Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
MRS. HOOVER TO AID.
CATHEDRAL CAUSE.
Accepts Honorary Leader
ship in Nationwide 0rgani-
zation Among Women.

Announcement was made by Right
Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of
Washington, yesterday that Mrs. Herbert
Hoover has accepted an invitation to
serve as honorary chairman OF COM
mittee of women to initiate Nation
wide movement in behalf Of the Wash
ington Cathedral.
Its general purpose, Bishop Freeman
said, would be to stimulate interest in
the plans for the completion of the
north and south transepts of the Cathe-
dral by 1892 for use in connection with
the great public services planned dur
ing the George Washington Biceriten-
NAL observance. The committee will
be known as the National Women's
committee for Washington Cathedral.
Mrs. Hoover's title will be honorary
chairman.
$4,000 Donors Is Objective.
The specific objective will be the en-
Mstment of $4,000 men and women as
donors of small, annual amounts for the
building and maintenance OF the great
ediflce Gifts received during the first
year of the committees efforts are to
be devoted to the construction of the
porch of the north tranSept. When
completed 1t will be suitably marked as
the gift of American womanhood.
Details of the effort will be directed
by Mrs. William Adams Brown, preSi-
dent of the Colonial Danes of the State
of New York. as national chairman
During the World War Mrs. Brown was
publicity chairman and later vice
chairman of the National War Work
Council of the Y. w. c. A. Recently
she was the leader of successful CAM
paign to raise funds for the restoration
of Sulgraye Manor, the ancestral home
Of the Washington family in England.
Prominent Women to Aid.
Among the women of prominence
who will serve under Mrs. Hoover as
honorary vice chairmen are: Mrs. Glib
son Fahnestock of Washington, D. c.;
Mrs. E. H. Hartman of New York, Mrs.
George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia,
Mrs. James De Wolf Perry of Providence,
r. T.: Mrs. William Cooper Proctor Of
Cincinnati, Mrs. John D. Sherman of
Estes Park. Colo. Mrs. Charles l..
Slattery of Boston, Mass; Mrs. Harper
Sibley of Rochester, N. Y, and Mrs.
Frederick Rhinelander of New York,
daughter of the first Bishop of Wash
ington, Right Rev. Henry Yates Sat-
terlee.
The committee also will include prom
tnent women from all sections of the
country among its membership. These
will direct activities in their particular
territories. The present members in
clude: Mrs. Robert Amory of Readville,
Mass: Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke Of
Washington, D. c.: Mrs. George c.
Christian of Minneapolis, Mimi; Mrs.
Frederick S. Converse of WeStwood,
Mass; Mrs. Robsrt Hallowell Gardiner,
r., of Gardiner, Me-; Mrs. Alvin T..
Hert of Louisville, KY; Miss Mary
Johnston of Glendale, Ohio; Mrs.
Arthur B. Isle of Providence, r. l.;
Mrs. Charles H. Merriman, jr., of Provi-
dence. r. l.; Mrs. Frank B. Noyes of
Washington. D. c.; Miss Elisabeth e.
Poe of Washington, D. c.; Mrs. Marvin
Bristol Rosenberg of Madison, Wis
Mrs William H. Schofield of Peter
borough, N H.; Mrs. Arson Phelps
Stokes of Washington, D. c. and Mrs.
Francis C. Wilson of Santa Fe, N. Mex.
Cathedral One-Fourth Built.
Chartered by Congress in 1893 and
In process Of construction since 1907,
Washington Cathedral is now about
one-fourth built. The structurally COM
pleted elements include the massive