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Show 1MB ARE HOPE OF THE WORLD." ' I SAYS HELEN 10 ROBINSON I . iH IjKIT AUci Rlaanryk, picked as the greatest" woman ol Europe CEN-1 i i B Ladj -t,,r. picked eg the mosi picturesqui BIGHT Margarei Bond-Held, Bond-Held, picked as ii comer" of Europe Eu-rope women BY ZOE BECKltEY, X. E. A staff i orreapondent. NEW YORK. Sept 18 Where do we go from here, boys'." mi, vvel be paraphrased t,, in. i,e f mothor- and-the-Klrls. Helen Ring Robinson, whom it i- customarj to introduce as ' former miiu!u fnnn l)-nvcr.'" lias be, M looking them over ui Europe ami marks her return with tin emphatic declaration that women an- today tie- hope ot (he world' We ko from here," she responds good-humoi cdlv "into all tho high places of earth 'CONTEMPT-' SB Kl.. "I noticed throughout Kurope that! whatever contempt for the weaker I sex" may formerly have existed, is now- considerably shaken' "With Alice Masaryk's hand firmly steering the social and educational machine ma-chine ,,:' Czecho-Slovakla Lady Nancy' Astor being llstene.l to in Parliament I and .Margaret Bondfield heading wise-ly wise-ly and well the women of Britain s j Labor Parly, pishes and tushes against women are out of date. "Miss Masaryk, as leader of the wo-' men and president of the Red Cross I In Czocho-Slovalila. Is doing marvelous marvel-ous work in national housing health',.! sanitation and hospital service." TUB "GREATEST.1 Mrs. Robinson .after some consid- eration. awards to Alice Masaryk the' palm of greatness among the women of Europe .M'.s-. Masaryk has a larger larg-er field to work in and bigger problems prob-lems to solve than any other one woman in the world. Mis. Uohlnson believes. Her field Is the whole republic re-public of which her father is president. presi-dent. And she has the wisdom, the experience, ex-perience, the vision ami the opportunity oppor-tunity to do It well.' Insists Mrs. Robinson Rob-inson "Her personality Is not vivid, but she is a doer." TIM OM1.R. " " Wh it," I asked la the 'comer' of Europe's women" "Margaret Bondfield," was the prompt replv. 'Behind her solidly stand the women workers of England Eng-land the whole Labor Party, in fact. She has ability, personality, tact, vast Information and experience . She hits all the gifts which peculiarly fit women for high political places. She will be elected some d iy to parliament. parlia-ment. " MOST PICTURESQUE. This brought us round to Lady Nancy Astor, the American-born member of Parliament from Plymouth, Ply-mouth, whom Mrs. Robinson calls the 'most plcturesciue of Europe's public women." R. "Lady Astor." says Mrs. Robinson, "makes an eloquent idea for the wo-men wo-men of the Anuglo-Saxon races to ro-form ro-form the world, as she thinks it quite possible for them to do Theli first effort, she believes, shoule! be to bring about' a better understanding between Great Britain and the United States" I", s. AM) BRITAIN". "America ' says Lady Astor "is a I small boy who ought to be spanked. England Is a fat old man who should be kicked." "We agreed," smiles Mrs. Robinson. that the sma'l boy had some mighty I good traits that the fat old man might copy. A friendly cordiality, for exam-pie exam-pie a talent for fellowship' ' On tho other hand, the fat old man has truer sense of Justice. The 'small bov" with youth's intolerance, is apt to be hard and narrow. He can learn a readier and broader Justice from the fat old man' ' There is no better way to begin than by frequent visits of repreeenta-tlve repreeenta-tlve American women to England " |