Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1929, Page 37

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D..C, MAY 5 1929—PART 2 CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION National Woman’s Trade Union League Convenes— Pen Women Note Growth—General Federation Campaign. Democrats Hear Talk on British Election. BY CORINNE FRAZIER. ] REPRESENTATIVE group of Washington clubwomen will ap- pear on the program or assist in welcoming delegates as mem- bers of the entertainment com- mittee for the eleventh national con- vention of che National Women's Trade Union League of America which con- venes tomorrow at the Grace Dodge Hotel for its annual six-day session, with Miss Rose Schneiderman of New York City presiding. Miss Ethel Smith of Washington will be among the national officers attend- ' ing, being a member of the executive board and one of the most enthusiastic workers for the beiterment of labor conditions for women in industry. An- other well known woman from this tion, Miss Matilda Lindsay of Cl don, Va.. who also serves on the board, will ‘present one of the most interesting and timely features of the program when she “brings before the delegates the results of her recent survey of labor conditions in the Southern States. which are now centers of the textile in- ustry. As a part of her discussion of “The New South and Some Old Problems,” Miss Lindsay will introduce to the con- vention six women workers from the Southern mills. who will give & detailed | discussion of labor conditions affecting | women workers from their practical ex- | perience. It is understood that labor conditions | as they relate to women are unsatis- | factory in some parts of the South at the present time, and it is the hope of | the Trade Union League leaders that, | through close consideration of the prob- lems and enthusiastic co-operation, they may be able to evolve plans whici will improve the situation in the near future. This is expected to be the most important issue to gome before the con- vention. The sessions on the Southern situa- tlon will be presided over by M. H. Hedges of the International Brother- hood of Elsctrical Workers. Addresses will be made by Mrs. Robins, Dr. Lois MacDonald of New York University, Dr. lvix Harlan of the University of Richmond and T. A. Wilson, president of the North Carolina State Federation | of Labor. Members of the league's general Bouthern committee 1n charge of the educational work among Southern women workers are Mrs. Josephus Dan- jels of Raleigh, N. C.; Mrs. Beverly Munford of Richmond: Miss Mary Bar- ker, president of the American Federa- tion of Teachers; Mrs. Emmett C. Quinn of Atlanta, Ga.: Mrs. Solon Jacobs of Birmingham. and Mrs. R. P. Halleck of Louisville, Ky. | Greetings from otner women's or- | ganizations interested in_the work of the league will be given by Miss Belle | Sherwin, president of the National League of Women Voters, Lena Madesin Phillips of president of the National Federation | of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Spencer Gordon of Washington will head the committee on convention arrangements. Mrs. Alvih Dodd will act as chairman of finance; Miss Anne | Larrabee of hospitality; Mrs. Paul, en- | tertainment, and Mrs. M. H. Hedges, | | sessions at the Grace Dodge Hotel will be supplemented. by | 2 series of social functions in honor | of the delegates by prominent Wash- | ington women interested in the league’s | activities. Mrs. James Curtis will re- ceive the officers and delegates at a on May 7: Mrs. Anne Archbold will | entertain at a supper on the evening | of May 9, and on May 8 the Washing- | ton Women's Trade Unwn League, of which Mrs. Edith Compton. Paul .is president will act as hostess at a din- | ner in honor of the twenty-fifth anni- versary of the leagye to be followed by a series of tableaux, under the direction of Miss Selma Borchardt. * x % % 'HAT both the existence and’the growth of the National League of American Pen Women are on a solid foundation was emphasized at the an- nual meeting of the league, held recently at the Willard Hotel. Reports from the branches were stimulating in the rec- ord of worth-while work done during the past year by the members scat- tered from Maine to California and from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. | State vice presidents, whose duties are principally those of organization, found- ing new branches in their States or | feeding eligible members into branches | already formed, have caught the spirit of the crganization, and report a care- | ful scanning of the work of candidates for membership so that every member | added shall be a distinct asset to the | league. | Many rteports were heard showing the prominent place in the cultural | life of the community that had been at- tained by the branches in many impor- tant cities. Representatives from every section of | the country were present. From the Far West came Mrs. Edith Wallace, bearing | the greetings of the Seattle branch of | ‘which Mrs. A. T. Lamson is president. | Mrs. Cora Phebe Mu the Yanktown branch, told, among va- | rious interesting things, of the book | shelves of South Dakota authors being put into the rural school by the Pen Women of that State, and also of the Pen Women booth, which was one of | the attractions of the State fair. Mrs. John H. Jepson, president of the Min- | nesota branch, spoke of some of the prominent members of that branch in- cluding Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, who bad been organizing president of the branch, and Margaret Cultin Banning, ! nationally known short-story writer. During the progress of the meeting, | Mrs. Jepson was elected also State vice | president for Minnesota. The pride | taken by the branch in Mrs. Wlnler'si gift of $120 to the clubhouse fund was, stressed. 1 Missourl was represented by Mrs. Mellcene T. Smith. State vice president, | ‘who reported her travels over the State, | interviewing eligible prospective mem- bers of the organization, many of whom | she expected to see added to the rosters | this coming year. She also read the report of the president of the St. Louis MRS. RAYMOND ROBINS, Honorary president of the National Women's Trade Union League, who will attend the annual convention of the organization, opening tomorrow in Wash- ington. MISS ETHEL M. SMITH Of Washington, one of the local club- women who will take an active part in the convention of the National Women's Trade Union League here this week. Miss Smith is a member of the national executive board of the league. was the donor of the bust of Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth to the league. Mrs. Spalding Evans, Stare vice presi- dent for Western New York, gave in- formation of importance to the entire reading public, stating that Anna Kath- erine Green is planning o vrite a new mystery story. She also told of the interest of Western New York Pen Women in Fort Niagara in that State. Other important reports were received from Mrs. Dacia Custer Shoemaker, State vice president for Western Penn- sylvania; Mrs. Sade Catherine Coles State vice president for Virginia: Miss BABY WHIRLDRY WASHER is the one home con- i you've always A small electric clothes washer to do the day by day pieces that accumulate into the big wash day menace. Awasher that dries the clothes without the use of a wringer by ‘whirling the water out—the same principle that big commercial laundries use. ‘The Baby Whirldry is portable =—you can use it upstairs or down as you please. It holds six shirts, a dozen diapers—or their equiv- slent in any clothes. Tex., branch, noted for hor Kate Speake Penney of Alabama, who ! told of the valuable book to be gotten out by the Alabama Pen Women, entit- ! led “Historic Homes and Gardens of Ala- bama"; Mrs. Rufus Allen, president of | the Raleigh, N. C., branch, which in its home territory is called the “Virginia | Dare” branch, who told in her report of the presentation to Mr. Orville Wright. | bruary 27, of the silk flag of North Carolina, on behalf of this branch, the | presentation of which was made by Mrs. Chares Fisher Taylor. Mrs. Allen presented the request of Mrs. Mebane, | State vice president of North Carolina, that her resignation be accepted from that office, and Mrs. Charles Pisher Taylor was elected in her place. Mrs. E. Richard Gasch, president of | the District of Columbia branch of the League of American Pen Women, told oi the nine creative groups for study and contest and of the Isabel Anderson prize fund which is so stimulating to the writers and artists of this branch She also announced that through vari- ous mediums this branch has contrib. ! uted $450 to the national clubhouse fund | during the past year, in addition fo | gifts from individual members. brarian of the league, reported for the Baltimore branch, of which Mrs Blanche Smith Ferguson, well known short-story writer, is president. spoke of several members who had done outstanding work during the past year, 1mong them Helen Bayley Davis, whose ook, “Moth Wings.” is listed among the best sellers, and Louise Malloy, whose ‘The Freewiller,” won the prize given by the Eastern Shore Societ a branch they have entertained a list of notables. Among the written reports filed was one from the league’s branch in Hawaii, Sallie Hume Douglas being State vice president for Hawaii, and Mrs. Adna G. Clarke president of the branch at Honolulu. Mrs. Clarke is poetry adviser for Hawali Quill, the literary magazine of the University of Hawaii, and at a recent meeting of the Women's Study Club of the university was introduced | as the “Poet Laureate of the University of Hawail.” Her popular book of soldier verses, entitled “The Bum Bugler,” has brought to her commendatory letters from high-ranking Army officers. | The total amount of published work mentioned in the various reports, in- cluding novels, short stories, poems, music and work in painting and sculp- ture, was most inspiring to the dele- gates. s long xR ’I‘HROUGH the community service program offered by the president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. John F. Sippel, when she was elected less than a year ago, a gigantic, nation-wide campaign for community planning is announced by the chairman of community service, Mrs. W. E. Minier, of Oakland, Nebr. Civic officials the country over will be asked to co-operate in the appoint- ment of committees or the selection of commissions to carry out the program. ‘Although every town and city is adjusted somewhat to the natural fea- | tures of its scenery and the conven- ence and needs of the citizens, yet too many towns and cities, because no groups of citizens have recognized the ! need of planning- ahead, present the | spectacte of uncontrolled and haphaz- ard growth”' says Mrs. Minfer. “In uch communities the citizens suddenly ealize that paving must be taken up r sewer pipes, water mains, electric wires; that for safety and convenience { Elna Martis, president of the Dallas, | streets need to be widened because of |through a permanent public planning e s ee For Yourself Mrs. E. R. Zimmerman, national li- | She | too heavy traffic; that recreation grounds and parks are needed, and no city blocks have beeniset aside for that purpose: that dumping grounds are found along railroad sidings and nearby | ravines that might become beauty spots; that places of business are found on what were good residence streets: | that a conglomeration of single house: row houses and apartment houses has been built in one section; that poorly ventilated homes and work places, awk- ward buildings and ugly houses are too much in evidence. In short, these towns and cities present in whole or in part an untidy appearance, an ex- ample of poor town or city housekeep- iny The preveptive for this would have |been and the remedy is community | planning. Community planning is op= | erative over a period of years, devised by a community to provide for itself { as the need arises those facilities which { it deems essential for health, safety | recreation, education, convenience. | prosperity and sorene and joyous living. teps toward securing _community planning are: First, an unofficial, unsal- aried citizens' community pienning committee of women and men, self- appointed or appointed by the mayor, to consist of 5 to 11 representative citi- zens, which, though it has advisory wers only, and these unofficial, nf: B2 Very infiuiential by reason of its great: interest in the city's future and its in- | telligent plans for making the com- munity a good place in which to liv work and play. Or, instead of the un- | official committee, a community plan- ning commission with official advisory powers, made up of the mayor, & rep- resentative of the city council, an archi tect perhaps. the city engineer and prominent citizens who should always be in the majority, the commission's chairman to be & paid and trained planner-advisor. Some universities -are now providing in their curriculum courses in community planning. “The work of this committee is two- fold, and this constitutes steps two and | | three in community planning—to make |a social and economic survey of the town and then prepare a comprehen- sive plan which will show its present development and anticipate coming |needs, a plan that will have for fits | goal a good place for children to grow up in and a convenlent and lovely place |in which adults may live. | “According to an authority a survey should reveal how the community | growing and in what direction, what is being done to stimulate or retard | growth, effect on it of railroad and freight rates. effect of motor busses | and trucks, effect of local raw material: ;‘Endtncies toward development of ex |isting or mnew types of industry, the | character of the city as a business cen- | ter, racial characteristics of the city and: | their effect, the labor and wage prpb- | lems. houseing, availability of capital, | the climate and history, and the munic- ipal law. “The fourth step in this program is public education to secure support of | the plan by the entire citizenry. “The fifth and last step in community planning is continuous application, of | the plan to all public and private work | over a long period of years necessarily | and this involves maintenance and | administration of the plan after its ap- ‘provll by the city officials. Of course, the plan will need revision from time to | time. From the finding the commission | prepares a map of the city, existing and | | future, any comprehensive city plan ‘I‘hlch will concern itself with water ‘systcm sewer systems, garbage collec- | tion, _streets—their paving, _lighting, | cleanliness, traffic and planting of trees | and shrubs; zoning regulatians, build- | ing . codes, electricity, gas and tele- | phone_ provisions, transportation, parks | | and playgrounds; municipal buildings— | i:chools. library, community hall, art | | muesum, etc.; civic art, and city nuis- ances such_as smoke, diri, noises, etc. | “President Hoover says, ‘City plan- {ning is_going on about us every day in our citles and towns. It is done bit by bit by private landowners and city of- | ficials, few of whom know or can know what others are doing or have in mind | Or it may be done by the citizens and | | their local government working together Also made with gasoline motor for homes with. out electricity, LN X4 | Democratic Club at their forum lunch- -majority. Mr. Murphy pointed out the body with a well-devised master plan which they all see as & picture of how | the whole city is developing. Commun- | ity planning is fast earning a place in American life. 5 Zoning, in relation to city planning, is the action by the State, or by the city under authority of the State, to | control under police power the heights | to which buildings may pe erected, area | of lots that must be left unbuilt upon, | and uses to which buildings may be put. | Its purpose is to encourage the proper building in the proper place, and.to do away with “blighted districts,” so called, | becAuse people hesitate to build there for they are being used for purposes for Which they were not designed, Zoning | means the substitution of a systematic, | economic and efficient program of city | building for. unsystematic, wasteful and | haphazard .growth. To - encourage | zoning in cities the Department of Commerce has prepared a_standard | State zoning enabling act. Today 600 | cities in 39 States have adopted official zoning ordinances. | - * Kk E | ERTINENT comment upon the sig- | nificance of the coming election in | Great - Britain - and - the _relationship between that country and the United| States was made by M, Farmer Murphy, formerly & London .cosrespondent for the Baltimore Sun and now the Wash- ington Tepresentative of that paper, in his talk before the Woman's National | eon this past week. Declaring that,_the only possibility of the reins of Great Britain's govern-| ment machinery changing hands at this time would be through a consolidation of the Liberal and Laborite factions to defeat the heavy Conservative or Tory differences in international policies be- tween the party now in power and cither or both of the two minority groups ” especially in relation to our country. “The spirit of the English people is oné of cordiality toward the United States and of confidence in our sincere | desire Tor internatiohal friendship and peace, said Mr. Murphy, “but the | attitude of some of the Conservative | leaders has been less generous. i “Both the Labor and Liberal parties stand for a reasonable attitude toward the world and the United States espe- | cially. They represent more agcurately, | it seems_to me, the genuine spirit of the English people today. Tt would be_to our advantage to see them vic- torious at the polls; it would be to the advantage of other Buropean powers as | well, and it would be to the advantage of the army of unemployed miners | within the "nation itself, as no prac- tical remedy has beefl suggested for this acute situation by any save the Liberal. Lloyd George, whose ptan” for a great | national road constriction program to give employment. to. the thousands of | this group has aroused universally fa- vorable comment.” b Mr. Murphy was introduced by Mrs. | George M. Eckels, chairman of the en- | tertainment committee’ of “the club. | Mis. Eckels announced that Frederic | Williami Wile, journalist, ‘would speak to the club tomorrow on “Propaganda.” | and that the speaker next Monday will | be Dr. Raymond Fosdick of Néw York, | whose subject is “The New-Approach to fernational Relations.” 2 1 o <k G LUCKY TIGER 3 Sewing Machine Specials On Sale at These Low Prices This Week Only! 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