The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-11

and 1 went and applied for
the position. All my friends
thought it very queer. because
women didn't do that sort of thing
in those days.
But I talked with him, and he
asked II was capable. and we
talked about that. and reliable, and
we talked about that, and keen, and
We talked about that. and, in fact,
We talked about everything but
money. So finally 1 asked about my
salary. Northcliffe said. oh. that's
all right. I'll arrange that But
demanded to know what the man
whose place I was filling was get
ting He was surprised. because II
hadn't occurred to him that a wom-
an should receive the same pay as
a man But at last he said for a
week he would try me on a mans
pay, and ever since that time he
has been giving women mans pay
when we do mems work"
Miss owen is tall and red-haired.
and she was wearing an eminently
smart green costume. She talks
rapidly and enthusiastically.
IT'S a wonderful time for women,
don't you know. I was never so
thrilled in my life as when 1 walked
into the conference and saw those
four American women sitting there.
| hadn't known of it. and it was a
tremendous surprise. | think you
Americans have done the most
splendid things imaginable in the
rights you have given women,
Il am very much surprised to
hear that we Englishwomen have
more civil rights, however: than
YOU have. Women are allowed to
sit on any jury. whereas in some
States here they are not: women
have equal rights over children in
England and a mother has complete
rights over illegitimate children;
and agitation is now going on to
permit women to sit in the House
OF Lords.
Educated Her Family,
Il believe in travel and foreign
education for children" she con-
tinued. 81 gave my sisters a for
eign education and the three little
children l adopted I send to the
continent every summer" Miss
owen had the pictures of the little
family she had taken to rear and
educate cut out. pasted on little
right in a pleasant little group on
her dresser
Il believe that President Harding
has done the biggest and nobIest
thing that ever has been done when
he asked these four women to sit
in the conference, and I believe
that future years will recognize
that fact"
Lady Borden Seems American.
The women of my country are
heart and soul in the conference"
said Lady Borden. wife of the dele
gate from Canada. Lady Borden
has been watching the proceedings
with interest and seems more an
American than a Briton. She has
been very popular during her stay
here
Nine. Inouye.
Nine. Hide Inouye. who is presi-
dent OF the great Peace Society OF
Japan, is a small, intent person.
She came here, the representative
of many hundreds OF women, to
carry message to the women of
the world and to offer friendship
from Japanese women. war is
felt the most by women" she de-
clares, because il destroys what
they create. All women are moth
ers. and by reason OF that fact they
must all unite TO save the world
from destruction"
Praises Oar Press.
"One interesting thing about
your country Is your press" said
Miss Kate Manicom. of England.
representative of the International
Congress of Working Women,
vRrb if.h oil
at Vienna, representing untold mil
lions of working women. I'm our
press the advertising is on the first
page and the news is simply
printed. without the evident effort
your newspapers make to present
things in an interesting form"
Miss Manicom is the sort OF
woman you always hope represen-
tatives of labor will be. She's
small and quiet, with a childishly
curving face. Miss Manicom I'M
doubtedly is extremely young to be
labor organizer and a vital power
among English working women.
It's because l have taken my edu-
cation rather piecemeal," she ex-
planned. The war cut into things
so and made us old very soon.
The war is hardest on the la
borer." she said. 1T means hun
ger and lack OF work and untold
privations. And to US working
women 1t means the stealing of the
husbands and children we might
have had.
Il think we English are much
more free than you in the States"
she went on. you do not seem to
me to have any freedom Of speech.
We must saw somethiDO absolutaI,-
reasonable before any attention is
paid 1t whatever Then. we have
made many more social advances.
We have very successful co-opera-
tive stores, and the minimum wage
and child labor restrictions. We
are now engaged in trying to re-
strict child labor on the land"
Miss Manicom presented the mes
sage sent by the congress to Sec
rotary of State Hughes and the
plenipotentiaries Of the various
countries, feeling assured that the
word OF so many million women
must have a definite impression for
these leaders OF nations
New Zealand Progressive.
Decidedly foremost among the
most interesting of the women Wis
iting our shores Is Miss Nellie
Scanlon. sub-editor of the New
Zealand Free Lance. On this, Miss
Scanlon's first visit to America, she
is tiptoe with the novelty Of all
her surroundings.
You really haven't the progress
sive legislation that we have" she
told her listeners. I'm New Zealand,
women have had suffrage for thirty
years. We have the length of the