The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-28
Many Notabes at Reception to Cardinal Mercierr
Housing Problem Becomes More Acute in Capital
Campaign for Cave Memorial Fund Interests
Prominent Women

on the Plaza, which Congress is try
ing to abolish. She says that all she
could do was to go up to the commit
tee room and sit there during the
hearing and try to find out Just why
they were to be abolished and some
thousands of war workers turned out
OF their happy homes to add to the
housing congestion throughout the
city. 4.
Mrs. Baker "spesl<s Her sfind.w
You know" she said, I'VE are get
ting appeals from all over the country
from the girls homes imploring us not
to let Congress do this thing. As II
we could stop Congress from doing
anything It fancies 1t pleasesl I don't
think those Congressman realize that
by the next election the women Of the
country are going to have tho vote,
and they are going to be answerable
to them. They wouldn't be playing
politics so hard"
The listener chuclSled, and reminded
her Of 'her feud with Senator Pome-
rene. and she laughed.
"Oh, of course. meet the Pomerenes
continually socially, but politically I'm
'agin' him. even II he is of the same
party. And / don't believe he can ever
be President. though understand he's
very ambitions in that direction. The
women wouldn't stand for it after the
way he opposed them"
Mrs. Baker and Betty, with Secre-
tary Baker. Of course. made a little
trip in the big Lawson Pullman
passenger plane on Monday. Mrs.
Baker found 1t an interesting expert
enoe, the most noticeable thing
though. as she says, she should have
been prepared for It, as everybody
had told her it would be so--was the
absence of any sense Of motion. It
was very steady-and very hotl 1t
was sultry Monday, and as the passen-
gers were completely shut In in a
glass case, so to speak, they did not
get the wind of their own rapid
motion at all. Betty was delighted,
aside from everything else. because
now Jack had nothing on her."
1t is not well to let younger broth
ers get too cocky. And Jack had been
taken up in an army plane as a spe-
cial birthday treat, back in March,
celebrating his thirteenth birthday on
st. Patrick's Day.
Mrs. Larz Anderson Is here to in
| augurate a campaign for the Mario
DePage-Edith Cavell fund to erect an
international hospital in their memory
in the city of Nurse Cavell's" sacri-
flee. There was a meeting at the An
derson house Wednesday morning to
| discuss the plans, and many notable
| women volunteered their services.
The Committee is under the patron
| age Of tho King of the Belgians, and
| the fund is to be placed in the hands
of the King and Queen during their
visit to Washington. Mrs. Anderson
is the chairman OF the District of
Columbia committee, which is under
the patronage Of the Belgian Ambas-
sador and the Baroness de Cartier. Its
membership includes Mrs. Lane and
Mrs. Houston OF the Cabinet; Miss
Boardman, Mrs. Truman Newberry
Mrs. Frederick Gillett, Mrs. Richard
! Townsend, Mrs. George Dewey, Mrs
William ,Crozier. Mrs. William Corco-
ran Hill and the Misses Patten.
The work of raising a memorial to
Nurse Cavell was started in England
some time ago, and It was decided that
| the most fitting monument would be
an international hospital in Belgium.
With her name is associated that OF
Marie De Page, who after two years
service at the Belgian front came to
| this country to plead the cause of the