The Washington times., 1922-10-15

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for the Red Cross long before he
became President; and largely
through their association In this
work. Mr.. Taft developed q friend,
ship for Miss Boardman which has
but grown stronger with the years.
Indeed, 1t was with Miss Boardman
and her mother, Mrs. William ].
Boardman. that the Tafts stayed for
the few days before President Taft's
Inauguration that they were In
Washington; and whenever they
visited here since. until they .es-
tablished their own home. It was
as guests Of the Boardmans.
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IT is said that II u sometimes
necessary to start q row for. the
deliberations Of any conference to
break into the front pages Of the
newspaper And Miss Bcandn,an's
speech advocating restricting Red
Cross Intervention to national
emergencies, AZ outlined In the
society's charter. was front page
stuff" II It didn't start q row It
at least provided material for q
first-class discussion. many Of the
delegates feeling very strongly that
local relief work by the various
chapters should be encouraged
rather than held down. The emer.
gency caused by the war In the Near
East was. of course. the main topic
Of discussion at the conference. and
plans were laid for relief on an
enormous scale among the war
sufferers. <T- 4
BECAUSE Of Mrs. Harding's III.
ness. the Red Cross delegates
we're not received at the whits
House. as usually happens when
they meet in conference here. 1t
was hoped that President Harding
would be able to attend the big re.
ception at the Red Cross headquar.
ters on Tuesday--the picture ses.
sion" OF the conference.-the this,
too. proved impossible. and IL fell
to the lot Of the wives of Cabinet
members to represent the Adminis-
tration. There were some alb
sentees. but number of them were
present--Mrs. Hughes standing
next to Judge Payne. who was the
first to greet the guests, and Mrr
DENLY. Mrs. Wallace. and Mrs.
Hoover being also in line. A White
House aide. Lieutenant Commander
Robert Griffin. made the presen.
tations. and the party had some.
thing OF the aspect Of q White
House reception. - sra ......
1t was on this occasion thst
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miies--tlss
only officer of this rank now car.
ried on the army roster-again
proved himself q hero. There was
a crowd, many Of the guests didn't
seem to know quite what order of
procedure was expected Of them.
and things were becoming pretty
confused when General Miles took
hold. A few directions IN Q auiet
voice. q word or two Of command"
and In a few moments he had the
line forming in two. IN orderly
fashion. Then a. soon a. the ne.
cessity was over he faded incon.
spicuously into the background.
THE British delegation, Of the sui.
grave Institution being In this
country to present TO our people
memorials to famous: Engiishmsn
who have played sympathetic part
in our history, II was on the cards
that they should visit washington.
And there was q peculiar fitness in
the setting up Of q bust Of Lord
Bryce right here where he had 90
long served a. Ambassador. and
whore he was regarded with both
respect and affection. The unvsii-
ing Of the bust ot Lord Bryce.
which, was placed In the Capitai
took place on Thursday morniag.
and that afternoon . statue Of ~
T, mund Burke was unveiled With -
turesque ceremonies.
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