Evening star., 1923-09-02

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given for the King and Queen OF
Belgium. and she was one OF the Off
| cial hostesseS who received the Prince
| of Wales in the Library of Congress-
! But Mrs. Rogers, though filling her
! social dutieis to the last letter, has
a more serious aim in life. This was
strongly developed during the world
war when she became one of the de-
pendable aids in the Walter Reed
! Hospital, and since then in the re-
| habilitation camps and schools in
every section of the country. Her
friends grew quite familiar with Mrs
Rogers in the uniform of the Red
Cross nurse, and she wore this so
constantly that when she donned
what she calls regular clothes many
failed TO recognize her.
While giving as much of her time
as she can possibly snatch from
other pressing obligations to visiting
and entertaining the invalids at Wal
ter Reed, at Mount Alto and in the
camps at Perryville. Md, Mrs. Rogers
makes Il special study of employ
ment for soldiers who have been re-
stored to health. particularly those
who must begin life anew and with
other avocatfonS than those which
they followed before the war. She
is fervent advocate of justice for
lie SoluleTS anu an even cnance Tor
them to make an honest living with
men who did not go to war. She
placed such convincing proofs before
President Harding that in thousands
of instances they were not being
given fair chance that he gave her
carte blanche to investigate and to
bring the concrete results to him.
This commission has been recon
ffrmed by President Coolidge, and Mrs
Rogers takes up her work with re-
neWed vigor. She avoids all political
issues and aims simply to secure her
ends through an appeal to the proper
authorities, whether the powers that
be are the various commonwealths or
the heads Of vast commercial or in
dustrial concerns.
Representative and Mrs. Rogers are
natives Of the city of Lowell and
their romance began in their tender
years as Il neighborhood association.
They We're married a full five years
before Mr.. Rogers came to Congress
in 1913. yet for several years they
were invariably described as bride
and bridegroom, for their devotion to
each other is their outstanding quail
ity. Mrs. Rogers was Miss Edith
Nourse of Lowell, and she has en-
joyed every advantage of foreign
travel and study in France and Eng
land. Mr.. Rogers is of Harvard. and
is prominent in all it's activities He
belongs to the National Guard of his
state and holds the rank of captain
in the field artillery. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rogers are fond of travel and they
have made several trips to Europe
since the armistice, and for purposes
of study as well as for recreation.
Mr.. Rogers is consumed with the de-
sire to place the diplomatic service
of this country on the plane of that
Of other great nations, and bv pro
viding suitable dwellings and giving
a salary to make it profession for
those with brains and not alone. as
1t is now. only for those with money
He has gathered statistics on the
price of land and of building in every
capital of Europe. Mrs. Rogers has
visited the hospitals of Europe and
has examined the attitude of other
governments toward the victims of
the world war. Representative and
Mrs. Rogers will spend most of the
autumn in Lowell and will return to
their apartment in November.