Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-22
ATTENDANCE IS
MUCH GREATER
THAN EXPECTED
Delegates From, TIUenty-One
Countries at pnn-Anlerican
Conference.
BY CONSTANCE DRExEL.


BALTIMORE, April 22-The Pam
American conference Of the League of
Women Voters which opened here is SO
much bigger than was expected they
haven't even had time to take the signs
down. That is, when it was found the
big ballroom Of the HtoeI Belviedere,
which is the convention headquarters,
would not accommodate even the morn
| ing sessions. the Baltimore women in
charge were obliged 10 scour the city for
something big enough.
The only thing they could find was tha
| Century Theater roof which is used at
| night for dancing and a cabaret show.
There was no time to make changes ex-
cept to place chairs on the huge dancing
| floor Therefore delegates were greeted
! this morning by huge signs at the en-
trance "it is unlawful to bring intoxicat-
| ing liquors in this building" The women
| from the Latin American countries could
not believe their eyes and Lady Astor
| will see at least one evidence Of prohi-
| bition.
! Over the stage today hung silk Mexi-
! can flag which has been sent BY Presi-
! dent Obregon to be presented to indie
/ pendence Hall in Philadelphia. The
/ Mexican delegation Of four women was
! quite the hit Of the day. They looked
rather different from the other South
American, many Of whom are Of the hand
/ some Spanish type. The Mexican women
were dark-skinned. heavy featured and
not so tastefully or richly dressed as the
/ others, but when Senorita Elena Torres
! got up TO speak even though in hating
| English, her earnestness in the struggle
| for light and truth was Immediately APP
| parent.
Like all the rest OF the Latin-A American
delegates, she was called upon TO speak
on education in her country. She laid
both people and government realized
education to be the crying need Of the
country. Many teachers are using their
Sundays to teach voluntarily among th6
people unable to go to school.
The platform was filed with the dele
gates from all twenty three countries
Of the western hemisphere. among which
they have included Haiti. Porto Rico and
the Philippines Best known among them
in Dona Bertha Lutz, official delegate
from Brazil, and Nine. Jaime de Yeyra,
wife Of the Philippine commissioner to
/ the United States.
Perhaps most people may be wonder
ing what on earth the South and North
, American women can find to talk about
that everybody would understand. 1t
seems the originators Of the conference
solved the problem very nicely by SIM
ply turning the three plays into round
table conferences on women's subjects,
led by the women who handle these
questions for the United States Govern
ment.
Therefore It was children welfare one
morning AMI education in the afternoon
The next day it will be women in indus
try and prevention of traffic in women.
1t is a comparison of notes, so to speak,
the women of various countries telling
what they are doing about things in
which women are particularly interested.
Having the sessions in charge Of United
States Government officials was 4 bril-
liant idea IL more ways than one. For
one thing, the officers of the League Of
Women Voters who engineered this con-
! ference are being spared for their annual
convention next week
Two round table conferences were IN
! charge Of Grace Abbott, chief Of the
chiIdren's bureau, L. S Department Of
Labor, and Julia Abbott. Of the Blu
reau of Education, L. s. Department of
/ the Interior. A particularly iterestins
note was rung on the child welfare sub
I !
the second international conference on
child welfare, held in Brussels last sum-
mer. Dona Bertha Lutz hoped the United
States would be represented at the third
conference to take place in Rio Janeir0
/ late this summer preceding the Brazilian
exposition in which the United States
viii participate.
| On the subject OF education Mrs. VII
| liam Lucas Of San Francisco was the
only one of the United States partici-
| pating besides Miss Abbott All day the
stage belonged to Latin America and to
Canals
| The Pan-American conference was
opened by Mrs. Maude Wood Park,
president OF the League of Women Voters,
who welcomed the pan-Americans to the
/ United States. There was an invocation
| by his grace, the Most Reverend Michael
Curley. archbishop Of Baltimore, and
welcomes from the women Of Maryland ty
Mrs. c. E. Ellicott from the PAN
American Union by DR.. i. S. Rowe, from
| Maryland by Governor Richie and from
Baltimore from Mayor BrOening.
In the evening the national board re-
ceived in the ballroom of the Belvedere IN
honor of the pan-American delegates
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