The Washington herald., 1920-07-05
In the Limel;ght
By George Perry Morri,

The Federal Labor Bureaus loss
Is the International Labor Bureaus
gain. Royal W. Meeker's accept
ance of the post of editor of the
journal and literature of the latter
organization involves his taking up
his residence in Switzerland. But
he will not be lonesome lacking the
company of other Americans. That
republic during the war was. and
since the armistice has been, the
rallying center of a strange med
ley of refugees, conspirators, altru-
lists and legitimate agents of many
governments. or these we have
had our share. Meeker will bring
to his post exceptional competency.
He knows how to get and marshal
data; and then he 'generalizes about
his facts in a way that appeals 10
men OF affairs and also to the read
ers OF popular periodicals.
DR.. James l.. Gordon, now Of San
Francisco. who offered a prayer for
the delegates to the San Francisco
convention on Saturday last, quoted
poetry in II. His former Washing
ton congregation would have bet
100 TO l that he would. After so
much poor prose il must have been
an agreeable surprise to God.
The love of Jonathan for David is
recalled by the utter fidelity of
Frank Stearns, a Boston merchant.
for Calvin Coolidge, and 1 notice
that when the governor of Massa
chusetts and the Senator from Ohio
sat down with Will Hays to discuss
the cooperation of the two candi-
dates, Mr.. Stearns was along. He
said that Calvin Coolidge was a
big man when Massachusetts, Re-
publicans were somewhat skepticaI.
The now inseparable friends first
met at Amherst College
What strange turns time works
4 West Virginian Ambassador
Davis), a Nirginian Lady Astor).
and an Englishman Of most outre
ecclesiastical type iGen. Booth of
the Salvation ARMY, are to be the
leading personalities at the laying
of a cornerstone of memorial
group OF buildings in Plymouth,
England. Which memorial is To
honor Puritans and pilgrims who
made New England.
The most dolorOus and pessimisti
OF the comments on the Chicago ard
San Francisco conventions come
from professional humorists and
wits, supposedly hired to be report
ers because of their innate good
nature and sense Of levity.
You might think that William
Allen White was "congenital
groucher"; and as for Irwin s. Cobb.
he is so disgusted that he intends to
retire to the tall timber. and there
spend a restfui. uplifting and help
full month studying the habits of
doodle bugs" The reporters who
have seen the fun Of the conven-
lions have been veteran reaIists who
never crack a smile and would serve
well as models for Puritan divines.
Washington finds satisfaction in
the award Of the Florence Nightin-
gale Medal to Helen Scott Hay. Of
this city, chief nurse of the Amer
lean Red Cross Mission for Europe.
whose service Of devotion in this
venture dates back to 1914. The
award is the highest honor at the
disposal Of the International Red
Gross Association with headquarters
at Geneva
So large a proportion of the abIest
as well as the ordinary librarians of
the country are women that il is
no more than just that the new
president of the American Library
Association, chosen at the recent
meeting. should be woman. Miss
Alice 6. Tyler. the appointee. has
made her reputation as administra-
tor of the library school connected
with Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio.
him a factor, but they made no