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Show throned, has gone through th careful process of restoration at the hands of Mrs. Richey. Congress Con-gress entrusted 800 flags to her care. Her daughter, Katherine, expects ex-pects to succeed her to the position posi-tion of flag doctor. Mrs. Gerard Swoie, national vice-chairman of the People's Mandate Man-date committee, who has just returned re-turned from a visit to South America, Am-erica, reports that there is a better bet-ter feeling for the north among the people of the southern countries. coun-tries. The Good Will Tour made by a group of Latin-American women wo-men through the United States last fall has helped a great deal to change the old attitude of distrust, dis-trust, she says. While away, Mrs. Swope visited a government place for children outside of Buenos Aires which she thinks we might do well to copy, and a new avenue which is ; the widest in the world. It has a : subway parking space. In Chile . she visited a model house and in Rio other small, single houses. Mrs. Edith Graham Mayo, of Rochester, Ro-chester, Minn., widow of Dr. Chas. H. Mayo, famous surgeon, was chosen as "the American Mother for 1940" by the American Mothers Mo-thers Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation. She is the mother mo-ther of eight, five of whom are living. Dr. Mary E. Pennington, New York, has been awarded the Francis Fran-cis P. Garvin Gold Medal for distinguished dis-tinguished service In chemistry. She Is an authority on refrigeration refrigera-tion of perishable foods. Mrs. Eva Xyblom Is the editor of "Idun," the leading woman's magazine in Sweden. She has recently re-cently been in the United States. VVpMfN Dr.m.l:Maffett( President of the National & Federation of BusineM S , ;V ind Professional Wo- T; fr3 mra'i Clubi, Inc. & , Mrs. Thomas 1$. Richey, wife of a navy captain, is the flag doctor at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, having hav-ing succeeded her mother, Mrs. Amelia Fowler, to this office which requires the most delicate handling of fabrics and great intelligence. in-telligence. Mrs. Richey has restored restor-ed more than 3,000 battle flags since 1913, when she took over. Some of the flagfs come to her in tattered condition, and she can repair them all. Perry's battle flag from Lake Erie owes its state of preservation to her. The royal flag of Hawaii, flown by Queen Liliuokalani until she was de- |