Evening journal., 1914-04-22
CONGRESS OF MOTHERS
Opens IN WASHINGTON
Delegates From Every State
Discuss the Perfect
Child
BY The United Press.


WASHINGTON, April 22.-The per-
feet mentally, morally, physi-
-cally and spiritually is the para
mount object of the third Internation-
az Congress on the welfare of the
child, which convened in Washing
ton today and will continue for a
week, through April q. The meeting
is under the direction and supervision
Of the National Congress of Mothers
and the Parent-Teachers' Associa-
tion.
From every State in America and
from most of the civilized countries
in the world thousands OF mothers
have come to attend this great meet
ing and the congress bids fair to be
tie most important human welfare
gathering since the memorial Con-
gress on Hygiene and Demography
hold two years ago. On the program
are more than forty speakers from
all parts of the world. women and
men of the international regulations
and recognized authorities of child
hood from the United States. Europe,
South American countries, China and
Japan. For six days these experts
will discuss every phase of the up
bringing, training. and education Of
the child and the congress is bound
TO be of inestimable benefit to the
mothers all over the world
Preliminary conferences and busi-
ness meetings. to effect an organiza-
tion were held yesterday, under the
direction of Mrs. Frederick Schoff, of
Philadelphia, president Of the Ma
tional Congress of Mothers. Today
there we're business meetings.
The opening addresses of the con-
gress will be given tonight at the
Raleigh Hotel Mrs. Schoh will de-
| liver the Presidents address and Of
/ fetal welcome viii be extended to
the foreign representatives and the
delegations appointed by the COVER
nors of the various states.
Following the opening meeting the
program for the rest OF the congress
is divided into four main sections
! Tomorrow and Friday the meetings
will be given over to papers and open
discussions, called round tables, OF
symposiums. devoted to the relations
of the child to the home. The rela-
tions of the child to the school will
be the topic for Saturdays session.
On Sunday "Ihe Church and Child
Welfare" viii be the subject, and on
Monday the discussion will have to dc
perhaps with the most important sub
division of the congress, the child's re-
lation to the State.
In these discussions. the most re.
nowned child-training experts of the
world will be dealt with. Among those
who have arrived here to deliver spe-
cial papers and addresses and to lead in
the round table discussions are:
Mrs. 5. II. Whitten, of Holyoke
Mass; DR.. Maximillian r. Groszmann
of Plainfeld. ~ j.; Mrs. Robert II
Tate, of Portland. Ore; Bernard j
Newman, of Philadelphia Warren
Booker. of Raleigh, n. c.; Miss Parker
of Pittsburgh, Pa; Mrs. Zoritza ID
Furnaiief. representative from Bull
garia; Miss Pingas Hu. representing
China; Mrs. r. p. Alexander, from
Toxic, Japan.
Others are Mrs Edwin r. Weeks, oi
Kansas City. Mo-; Mrs Walter Leroy
Smith, of Maiden. Mass; Mrs. David c
Mears. of Essex, Mass; Mrs. c.. G
Noble. OF Los Angeles, Call; Mrs. Fred
Dick. of Denver. Col; Mrs. Henry Os
good Holland. of Buffalo, \. v; Mrs
Augustus Henry Reeve, of Morris
town, y. j.; Mrs. Aristono Felts, O
Portland. Ore; Prof. f. a. kirkpat
rick, Of Fitchburg, Mass; Judge Ben b
Lindsey, of Denver. Colo; Mrs. War
wick a. Downing. of Denver, Colo.
The program is divided into twelv'