Show F WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F F. F PARTON NEW YORK one YORK One day a longtime long longi i time ago a year old girl I Janet Lord was walking along Hanover Hanover Han Han- over street in Boston Doston a place where you meet sea sea- mother toper fa ring men menTo menTo menTo To Sailors Sailor of from all P ports of the Th e S even S world Attract ed by a hymn tune she stopped before a building listened to the music of a melodeon the lusty chorus of mens men's voices and at length drawn by a power greater than her girlish timidity she mounted mount ed the steps and so entered the headquarters of ot the Boston Seamen's Sea mens men's Friends society Thus destiny destiny des des- tiny took hold of Janet's life and showed her the way to go Now Janet Roper house hause housemother housemother mother of the Seamen's Church institute on South street New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Is la observing the fiftieth anniversary of 01 her work among sailors Bailors and there Is I. hardly a forecastle from the Cape of Good Hope to Cairo from John to the Ambrose Light which does not contain at least one shellback beholden to her in any anyone one of an Infinite variety of ways She is slender almost frail of physique There are only a few traces of gray in her hair for tor all her 68 80 years and her eyes snap with Intelligence vitality and kindly humor Several years ago Mother Roper devised the Idea of publishing lists of missing seamen copies caples being sent to seamen's homes throughout the boards The service has obtained extraordinary results Sailors out of touch with their families for years have been located and contacts contacts contacts con con- restored brothers have been reunited In flung far-flung ports all sorts of happy things have been effected In all to date supposedly supposedly sup sup- SUP SUP-I swallowed in the sea or forever forever for for- ever merged in the melting pots of I alien ports have been recovered I from oblivion While bile In Boston Mother Roper Roper Ro Ro- per met and subsequently married married married mar mar- ried a Congregational clergyman clergy elern man engaged In similar sent sent- ice They worked together In Gloucester In Canada and In Oregon until her husbands husband's death In 1915 when she came cameto cameto cameto to the Seamen's Seamen Institute on South street She has no Illusions illusions slops about holding them to be no better beUer and no worse than other men Her lIer work and her three daughters living with her In Brooklyn comprise her enthusiasms MANLEY O. O HUDSON of JUDGE the Permanent Court of International International Peace at The Hague lague recently arrived here is characteristically sPending his c ML ii u See the World va vacation c a on at atIn atIn In Terms of Cambridge Mass looking H Human Species Specie ZT uman into things of International Juridical Import He was once Bemis professor of International Inter national law at Harvard a post he took somewhat In discouragement when his career was diverted by bythe bythe the refusal in 1928 of the United States to join loin the League of Nations The worlds world's leading authority on all questions pertaining to comity among nations this world to him Is no DO abstract thing no DO matter matler of geographical division Human affairs and relationships relationships re re- re- re are his passion A Missourian Missourian-he he was born in St. St Peters In he 1886 he rev reverses ersts erst's an attributed reaction of citizens of his commonwealth In that tar far from asking to 10 be shown he heIs heis heis is at all times willing Billing nay eager to 10 demonstrate Genial Incurably optimistic mentally mentally men men- tall tally brilliant he enjoys nothing so much as to stand at bay in intellectual intellectual I combat indulging with D' D DAr Ar ardor in sword-play sword In thrust and riposte until his opponents opponents opponents are either convinced or or at any rate silenced lie He will plunge Into contest or or if no struggle is i waging he is very likely to start I one Now 52 years ears old Judge Hudson Hud son Ion entered the League of Nations Nations Na Na- lions secretariat with Its origin In 1919 and ever since he has been attached to it Two years fears earlier he was war with the Inquiry and peace terms commission established by the state slate department department depart depart- ment meat and later In Paris was a member of the International law division of the commit committee lee to negotiate negotiate ne ne- peace Work then be begun un led directly to 10 the World court bench be when nhen the league assembly assembly assem bly gave ave him the second lie highest vote 48 vote 48 out of ot 50 ever 50 ever received received re re- by a candidate William Sewell college Liberty Mo is his alma sima mater and Har Hat Harvard vard yard where he took post postgraduate courses his alter mater Future Features Service Serviced I |