Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-24
WOMEN WR|NK[|NG
POLITICIANS BROWS.
Convention Delegates to Frame
Policies for Congressional
! Election
ALL EYES ON LADY ASTOR
Sv n Stor corrcspor dent


baltimore, April 24.-l'altimore to.
day scethes with femininity. and every
incoming train adds its quota to the
fast growing number Of those who are
hero to attend tho third annual con
yention Of tho National League Of
Women Voters.
Delegates from all parts of the coun.
try are arriving hourly. filing the
hotels to ovcrfiowing and bringing fur.
rows OF poignant anxiety to the brows
O. numerous gentlemen. particularly in
washington, who move in political
circles.
For ore entire week these women will
discuss politics and kindred topics.
They will endeavor to formulate more
or less definite attitudes. policies. IL you
please. on many subjects now litterng
the political arena. And then they will
81 home and vote in the approaching
congressional election.
Therefore. this convention assumes q
particular Importance, not only to the
ladies' themselves. but TO large numbers
Of those who are wont 10 refer COM
pIacently TO themselves as practical
politicians"
This afternoon the delegates will be
received by Governor Ritchic at the
Executive mansion, following their visit
W NHldpotiS.
Philadelphia Well Represented
Pennsylvania. and particularly Phila.
delphia. Is exceptionally we'll repre-.
kented at this convention. Among the
first Philadelphians TO arrive we're Mrs.
Harold Dc Lancey Downs. Mrs. Maud
j. Mccall. Mrs. Charles J. Rhoades.
Mrs. Albert J. Burns. Mrs. Franklin I.
Cheney. Mrs: Charles b. I.cavitt, Mrs.
Non oil - 10 LII
attended the Pan American conference
during the latter part Of last week.
Well in the van Of the PENNSYLVANIA
delegates are Miss Marion Reilly, chair.
man of the Philadelphia district: Mrs.
John y. Miller. State chairman: Mrs.
Lewis l.. Smith, vice chairman; Mrs
Charles Stewart Wurts. secretary. and
Miss Martha G. Thomas, State
Treasurer.
II. Warburton and Miss LYDIA Stokes
Adams, of Philadelphia. also are here.
The actual business of the convention
rs whole will not begin until tomorrow
morning. but numerous committees are
working meanwhile under forced draft,
preparing their reports for the Assem-.
bled delegates.
Delegates to the Pan. American Con.
ference of Women. which ended last
night with symposium on the Great
Women Of All the Americas" are
meeting informally today to consider
resolution proposed by the delegate
from Uruguay. Sonora dc Vitalc. sug.
gesting a permanent Pan American un-
ion Of women.
The proposed organization has many
supporters, but leaders Of the confer.
ence felt that the plan affected so vitally
the interests OF Latin. American women
that the delegates from these countries
should first consider it among thcm-
selves.
All Eyes on Lady Astor
And while the clans gather and the
air grows electric with the questions
and problems-such as that of the ad-
visibility of openly indorsing political
candidates-soon to be debated, Balti.
more makes vain efforts TO bestow an
equal modicum of interest upon the
Havre de Grace races. the opening Of
the International League baseball, not
diplomacy, the convention itself, and
upon Lady Astor, who is visiting here
and will speak at the Wednesday eve
ming session. :,
Such was the enthusiasm of the pop
ulace upon the arrival Of the feminine
member of the British Parliament last
Saturday that Mount Royal station pre-
sented the combined characteristics Of
the mob scene from Little Women"
and Saturday afternoon during a sacri.
fee white sale.
incidentally, there is much spirited,
X veiled. competition centering about
the distinguished lady in n social way.
She Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John
W. Garrett. but out of a possible total
Of 1888 hostesses. 1888 are laying plans
either to entertain her or TO be- invited
10 some function where they can meet
her personally.
Hotels Are Overcrowded
Owing to the overcrowded conditions
Of the hotels many of the delegates have
been forced to seek the hospitality of
private homes. which has been forth.
coming in abundance at the request Of
the Committee on Arrangements. The
headquarters of the convention is in |
the Hotel Belvedere. and all of the ses.
sions will be held there.
Yesterday Lady Astor rested and |
worked on one of the speeches she Is to |
deliver.
(which one:" she was asked.
~ don't know which one she re.
Last night she said her program was
to 'clcan my teeth. wash my face and
60 to bed
Today she expects to attend some
of the committee meetings preliminary
70 the opening of the convention. She !
may go to Annapolis and the Naval !
Academy this afternoon with some OF
the convention delegates.
At the reception Saturday Lady Astor
wore lavender crepe de chine dress. a |
necklace Of pearls aud a black picture
hat slanting at sharp angle over her
right eye.
The CARROTS have several guests for |
a house party during tho visit of Lord |
and Lady Astor and Dame Lyttleton.
who accompanied her from England /
Among those are Mrs. Writ Dexter. Of
Boston; Mrs. Stanley Mccormick. Of
Tarrytown. y. Y: Mrs. Richmond !
Fearney. Of Boston Mrs. James Parker
and Mrs. Frank Roess:ng.
TRAIN HITS RllS. e INIIIREn