Evening star., 1936-12-27

III tIlS CUuIltIy. ouI cllc otuCk W llcl
guns and hes welded q vast influence
with her sex in the peace movement.
Mrs. O'Day Made Speech
At Peace Conference.
The peace movement Is rapidly gain
ing impetus in this country, and ef.
forts for the maintenance of peace are
in the ascendency In the present ad-
ministration. Just few weeks ago
Representative Caroline O'Day, New
York States first Representative at
Large, widow of Daniel O'Day, q
Standard Oil magnate, new to Buenos
Aires to present a petition signed by
million people. Some contretemps
with the customs at Buenos Aires pre-
vented her delivering the petition in
person to the conference, but she is
reported to have made a fine speech
and an excellent impression.
Mrs. ODay is a Georgian by birth
with a delightful voice which in some
ways resembles that of Mrs. Roose-
welt. Along with Representative Robert
Low Bacon, James Wadsworth and a
few others in the New York delega-
ton In the Congress, she Is of the
gold spoon variety, and while she
needs not toll nor spin she has for
many years taken an active interest
In prison reform and child welfare IN
her adopted State. Aside from her
work in the peace movement and well
fare, she has q unique claim to fame
In that she Is the only member OF
Congress who was ever actively cam
paigned for by the wife Of a Presi-
dent of the United States when in
office. When she ran for Congress-
woman at large, in 1884, Mrs. Roose-
welt took to the hustings for her and
made a whirlwind campaign that will
20 down in history as an example Of
belief in q friend, for she had worked
with Mrs. O'Day for some years in
New York and knew her ability. Mrs.
OrDay is not only q connoisseur OF
art, but studied in Paris in the Julien
Studios and in Germany. She has a
charming daughter, Ella, who is to
be with her in Washington this Win
ter.
Mrs. Norton Will Renew Her Fight
For the Districts Voteiess Inhabitants.
Ye brave men Of the lower House
Of the Seventy NTH, look to your
laurels for Representative Mary The
resa Norton has come armed cap-a-pie
with a well defined program for ac-
tion: As the nominal mayor Of Wash
ington and chairman of the District
Committee of the House, her first
sortie in the ring will doubtless be
joint resolution to give the District
the vote by means of a constitutional
amendment to provide for national
representation She will perhaps be
opposed by Senator Augustine Loner-
gan Of Connecticut, who leans to q
referendum to determine whether or
not the voteless inhabitants of the
Capital want the franchise
Mrs. Norton has no children, but
since her earliest girlhood she has
been interested in child welfare and
was one Of the prime movers in her
State for day nurseries. So she will
make a strong effort to humanize-as
she expresses 1.-THE Juvenile Court
Of the District and modernize it by
substituting 4 chancery for the pres
ent criminal system. The Repre-
sentative has q great affection for the
old way Of doing welfare; the way
she was schooled for 1t by her mother,
who did not believe in allowing the
left hand to know what the right
hand was doing, and who would pack
. basket with food and necessities and
send her daughter forth to some needy
family to deliver it-and with the
warning that she must do it diplo-
matically, with no self righteous ex-
preston. Mrs. Norton has quite the
air Of grande dame and very express
sive eyes. When she walks out on t.
floor of the House and warns up
the debate even the former Rep.
sentative Blanton was known to finch.
Always courteous, seldom sarcastic or