Evening star., 1928-10-22
800 WOMEN HOSTS
TO MRS. HOOVER
Guest at Breakfast of Sec
ton of Engineers Ma
tionaI Committee.
B. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press
NEW YORK, October 22-With a
breakfast with 800 engineers wives
Mrs. Herbert Hoover began day in
New York that was almost as crowded
rs her husbands and that meant what
she described as "a real thrill for her.
Mrs. Thomas Edison, Mrs. Henry
Ford and Mrs. Vernon Kellogg were
among the women who greeted her at
the "chrysanthemum breakfast" of the
women's branch of the engineers ma
tional committee and reported to her
the activities of the national Hoover
campaign being waged by women who,
in the words of Mrs. G. K. MacDadden
of their executive committee. Never
dabbled in politics before"
With Old Friends.
st felt I was in the midst of old
friends" Mrs. Hoover told them, re-
sponding to the introduction Of DR..
lillian M, Gilbreth. their president. las
I looked around and saw here woman
/ had breakfasted with in China and
there another 1 had met in Australia. l
ALWAYS get such a real thrill when we
can be together.
Il wish 1 were as wise as the owl, =
she added. accepting for her husband
and herself a gift of two small enamel
rins in the shape of the SocletyS SYM
bolic owl. 80 that could condense into
three words all L feel. but being able 70
talk as much as 1 want at home, am
not used to condensing.
There is a touch OF nominees ABOUT
this breakfast for me" she concluoeo,
in1icating a large portrait of her nus
hand with his big police dog, Tut. Tut
always breakfasts with us"
Mrs. Edison, welcoming Mrs. Hoover
rs one "of the finest of engineers
wives" declared that this representa-
tive gathering of intelligent women from
every State in the country shows that
morally the campaign is in safe hands.
sChairmen Present.
Mrs. Ford smilingly hoped "that all
of YOU will keep on working as you
have been working to the very last.
state chairmen from Connecticut,
Delaware. Indiana, Maine, Massa-
ehusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nortn
Dakota. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is
land Vermont and the District of Co
sun1bia reported progress of their cam
paigns. Before they concluded the can
ciidate himself appeared unexpectedly
in the doorway, winning burst OF ap-
plause from the women. One OF the
owl pins was presented to him with the
explanation by Mrs. McFadden that
the owl was symbolic of himself as "a
friend of the farmer, a good fisherman
and known in every part of the world"
Mrs. Cabot Stevens of Washington,
d. c.. wife of the organizing secretary
OF the Mems Engineer Committee,
presented to Mrs. Hoover later the fol-
lowing telegram received from Mr. and
Mrs. John Hays Hammond OF Wash
ington:
SThe womens organizations through
out the country to elect Hoover are
rendering most valuable service a.:d are
showing astonishing executive ability.
Their appreciation of the Importance
of good government is one of the most
reassuring facts of this campaign"
A letter, signed by Mrs. Edison and
Mrs. Ford, 10000 copies of which will
be circulated to women in the South,
was also distributed at the breakfast.
In it they appealed for votes for Hoover
as "the worlds greatest engineer"
Mrs. Hoover's program for the rest
of the day included attendance with
her husband at the luncheon of Repub-
lican State leaders and a reception at
the Women's National Republican
Club.