Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
MCDONALD SPENDS
!. QUIET esd BIRTHDAY
lshbeI Sees settlement"
Work and Foot Ball Game,
Which She Likes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, october 12.-Free from
Cflcial engagements, Ramsay Mac
donald British prime minister, observed
his sixty-third birthday anniversar!
s'llere today in quiet fashion.
y Arising early, as is his custom. n
= Received his first birthday gift from hi
daughter, Ishbel, who declined to tel
: what it was, and then had breakfas
! with a few friends and some OF TIT
members of his party.
Cablegrams and kilograms of con-
= graduation poured in upon him, some
=. coming from members OF his family a
Lossiemouth, and others from officials
In this country and Great Britain
During the day he talked on the tele'
RHphone with members OF his family whC
<Afe in London this having been the
bscond transatlantic call arranged fol
him since he arrived here october 4.
CIergymen Praise Him.
In the forenoon. the British states
man received a scroll from a delegation
Of Protestant clergymen who voiced
their appreciation of his efforts in the
cause of world peace. Accepting the
gift with a graceful little speech, Mr.
4 Macdonald said that in the last analyst:
1T will be the church that will back
any one group" He added that there
gould be problems and plenty of oppo-
& kition. but we will win through never
theleSs."
During the afternoon he received
SAfneem Rahaini who presented him.
self as leader of the Arabs in the United
States. After the meeting, Rahain
said the prime minister had assured
him there would be an impartial in
@aEestigation of the recent disturbances
Tn Palestine. This was the same as
surance Mr.. Macdonald gave yesterday
to Jewish delegation.
~ win Greet Labor Groups.
on returning from his ride along
Riverside Drive, during which he
viewed the Cathedral of st. John the
Divine in the upper city. the premier
Hound an enormous birthday cake in
Ibis hotel room, blazing with So candles
- It was learned at the hotel that the
prime minister will receive at 10 o'clock
next Wednesday morning while in To-
I. ronto, a delegation from the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, now in con-
sVention there.
u Mr.. Macdonald declined the fedora
tion's invitation to attend the conven-
Z ton sessions. but later sent a message
Il (which was interpreted as a reversal of
his original decision. It was learned
today, however, that he plans to re-
ceive a delegation of the labor men,
rather than be received by them in
their convention.
s IshbeI Sees Foot BAN Game.
III Merging her identity as prime min
L aster's daughter into the dual role of
K social service worker and Scotch girl
Il sightseer, Ishbel Macdonald spent to-
day with a busy program that led from
4 her first radio speech In the United
States to her first American foot ball
III game. -. :
The crowds that followed today's
activities were not so large as yeSter-
days, and Ishbel had a better chance
TO view some of the America that she
had expressed wish to see.
Her day began at $3.50 with break
fast in honor OF her fathers birthday
Iva breakfast marked by a surprise
birthday cake graced the center Of the
table, and on the prime mintstkr's
right was bowl In which doated foiII
tiny ships, some OF them tagged with
The plaque, For naval parity" Only
khe members Of the Macdonald party
attended the celebration.
Ill Poses With Babies.
Afterward Ishbel began her round OF
/ New York's day nurseries, which, as q
|. social service worker In London, she
wanted to view.
\! She posed and posed again before a
dozen cameras with twins and trip
lets and single babies, inquiring the
name Of each one and talking to them
/ all. ~
III Noon found her at the Henry Street
Settlements headquarters. on Park ave.
nue., where she made her first radio
speech in America plea to American
women to help create a better world
through social service. She spoke
easily f1uently. raising her voice &C.
casionally as she stressed some part Of
her plea.
Even among social workers there are
some who believe it would be nice t.
have a different social system, but who
do not believe it possible to bring Il
about. she said. They spend time In
patching up society. But we must bt
careful we do not go in for work which
Is not building up a better world. VIZ
do not wish to do work that is only
patchwork
Il want the women of the United
States to realize how dear to the hear
of the Englishwomen is the hope Of
peace and international understanding
had warm send-off from the Lon.
don County Council, of which I am
member. and they begged me to tel
the united States they are watchin5
what they are doing for peace"
sh Likes Foot Ball Game.
Eli, After a small luncheon at the Settle.
I ment House, Ishbel was of to Column
bia Wesleyan foot ball game, accom-
panied by Horace Anderson, Column
bta University student; King Gordor
Of Winnipeg Canada, and his cousin
Miss Margaret Gordon.
a. 1T was a most interesting game,
Miss Macdonald said afterward; "easiel
to follow than rugby, I think. TIL,
thing that interested me most was tn,
skillful way the players fell. They wer,
wonderful fallers. The game itself wa
easy to follow, because l had picked III
the rules beforehand
Ns, "One Of the things which interested
me most was the organized noise.
have never seen directed cheering be
fore, and I found it most interesting
An English crowd applauds a game, blu
1t has no leader for its cheers"
HI After the game Ishbel and her part
went for "a quiet tea" in the universit
quarters of Horace Anderson, and thel
the Scotch girl returned to her hote
for brief rest before the evening
Il festivities.
E. Tonight she and her father were tn
III quests of Sir Joseph DuVeen and Lad