The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-24
PAN AMERICAN
COMMISSION
OF WOMEN
Group Will Begin Work
Soon; Woman's Round
Table Also Planned


Commission Of Women, au-
faorized at the Havana Pam
American Conference, and,
perhaps, the first official
international body of its sort.
The group has been as
aigned quarters ii the Co
lnmbus Room of the Pam
American Union, If yoll
please, and will begin work
shortly.
enty.one Members
The commission will be com
posed az III members, one from
snch 81 the Pan-Americaa
States. OF these, seven are
named hy the Union, and the
remaining u By the connnnis-
sion ikeeIf.
thus far, 1t Is announced,
six sc the seven women have
been appointed. When the con-
1ir1rakiOn Of the seventh q
received. the commission viii
begin is work.
His Stevens, Chairman
Miss Doris stevens. eminent
Feminist. 81 the United States. r
chairman, and the five Latin-
American women appointed are
most distinguished group. They
are: senorita clara Gonzales, one
81 the few women lawyers of
Panama: Sonora Lucia Lucianl
az Perez Diaz, alithoress and
journalist OF note In Venezuela;
Seniors Elena Ospina de Ospina,
81 Columbia, wife Of b former
president oe her country Nine.
Charles DUDE. Of Haiti, and DR..
Erneetina a. Lopez de Nelson,
81 Argentina The seventh MEM
Der will probably Be from San
Salvatore.
Doris stevens was in washing
ton recently arranging plans for
che opening OF the headquarters
and Tor the work q the commits
While in washington she con-
1erred with DR.. Leo s. Rowe, di-
rector general Of the PansAlneri.
can Union: Isabel *. MacdernnOtt,
editor 0f the Pan.American Bulle.
tin: with DR.. James Brown Scott,
director 0k the Carnegie EndOW-
1aent. and with Richard w. Flour
aoy. IL, reporter Of the Harvard
research COMMITTEES on nationality.
snsssorl q Affairs
4 round table Tor the exclusive
DISCUSSION 81 the experiences of
women III public AFFAIRS II also
announced a. the novelty of the
second session Of the Institute Of
Public Affairs at the University
Of Virginia this summer.
DR.. AureIia Henry Reinhardt,
president az Mills College. Cal,
and q former president OF the
American Association Of Uniyer-
sity Women, Ii to preside. It II
hoped that the four gent1eWomen
now in the HouseMrs. Kahn
Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Norton, and
Z Mrs. I4angIey--wiIl be heard from,
as well as women, who, since their
enkrmncnisement. have served 40
stats governor. In the State legis-
latures. on supreme court benches
ana in q. variety Of important
Federal offices at Washington.
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8 IN New York
THE Italian Ambassador and
Nina. de Martino ana the Egyptian
Minister and Nine. Samy Pasha
are IT the Ambassador Hotel in
New York.
AErs. Gibson E'ahnestock, who
has been staying at the Ambassa-
dor Hotel for several weeks, has
left for Harrison House, her home
IN Newport.
The Turkish ambassador, Ahmed
Mouhtar Bey, has gone to New
York to remain 4 week.
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Mrs. Ogden Mills, wife of the
Dndsrsecretary OF the Treasury,
viii leave tomorrow for woodbury.,
Long Island, to pass the spring
and early summer. Later she
VIII 70 to Newport, r. l., for the
remainder of the summer. Mr..
Mills will remain here in the
house at 2107 Massachusetts, Ave,
Joining Mrs. Mills occasionally for
week-ends.
Former Senator and Mrs. James
W. Wadswortll, jr., will entertain
at dinner on wednesday, May 30,
nc GrassIands.
Mrs. Joseph Letter will enter.
tain ct dinner on Sunday. June 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont
have returned to Washington after
brief stay In Newport. They will
remain here until June is. when
they viii 90 to Belcourt, their New
port villa. for the summer.
The Naval Atfache of the
French Embassy, Commander
Louis Sable, has gone to New
York to meet the French aero.
nautical mission, which arrived
yesterday on the France. The
mission will go to Detroit, Cleve-
land and various other cities to
make a study Of American
aeronautics
The Secretary OF the Swiss
Legation, Walter III. Rufenacht,
will 20 to New York tomorrow
and viii sail for Europe Saturday
on the Laplands On his way to
Berlin, where he will visit his
parents at the legation of Switzer-
land, Mr.. Rufenacht will stop at
the Hague to visit his sister, Mrs.
Won Below, wife OF the first
aecretary Of the German legation
1aare. After visiting Berlin he
~nea 49, spSa,f&~n-lmms g. It,