th and Greetings;
Mrs. Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (Ill.), For the Sake of the Child; Miss
Frances Griffin (Ala.), A Southern Tour; the Rev. Olympia Brown
(Wis.), The Tabooed Trio; Mrs. Annie L. Digges (Kas.), The Duty of the
Hour; Miss Laura A. Gregg (Neb.), Who Will Defend the Flag?; the Rev.
Celia Parker Woolley (Ill.), Woman's Worth in the Community; the
Rev. William B. Riley (Minn.), Woman's Rights and Political
Righteousness.[12]

An inadequate newspaper account of the very able address of Miss Gail
Laughlin (N. Y.), on The Industrial Laggard, said:

Miss Laughlin described the nineteenth as the industrial century
of which the factory was a notable product and co-operation the
spirit. Men were trained to do one thing well and by division of
labor the maximum result was attained with the minimum
expenditure of labor and capital. This principal of division of
labor has been applied everywhere except in the household, the
field which especially concerns women. Household labor is outside
the current of industrial progress. It is not even recognized as
an industrial problem because it is not a wealth-producing
industry. Students of economics will sometime understand that the
industries which consume wealth should receive attention as well
as those which produce it. Business principles are not applied to
the domestic service problem. There are no business hours. The
person is hired, not the labor. One woman described the
situation: "If you have a girl, you want her, no matter at what
time." There is no standard of work and the result is confusion
worse confounded. The servant's goings-out and comings-in are
watched and she has no hours to herself. Is it any wonder that so
many women prefer to go into factory life at less pay but where
they can have some hours of their own?

The report of the Committee on Legislation for Civil Rights, Mrs.
Laura M. Johns (Kans.), chairman, showed that it had been in
correspondence with many State associations which were working for the
repeal of bad laws and the enactment of good ones; for raising the age
of consent; for child-labor bills; for women physicians in State
institutions; for women on school boards and in high educational
positions and for many other civil and legal measures. Mrs. Clara
Bewick Colby's report on Industrial Problems affecting Women and
Children showed much dilig