wash. president of the Washing
ton Congress OF Mothers Miss Lucy ".
Rurd principal of the Hons School for
| Bows at Fretz Pa. will lie heard upon
Delinquency I'm Boys.
At the session this evening AT O'Clock
Rev. G. Ernest Smith. rector of st. Thorn.
as Protestant Episcopal Church will de-
liver the invocation. Judge William II
DeLacy of the Juvenile Court will dis
cuss Juvenile Delinquency-Causes OF