Evening star., 1936-10-11
Women's Safety Council Head
Cites Plans to Cut accidents
Mrs. George Thorpe Out
lines Extensive Plans
of Group.
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS.
A N OPEN fire snarkled hosuitA. !.


A N OPEN fire sparkled hospita.
~ bly, upon the hearth. The
~ light from . nearby lamp was
= diffused through . parchment
shade upon which there stood out In
sharp contrast the notes of . Gre
gorian chant painstakingly TRACED by
sorne long.ago monk exalting the
blessed security of his faith in his
Creator. Illumined by the blended
light of hearth and lamp. the soft
gleam Of . gold Florentine frame
caught the soft radiance and focused
it upon an exquisite copy of the
Madonna Of the Chain" in glowing
color showing the Christ Child held
close within the shielding embrace
Of His mothers arms. Outside in
= steady downpour, modern trafic
swept by with the cross-glare Of motor
lights confusedly cleaning on slippery,
wind-swept streets as horns honked
at passing pedestrians who, with heads
bent under tightly clutched umbrellas,
were all too oblivious Of. threatening
danger. Safety and security were
within; the hazard Of the night and
the storm and Of the citys streets
were without.
Under such vivid circumstances Of
contrast in her home on Woodley
road last week, Mrs George c. Thorpe.
chairman Of the Women's Safety
Council Of the District of Columbia
Motor Club of the American Auto
mobile Association, and talked over
her groups plans toward helping cut
with traffic problems during this COM
ing season.
Because this feminine coterie,
scarcely out Of its infancy, got of to
such q running start of clear PLAN
ming and definite accomplishment for
Washington's trafiic needs during The
first year Of its existence. its imme-
diate objectives are of more than
usual significance in women's organi-
zation work.
Session Set October 2S.
It's opening session will be held at
the Sulgrave Club on Wednesday,
October 20, at II am, to be followed
by the usual luncheon.
What Is the Women's Safety Com
mittee? It's the dream Of all clubs
come true. for there aren't any dues
and, with the exception Of its dynamic,
yet tactful and resourceful. chairman,
Mrs. Thorpe, there aren't any Of
ficers. Its membership at the present
time consists Of ~ women whose
names are synonymous with leader
ship in civic. educational and philan-
thropic enterprises In the Nations
Capital. In themselves they consti-
tute a representative cross section of
feminine Washington concerning the
modern day problems Of safety and
security Of the individual. How they
may help to meet the hazards of
present-day traffc Is one Of the OBJ
jectives to which they are devoting
themselves.
Among them are Mrs. Wilbur Carr,
Mrs. Frederick Brooke, Mrs. Blair
BAnnister, Mrs. Arthur H. Vanden-
berg, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson. Capt.
RhodA Milliken, Mrs John H. Davidge,
Miss Anne Carter Green, Miss Stella
Aiken, Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, Mrs. Lau-
renee Hill Green. Mrs. Reginald
Huidekoper. Mrs. William H. King.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Mrs. Guy
Despard Goff, Mrs. Mark Bristol, Mrs.
Walter Tuckerman. Mrs. Patrick Hur-
ley, Mrs. Dan I. Sultan, Mrs. Frank
c. Baldwin, Mrs. John s. Bennett,
Mrs. Clifford Lee Corbin, Mrs. George
Barnett, Mrs. J. Borden Hartman.
Mrs. Charles L. McNary. Mrs. Sid
ney Taliaferro, Mrs. John J. O'Con-
nor, Mrs. Morris Sheppard and Mrs.
Merle Thorpe.
Queried on Plans.
Under the old sermon plan Of
firstly. secondly, etc, what have you
in mind as the things you would like
to do this year?" asked Mrs. Thorpe.
Instantly she replied: Impressed in
dividually and collectively by the tire.
mendous hazards which are threat
ening the safety of the children of
Southwest washington and the very
great number Of drowninss which re-
suited In this vicinity last Summer
because the children without pool ia
cilities were hazarding the treacher.
GUS depths of the Potomac, We are
first going to see whether We can help
to secure q swimming pool and more
Fairgrounds for this vicinity"
I'VE are seriously going tax-mind-
ed" she continued. Since women
are not only as much affected by all
phases of taxation as men, but in
many cases are the family budgeteers
who determine in great part how the
family income Is spent after the nec-