Evening star., 1916-01-04

| in honor OF the delegates to the
| congress and their families Mt
| 2:3O Pm.
Sessions of the women'S auxiliary
conference to the Pan-American Scien-
| tific Congress were resumed this morn
| ing. after recess of three days. at
| 1890 in Memorial Continental Hall.
Mrs. Lansing, wife of the Secretary of
State, opened the meeting. and shortly
thereafter turned the chair over to
Miss label T. Boardman.
Prior to the general session a meet
ing of the committee, which is in
charge of the task of formulating
plans for rendering the conference
permanent institution, was held.
No report was made of the action of
the committee, but it is generally un-
derstood that progress was made
toward the desired end. Mrs Lansing
presided at the meeting of the COM
mittee.
The general session was called to
order and the program for the day was
Immediately taken up.
Miss Boardman's Address.
| Speaking on "Woman's Work in the
Red Cross Miss Mabel Boardman said,
in part:
Sixty years ago. from England,
Florence Nightingale went to the hos
pitals at Scutari on her wonderful mis-
sion. Inspired by her and Mortified by
fearful scenes after the battle of Sol
ferino, in 1859, in northern Italy, a
Swiss gentleman, Henri Dunant, urged
the organization of permanent So
ciety to aid the sick and wounded in
| war. By the famous Red Cross
| treaty of Geneva, the flag of Switzer-
I La re
adopted, and the red cross the
white ground became the great flag of
humanity, recognized by all civilized
nations.
| the largest, with 100000 memberA
| In Germany, over 100000 women be-
long to the Red Cross, and hundreds of
| thousands in other countries. Though
\ the American Red Cross has done an
| immense amount of work, both at
| home and abroad, it numbers less than
! 81, 900 members, when it should have
| at least a million.
THE President of the United States
| is president of our Red Cross, but it is
| free from all political influence. Our
| Fed Cross is not only for war and
disaster, but for helpful service in the
| everyday life of our people 1t is di-
| vided into two large departments, one
\ for military relief and one for civilian
4 relief. We have enrolled over 5000 Of
| the best trained nurses in this coun-
try.
| charge of relief work after fire and
| earthquake calamities, as at San Fran
| cisco, floods in Ohio, mining disasters
and shipwrecks. The little Christmas
seal, sold for anti-tubercuiosis work,
s2.50o,0 900. The town and country
nursing service provides visiting
nurses in small communities.
| THE Red Cross of this country de-
i
pan-American Red Cross societies. We
will gladly help in forming societies
/ or welcome suggestions. Pan-Ameri-
| can ladies are invited to call at Red
| Cross headquarters. now at 1924 H
| street"
Early Work of Women Reviewed.
With Woman in Organization" as
her theme, Mrs. Philip North Moore
said, in part:
| The work of women in the early
half of the nineteenth century con-
sisted of church activities. interests
philanthropic and social, as well as
literary and artistic. Organized they
| were in some cases, but never with
| the intent of going outside of their
| immediate environment. Opportunity
for enlarged outlook came with the
awakening of the communal spirit, the
recognition of the law of solidarity of
Interests, the sociologic advance which
esta blished a basis OF equality in wide
diversity of conditions and individuali-
ties. This new note which meant for
woman liberty, breadth and unity was
struck in the middle of the century,
and was heard around the world, as
well as in the remote regions of the
| Americas.
That women should own their own
souls and be morally responsible for
their own acts seemed clear long ago.
| That women should own their own
property by inheritance. and the fruit
Of their own labor as earnings. began
to seem clear to our civilization in the
last century.
THAT women should own their own
minds, should be accountable for their
own share in social control and social
uplift is newly perceived
whatever our organizations accom-
plish in the way of improvement of
physical conditions of life, of conserva-
ton of natural resources. Of legislation
to give the individual a chance, of
dissemination of book knowledge and
the influence of art and music-our
, most Immediate and appealing work
must be the education of women in
the citizenship that works INCREASINGLY
, for the greatest possible good to the
greatest possible number"
Psychological Moment for Women.
'aThe Solidarity of the Worlds wom-
Ianhood as an International Asset" was
the subject upon which Miss C. E
Mason of Tarrytown. n. Y, spoke, say.
ing. in part:
Now is the psychological moment
for the women of all the Americas to
i. meet in order to plan how they may
help in the building up Of a warless
| ha has
hearts and minds of all the America.
toward>a permanent peace. Women al
well as men are needed to create q
good understanding between the
American republics.
Bonds of commerce. banking and
transportation are at present made
quate. spiritual understanding and
! purpose are also required to found q
Ipan-America. which shall stand the
test Of time. The lesson to the world
- he fv,1 do ina hat