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Show H At tuc Ivliitlier's Congress B , "Without doubt many friends of Mrs H Sorenson nnd thoso interested in her B work will bo pleased to hear of her re- B ception at Washington. A few items B of her letter, by permission, are hero B produrod B "I send you alone -with this letter H' one of the programs of the National B Congress of Mother's, also u clipping B from one of the Washington papers. I- B know it will interest you to sec yo ir B Juimblo friend and sister on the pro B gram of that eventful occuirence, and, B futhormore, to realize that I was so B exceedingly blessed in being on the B program. I did not know that I was B on the program before I arrived at B Washington. I knew that I was ex- B peeled to give a report of my work, but B not that I should take part in the pro- B gram. I was called to give my report B on Monday, and my talk, as you see, B xvas on Tuesday. When I gave my ic- B Port 1 wrt8 applauded and applauded. B When i had ihiisned they even wanted B me to keep on, though we had our allot B cd time. Hut X declined, of course. B The following from the V'nshington B "Post, is a sample of tho way Mis. Soi B cuson's remurKs were received : H Mrs, Hannah Sorenson, director of H v inothers' conferences of Salt Lake City H Utah, mAde an interesting, address on B the "Physical Side of Mothuihood." H She said she legarded woman, in her H mission as a mother, as a mediutor be- H tween God and man in the greatrst H function in creation. The young wom- H en and the men of today who marry mid H take upon themselves tho vast rcsponsi- B Irilites which are to lastnotonly through B this world, but through eternity, have H no conception of what they owe to God B and to themselves. Marriage is om- B "braced without an iota of knowledge of B physical environments that irake B oiotherhood a glory and a song. Girls B should be educated to a proper know- B ,lodgo of tho responsibilities they are B to undertake when they embrace mnt- B rimony. Tho physical redemption of B women would mean the glorification of B mankind, B All tho fears and all the curses that B now so ruthlessly surround motherhood B by reason of tho ignorance of tho laws B of nature and of God would be dissipat- B ed if tho young girls were properly and B purely made aquainted with tho phy- B sical laws they should obey and which B Ate to govern their futures and the fut- B 'uro of humanity as well. B Mis. Sorenson spoke with a slight B German accent that made her address B piquant and interesting, but in no mnn- B ner retarded the easy flow of her strong B nnd impressive sentences. H In concluding her address she made K n vigorous plea in favor of vegeturian- H Ism, declaring herself to be a vegetarian. H She created much amusement by stating H that sho believed that she was a little IB wiser than she was when site "ate the H animals up." H She created another round of laughter B when she said: "I'm pioad to be a H woman. I wouldn't be a man for any- B thing in the world, and I wouldn't have B a man to want to bo a woman. Each B lias a sphere and each is dependent uj- B on the other, B Mrs. Sorenson, in conclusion, paid u B high tribute to tho movement and its B leaders and was applauded for eeveral B minutes B MrH. oienson's paper was' 'also 'disj-' B cussed. MrH. Haneley, who spoke f:om' B one of tho private boxes, was very B earnest in her approval of the nrgu- B ment MrH. Sorenson had advanced. B She said shi had long been amazed at B the mock modesty which had prevented B the proper consideration of the subject B Ir8 Soienson hiid so intelligently treat- H B Wo have ieceicd a copy of Dr. B Macser'e book, ''School and Pireside," H and find it an excellent educational H work which will moot with a large B H J03I1 Whitman spent a few days of B last week in Lehi. IBf n |
