The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-24
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 in good numbers yesterday at the h- tbrary building to listen to Mrs. Mitch ell. who gave a summary of current events. She began by reading hu- morous poem about St. Patrick's day and then referred to the Taft cabinet, which she regarded as a very legal one. inasmuch as six out of the nine members are lawyers. She also said 1t gave promise of being a travelling cabinet, as the Secretary of War would go to Panama to look after the canal, the Secretary of the interior was to visit Alaska to study the needs of that country; the Naval Secretary will visit all the navy yards. and MT. Wilson of the Department of AgricuI- ture will make a tour of the experi- Inent stations. This rushing over the country on the part of Cabinet min President himself having done much traveling while a Cabinet minister.
 The next subject touched upon was psychotherapy, topic which appears to fascfnete many, since there is some thing of the mysterious about 1t. At tention was called to the movement in this direction now going on at old St. Marks church in New York, where the practice of this branch of medi- cine is called healing mission, and is considered by the rector of St. Marks 8 valuable adjunct to the church. At this point an incident was related as told by Bishop Root, which took place in China. where he has preached for many years. He is a native of Little RockS Arkansas, and upon one occa- sion he told the Chinese how poor the people are in Arkansas and how much they needed help. The result was the Chinese took up a subscription of $20 to be sent to Arkansas to convert the heather of that poverty-stricken place It IS funny incident, seen from the American point of view, but it so hap pens that the poor people of Arkansas do need all the help they can get
 Tos begging for self-government and that the people desire a senate of their own They have lower house elected by the people, but the upper house of Americans. She said the United States does not feel that the Porto Ricans are. as yet capable of self gov ernment- She spoke of the amaturish efforts at legislation in Cuba, and men toned the passage of a bill granting amnesty to all criminals save those who had committed suicide or homi- eide.
 The moving picture craze next came in for, observation and a censorship of pictures was recommended. This step is to be taken in New Haven and New York. Many of the pictures were called, are simply vile and should not. be allowed. Four new sets of moving pictures are produced each day and there are now something like one lHOuSduO OH the IIldrh0I.
 The next topic was the wonderful advance which has been made in Ger many during the past 2S years, when that nation was but a collection of petty states each with it's own little ruler. It is astonishing, she said what has been accomplished. It now has the greatest and best disciplined army in the world and it's navy ranks second There has also been a great advance in the conditions of women, partly be- cause there are 100000 spinsters in that country and circumstances have forced them into commercial and busi- ness pursuits, to earn their bread. They have as a. matter of self preserva- tion gone into industuria1 occupations. It was stated that in Germany these women are. sneeringly spoken of as @broOk trout, the same as in Amer fca women are called "suffragetts. Mrs. Mitchell admitted that these Ger man women are extremely advanced and not always attractive
 ed to the indictment of our public school system by Mir. Gorse, an Eng fish writer who has been in this coun- try taking notes. It is asserted that our schools do not teach men and wo- men Tor practical life. For instance, schools should teach girls, so MT. Morse thinks, how to feed infonts. But he admits that the situation is more hopeful in America than it is in Eng land. The school of to-day represses all individuality; there is no more crea- tive .simpuIse in the boys and girls: they are turned out mere auto1natons. After the impulse has been stif1ed there comes a course of examining in which the child loses nervous force. Mrs. Mitchell remarked in this connection that there are a plenty of destructive people but few are constructive. The remedy eindicated by some is to give mp general education and substitute an institute where all sorts of occupa- tions can be taught and where the child may take his choice. and dis cover his bent. The speaker thought there is an element of, truth in this proposition. But she was sure we are on the eve of an entire reorganization of our school system. All elementary schools should be taught by women and in the higher schools females should have the same pay as males. Teachers and pupils are now over worked and the school hours are con- Stantfy growing shorter
 Deputy Game Warden J. Wilbur