Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1921, Page 2

) 9 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON; D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1921 CITY HAS BRILLIANT PARLEY RECEPTION Unusual Setting Is Provided | in Honor of Delegates | From-Other Lands. | THOUSANDS AT MUSEUM| Every Circle of Official, Social and Residential Life Is Well Represented. The size, brilliancy and excellent management of last night's reception, tendered by the District of Columbia to the distinguished visitors attend- ing the armament conference, more than compensated for any possible feeling that the affair was compar- | able to “Hamlet with Hamlet left out,” due to the fact that members of the delegations proper were, almost without exception, unable to” attend. More than 4.000 specially invited residents of the National Capital fill- «d the spacious and beautifully deco- rated corridors and halls of the New tional Museum and were r!‘n‘en‘cnl‘ v the heads of the local government | and their wives. Perhaps no great evening reception in the history of | the city ever had a more interesting or unusual seiting or witnessed a throng of guests exactly comparable to that of last night, when every cir- cle of official, social and residential life was splendidly represented. Attendance of Official i Pressure of public or private busi- ness, fatigue due to either cause, ab- sence from the.city or other social engagements prevented the attend- ance of all but a few of the dele- gates proper, to the natural disap- pointment of their many admirers who had hoped at least to see them there. However, high advisory offi- cials, nimpers of them in brilliant uniform, and others connected with the various..delegations, representa- tives of the different embassies here attended generally and appeared to enjoy being guests fully as much as the District enjoyed entertaining them. - B L) The guests, who began to arrive at the north—entrence of the museum promptly at the scheduled hour. left their wraps in any one of a large number of cloakrooms installed along | the main downstars corridor. Then they formed in a ong double line MAN SAID TO HAVE GIVEN LINCOLN BED DINES IN NEW HOME. NEW YORK, November 24— Thomas Proctor, who is sald to have given up his bed to President Lincoln the night he was shot by John Wilkes Booth, and who, at least, had a room in the house to which Lincoln was carried, ate his Thanksgiving dinner in St. An- drew’'s Brotherhood Home at Gib- sonia, Pa., after spending the past six years as a ward In the city home on Blackwells Island. Ar- rangements for the transfer of Mr. Proctor, who Is now eighty years old, were made by Chaplain” Sid- ney N. Usher, representing the Episcopal City’ Mission Society. Mr. Proctor, with Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the martyred presi- dent, are said to be the only living survivors of the small group of persons who were present when the great liberator died. In his new home the aged lawyer will be permitted to enjoy many comforts of which he has been deprived for the last twenty-five years. —_— CALL ON PRESIDENT. | Delegates of National Civic Feder- ation Make Visit. President Harding yesterday after- noon received a delegation represent- ing the women's department of the tional Civic Federation, which left with him resolut recently adopt- ed by that organization, compliment- ing the President upon calling to- gether the more important powers to discuss limiting armament and assur- ing him of the confidence and support of its large membership. It was set forth in the resolutions that the federation believes in the ncerity of the purpose of the con- ference, the clearness of the Presi- on and in the ‘unselfish ip as_expressed by the nted to the conference ary of State, and that it confidently relies upon the same high purpose to the same end, to con- trol the subsequent sessions of the conference. It also was stated in the resolutions that the federation believes that this conference is the first step to- ward universal peace, Miss Maude Wetmore of Connecti- cut was spokesman for the delega- tion, and those with her were Mrs. Bayard Henry of Philadelphia, Mrs. F. M. Bacon and Mrs. Coffin_Van Rens- selaer of York, Mrs. William W. Reynolds of Winston-Salem, N. C., and Miss Marie Obenauer of this city. United States, and William Jennings Bryan, former Secretary of State, were constantly the centers of welcoming groups. Features of the reception which were which, slowly, but without a hitch wound first upstairs and then so e tensively through the great exhibi- tion hail that the journcy to the re- ceiving line was relieved of all pos- much enjoyed and critically examined by the foreign visitors were the American Indians, of which they had heard so much, the line of march.to the reception party leading them sible tedium. To many of those pres- ent the wonderful collections of the museum through which they passed was a new sight and many expres- sions were heard to the effect that nowhere else in this country and in few other capitals of the world could a more fascinuting setting for an evening function have been provided. Beautiful Decorations. The central corridors and main floor rotunda were beautifully deco- rated with flowers, greens and a pro- fusion of big flags of the nations pa ticipating in the conference. The bril- liant colors of evening were match- ed not only the gold lace of for- eign uniforms, but also some of those of the United States. The full dress of the Navy, with epaulettes and gold lace recently revived, helped make the occasion the most colorful of its kind since America entered the war, while here and there amidst the usual olive- drab was seen the half-forgotten full dress of various branches of the Army. High up in a portion of the corri- dor encircling the rotunda the Ma-| rine Band, led by Capt. Santelmann, played throughout the evening. The effect of the strains of music com- through the department of anthropol- ogy, where, in huge glass cases, are shown the life-size figures. of Indians of various tribes, at all ages, and en- gaged in their domestic occupations or tribal custom: The Roosevelt collection of African mammals occupying a long series of great glass cases and exemplifying in the highest degree the naturalist's and taxidermist's art, also caused much favorable comment. Diplomats stationed in Washington mingled with visiting foreigners and the residents of the city, the “behind the line,” a roped-off space just back of the receiving line, being constantly filled with members of the ladies’ com- mittee who received the foreigners after they passed the line and, after introducing them, escorted them to the general reception room, where the invited guests all assembled. Early Arrivals. Early to arrive were the ambassa- dor of Peru, minister of Switzerland, the minister of Sweden and Mme. Wal- lenberg, Miss Ingegard Wallenberg, the charge d'affaires of Panama and Senorita Ramona Lefevre, the minis- ENVOYS HEAR MASS AT 1. PATRICK'S Rev. Brooklyn Discourses on the Significance of the Day. “This is a day of thanksgiving, not for self-glorification; a day of per- sohal and national examining of con- science, of sorrow for our own sins and those of our people, not a day for criticising. fault-finding, and condemning other lands,” said Rt. Rev. Willlam F. McGinnis, of Brook- lyn, N. Y, in his sermon at the pan- American mass at St. Patrick's Church today. In addressing the representatives of the foreign governments in atten- dance at the mass Father McGinnis said: “It is our pleasant task to en- deavor to assist you this morning to recognize God's blessings more clear- ly, to appreciate them more fully, to give thanks more heartily, and to re- solve, with the help of God, that these treasures shall not be injured or dimmed by our ignorance of our vices, but shall go down in all their fresh- ness and strength and beauty to the countless children of the future who may be born on American soil, or who may come to seek home and happiness under the flag of our country. In speaking of thae prosperity of this country Father McGinnis said that not- withstanding the bountifulness of na- ture, the horrible truth rises before us that at this time millions of our fellow beings, in dozens of different lands, are in abject misery, utter degradation, sit- ting in rags on the cold earth with stomachs empty and hegrts bursting in despair and hatred, and with no de- liverence in sigat but death. Causes for Thankfulnes: “God has been exceptionally good to us (if we might use such terms) since ing from an invisible source lent a noteworthy touch. . In one of the far chambers of the National Gallery of Art, in a setting ter of China and Mme. Sze, the latter attracting much attention in her na- tive costume of rich silver brocade and wearing an ornament of pearls in He gave us not only a land marvelously beautiful, and broad, and rich,” he said, “but he gave us a body of men to tell us how to use this land, how to protect of masterpieces of painting, stood Commissioner and Mrs. Cuno H. Ru- dolph, Commissioner and Mrs. James F. Oyster, Commissioner and Mrs. Charles Keller and Charles J. Bell, chairman of the reception committe The guests were presented to the r ceiving line by Capt. Hayne Ellis, after which they passed through the exhibition salons of the gallery out into the rotunda. In one of the great halls opening out from the rotunda an elaborate supper was served throughout the evening. Perfection of Arrangements. How arrangements for this function her coiffure, according to native cus- tom; the minister of Venezuela, Senor Dr. Santos A. Dominici; the minister of Serbia and Mme. Grouitch, charge d'affaires of Siam, Phra pakitch, and the minister of Norway and Mme. Bryn. The Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop of Washington; Miss Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lansing, Miss Mabel Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. ‘Thropp, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Huide- koper and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hen- ry Butler were among the earlier ar- rivals. Among others in the vast throng were: Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. could have been improved upon is difficult to imagine. From the ar- rival of a guest's motor car at Penn- syivania avenue and 10th street to its departure hours later from its spe- cially designated parking space every movement was made with regularity and dispatch. Fears that there might be a vehicular congestion proved utterly groundless. Acting Supt. Sul- livan "and Capt. Albert J. Headley, head of the traffic department, were in personal charge of a hundred po- licemen and a hundred members of the Home Defense League, who, sta- tioned only a few yards apart, direct- ed the traffic. Arrangements inside the museum, carried out by the museum person- nel and aides to the reception com- mittee, also reached the highest pos- sible point of efficiency. Favorable comments were divided almost equal- 1y between the beauty. brilliance and ®ize of the reception, and the perfec- tion of all incidental arrangements. Mrs. Rudolph wore a2 gown of black jet draped with coral velvet and tulle, a bandeau of corals and pearls, with a spray of Paradise plumage in her hair. She carried a coral ostrich feather fan. Mrs. Oyster was in a handsome gown of black jet. trimmed with black Chantilly lace. Mrs. Kel- ler wore jade green georgette, beaded in pearls, made on straight lines, with a narrow band of pearls to mark the vaist line, and.the edge of the skirt mcalloped and edged with narrow pearl fringe. The Vice Piesident and Mrs. Cool- tdge arrivedgmtly and spent some time behind the ¥we, the latter wearing a graceful gdkn of dark blue velvet, gracefully draped. Mr. Wi Howard Taft, Chiet Justice of-the Supreme Court of the Chatard, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Lewis A. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Judge_Charles B. Howry, Miss Eliza. beth Howry, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pakard of New York, Mrs. Thomas Reed, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Letts, Miss Catherine Letts, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Noyes, Miss Prentice, Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Davis, Mrs. Clarence R. Day, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. who had with her Lady Johnstone; Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kauffmann, Mrs. Lewis Newton Murray, Mrs. Alexander R. Shepherd, Mrs, William Sinkler Man- ning, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Ham, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Lockwood, ) Miss_Dove, Mr. Arthur Barnard, Dr. and Mrs. Davenport White. Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Fiske, Mr. and Mrs. George Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice D. Rosen- berg, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mr. and Mrs. ~Corcoran Thom, Miss Caroline Thom, Mr. and Mrs. Beale R. Howard, Miss Kathryn Gwynn, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Bullitt, Mrs. P. Lee Phillips, Mrs. William Barrett Rldgely, William Hamilton Bayly, Mr. and_Mrs. Peter Drury. jr.; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Kauftmann, Mrs. A. Delos Blodgett, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. George White, Mra. Joseph Hampson, Miss Hampson, Mrs. Madeline iddings, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Platt, Dr. William A. White, Miss Thurston, Miss Patten, Mrs. Henry C. Corbin, Mrs. Thomas T. Gaff, Mrs. Francis Berger Moran, Mrs. Horace Macfarland, Mrs. George Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Harris, Gen. Brewster, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Noyes, Miss Laura Harlan and Mr. and Mrs. John M. Har- lan, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Smaliwood, Mr. Ralph Graves, Maj. and Mrs, Francis W. Honeycutt and Capt. and Mrs. Ridley McLean. FRESHMAN CLASS PRESIDENT HIKES MILES, RESULT OF PRACTICAL JOKE Wearied and footsore after a ten- mile hike over deserted Virginla roads early yesterday, - and a trip from Alexandria to Washington on bor- rowed money, W. Graham Fly of Illi- nois, newly elected president of the freshman class of George Washington University, arrived here the victim ot a practical Jjoke played upon him by representatives of the sopho- more class of the university last night. Fly was escorted from Washington 1 bile and left on the road, penniless, about ten miles south of Alexandria. The road was rough and unsuitable for hiking. He negotlated the jour- ney to Lloyd, Va. on the outskirts of Alexandria, where he met a resident and:-borrowed ‘the money for his ticket' to Washington. Dawn was about to break when he clambered up the steps of his home at the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity house, at 1829 19th street, and headed for his pallet. On_ his face were Iruises, where he had apparently been humped in efforts yto escape: his friends. Official “Communique” Issued. According to an officia] communique issued from sophomore headquarters, -d to have a meeting Tuesd e sexCt class officers, About 200 ¢ several attendants in an automo- | jes” gathered in Lisner hall and had just elected Fly to guide their desti- nies through the academic year when a special detail of thirty picked sophomores broke in, turned out-the lights, and, in the consequent confu- fusion, kidnaped the president-elect. Other elections were postponed. Coincident with the disappearance of the first-year leader, posters bear- ing the rules drawn up by the sopho- mores for the guidance of the first year students made their appearance in conspicuous places about the campus. - - Some of the regulations are to the effect that no freshman :shall yse Lt than 10 p.m. without the permission the sophomores, and no freshman is allowed- to occupy & bench ‘in the vicinity of the university buildings. I Needed, Order Reads. In order that all freshman affairs may be properly supervised and chap- eroned,” it is ordered: “That sopho- mores shall be admitted free to all freshman social functiofis, and that no freshman een talking to an upper class co-ed. Freshmen must st all tim respect for sophomores.” rules must be observed, according to the decree, under dire penaities un- specified. 2 ‘The affair i{s tegarded as the begin- the freshmen of the university de- |ning of the annual interclass hostilities, - night | which customarily continue untll after Christmas holi Mrs. | er of it from enemy without and traitor with- in, how to preserve the independence and liberties of the people by insisting upon the great principle that all men are equal and must ever be suca in the eyes of the law and the land.” He declared that peace and good will are the words found today on the lips and in the hearts of the multitude, and that never before in history has there been 80 widespread a. longing to abolish hatred. revenge and war. In closing he said that the most valuable things in this world are faith, hope and charity, honor, self- sacrifice, gratitude, truth and justice. Pressure for Admission. The mass was held at 10 o'clock. Long before the procession of the church dignitaries from the rectory, scores of persons who had obtained cards were seated in the church, while hundreds of others gathered outside to be admitted after the procession. Most Rev. John Bonzane, apostolic delegate, presided at the mass. The deacons of honor were Rev. Mgr. George A. Dougherty and Rf. Rev. Mgr. Edward A. Pace. Mass was cel- ebrated by Rt. Rev. Owen B. Corri- gan, Bishop of Macra. Rev. Clarence E. Wheeler was assistant priest. Rev. James J. O'Connor was deacon of the mass, with Rev. John C. Moore as sub- deacon. Rev. Martin P. Egan and Rev. John K. Cartwright were mas- ters of ceremonies. Assisting in the ceremonies also were Rt. Rev. Mgr. C. F. Thomas, Rev. John I Barrett and Rev. Francis J. Hurney. The special prayer for Thanksgiv- ing_was: “0 God, whose mercies are without number and whose goodness is infi- nite, we give thanks to Thy gracious majesty for the gifts Thou has be- stowed upon us, ever beseeching They clemency that Thou, who grant- est the prayers of Thy suppliants, may not forsake them, but dispose them for future reward. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.” Following the mass a number of the government officials and diplo- mats were guests of Mgr. C. F. Thomas, rector of the church, at luncheon. MRS. MAUDE MICKEY DIES; IS FOUND LYING ON LAWN Fell Accidentally From Third-Story ‘Window of Providence S ) Hospital. Mrs. Maude Mickey, forty-two years old, of 201 East Capitol street, fell from a third-story window of Providence Hospital shortly after 6 o'clock this morning and died fifteen minutes later. According to relatives, Mrs. Mickey was a patient at the hospital, suffer- ing from pneumonia and influenza. She had_been at the institution since last Friday, and her family had plan- ned to take her home today, it was sald at the East Capitol street ad- s. dl;:llce of the fifth precinct said Mrs. Mickey's absence from the room was noted by a nurse, who discovered her lying on the lawn on the D street side of the building. She was unconscious when picked up, and efforts to save her proved futile, Mrs. Mickey was a native of Jersey City, N. J., and had resided in the District for seven years. She lived at the East Capitol street address with her father, Archibald M. Lan She leaves one son, Robert Lane Mickey, ten years old. Coroner Nevitt found the woman suffered from acute mania following pneumonia and issued a certificate of accidental death. Accoréfn: to the sister superior of the hospital, the special nurse attending Mrs. Mickey was at the door of the room when she noticed the patient af the window and -endeavored unsuccess. fully to prevent Mrs. Mickey-from fall- ina. % i W. F. McGinnis of| APPLYING Kindness 'Firs;t Standing on a sandy knoll amid beautiful surroundings, near one en- trance to Rock Creek Park, is the House of Mercy, a rescue home for unfortunate girls and their entirely blameless children. Within its por- tals today are twent®-two girls, many of whom were rescued from environ- ments which had cost them their own happiness, and which may have later taken their lives, else reduced them to the sordid existence of those who seek the underworld for want of bet- ter shelter. Not inherently wrong, but as vic- tims of unfair treatment, which may cross the paths of every human some- where along life's way, many of these girls have transgressed recognized standards unwittingly. Removed from a dark world which knows no sym- pathy, they have found within the House of Mercy love and understand- ing. These, coupled with training which demands their thoughtful at- tention, complete the requisites for a new beginning, a new lease on life, a more happy and peaceful outlook. Primary Object to Help. The primary object of the House of iMercy is to help fallen girls by trying to raise them to a higher moral level and to teach them how to work, that they may grow into useful, honest women; and if they have children to care for the little ones properly. Only first offense cases are taken, and the girl is required to remain in the home one year if she is over age; if under age her parent or guardian must con- sent that she shall remain two years. The candidates must be between the ages of fourteen and twenty-four, and they must be free from disease and mentally sound. A visitor at the institution natural- ly would expect to find gloom. But what is really found is happiness. A visitor also would expect to find poor, subdued, shrinking little mites; in- stead, the twenty-one fatherless chil- dren in the home swarm about a stranger with a confidence that the newcomer will be kind to them. Love Shown ia Clothing. The stranger would likewise expect to find the children dressed alike in some drab costume that will not show the dirt. But each child wears a dif- ferent kind of dress, all simple, but some very pretty and showing love in the making. For the distinctive feature of the home is that the mother is received as well as the child, the former for two years, or until dis- ciplined and trained to make her way in life, the latter until five vears of age, unless the mother ‘marries or makes a suitable home in other ways, or the child is adopted with the moth- ter's consent. As far as the child is concerned, the basic principle is that it shall have everything done to compensate for the handicap with which its life is started. In those formative years |during which squalor and neglect breed degenerate and criminal im- pulses, while love and happiness lay foundation for that confldence in one's fellow creatures without which a fine sense of citizenship cannot develop, the tenderness, consideration and care necessary for the latter are amply in evidence here. Where the mother herself has the true instinct of foth- erhood she is given a fairly free hand under supervision; in those instances where the mother's early life has been such that she has not developed BRIAND'SPLAGE - TAKEN BY VIVIANI M. Vivianl, - former premier of France, today became teh head of the French delegation at the armament and far eastern conference. He succeded to the leadership of the delegation with the departure this morning for New York of ¢ Premier Briand, who will sail from that port tomorrow for Paris. The premier said good-bye to his colleagues of the conference yester- day. He expressed regret that work to be done back home necessitated his return. Members of the French delegation including Ambassador Jusserand and Rene Viviani, and representatives of the State Department, headed by Sec: retary Hughes and.including Under. secretaty Fletcher and Assistant Sec- retary Bfiss, were at the station to bid farewell to the premier. -Dr. Sze, the Chinese minister, also was at the station. ‘The premier just before ‘the train departed was embraced and kissed on both cheeks by M. Viviani. Albert Sarraut, French minister of colonies and one of the French delegates, ac- | companied M. Briand to New York, but will return to -Washington to- night. Statesmen Hear Remark. Only the men who are shaping the world’s immediate future heard the farewell remarks of the French statesman. The official communique regarding his departure said: ° “At. the meeting of the committee on the subject of limitation of arma. ment at the Pan-American building this morning M. Briand made the following statement: “M, Briand asks the floor in order to express his keen regret at being forced to give up his collaboration in the work of the conference, as this of the greatest honors of his political life to have been able to paticipate, GOLDEN'RULE TO SAVE ' FUTURE OF UNHAPPY MOTHERS Sfandéi’&,at House of Mercy | in Caring for Unfortunate Girls—Blame- less Children Fitted for Life. el | the necessary qualities, the officlals of the home fill the gap. No child is per- mitted to miss the personal attention. the petting, the mothering that all little ones are entitled to and without which their lives are empty, indeed. Some Mothers Children. petting is carried to an extent threat- ening to “spoil” the child. On the contrary, it is evident that a strict though kindly discipline prevails. - In good weather the children from one | to five yvears of age are found on the playground outside the home, ‘s'ch bad weather in their playroom, an always -in charge of one or more young women trained to allow free play to every healthy, normal in- stinct, but to oheck undesirable im- pulses. The nurses with their rows of cribs (the mothers, though permit- ted to go to their children at night, sleep separately), the bathrooms, din- ing rooms and working apartments are models for neatness. The mothers are a harder task than MUCH IS DONE AT THE HOUSE OF MERCY TO, MAKE THE LITTLE INMATES HAPPY PARI.EYIS KEYN["‘E AMERICA LEADING {Bishop McDowell Says Na- tions Should Be Grateful for New Drive on War. America should be thankful that she “can lead the world’ in’ straight thinking,” Bishop William F. Mec- Dowell declared in the course of his | sermon at the national Thanksgiving | service today at the Metropolitan Me- But there are no signs that the, morial Methodist Episcopal Church. | Congregations of the Metropolitan, iTrinity, Wesley Chapel, Hamline, Waugh, Wilson Memorial, Ryland, North Capitol and Gorsuch M. E. churches and representatives of the Junior Order of United American Me- nics joined in the services. Maybe we can use our power to make a world in which there shall not be any unknown dead, however brave and worthy of honor.” Bishop McDowell said. Preaching his sixth annual sermon’ at the church, Bishop McDowell said, in part: Grateful for Drive Against War. “We ought to be soberly grateful today that America and the rest of ORLD IN THINKING: OF CHURCH SERVICE Presence of President and Other Notables Lends Au- thority to Prayer. | “It is a peculiarly happy and fortu- nate circumstance that Thanksgiving day this year comes at a time when representatives of nations in various Pparts of the earth are gathered in our city to discuss limiting armament. The hearts and hopes of the peoples of the entire world are raised today and everywhere in this country and elsewhere thanks are being offered to God and prayers are being said that this conference will be the means of bringing about everlasting peace.” t was in this manner that Rev. W. S. Abernathy, pastor of Calvary Bap- tist Church, 8th and H streets, ex- pressed his appreciation of what he termed the significance of this, Thanksgiving day. at the annual Thanksgiving services held at that church today. Notable Gathering Present. Probably no more notable gather-! ing ever assembled in a house of wor- | ship in this city than that which was| in attendance at these services today. | Probably no Thanksgiving service | was ever observed in a more inspir- ing manner than the services as con- ducted at the Calvary Church today. Besides the President of the United States and Mrs. Harding, regular attendants at this church, there were in the congregation Sec retary of State Hughes and Mrs Hughes, other members of the Presi- dent’s cabinet, a number of members of the several foreign delegations at- tending the armament conference and scores of other notables both from this country and elsewhere. who are| SAYS CONFERENRD “SHAL NOT Py Rev. James A. Freemén Makes Thanksgiving Ad- dress to Rotarians. Paraphrasing Gen. Joffre's immortal worde at the battle of the Marne, Rev, James A. Freeman, pastor of Epiph- any Church, dramatically cried, “It shall not fail conference * on when referring to the limitation of arma- ment, in gn inspiring address of thanksgiving before members of the Rotary Club at the New Willurd Hotel yesterday afternoon. Rapidly enumerating the man causes for thanksgiving that one should have countless of the 105,000,000 Americans in their hearts for the blessings bestowed upon our wonderful country, even in spite of the fact that we are living in an era of misfortune, misunderstanding and sorrow.” Dr. Freeman then paid glowing tribute to those public of- ficials now directing the affairs of the government. “I am bitterly opposed to partisan %" he said, “but I am not ashamed of ‘my republican affiliations, and from ‘the innermost dépths of my {heart 1 say, “Thank God for Warren Harding.’ He spoke in similar terms of Sec- retary Hughes, and declared that his address on the opening day of the conference would go down in history alongside of those of Washington Jefferson and Lincoln. Predicts Ulthnate Succe: The minister predicted ultimate succe for the conference, but warned his auditors that in case it should fail, “a hell indescribablé would sweep over the earth.” “But it shall not fail,” he cried, “the peoples Every seat was occupied and many {0f the world will not permit it 1o persons stood along the side aisles |fail.” and in the doorways throughout the | ceremonies. mittance. The services oday were held un- der the auspices of the Federal Coun- cil of Churches. There was an elab- orate display of flowers and greens about the pulpit, and at various points about the hanging gallery were hung flags of the nations represented at the conference. P BRYAN CONDEMNS Many failed to gain ad- MAKERS OF ARMS Condemning the men who vied with one another in the manufacture and invention of greater war machines for the destruction of human -life and hoping that the history of the world “written with blood” will from this time change from a series of feuds, | Rotary kiddie Dr. Freeman prefaced his address by personally contributing to the ' Christmas party, and making a stirring appeal for sup- port of the Red Cross drive for funds. He then gave a brief historical re- shington”s time on down to 1864, when President Lincoln declared it to be a national holiday, which it has remalned from then to the present day Charles W. Semmes, presided, and announced that at all December meet- ings members would be permitted to bring guests from in or out of town, provided due notice was given th secretary. He then turned the gavel over to Ed Droop, who sponsored a musical program. Herman C. Rackemann was forced to respond to several encores for his masterly playing on_the violin, ac- companied by Mr. Droop, and the latter was londly applauded for his musical monologue, “The Land of ths Might Have Been.” Christmas Party Progress. Rev. Charles Warner spoke briefly {of the progress being made by the committee in charge of the kiddie: Christmas party and urged the club to give its undivided support. At the the children. Many of them are en- tirely undisciplined when received at the home; many are bitter at life and resentful; many are shamed, broken and_ hopeless. With them two ob- jectives present themselves: First, to teach and if necessary enforce self- control; second, to bulld up hope. To accompiish the former without physi- cal reatraint or appealing tg fear re- Qquires control by a charactér of rare strength; to bring these unfortunates that hope without which no progress toward regeneration i8 posgjble re- quires an unusual instinct of psy- chology. Some, Mother's Children. And these mothers are even children. themselves. Bad? Well, there is noth- the world are thinking as never be- fore about war itself. Proud as we are of individual heroes, we have no illusions _about the glory of war itself. War is seen in its hideous- its wickedness and its fruitless- n Mars can no longer fool us into helieving that he is one of the good gods. He is a plain beast, and we know him for what he is. e are untangling some of our ethics 8nd teachings about war. It is the, pootest school for world virtue that ever was invented. When it was on we made out as well as we could, but we are not deceived now. We said the things we could say and covered the rest with silence. We have found out that courage is not a military ' quality borrowed for other Tealms of life. It is a moral quality ing to indicate it—youpg 8 learning to cook, to sew, l:?a“rfiier.‘% take care of children as they should be cared for, talking and launghing quietly over their work, flushing prettily at a word of praise; in brief, learning with earnest- ness to be capable housekeepers or house servants, learning to _respect authority, human and divine, learning self-restraint and _industry, learning the unforgettable luxury of personal cleanliness and the appreciation of beautiful surroundings. ‘The results are shown by the fact that in the last ten years, since the present home has been occupied, there have been only three deaths—all infants; that most of the young women who have left have kept in touch with the home by correspondence; that the majority of them are now happily married, others usefully employed and contented, and that many of the children -have been adopted into familles of self-respect- ing and. well-to-do citizens. System of Hum: Salvation. The whole system is one of human ficult flotsam. It is a fine, practical salvation, working on life's most dll-] charity and is surely worthy of a! helping hand.. Contributions of money | and househoid supplies are always needed and will be gratefully re- ceived. The home also offers for sale aprons, children’s clothing, hemmed tablecloths. and other plain sewing made by the girls. This home for the care and train- ing of unfortunate girls was estab- lished in 1884 by the Episcopal diocese in Washington. Its present director is Bishop Alfred Harding, president of the board of -nine trus- tees, ' In more direct contact with the operation of the home is a board of lady managers, whose president is Mrs. Henry B. Brown. Complete su- pervision of all house activities is intrusted to Deaconess Lillian M. Yeo. The Episcopal churches in Washing- ton maintain the home. conference, following the noble, gen- erous and courageous initiative taken by the American government. He wishes to say once more something ‘which he was unable to express at the last plenary session with all the emotion which he felt how deep was his gratitude to his colleagues for the ‘words spoken by them and addressed France. It is certain that the ex- ange of friendly declarations which has taken place before the whole jworld has enabled Europe to take a great step forward on the road to peace; it has, in fact, brought about that moral situation without the ex- isterice of which it would have been hard, indeed, to reach a positive re- sul o longer will anyone be able to say that the armaments of France mask offensive intentions. Speaking frankly, it was practically & ne- cessity for France that these words be uttered; she has been so sharply attacked; she has been credited with so many hidden motives that in for- eign lands some have ventured to doubt her real purpose. Tomorrow —and this is one of the reasons for Briand must return to Paris ench government and the French parliament will take up the consideration of the military problem as it presents itself after the war and the victory; they will take it up with a desire to make the greatest possible progress in the realm of the reduction of military burdens. The duration of military service will very probably be reduced by one-half. Thanks to the words spoken at Wash- ington, these decisions will be reached in & serene atmosphere, “M. Briand wishes to add that he departs without anxiety, since, in.his place, he leaves M. Viviani, who, dur- ing his previous trips to America cre- ated for himself universal sympathies which have almost made him an American citizen. It is certain that in_his hands the interests of France will be well safeguarded.’ Ambassador Berthelot, the secre- tary geweral of the French foreign office, will accompany Premier Briand to France, as will the following mem- bers of the delegation: Dr. Cha the most intimate friend of the French premier, .and one of his secretaries. Gen.. Duat, the chief of the French ;. Capt. Koeits of the eneral staff; Lieut. de Colbert of -the French general staff; M. Lege: forinerly charge d'affaires at Peking; M. Cheysson, & financial expert, and M Marcassin, an attache. perverted and debased when the slaughter of men. aeed t‘or ‘Self-sacrifice is not a military quality borrowed for other uses. It ‘4 moral quality put to unnatural uses in war. Heroism has higher uses than those that attach to per- sonal fighting or natural fighting. We need not look for the moral equivalent of war. There is some- thing far finer and better to look for in the moral qualities that shine in peace. True peace is not tame and colorless. The making of a world without war calls for far better qual- ities than those that call for the worldis destruction. Proud of Arms Conference. “We are also seeing that there are nobler things to do with power than to kill with it. America ought to he very proud of what is now going on in her capital. Nothing like it has hap- pened on our planet before. ® pro- posal of our President and Secretary of States is enough o set morning stars to singing again. It shows what can be done by men whose eyes are singl Ameriea ought to sing a doxology over the power to lead the world into better ways. Let other nations lead if they want the straight and long shooting. Let other nations invent and use big Berthas if that is the best they can do. Let us be thankful that we can lead the world in straight thinking and invent the best schools, churches and homes in the world. “All this calls for thoroughness. We {must be born again. To destroy our weapons and retain our greed, our hatreds, our envies will not bring us to our goal. To take away our wea- leave our fi it. his Thanksgiving day the people of God ought to thank God for the spirit, the power that can create a new mind and renew a right spirit even for a time, in the work of the*'amung men and natjons.” Clergymen of the various churches participated in the service, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Harry Dawson Mitchell of the host church, the Na- tional Methodist Church, as it is known. The church auditorium was Idecorated with products of the earth, including prize oats from Wyoming. pumpkins and corn. A display of flags of the nations gathered in the arms conference was striking. The flag of the Chinese republic was brought to Washington yesterday by airplane from New York city, at the command of Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy Department. The service was preceded by the ‘playing of the chimes by Dr. Richard Johnson. Special musics was given during the service. Tonight at 8 o'clock Evelyn Baldwin will lecture 91’ . ’:S?!'Tleé ]Remlhlscelnlceg of Artic 0il. ecture will be giv the main church. siventy SHIP SIZELIMITED BY PANAMA CANAL (Continued from First Page.) United_States would scrap vessels of the Indiana, Iowa, Montana and North Dakota type, with an estimated dis- placement of 43,000 tons, the building of which has been authorized. . Of course the larger the ship the greater the sizé of guns and armament, and, there- fore, the more costly the whole vessel becomes. Just as soon as one nation builds a vessel of larger type than any other afioat, immediately all ships of pre- ceding classes which do not carry as big guns are considered “obsolete” in the naval sense and the construction engineers turn their thoughts to ships of the larger size. The Ji 880 battleship * Nagato is the afloat and the United States has been building vessels to match Japan in that class. Similarly the Hood type of battleships built by Great Britain which are to be scrapped under the gram are potential chal- lengers in the armament race. The proposal to limit all battleships to 35,000 tons displacement means, there- fore, some stebility in the armiament competition. At the same time it re- moves the Mng:r of longer and wider vessels than the Panama canal could accommedate. (Copsright, 1921) William Jennings Bryan, former Sec- retary of State, in an address to the Thanksgiving service of the Wash- ington Hebrew Congregation at the Eighth Sireet Temple this morning, sentiment of the world to speak out and say the armies of the govern- ments must get ready to lay aside vio- enc Mr. Bryan rejoiced in the program set forth by Secretary Hughes, but sald that “now is the time for the| said there can be no retention of land armament while the sea is at peace. The one great thing the disarmament conference can accomplish, Mr. Bryan declared, is for them to say “that the debts should be collected from those who are responsible for them and they shall not use guns on land or sea to kill people for things they are not responsible for.” The program to be followed to put an end to the endless bloodshed in the world, which he likened unto a Ken- tucky mountain feud, is that found in the book of Kings describing the ac- tion taken by Elijah against his Syrian prisoners. Instead of cutting off their heads or piercing them with spears, Mr. Bryan said, he fed them and clothed them and sent them to their masters and they never returned. Mr. Bryan described as a ‘“great victory” for Japan, her indorsement of the open door policy in China. Referring to the things the people of the United States have to be thankful for, Mr. Bryan dwelt at length on the great natural resources of America, and the intellectual de- velopment, stating that the American boy or girl “is without an excuse who has not an education,” for there i:shfld.dmnl door opened before every Jeffersonian Principle. The principles of inalienable rights which Thomas Jefferson l’oukhtzfor and won are, Mr. Bryan continued, being adopted rapidly throughout the world. Overnight, he said, monarchies are changed to democracies founded on the principles of Thomas Jeffer- son, and “we have to be thankful it s ildhe highest civilization,” Mr. Bryan said. The government by the people is the greatest of all, the statesman con- ued, adding that there are many Who refused to trust the government controlled by the people because they make mistakes. Kings, who are the heads of monarchies, are not vested | with the right to make mistakes for others, he declared. neither are the few who control the autocracies, but the three features of the pegple’s gov- ernment are, the former 'Secretary pointed out; “the people have the right to make their own m!stake: second, they. soon correct them, and third, they do not complain about them. ¥ Mr. Bryan's address was preceeded by short services conducted by Rabbi Simon of the temple. FOURTH SECRETARY WED. Four secretaries of the Prisoners' Relief Society have marrled, accord- ing to announcement today by Presi- dent E. E. Dudding, leaving the so- clety without a secretary again. The last secretary, sent to do some work for the sodlety at Helena, Mont., has just wired the society that she married and will have to say “So €. ‘Let any girl who has trouble about finding a husband come here and go to work and it will Just be a few weeks and she will soon have 2 husband,” declared Dr. Dudding. ‘A man-eating ‘possum, sent Postmaster General Hays by an admirer, created great excitement af the Wardman Park Hotel today when it “treed” on a table Bernard C. Webb, his colored valet, who attempted to uncrate the animal. All was qulet in the Hays apart- ment when the crate was brought up. The Postmaster General had gone to work, and Webb was all alone. The valet attempted to get the animal out of the crate, but could only get & single board off. ‘When Webb went down to get a hatchet the opossum got busy. ‘When the colored man returned, he was met in the hall by an animal with glaring eyes, which bounded at him. ‘Animal Fought Like Lion. “It fought like a lion” Webb 1ater told Postmaster General Hays. But_for the time being he had ‘has hands full of ‘possum, literally and ratively. » *That thing hit me a lick on the knee, -n' then bounced up to the = haibasdrideiasstiGrioudding | powsc e te R . MR. HAYS’ “MAN-EATING” POSSUM “TREES” HIS VALET IN HOTEL BATTLE conclusion of the meeting the entire club sang a Thanksgiving prayer. Out-of-town Rotarians and invited guests present were: E. E. Hubbard, Pawtucket, R. L; G. L. Parker, Taco- ma, Wash.; J. F. Wilkes, Charlotte, W. R. Post, Battle Creek, Mich. A. Brown, Kansas City, M Y. Swift, Adrian, Mich.; Representative J. C. Ketcham, Michigan; v Spangler, Salt Lake City, August Lewis, Council Bluffs, C. K. Laporte, Peoria, IIL Mount Vernon, champ, Austin, Te: Tulsa, Okla.; A. Olsen, 2 Kankakee, 1.; J. H. Grout, Hull, England; George Bush, Sacramento,” Calif.; A. M. Free, San Jose, Calif.; Sam Collier, Winston. Salem, N. C.; Representative J. M. Smith, Michigan; J. O. Donaldsos Greenville, 8. C.: A. B. Hart, Bostol and Representtive Richard Yates of Illinois. —_— COLLAPSE OF IRISH NEGOTIATIONS NEAR (Continued from Firs! be taken as policemen, but not into military force for organization.” The outbreak in the prison at Gal- way, it is stated, was the result of «« protest by forty political prisesess— against the authorities of the WHd: for refusing to allow an outsids physician to attend Jeremiah Croy ley, a County Cork barrister, Whg undergoing a sentence for havinm acted as a republican judge. @row- ley refused to recognize the Prixon doctor. He was removed (o tha s Mountjoy prison in Dublin. By a prearranged plan six of'th¥! warders of the prison were seized by the prisoners and later fires broké ot in two sections of the prison. e MORE DEATHS IN BELFAST, By the Associated Press. i BELFAST, November 24. — The scenes of the sporadic outbursts)¢F,” bombing and shooting which havw taken place in various parts of city during the last few days wekc closely patrolled by crown forces dux-, ing the night, and complete quiet pre~ vailed early today. Death of two more wounded per- sons in the hospitais today brought = the total for the series of disorders” to twent; » 4 It is officially announced that the;, Ulster cabinet last night conferred ... with the lord mayor and the police « authorities regarding the disturbances in the city “and arrived at certain decisions, the effect of which will be n immediately.” S The decisions were not disclosed, but Sir Dawson Bates, home secrc- tary. said before the conference that the cabinet was determined to stamn out the disorders which “have been Sprung upon us deliberately when we are barely in the saddle.” Mayor Vacopi sald: “We have made up our minds that law and order shall prevail in this city. This sort of an outbreak has been recurrent during the past two years. It is not our fault. Now that have the power we mean to use it. ceiling” Webb deciared Ilater. “Then 1 got up onto the table, and began looking for it.” Unable to locate the possum, the let began to call for help from the vantage place of the table. ‘While managers, bell boys, guests and others were running to the Hays apartment, Webb endeavored to lacate the elusive gift, but was unable to find hair or hide of it. Lecated on Curtain Pole. ‘When help arrived, the. search for the opossum began. High and low they sought it, while Webb commanded the searthing Ly from the strategic center of the table. The animal was espled &t last, clinging ‘to the tip-top of a curtain pole. Coaxing falled to move the po. o sum; offers of * likewlse g proved fruitiess, The possum was i excited. He. wouldn't come down fer nuthin’. So somebody got a clothesline, rigged up a noose, and lassoed the animal. And now Postmaster Gen- eral Hays is wondering what to do with his animated gift. One thing is —WehD doesn't want him, He bas had enough pos- sum for one Thanksgiving E