The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-03
GOVERNORS WIFE
JOINS FEDERATION
Delegation From Mothers Club
Presents Formal Address
at Mansion.
TELLS WHAT IT STANDS FOR
Believes Mothers Should Take
Part in All Matters Of
Public Welfare.

AT tho white House OF the Old
Dominion ar Interesting scene took
place yesterday afternoon when Mrs.
Mann. wife of the Chief Executive, &C.
cepted an honorary mem bership In the
Richmond Federation OF Mothors'
Clubs A deputaiion from the fed era.
ton coneisting of the president. Mrs
William GeInmell; tho nrst vico- pres
ideut Mrs. Howard l. Whltlock tho
corresponding secretary. Mrs Junius
Is. spiers, ca He'd at the mansion By ap-
pointment and presented n printed adj
dress to Governor and Mrs. Mann. ask
ing Mrs Mann to become an honorary
member and requesting the favor and
announcement OF Governor Mann. who
was present
After shc had accepted with wlnnio.
sraclousness. printed copy OF thu
address. signed by the officers OF tho
federation. was presented TO Mrs.
Mann and duplicate given to each
OF the deputation as a memento of the
occasion.
Stnpds for Higher Ideals
While the organization does mott
stand for demand for votes for wo
men. 1t does stand for organized IN
telligert and womaniy participa ton
BY NIL mothers in all tho things which
affect the lives OF their children"
states the address since the control
OF their training has been so largely
taken out OF the home and become a
public matter, we believe Il neceEsary
ana right that We should follow Thorn
INTO the schools. and see to II with our
own eyes. that while they are being
htted to earn their livings the things
"Hich alone make life worth living
are not forgotten.
We represent a body OF women
banded together to promote. in tho
nome and outside OF the home. thu
physical mental and moral welfare OF
the city Children To us tho public
schools ere more than life itself. for
they are the nolds In which are cast
the lives Of our childrer--thc lives o,
the vast majority of the fathers and
mothers OF the future. Neither our
school buildings nor our curr!culu,ns
are planned with sufficient regard to
their physical welfare, and we believe
that this Is SO. partly because those
who have controlled these things have.
at most. been merely fathers. and not
mothers also.
We are IN great need of the aid
and encoura cement of all whose tall |
ents or positions are such as may help
to focus the attention of those whose
ignorance or Indifference has tended !
tn EN- to consider seriously what this |
organization. what this movement and
effort toward Improvement IN the !
homes and in the schools means TO tho
future. We are persuaded that its /,
significance is deep and far reaching |
and that II we worthily fulfil our use
we may easily become the most pow
erful organization OF women IN the |
world.
I'VE are before you 10 ask that Mrs.
Mann honor us by becoming mem [
Der of our organization. thus lending |
her aid toward placing the Richmond |
Federation OF Mothers. Clubs on the
footing in The consideration OF the
where our aims entitle US
to be- We would ask the favor and
encouragement of our Governor We
believe that in granting 1t the early
days of his administration may be not
sigualzed. and that 1t /
may Indicate the policy toward the
cause of children "a cause now call
ing for world wide attention as never
before). which he would wish should
distinguish his incumbency.'
To Attend Meeting.
when she had accepted membership,
Mrs. Mann delighted the hearts of the
d equation by asking to be notified
OF the very next meeting of the feoer-
alton, which she will attend.
The call lasted for some time. on
account of the corliality OF Governor
and Mrs. Mann. who showed many In
teresting things in the mansion TO the
guests.
That Governor Mann is to some ex-
tent in line with the purposes OF the |
federation is evidenced by this excerpt !
from his inaugural address. which was
W rmly applauded on that occa sion:
81 am not an educator, but passing
along the roads In the country and the |
streets in the cities. it seems to me
that the children going to school have |
too many books. and distinguished
professor from our university. in |
lecture delivered in one of our cities |
some months ago, said that 1t would |
be better not to tax the children with
SO many studies. which, after all, |
cause confusion and result in a snlat-
tering OF many things and a clear UNI
derstanding of nothing-but to teach |
them a few branches thoroughly."