The Washington times., 1914-11-22
eJEAN ELIOTcT
LETTER


over, and fully expect to disgrace my
self by leaning over the rail of the
drin hall and screaming with excite
mont. The horses. men and gun, all
In one vast whirling mass. always
thrill me to the core. Besides. there
is to be, tea and dancing. and 1 know
1t win all be great fun. Here's hopin'
the Army Relief Society will coin
money.
Mrs. Pethic Lawrence, the English
suffrage leader, who spent several days
last week with Mrs. John J. White
VIII return to Washington on Monday
or Tuesday, and viii speak On We'd
nesday afternoon at Mrs. Hemmick's
on ''Woman's Movement for Construc-
tive Peace" ] heard the address by
Mrs. Lawrence last week at Mrs.
Remmick's, and very interesting it
was.
The trouble with peace movements
and societies in general, she contends.
Is that they are passive and not ac-
tive; they are merely the reverse side
Of war, like the small boys idea of
peace ito stop ightin';" while she is
fighting for a militant peace. a war on
war. Her ideas for obtaining a peace
that viii last and not be merely an
armed truce to prepare for war, are
interesting, and she expresses them
very WELL.
Large among them looms the plea for
the enfrsnchisement Of women. to ''in.
caude the mother half of the world in
the srticulate voice Of the nation az
she puts II, and also the idea Of MAX
Ing 1t constitutionelly impossible for
the few to drive the people into an
unpopular war.
II occurred to me that Mrs. Lawrence
could have no stronger hammer to
drive home the point of the necessity
for wornan's voice in this great que5-
ton than Capt. W. E. p. Frencil's nrsg-
nthcent War and Woman" which ap-
peared in the New York papers and
The Washington Times recently. It
has been wonderfully received. Captain
French has had letters from all over
the country complimentlng him, and
rne verses are truly a strong argument
Tor Mrs. Lawrence's contention.
s. a.
paid a little visit to the Day Nurs-
cry and Dispensary on n street the
other day and had the time of my life.
The pretty little trained nurse who IL
In charge has from six to twenty tots
left IN her care every day, youngsters
whose mothers or guardians are busy
and unable to look after them, and they
are too cunning for words. One little
family there is. four youngsters, whose
Hn0theY al
Of course, busy all day, so big sister,
who fs herself perfect baby. brings
her little brood each morning, leaves
them to be cared for, and trots OF to
school She comes back to the Day
Nursery for her lunch and in the after
noon collects her chicks and trots home.
OF course, there are dozens Of other
children cared for. but to keep together
that one family strikes me as enough
to prove the right to support Of such
an institution.
About the nursery are a row Of pegs
on which are hung little individual
combs and tooth brushes for the young
sters. and the clothes they wear at
home On arrival In the morning each
child is carefully bathed, brushed, and
put into a clean frock, the property Of
the nursery. And such good times as
they do have during the day-but next
time You come down ! am going to take
You to see for yourself. There is to be
bazaar for the benefit of the nursery
and dispensary on December Z. at the
Raleigh, and i do hope people will rally
TO the support o. our own Washington
youngsters as splendidly as they nave
10 the care Of the poor little Belgian
refugees.
Name your baby for a battle, might
be the slogan these days. At least, 1t
has been done ere this. Major Malvern
Bill Barnum, who, with Mrs. Barnum,
has come to Washington recently, was
named for the battle of Malvern Hill,
In which his father was fighting the
day he was born.
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Ethel Noyes' marriage to Thomas
Blagden. jr.. will take place on Deccm-
Der "a. at st. Johns. as previously
planned. but owing to the recent death
of her grandmother. the much beloved
Mrs. Crosby Noyes, the ceremony will
be quiet, and there will be no rccep-
tion. I understand, however. that her
wedding party will be the same.
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II the President and Mas Wilson go
TO Wiliiamstown, Mass. to spend
Thanksgiving with the Sayres, which
now seems probable. It will be the fist
time In many years that the White
House has been devoid of any cele-
ton on Thanksgiving.
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall,
too, Will be away. and will have their
Thanksgiving dinner at their home In
Indiana.
The appointment of Lieut.. Col. Joseph
Kuhn. who has been ordered to Eu-
rope as a military observer with the
German army, is only a temporary
order, classed as detached service, so
he VII not be relieved at the wash
ineton barracks. The Kuhns Will keep
their quarters there, and the house will
be open all winter. though Mrs. Kuhn
NAV make a number of trips. Mrs
Parker, Mrs. Kuhn's mother, who Will
pass the winter with her. and Mrs
Kuhn are planning a journey to Homo
lulu to visit Mrs. Parker's son, Capt
James s. Parker, some time after
Christmas.
Colonel and Mrs. Kuhn are going to
attend the Army-Navy football game
and then pay q visit to their son. who