At Denver

Some 200 onetime "roses of no man's land"* bloomed again in Denver last week at the annual convention of the Women's Overseas Service League. As the name indicates, the membership of the league is recruited from U. S. women who saw overseas service during the World War. Some were nurses, some canteen workers, some interpreters. All, as Reporter Helen Strauss of the Denver Post put it, had "fearlessly followed their sweethearts and brothers into the War zones . . . ." Of the 200 delegates, 54 were presidents of various service league units.

Meeting in the flag-draped Hall of Colorado at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Denver, the convention was greeted by Maud Ballington Booth, co-commander of the Volunteers of America. Said Mrs. Booth: "It is women's lot to serve and love. By serving and loving we bring into the hearts of men on earth the peace of heaven."

Chief business items of the convention included: passage of a resolution criticizing those who criticize the U. S. Government; the decision to seek Government aid for women War veterans disabled during their War-time services; the election of Miss Lena Hitchcock, of Washington, D. C., as president, succeeding Miss Helen Douglas of Atlanta, Ga. Miss Hitchcock, during the War, was therapist reconstruction aid at a base hospital, taught handicrafts to disabled soldiers.

The convention also gave thought to a motion adopting an attractive blue cape lined with gold and a smart French cap as the official uniform of service women. Mrs. C. M. Drew, author of the resolution, pointed out that many of the women were no longer able to wear their uniforms which had succumbed either to the weight of the years or the added weight of their wearers. The matter was referred to the executive committee.

*"Midst the war's great curse stands the Red Cross Nurse She's the rose of no man's land."-- -WAR BALLAD.