Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-15

our minds as a perpetual alarm clock
repeater.
THE late Phillips Brooks said. The
longer ] live the more humanity ap-
peals to me- and this thought may be
applied to women of the National Spe-
been so largely on humanitarian lines
Mrs. Van Ripper is the daughter of n
newspaper man. the intimate associate
for years been devoted to patriotic
work. Social service and practical phil
anfhropy gave her her training. She
represents an organization upon whose
roster appears the names of some of
the most prominent and intellectual
people of this country, who have been
conservative beyond the usual policy Of
organizations of their kind. There Is
no chapter as yet in Washington and
no attempt has been made to form one
for the reason that the organization
does not seek to absorb or to dominate
the efforts of others, but merely CO.
operates for the greatest good to the
greatest number, and whether a chap
ter is formed or not. Mrs. Van Ripper
VIII remain as long as her mission re-
qnires her presence in the thick Of war
activity
The officers and general board of this
organization are as follows: Mrs. Will
liam Alexander. president; Mrs. Charles
Frederick Hoffman, vice president: Lee
roy w. Baldwin, treasurer; Warren A.
Mayou, assistant treas urer; Mrs. Henry
A Wise Wood. secretary: George +.
Sweeney, executive secretary; board of
directors, Mrs. William Alexander, Mrs.
John L. Alexander Mrs. William Allen
Bartlett. Mrs. Charles II. Ditson. Miss
Isabelle H Hardie. Mrs. Charles f.
Hoffman, Mrs. William w. Hoppin, Mrs.
Franklin u. Pelton and Mrs. Eliot But
Ter whiting: advisory board: Samuel r.
Bertron, Frederic r. Coudert. Or.
Charles L. Dana. Lawrence L. Gillespie.
Oliver Hartman, William Warner Hop
pin, Robert Olyphant. Frederick Per-
kins. Herbert L. Satterlee. Howard Tay-
committee: Mrs. Henry NJ. Alexander
Mrs. William Alexander, Mrs. J. Stew
art Barney. Mrs. O. II. p. Belmont. Mrs
William II. Bliss. Mrs. Oliver B. Bridg-
man. Mrs. ]. Townsend Burden. jr.; Mrs.
Frederic Foster Carey, Mrs. Francis
Carolan. Mrs. Henry Ives Cobb. ir.: Mrs
William II. Crocker. Mrs. Frederick Y
Dalzel, Mrs. Howard Dawson, Duchcsse
de Chaulnes. Miss Elsie de Wolfe. Mrs.
William x. Dick. Mrs. Charles ii. Dit
son, Mrs. Elisha Dyer. Mrs Harold Cod
win. Mrs Edwin Gould. Mrs. George Jay
Gould, Mrs. Jay Could, Mrs Charles e.
Greenough. Mrs. p. Cooper Hewitt, Miss
Louise Iselin. Mrs Bradish q. Johnson.
MISS 1LulSlla "A. Leland, Mrs. iOndnue
Livingston. Mrs. John A. Logan, jr.;
Mrs. Charles Mcneil, Mrs. John G. Mil
burn. Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell, Mrs
Paul Morton, Mrs. Frederick Nelson
Mrs. Charles de l.. Oelrichs. Mrs. Charles
NJ. Oelrichs. Mrs. Frederic Pearson
Mrs. Franklin .. Pelton. Mrs. Henry
Pierrepont Perry, Mrs. Allison Wright
Post, Mrs. Charles A. Post. Mrs. James
Brown Potter. Mrs. William Potter
Mrs. Alexander y. X. Pratt Mrs. Pulit-
fcIler, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. Mrs
George Rose, Mrs. William f. Sheehan,
Miss Evelyn Rives Smith. Mrs. Ormond
G. Smith. Mrs. Vivian Spencer. Mrs
Leonard Thomas Princess Pierre Trou-
betZkoy, Mrs. Allen Gouveneur Well
man. Mrs. Charles S. Whitman, Mrs.
NJ. Orme Wilson and Mrs. Frank Spen-
Ger Witherbee.