Evening star., 1937-10-03
DC. Won,anBuilds Viuid Career
As Lecturer on Current Euents
Mrs. Ho,card Dra,os on Rich Expert
ences and ASSOCIATIONS as Background
for Addresses Before Gr0ups.

erick, Warrenton School for Girls, st.
Timothy's, Maryland and ST. Katha-
rine'5, Richmond.
When asked whether she had "fa-
vorites" among her audiences, Mrs.
Howard, whose daughter Jean is in her
senior year at George Washington after
a three-year sojourn at the Connecti-
cut College for Women, admitted, Il
do get my greatest thrill in appearing
before my school groups They are
SO keen in their perceptions, so abso-
lutely natural and wholesome, so frank
in their queries as to how the world
OF tomorrow is to affect their individ-
ual lives. that they stimulate me to my
very best in trying to interpret to
them as best can the meaning OF
present trends and currents"
Realizing the necessity for European
travel II she were to try to compare
Old World systems with our own
scheme of things, Mrs. Howard has for
number of seasons toured Europe
with her daughter and an associate
or two of her daughters choice. Sum-
mer before last she even had a jail
experience in Germany as result
OF misunderstanding about the Nazi
regulations concerning the carrying
OF money beyond its borders.
This" she commented, with a
dancing twinkle in her eyes and a
smile so characteristic of her was
only stepping stone to higher things
in Germany"
Witnessed Coronation Procession.
Mrs. Howard and her party arrived
in London this past Summer the day
before the coronation. They felt
themselves privileged to witness the
coronation procession from a point
OF vantage, and afterward were in
touch with the attitude of the Brit
ism public in connection with the
dramatic events which preceded it.
Our exhibits. she complained, were
not only not in evidence, but had not
even left the United States at the
time of the opening of the Paris
Exposition. Those from Russia. Ger
many and Italy were noteworthy,
Workmen from these three nations
~AN'AAA6 ONSAA SSlIS W al LS W eI6Cl
them because of the troubled labor
conditions in France. Everywhere,
Mrs. Howard said, there seemed to
be the threat of impending strikes.
We were able to learn only four hours
in advance of the Normandie's SAIL
ing that she would definitely sail as
scheduled"
oil
the impression Of national well-be-
ing and placidity-of being able to
gauge the governments trend.
Belgium appeared to them Ito be in
healthy condition, politically, but a
bit restless from an economic stand
point. The people generally seemed
happy in the illustration of the Fas-
cist movement"
With her love of people, Mrs. How
ard, in addition to her professional
life, has great JOY in her home at
1872 Newton street. which is shared
with her by her only daughter, Jean,
and a sister. Miss Mildred Ross.
Here. she also takes great interest
in the development of a spacious
garden which has several century-old
oak trees.
She also finds time to keep up her
interest of many years in the Amer
ican Association of University Wom-
en-, the English Speaking Union, the
Twentieth Century Club and the
Crippled Children's Society of the
District of Columbia In this last
mentioned organization Mrs. Howard
sits upon its executive board.