The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-28

rof the New fork suffrage amendment In 1917, following the campaign of which she was chairman, and after she had helped make and put into oper- alton plans for educational and pat r;otic work for the suffrage organiza- ton, Mrs Whitehouse went to Wash = :ngton. There she saw George Greet. She told him that she wanted to io war work His feply was, will you go as the representative of the Com mittee on Public Information to South America or Switzerland?
 Switzerland 1t was.
 There was, a peculiar interest att tached to the appointment of Mrs. Whitehouse as the first woman to rep resent the United States in a neutra country, particularly one so divided In itg allegiance and so teeming with in trigue as was Switzerland
 Officially Mrs. whitehouse was known as representative or director for Switzerland Of the Committee on Pub iie Information. She was to handle an.i distribute to news agencies and -he press in that country, cables and wire jess news dealing with events in Amer ica; to prepare special articles and pamphlets, show motion picture reels. and so on. In short, she was to put before the people of 3 neutral country lhe aims and ideals of America at war. and the manner in which this coan- try was putting them into effect.
 How this programme was to be carried out was left to the ingenuity ana ability of Mrs. wliitehouse her self. How it was carried out is the story she tells in her new book, "A Year as a Government Agent" pub lished by the Harpers.
 Her difficulties began even before dv- f< 1x 41 operation. The picture of vest pocket diplomacy in Switzerland during those trying days is both amusing and ir- ritating. One gets the impression that in general ministers and secretaries anG pndersecretaries are pleasant hammered men. with no particular use for women in official positions, but great eagerness to entertain them socially. One also discovers, perhaps not for the first time, that there iA a great deal of mint, anise and cummn about diplomacy-and much dining,
 Mrs. Whitehouse tells with pungent humor how the beginning of her work was delayed by the lack of cooperation of the American legation in Switzer- land; how her position and her duties were finally recognized by the author ities; how she worked with editors, and how she got the story of America s Jar work in Germany.
 An appendix contains documents, lett ters, cables, etc, which In themselves tell the story of some of Mrs. White house's difficulties
 Perhaps the greatest charm of the book lies in the personality it reveals, and the significant fact that it dem- cEstrates--of the ability of an intel gent woman to deal with situations requiring tact, brains and humor There are delightful human touches tke little maid Hedwig, who died So coura geously, and the dog, sonny. who went his serene way, unmindful of dogs or diplomats.
 GERMANY AFTER THE ARMISTICE' By Maurice Berger QJeutenant in the
 Army of Belgium). Preface by Bar
 on Beyens (Former Belgian Minister te
 to Berlin), CTranslated by William L
 McPherson.l G. P. Putnam's Sons
 Publishers, New York City.
 The narrative of Belgian engineer who before the war held professorshir in the Ecole Centrale Technique oi Brussels.
 M. Berger had the honor of being the first allied military man sent to Berlin after the signing of the armistice, and he carried with him introductions which opened all doors. Thus he gained per.