Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
By CoRINNE FRAZIER.

- EvERAL we'll known women, among
them some prominent in club
life, will take an active part in
~ the round-table discussions which
are to feature the stimulating
program of the third session of the
Institute of Public Affairs at the Uni
versity of Virginia, beginning today.
Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie, well
known in Washington club circles, will
be registrar of the institute. According
to word received from her, at least
seven women linked up with national
club affairs will appear on the pro-
gram, one Of them of unusual interest
because of her prominent affiliation
with Philippine women'S organizations,
about which she will talk in her gen.
eral discussion of conditions among the
women of the Philippines.
Sonora Camilla Osias, wife of the
Philippine Commissioner, the woman
referred to, will bring to the institute
the broad views of one who has made a
deep study of the progress and the needs
of the women of her country during the
past decade and who is therefore thor
ougtly conversant with her subject.
She will tell of the advancement
made by women in economic, political
and social fields, and will describe an
cient Philippine customs and habits
which she believes her countryn1en and
women should retain and others which
they would do well to discard land are
discarding) for more modern American
customs.
Sonora Osias, who in appearance Is
still a very young girl, has had the
distinction OF serving in high executive
posts in the leading women'S organiza-
items of her country, before coming to
Washington with her husband, who
was serving on the staff of officers in
the Federation of Women's Clubs at
Manila, was vice president of the Anti
Leprosy Society, and was member of
the boards of several social welfare Or
CARNATIONS as WELL
Among the other prominent women
from Washington who will take an
active part in the program of the insti-
tute are Miss Julia Conner, assistant
director of Better Homes in America,
Inc; Miss Florence Ward of the United
States Department of Agriculture: DR..
Emma Void, treasurer of the National
Woman'S Party and an attorney-at-
law; Miss Evelyn E. S. WeemS of the
League of American Pen Women; Miss
Heloise Brainerd, chief of the division
of intellectual cooperation of the Pan
American Union; Mrs. Charles Sabin of
New York, daughter of a former Secre-
tary .of the Navy during the Roosevelt
administration and organizer of the
woman'S crusade for the modification OF
the prohibition laws, and Mrs. E. Rust
Smith. who will discuss the country
church problem in the United States.
Mrs. Medill Mccormick, Representa-
tive-at-large from Illinois, Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt, former Assistant
Attorney General; Mrs. Nellie Tayloe
Ross, former Governor of Wyoming, and
Mrs Anthony Wayne Cook. former pres
ident general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, are among the
familiar feminine figures who serve on
the board of advisers to the institute,
but whether or not any or all of these
will take part in the proceedings during
the next fortnight is not yet known.
Among the widely varied subjects to
be discussed are 1.-The Country Life of
the Nation" THE Task of the Country
Church" THE Economic and Industrial
Development of the South" Democracy
as Operative in America Our Latin
American Relations Law Enforce
ment," 1.-THE Press in Public Affairs"
and Problems in Contemporary Poll
An imposing group of men of affairs
from all walks of life will lead the dis
cussions and deliver addresses on vital
issues OF the day, in addition to the
women mentioned.
THE field of activities of Doris Stew
- ems. chairman of the Inter -Ameri-
can Commission of women and promi-
nent figure, in the National Woman's
Party. has been transferred this Sum-
ner to Columbia University, where she
Is continuing her graduate work on in
ternational law. Miss Stevens is just
back from abroad, having been observer
for the Inter American Commission and
delegate of the National Woman's Party
to the first international session of the
Open Door Council in Berlin and OBJ
server for both the Woman's Party and
the Inter-American Commission at the
twenty-fifth congress If the Interna-
tional Alliance of Women for Suffrage
and Equal Citizenship.
She was one of the signers of the
call to this international session of the
Open Door Council. While abroad, Miss
Stevens conferred with feminist leaders
in France and Germany and with rep
resentatives of all countries at the two
important congresses she attended, re-
garding the nationality agreement to
be presented to The Hague conference.
The proposed article states succinctly:
'"The contracting parties agree that,
from the going into effect Of this con-