Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-03-10
MOTHERS LEAGUE
FOR COLORED WOMEN
Organized Last Night at Stanton
SchOOl---Encouraging Outlook.
MRS. FERNANDIS' ADDRESS.
Executive Secretary OF Upited Workers
for Social Service Among COlored
People in Baltimore Tells Of
Important Work Here.

Important Work Here.
| seyenty.hve representative women OF
Annapolis, Camp Parole. Easj port snd
bother environments Of Annapolis ar
eanized last evening as charter mem
bers Of the colored Mothers League OF
Annapolis
This IS the most important step ever
taken by the colored women OF this
section, and must be far-reaching in its
| results Article III. OF their e7nSt:-
tuition, reacs "The purpose of this
League is to awaken TIE colorcd race
TO their great responsibilities of the
parents and for the further uplift of
the colored race"
The foundation OF the League is the
| belief that the chiid's earliest training
is the most important period in its life
and that cnly a mothers love and
! watchtul care can safeguard a child
from early temptations
After the adoption OF a very com
| plete constitution. Mrs. T. c. Fernan-
dis, from the United Workers for So
cial Service Baltimore. made the ad-
dress OF tie evening on the subject
| The Responsibility OF Parents" She
/ spoke at length OF the inheritance o.
the child N that it required three
| generations to make gentleman
though matters OF maturing become a
| very serious affair She traced all per
| sonal standards, al courage. reliahil
ny. LOYALTY directly to the parents,
ana back Of them through earlier for
| bears. She dwelt on the influence OF
environment, holding clean floors and
| bright windows, thrown open TO the
fresh air, and to the best gift of God,
| sunshine. had a large part in charac-
ter building
She urged parents to rear their chill
aren in the home, not to turn them into
| The streets to make their vucations and
| kind, and TO always keep in view their
| ife work, training lhcn as best they
could for such work. end. especially,
| she urged the care ard guidance
of adalescert youth She held that life
was, today too complex fer a mother
TO neglect amy or theee first duties
| The lecturer spoke OF the great m
| portance of registering births. tellmc
! an amusing story Of a family in which
a baby boy and a pr1digal dog arrives
| the same day Tae log was duly reg
| istered, but the affair of the child was
| quite overlooked Years later the
child, grown into manhood, met with
all sorts of real embarrassments be
| cause of no hrtl certificate Event
ually finding the registering papers OF
the dog, he was able TO make out his
day OF BIRTH
The speaker ureed, also gardens,
| however, small, around the hon os.
| dwelling not alone on the refining in
| Auence of grubbing in mother ca,tL.
but in the friendliness ofpassiug seeds
| over the fence to a neighber Tae nd
| dress was Illustrated throughout With
personal experiences in juyerlie co.rts
and in the coming interests Of social
and settlement work, where Mvs. Ter
| nandis is most active. In referring Il .
the need OF day nurseries for wuriing
| women. the speaker said the greatest
| harm was not awlays to the infal,. left
| in cold rooms that was a physical
harm but the young child left to take
the mothers place was harmed Otter
| both morally and physically.
The address was full OF interest as
| we'll as Of encouragement Its presan-
tation was characterized by the grlce
aud dignity OF simplicity. Let us have
| Mrs, Fernandis often Mrs. J. A. Bris-
| coo foll, wed in brief address on the
| need and hope Of the Leaguepl .dgine
her interest IL its every Undertaking
She spoke with much charm OF man
| ner 4 few of the plans for the League
| in the near future are primary class
| es in sewing. preparatory 70 advance
| classes N dress-making, and also in
/ dne ueedle-work. A baby show in N9y
and October, monthly musical ortri-
| buttons at the sessions OF the I aarue
and addresses once q month from
| well-known workers in so al services
Back Of this League is an advisory
board of deeply interested White wo.
men, of Annapolis and Ea tport The
| officers OF the League. as far as com
| pleted. are: President Mrs Z u
Snowder; vice-president Mrs n y
Williams Mrs. j. r. Briscoe. Mrs
Beckett Louisa Burgess, sarah hos
| tan.recorGlng secretary, 4cnes Spriggs
| con- spending -cCre,ary n Dennis
| treasurer, z. n. Fletcher. executive
committee, Mary King. BiIue Morgan
i Celestia Brown. Audrey Garcia. Sarah
Jennings. general entertainment c1m-
mittee Emma Wells, Rosa Norw3oa.
izzie c rter: musical dircetc S. Nazle
Hawkins. Carrie Brice. pianist. ellen
| Parker
Associete Alpiai ers -1ie,rgie Bost ii
Hattie Smmins. Beuiah Adams. Jan
ME Butter. Sophia Marlborough. CaT-ia
Simpson. Rachel Thomas. Alice War
ren. Charlotte Johnson. Fannie Queen
| Mamie Bell, Lola Johnson. Garfield
Thomas. Ella GRAY, Rosalie Brown
Ethel weems. Alice Warren. Carrie
Johnson, Jessie Kirby. Isabella Grow
dy. Lucy Park. Annie Chew. Hester
Johnson. r. J. Atwood. Francis Brice
Hester Carver. Nanine Miller Emma
Hardesty