Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
PRAISE AWARDED
COLORED WOMEN
Work of National Association
Lauded by Woman's
Relief Corps.

The work of the National Association
of Colored Women, which held its formal
seating of delegates to It's sixteenth bien-
NAL convention in Armstrong High
School today. was praised at the sss-
sion by Mrs. Mary II. Wingate. depart
ment president of the Womens Relef
Corps. who later presented Mrs. Mary
Mcleod Bethune. association president,
with a large bouquet of flowers.
Mrs. Wingate praised the manner In
which the association had co-operated
with other women's organizations and
predicted that 1t will meet With much
success in the future.
The convention delegates also were
greeted by Mrs. Julia West Hamilton OF
the Woman's Relief Corps and by past
department presidents of the corps,
Mrs. Mamie r. Dawson. Mrs. Z. b.
shaw and Mrs. Lucy Basset. and by
Mrs. Mary f. Bowen, the department
treasurer of the corps. Response was
by Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Carter. former
association president.
Features Of Morning Program.
The remainder of the mornings pro-
gram included devotional services con-
Quoted by Chaplain Florence Ran
colph. Invocation by Rev. j. u. King.
vocal solos by Mrs. Edith T. Stewart
and by Mrs. Ethel NJ. Gavin and by
James Lee, student of Armstrong
High School
The schedule this afternoon is to in
clude addresses by DR. Carter q. Wood
son and Miss Mary Anderson of the
Department of Labor, vocal solos by
Mrs. Eta j. Jones and by Miss Lucille
Clay. Benadiction will be delivered by
Rev. William Fl. Jernagin.
The session tonight will be held In
the Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church,
The association, representing about
10000 women in AZ States. convened
In executive beard and committee meet
ings at Howard University Friday. The
first public meetings were held yester-
day. one in the Nineteenth Street Bap-
list Church and the other In the Arm
strong High School last night. when a
pageant was presented depicting the 81
years of history Of the organization
since its founding,
Mrs. Terrell Makes Address.
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, the first
president of the association. delivered
the principal address at the session yes
terday afternoon. She spoke of the work
of the organization since Its inception
and praised the women who had worked
with her IN organizing the body.
The association was urged to con-
-tinue It's work by Representative Yates
of Illinois, who was presented by Mrs
Bethune, the president. Others who
spoke at the session were Mrs, Bethune.
who delivered eulogies OF the workers
In the association during the first few
years of Its existence. and praised the
work of her present associates, Mrs
Marshall Field, Mrs Elizabeth Lindsay
Davis. j. Finley Wilson. Mrs. Maggie
Walker. Miss Mamie Burroughs and
Miss Halle @. Brown. honorary preSi-
dent. The latter praised the late Fred
erick Douglas who aided her to. get to
England. whore she met Queen Victoria
and visited Gladstone's home.
Historical Pageant Presented,
The pageant presented last night,
titled Lifted AS We Climb" met with
great enthusiasm as 1t unfirled the
history of the association. 1t was par
ticipated In by the following:
Mrs. T.. l.. Williams, Mrs A. B.
Grimm, Massachusetts,; Mary johnson,
Connecticut: Mrs M. Il. Fine, Iowa,
Lizzie Fouse Kentucky; Mrs. N, w
Green, Oklahoma: Mrs. G. W. French,
Kansas: Mrs j. p. Rhines. Tennessee:
Lillian Booker, Missouri; Dora Lowry.
Illinois, Miss M, It. Burke, Virginia;
Lucy H. Smith. Kentucky. Mrs. Il. II.
Thomas. New Jersey; Mrs. A. v. Weston.
Kentucky. Mrs. A. II, Offlcer, Illinois.
Mrs p. MI. Gibbs, South Carolina Mrs,
j. W. II. Bowen. Mississippi; Mrs, F. A.
Stevens, Kentucky. and Mrs Il. II. Rob-
erts.