Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

Mrs Garrison signed her name to TIL
| historic document--a sort of letter q
! organization. distinct from the consti
| tuition which was drawn up later-ol
the line below that of Mary Virgins
Cabell. the woman who acted as pres
| ident presiding in the place of Mrs
| Benjamin Harrison, wife of the Pres
| ident, who was elected first presiden
general, but could not serve actiVel,
| because of her White House duties.
/ Until i'll health prevented, three OF
/ four years ago, Mrs Garrison was con
! tinually active III D A, r. work. attend
/ ing the majority of the national con,
! VcntionS and serving prominently as 8
member of the local Mary Washington
Chapter
| Like all busy people she found timt
| for many pursuits. Her record in The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
/ is as full of color and activity AS thai
/ of her D. A. r, connection She wa:
/ one of the founders of the Stonewal
! Jackson Chapter of the u. D, C., the
twentieth in the organization and the
! first 10 be formed in Washington.
| Mrs, Garrison was an early member
of the Southern Relief Society and took
a particularly prominent part during
that period when Mamie Randolph
3
Another activity in which Mrs. Gar
rison was one of the guiding figures foi
/ 10 years was the PocahontaS Society
formed TO raise funds for the erection
of a memorial Ia the Indian princess in
jamestown. Mrs. Garrison served as
treasurer Of this society until all Of the
funds necessary were raised and the me-
mortal was dedicated
With her passing the clubwomen of
America lose from their ranks a gal
liant spirit and loyal worker.
Members of the Women'S National
Press Club will be entertained at lunch
con tomorrow at the Hotel Carlton by
Mrs. Anne Steese Richardson of New
York. Mrs. Alice Fox Pitts Of the Buff
falo Evening News will be the guest of
honor.
A tea will be given Tuesday afternoon
in the historic garden OF the National
Woman's Party headquarters. on Capt.
toll Hill, honoring Sonora Perez Diaz of
Venezuela and Senorita Clara Gonzales
Of Panama, commissioners from their
respective countries on the Inter-
American Commission of Women.
Mrs. Richard Wainwright and Mrs
Harvey w Wilev. both of Washington,
will receive the guests.
Mrs. Wiley will give brief talk. as
viii each of the commissioners.
X
INTEREST in the General Federation
of women's Clubs better communi-
ties program, proposed as a part of the
work for better American homes. which
viii be conducted under the leadership
of the new executive, Mrs. John F.
Sipple. has become SO widespread that
the high lights of the urban equipment
survey. being made in connection with
the project, will be broadcast over the
General Electric Co.'S hook-up August
u from Z 80 TO $50. the stations in the
network including WGY, Schenectady;
WMAK. Buffalo: WFBI4. Syracuse. in
the Eastern division. and KAO Den
ven: KGO, Oakland, Calf. in the
Western.
The New York home equipment sur
vey did much TO reveal the need for the
better communities campaign. for with
out water in 90 towns and without
sewer systems in 236 towns. even though
all are relatively small the home maker
is greatly handicapped in bringing her
equipment up TO modern community
sanitation standards.
That New York women and men are
quick to respond to the opportunities
afforded them for home improvement Is
evidenced by the fact that the proper
ton of homes equipped with sanitary
facilities in towns which have sewer
and water systems is higher than the
proportion of homes in cities of the
same size throughout the United States.
To-, lxy rf 1n0
dwellings have sanitary kitchen sinks
and running water and 90 out of every
100 dwellings have stationary bathtubs
Colorado urban homes rank higher
than the average throughout the country
in the number equipped with kitchen
sinks and running water. In towns of
10000 to $4,000 population 80 in every
100 dwellings have this housekeeping
essential. In towns Of from 900 10
$500 population only So in every 100
homes have running water. The State.
however does not rank high in the
number of homes having electricity.
only ee-fourths of Coiorado's urban
homes being electrically lighted, while
the national average In urban homes is
four fifths.
Colorado's rating in the use OF tele-
phones is nigh, over seven-tenfhs of the
towns and cities having them. The
State has a high record in radio and
monograph ownership
Most California towns have water and
sewer systems. Homes having sanitary
conveniences decrease with the size OF
the community, though the actual num-
Der Of homes in the smaller places does
not equal the actual number of places
IN the larger cities. This Is not true OF
lighting facilities. some Of the smaller
California towns reporting every house
adequately lighted
California farms rank fourth in the
proportion having stationary Kitchen
SINKS with running water. being sur
passed by New Hampshire, Massachu-
sets and Vermont. In the largest
cities seven -eigiths OF the homes have
adequate lighting systems. In these