The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
1000 women
COMING HERE
FOR PAR|LEY|
Delegates From All Parts Of
World to Attend Universal
Alliance Sessions in May
ARE NAMING COMMITTEES
interesting Program Of Topics
of Especial Interest to Their
Sex IS Being Formulated

More than q thousand dele
gates are expected in Washing
ton, April 80 to May 5, TO attend
the first annual conference on
world welfare work Of the Won-
ans Universal Alliance, which
will be held at Clifton, its inter-
national headquarters, Massachu-
sets avenue and w street north
west.
NAME COMMITTEES.
The conference committees are.
now being appointed. The purpose
OF the conference 10 to offer to
the women an open forum for the
esudy OF and consultation oyer the
great problems affecting the well
fare OF mankind,
Delegates from all parts of thu
world say they VIII attend the con-
ference. Among these replies are
she following noted women who
are planning to come: Madame
pessoa, wife OF the president Of
Brill; Countess D,Audifret OF
France; the Warehouses OF Hunt
ley, England, one OF the hon
orary vice presidents of the Al
lance; Madame de Avila of
Mexico, president. OF the Lumen.
Fenfna, an organization Of Latin
American women; Mrs. James NJ.
Thomson Of New Orleans, daugh
ter Of the late Speaker of tlle
house. Hon. Champ Clark; Mrs.
L. Birmingham. president of the
National Federation Of Music
~ 9r Ia frAk
Mcclellan OF Atlanta, Ga, mother
Of Mrs. Theodore w. Birney,
founder Of the Mothers CongI s.
and ParenI- Teachers Association;
Mrs. Frank Mebane of Spray,
n c.: Miss Jean Coltrane, his
tortan general OF the D.-A r.;
Miss Frances e. Clark, director
OF the educational department OF
the Victor Talking Machine Com
pany, Camden. n. J.; Mrs, James
r. Sehick. State regent. of the
D. 4. r. from Virginia; Mrs Z.
8. Gillentine. State regent b. A. R.,
Tennessee: Mrs. Walter A. Rob-
IHson. State regents D, A. r.. Ala
banna: Mrs. Hoval A. Smith, state
regent d. A. r. Arizona: Mrs.
College, Oxford. Ohio; Mrs. Victor
Congress OF Washington State:
Mrs.. Harry Henones, president
Virginia Mothers CONGRESS: Mrs.
NJ. u. Stone, president Of the Ma.
tional Federation Of Music Clubs
in Geergia; Mrs. James H. Hfrsch:
Orlando, fla Mrs. Lewis Nixon
of New York; Miss Laura Gildnef.
principal Of Princeton School FOR
Girls, Princeton, N. j., and many
other prominent women and lead
ers of this and other countries.
DISCUSS MARRIAGE. LAW.
Interesting topics viii feature
each days prograt:.. On the open.
inE day Of the conference Interna-
uonal Welfare work will be dis.
ctisseds Tuesday, the second day.
viii be devoted TO Domestic Welfare
with discussion Of the housing proh-
lem. public health, child labor. unit
form marriage and divorce laws.
the narcotic drug habit and pro.
hihitlon In the United States; and
on Thursday. the fourth day of the
conference, all sessions viii be de-
voted TO Education and DR.. Milton
Falre bid, president of the .charac-
ter education institution. as chair
rI7an OF the day. On Friday. the
theme win be "woman's Work in
the Sew Era concluding with a
dinnsf and mass meeting Of the
asiegates and friends and members
eI she alliance at the Mems City
Club. The final day OF the con.
Terence will he taken up by a sight
seeaf1s lecture tour Trough the
Government departments and a
IA ge 70 NJ Vernon.
The IspnFl OF the mothers
memorial committee to date was an
houBe % last night by Mrs. CIar-
e.ee si1ttepden Calhoun. president
OF y. W9Inan's Universal Alliance.
Col, John Temple Graves. chair.
ma Capt. Clarence Crittenden Cal
.oaH vice chairman: Secretary of
L.sHor, Hon. James j. Davis; Chief
faStiee Constantine J. Smyth, OF
1.-THE District Court of Appeals; Sen.
40 Samuel II. ShoFtridge, Senator
SFEiiam H. King, Senator Morris
1eppard Representative John w.
= dn&ley. Representative William B.
baa!t1ead. Judge Charles Kerr, Mil.
ten Faircbild, Gen Julian S. Carr
Of North Carolina. and Charles w,
Warden. vice president of the Cor.
tneftaf Trust Company Of Wash.
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