Show by eleanor roosevelt f I 1 was a little late at city hall all in in new york city one morning because we encountered some pretty heavy showers which always slow up driving As soon as I 1 reached city hall ball the mayor appeared an and d we e went at once to the council room where there was a large gathering I 1 was happy to see my friend mr david dubinsky amid a number of familiar faces the girls who modeled the clothes and the girls who sewed in the labels were all as pretty as could be these labels have a real significance they guarantee gu rantee that labor conditions are good and tell every woman in the united states that she is wearing a dress designed and manufactured in new york city which today claims to be the fashion ce center anter of the world mrs dorothy anderson will be the executive director of the new york dress institute and I 1 am sure that she will successfully promote the wearing of these dresses those shown us ranged in price from to I 1 was interested in the speed with which the girls sewed in the labels and could see that this day was one of real excitement for them may it also be a day which inaugurates inaugurated ates a program brov providing iding more work for many people under better working conditions SOLDIERS AND SAILORS I 1 joined the mayor and drove up to the opening of the soldiers and sailors club at 99 park avenue this is to be a central bureau of information where any soldier sailor marine or aviator can find out what is planned and available in re recreation area along the lines of his particular interests the lucky boys 50 strong who faced us were all turned over 7 dr A I 1 0 one of the lucky boys of whom mrs roosevelt speaks in this weeks column is introduced by the he nations first lady to one ot of the pretty powers models his blind date for a day in new york to very pretty girls who drew the names of their partners out of the mayors hat they then went off to show their escorts the town after lunch I 1 went to the hotel astor to see a collection of ens clothes which a group of english manufacturers have brought over f for 0 r sale to our big shops they certainly t have some perfectly delightful materials which I 1 am sure were made in scotland it is extraordinary that in spite of all they have nave b been e en through they can still turn out lothes clothes carefully made and showing no sign of being made under unusual conditions they presented me with a dress they had made for me and brought over it is very charming and 1 I know I 1 shall enjoy n joy wearing it if FRO 41 LETTER FROM 51 ENGLAND EN GLAND 1 I keep receiving letters from people who ho head the institutes utes in england an organization which is comparable to our home bureaus and which is affa affi affiliated with them internationally the letters tell me what the seeds we sent have meant to them I 1 received a letter from a woman with whom I 1 went to school in in england and who lives on the coast there I 1 quote part oi of her letter it is splendid to feel that ahat your great country realizes so fully what we are up against and there is a lovely feeling of kinship with all the peoples who are banded together to overcome this embodiment of evil indeed this is a righteous war and a crusade to save those who are 0 oppressed we are all sacrificing everything gladly for the sake of freedom and to save goodness kindness and self respect life here is curious such an odd sense and a realization of the imper impermanence magence of all in material things and possessions one sows bows seeds one plants and cultivates tavates with a detached feeling wondering subconsciously whether one will be there to reap the crops or whether their progress will be hastened by a bomb I 1 can hardly realize th that at the little girl I 1 remember could have written this letter but it is one worth our considering a a REACTION ON ICELAND everyone that I 1 have seen so far is relieved that the united states is taking over in iceland and thereby making sure that no enemy will gain a foothold at the northern end of this hemisphere I 1 am s sure ure we are going to know more about iceland than we ever have known in the past I 1 know that it was the oldest damoc democracy racy in existence nor or did I 1 realize that many of her sons ons s and daughters have come to settle in the united states |