The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-24


and Mrs. Charles Marvel from their
son Josiah Marvel. who is In charge
of the Hostel in Paris, was written
April 20, and tells of the interesting
workers in France
The letter follows:
We have had such a good time this
evening that want to write you about
1t. although ought to be in bed. Once
week we have been having as guests
for dinner some representatives from
the different commissions: Czecho-
Sloyaks, Slavs, Roumanians, Serbians,
English, American, etc. Our guests
for last evening sent word that they
would come tonight instead and was
paralyzed because I had invited Mr..
and Mrs. Hoff for tonight and didn't
know what sort of complications
might arise, because invited Ida
Tarbell and her invitation was can
celled. All the older men and execu-
tives Of the mission were out of town
at the monthly committee meeting at
Grange so it was up to me to engineer
it all myself. Everything went OF
smoothly and delightfully."-, At ten
minutes of seven one Of the fellows
brought in box of candy from Caro-
lima Wood, who arrived in Paris at
$3.50. Immediately called her on the
phone and told her sire must come to
dinner She said she had already
started her soup, but / told her was
sending taxi and for her to put her
bonnet on and she said she would
So the guests arrived. Major Beas-
lee, Swarthmore graduate, New York
lawyer, bachelor, and good friend
of Warren Barrett, Mrs. Andrews,
from Boston. She is prominent edu-
ator and is the woman from America
who represents us on the woman's
council of five. Lady Aberdeen is the
English representative. Mrs. Andrews
was present at the peace conference
the 14th of February, when Wilson
first read the pact for the League Of
Nations and she was again present
when it was unanimously accepted by
the delegates of twelve billions Of
people.
Then / had invited some Of our
workers who were living at the Brit
tainque-Hild Holmes, who has been
working with Belgian orphans; Lena
Cadbury, who has been doing civilian
relief south of Rheims; Syelses, an
English fellow who was driving for
years in the English-French ambulance
| in Italy; Tom Cope, who has been
here for years and did building work
on the Somme. There are two Men
nonites here who are on their way
back to America They have been In
Turkey, Syria and Palestine investi.
eating some relief work which their
work is doing there. Altogether a
very cosmopolitan company
| Dinner was very simple but very
good. 1t rather amused me to watch
these millionaries eating off our plain
wax board tables with kitchen knife
and fork and no napkins. / assured
Mrs. Hoff that we lived very simple
but at the same time placed her chair
for her as If / were seating her for the
most gorgeous banquet. After dinner
we had coffee served on the library
table. At first called upon Mrs. Hof
to talk. There isn't a woman il
France who knows more about worl
with students and college women thar
she does. She was charming and SAID
very much the spiritual message thai
Mrs. Besser would give. She sai6
some nice things about US and oul
work and in return expressed our ap
lpreciation for the Hostel, and what Il
had always stood for (Mr. and Mrs
Hoff owned the Hostel which was for
merly an art school.) Then / intro
duced Mrs. Andrews who talked upoI
the conference, the educational worl
women are so concerned about ant
what the women have done.
Praises Womsn Representatives.
And right here l want to say tina
the women Of the world have beer
mighty we'll represented in Paris
They have conducted themselves will
most extraordinary tact and have go
themselves in the good graces Of ev
eryone. There has been none Of thi
ihair-pulling, understanding suffrag
ism OF course President Wilson, be
ing interested in suffrage, has helped
them and made it easier She is al
authority on the league of nations, ant
lectures to the army upon it wheneve
she has an opportunity. She wount
, up her talk by saying what Is neces
| sary is universal education, not II
j schools and colleges alone, but of tn
masses upon the question of world
wide importance. I followed up he
talk by the telling the story of jim
: Watson's meeting at the Coliseum a
. which time everyone had a copy of tn
lAOo6UO paw anu olO04Ou IL u,
article. That really was most extra
t ordinary occasion, quote the most in
: tellectual effort that Richmond ha
| made in long time. They were al
: very much interested in it, and l d
hope 1t will be followed up by NOR
/ speeches on these most important cul
: rent topics.
Y Then 1 introduced Major Beaslet
, who is in charge of army courier SCI
, vice. You prabably cannot realiz
Y how important that branch of the SER
: ice. You probably cannot realize ho-
= important that branch Of the servic
s is, but before he took charge it wa
taking 81 days for important doc,
ments to go from Paris to Washfn,
ton, Now it takes eleven days. No
he has gotten this established betwee
all the important cities of Europe H
= also is helping Hoover with his foo
/ program. The American courier ser
ice is carrying the official document
for all the delegations of the peac
: conference to their countries and ca
: itals. He was a very fine man an
p most interesting
;. Tells of Relief Work.
Then I eallad unon Coro1ipa Ufoo