The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-03

nate women who will represent their cities.
 Grand Rapids. Mich, is the first for the second series. The city has chosen seven delegates among whom worker, a school superintendent and a private secretary.
 Elections are now being held in Bridgeport, and Peoria, III. Other elections will open soon in Denver Col, Birmingham, Ala, Portland, Ore, Boston, Mass, Indianapolis Ind, and many other cities. In Wisconsin there will be a state wide election which will give women even in the most secluded sections a fighting chance to win a place in the de1ega- tion.
 So impressed were the first group Of delegates with their experiences that since their return, they have formed a National Good Will Club to perpetuate the ideals upon which the Good Will mission is founded, Mem good will delegates and the cluB pro- poses to act as an auxiliary in the wofk of the American Committee in France.
 Tn estory of the first group of Good Will Delegates is one that is being told daily by the S7 enthusiastic members in their 2s home cities. It is being told not only in the family circle and to business associates, but on the lecture platform and through pictures which the women took in France.
 On July 18th, the first group sailed from New York. Its ranks, recruit ed from among the business and pro- fessional women of 2S cities, included doctors, lawyers, writers, secretaries, teachers, nurses, welfare workers and Gold Star mothers, a thoroughly rep resentative group of capable Ameri can women. They had gained the righ ito serve in the delegation by their work in raising votes in behalf of France.
 Their mission was one of good will the carrying of good will to the French men and women who have been toiling for years to rehabilitate their country. Their message was one of encourag gement
 France received and entertained the delegation with tn eenthusiasm and ceremony that are reserved for visitors of great distinction. The progress of the delegation was a, yer itable march of triumph: Official receptions were held for them every where. Mayors greeted them. Own CTS of chateaux opened their beauti- full homes to the American women proprietors of the charming little tried to outdo one another in extend ing the hospitality for which the na- ton is noted; the famous Verdun fortress was thrown open to them
  group of women spent a night in the citadel.
 The French government assigned an officer to the delegation to act as guide and interpreter in the deVas- lated region.
 At the famous Reims cathedral. Cardinal Lucon lwho like Mercier of Belgium, chung to his post during the dressed them and in a stirring talk told the delegates that the peace of the world lies in America's hands. The delegates visited the graves of the American soldiers and in many cases decorated the last resting places of their own loved ones; they saw the desoiation of war, the ravaged fields, the shattered homes, the blackened efforts at rehabilitation.
 The b1eakness of the stricken regions was emphasized by motor trips through the delightful chateaux country, picturesque Normandy, Brit tany and Tourraine-a land of rich and smiling field.
 The week the delegates spent in Paris was series of ovations. Presi- dent Millerand greeted them, Sheldon Whitehouse, the American Charge d 'Affaires entertained for them. There luncheon in the garden of Miss Anne Morgan's home and a special per formance at the Opera.
 The delegates laid the cornerstone TOT new gOutte de lat. or milk sta tion, which the American Committee for Devastated France is building at Soissons. They dedicated the new church at Pasly by Mrs. William Doo- 2 holiday when they arrived in town; factories waived regulations so that employees could attend the local dem onstration of welcome; they were showered with flowers. flags sou venirs.
 In fact France a nation from the humblest peasant to the highest official at it's famous capital, opened its heart to the American women They represented to the French people Americas sympathy and understand ing.
 With the delegation travelled a small army of French newspaper re- porters and camera men,
 Le Figaro, a well known Paris daily newspaper, declared in an editorial:-
 We are again assured of Americas t l.sr-