Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-20
DEDICATE BUILDING
TO WOMEN IN WAR
President and Mrs. Hoover
Take Part in CoIorfuI
Exercises.

With colorful exercises marked by a
tribute from President Hoover to the
women to whom 1t stands as lasting
reminder, and by participation in the
ceremony by Mrs. Hoover, the new
chapter house of the District Red Cross
was dedicated yesterday afternoon as
memorial to "the sacrifice and services
of American women in the World war.
The Presidents speech, brief but I'M
pressive, was spoken in the presence OF
q large gathering of prominent men
and women assembled in the auditorium
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets and adjacent to national head
quarters of the American Red Cross.
Gen. John J. Pershing, chairman of
the committee which handled the funds
for the building presided, and on be-
half of contributors formally presented
the building to the Government, accept
ance being made by President Hoover.
Pays Tribute to Women.
"To the patriotic mothers who gave
their sons. to the many other loyal
women who lost those dear to them for
their country's sake, to the noble wom-
en-, so many of them nurses, who died
IN war service, to all those who served
with devotion throughout the war, we
owe a deep debt of gratitude" Mr..
Hoover said. May they ever see in this
memorial a token Of the honor and af-
lection in which their country holds
them
Gen. rershing called attention to the
interest of the late William Howard
Taft and the late Bishop c. H. Brent
IN the Red Cross and stated that 1t was
regrettable that they could not have
been present to witness the dedication
of the building.
GoYnofNP Fees nf
Ohio, declared the Red Cross is the best
example of organized sympathy ex-
pressed in the national life of the
country.
Invocation was given by Col. j. E.
Gates, chief chaplain of the Army and
the benediction by Capt. Sydney K.
Evans chief chaplain of the Navy.
Music was played by section Of the
Marine Band.
Tablet Is Unveiled.
Mrs. Hoover and Miss Mabel T.
Eoardman, secretary of the Red Cross,
took part in the dedicatory exercises
By unwilling tablet, shrouded with an
American flag, and bearing the words,
ITO Commemorate Service"
Besides the formal dedication of the
Memorial Building itself and the tablet
to service, several other tablets, rooms.
columns and lamps in the building and
on front and sides Of the exterior of
the building were unveiled in memory
of various women's organizations and
individuals.
The building is of stone construction
and of an architecture to correspond
with the Red Cross national headquar-
tiers and will serve as a model Red
Gross chapter house. 1t will houss all
activities of the District of Columbia
Chapter of the Red Cross. Its erection
and furnishings cost $3.50, 1000, of which
100000 was given by Congress and the
remainder by individuals.
In the Hall of Service, five columns
at the north side of tho stage honor
the following women who gave diStin-
guished service in Red Gross ranks:
Mrs. Florence Sheffield Boardman, I'M
yelled by her granddaughter. Louise
Crane of Dalton, Mass: Mrs. Elizabeth
Mills Rei\ given by Ogden Reid and
Helen Rex, son and daughter; Mrs.
Ellen Adee Daniels, unveiled by Mrs.
Bruce Clark of New York City; Mrs.
Edith Paine Storer, unveiled by her
daughter. Miss Emily l.. Storer, and
Miss Louisa P. Loring, unveiled by Mrs
Frederick II. Gillett.
Columns Are Dedicated.
Columns at the south side of the
stage were dedicated as follows: To
the Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton who served during the war, by
Mrs. Alfred j. Brosseau of New York,
former president general; to the sacri-
fee and services of American women
In memory Of George B. Evans, jr,
World War naval aviator, who lost his
life, and to all other naval aviators,
given by his mother, Mrs. George B.
Evans, ST., and unveiled by his sister,
Mrs. j. Lawrence Pancoast of Roseman,
Pa: to the General Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs war workers, DR.. Anna
Howard Shaw and women Of the fed
Grafton, unveiled by Mrs. John F. Sip
pei of Baltimore, national president,
and a column to commemorate the
World War Reconstruction Aides, I'M
yelled by q group from that organisa-
ton.
In the main floor lobby are two col
un1nS given, respectively, by officers and
men Of the Army and of the Navy. Sec
rotary Of War Patrick Jay Hurley un-
yelled the Army column and Acting Sec