Evening star., 1928-12-16
CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION
Important Meetings Scheduled Here in anuary-Mrs Sppe
Speaks-Lady Heath Addresses National Womans
Party-Home Economists.

eral Federation called a conference in
September, 1923. at which were present
the representatives of % national or
CARNATIONS of women and leaders in
work with delinquent women, including
Dr. Katharine Bement Davis and Mrs.
Jesse D. Holder.
"As a result of this conference legis-
lation was introduced into Congress in
December. 1923, sponsored in the Sem
ate by Senator Curtis. All clubs fed
Grated with the General Federation re-
ceived a report explaining the facts.
Over $500 womens clubs, representing
every Stale, adopted resolutions request
ing Congress to pass the bill. Congress
responded and the bill was passed dur
ing the time of the biennial conven-
ton Of the General Federation at Los
Angeles in 1924. President Coolidge, at
the request of the federation, appointed
Miss Jatfray as the representative of
the federation on the board of advisors
to the institution, and she has kept the
fedora ion fully informed as to the
progress of the institution
X
THE reception in honor of Lady Mary
L Heath of England was the high spot
in the activities of the National Wom-
ans Party for the past week. The af-
fair Tuesday night was said to be the
most brilliant which has ever been held
by the feminiSts in their historic head
quarters on Capitol Hill.
MRS. Harvey w. Whey presented tho
guests to Lady Heath. She was assisted
IN the line b. Reprcs 1ntative Edith
NOurse Rogers, Mrs. Katherine Langley
of Kcntucxy. Miss Ruth Lift of New
York, Mrs. Emile Berliner, Miss Doris
Stevens, Mrs. Isabel McDermott, Miss
Maude Younger. Mrs. Bernita Shelton
Matthews and Miss Mabel Vernon.
Lady Heath discussed the advantages
of aviation over other modes of COM
mercial travel from the standpoint of
economy, safety and adventure in an
informal address. She emphasized the
safety of her favorite method of travel.
pointing out that the passenger lines
of the British had been in operation for
several years now and had not had any
fatal accidents in that time. With
proper training for pilots and properly
cared-for planes, she declared, CONNER
ci3l flying should be as safe as travel by
rail or by motor And for some trips.
it is even more economical If one owns
the machine, she said, illustrating her
point with her own experience in her
recent African tour, which she COM
pared to one she took overland some
time ago.
1T cost me $500 and required much
more time on that first trip" she said.
My airplane made the trip In so short
time that my expenses were but $50.
So my travel by air proved an economy
not only of time but money"
Lady Heath Said that the field for
women in light planes was broad and
she looked to the day when training
schools for woman pilots would be estab-
lished and the aviatrix would be no
more of a novelty than the woman
driver of a motor car.
1t was through the efforts of the dis
tinguiShed English airwoman that the
international license for women became
available. In 1925, when Lady Heath
applied for one, it was denied her be-
cause there were no provisions for
granting them to members of her sex
She took the matter up with members
OF the women'S clubs of England, and
with their aid succeeded in obtaining a
change in ruling which permitted wom-
en- to be licensed to fly in foreign fields
on the same terms as their brother
aviators.
Assisting in the dining room at the
reception were Mrs. LegareT Obear and
Misses Elizabeth Hooper, Florence
Hooper, Doretta Won Thaden, Mary
Moss Wellborn, Louise Weir and Con-
stance Carpenter. More than $50 guests
were present.
X
MRS. RUTH LIT of the New York
A'A Branch of the National Womans
Party recounted her experiences during
recent tour of some 10 countries,
where she studied the progress of the
feminist movement, at dinner of the
District branch given at the national
headquarters Thursday evening.
Mrs. Lit stressed the need of an
international Womans industrial or
ganization to prevent determinations
against women from being incorporated