Evening star., 1938-01-09

the courage to chart her own course
along the line of her visioning.
"The real thrill in any line Of
activity" Mrs. Waters said, comes
from worthwhile accomplishment
along whatever line your interests di-
rect you"
Her major activity now has pri-
marily to do with educating people
to get the most out of travel, whether
they take short trips or long ones,
have to plan the spending of every
penny or can afford to indulge them
selves along the line Of their in
clinations"
National Parks Booster.
The organizer and president of the
National Parks Club Of America. Inc,
which includes membership of
1000. she is an enthusiast on hav-
ing the public at large know more
about Americas parks and travel to
them. She also has written a series Of
articles about Americas national parks
for The Star and lectured upon her
visits to them in the auditorium of the
Commerce Building, with moving pic
lures and slides. that there may be
more generally inculcated spirit of
national pride in our parks and a
truer sense of the value Of their
heritage"
Mrs. Waters was the first person to
inaugurate tramp and vagabond voy-
age bookings to Washington clientele
and has planned over 80 such tours.
Encouraged by the Colonial Danes
OF America, Mrs. Waters instituted
monthly sightseeing trips for con-
Quoted groups to historical Virginia,
visiting homes of Presidents, lettering
| IN famous gardens or following the
lure of the Tidewater country to
jamestown, Yorktown, Williamsburg,
Wakefield. Stratford and many other
Virginia points dear to the hearts of
| Americans
During the Worlds Fair in Chicago
in 1885 Mrs. Waters conducted 4.00O
tourists to Chicago, one of her "spe-
cials' being made up of II cars.
As chairman of the Travel Section
OF the Women's City Club this ener-
getic purposeful woman organized the
clubs successful International Nights,
to whose gatherings she has brought
many travel programs and speakers on
the habits and customs of other lands,
A member Of the Soroptimist Club
OF Washington an organization among
business women similar to Rotary and
kiWanis mems groups, Mrs. Waters
has several times represented Soropti-
mists as a good will ambassador to
Women's clubs in different parts of
| Europe. Her interest has been keenly
aroused by the active participation
which she finds European women TAX
ing in business enterprises. In Hol-
land, for instance, hers was the inter-
estlng experience Of meeting IS women
who are in business for themselves.
Mrs. Waters is also an active men,
ber OF the Business and Professional
Women's Club of Washington, and of
local Women's Overseas Unit.
In connection with this travel hobby
of hers, which has now become her
career, she feels very strongly that
III you would bring back the wealth
OF the Indies" in associations from
your travels you must either bring a
reading course to them before or aft
erward. so as to have the pleasure
of travelling twice"
As Mrs. John M. Waters. whose
husband Is not only much interested
IN the profession she has evolved for
herself but an enthusiastic counselor
with her in plans for its development
and expansion, she threatens to some
day take a holiday to write q new
KIND OF travel book-one of travel
recommendations to her sex in par
tlcular. Among the primary ones she
would stress are travelling lightly,
cultivating adaptability to the habits
and customs Of strange lands, realiz-
ing that knowing something about
places you plan to visit helps your
mental digestion, and not concentrat-
ing on what You plan to bring home
to Aunt Mannon