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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04

sion and keep d there stl some.
thing Do done
"Aa long as agriculture Is on the
sick iIrt our state viii not enjoy
substantial prosperity
II am in favor Of the Bone power
hiu believe IN The principle in.
yolved
n ann in favor Of strict enforce.
mrBt ~ the prohibition laws Theirs
should Do closer cooperation between
county, state and federal Officers
7 ann in favor q promotion and
protection % cooperative enterprises
among farmers and WORKERS
4 favor che initiative and referep,
dunn. and tho rtc6tbblishmsnl or the
womens industrial clinic
4 am Ia favor % such banking
laws AZ win insure protection 20 DC
posters And that AN rseinka depos.
its bs KEEP, separate from CONNER,
cIai depos.ts
HNN NA NANNA NA iAAAhNNNN ANNtfh
service commission more responsive
20 the people. / am convinced that
the right Kind Of commission could
handle the telephone situation
favor ihe state OF City putting is
hand FIRMLY on this telephone ritua
ton and keeping Il there until relief
Il had. II necessary. controlled and
operated as the poHofnee h Both
are for the transfer q information. %
like a man who hits riehl out
from The shoulder IKE that even II
he hits me noW and then
= r Maghes Is a native OF Michl
gan, Was educated ga Ohio. Came
10 Washington In 1893 and was made
The frs, president OF the state Nor
mai school a. BellinEham. Served
In this capacity for rs years Has
hscn mayor OF BsilinEham for four
years. Has made a good record
owns stationery store In Hslling
ham spent 70 months in France
during the world war. engaged IN
welfare work. j. a member OF the
Presbyterian church. Ia married and
has ono son.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
KILLS HAY FEVER AND
ASTHMA GERMS

To prove that Asthma Tabs will
absolutely I'd you ~ Asthma and
Hay Fewer ana that terrible bnstz
ing. whssn2g and shorinssa u
breath. I - send sou a regular
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home remedy Absolutely FREE and
postpaid. No obligation no cost.
This wonderful prescription will re-.
move these troubles In few days
Mrs. C. H. lea. Hobsfs. No
says My daughter had light a..
tack the third day but has not had
any since. May Gods blessing rest
on the discovery o. such a boon TO
humanity"
Since this does noi coat you ans.
thing and does not oblimic sou IN
any way. simply send name and nd.
drcss for free treatment today. and
prove at my risk that you can Be
rid OF asthma. r. " TOWNLET.
ASTHMA TAB LABORATORIES
$50 Bakery awter Bldg. Kansas
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
Finds Jemelru

Dear Miss Grey Tonight at a
picture show. found a piece OF
jewclry on the floor in front OF my
seat And wishing 20 restore Il 10
It's owner, called an usher. and
asked II anyone had reported the
loss Of a valuable.
She took me 70 the man in
charge. tried TO tell him that I
wanted TO leave my name and ad.
dress, but he was so brusk and OF.
fensive that l wouldn't leave the
article with him.
/ didn't intend 10 insinuate that
he wasn't honest. but after he tried
10 brow.boat me into leaving Il.
didn't know what 20 think OF him.
He refused 10 take my address. and
threatened me with arrest. ! didn't
suppose Il was possible that a
woman would meet with such treat.
ment in any public place in Seattle.
II you viii publish this letter. IL
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
Football Friends
Give Doc a Medal

To the best mayor Seattle ever
had D. The inscription on gold
medal given Mayor p Brown
THURSDAY by The Washington state
Football association
lack simpson. president u Tie -
soclailos. thanked the mayor for his
frlsndlinsss 10 al ou,door-sporia and
for assisting ths football association
establish the game In Seattle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
Jap Loses Fight,
Will Be Deported

JpholdinE the decision u Federal
Judge jeremiah Seierer United
States circuit court writ of mandate
was received here late wednesday In
the case q Tanaka Masauori. alias
Masaioku. who sought 10 cvade de.
poftation thru ar appeal
Masanori deserted from ths Africa
Aaru 81 Tacoma January -. 1919.
and was later arrested az Fairfax.
Wash. ihr complaint reads.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
Coyle Blames Bank
Failure on State

YAKIMA. SEPT s-GusfaNus Lin3
hcrz vas not 10 blame FOR the fan
urc ~ thc Scandinavian American
bank. ssla " Coylr az mce,iug
Ar thC Nomeus Republican club
here. Ccylo sought 60 Justify his
hsrdon 81 Iindberg lie blamed the
state administration tor the failure
claiming h had Known ~ the haak =
condition Tor two years He also
scored the state administration for
saIusg OF The state fair
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
~. W." to Give Life
Saving Instruction

Life saving classes are BEING or
sanizcd az the \ ~. a. A swim
uninE pool b. Is announced By
swimming Instructor Anna n, Ror
ueu Instruction wlll b. free.
Glasses win meet twice a week. for
five weeks AZ tho end ~ that
ume RED Cross tests win b. sivcn
ana certificates awarded to those
Who pass.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04

and then AZ some time they weren't
satisfied with jus, your friendship
alone and 30 sou had 10 part. there
Is just great. bis hollow In your
heart where u hurts because some
one you thought particularly much
OF couldn't have left things beauii'
full az they were. GENIE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
M . r. JUSTICE


IT NIGHT turn out 20 h. a dem
i ocrat Tor governor % Waahius
ton this year An excited demo
Gratis viii please 90 down and be
quiet said d might be; and
might" 10 a very elastic weird when
used in a political sense Bar here
Is the way Il could work oui
should col Rowland Hartley be
the republican nominee, o. b. certain
and SUR that labor would not cup
pert him n does not take any
sort of a prophet 20 tell that
In such circumstance there are
two rher things that could happen
A story has been soing about
that on primary day the laFollctte
people would name "a man for soy
ernor along with a FUN ticket, that
would set the support ~ labor as
we'll should clifford not win the
nomination
In that event democrat would
not stand much chance, provided
the liberals we're fully united, and
further provided they selected a
man who could set the FUN labor
vote Tie name most often heard
In this connection is that of Col
George "a Iamping. now running
for the nomination on the regular
republican ticket
But the LaFoIelte people seem 70
Dc split into two or three factions.
sach wanting 90 march az the head
Of the procession II has not Set
been determined which faction has
the flag and drum.
n Il goes on as it has started
they viii find IL difficult 90 get
LAmplng. or any man Of his
strength. 20 BE- drum major
That h 80 much. But there u
nfnFe
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
Cynthia Grey.
Deserted Mother Must Find Home for Her
10-Year-Old Boy
BY CYNTHIA GREY

HERE is little mother who needs aid There must be
place in someone's home for the youngSter she
refers TO in her letter This mother working and earning
SIS week. She is willing 20 pay from $40 10 $40 month
for the little chaps board but $50 would be pretty steep
am that some could take this youngster in for,
say not more than $40 month, and less If possible
have a number OF file Of families who would
take the boy but they all out far II would be hard
for the mother 10 see her boy very often
Read the letter and you wish 10 get in touch with this
mother call Cynthia Grey, MA n-060O for her and
address
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04

Dear NIiss Grey Am on my
noon hour and have just 20
minutes left OF u. ~ will have
10 make haste Could you help
me find a home for my boy, 10
year old,
Ny story Isn't any too pleas.
ant
The ehildrrn's father fell In
loSc with a lsyear old gid las
was his own confession. he had
watched her grow up sinre she
was n year old and she was
lrrislstabicl "a the dawn Of Jan
uhg n found me alone 10
shoulder the future with two
girls and one hoy, ages g. 10
and liis year. oid.
I am thankful 10 state I have
a father and mother aud ] am
living al home with them. with
my two girls. Mother isn't =
biz well and Is - vrp nervous
and upset that shc cannot take
us all in. have had my boy
GA a farm. paying SIS a month
for him, am ofly making So
a month
I get no help from the rhil'
drrn's father ~ hr was served
with paprrs outside Of the state
that clcars him.
I am enclosing pictures Of my
ihrr. children. am gradu
ally climbing the grade. hui. ola.
Il 1, such a sioN. heasy pull
Miss Grey, n I had put my hus-
band away forever. that would
have been d-ath. but this l. a
living death that !, lived over
every day-it !, torture.
~ I could lust Get my boy In
a home In the city, haven't
seen him sinec March and !
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04

viii help me to get in touch with
the owner. do not wish a ~
ward. and IN the owner viii tel
which theater this article was Joe,
in. and describe the article lost, I
will gladly give IL 10 him.
Phone EA st-3sao.
MRS. c. HIN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
LAFOLiETTE BREAK
IL ONLY HOPE

should Hartley set the rspubli-
can nomination and u the la FOL
letieltes should develop into a IA.
rado marching two ways al the
same time. then would daylight be-
gin 10 break for the democrats
Regular labor would support any
good progressive democrat In prefer
cncs 20 Hartley This with the
disguised progressiyes and the req
ular democrats. would come close
60 putting the democrat DO.
The question naturally aries
Who Is The best democrat 20 put up
under such conditions
Were democrat or the son
Of a democrat tho l am neither.
should pick T 1. Maihes. Of Bsl-
ingham. Here arc a few Enatches
from his platform
Taxation constitutes one ~ the
greatest sources % our unrcs, today
Excessive appropriations are one q
the many causes OF high taxes
Il am Opposed 20 the present
bureau system Of state government.
which requires two sets u officials
20 handle the business
Il am in favor OF fewer laws
We have too many bureaus and
commissions We need good old
fashioned dose o. castor oil
fAyORs CO-OPs
AMONG FARMERS
II I am governor and the leEis.
laturo adjourns without giving tax
relief I shall call 4 into extra ses.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
COMPLETE RELIEF
GUARANTEED

No matter what has failed you.
HON odyne gives instant. sure, CON-
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the oldest and worst cases OF Afth-
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or your money back. Homsdype IL
the new non-nRrcotic. non-hshlt
forming. harmless Antispasnedit
that Is the marvel OF modern med
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ferers from Asthma. Put UP In cap
suies. inexpensive. For sale at 0wl
Drug Co. and other drug stores
Paul +. Deford. VI. D., Pasadena
Calif.-Advertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
Needs
Work

Dear Miss Grty: am appealing
10 you 20 print this letter II posi-.
bic. as must have work at once.
] am married man with n fam.
iiy Of four children. My wife has
been in the hospital since April "a
am a truck driver and know the
city well, but will do anything
also belong 20 the I. o. o. r.
lodge J. II. II.
Cynthia Grey. MA in-oeoo. has
name and phone number.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
For Governor.
No. 10-E. T. Mathes

riIIS series stories In which H.
candidates Tor Eoyernor,hp
fa,Or the other and attempt anything
hss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
Jealousy Breaks
Up Friendship

Up Friendship
Dear Miss Grey Mics Grey. why
can't boys and girls - just good
friends and palag once thought
they could, but IL has led 10 disll'
luHiuHmrnt 80 many times!
Hut there are hA many different
kinds Of boys IN this world as there
are Girls. and there are many who
viii not set familiar with Eifl
when they hardly know her I have
found many. but because God made
me pretty. have often attracted
many Of the other Kind uhru no
fault OF mlnsl and as Worried
says, who wrote you a few days
aso. they only WAnt your company
once ! have known a good many
honest "a. goodness boys. tho. who
are trus'hlue and would 90 anything
for one.
am only 20 years old Miss Grey
and atm feel too much a little girl
10 think seriously % marriage with
anyone might 20 out with 80
Just like 10 be good friends with
boys and girls Not many months
ago | met hoy who Was such a
good friend We were just pals
and such a good time we had IN
admit even he liked 70 sit with his
arm around me and We would talk,
but be- never kissed me. and Ws
would iuat talk a'out things that
40 both enjoyed and loved. things
that had happened long ago. beau.
ilfui poems and sonnsts. even; W.
wtrs 20 much alike, and loved N,
came things but just a little jsal.
ouSy broke up our Friendship. AZ he
doesn't come 10 rs. me any more
Which makes me doubt whether II
was all just friendship after all.
Miss Worried" wants friends
who Won't set ssntimcniai-bu are
there any They all seem 10 sooner
or later. even II they wait six
months. Maybe she's better or no,
70 10 with any boys until she finds
her man" And believe he'll
como sometime ~ leaa, ths won't
have all tho little disappolnimenis
ono gets when knowing lots OF boys.
"a when ono looks hack and remem.
bsra how they liked certain peraons.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
Engineering for Service

VXT1TH the twang Of a clock
w spring, carried over short
stretch of wire one June day in
1873, came a discovery that was
to be of incalculable value to
mankind. On that day the tele-
phone was born, and new
vocation came into being,
the profession of telephone
engineering,
Today, 40 years later, host
of men, successors of Bell and
his single assistant, are applying
their trained abilities to the
complex problems Of meeting
the nations demand for tele-
phone service. They explore the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04

-dHluty CopenhaEsn cupt and
naucsrF fiigs decoration on
white body special. sss set
n Tor Friday saturday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04

cynthiH Grey will rscsiye
callers on Monday, Wednesday.
and Friday. from 1 10 .. m.
ana Tuesday And Thursday
4 from II 20 ~ a. IA. al her Of.
flee IN The Star building. 1909
Seventh ave.
went up 10 yisit him Oh n sun.
dAy-ths little chap was heart.
broken and 40 homssirk. II Is
a terrible anxiety "a me.
My children arr my only
means Of upkeep In spirit nov
that their dad u gene and rny
health Is Yery poor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04

-thh nieksi-plsts crunnb tray and scfageT u
most convenient and will make the dinner
much nicer. Only sse for Friday-tatarday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-04
fAyORs CO-OPs
AMONG FARMERS

II I am governor and the ioEis.
laturc adjourns without giving tax
relief shall call Il into extra ses.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
Of RAIL
LABOR BOARD .
IS URGED
Fails to Work as Congress
Designed, Declare Its
Opponents.
BY TOM EVERITT,
COsmOpOIitan News Service,

Imputing failure to function on
the part of the Railroad Labor
Board. Congressman Walter F. Line
berger, Of California, today urged
that that organization should be put
out Of business by Congress.
Lineberger said the Railroad Labor
Board was created to solve griev-
ances as to- hours, wages, conditions
Of employment and other differences
arising between railroad managers
and employees, but instead of doing
that, ties itself up for an indefinite
time upon practically every matter
that comes before it. ~.
Senator Robert B. Howell, of Neb.
raska, author of a bill to abolish the
Railroad Labor Board now pending
in Congress-, today was equally en-
phatic in his disapproval Of the
board and declared that the rail-
roads of the country have SO per-
sistently refused to abide by the
Boards decisions that it's operations
have become a farce.
Delays Too Long.
Many controversies have been be-
fore the Railroad Labor Board for
three years or more, according to
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
TRACES ESKIMO
To ANCIENT
-f. ~
EGYPT
Missionary Says AIaska's
Tribes Are LineaI Descend
ants of Tut's People.
By international New. Service.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. -
Alaska's tribes of Esquimaux are
not related to the American In.
dams, as many persons suppose.
but are Iineal descendants of King
Tut and the early Egyptians.
This is the information brought
back to San Francisco by Arthur
Eide Alaska missionary, who has
spent years studying the manners
and customs Of the squat denizens
or the Far North.
Rev. Eide has returned to San
francisco to write and lecture about
the Esquimaux. He was in AIaska
Wnen the Chamber Of Commerce.
eraoe excursion went there from
San Francisco,
MY studies among the Alaska
natives convinced me of their
egyptian origin" he said. "Thev
sCeOo ana eAI1oB sql 10 quo eIex
IuI tribes. and migrated from
Egypt probably because OF their
olsilke of war. From Egypt thev
touched on the coast of France and
reached Alaska eventually bv wav
OF denmark. Norway and Iceland
Inc carvings on their totems
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
WHAT'S DOING TODAY
AND TOMORROW.
TODAY.


Folk festivaI-Twenty- second annual
folk festival at the Neighborhood House,
beginning today and continuing Friday
and Saturday from to 10 p. m: -,
hold a reception and dance at Rauchers.
Harding trip pictures-To be shown
before the New York State Society at
Of Interior Department. Dancing viii
Ladies night-National Press Club
Post american Mei Legion; ,n G; an A. r.
Pageant-Cantata = King Sol in
Flowerland," Central High School, un-
der direction of E, N. c. Barnes.
Banquet-sigma Phi Alpha. City
Meeting-cathedra Heights Citizens
Association, st. Adams Parish Hail.
MISUNDERSTANDING Frank 3. Willis of
Ohio, League Of Republican State
Lecture-Garnett January will lecture
before the Unity Club, 1926 I street
Address-Mrs; F. L. Ransome viii adj
dress the Anthony League, 1874 N
street northwest at p. M.
Meeting-Of the League of Republi-
can State clubs in the Willard hotel at
p. nj.
Address-Dr. w. e. Du Bots, editor
of the negro organ. the Crisis. and
minister plenipotentiary to Liberia, will
speak tonight in the Metropolitan A.
M. e. church.
Card Party-Under auspices Of Kappa
Tua Sigma fraternity in the Raleigh
hotel tonight.
Dance and card party-The Inter
state Commerce Commission staff will
at Meridian Mansions.
Y. W. G. A.. S14 i street northwest.
under, auspices of the business girls
Banquet-Public Speaking Club stu
dents will give a banquet at the
University Club tonight.
.. Health Week prSg program Wei;
meeting at Keith's theater. Mrs. Frank
B. Moves, chairman.
Leeture-''sunlight. the Prime Mover
of Civilization" by Dr. H. A. Spoehr,
streets northwest, at $3.50 p. m.
Meeting-Regular meeting of the
Nordau Zion Club at the Y: M H. A.
Hall. Eleventh and Pennsylvania ave-
T May Day Party-on Plaza Play.
ground, next to Union Station, at
p, m, Concert by Marine Band.
Social fete-Carroll Council, knights
night.
Dance-Minnesota State Society will
hold a dance tonight at Rauchers.
Meeting Laytonsville~ branch of
Women's Democratic Club of Montgom-
cry county, to be held in the hall of the
Modern Woodmen of America, Laytons-
willie. Congressman Tom ConnalIy OF
Texas to speak.
"Prom"-Junior prom of Georgetown
University Law School at the New VIII.
lard Hotel.
Social Hygiene meeting-At Columbia
Junior High School at 3:16 p. I'm.
Luncheon-In honor Of Frank N.
Y. NJ. c. A, at 1880 p. m. Dinner at
$3.50 p. m.
Concert-Nordica Mandolin and Gut
tar orchestra under direction of Walter
IT Holt, in the First Congregational
Church. at p. m.
Health Week program-"Social Hy-
giene Day" at MONDAY meeting at
Kieth's Theater. DR.. Edith Hooker. OF
Baltimore, to speak.
Sugar party-To be held by the
Vermont Association of Washington at
the Raleigh Hotel in the evening.
Play-"His Uncle's Niece" TO be re-
peated by the young ladies' and young
mems Bible classes in the parlors of
the First Presbyterian church, at s
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
Mlady's Dainty Silk
Underwear Under
u. S. Scrutiny

Dainty silk undertakings, so
essential to the happiness of
the feminine heart, are to get
a taste Of the we'll known cpl
demic of Investigation, which
is going the rounds in Wash
ington.
This was announced to-day by
the United States Bureau Of
Standards which is trying to
unravel every knot of mankind
except that Of human fate.
After launching a probe of
the hosiery industry in which
it was discovered that, the
present size designations mean
very little, the bureau today
started an inquiry into 'fWhy
Underwear Shrinks."
Every variety of undergar-
ment from flimsy pink and
clinging "teddies" to the well
known rural red woolens, will
go under the eye. Of Govern
ment textile experts.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
RICH, HE LEAVES LITTLE
so CHILDREN MAY STRIVE

NEW YORK, May Charles H.
Baker, of Mohegan Lake, whose
estate is estimated at more than
100000, made only small cash be-
quests to his heirs in his will filed
with Surrogate George A. Slater at
White Plains.
His purpose was explained in the
instrument as fathered Ey the de-
sire that my children shall he
strong and sturdy and courageous;
that my boys strive for honor, fame,
and reasonable competency. rather
than great fortunes; that they re-
we're women; that my daughters may
have the ambition to be happy,
helpful, true, and loving wives, and
to take for their husbands men OF
character, thrift, and industry,
rather than of fortune and title"
In no instance was the cash be.
quest more than 5000.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
QUITS RIDING ON TRAINS
AFTER 100000 MILES

CROTON. n. Y. May l. Ed
ward Denaut of Yonkers, a war
veteran, curio-collector and widely
known passenger conductor on the
New York Central, has just retired
from the roads employ after thirty
one years Of service.
Denaut, who lives in Yonkers,
estimates that he has travelled
1,05O,00O miles on trains. Accord
ing to railroad employees, he re-
signed because riding became a
bore to him.
Denaut for years has had a hobby
of collecting curios and many of the
passengers who committed on his
trains gave him heirlooms and
relics. - cept for the short period
he served in the Spanish-American
War, Denaut had been employed on
trains continuously for thirty one
years. He intends to devote his
time to operating his large farm
near East Chatham, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
BOSTON-NEW YORK AIR
MAIL Is PROPOSED

A Boston-New York airplane mail
service is authorized in a bill
directing the Postmaster General to
use for this service a portion of the
$2,750,000, New York.San Francisco
airinail fund which was introduced
IN the House yesterday by Congress.
man Dallinger Rep) Of Massa-
chusetts.
Dallinger wants Boston made
the eastern terminus of the San
Francisco trans-continental service.
He says postal officials have as.
sured him that since it is proposed
to make the airmail service self.
supporting, by charging a maximum
of "a cents per ounce for carrying
mail, there is no objection to Boston
as the eastern terminus of this
service.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
Cardinal Coming Home.

PARIS, May Cardinal Munde-
lein, of Chicago, will sail for New
York on Saturday on the liner Be
rengaria.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
WOMEN M. P.'s WANT TO
BE CONSIDERED AS MEN

LONDON, May 1.-"Womcn have
now gone on to a footing where
they can talk to men quite differ.
entity" says Lady Torrington.
aristocratic woman member of
parliament.
Women have now shown that
they are cutie prepared to stand
eide by side with men, not only
from the point of view of being
wives, but to work with them in
industry and to bring about a
feeling throughout the world that
they are necessary.
The Duchess of Atnon, also a
woman M. F., speaking at the same
gathering, remarked that women
members of Parliament would not
wish men to regard them as Pc
culiar or odd. I'VE want" she
said, ''our men colleagues to re-
gard us as very ordinary human
beings who wish to work beside
them. and we hope that men will
forget that we are women, but will
think Of us as fellow workers."