The Washington herald., 1914-08-28
IRELAND united
AS One nation
War Has Served TO Weld Po-
litical Factions, Says Dr..
Anna Louise Strong.
READY FOR COMMON FOE
Children's Bureau Exhibit Expert. Re-
turned from Erin. Declares Coun-
try Stands by England.
READY FOR COMMON FOE
DE- .IILpREp p1LLoN.

The European war has done more to
! weld together the political factions OF
Ireland behind a home government than
anything that has occurred for the pas.
500 years. according to DR.. Anna Louise
Strong. who returned this week from
partment Of labor as exhibit expert Of
the children's bureau.
In Dublin, where DR.. Strong first saw
the practical effect of the European war,
she had charge Of the child welfare ex-
hibit In the Irish Civic Center exhibition.
Her work was under the personal d.
rection Of the Earl and Countess OF
Aberdeen
Irish Volunteers.
IF Lord Kitchener should appeal to
the Irish he would have 5000 men ready
in two days to fight for England" DR..
Strong declared.
"An he need say" she continued, rs
to ask the Irish II they will come to the
assistance Of England as Canada has
done"
But then the war Is not my work and
do not like to talk for publication
about anything Of a political nature"
said the only expert on children's ex-
hibits in captivity, for there was no
competition in the appointment Of Dr.
Strong because she was the only ac-
knowledged expert in her line Of work
in the world.
ireland is in a more hopeful condition
than ever before Since the war broke,
for the first time in their history, the
Irish people have been permitted to
guard their own sea coasts under the d.
rection Of their provisional defense COM
mittees. the English troops having left
coast guard to go TO the front.
Every city and village has mustered
all day before left small regiments were
to be seen drilling in the streets. which,
though 1t is technically against the law.
has been permitted at this crisis.
The Irish have enlisted under two
divisions The National regiments COM
prise two-thlrds of the Irish army, and
the listers comprise the rest, but when
left it was the hope Of the country
that joint organization might be affect
ed for the good Of both bodies. The
Nationals now carry the green flag with
the gold harp on it, and the listers, OF
course, carry the union jack"
DR.. Strong, however, 10 much more in
terested in the children's exhibit at the
Panama-Pacihc exhibition which she il
planning that she Is in the European
question.
Description of ExhIbIt.
The exhibit will consist Of three
parts" she said. THE wall displays.
including statements, photographs, charts
and cartoons, and the models and living
which will be arranged
with an aim to balance and dovetaI them
in the best exhibitive way.
THE wall exhibits VIII show the work
of the children's bureau in charts and
photographs with printed statements, IL
Illustrative OF all branches Of child well
fare. health recreation. schools, laws az
fecting child labor and philanthropies.
The models will carry on the same ideas
as will the living models. which I may |
not be able TO secure for the length of
time that IL would require at the ex-
position, but which are effective and in |
structive in the general exhibit work."
DR.. Strong said.
Dr. Strong recently did some work in an |
unofficial connection with Miss Julia |
Lathrop, head of the children's bureau, |
and it was then that the qualities OF the |
new expert were discovered by the gov
eminent.
DR.. Strong's clever ideas in exhibition |
work are ones that have been used in /
Of cities in the United States
and Europe. The electrical sign with 1
the star that goes out every ten seconds
and a line reading Every time the star
goes out a baby dies" IL one Of DR.. /
Strongs original ideas