The Washington times., 1920-09-11
RED CROSS WOMAN
To Be D. c. HEAD
Miss Mabel Boardman Accepts
Post on Board-White
House Reticent.
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be appointed by President Wilson to a
Commissionership of the District.
1t IL said that he is appointing n
Republican at this time to increase
the chances of the confirmation of
the Democrat he appoints. II was
said that II the President followed
usual procedure and appointed two
Democrats, and the Republicans were
victorious at the polls in November.
both the men he appointed would fail
OF confirmation.
BORN IN CLEVELAND.
Miss Boardman is the daughter OF
the late william II. Boardman and
Florence Sheffield Boardman. She
was born in Cleveland, but came with
her parents TO Washington about 1895.
Mr.. Boardman built one of the hand
soonest homes in Washington. at 1901
street northwest, near Dupont cir
Gle, which has since become notable
for the brilliant social events and
famous visitors who have sojourned
there. 1t was to this house that
President-elect Taft came on the eve
of his Inauguration.
Miss Boardman, who is socially
popular, soon became interested in
various social service societies here.
and soon began to devote her atten-
tion mainly to the American Red
Cross. Her mother, Mrs. William II.
Boardman, is still living, and Miss
Boardman lives with her Nearby is
the home of her sister, Mrs. Frederick k
Keep, while another sister is the wife
of former United States Senator Muir
ray Crane of Massachusetts.
This tho second tirna that noa,
ton calling for much executive abil-
ity has been offered Miss Boardman
by the District. In 1912 Miss Board
man was offered place on the school
board to succeed Mrs Ellen Spencer
Mussey, but declined.
Miss Boardman has been prominent
since her first connection with the Red
Cross in 1900 and particularly since
its reorganization in 1905. During
the reorganization period she made
many enemies, for the members OF the
older organization did not like the
manner in which the organization
was being handled by Miss Board
man, and many charges were made
against her. particularly by the
friends OF the late Clara Barton, who
for many years had been president
OF the Red Cross.
SUPERVISED RELIEF WORK.
For more than twelve years Miss
Boardman had under her personal di-
rection the entire relief system OF
the great organize lion. on her
judgment rested the responsibility OF
issuing orders when the news OF
some great disaster came, and from
her desk in the Red Cross offices,
then in the State, War and Navy
building, instructions were sent out
that directed the rushing OF nurses or
supplies to whatever point was neces-
sary. The volume OF this work can
be seen whO 1t IL pointed out that
during the Hrst eleven years OF her
work with the Red Cross more than
s4000,000 was collected and expended
for relief
The work of the Red Cross so OK
panded upon the opening OF the war
that an entire building was taken
over at Seventeenth and II streets
northwest where the national head
quarters remained until the Memorial
building, next to u. A. r. hall on
Seventeenth street northwest. which
had been erected through the efforts
OF Miss Bohrdman and the Red Cross
officials with the partial assistance OF
Congress in memory of the heroic
women in the civil war, was opened