The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-05-30
Women Members Of Congress Object
To Being Called COngressIUOnlen !,
eGentle Eight" Waging
Campaign for Use Of
Steiner Title

Congresswomen! Iney oon
like it!
The eight women, who are
members of Congress, prefer
to have the same designa-
ton given them in their
official role that is meted
out to their masculine col
leagues.
In other words, please use
the generic term Congress.
man-when speaking Of any
one of them-that is, if you
think Of them officially and
cannot remember that the
use Of Representative is an
easy way out.
Not Popular
The latter term, however, has
little popularity among the
male members Of the House
most of them much preferring
the title Of Congressman. There
seems to be something about
It that sounds more impressive.
Anyway the women members
have banded together in q pub
licity campaign to rid them
selves of being called Congress-
women. They even met together
In solemn session in which an
agreement was made to battle
individually for their rights to
the sterner title.
OF course, nobody objects to
this address. It is merely a
question Of educating the pub
lie into the use of the correct
form. For, according to the
House, the use of Congressman
10 correct in addressing the
woman members.
Publicity
Thus far the Gentle Eight"
are handling their own publicity
in bringing about the desired
education. Their method 10 sim
pie. Whenever they hear the
word CONVERSATIONAL used. that
Is, r1isused. they politely and
firmly inform the speaker Of,
his error.
One Of the duips going the
rounds on Capitol Hill is that
two Of the women members Of
the House-one from the East
ana one from the West-wish
to exercise the congressional priv
ilege Of appointing members Of
their sex to west Point. They
are reported az having pointed
out that the law allows It when
1t speaks Of the, eligibility OF
citizens to these service schools.
''citizens"-wel1, where is the dis
elimination?
Feminine Bloc
The roster Of the feminine
bloc is as follows: Mrs. Flor
encs Prag Kahn, OF California;
Mrs. Mary r. Norton. of New
Jersey; Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor-
mick, of Illinois; Mrs. Ruth Bryan
owen, of Florida; Mrs. Ruth
Baker Pratt, of New York; Mrs.
Pearl Oldfield, Of Arkansas; Mrs.
Katherine Langley, Of Kentucky.
and Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, Of
Massachusetts,.
Financial
The French Ambassador, Mr..
Claudel, and his daughter, Mile.
RENE Claudel, entertained at din
ner last evening in compliment
to Mr.. and Nine. Joseph Simon,
of Paris. who are spending a few
days in Washington. Other
guests were Mr., and Mrs. Adolph
c. Miller, Miss Josephine Patten,
Jules Henry, First Secretary of
the French Embassy; Robert La
cour.Gayet, financial attsche of
the embassy, and Robert Bousquet,
third secretary.
Mr.. Simon is associated with
banking interests in Paris. Mr..
Miller is one of the vice gov
err1ors of the Federal Reserve
Board.
The Ambassador will go to New
York tomorrow to meet the
French delegation arriving on. the
Tie de France to attend the meet
ing Of the Society of Cincinnati,
in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Lang
horne entertained large COM
pany at a dinner dance last even
ing at the Grasslands Country
Club.
Mrs. william Gibbs McAdoo and
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson,
daughters of the late President
Wilson, sailed last night on board
the Aquitania for Europe.
The military attache of ,the
British embassy and Dame Una
pe-Hennessy sailed yesterday on
the Lancashire for their home in
England.
Former Senator and Mr.. George
Wharton Pepper have gone from
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va,
where they will spend few days.
X Il
Former Assistant Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Theodore
Douglas Robinson and their
daughter Miss Helen Robinson,
are returning to New York today
on the Berengaria. Miss Robin.
son was one Of the bridesmaids at
the marriage of Miss Suzette
Dewey to Frederick M. AIger, jr,,
which took place in Warsaw on
April 80.
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, jr., and
Mrs. Roger Wolcott Converse will
arrive from Boston today to at
tend the wedding Of Miss Betty
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