Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
METHOD ADOPTED
FOR LISTING WOMEN
Washington Workers for Food
Conservation to Register at
School Buildings Tuesday.
PUBLIC MEETINGS IN VIEW

Washington has provided a unique
| method Of registering its women for
| the national food conservation cam
| paign-a method which SO commended
! itself to the food administration that
members of the stan of DR.. Ray Lyman
Wilbur. conducting the nationwide
registration. have directly assisted the
| capitals effort.
This. This city is t, the only &C., community p1y
open for women to register. Just as
they were open for men Of CONSUMPTION
age to enroll for national service. The
board Of education approved this plan,
the women's committee Of the District
council Of defense has enlisted volun-
teers to act as registration clerks, and
Mrs. c. Van Wrinkle Of Df. wilbur's
stan assembled nearly two score
speakers, many Of them persons Of ma
tional note. to address mass meetings
of women in the schools.
The registration will be conducted
Tuesday from noon until Z o'clock, and
the speaking will be at 1880 o'clock.
Mrs. F. L. Ransome and Mrs. Van
| ranging the list of speakers and en-
rolling the volunteer registry clerks.
The effort is expected to make the
capital registration notable. not only
in numbers. but in patriotic demon
STATIONS. In connection with the en-
try win the war.
Announcement Of Speakers.
Speakers who will address the meet
ings were announced last evening. as
follows: DR.. Anna Howard Shaw.
chairman womens committee OF the
national council Of defense; Mrs. Cor
della Powell Odenheimer. president of
the Daughters of the Confederacy;
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Of the speakers bureau. conservation
section; Mrs Ellis Meredith, Mrs. Fred
erick l. Dubois. Charles F. Nesbit.
Strabo v. Claggett. Mrs. Charles w.
Wetnore, George A. Cullen Of the Del
aware and Lackawanna railroad. Julius
sey. president Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution: Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins. Sydney Snow of Boston. Mrs.
George Bass. chairman of the national
women's democratic committee: Mrs.
Edward Heating. Miss Abby Marlatt,
chairman of household economics for
the food conservation section; Miss
Ethel Mather Bagg, who worked with
Mr.. Hoover in Belgium; Rev. Louis ].
OHearn, Catholic University: Miss
Elizabeth Howry, Mrs. Rose g. Hoes.
Miss Mary Carmack McDougal. Roscoe
c. Bruce, assistant superintendent Of
schools; Prof C. F. Cook, Mrs Coralie
F. Cook, s. c. Wilkinson, Neval H.
Thomas. DR.. NJ. o. Dumas, DR.. Charles
H. Marshall. Mrs. B. K Bruce. Miss
Brooks. DR.. ]. H. Johnson, Fountain
Peyton and DR.. A. M. Curtis.
Others Are Invited.
Representative Jeanette Rankin has
promised to speak II there is not q
night session on Tuesday, and invita-
lions have been extended to Rabbi Wise
IF nd IN tee 40 To hall
School buildings at which the meet
ings will be held have. been decided
upon. but speakers have not yet been
allotted
High. Thomson. Jefferson. Mckinley
Manual Training. Henry D. Cooke, John
Eaton, Powell. Park View. Takoma,
Emery. Arthur. Wheatley. Madison.
Peabody. Eastern High. Ketcham.
Mott. Lovetoy. Birney, GARFIELD and
Dunbar High.
Though meetings will be held in only
these school buildings. attention of
women is directed to the fact that all
high. will be open from IL to o'clock
for registration.
Workers Volunteer.
Many volunteers already have offered
to be in the schools during the registra-
ton hours. from noon until o'clock,
and more are needed. They should
communicate with Mrs. r. L. Ransome,
vice chairman Of the women's commit
tee. District council Of defense. with Of
fees in the District building.
Among those who already have VOL
unteered for this service are these: Mrs.
N. H. barton. Thomson; Miss NJ E. Mid
dleton. Hilton; Louise ]. Middleton.
Peabody; Mrs. Maxwell S. Cooley. Gage;
Mrs. L. NJ. Smith. Wallach; Mrs. Carl
stodder. Fillmore: Mrs. NJ w Spauld-
ing. Force; Miss NJ. J. Rathbun. Jack
son; Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Borland, Park
View: Mrs. A. D. Bell. Lucretia Mott;
Miss Emma 8. Rose and Miss Jeanette
Carter. Dunbar High. Miss Mamie Eur
roughs is assigning speakers to other
colored schools.
At the H. D. Cooke School Mrs. Archi-
bald Hopkins. Mrs. Alexander Sharp,
Mrs. W. o. owen. Mrs Louis Brownlow
and Mrs. Whitman Cross will be sta
toned. At Central High will be Mrs.
F. l. Ransome. Mrs. May Wright John
son. Mrs. R. Thomas West and Mre
Mary Stiles. Mrs. Lyman F. Kebler will
re at the Wilson Normal Mrs. j. w.
Bvler and Mrs. o. ]. Nigh will be at the
Langdon. Miss M. c. Thompson and Mrs.
Richardson at Congress Heights. Miss
Ellen Marshall Rugg at the Johnson,
MR.. Charles Hogan at the Hubbard.
and Mrs. Joseph F. Randall at the Polk.