Evening star., 1947-05-18
GabifaI HlHoueffe
Hostess Plans Hospitality
For Thousand Foreigners
By Margaret Gernuond

'plIdHl
.eigners
OF the program IS breath-taking,
but it is . certainty that Mrs.
Nourse Is capable OF carrying It
through, and her COMMITTEES will
just about have the time OF their
lives working with her. She Is
pretty, vivacious, blue-eyed and
blond, with an engaging smile and
a friendly approach that wins inn
mediate response.
The ladies who will put over this
hospitality job with Mrs. Noursel
are Mrs. John w. Snyder, Mrs.
Fred M Vinson, Mrs. Wiley B. Rut-
ledge, Mrs. James E. Webb, Miss
Frances Perkins, Miss Hazel K
Stiebeling, Miss Katharine +. Lem
root, Miss Frieda s. Miller, Mrs.
Ellen S. Woodward, Mrs. KowellI
Morhead, Mrs. Nelson T. johnson.
Mrs. Donald r. Richberg, Mrs.|
Lydia VanZandt, Mrs. Cloyd H.
Marvin, Mrs. Harold G. Mou1ton,
Mrs. Alexander Wetmore, Mrs.
Theodore o., Wedel, Miss Grace Fry
singer, Mrs. Leo Pasyolsky, Mrs.
Paul Opperman, Mrs. Philip NJ
Hauser, Mrs. j. G. Capt, DR.. Doro-
thy Whipple, Mrs. Oris v. Wells,
Mrs. Woodlief Thomas, Miss Ruth
O'Brien, Miss Martha Branscombe.
Mrs. Rachael Nyswander, Mrs. Hal
bert L. Dunn, Mrs. Wayne Coy, Mrs
Emil Hurja, Mrs. Charles Ross. Mrs.
John r. Steelman, Mrs. Eric john
ston and Mrs. Stuart A. Rice who
will serve as secretary Of the conn
mittee.
And here are some of the things
that this group will be Occupied with
between now and September. An
important item in extending hos
pitality to foreign visitors is LAM
guage. Linguists and interpreters
are to be provided for each nation
represented.
Luncheons and dinners viii be ar
ranged for small groups in the
homes of Washington hostesses. the
guests to be of different nationali-
ties with an able interpreter at each
function. Sightseeing will be ar
ranged to suit the particular In
terests of each visitor, and groups
will tour Government buildings and
agencies to see Uncle Sam at work.
Commercial and business establish
ments will be included, and ar
rangements also will be made to
take the visitors to concerts and
plays.
One of Mrs. Nourse's chief inter-
ests is international understanding,
and she wants the visitors coming
here in September to see the people
of this country in their homes, in
their offices, shops, and business
establishments, and in their rec
reational pursuits. Many OF the
visitors will come from agricultural
countries, and she hopes to arrange
for them to see some of the large
farms near Washington. 1t is
difficult to think of anything she
has omitted that hospitality chair
man could provide, and their So
journ In Washington should be .
truly memorable interlude for this
group Of foreign guests.
Having been born in Utah, moved
with her family to California during
her childhood, graduated from Wei
lesley, lived in South Dakota,
Illinois, Arkansas. Ohio and Iowa,
and travelled extensively in Europe
and Asia, few customs and practices
of life in the various sections OF
the world have escaped careful OBJ
servation by Mrs. Nourse. She is
a student of civilization from the
ground up. In this country she
has been interested In what makes
the different sections of the United
States, each of which is different
from the other, work together as q
whole. The same interest has
prompted her study Of the sections
of other countries.
Aside from her welfare, educa-
tional and social activities here,
Mrs. Nourse gives generous service
to schools and colleges In seeking
ways and means of providing facili-
ties for the training and encourage
ment of foreign girls who come to
the United States to study. She
takes tremendous pride in their
progress, and especially in the in
terest they show in cultural fields.
Among all the other things she
does, Mrs Nourse also finds time
/ to write. Numerous articles by her
have. appeared in magazines. Her
short stories for children were a
popular feature a few years ago
in a publication for juveniles, and
two biographies by her are included
in "Topf1ight'' collection of
sketches on famous American wom-
en-. One Is the story of Alice
Tisdale Hobart, noted author, who
is Mr.. Nourse's sister.