Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-22


10 henpecked husbands there and women
are respected and reyered.
In Uruguay, it is still disgrace for
any well born woman to earn money. She
must live in idleness on her relatives
Only in chile and in Peru does the
situation seem comparable with the
United States, and there the social well
fare legislation seems to nave beaten Us
to it in many respects
The young woman who gets up when
Chile is called for is as pretty as her
name is icturesque-Seuorita Graciele
Mandujano. She is In her twenties, olive
skinned and dark hair, matching the
black taffeta dress. which. however, shows
her neck and arms And there is wide
black hat and jet earrings to complete
the picture Of Spanish America She
journeyed from far off Santiago as the
official delegate appointed by the Chilean
government, but she has a record Of hav-
ing earned her way through Columbia
University.
She hesitates charmlngly over word
now and then, but we are being treated
to much less perfect English. For in
stance, the Columbian delegate, Nine De
Coronado, spoke Of families of from
twelve TO twenty four as long instead
of large"
Som Of the delegates don't attempt
English at all but ripple away in musical
Spanish and that is why Mrs. Concha
Romero James, the official translator, is
so greatly appreciated. Her presence
was act of courtesy and generosity
by the national board of the Y w. c. A,
who loaned her as their contribution TO
promoting Pan-American understanding
However, the Latin Americans usurped
the day, the United States more than
held its own in Mrs. Joseph I. Bowen
OF Chicago, appointed official delegate by
President Harding.
On the morning topic Mrs Bowen de-
clared the League Of Women Voters was
best able to put through necessary leg
islation for women in industry She said
II they managed the most powerful lobby
in Washington" as charged by Congress
woman Alice Robertson, they ought to be
proud Of it. She said the women who
led in suffrage ought to lead women to
their proper place in political affairs. In
| the afternoon she rose when the United
States was called upon and urged the
women to close the cabarets.
We have closed the houses of pros
tuition and now the cabarets are man
ufacturing prostitutes" was the charge,
widely applauded.
Two surprises Of the day were Nine
Charles DUDE, official delegate from Haiti,
and Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst, who was
discovered sitting next to Mrs Gait, in
back of the platform.
Nine. DUDE might have been one OF our
own colored women from Mississippi, but
spoke in perfect French and made some
OF the most pungent remarks of the morn
ing session. She was educated in Paris
and is now a teacher in Port Au- Prince.
She declared the role of woman would
really begin when the role Of the soldier
was ended
Mrs. Bankhurst, who now makes her
home in Toronto, came as the represta-
tive Of the committee TO combat venereal
disease. She is now interested in social
hygiene and was given the courtesy of
the floor for three minutes. She said it
was now the duty of women to make the
world safe for maternity.
Others speaking briefly TO expose the
point of view of the United States were
Mrs. Raymon Robbins, Bascom John
son and DR.. VI. J. Exner.
DR.. Stepanek, minister to the United
States from Czecho- Slovakia, brought
greeting from the women of that country
Tomorrow's sessions are expected to
be interrupted if not disrupted by the
arrival of Lady Aston, who is awaited
from New York in the afternoon.