Evening star., 1925-05-03
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Ambassador Bancroft Joins In Japanese Fete
Society Women Find Radio Useful
in Work for Charity.

tirely in favor Of the old way Of using
the maiden name in conjunction with
that of the man to whom the person is
married, for this she thinks logical,
places the identity and gives the nec-
essary safeguard to the home. Mrs.
Rinehart Is convinced that census
of the land would show very few in
favor Of the extreme view of elm
mating the married name entirely.
Secretary Kellogg has not yet found
occasion to enuncjate his personal
views, and the policy of the State De-
partment through these hundred and
thirty-odd years has not yet been
changed.
DIR. Emile .Coue, whose formula for
health and happiness was more popu-
lar two years ago than at present. has
found serious rival in France in an
agriculturist of Toulouse. one Jean
Beziat. From gaining a reputation
all through the regions for his remark
able cures of farm animals by certain
manipulations of their joints and by
breathing into their nostrils. BeAat
was encouraged to try his methods on
human ailments. So successful has
he been that he has changed the en-
tire appearance of the countryside,
about his farm. which is on the edge
Of the tiny village of Avignonet. A
fine new hotel has risen in the village
and a regular line of busses journey
from Toulouse, while the railroad
talks of a branch line for the increas-
ing number of patients from all rural
France. The CHEEKY little druggist of
Troyes, who created such a cult in
this country and all over Europe with
Every day and in every way, I grow
better and BETTER" seems entirely for
gotten.
Mrs. Philip North Moore, who is
playing a distinguished role in enter
tanning the many guests to the quin-
quennial conference of the Information
al Council of Women, has been for
years prominent in Washington in con-
nection with the Federation of Clubs
and other useful societies Though
Mrs. Moore is identified with ST. Louis,
she is from across the Mississippi,
and claims Rockford, ILL.,, as her ma
tive place. But she is in every sense
of the word citizen of the Republic,
so varied and extensive have been her
labors. A graduate of Vassar, as Miss
Eva Perry, she became prominent in
the forward movements of women, es-
pecially in regard to trained nurses
and visiting nurses. She married in
1879. and has since then resided in
st. Louis. So many National and in
ternational honors have been show
cred on Mrs. Moore that the list is
lengthy. One of her most useful
services was that rendered as mem
ber of the International Committee of
the Council at the Pan-American Con-
gress held in Lima, Peru, in 1924
She is keenly interested in the PA
triotism Through Education" league
WI tal in
ing, and in which she has done some
of her most valuable work. Mrs
Moore. as National president OF the
Council of Women, has been giving a
series of interesting entertainments
for the foreign members, and she
made a special visit to New York to
welcome the Earl of Aberdeen and
Lady Aberdeen on their arrival in
this country. Lady Aberdeen is the
president of the international associa
ton, and she has the women of 3e
separate nations working in unison
with her.
Fraulein Anna Backer of Frederic
stadt, Norway, is one of the most i'm
portant of the foreign delegates to the
Council of Women, and she holds the
post of general secretary to the in
ternational body. The last quinquen-
NAL conference of the council in 1920
was, through the influence Of Frau.
lein Backer, held in her home city o1
Norway, and there the secretariat is
/, now located. This distinguished socia
worker has chosen the prosaic paths
through which to reach the largesr
number of her country people, anC
in recognition of her eminent achieve
ments, the Norwegian king five years
ago conferred on her the gold media
awarded by the Norwegian govern
ment for such endeayor. Norway
was the second country of the worl(
to confer suffrage on women, anC
Fraulein Backer was among the frs
in the nation to recognize the neces
sity of preparing women to use theil
new privilege for the greatest bene
fit to themselves and to their coun
try. She has conducted classes il
parliamentary law, in the rudiments
of government and has orga nized {
practical system of social welfare
which reaches the entire population
Finland was the first nation to grant
suffrage to women. but progress there
has not been so marked as among the
Norwegians. Fraulein Backer is e
forceful and convincing speaker, ant
is in demand all the time at home
for such service as she Is now giving
the council.
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens. the
eminent British architect, who was
entertained recently at the British EN-
bassy while he made an exhaustive
survey of property for a new embassy
sailed a few days ago for his home in
London. Sir Edwin bore with him
the gold medal which the American
Institute sof Architects has awarded
only a half dozen times in f1fty-odd
years, and which was presented fol
his unique services in his profession
He is known in this country, as per
haps the world in general knows
him best, as the originator of the
Dolls House, that exquisite bit OF
architectural fantasy designed for
Queen Alexandra, and which was one
Of the outstanding features Of the
empire exposition in Wembly. But
Sir Edwin has accomplished miracles
in Transforming the most unsightly