Evening star., 1922-11-02


|" a pioneer social settlement
worker and one of the best
posted women in the United
states on the subject of the girl IN
Industrial work and her problems,
was in Washington day before yester-
day to attend a special conference
held by the National Council for the
Limitation Of xArmaments. Miss Ad-
dams came to Washington direct
from Philadelphia. where she has
been attending a special meeting OF
the Woman's International League
for Peace and Freedom on the subject
of how to help save Europe from abb
solute ruin. She is international
chairman of this organization, which
has branches in twenty-one coun-
tries of the world and more than 300
members In its United States division.
II believe that the young girls Of
America today shosid try to consider
the more serious things of life and
to realize how truly awful conditions
are abroad at the present time, Win
so little prospect of their improving;
said Miss Addams "Of course. it is
not natural for youth to go deeply
into matters of serious Importance,
yet the old world needs the enthusi-
astic, but intelligently enthusiastic
support Of the young people or the
different countries.
"As far as the young girl of today
herself is concerned. l do not see that
she Is very different from the young
girl of other generations. Human
nature is much the same generation
after generation, but undoubtedly the
girl of today has an increasing num-
Der of opportunities open to her
along different lines. She should be
able to accomplish a great deal II she
exercises the proper amount of con-
centration and Discrimination. The
fact that so many more girls are en-
tering the business world now than
did in the past will make many
changes necessary in the details OF
social life, but I think it is good
thing for them to go into these other
lines Of work, provided always that
they are we'll equipped mentally and
physically to enter such lines OF
work.
now studying in high school and col
form themselves of what Is going on
In the world economically, politically
and otherwise. Women in politics
should be assets rather than liabili-
ties, and I am sure that they will do
much that Is helpful In solving the
CnaOIlC pOiittCdi COhuieiohS VI sAiio
country"
Miss Adams suggestions as here
xiyen are particularly interesting in
that she Is only advocating what she
herself did to prepare herself for the
great work In which she has become
rockford Seminary in 1881 she went
abroad for two years of study. and
1t was then that she first saw the
conditions of tragic poverty that eN-
listed In the principal cities OF Great
Britain. France and Germany. She
social settlement of the world. or
ganized in London. England. There
she thoroughly studied settlement
problems and how they were handled
by this organization.
Upon her return to the United
to put into effect the idea that Char
ity begins at home" With Miss Ell
len G Starr. she founded Hull House,
the first social settlement in Chicago.
and for moro than thirty years she
has been head Of this institution,
which has become INTERNATIONALLY
project Miss Adams became thor
oughly familiar with the conditions
of the working girl.
1t is interesting, too. to note that
this woman. who specialized IN
PROJECT tnat Is SenSTatty COHCcueu ~
be strictly in feminine line, also did
much in the interest of woman suf-
frage and in the organization Of the
progressive party in Chicago. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, for whom Miss Ad-
dams did much campaigning when he
was running for the presidency under
this party, said that she was Chi
Cages most useful citizen"
At present Miss Adams is particu-
larly interested in seeing that the
women of this country understand
the true conditions in the devastated
countries of Europe. which are in a
terrific state of poverty and despair.
When Miss Adams was at the Wom-
ans International Peace Congress,
held at The Hague in April, 1914,
Queen wilhelmina OF Holland prom
ised her such assistance as was in
her power. Since then Miss Addams
has attended peace conventions at
Zurich and Vienna. She will go to
The Hague again this year for the
great international conference of her
orRaniza tion on December to 8,
Inclusive, when the political, eco
nomic, military and psychological as
poets of a new peace will be dis
cussed.
CROWD VIEWS EXHIBIT.
T<HERE were many varieties of men
i and women in the crowd which