Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1927, Page 25

v ) CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION Women's National Democratic Club Holds Annual Meeting., Madame Suzanne Grinberg Interviewed on Suffrage Movement| in France—Joint Congressional Women Hold Symposium.| Club Notes. BY CORINNE FRAZIER. O-OPERATION with the 2,000 women’s Democratic clubs of the country through State conferences and extension_ of the idea developed here at Na- tional Club headquarters of havinz forum affairs to discuss issues and clarify differences between the par- ties are the most important featur: of the 1927 program for the Women National Democratic Club as outlined at the annual meeting of the organi- zation, held last Wednesday at the Connecticut avenue clubhouse. Members and officials of the na-| tional group pl through | the States, atten ferences, as- | sisting in formulating State or elub | programs, and acting vi 8 in | any matters upon which vidual | clubs desire their assistance. | Capital organization also expects 10 assist any clubs which appeal to it The forum supper plan rated in Washington last proved to be so valuable as a medi- | um of exchange of ideas on politicai problems that the Democratic women are anxious to encourage the adop tion of similar plans by the other or- ganizations of their party. and hope to have something of this nature added universally to the club pro grams for 192 5 One of the interes'?z features of the meeting was the upen discussion | of club problems and ideas for de- veloping club work suggested by vari- ous members of the organization at the luncheon which preceded the for- mal business session. According to Mrs. Minnie her Cunningham, member of the advisory board, some extremely valuable suggestions were made which will be used to good ad- | vantage in planning campaign work in_the immediate future Mrs. Emily Newell Bla man of the Democrati mittee, whose writings have earned her the title of ‘“the woman with 5.000,000 readers,” was the speaker at the dinner which followed the meeting. Mrs. Andrieus A. Jones, president of the club, presided, introducing Mrs. Blai Mrs. Cunningham, who is an expert on organization, will leave Washing- ton tomorrow for Reading. Pa., where she will attend a three-day conference and school of instruction the purpose of which is the formation of a State organization of women. Democratic women of Pennsylvania, accprding to a report received from club headquarters, have decided the time has come for a more determined effort on their part. Under the lead- ership of Mrs. Mary E. Herbert of Allentown, vice chairman of the Demo- cratic State executive committee, they have issued a call to all interested women to come together and organize for that purpose. The conference will open tomorrow in Reading with the Women's Democratic Club of Berks County acting as tn>’ hostess club. Mrs. Cunningham will be one of the principal speakers at the dinner to be given Tuesday evening in connec- tion with the conference. Under the title “It Can Be Done,” Mrs. Cunning- ham will discuss the possibilities of accomplishing the purpose of the con- ference. She recently returned from a conference of Demvcratic women in Ohio and expects to attend w similar gathering in Kentucky during the | early part of March. | *x % % W]‘l‘.Am'rlo.\' and party politics are the greatest foes of the | woman suffrage movement in France,” said Mme. Suzanne Grinberg, French lawyer and feminist, in a recent inter view during her visit to Washington. Mme. Grinberg was the guest of the League of Woman Voters Thursday night, at a dinner given in her honor, and gave an address on French women and the suffrage cause. In this interview she gives an interest- ing slant on the attitude of the men toward the woman’s movement. “Frenchmen of the old school, ac- | customed nsidering woman as | dependant and un. | fitted for ponsibilities involved in enfranchiesment,” said Mme. Grin- | berg, “seem unable to realize the | change that has taken place in recent rs in woman's status and in her ‘political prepardness.’ It is from | these older statesmen—members of our upper house, that we find the greatest opposition: from these and from certain part groups aligned against us, most prominently the Radical or Socialistic partv. They fear the influence of women in poli- c Yet, even these, within the past three years, have become more tol- erant. ~ Only recently the Radicals admitted women to their party and in the last congress voted one woman | on their executive committee. | “This fact. and one other, we look upon’as encouraging signs that the new idea is gradually being assimi- lated in our country and that a grad- val change of mind is taking place | where great prejudice existed. The | oiher significant indication came just | before my departure for Amer At a very important meeting of feminists | In Paris in January, there were sev- eral prominent speakers. All of them were Senators, representing the lead- ing political parties of France. Fach | spoke enthusiastically in favor of| granting women the franchise! 1In | view of the fact that twice suffrage | bills have been passed by the Cham- ber of Deputies, only to be killed b, the Senate. the change of attitude r, vice chair- national com- | director, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, | Voorheis and her little granddaugh-, peace, stated she had jter, Mary King, sang “I Want to Be | which is the independent citizenship act, the passage of which was urgently rec ommended by the joint congressional. Miss Harlean James, former chair. man of the follow-up committee, is in charge of the program and has ar- ranged to have several speakers re- port Mrs. Maud Wood Park will open the jon with a review of the his. general (evelopment and final of the bill. Raymond F. dis tory, passage Crist of the Bureau of Naturalization, United States Department of Labor, will discuss the working of the act from the standpoint of his bureau. Richard Flournoy, tant to the so- licit f the Department of State, will t on the act from the stand- point of international relation Questions and general will follow the comments speakers of the PR l:HLl.U\\I.\'l; her participation as one of the two woman members of the commission for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington. in the memorial services held at the Cap- tol in honor of the first President, Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, presi- dent of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. left Washington on an_extended speaking tour. Denver will be Mrs, Sherman’s first stop, and Colorado being her home State, the week of her stay there has ened. “Mary Sherman eaking engagements in- ddresses before the Woman's Club of Denver, the Monday Club of Denver, the Denver City Federation and the board meeting of the Stare federation. She will also enjoy a short visit with her son, John King Sherman of Estes Park. Colo. In Indlana Mrs. Sherntan will discussion { speak before the Fort Wayne Wom an's Club, the Kokomo Woman's Club | and the South Bend Progress Club. The opening address of the American Homes Congress in Des Moines, Iowa, March 8, will be given by Mrs. Sher- and she w o speak to the County Tederation at Altoona. The annual meetins of the south- western district of the Pennsylvania federation will be addressed by Mrs. Sherman in Pittsburgh March 18. She will be the princip eaker at the convention of the Fiorida Federation of Women's Clubs to be held in St Petersburg March 29 and she will ad-} | dress other groups in Orlando, Fla., and in Blackshera and Albany, Ga., returning to Washington March 31. At the request of Resident Philip-{ pine Commissioner Pedro Guevara a resolution was adopted by ‘the nation- al council of the Woman's Party at meeting providing for the or. tion of a Philippine branch of anization with headquarters at Manila. be Acting upon the resolution, the mem- bers of the party already have set in motion organization machinery and expect to have the new branch formed within the immediate future. The resolution dopted by the council and approved by the national organization reads as follows: “The council of the National Wom- | an's Par believing that woman suf- | frage is the first step toward the at- tainment of equal rights and desiring to show its interest in the movements for woman suffrage, especially in ter- ritory under the jurisdiction of the United States, resolv that the Na-; tional Woman's Party co-operate in | the movement for woman suffrage |||‘ the Philippine Islands by offering to ! form a Philippine branch of the Wom- an's Party.” { Miss Mary world and sored a rally_in honor of B. Irvin of Xenia, Oh national “Lo; Temps nce Legion™ on Saturday evening in Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church South. Boy Scouts of Troop 43 attended. accompanied by As: ant Scoutmaster Mr. Brann. Meeting was called to order by their bugler. Willard Bixby, followed the invocation by Dr. D. H. Kress. The Scouts of Troop 43 put on a first aid demonstra- tion, the supposed injured Scout had the appearance of having most every bone in his body broken, but by the quick and efficlent work of the Scouts was carried off the stage resiing com- fortable, despite his many splints and bandages. Ernest Stout and Clayton Ashton of Troop 64 gave a play entitled “Sign- ing the Pledge:” this was followed by a chorus of children singing “Throw Out the Pledge Line.” Mount Pleasant Loyal Temperance Legion gave a play to exemplify the teachings of the Loyal Temperance Legion; two of the things were: “To be useful American citizens” and * To be healthy American citizens,” and named drink and tobacco as two evils they will not use if they expect to ac- complish their goal. Throughout the evening their slogan, “We will love our flag and obey its laws,” and their Loyal Temperance Legion yells were given to show their appreciation to the speakers. Dr. D. H. Kress of Takoma Park, Md., gave a “health lecture,” illus: trated by pictures, and as he showed the picture of Abraham Lincoln, he urged the boys and girls to emulate importance of paint! and know that your hom all weather, indicated in this meeting becomes doubly significant.’ It has made some | of us feel that the possibility of suf. | frage for women has at last become a strong probability tradition | bound Fran that, 1 venture to s: e of the prospective steps of the near future. | “Women's organizations now stand | solidly for suffrage and there fis a | league of man voters stanchly sup-| porting the movement. committees of this prominent politicians and diplpmats of Franc : Among our friends at Parliament we number many influential men, in- cluding members of the Bloc National, M. Poincare’s party: seaders of the Radicals, recently won over to the cause and the Labor party, which was the first to advocate woman suf. age. This has stood back of us since 1859 M. Herriot, former minister of finance and head of the Radicals, i8 & stanch advocate of the Vcause. “Our greatest advance in the ‘suf frage movement has been made since the World War, with extremely rapid progress noted in the past three years. Another decade of development equal 1o that through which we have just passed should see the women of France taking their places beside the men at the polls. * k% N interesting feature of the month 1y meeting of the women's joint congressional committee tomorrow ihe American Association of Unive sjty Women's Club will be the svin Dosium program luncheon which will follow the business session. The pro gram will be conducted by the follow 710 12th St. N. W. Mount Pleasant W. C. T. U. spon-| -| temperance pledge. “Murco” Life-Long Paint will meet your every requirement because its great beauty is founded upon durability. Specify “Murco” E.J.Murphy Co.,Inc. Lincoln in his refusal to drink or smoke. Miss Irvin told of her trip abroad a year ago and the seven countries sited. “I saw more drunken people the first day after my arrival in Epg- |land than in all my travels from { coast to coast, and Gulf to Canada in the whole past seven years in the United States.” She has visited almost every State in that time. Tw y boys and girls signed the The Eckington W. C. T. U. at its monthly meeting held Tuesday night at the home of its president, Mrs. Alvin Day, was addressed by Miss Mary B. Irvin, national director of the Loyal Temperance Legion, repre- senting over 30,000 boys and girls who are being trained to take up| temperance work. Miss Irvin_spoke of the travels in Europe and United States, comparing conditions in this | country under prohibitory law to countries abroad. Also of visits to different schools in Washington and | the privilege of addressing large numbers of children and young people. A meeting of the young people’s branch, held at the home of Mrs. Day, was reported, the national director of that branch of work also having been present. Mrs. Gloss- brenner reported visits to the courts, Miss Carr on Americanization work. Mrs. Winter and Mrs. Rheeling were appointed to represent Ecking- ton Unfon at woman's clubs. Mrs. R. T. Stout, District director of L. T. L., was a guest. A social hour was enjoyed. Mrs. Day was assisted by Mrs. Flora Rheeling. i North Capitol W. C. T. U. met Mon- | day evening at the home of Mrs. Fred | Briggs, 45 Bryant street, the presi- | dent, Mrs. M. R. Limeback, presiding. The ' devotionals were led by Mrs. Of course, you want everything connected with your new home to be of the best—so remember the great e is well protected against Main 5280 Waited Long for This 4 SEARCHED a long time for any real relief from my auto-intoxica- | tion. 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Don't get in the habit of taking m: constipation—or even for X candy Cincaret 1o a dolig which 1o take cascar; God's. given Mrs. Harry Strang, the corr ing secretary treasurer, M address Citizenship” | Swanton: Mrs. Louis Espey reported | each State's quota in flower District Temperance Legion, gave a her work, superintendent of L. T A . the An Ma work Fannie Sunbeam.” ~ Reports by the recording secretary, | W. ( spond- | Su Miss Anna Cather, and | Len «. Emma_Lynch. | of legi Practical Christis given by Mrs. | e were | Public on was mission superintendent and Mrs. of Stout, | dry Loyal | talk of | by after which the | Nelson L. work, Mi Irvin, made an appeal for | among the children. Mrs. | monthly Ma superintendent of she Library Report was read from Mr. Yost, B ation, showing itatives A social refreshments by Mrs. Albert Hoge and M The North Star Un meeting 1t the home of Mrs v two books present to the the National this would from U. for reference in perintendent e number of ess nationa in Congr told the whether hour followed, the hostess, as: and wet m will hold its | ay at 2 pm| Hall, 1403 ' M ‘Webster street, Mrs. Kugene Thompson, Assistant hostesses Mrs. and Mrs. he program, Cabot trom | of Delafield place, will be devoted to status of | music or | Courts.” with | of the Juvenile Court of the District, ted | will Edgar | Court | talk on general court work Northwest Union met Thursday at the home of Mrs FEBRUARY 27, 1927—PART 1. Mrs. M. J. Hull, presiding. Mrs. Mac- | sallors’ work, gave a report of her Speeden led the music and Mrs. Bell | department and the work she had the devotionals, reading the tenth|accomplished among young people. chapter of St. John. 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