The Washington times., 1921-05-08
In assuring peace than other means
long popular In the world.

IN asourtng peace than other means
long popular In the world.
Jane Abbott (Mrs. Frank a Ab..
bott) who recently made the trip 10
Washington to renew old friendships
and 1T the same time take part In the
Authors' Carnival Ball promoted by
the League Of American Pen Women,
10 getting Z lot Of satisfaction land
some fun. tool by way of a letter
forwarded to her by her publishers.
Ordinarily . fairly modest sort of
author-person. Mrs. Abbott confessss
openly to . thrill Of Joy In the letter
Happy House." had made such a hit
with the blind soldiers from Soldiers
Homo and others who heard the story
read aloud at the Saturday Evening
reading sessions at the National LII
brary for the Blind. that thosc In
charge wanted an unbound copy so
that the story might be transcribed
into Braille and thus made available
for the blind throughout the country.
1--WE will pay blind trAnscribers
for the Revised Braille copy" goes the
letter which further declares that ct
In delightful to find an Interesting
story, full Of winsomeness and happi-
ness without being the overdon, glad
kind"
Jane says there's a worlI Of salts.
faction In APPRECIATION Of sIch' a
touching and sincere type. However.
she's got a situation 20 meet because
the letter came addrrssei to '.Miss
Jane Abbott" Seeing that "AIiss
Jane" has a stunning family, an ad :
miring husband. and, for tho greater
part of the part year. an awfuily
busy kitchen and no cook. her friends
are hurting all sorts Of persislalge
around without discrimination. At
| the carnival ball. wishing to feel en-
tirely eat home" Mrs. Abbott arrived
as "Come Out of the Kitchen" and
she carried the role so successfully
that the elevator man challenged her
right to use the lift" sacred to the
convenience of the hotel guests.
Elisabeth and Alice. Mrs. Abbott's
two daughters. are considered about
Buffalo while her son. Allison. Is an
up standing young fellow with all
sorts OF records in athletics. Boy
Scout activities. Liberty bond drives
etc.
Mrs. Abbott has her fourth book
ready for publication. a record OF one
| a year since she started to begin"
to write books. Meantime, one OF her
books is heading for the movies.
SUPPER PARTIES FOR
ST. ELIZABETH PATIENTS.
With a Congressional investigation
and . hue and cry all over the coun-
try calling attention to the shocking
way In which our ex-service men are
being neglected, it's comforting to
get a line on an organization which
hoa mir I'd ~ - ~,,y
group to do for" and is working
without cessation for their happiness
and comfort--and all In such a quiet
manner that nobody knows anything
about II save those Immediately con-
cerned.
The War Relief Association OF the
Department of Agriculture evidently
believes in the BAoiical adage about
not letting your left hand know what
your right hand doeth. For IL sings
no song and blows no trumpets
about its Sunday evening supper
parties for such service men from
St. Elizabeth's Hospital as can be
brought to the city. But 1t is impos-
sible to overestimate what these @ar-
ties mean to the men who are in hos
pitaL
The change OF scene, the good food
substantial and yet more daintily
cooked and served than is possible in
a huge institution like ST. Eliza
beth's-the lights and flowers and
music and above all the association
with pleasant people whose one OBJ
ject 10 to entertain them, have a dis
tinct therapeutic value for the Ya-
tients. All the authorities Of the hos
pital and the Red Cross. in co-opera-
ton with which the association
works, are agreed upon that. And the
boys have such a good time that rs
soon as one party is over they begin
counting the days until the next.