The Washington times., 1921-02-20


ization are invited.
TWO WOMEN
sIGNALLY HONOhED.
Another event OF Wsshington's
birthday will be the annual convo-
cation of George wsshipSton Uni-
versity the outstanding feature OF
Its centennial celebration which Is
now In progress. The presentation
of honorary degrees-twenty-s seven
OF 'em-will be an event OF more
than usual interes. for two women
Mrs. Henry w. Keyes and Mrs. u.
II. sothern lJulis Msrlowe are TO
have the highly priced doctor OF let
ters degree which up to this time
George Washington has bestowed
upon but one woman. Mrs. LArz An
derson.
The name OF Julia Marlowe has
become a household word to those
who love the theater and Mrs. Keyes.
the wife OF the Senator from New
Hampshire, is fast making her name,
Frances Parkinson Keyes. known to
the public who reads the magazines
Short stories. sketches. and articles
on important questions OF the day
are appearing from time TO time In
widely read publications and are
discussed with avidity by discrimi-
mating readers. Although perhaps
the youngest woman In the Senate
contingent, she already has one sue
cessful novel, "The Old Gray Home
stead" TO her credit and she Is
working on another which Is to
come out in the spring or early
summer Moreover. this clever
woman finds time for all the nu-
merous social duties OF Senator's
wife and Is bringing up family
of three stalwart sons.
Commissioner Mabel T. Boardman
Is TO get an LID, degree and Miss
ermeal French. dean of women Of
Idaho University, a degree OF mas
ter of arts. The French ambassador.
NJ. Jusserand: the Chilean smbas-
sador. Senior Matthew, and the new
Italian ambassador, Vittorio Rolandi-
Ricci, are likewise to get LID. de-
grees and the list OF those honored
includes a number OF other men
prominent in the social world.
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Those who have been asked by Mrs.
Cabot Stevens. chairman of the COM
mittee for Near East Relief. to attend
a meeting at the Women's City Club
on Wednesday afternoon, have a gen.
uine treat in store for them, for Mrs.
John Dunaway is to speak. Shes
a Near East Relief worker who spent
some time in Aleppo and to whom
| nearly 500 Armenian and Syrian girls
owe their rescue from Turkish ha-
rems.
When Mrs. Dunaway was Miss Rose
| Shaybe. a former Red Cross nurse.
she was sent to Aleppo by the Near
| East Relief to take charge OF the
rescue work of Christian girls who
had been sold into Moslem homes. 1t
just happened that Mr.. Dunaway was
in charge OF the general relief work
at Aleppo-but that's another story.
Because OF her knowledge of Ara
bic, Mrs. Dunaway was particularly
successful in penetrating the defenses
of disgruntled Moslems who we're re-
luctant in parting with their perfect
ly good personal property. even when
that property consisted Of an Armen-
ian slave girl or boy bought at bar
gain wartime prices that ranged from
90 cents to S1.25. And because she
was a Syrian. native of a village near
Beirut, Mrs. Dunaway was especially
successful in gaining the confidence
OF the timid slave girls.
| When little Rosa Shaybe was
seven years old her entire family re-
moved from Beirut to Boston, Mass.
But in Syria, as in some villages
south of the Mason and Dixon line.
all the people from the same town
are cousins" Thus Ii came about
that it was Miss Shaybe's privilege to
personally superintend the rescue Of
| several cousins"
| Mrs. Dunaway was educated in the
Massachusetts common schools, at
Colby College and at the Massachu-
setts Hospital Training School! So
1917 found her fully prepared fer war
work. She was a nurse for eighteen
months in base hospital 6 in France,
and later moved from the battle front
In the west to the starvation front in
the east. Damascus and Aleppo.
/ At that time the Aleppo govern
ment was controlled by Jaffa Pascha,
who was under the orders of Emir
Feisel and the French army. jana
Pascha dccreed that all Christian
slaves be returned to their relatives.
But the Moslems naturally concealed
their property whenever they could.
As woman Mrs. Dunaway could en-
ter a harem; as a Syrian she could
understand Arabic and could use her