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Show American Writer Gives Last Days to World Peace Ihx'Ji . L.J 4 Hi). 1 in inr .n ii i ... .1 f Kathina Trask CT7'HILE the World's Statesmen fy conferred to determine what steps could be taken to make (he limitation of armaments a reality, ne American woman kept cvcrl.r t-mgly t-mgly at the task she set herself years ago that of portraying the beauties bi peace and the horrors of war. Mrs. George Foster Pcabridy, known In many lands as Katrina Trask, who died recently, long keenly comprehended compre-hended the torture of nations when war comes. So this master of the pen, in poetry and in prose, preached gainst war with all the vigor of her intense soul. Katrina Trask Pcabody's play, "In the Vanguard," originally printed in 1913 and today being reprinted f.r the eighth time, is one of her ninny writings which is pleading the cnuc of disarmament the world over. MIn the Vanguard" is the play whir!) contains such oft-quoted sentences as: "IUow a man to pieces in the name of patriotism, and then try to patch him together in the name of humanity.'1 |