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LN INU.S. PILTURES B OF POVERTY Migs Julia Lathrop Tells So- " cial Workers of Public Service Vision. Abolition of poverty and the crea- tion of u publle service of such prac- tical opportunity _and such great 1degls that the ablest youth may look toward it as ‘s career, should be accomplished in twenty-five years. So declared. Miss Julla Lathrop, for- mer chief of the' children's bureau and recently selected by the League of "Woman Voters as one of the twelve most famous women in the couptry, in an address today before the, morning general session of the natfonal conference of social work in Memorlal Continental Hall. Miss Lathrop was followed by Robert W. Kelso, executive secretary, Boston council of social agencies, who spoke on_ “Passing of the Institutional Period in Care and CustodV.”. ‘Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard Law School, chairman of the day's meetings on | law and government, presided. Waste Would Be Ended. T¢ the 100th anniversary of the conference of soclal work find this a reality, said Miss Lathrop, “its members will still haveé work to do of a fineness no one can measure until public service has it due and the gross social waste of poverty is ended, “As to training for public service. No ‘endeavor to svcure’the best minds for the public service can be effective for: public_institutions or even for what we can describe as public wel- fare apart from all the other kind: of public service. Unless public serv- ice?is treated great field the noblest tvpe of activity offe adeéquate re’ rds of dignity opportunity, we shall continue it abando by men tion We cannot have’ lentific ability highly traineéd and leave ad- tration to untrained,’ unp persons who. inevifably 1 and replaced ‘by political par- s ‘their fortunes rise or fall.” Sees Last_of Orphanages. Mr. Kelso staged 'in_his address that “it 15 but a few years Now when every orphange in the land will. be more than & temporar. shelter and it inniates will *be ‘placed foster homes." “That childhood s coming into its own we have mang evidence added Mr. K 0. “The " foremos chikd-care agencies in the world e child-placing _ enterprises. c abun- donment of a child in favor of any one. willing to walk away with it is disappearing as a phase of the move- ment from barracks orphange to the foster home. Standards of- home life, and standards of efliciency in thesupervision of children placed in foster homes have come into- being. The congregate institution is to dis- appear, leaving behind it the tempo- rary shelter, housing only a few little ones at a time, and keeping those for the briefest practicable period.” WOULD BRING LAWS “HOME T0 PEOPLE Speakers Tell Social Work Conference: of Many Need- " ing Free Legal Aid: The problem of .bringing the laws %out of the books ‘and .home ‘to the people” and of providing legal aid services to persons who, because’ of poverty, cannot seek justice through ordinary channéls was streesed by two speakers before.a.group meet- ing today of the national conference of social work meeting in the Cor- coran Galleryrof Arty The speakers were Miss Alfce” Waldo, director of | investigations, voluntary defenders’ | committee of the’ Legal Ald Society, New York, and John S. Bradway, chief counsel, bureau of legal aid, Phila- delphia. Willlam H. Pear,.director of the Boston Legal Aid Society, pre- sided. There are approximately half a mil- lon persons a year in the United | States, said Mr..Bradway, who, be- | cause of poverty, the expense of court costs, the delay. of court procedure and the cost of lawyers” services, can- not scek justice through ordinary channels. Euch a group, he declared, cannot be layal citizens unless ‘they participate in>tHe:preserit bénefit of cltizenship—justice. Cites Groups Seeking Ald. “Of the various groups of person: Sprplng to soclal agencies for aa: | sistance,” he said, “fhere, Is one whose soclal breakdown is caused by @ de- nial of justice. If a method is found to igrant these people justice they Wwil§ be less of a burden to the so- cla HEBQHCIL‘ r. Bradway told of the work legal aid organizations, mew stxtor eight in number, which handle 200,- | 000 cases a year. “Good citizens every. Wwhere should support them,” he said, ‘They have been indorsed by the Amgrican Bar Association on the ground that they are the poor mah's law office and we are now endeavofs ing; to -determine just what their re. Jationship is as.to soclal agenties, In’any event, they are doing their past to make good guarantees of equality before the law which fg con- taiged in the fundamental documents ©of our government. = + Miss Waldo's Comment. eaking of the Legal Aid" i Mli Waldo said: i e “There still is much’ uphill work to be done, for many lawyers are as suspicious of social workers as were) some doctors a few vears ago. They/ think that because social werkers do not,_see the reasons for the restric- tions of law, they desire to banish aw and lawyers. We as soclal work- rs must do away with that concep tiori, and let lawyers in general -and legal ald societies In particular know 8, ng and, to see in ment, but intelligent cosoperation \vlg: efforts we are maklh:”to deal with vastly complex problems. They. can help us in a thousand ways by defining_the legal rights of - olients, many of which might be overlooked by the worker untrained in law; they can act as counsel for our organiza- tlons in all matters where their as- sistance will promote community and individual good. In return we can help them by co-operating with them in handling the issues which are not in-, volyed in a particular legal situation, and by providing that we are -not seeking to oust them from their work, but, by intelligent comprehension of our: place and limitations, serve to bring into soclal Work a new and powerful ally. ™. 3 : an ! KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 19.—An increase of 2 cents a gallon in. thé prige of gasoline in this city, put into effect today by most of the large disgributors here, indicated that at least an armistice had been effected in the price war, which at one.fime, forded gasoline down to 163 cents‘at filling stations. The Standard Oil Com- of Indlana was the only large vsggr which has not acceded to the —_— e SOLINE PRICE: UP. advance, placing gasoline in this city at 20% cents. The average price in near- by rcommunities is 22% cents. The price here includes a one-cent for | of high ambi- | bl | Mehta is* | versity of Bombay and studled at we do not desire their ‘abolish- ! 7 Social Cofifefenée Program |Address Social Work Conference|Jams of Social For Tonight A B Tonight. 8 o'clock. Continental Hall. Presiding: Homer Folks, presi- dent of the conference, “Preventive Justice and/.Soclal. Dean Roscoe Pound. Har- vard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. “Social Work 'in Government,” former Gov. Frank O. Lowden, Ore- son, Tl Tomorrow. General Subject, “The Church.” Mrs. John A Gfenn of New York, Chairman., MORNING SERVICES. Sermon theme: " “Personal Re- ligion and Progress Through Social Work. Services under the auspioes of the national conference will be held at the churches of various . creeds and denominations located “in_closest proximity to headquar- ters. Services will be held at other MWashington churches, with ad- dresses by conference delegates. At Sunday schools throughout Washington discussions of a epe- clal outline prepared by the com- mittee on the church will be led by conference delegates. * 1 o'clock. LUNCHEON CONFERENCE: uncheon 1. Men’s City Club. _Topic: “The Theological Semi- nary and Training for Soglal Work.” 5 Presiding: Rev. Dr. William J. Kerby, Catholic University: A “The Seminary View of the Role of the Seminary in Training for Social Work."” A The presiding officer: b. - Dr. Shailer Mathews, dean, Divinly Seavul, University of Chicago; Cnicago, TIL. “The Sociological ~Training of Ministers as viewed by the Pra- fessional School of Social Work.” % Dr. Jefivey R. Brackett, for- mer director " School of Socjal Work, Bosto E b. Dr. rector’of asogue and Jewlish Religlon, New York. “Qpportunities for Practical So- cial Work and for Directed Read- ing During the Period of Seminary Tralning." u. Rev. Charles T. Bridgeman, { National Council, Episcopal Church, New York. | LUNCHEON II Hotel Washington. Topic: “How the Church May Relate Itself to the Social Work * of tha Community.” - : Frank J. Bruno, gen- secretary, Family Welfare Association, Minneapolis, Minn, “Relations of the Pastors,” a. Rev. Julius Sauber, secrétary, Social Service Commission, Prot- estant Episcopal Church, Pitts- burgh, Pa. b. Rev. Worth M. Tippy, D. D., executiva secretary, Commission on Church and Social Service of the Federal Council of Churches in America, New York. c. Arthur Holt, secretary, gregational Education Boston, Mass. “Relation of the Church Member." Homer Borat, executive secr Goldstein, di- ice, Free Syn- Institute of i Con- Socfety, | Representatives from the embassies of many- foreign nations are attend- ing sessions of the Natidnal Confer- ence. Among them are: Austria, F. A. G. Prochnik, charge d'affaires; Brazil, Augusto.Cochrane de Alencar, ambassador; Czechoslovakia, Dr. B. Stepanek, jminister; Ghile, Enrique Chirgwin, in place of B. Mathleu, the arbassador; Cuba, Jose Biron, ch:rge i absence of Dr. Car- ;lnz!g::fiiligelggspedes; Finland, Azel Leonard Astrom, minister; Germany, Dr. Otta_Wiedfeldt, ambassador; Italy, Prince Caetani, ambassador; Panama, R. J. Alfaro, minister; Persia, Mira & Husseift -Khan - Alai, Pery, Dr. Santiago F. Bed :rBlggslp::esnz‘\h“’i;dor, Dr. Don Rector David Castro, charge d'affaires; Spain. Senor DPon Juan Riano, ambassa and Switzerland, Dr. Charles Brugs: man, secretary of legation. Among the persons in attendance at heon for international guests L National Conference of given by the ) S V. t the Hotel Washing- Social Work at tl e sterday ‘were e ot Baroda, Indla, daughter of the prime minister of the Maharajah of Baroda, which isa free state. Miss in this_country studying American educationial institutions. She plans on her return to India to under- fake -establishment. of..a college for. women. She is a graduate of the Uni- tnister; a, second secre- Rumania. 'rince London_ University, London, for two years before comingsto, Afierica. Miss Mehta_has been In the Tnited States since January and will return to In- dia in Atgust. Dr. John Dewey_of Columbia Uni- versity, New -York ‘city, ‘who is sched- uled to speak in the Memorial Conti- nental Hall at the morning general session Tuesday, May 22, will speak, instead, at the general session that evening in the same hall. Dr. Rene Sand, secretary general of the League of Red Cross Societies, Parls, who is scheduled to speak af the evening session, will, instead, speak at theD morning meeting in lace of Dr. Dewey. P Br Dewey's subject is “The School 48 a Means of Developing a Social | Gonsclousness and Soclal Ideals in {ldre c‘l‘)n Rene Sand's subject is “The Strategic Position of the School in Programs of Social Work From the Point of View of International Rela- tions. E2N Mrs. John M. Glenn of New York, chairman of the committee of the church on the national conference of soclal work, announced today that Rev. Samuel McChord Crothers, D. D. will preach at Keith's Theater at .1 o'clock tomorrow, on the toplc, “Per- sonal Religion and Progress Through Social Work."” ¢ That service will be one of a series of services under the auspices of the national conference at the churches of various creeds and denominations. Dr. Crothers has been pastor of the First Unitarian Church of Cambridge, Mass., since 1894, and is preacher to Harvard University. He has been an extensive contributor to magasines-and author of “Oliver Wi ell Holmes and is Fellow Boarders.” “Meditationa on Votes for Women, 'he Dame School of Experience,” etc. e ¥ Mrs. Alvin E. Dodd of 2131 Ban- croft place will hold a tea at her home tomorrow afternoon from 4:30 until B:30 for forelgn delegates to the na- tional conference and officers, members of- the executive committee, members of the committees on each day's pro- ram and members of the _standing. fivisional committees of next: yoar: Mrs. Dodd’s guests are invited to ‘meet Mrs. Charles E. Hughes; Mrs.- James J. Davis, Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, Miss Julia C. Lathrop, Miss Mary Anderson and Miss Grace Abbott. - The-first annual meeting-of editors 'and publishers of social welfare pub- lications in' the Unitsd. Statd® and Canada was held here yesidrday .in conjunction with the fiffiet] gu)‘u sary session. SRS, Among the speakers were Paul Kel- logg of the Survey, New York city; George J. Hecht of Better Times, New York city; Harold S. Button- helm of the American City, and Philip E. Jacobs of the Journal of Outdoor Life. A committee was appointed to ar- range for subsequent meetings and to work out Wa¥AAnd means for and Tomorrow tary, Indlanapolls Community Fund, Indlanapolis, Ind. LUNCHEON III Women's City: Club. Topfe: “Social * Work ' Under Churek_Auspices and Social Work Under Community Auspices,” from . the standpoint of the urban com- ing: Rev. Gaylord S. White, secretary, Union Settlement, New York. Discussion participated in by (a). Josephine _Schain, —associate head worker, Henry Street Set- tlement, New York; (b) Rev. Samuel M. Cavert, secretary, Fed- eral Council of Churches, New: York: (¢) John C. Gebhart, di- rector, department of soclal: wel- fare, N. Y. A. L C. P, Now York; (d) Rev. A. Ray Petty, Judson Memorial Church, New York; (e) Howard S. Braucher, general secretary, Playground and Rec- refftion ~Association of America, New York. LUNCHEON IV. Hotel Raleigh. Topic: “Social Work Under €hurch_Auspices and Soclal Work Under Community Auspices,” from the .standpoint. of the rural com- munity. Presiding: Edmund deS. brun- ner, director town and country gurvey—committee_on socfal.and : religious_surveys, New York. “The Church at Work in Com- munity Service.” (a) Miss Mar- jorie Patten, chiet fleld worker committee on roclal and reliciovs surveys, New York. “Soc Agencies Co-operating with the Rural Church.” (a) Royal Clyde Agne, director, war service, national headquarters, Amnerican Red Cross, Warhingten, D. C, (b) Paul L. Vogt, director rural work, boerd of home missi ng ana church_extension, Methodist Epls- copal Church, Philadelphia, Pa. - AFTERNOON MEETINGS Meetings in co-operatior, with young people’s societies will be held, with a discussion of the outline prefared by the ccmmite tee on the church led by confer- ence delegutes. : EVENING GENERAL SESSION. Poli’s Theater. " Presiding: Homer Folks, presi- dent of the conference. “The Opportunity and Task of the Church In View of the Facts . and the Experience Which Social Work Now Presents.” . Abbe Jean Voillet, editor, L' sistance Educative, and founder L'Habitation Famitiale, Paris, France. Dr. Shailer Mathews, dean of the - Divinity School, University of Chi- cago, Chicago, 111. MEETINGS OF KINDRED GROUPS. AFTERNOON MEETING Amjerican Birth Control League, 4:30, Hall of Nations, Washington Hotel ¥ Intercollegiate Community Serv- ice Association. Meeting 8-1, Rock Creek Park. + Local Y. ence delegat northwest. Girls’ Friendly Society tea to con- ference delegates, 4:30-6, Elizabeth Roberts Memorial rest rooms, 1624 H street northwest. C. A. tea to confer- 4:30-6, 1333 F street Social Conference Notes. operation in editorial circulation and advertising problems The mintster of Czechoslovakia, Dr. Bedrich Stepanek, will opén the Czechoslovakian legation on Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 5 to-a limited number of conference members who are especially interested.In, dommun- ity recreation programs. The fim of the famous Sokal meeting will be shown. Twenty-five tickef¥' will be at the foreign guest table for gen- eral distribution to the first twenty five requests, at §:30 Saturday morning. As a part of the program of the committee on the church, services were held at the Washington Hebrew Congregation, Sth street between H and I streets last evening at 8 o'clock and this morning at 10:30 o'clock. The preacher last night was Solomon Lowensteln of New York. and today 1t ‘way. Rabbl Abraham Cronbach of Cincinnati. Sermon theme: “Personal Religion and Progress Through So- clal Work.” Dr. Alice Salomon, dirsctor of .the Berlin School of Social Work, has been added to the program of the Sunday evening general -session at Poli’'s Theater. The following - organizations Jn Washington have extended the privi- leges of their headquarters to mem- bers of the conference: College Wom. en’s Club, 1822 1 street; Women!' City Club, 22 Jackson place; C. A, 1333 F street, The Washington committee of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom invites members of the conference to a meeting Mon- day at 2:30 p.m., in_the Church of Our Father, 13th and L streets north- west. The subject will be “National and International Peace Questions and Their Relation to Soctal Work." Speakers Include Miss Julia C. Lath- rop, former chief of the children’s by reau; Mrs. Lucy Biddle Lewis, Lans- downe, Pa.; Mrs. Ruth White Colton, Brookiyn; Mrs. Anna Garlin . Spencer, New York, and Rachel Davis-Du Bois. The National American Council in- vites members of the conference ‘to its third annual meeting to be held next Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Conti- nental Hall. President Harding is an- néunced to deliver an ress on “The Platform of Democracy.” Other speak- ers_include "Gen. -John J. Pershing, J. J. Tigert, United States comml sioner of education; Dr. C. R, Mann and Frank A. Vanderlip. The League of Natlons Non-Par- tisan Association will hold a meet- ing next Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Con- tinental Hall. The subject will be “Humanitarian Aspects of the League of Natfons.” Speakers include John H. Clarke,” former justice of the United States Supreme Court; A. Law- rence Lowell, president of Harvard University; Miss Grace Abbott, Royal Meeker and Dr. Linsley R. Williams. Homer Folks will preside. T Neighborhood House, ‘Washington, is giving a fete champetre Tuesday from 2:30 to 7 p.m. at Twin Oaks, Woodley lane. ‘The former presidents of the National Conference will be the guests of honor at a luncheon Tuesday, at 1:15 p.m., at the Hotel Washington. The Alumni of the New York School of Social Work will breakfast to- gether next Tuesday at Wallis” res- taurant, 418 12th street. Porter..Lee will speak. g @ ‘The Women's City Club, 22.Jack- son place, will give a tea tomorrow from 4:30 to 6 to, women of the con- ference. . . Southern delegates will hold their annual breakfast Mondsy at 7:30 a.m. at the Occidental Cafe, 1411 Pennsyl- vania avenue. The Intercollegiate 'Community Service Aspsocigtion will - have a -bréakfast . tomorrow, at 8 ami in Rock Creek Park. it will by_a song service and meeting. - “'All Illinois delegates met today at 1 p.m: -immediately after the general session at the speaker's platform, Continental Hall, to arrange for a state luncheon or dinner. The Soclal Workers Club of Cin- cinnati will give a breakfast Mon- day at 8 a.m. at the Plerce Mill Tea KATE HOLLADAY CLAGKORN Of New York city. At 4 gathering which would have run a close second to the Tower of Babel had every ome spoken his native tongue, the forelgn guests of | National Conference of Social Work were entertained at luncheon yester- day in the Hotel Washington roof garden dining room. Twenty nations were represented. | The luncheon was presided over by | Allen T. Burns, former president of the conference. Over 300 guests were present, seated at table at which the hosts were such prominent social workers In America as Miss Lillian | | Wald. Miss Julla Lathrop. Graham Tavior, sr.: "Allen T, Burns. Miss {Grace Abbott, Homer Folks and Miss Margaret Curtis, List of Luncheon Spenkers. The speakers at the luncheon dld not include the official guests of the conference, since they are all sched- luled to speak elsewhere. Th: lers were pt. Lionel F. the National Council of Social ice, London; Count Hugo Lerchenfeld of the German embassy, Senorita Concha Romero James, who repre- | sents the Mexican section of the Pan- | American Association for the Ad ncement of Women; Dr. Martin| k. formerly public health r of the city of Warsaw, Poland. . Lucile Sumpt of France, wio ving at_the. Beston School of Social Work; Miss Hansa Mehta of DELEGATE FROM People are in Washington attending the national conference of uucm; work, not only from the four corners of the earth, but the fifth corner! A delegate registered today from “The Island of the Dodo"—the same island | of the more or less mythical idyl of | “Paul and Virginia. The delegate Is L. G. Barbeau, health commissioner for the island of i Mauritius, a small principality under the British government off the south- eastern coast of Africa, east of Mada- gascar. Its population consists chiefly of Hindus, British, Dutch and a mix-| ture of all three Dr. Barbeau was edutated in Y w.! b&, follayyed - jand. He is one of the Rockefeller) undation students, - who is now studying in the school of public health and hygiene at Johns Hopkins University, t Baltlmors Called “Sugar Island.” The Island of Mauritius Is in the southern confines of the tropics. It| was once the home of the extinct Dodo. Originally colonized by the French, it was conquered by the nglish during the Napoleonic wars | nd has remained British since. Be- ause of its excellent harbors and its situation on the sea route between India and South Africa, it was at one time of much commercial importance. but this_has been much reduced by | the opening of the Suez canal. i “The island,” sald Mr. Barbeau, “is often spoken of as the ‘star’ of the Indian ocean, but I vrefer the prettier me of Sugar Island, by which it is Ho Rock Creek Park. ncle Alec” Johnson,- a former Cincin- nattian, will be the guest of honor. A luncheon meeting under the au- spices of the committee on mothers' pensions, division on the family, will be held on Monday, at 1 p.m. In the crystal room, Hotel Ebbitt. Speakers include Ada Ruth Burns. Buffalo; Evelyn Cairn, Philadelphia; Irene ! Kawin, Chicago; Katherine Kennedy, Columbus; Emma O. Lundberg, U. S. children’s bureau, and Emma Presch- ner, St. Louis. The Y. W. C. A. will hold a lunch- eon and discussion for those inter- ested in case work in associations on Monday, at the Grace Dodge Hotel. DENIES WORLD COURT IS LEAGUE OFFSPRING By the Associated Press. \ NEW YORK, May 19.—Denial that the world court was an oftspring of the leagué of nationg was voiced last night by Elthu Root in an, address at_the Union League Club. “When the league of nations came into belng,' he said, “they did not undertake to make the court a part of the league. They did not confer upon the league any authority to act as a court or any authority to make a courf. But théy did * ¢ * impose upon the council the duty to propose a plan for the formation of a court, for submission to the members of the leaghe. The only obligation which entrance into the court would place upon America, Mr. Root said, would be to Tequire her to bear her share of the expenses. After Mr. Root's address the club adopted & resolution indorsing Presi- dent Harding’s plan for the United | rartmert of clvic: . the University of Bombay TELLS OF RAVAGES OF DISEASE | Rockefeller Foundation. Considerable | sum | health wor States to become a member of the court. MISS JULIA LATHROP 0f Rockford, 111 SOCIAL WORK PARLEY MEMBERS SPECIAL GUESTS AT LUNCHEON India, whose father is prime minis- ter of Barcda, and who is in this country studying educational and so- cial institutions with a view to ap- Flying new. methods to women's edu- cation in India; Prof. Jens Warming of the Danish legation, Miss Josefa Llanes of Manila, who is a student ut the New York School of Social Work: H. Kazama of Tokio, an in- {gator for the bureau of social work and connected with the de purtment of home affairs of the Jap- nese governmen Dr. Fouad Bey keneral secretary of the Children's Association, Angora, Turkey, who spoke through an interpreter; Ken- neth Lindsay of Oxford, England, znd Pref. Patrick Geddes of the de- nd sociology at Tndi Socinl Problemw. in regard to Touch Upo The point of view | social problems and the particular difficulties of their countries were brought out briefly by the speakers, who ll expressed the pleasure it guve them to take part in such a pooling of cxperience as the natlonal couference gave them. “he certainty was expressed again and again that notking could lead to a better understanding of each other's difficulties and problems and to & quicker settlement of intern tional problems than such friend and open meetings and discussions tuken part in-by people whose ideals for their own lands were sb uni- tormly sincere and high. “DODO ISLAND” own also known in our part of the vorld It enjoys a delightful climate and ex- hibits a quaint combination of tropi- cal and temperate zone scenery; its soil is wonderfully fertile, and the island is completely free from beasts of prey or venomous reptiles. HOw- ever, the death rate from disease is high. But the local government is fully alive to its responsibilities in that respect and active measures are being taken and have been taken in the past to remedy this state of things, which is mainly due to the ignorance of the native elements of the population. Fighting Hookworm. “A hookworm campaign is also in progress under the auspices of the of money have already beerf de- voted by the colonial government to sanitary purposes and a larger ex- penditure is contemplated in the near future. I am confident that means will be provided to extend the scdne and increase the usefulness for pablic Kk of the institution under my charge.” Dr. Barbeau's problem for public health work is that of a_whola coun- try with a population of nearly half a million inhabitants on an island only fourteen or fifteen miles in length. Dr. Barbeau is a graduate in | medicine of the University of Edin- | burgh. He studied at the College of | State Medicine, now the Lister Insti- | tute, and at the School of Tropical | Medicine of Parsitology, ,Paris. For | the last twenty vears he has been-| connected with medical and sanitary | work in the tropics and is now di- | rector of the government laboratory | in Mauriti Liberty Bell Co. | Formed Here to | Fight Blue Laws)| . To teach the people of the United States the relation of the articles of the Constitution to-each other and the amendments to one another and their supremacy to the Volstead act and all blue laws or sumptuary legislation {s the stated object of a new company incorporated vesterday ' by cer tificate filed with the recorder of deeds. The name Liberty Bell has been adopted and will be given to a periodical publication which the company proposes to_establish, The incorporators, who-are also to be trustees for the first year, are Godfrey L. Munter, lawyer; H. Sherman Towson, realty appraiser, obert E. Nationally Advertised PAINTS d VARNISHES Geo. F. Muth & Co., 710 13th St. NW. “Quality Since 1865” TRY AMOCO-GAS! Now Sold in Washington Through Visible Pumps b)( C. & S. SERVICE STATION 609-11 / (L] E Street N.W. - Workers Force Side Meetings The record-breaking attendance at the National Conference of So- cial Work has so taxed the capacity of meeting places that arrang: ments have been made to hold over-flow meetings. Such were held yesterday at the, American Red Cross building and at Calvary Baptist Church, and to- day in about ten other places. Registration at the opening of the third day, vesterday, stood at 3,081, within 400 of the total regis- tration of the 1922 session, which closed at 3,406. The largest state delegation comes from New York. Thi® numbered 640 at the opening of the third day. The Pennsylvania delegation has second place and Ohlo third. California has sent twenty delegates. The " Governor of Texas tele- graphed that he had appointed twelve official delegates, and the Governor of Tennessee telegraphed that he had appointed sixteen. Attendance at the general ses- sions has surpassed all expecta- tions, as well as the capacity of the largest halls available. At the first evening session 3.500 people were crowded into Poli's Theater —1,000 more than the seating c pacity—while 1,000 more were un- able to gain admission. Continental Hall, which seats about 1,650, was filled to overflow- ing Thursday night. SERENADE ADMISSION FREE TO EVERYBODY Charge Planned Only for Few Re- served Seats at League Ball Park. Admission to the serenade to the ‘Ii’rcsmeinu:o be given by 8,000 chil- ren a e American League Base Bul Park on Thursday, May 31, at 4 ®.m., will be free. Tickets may be obtained at the gate on the day of the serenade. The park opens at 2:30 o'clock. A limited number of reserved seats will be sold for the merenade as a means of defraying expenses. The sale of these reserved seats will be- gin Monday morning, May 21, at the music store of the Homer L. Kitt Company, 1330 G street. Box seats will sell for 50 cents and grand stand seats for 25 cents. If rain prevents the giving of the serenade the money paid for seats will be refunded. Season ticket holders will be given box or grand stand tickets upon pre- sentation of their season tickets at the box office at the Kitt store. — WINS PRIZE FOR PAPER. A prize of twenty-five dollars was awarded yesterday afternoon to Max W. Tucker of the class in journalism of George Washington University by the donor, Mrs. Theodore Tiller, as a result of a competition in which eighty-five members of the class ‘Wrote papers. Tho competitors, submitted two papers each, one & human interest story for a newspaper and the other a discussion of the newspaper of the future. The judges were Avery C. Marks, jr. managing editor of the Times, Charles E. Tracewell of The Star and Harvey Ferguson, author and newepaper whiter. The judges expressed commenda- tion for the uniformly high grade of work that had been done by the class, and, in addition to awarding the prize to Mr. Tucker, made mention of the excellent contributions by Miss Lyda I Cook, Mirs Cameron Disney, SMiss ‘aye Noel, Miss Elizabeth Far Miss Mary Mathias. tAnd ASK SUIT DISMISSAL. The Wardman Park Hotel Compan: has asked the District Supreme Courr to dismigs the suit for $:5.000 dam- ages filed against the company by Mies Alma C. Smythe of Alexandria, Va., who claims the company broke its contract to rent her a room in the hotel. -Through Attorneys Daniel T. Wright and Philip Ershier the com- pany tells the court that Miss Smythe knew she would be denied accommo- ! dation at the hotel, The company admits refusing ac- commodation, but justifies its action by the statement that on a previous occasion while a guest at the hotel Miss Smythe fed a dog greasy foods in the room and ruined the carpe‘s. view of Work Abro Of greatet value to the future of the United States than “gll the bat- tleships that could be floated in the Atlantic ocean” is the warm surge of gratitude engendered in Europe by American rellef activities, Which saved the “lives of ten times as many people as were killed during the great war,” declared Herbert Hoover, Sec- retary of Commerce, who himself di- rected the American rellet work, in addressing more than 5,000 delegates to the fiftieth anniversary Conference on Social Work in Memorial Conti- nental Hall last night. An_ outburst of applause greeted Secretary Hoover. He was introduced by President Folks of the national conference ‘as “the greatest social worker of all times.” He pointed out that everlasting gratitude had been embedded in the heart of Europe. Reviewing the work of the Amer- ican relief administration, Mr. Hoover Hoover Says Relief Record Better.for U. S. Than Navy Cheered by 5,000 Social Workers in Re- ad—Secretary Says More Will Be Done at Home. the American Relief Administration 18 now to be directed toward Ameri- can children. Serious problems of malnutrition exist in this country. The organization of the American Relief Administration has now been merged with the American Child Health Association. International peace can only be es tablished on the ba: of good will he asserted. The frie hip for Amer- ica, created in_the heart of Europe by American rellef measures made possible through American generosity, will be a lasting factor in the main- tenance of peace. AMUSEMENT Gardiner-Tchernikoff Recital. Elizabeth Gardiner and Paul Tcher- nikoft, both thoroughly versed in the difficult art of the Russian ballet declared arrangements were being made to turn. the skill and resources acquired by the administration’s workers in Europe to account in America Russian Conditions Hopeful. The recuperation of agriculture in Russia_and changes in the soviet government's policles, he sald, lead to the hope that the nation will be able to feed itself after the 1923 harvest, but relfef will still be neces- sary for the children, because of the detgrioration of live stock. “The peace of the world can be established on no other foundation than good will among peoples,” said Mr. Hoover, adding that when Russia does emerge “we should not be sub- ject to the charge that we. her triends, passed her by” in time of need. “There could have been no peace in Europe had it not been for the great service of the American people” {n"relief measures, he de- clared. The American relief adminiatration, he explained, was founded immediate- ly after the armistice to relleve famine conditions {n eastern and cen- tral Europe. Buring 1919 more than two and one-half mililon tons of American food were distributed and approximately ffty million people were successfully sustained. In addi- tion to the relief in food, assistance was given in the reorganization of transportation and the distribution of the coal supply. These services were accomplighed by a thousand men and women from all parts of the United States. P Separate Sersice Formed. The after-effects of the famine of 1919, he declared, left a meager num- ber of cattle, and consequently an in- adequate supply of milk for the chil- dren. The American rellef adminis- tration, therefore, organized a sepa- rate service which cared for between five and seven million people for the following two vears. The faflure of the Russian harvest of 1921 prompted the American Relief Administration to send help to Rus- sia. In five manths an organization of 250 men was put in the fleld which helped upward of 12,000,000 people. Eight hundred tons of food were distributed in Russia, he said. Even with American aid, 2,000,000 lives were lost in Russia, but without it 20,000,000 people would have perished. He said that the famine resulted in 2 great shortage of milk for Russian | children. The American Relief Ad- i ministration immediately organized a separate service to care for some 4,000,000 Russian children. Medical relief was also given in Russia by the American Rellef Administration, with financlal support from the American Red Cross. Fourteen million people were inocculated and vaccinated. Four thousand hospitals were sup- plied. Still Care for 3,000,000, Last year's harvest has relieved the famine conditions, but the American ! Relief Administration still cares for 3,000,000 children. By the harvest of 1923 Russia should be independent as to her food supply. Russia is now on the road to recovery, but further as- sistance is needed. Mr. Hoover em- phasized that America should not cemse her efforts to assist the Rus- She was otherwise objectionabi defendant asserts, ° occtionable. the sian people. The experience and organiration of presented one of the lovellest dance recitals of the season, at the Presi- dent Theater yesterday afternoon be- fore a large and distinguished audi- ence. The progrum, given under the auspices of the Washington Opera Company, was widely arranged so thet many divertissements, which are liable to become boresome in un amateur performance, were scattered between the more pretentious num- bers. _ The first group, entitled “Chopin- iana,” was composed of interesting interpretations of some of the famous | composer's delightful works, includ | ing ‘three of his waltzes. Of thess Mlle, Gardiner gave one that demon- strated excellently the poetic possibil- ities of waltz rhythm. Tchernikoff gave an Interesting mazurka number. The Greek scene opened with an ex- quisite freize dance, and included such dance favorites as ‘“Moments Musi- cale” and an amazonian number, Men- denssohn’s “Spring Song.” closing with the inevitable bacchanale, which was given in an unusually fine ma ner by Mlle. Gardiner and Tchern - koff. Perhaps the most picturesque of th« many numbers, rich in costume de- sign and coloring, was the Russi: group. These dances, with their e phatic rhythm and free, swinging mo- tions, are always a delight, and the final group number, “Krakowalc.” danced to one of the Russian folk songs, was quite popular. The two dance dramas, “Moonflow- er” and “Prince Igor,” were examples of the originality that may be dis- played in working out one-act dra matlc eplsodes and telling the story forcetully by dancing. Both were well acted and beautifully danced. Of the large number of divertisse- ments meriting recognition, one of the most popular was the Chauve Souris “Mother Goose.” Rhythm, symmetry of line and marvelous color effects, combined with well selected music, made the performance an ar- tistic event. Tchernikoff is director of the bal- let of the Washington Opera Com- pany, and he, with Miss Gardiner, will be in charge of the ballet divertisse- ments in the daily programs to be presented at the opera house being bullt on the Edson Bradley estate. Many of their puplls presented in the program yesterday also show marked abllity for the ballet. SHRINE COURT CLERK. William §. Adkins Selected~—Night e and Day Sessions. | Wwilllams S. Adkins, clerk of Crimi- nal Division 1 of the District Su- ipreme Court, has been selected as ohief clerk of the Shrine court. 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