Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
Girls and Their Affairs.
~ Conducted by Helen II. Fetter
ASHINGToN girls who are

TY ASHINGTON girls who are
M interested in any branch of
sooial-service work or feel
~ that possibly they may de-
sire TO take up such work in the
future should ind much of interest in
the meetings Of the National Confer
ence Of Social Workers, which started
last week and will not be concluded
until wednesday night.
Two of the most famous women So
cial workers of Europe are In wash
inRton for this conference. Mile.
Anne Noufiard. director Of social
service OF tuberculosis hospitals In
Paris, represents social work in
France, and DR.. Alice Solomon. dean
oflwomen social workers in Germany.
represents her country's interests in
this work.
Or. Solomon says that social work
il the most popular profession Tor
women of her country and nearly 500
women are graduated yearly from the
various training schools. DR.. Salo-
mon IS leader In women's interests
in Germany and secured her doctor
Of philosophy degree from Berlin
University on her thesis based on
causes of unequal pay for the same
work done by men and women.
Mile. Nouffiard. the French repre-
sentative, has a distinguished record
head of a clearing hospital in terri
tory captured by the Germans in the
Aisne valley in 1914. She, alone, or
all the women there, stuck at her
post and cared for the sick. enemy
and friend alike. until the battle luck
turned and the territory again came
under allied supervision. She won
the croix de guerre and a citation
for her gallantry at this time.
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Besides these two famous women of
Europe, there are many leaders
among American women who will
speak, or have spoken, at the meet
d particularly important day for
those Interested in womens problems
and women speakers. Miss Ethel Bird
of the national board of the Y. w.
c. A, will speak on Problem of Home
Building for the Immigrant Family;
Miss Mary Hurlbutt. director of mi
grafton service bureau. will speak on
the Invisible Environment of the
Immigrant; Miss Viola Paradise of
the children's bureau Will talk on
Home Life in Isolated Industrial
Centers" Miss Mary Winslow of the
woman's bureau will speak on Mar
ried Women IN Industry; DR.. Salo-
mon Will speak on Social Case Work
IN, Europe; Miss Henrietta Lund or
Bismarck. " D.. will talk on Among
the American Indians"
These are only a. few of the many
interesting women who will talk on
the pare women and girls can play
and are taking in social work.
4 X X X
In spite of the fact that Washing
ton is not an industrial center with
the multitude of social problems
which arise in such a center, there is
much social work done in this city
more than many people realize. Even
among the younger girls of the high
schools. some elementary work of
this kind is carried on on a simplified
scale. All of the girls clubs engage
in charitable work during the holt
days and many have practical work
which they carry on continuously.
Many a high school fapper with
her colored shoes and bobbed hair
takes a very real and practical inter
est In some of the social problems of
this community. Therefore. it seems
likely that many girls in~Washington
will be glad to avail themselves of
the opportunity to hear some of the
most prominent women in this work
talk of their interesting problems
and how they are solved.