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Show THE CITIZEN 12 some way of getting back to America. Walter Hines Page, American ambassador to England, was besieged with pleas for help, for money, for transportation arrangements. Already the American embassy was hours a day. working twenty-fou- r Diplomatic tension had reached into its peaceful interior. The tangled affairs of other nations had been left there for handling. Mr. Page was naturally anxious to do something for Suddenly the stranded Americans. turning to his secretary he said, Telephone for Hoover. The call to Herbert Hoovers office on Aug. 2, 1917, by the American ambassador, was the first call. Herbert Hoover said in substance, Wait a moment until I. make a phone call, and I think something may be done. Herbert Hoover telephoned to his wife who was then playing with her two rollicking sons within the high-wallgarden of Red House, an old English manor in Kensington. He explained the situation to her, and she, as usual, was ready for the emergency. Here was a relief committee instantly available and ready to ' tourists Mrs. help the stranded Hoover to help the women with their problems and Herbert Hoover to handle the transportation problems. The story has many times been told of the strenuous work that this couple performed, how they advanced from their personal funds and the money that other- Americans made available, the amounts necessary to buy transportation back to America. Herbert Hoover became a banker. He cashed checks. on a thousand little known banks of the Middle West, the Far West, and all way points. And it can be said to the credit of the travelers that the checks were all good. In but a few instances were they questioned or sent back. d fortune in spending his the years of relief work and food administration at a dollar a year never escaped her lips.. She did not argue the idealist from his willingness to spend his funds and his time and her funds and her time. In all this the wife was the right-han- d man then . as she is today- - , hard-earne- . The last few years .in Washington have brought no less trying adven- tures. Social and diplomatic affairs at the capital call for great expenditures of nervous energy through long days, weeks and months. Mrs. Hoover has been equal to her share of the burdens assumed. As a cabinet officers wife and a leading one, she has fulfilled the demands. She has still found time to inspire in other fields, the Girl Scouts counting her as one Often she is discovered at of us. their club rooms and headquarters to enjoy their fun and to work and play with them. Whatever else may have come the way of the Hoovers, she has insisted upon the home. It has been the cor nerstone of their continuing romance, a romance as nearly ideal as any novelist could imagine. Behind Washingtons social scenes Mr. Hoover finds a home where he may rest, where a few intimates may gather informally, where all may be pals. Mrs. Hoover, with all her energy, is still essentially a feminine woman. She is gracious and charming. There is nothing masculine about her. Her adventures have not hardened her and her contacts have not roughened , her. She is a loving mother and wife, the A r $ ed - They Like Picnics ' Thus have the Hoovers always worked together. Marriage, to them, has been a real partnership to which both contributed generously and unsparingly. Mrs. Lou Henry Hoover from the first days of the honeymoon in the riotous siege of Peking to the confusion of London and the relief of Belgium has ever worked side by side with her husband. She has never hesitated. Objection I to her husband f SEND IT TO THE LAUNDRY WOtLOi IPMCE m TOOT DOOM CTflDDBEOR QDJM0E3 A GENERAL ELECTRIC The Last Word in Perfection With die Privilege of Paying for It in Two Years ALL THROUGH THE WINTER YOU NEED ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION Because The oven, constant temperature it maintains, s regardless of any other conditions, provides absolute assurance against food spoilage. Remember This Special Offer Is for October Only ACT NOW! Distinctive Work Hyland 190 efficient public service an 7 |