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‘A-12 SSUOIDRNEBEGUN " FRGRLS HONE Present Shelter for Working and Indigent Women to Be Razed by U. S. An appeal for funds that their home for working girls may be maintained in & new location has been sent out by Miss K. E. M. Dumbell, president of the ‘Young Women's Christian Home, whose two buildings at 311 and 315 C sireet, are to be razed by the Government to make way for the new municipal center. Self-supporting, and hence little known through campaigns for contri- butions heretofore, the home needs $50,000, which, with the price being| glld by the Government for its present | uildings, will be used in the construc- | tion of a new 100-room. dormitory, ac- cording to plans of Miss Dumbell. , A letter, asking for contributions, has been sent out from offices of the home, appealing to Washingtonians to help them. “No contribution is too small,” the letter reads, “although, it must be remembered that we must have large contributions also.” The Young Women's Christian Home has been established in Washington for nearly 50 years. The work grew rapidly, and on February 22, 1887, it was incor- porated under its present name with 16 members on the board. Miss Bessie Kibby Gave Home. In 1892 Miss Bessie Kibby gave her home at 311 C street to the organiza- tion. It at first occupled a house at 404 Sixth lsgtreet. In 1911 the large number of appli- fcants made the trustees decide ltpgill egain time to expand, and they pur- chased the adjoining house, at 315 C street, connecting the two by converting the stables into & dining room. Last year an average of 72 girls were housed each day and 144 m served. Girls working in the vicinity of the ho_%n ":re also :;rved meals, expenditures last year were $27,340.85, approximately all of which was taken in by the home. Eleven em- ployes, including the superintendent, care for the place. One Dollar Is Daily Rate. Girls who live in the home one dollar daily for room and mul.s.p. '{‘nn- Iifli:.s get rooms for 50 to 75 cents each t. “We do not plan any pretentious home, now that we are forced to build & new one,” Miss Dumbell said, speak- ing for the campaign. “We want to adhere strictly to our policy of the ut- most _simplicity and “wholesome sur- roundings for the girls. “It is because we want to remain self- supporting that we are making this campaign for funds. Our operating ex- penses will take care of themselves.”- Last Fall a number of young women became interested in the home, result- ing in the forming of an auxiiiary, or Junior board, with Miss Sallie Philiips as president, and Miss Mabelita Meade secretary and treasurer. These women have co-operated with the trustees dur- ing the past year, and are aiding in the @ppeal for funds. Besides Miss Dumbell, officers of the home inclade: Mrs. W. White, first vice president; Miss Annie Kelly, second vice president; Mrs. John Henry |0f_drugs, consignments i Young, third vice president, and Miss Alys Downing, fourth Miss Mary P. Godding George W. White is William B. Gurley is first honorary vice Miss Jennie M. mflmt for life. Tts is superintendent of the home. vice president. is secretary and treasurer. = Mrs. part, consumed I Miss Ellen N. LaMotte Advo- cates Control of Raw Materials. Declares League of Nations So Far Has Merely Scratched Surface. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Fifteen years ago an American wom- an, & writer and student of public health conditions, arrived in one of the Chinese treaty ports on a trip around the worla. Aroused by the prevalence of opium shops, the woman, whose experience as a public health student had long made her familiar with the menacing spread of tuberculosis, determined to exert her energies and talents toward suppression cf that devastating evil, the “drug habit.” Miss Ellen N. LaMotte, whom Wash- ington can, with justifiable pride, claim as one of its own, has since that day 15 years ago studied her subject until now, with two books published and numerous articles for leading periodicals to her credit, she is rec- ognized as a world authority on pres- ent-day conditions relative to the nar- cotic traffic. Miss LaMotte, now a resident of 2000 Massachusetts avenue, has at- tended every meeting of the League of Nations Committee on Traffic of Opium and Dangerous Drugs at Geneva. She plans to sail at the end of the month to attend the next conference, which begins May 27. Reports Are Pessimistic. Miss LaMotte's reports on the sub- ject are pessimistic. She finds that, instead of the traffic in dangerous drugs becoming controlled, drug addicts are increasing in alarming numbers. “Narcotic bootlegging on a gigantic scale is the greatest menace in the world today,” she said. “A limitation of the manufacture of drugs is mnot going to solve the question. How can you limit the manufacture of drugs when the production of raw material is untouched? “Although most of the raw material is grown in countries of the Orient, almost the entire blame of the nar- cotic gging’ rests upon Chris- tian nations, who by their example have stimulated the Oriental countries in the production of raw materials. “Certain European nations not only have made no effort toward limitation of oplum growing, but actually have encouraged its production. In many of the Oriental possessicns of European nations, opfum selling not only is licensed, but the government has a monopoly on the trade.” Greatest Producers. The countries named by Miss La- Motte as producing the greatest amounts cf raw materials are China, Turkey, India, Persia, Jugoslavia and | Bulgaria. “Opium from these countries is, in ly,” she explained, “and the rest is made into drugs, such as morphine, heroin and other derivatives, hite, | Which are sent into other countries. 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We're glad to do it . . obligation. Call or write us NOW Nat. 8421 NOILVTIIVISNI WO SIDIUJ ¥NO IID—OINILVIH NO XINONW FAVS THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ‘APRIL 19, 1931—PART ONE. WORLD NARCOTICS AUTHORITY PAINTS PESSIMISTIC PICTURE |zziia MISS ELLEN N. LAMOTTE. strange thing is that no one ever seems to know how and where these consign- ments get lost. Then when, sometimes, contraband shipments show up in cer- tain countries, in the United States in particular, no one seems to know where they came from. : “The problem in the United States| is not the opium problem. Opium is an Oriental problem. Our problem is one of drugs.” In addition to the generally known drugs, such as morphine, cocaine and heroin, there is now being peddled and circulated among addicts certain types of “home brew” narcotics, Miss La- Motte said. Drugs illegally used in the United | States are of forelgn manufacture, it was | explained, as this country has no sur- plus of drugs over our medicinal needs, whereas Europe has a surplus of tons and tons shipped from country to country. “The League of Nations,” explained Miss LaMbtte, “although it has not solved the problem of the narcotic traf- fic, has gathered together a” wondertu1| amount of material. However, until the tackled, the League only playing on m¢| surface. In addition to her writings on opium and the narcotic traffic, Miss LaMotte is the author of seven books and nu- merous articies of travel, as well .as short_stories published in leading peri- odicals. Miss LaMotie says her literary career had its birth under fire at the bom- bardment of Du An article en- titled “Fear” was analysis of her reactions to the battle which surged up to the very walls of the hospital where she was doing her war work. The author's most recent work was an article writlen for a well known publishing house, recounting her ex- periences in Abyssinia, where she at- tended the recent coronation of King Ras Tafari. RETAIL GROUP FORMED Petroleum Products Association to Foster Interest in Trade. Local retaii petroleum products deal- ers have organized under the name of Petroleum Products Retailers’ Associa- tion, the action being taken at a meet- ing in the United States Chamber of Commerce Building. The purpose of the organization is described as “to foster the business in- terests of its members and those in any way related to the retail petroleum products trade.” J. I Kingman was elected president; David R. Lehman, vice president and treasurer, and Jacob Milwit, general manager and secretary. There are 19 members of the organization, and plans are to take in_ additional members in this city, nearby Maryland and Vir- ginia. 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