Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10

Strauss, Helen Wheeler, Audrey VIII
hanson.
Fruit bearers-Haroldene Davis
Henrietta Forrest, Frances Fuller
Caroline Schreiner.
! Garland dancers-Misses Evans
January, Lapham, Parsons, Shaler
and Shoemaker.
| Scarf dancers-Misses Callan. Cal
loway' Davis, Lyeth. Preble. Thomp.
son and Williams.
| Palm bearers-Misses Callan. Cal
loway. Z. Davis. H. Davis, Evans
| Fuller, January, Lapham, Lyeth, Par
sons. Preble, Shaler, Shoemaker,
Thompson and Williams
Spirits of peace-Misses Davis
Lyeth, Preble, Thompson and vii.
liams.
Advisory committee for the pageant
| War and Peace"-Rt. Rev. James E.
| Freeman, Rev. Charles Wood, d. D.:
| Mr.. Charles Moore. Mrs. Archibald
! Hopkins, Mrs. ]. c. Merriam, Mrs.
| James Carroll Frazer
Executive committee for War and
| Peace"-Mrs. Frederic E. Harrington,
| chairman: Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews.
! Miss Mary A. Cryder. Mrs. L. NJ.
Leisenring. Miss Bertha Moves, Mr.
| Richard Engel Mr.. Alexis Many.
| committee Oii llthctS anu DOAeS-
Mrs. William E. Chamberlin, chair
man; Mrs. Chester Mayo. Mrs. E. n.
| Pitcher, Mrs. Charles II. Cecil, Mrs.
| Frank E. Edgington
Publicity-Bess Davis Schreiner.
| Associate director-Estelle Went
worth, director of song: Caroline Nc.
kinley, director of dance; T. Guy
Lucas, Organist: Albert Parr, director
of stage; Harold Snyder, director of
lighting; Denis E. Connell, director of
makeup; Helen Gardner, director of
children's group; Ruth Campbell, d.
rector of war mothers group.
Banned Defense Talk.
At a press conference after the
session Lady Aberdeen explained the
ruling by which Mrs. Frank F. Green
awald, Washington Daughters of the
American Revolution leader, had been
refused permission to speak on the
disarmament resolution while the
privilege had been extended to Mrs.
William Cummings Story, past presi
dent general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Neither of the women was a dele
gate, but both were patrons of the
American Council, having donated
500 towards the expenses of the
quinquennial.
valid expressed doubt as to whether
Lady Aberdeen had not transcribed
the constitution in her ruling, point
ing to the section of the International
Council constitution which states that
patrons may discuss matters from the
floor, but are not entitled to a vote.
Lady Aberdeen said that this applies
to patrons of the International Coun-
ell only, while the two American
No objection was voiced, however.
to the appearance of Mrs. Story and
Lady Aberdeen considered that she
might speak as a matter of courtesy
to an invited guest. In regard to Mrs.
Greenawald, however, both Mrs.
Philip North Moore, president of the
American Council. and members of
the American delegation objected,
thus making a ruling in her favor
impossible.
Favors Preparedness.
The remarks Mrs. Greenawald in
tended to make were in part, she said,
as follows: Our American defense act
is in no sense militant and calls only
for sufficient military strength on
land, sea and in air to protect our
to help the outside world when we
find it necessary. There is no middle
course. We are for our country or
against 1t. To be prepared for war
means to prevent war. This maxim
has been proven by experience"
The international council voted
yesterday to forego it's own plans for
an international conference on the
legal status of women and to CO.
operate with the League of Nations
law codifcation body which is study
ing this question. 1t was voted to
request that one or more women
lawyers be placed on this commission.
The law on the citizenship of mar
ried women now is in very muddled
condition, it was reported. For in
stance, when a Danish woman mar
ries an American she does not be-
come an American citizen, but loses
her Danish citizenship.
Special services for the interna-