Crisp and cool in pink organdy, Mrs. Edwin Denby, wife of the United States Secretary of the Navy, received the representative of the Woman's Page for a few minutes before starting out on the round of engagements which were filling the few days she had to n Shanghai. Her 10 year-old son Edwin, Jr. and daughter Marion, aged six, were with her in. the breezy rooms of the Consul-General's residence where, the Denby family was being entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, and the children agreed that this travelling geography lesson is one of the finest ways to learn about the world.
Mrs. Denby has been much interested in hearing of the work of the American's Woman's Club of Shanghai and heartily endorses the plans now under way to secure funds for a permanent home for the Club. "It is particularly imvtant in a foreign port that a of this sort should have its headquarters where strangers may meet their countrywoman and form pleasant associations which will banish homesickness," said Mrs. Denby; "and it will also be a& great aid to the club in the varied activities it is carrying on. A large organization of alert women may be of great jao Ph their ort an sure that. with the spirit in a foreign land.
which I understand is characteristic of the Club any headquarters or home which it will sponsor will be conducted on liberal lines, and feel that the broader, the better. Tf the Club is to endeavour to aid American girls coming out alone to make their way in the Orient it will wish to remember that our women come from every part of the States and represent every variety of training and belief so that a broad platform would be essential. Yes, you may. tell the Club that I wish them every success in the goal they have set for themselves."
Nor a "Civs Woaray.""
When asked about the activities of club women in the States Mrs. Denby said that her interest in her children and the pressure of social responsibilities in Washington did not allow her the leisure requisite for energetic participation in such work, although she was one of the charter members of the Woman's City Club of Detroit and had always maintained her membership amd interest in that body. "One
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