Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17

I rural districts, but also to coordinate
all of these. For example, she said, the
| State parks should be related to the
State roads.
California Development Cited.
The speaker pointed out that the
State of California preserves fair pro-
portion of It's water front for the recrea-
ton of its citizens and suggested that
! Maryland follow this example.
Maryland has a large mileage of
water 'front.' she said, and, while it's
perfectly proper that there should be
some private ownership for industry and
homes, the people deserve public access
to series of parks on the Chesapeake
Bay and the rivers of the State.
Maryland. too" she went on, "has a
neck of land across the mountains.
There is an inestimable opportunity to
provide public park in that area that
would prove enormously useful. With
! the proper boulevards connecting these
parks, Marylanders would have access to
both water front and mountain public
| parks"
Yesterdays session was devoted to re-
ports of committees On Women in IN
dustry," by Miss Gertrude Mentally, vice
president of the Washington Federation
of Labor; Child Welfare by Mrs.
Moss and Education by Mrs. john
Stowen.
Officers Elected.
| Mrs. Charles E. Elliott was reelected
president Of the league, and other Of
| ficerS were chosen as follows: Mrs ST.
| George Barber first vice president; Mrs.
Calvin N. Gabriel, second vice presi-
dent Mrs. L. Emmett Holt, jr., third
vice president; Mrs. Charles S. Wood
i ruff, treasurer; Mrs. Charles +. Wells,
recording secretary. District leaders
were named as follows: Mrs. James
Bayard Noble, first district; Mrs. David
B. Ellicott. second district; Mrs. John
| p. Guckert. third district; Mrs. Ralph
Bonwit, fourth district: Mrs. arthur
! Dowell, fifth district. and Mrs. Is. AsApy
Leavell, sixth district.
The enactment Of legislation to
remedy conditions in the marriage mllls
| in the State was recommended as the
special undertaking of the league py
Miss NJ Lavinia Engle:
ct is no longer possible" MISS Engie
| declared. "for us to evade the response
! bilitv of conditions at Elkton. Ellicot'
Citv Rockville and other marriage mills
! in the State. They are disgrace to
Maryland. If you will follow these
| runaway marriages. you Will ma lha'
more of them wind up in the divorce
courts than in happy homes.
I'VE must find out WhaL OtleT otdCcs
are doing along this line and we must
| devise some remedy for the dlsgraceful
| condition here. We must endeavor to
make 1t a little more difficult for people
| to be casually married when they are
drunk and don't know what they're
| doing. Undoubtedly we will meet with
a great deal of opposition, but It's up
| to us to take up the fight"
| n,har Recommendations
Miss Engle recommended also careful
study of the reorganization OF the State
poor farms, the control of billboards. the
! State parks. restoration and the need
of a State planning commission and a
State planning act.
| Zitkala Sa. or. as she is known 10
many. Mrs. r. T. Bonnin OF Washing
| ton, addressed the women on What 1t
Means to Be an Indian Today" Mrs.
! Bonnin is a member of the Sioux tribe,
granddaughter of the famous chief
| Sitting Bull. She is a graduate OF the
old Carlisle School and the wife OF a
! United States Army officer. Since
| taking up her residence in the Capital
| city she has been an ardent worker for
| legislation in behalf of the Indian.
| Others who spoke were Miss Beatrice
Pitney of Washington, Miss Ruth
Morgan of New York, chairman of the
national leagues committee on foreign
affairs, and Drew Pearson, washington
newspaper correspondent.
More than 200 delegates from all sec
! tons Of the State are in attendance. .