Evening star., 1928-10-17
LADY ASTOR URGES
MORAL REFORMS
Member of Parliament Tells
Women Hope of World Is
in MoIding Children.

In a speech sparkling with wit Lady
Astor Virginia-born member of the
British Parliament, yesterday told
women that their great opportunity lay
in social and moral reform" and in
their moral courage" to Scourge
"hypocrites" from public life.
Her appearance at the Carlton Hotel,
where she was the guest of honor of
the International Association of Police
women, of which she is international
chairman of sponsors, was the drawing
card for at least 400 persons, who
crowded three dining rooms and the
balcony. More than 200 additional ap-
plfcantS for seats were turned away
for lack of room. She spoke in two
different dining rooms
Lady AStor left last night for Boston,
and expects to sail a week from today
for England. She was the honor guest
OF the Canadian legation while in the
Capital
At the luncheon table Lady Astor
appeared to enjoy her conversations
With Secretary of the Navy Wilbur and
Attorney General Sargent, keeping up
q running fire of comment t. .oughout
the meal. She joked with the dignif1ed
Attorney General, and at one point she
was so delighted that she playfully was
seen to poke the Secretary of the Navy
next her, with an elbow.
Want Better Voters.
There was no use Of women going
into public life or politics, she declared
in her address. if they were only going
10 follow the example of the men.
What we want is not more voters"
she declared, but a better quality of
voters. If we are going TO have new
world. a moral world" as had been
promised, the speaker declared, then
women have got to saw Not my party,
r!ght or wrong but they have got to
see what's wrong in their party and
correct that wrong"
Calling upon women in the democ-
racies of the world as having superior
advantages, she declared they should
summon their moral courage, and, fol-
lowing the e~en1nle of the Master who
Condemned hypocrisy, help to drive
hypocrites cut of public life.
''Women's contribution to the world"
she said, ''iS going TO Be moral courage"
The hops of the wcrld" she ex-
planned, would be found in the oppor-
tunity to mold the children of the
present to better things so that the
adults of the future would be better
women and men. "You cent change
old men and women" she declared.
Yemen Get Chance.
1t was the war, she said, that brought
women 70 the fore in public life and
caused men to realize that women
could accomplish much more than they
had been given an opportunity to ac-
CompllSh before. 1t was this way in
the development of policewomens work,
she explained
Touching on the work of the police |
women during the war and immedi-
ately after, especially at Army camps, |
Lady Astor declared that there was no |
danger in exposing evil; the real dam
ger was in "hidden evil" which should |
be exposed and cured.
At the close of the war, she said, the |
people OF Germany asked that the Eng |
lish policewomen be kept about the |
Army camps until the German police |
women could be organized, which was /
shortly accomplished. THE Germans I
she said, now have splendid womens /
police"
Urges More Poiicewonicn.
Hope and pray for more policewomen
and better policewomen," said Lady
Astor. Don't get cold feet. Let the
women of the world stick together on
social and moral conditions for the
sake of the children
Bishop James E. Freeman of Wash
ington paid tribute to Lady Astor, de-
claring she represented American ideals |
'on the other side" In her own per-
sonal life, the bishop declared, she |
"exemplifies the glory of motherhood"
Mrs. Nina G. Vanwinkle, head of
the Women's Bureau of this city and |
president of the International Associa-
ton of Policewomen. presided Other |
oLy0T nr EelA Do,1
Miss Henrietta Addition and DR.. Anna |
Garland Spencer, all of New York, |
representing the American Social Hy- |
giene Association; Miss Jane Addams |
Of Chicago. Miss Daisy r. Curtis of |
South Australia, Mrs. Mabel Walker |
Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral of the United States: Miss Helen |
Pidgeon, executive secretary of the In |
ternational Association of Policewomen,
and Miss Rhoda j. Milliken, sergeant |
of the local Women's' Bureau