Evening star., 1922-11-20
CATHOLIC WOMEN
HERE FOR MEETING
Delegates Arrive for Five
Day Convention Open
ing Tomorrow.

Delegates are arriving. in Wash
ington today for the second annual
convention of the National Council
Of Catholic Women. which will con-
vene in a five-day session here to-
morrow. Postmaster General Work
will deliver the address Of welcome
tomorrow afternoon. The convention
will open tomorrow morning with a
ceiebration of mass at St. Matthew's
Church, at which Rt Rev. John T.
McNichols: Bishop Of Duluth, will de-
liver the sermon.
The sessions of the convention will
pc neld in the New Willard Hotel.
Reports will be heard from Mrs.
Harry Benzinger of Baltimore and
Miss Florence Loeber of New Or
leans, national secretaries. at this
session. From 5 to pm. tomor-
row reception will be given for the
aeiesates at the National Catholic
Service School, 2400 18th street.
Greetings From Six Lands.
At the international session to-
moro morrow evening. greetings will be
izations in France. Italy, Belgium,
Spain, Switzerland and Germany.
Miss Mary c. Tinney, general inspe&-
tor of the department of public vel
rare, New York city, will make q re-
port OF the four international con-
ferences on social work held in Eu-
rope. at which she was the special
representative of the National Coun-
Gil of Catholic Women. Miss Tinney's
report will be followed by an ad-
dress on Conditions in Europe" by
Joseph I. Bfeen, who was in Europe
for one year to make a survey of i'm
migration conditions for, the bureau
OF immigration Of the National Cath
olc Welfae Council.
On Wednesday at 1890 O'clock
President Harding will receive the
officers. delegates and members. The
morning and evening sessions on
on Thursday will be devoted to bust
ness. On Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Nicholas F. Brady of New York city.
national treasurer of the Girl Scouts.
Will speak on Catholic Girl Scouts"
A general discussion of girl welfare
will follow Mrs. Brady's address.
Speakers at Banquet.
At the banquet at the Willard Thurs-
day evening, Rt. Rev. Bishop ShahaI.
rector Of Catholic University, will de-
liver the invocation. The speakers a.
the banquet will be Admiral William
5. Benson. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willie.
brandt. assistant attorney general of
Tile CHlteu StAtcSs MISS Katherine Len
root, chief of the editorial division
of the children;s bueaA; Mgr.
Edward Kelly Of Chicago, Mrs. Nelson
O'Shaughnessy, DR.. Charles P. Neill
of the Federal Coal Commission, Miss
Mary Anderson, chief Of the women's
bureau; D. Edward !. Pace of Cath
olic University, and Rev. John J.
Burke, c. S. p, general secretary of
the National Catholic Welfare Coun-
ell.
The morning session on Friday wiz
be business session. The speakers
on immigration at the AFTERNOON ses-
sion will be W. w. Husband, COM
missioner general of the bureau of
immigratfon; Thomas F. Mulholland,
director of the port of New York; Miss
Sara Weadick, bureau of immigra-
tion: Miss Florence Seymour of De-
troit, and, Miss Katherine Gavin of
New York city. At the evening ses-
sion Charles Galpin Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture will speak on
Rural Conditions from the Woman's
Point Of View >Other speakers at
this session will be Rev. Thomas I.
Gasson Of Georgetown University.
and Rev. John ]. Burke, C. S. p, gem
cal secretary of the National Vel
fare Council, who will speak on
What the Future Holds for the Ma
tional Council of Catholic Women