Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-08

the time that has been previously
spent upon 1t by the legislators. be-
cause one or the other of the houses
will not bother to bring it up for final
action"
In connection with this bill she ex-
pressed appreciation of the work OF
| Mrs. Harry S. Campton and Senator
Hennessy. .=.'z.
She pointed out that the act amend
Ing the compulsory school law Is not
SO good as 1t should be, because there
| is nothing in 1t to prevent girls be-
tween the ages of ten and sixteen
! from engaging in street trades or to
restrict the hours child may be en-
| ployed In agricultural pursuits.
| She said that If there were any
present who felt the agitation over
! child labor was unnecessary in New
| Jersey, she wished to call their atten-
| ton to the fact that our enlightened
| State has waited until the year 1914 to
pass an eight-hour law for children.
She expressed regret that the reso-
luton embodying the request for a
permanent industrial welfare com
| mission did not pass the Legislature.
Among the bills opposed by the de-
| pertinent was the one to prohibit the
teaching of sex hygiene in the public
| schools, the Hetch- Hetchy bill; the
clause in the tariff bill exempting
from civil service requirements a
| large force of federal employees, a
clause IN the same bill which seemed
| inimical to bird life.
The last federal bill on which the
| department acted was the request
| from the chief of the federal chill
dren's bureau for an appropriation of
s165.000. as against the miserable
s25, 900 given last year. She comment
ed upon the fact that over seven mil
lions was appropriated for the bureau
of plant and animal industries and
said that, although the $139000 of the
present appropriation does not put the
children in the same class with the
plants and animals, 1t Is much better
than S25, 900.
1T is always refreshing to receive
positive assertions from our repre-
sentatives in Washington instead of
the non-committal I will give the
matter my serious consideration
which may mean something or moth
ing, so it gives me great pleasure 20
tell you that the following told me
they would vote for the appropria-
ton: John ]. Eagan, William e.
Tuttle. William j. Browning. Walter
I. Mccoy. James A. Hamill and Sena-
tor MARITIME" she concluded.
Music Department Report.
Mrs. Hiram T. Jones, chairman Of
the department of music. in accord
ance with the request of the music
department of the Tennessee Fedora
ton, submitted resolution to the
effect that the New Jersey Fedora
ton indorse the star Spangled Ban
ner" as the national hymn. Mrs.
Jones also urged the observance of
a Mcdowell day by the clubs. She
recommended reciprocity day
among the music departments of the
various clubs, saying that list of
clubs willing to reciprocate had been
prepared and is ready for use.
She expressed the hope that the de-
partment will be able to secure mu-
sic for an opening hymn written by
some of the club women. She said
that a program meeting has been
proposed to be held in some centrally
located place at the close of the year,
in which every club in the depart
ment is to take part.
She suggested that the clubs OF
town unite in placing monographs or
other mechanical instruments in the
schools and thus bring good music
within the reach of everyone.
Report of Education Committee.
Mrs. John v. Cowling, in her report
for the committee on education urged
bridge between learning and earn
ing in the schools since nine-tenths
of the pupils go to work instead of
to the high schools. The education
should be more practical, she de-
clared, than the education Of those
who go on through the academic
course.
'In our large towns there has been
a great advancement in manual
training and domestic science" she
said. What we need In the rural
districts is to teach boys TO be bet
ter farmers and girls better farm
ers wives. A great indication of
improvement in this direction is the
interest the government is taking in
the development of country PEOPLE.
She declared that public schools
would be more efficient IL there were
more cooperation between parents,
schools and school authorities in
general. In order to secure this the
department has tried to establish
all towns, with view of ultimately
having a State organization.
In speaking of making the curri-
culum more practical Mrs. Cowling
said that ii can be done only by
having a woman on the school board,
so this has been one OF the objective
points. The department has been
successful in most of the towns, she
said especially in the southern part
of the State. Sanitary conditions,
too, she declared, will never be what
the women want until the women ere
on the school boards. for janitor's
work, she added, is only housekeep-
ing, in which women excel.
Mrs. Thomas B. Stillman, vice.
president-at-large, submitted her re-
port, with the suggestion that COM
mittee be appointed TO redistrict the
State for the work of the State fed
GRAFTON.
Report on Home Economies.
Mrs. Lemuel Skidmore, of Summit. |
chairman of the home economics de- !
partment, submitted a report, with
the comment that complete analysis !
Of the year could not be expected \
from her, as she had only been ap-
pointed within the month. Her re-
port, she said. was only in the nature
IF a foreword.
You have heard it estimated" she
declared, that three quarters of the
income of the rich and nine-tenths of
The income of the poor is spent by
land we should add on) the women.
Now, what is the woman's point of