24 MAY 1935, Page 6

It was my privilege to know Jane Addams in Chicago,

in London and on the Continent over a long period. The point of a familiar saying is lost-if we say merely that she was the greatest woman of the United States. She was entitled to be called America's finest and most beloved citizen. Europe knew her best through her presidency over several -international conferences. A lack of the linguistic gift made her technical efficiency in the chair less striking than that of several English contemporaries I could name, but no public woman can ever have excelled Jane Addams' practical wisdom and serenity of spirit. In and around Hull - House, Chicago, she was an as- tonishing influence—courageous, tender, playful, the instant refuge of every soul in distress. Her knowledge of America seemed without bound ; everyone knew and reverenced her. By the bye, the common assertion that Miss Addams sailed to Europe on the Ford Peace Ship during the War is quite inaccurate. She did not.

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