Evening star., 1922-10-08
|NOTABLES TO. Open
RED CROSS SESSION
High Officials to Gather To.
morrow Morning for An
nuaI Convention.
PUBLIC MADE WELCOME
President Harding to Greet Dele
gates-Gen. Pershing to Discuss
Aid Given A. E. F.
PUBLIC MADE WELCOME

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will be in Continental Memorial Hall
| tomorrow morning in connection with
the opening session of the annual con-
vention Of the American Red Cross
I President Harding, Gen. Pershing and
Judge John Barton Payne, national
chairman. are scheduled to deliver ad-
dresses. and invitations have gone out
to Vice President Coolidge, members
of the cabinet. the justices of the
dorS and the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia to be present at
| the opening meeting. The headquar-
ters here points out that every one is
welcome to attend. as there will be no
cards of admission.
Preceded by a concert by the United
states Marine Band. the session will
get under way at 1880 o'clock, with
Judge Payne presiding. Right Rev.
William F. Mcdowell. Bishop of
and the address of welcome to the
delegates. representing all sections of
the country, will be made by Presi-
dent Harding. Gen. Pershing will
then take the platform and discuss
Red Cross service for the American
| will respond. Organization of the
| convention and election Of officers and
| appointment of committees will then
follow and the meeting will adjourn
with the singing of The Star Spangled
Banner"
| Postwar Problems.
| The entire afternoon session Mon
! day will be given over to the discus
sion of postwar problems of the Red
| Cross by speakers who since the
armistice have been engaged in chap
| ter and other work among the dis
abled former service men and their
! families
The convention sessions Tuesday
| and Wednesday are scheduled to c0n-
| slider all phases of Red Cross work.
Tomorrow evening Sir Claude Hill,
director general of the League of
| Red Cross Societies. will report the
she worG RS and
| the Red Cross standard. Secretary
| of Commerce Hoover will speak; W.
! A. B. Nichols Of the China central
| committee will tell of the work in
the far east done by American Red
! Cross chapters. and DR.. A. Ross Hill.
| vice chairman in charge of foreign
| operations, will describe the wide
| spread character of the work and it's
| results in Europe during the war
! and after the armistice.
| Miss Boardman to Speak.
Tuesday will be devoted to a plen-
ary session. Miss Mabel T. Boardma n
| will deliver the Introductory speech
on volunteer service. following
which there will be a discussion Of
Red Cross problems by chapter dele
| gates. At 8 o'clock a reception for
the delegates will be held in the Red
Cross building. At Sis o'clock, DR..
Cornell University, viii address a
| meeting presided over by Robert W.
de Forest A demonstration of Red
Cross methods of first aid and life
! saving will then be given by Wilbert
E. Longfellow.
Chief Justice William Howard Taft
will preside at the closing session of
the convention proper. Wednesday
evening. and the speakers will be
Solicitor General James NJ. Beck.
Mrs. August Belmont of New York
United States Veterans Bureau. and
Col Albert A. Sprague. representing
| the American Legion.
Many Topics In Program.
Group conferences On the program
for Wednesday and Thursday feature
a pan-American gathering Wednes-
day morning at the Pan-American
supreme court Of Porto Rico. Emilio
del Toro. will preside. DR.. R. J. AL
faro. minister from Panama; Dr.
Santiago Bedoya, secretary OF the
Peruvian embassy. and DR.. Don
! Ecuador, will be among the speak
ers. Red Cross work for the ex-
service men. public health nursing,
| home hygiene and care of the sick,
nutrition. volunteer service and the
Junior American Red Cross are the
/ topics to be discussed at the other
group conferences.
The District of Columbia Chapter
officials announced last night that
those who have volunteered their au-
tomobiles to transport the delegates
! to and from the convention may reg
lister them with Mrs. Theodore w.
Richards. acting chairman. by calling
Franklin $3.50.
The chapter has established an in
formation desk at the Union station
for the convenience Of arriving dele
gates.
Names OF Local Delegates. =
The delegates from the local chap
ter will be Mrs. Theodore W. Rich
ards, Col. Charles w. Lynch, Mrs.
Gibson Fahnestock. Mrs. Montgomery
Reeside. Miss Alice Clapp. Miss Anna
Koerper. Mrs. Isaac Littell, DIR. Cous-
ins. Miss Smoot. Miss Dougall. Mrs.
Robbins, Mrs. N. Roberts, Mrs. Marie
Chamberlain. Mrs. A. c. Chappell. Dr.
| J. c. Boyd. Mrs. Spencer and Miss A.
A special meeting will be held un-
der the auspices Of the Washington
division, Mrs. John Allen Dougherty
chairman. in the auditorium Of the
Red Cross building Friday at 1880
pm. NJ. A. Baker, national adviser
of production and conservation Of
garments for the Red Cross. will ad
dress the meeting. The public gener-
ally is invited to this meeting, espe-
cially those interested in child well
fare. parent-teachers' associations or
any church auxiliary. An exhibit of
garments made according to these
methods will be shown. =
The District Chapter will exhibit
renovated garments for children made
from nurses capes and coats in the
museum of national headquarters
daily from 1880 to Q pm. during the
sessions of the convention. Mrs. m.
Given Wilson. curator Of the museum,
will explain the exhibit, and Mrs.
E. Roberts, in charge OF this work In
the District Chapter, will have gen
eral direction.
Another exhibit during the conven-
tion, under Miss Anna Koerper, head
Of the clerical corps for the District
of Columbia Chapter, will be devoted
to Braille work. Mrs. James X.
Richards, director of volunteer
Braille work at the Library Of Con-
gress, will work with Miss Koerper.
VIRGINIANS ARE HONORED.