Glacier County chief., 1939-08-04
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

By LEMUEL F. PARTON
NEW YORK.-one day, a long
' time ago, a l7-year-old girl,
Janet Lord, was walking along Han
over street in Boston, place where
Mother Roper farins men
To Sailors of from all ports
The Seven Seas Of the civilized civilized
ed by a hymn tune, she stopped
before a building, listened to the
music of a melodeon, the lusty
chorus of mems voices, and, at
length, drawn by power greater
than her girlish timidity, she mount
ed the steps and so entered the
headquarters of the Boston Sea-
mems Friends society. Thus des-
tiny took hold of Janet's life and
showed her the way to 60.
Now Janet Roper, house
mother Of the Seamen's Church
institute ON South street, New
York, is observing the iiftieth
anniversary Of her work among
sailors, and there is hardly .
forecastle from the Cape Of
Good Hope to Cairo, from John
O'Groats to the Ambrose Light
which does not contain at least
one shellback beholden to her in
any one Of an infinite variety a
ways.
She is slender, almost frail Of
physique. There are only a few
traces of gray in her hair for all
her 66 years, and her eyes snap
with intelligence, vitality and kindly
humor. Several years ago she de-
vised the idea of publishing lists OF
missing seamen, copies being sent
to seamen,s homes throughout the
world for display upon bulletin
boards. The service has obtained
extraordinary results. Sailors out
of touch with their families for
years have been located and con-
facts restored, brothers have been
reunited in far-iung ports; all sorts
of happy things have been effected.
In all, to date, 5,327 sailormen sup
posedly swallowed in the sea or for
ever merged in the melting pots of
alien ports, have been recovered
from oblivion.
While in Boston, Mother Ro-
per met and subsequently mar
ried Congregational clergy
man, engaged in similar serv-
ice. They worked together in
Gloucester, in Canada and in
Oregon until her husbands
death in 1915, when she came
10 the Seamen's institute on
South street.
JUDGE MANLEY o. HUDSON of
y the Permanent Court of Interna-
tional Peace at The Hague, recently
arrived here, is, enthusiastically,
u,J spendi ling his
Sees the World vacation at
In Terms of Ca ridge,
Human Species ma; Mass, looking
international juridical import. He
was once Bemis professor of inter-
national law at Harvard, a post he
took, somewhat in disbursement,
when his career was diverted by
the refusal in 1923 of the United
States to Join the League of Nations.
The worlds leading authority
on all questions pertaining to
comfy among nations, this
world to him is no abstract
thing, no matter Of geographical
division. Human affairs and re-
lationships are his passion.
Genial, incurably optimistic, men
tally brilliant, he enjoys nothing SO
much as to stand at bay in intellec-
tual combat, indulging with D'Ar-
tagnan's ardor in sword-play, in
thrust and riposte, until his oppo-
nents are either convinced or, at
any rate, silenced. He will plunge
into contest, or, if none is waging,
he e very likely to start one.
Now So years old, Judge Hud-
son entered the League Of Ma
lions secretariat with its origin
in 1913, and ever since he has
been attached to it. Two years
earlier, he was with the inquiry
and peace terms commission
established by the state depart
ment and later, In Paris, was 4
member Of the international law
division Of the committee to ne
gotiate peace. Work then begun
led directly to the World court