Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-09

Scouts, she combines work in several
Of the more important social and well
fare agencies. When asked how she
got through with all those various
activities she answered laughingly that
with the exception Of being one Of the
founders Of the Cincinnati League Of
Woman Voters and its first president,
many Of her other public duties were
assumed as her children grew up-and
she reminded us that her youngest
son was now q big boy.
With Distinguished Legal
Background She Takes Dispas-
sionate Views in Judiciary Reform.
In the mo action" motion on the
Presidents judiciary reform proposal
which was offered by Mrs. Marion A.
Cheek OF Buffalo, chairman OF the
leagues economic welfare department,
Mrs. TAFT urged careful consideration
Of the motion. She told the delegates
if they could honestly represent the
membership back home, they should
vote to take action on the Presidents
proposal. 1T Is such an important
issue, and if at all possible, the league
should register its sentiments" she
said. She seemed to feel that the
popular will Of the members OF the
league could best be express ed through
State conventions. Whatever may be
the subject under discussion one can.
not help being impressed with Mrs.
Taft's knowledge and ready informa-
ton relative to it, and her fairness and
ability 10 analyze the matter in hand
The Pageantry Of Women
In the National Capital.
Washington during the last three
weeks has been just one grand pro-
cession after another Of what our
grandfathers called the "gentler sex:
Women to the front in industry,
peace, patriotism and the right to
exercise the franchise. Almost a con-
tinuous pagan of banners flying, be-
jeWeled and bemedaled Amazons tri-
umphant! First came the Daugh-
tiers Of the American Revolution-and
it seemed that there could be no body
Of women more elegant, more earnest
in their desire to perpetuate all that
is good in the Republic! Then the
Colonial Danes of America, the last
word in democratic aristocracy-
grande danes: recherchee, CONNIE IL
fault, with quite superior aplomb-but
in all seriousness its q poor American
who is not proud Of these women
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES patriotic socie-
ties. Was 1t not Edmund Burke
no, 1t was John, the other Irish
man. who wrote the "Peerage," who
said something to the effect that
one must have pride OF ancestry
In order TO stimulate pride in
progeny. Just a remark In pass-
ing: It will be recalled that Ed
mund, the great Irish orator, states
man and author OF The Sublime
and the Beautiful" was agent for
the New York Province in London
in It'll. A statue was erected to him
in Washington, somewhere-not in
the West End.
Next Comes the
League of Women Voters.
This last week the National League
of Women Voters, that numbers mil
lions of members, descended on the
Capital in sporty tailored clothes,
with large brief cases and determined
looks. Immensely Interesting and
with the power to make the gentle
men up on the Hill stop, look and
listen. Many Of them enjoyed the
meetings, teas and dinners OF the
National Society Of Colonial Danes,
but they were more interested, per-
haps, in collective bargaining, judi
ciary reform and child labor. There
was Miss Marguerite Wells, Minneap-
oils, league president; Miss Florence
Harrison of Northford, Conn; Mrs.
David c. Prince of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Walter S. Greenough Of Indianapolis,
Ind, and others distinguished in the
General Council of the league, who
were splendidly representative OF the
brains Of the country and the de-
termined way In which women are
demanding more and more recogni-
ton in national and State public
affairs.