The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-23
MISS RICHARDS TELLS OF
TRIP TO EXPOSITIONS
She Speaks Before a Crowded Au-
dence at Woodward & Lothrop's
Auditorium.


Miss Janet Richards began the fourth
of her series of talks on current events
tn a large ad enthusiastic audience In
the auditorium on the eighth floor OF
Woodward & Lothrop's promptly at 1919
Yesterday morning. At R:l5, when mel
talks are scheduled to end, she paused
to give a chance to any one who had an
engagement, to leave. Then she went on
talking to an audience that was still
large and enthusiastic.
The subject that held Miss Richards
audience Monday morning was neither
the war in Europe nor any other topic
of worldwide interest. 1t was her tril
last summer to the Pacific Coast. she
broke into the schedule OF her lecture &c
tell about the trip because Of numerou;
REQUESTS.
To begin with, Miss Richards said that
at this time of almost worldwide war
the United States. the only nation which
had set aside a day for general thanks
giving, had much to be thankful for In
the peace and prosperity that prevails
However, Miss Richards feels that tne
limited states, too, has problems In It's
internal troubles that may at any time
proye momentous. These internal troubles
are suggested, shk pointed out, In the
number of incendiary fires In the NUM-
lions plants and in the whole munitions
situation. Are the men who are urging
nreparedness doing It because. primarily
they want the country prepared, or De-
cause primarily, they want to keep the
munitions factories busy with domestic
orders after the war Is over and SO pre-
vent an immense financial collapse? Thst
ia. according to Miss Richards, a serious
question for this country to answer.
Miss Richards summed, very briefly,
the three problems Of the moment The
first is: ''The nest of scorpions in our
midst" as she called 1.-THE problem
of dealing with the incendiary fires and
other Similar agitations, and the diff
ficulty which the government expert
ences because there is no federal law
sanctioning an investigation OF the SIT,
uation which must therefore be handled
under State laws. The second Is the
question of preparedness and how to
meet it. The third Is the absorbing
question of Europe at the moment;
which way will Greece go?
Miss Richards began her trip West by
going from Detroit through the Great
Lakes to Fort William There she took
the recently-opened Grand Trunk route
to the Pacific coast. This Is seven
day trip on an electrically run road.
Prince Rupert, the Western terminus of
the route is a British port just over the
border line at the panhandle end of
Alaska From there Miss Richards
went by boat to Seattle and then Wis
tied the expeditions at San Diego and
at San Francisco.
The San Diego exposition. declared by
many visitors to be better than the one
at San Francisco. can. according to Miss
Richards estimation be seen in the
course of a single day. Its yellow plas-
ter buildings, In. Spanish mission style
are set in veritable garden of tropical
growth But the exhibits were by no
means as interesting to. Miss Richards
as those at the San Francisco exposition,
to which she thinks 1t would be neces-
sary to devote at least a month.