The Washington times., 1906-02-11
Pen Women of America
Report Considerable
Activity Throughout
Membership at UnuSu-
allySucceSSful Meeting
Next Week or So Will
Include Annual Balls
and Winter Entertain
mentS of Several So
cietieS of District.

The League of American Pen Women
met last Monday evening at it's head
quarters, University of Music and ORA
matte Art, with Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes. the president. in the chair.
Mrs. Frank Anthony Wake, of Nor
folk Va. editor of the jamestown Bull
letin and Mrs. Mary RosaIie Allen
Wood. Of this city. author OF The Turn
of the Current" and other books. were
admitted TO membership.
The recent activities of the members
of the league were related by Mrs. La
Sale Corbeu Pickett. league historian,
as follows:
In Fort Worth. Tex, a little gray
cottage called The Nest" furnishes a
home for the "BohemiansH OF Fort
Worth. The club magazine is THE
Bohemian" Of which Mrs. Henrie Clay
Lyon German, the president Of the
club. is the founder. editor. and prop
rietOr
Mrs. Juliette NJ. Rabbits weekly let
ter in Boston Ideas" presents a care
fully written review of current events
in Washington.
Maude y. jackson, who is doing ex
cellent work in the educational world,
promises a contribution TO the league
library.
Recent issues Of the Christian Her
aid contain articles by Evelyn Clark
Morgan, ex-president Of the league, one
on ''NIormonism" and one on '.Women's
Clubs" Mrs. Morgan's return to
Washington is a source of pleasure to
her many friends in this city
Bessie Huber Clark, who has just
returned from Europe. had an article
on Nice Out Of Season" in a recent
issue of the Paris edition of the New
York Herald.
Mrs. A J.. Barber, author of a vol
ume of sketches of travels, "AIediter-
ranean Mosaics.' is writing a book de
scTiptive of he- motor trip through
New England last summer
Helen Gardener is spending the win
ter at Nice, where she win devote part
Of her time to writing of her travels.
She has written a number of sociolog-
zeal books.
The achievements Of Miss Sarah II.
KUikeIly in philanthropy, archaeology.
history. press, and magazine work are
in confiiCtwith her statement that she is
an Improbable member OF the league.
She is the author of Curious Cues
tons" Isabella of CASTLE" and pa
pers on the Victorian Era" for which
she received the gold crown prize from
tue FBuNudIlOn 4 GLOW society OF foCt-
ence, Letters. and Arts. of London, and
the editor of Mackey's ''Skein of Life"
She is now writing a history of her
home city, Pittsburg.
An article in the National Magazine,
'The Yellow Peril in the North" is
from the pen of the Washington treas
urer, Mrs. Annie Riley Hale
u. II. Develin is engaged in the prepa-
ration Of two illustrated books, one de
scriptive of a winter spent in Jamaica
and the West Indies year ago, and
the other comprising numerous photo
graphs taken in a tour in Europe last
summer. with articles describing the
pictured scenes
Resolutions were passed in memory Of
zTiss F. Henrietta Muller.
Miss Gradweu, OF London, Miss Null
ler's lawyer, was present and gave
sketch OF Miss Muller. who was born
in Valparaiso, Chile.
Miss Mae Ruth Norcross and Miss
Mary Drummond read original stories.
Mrs. Kern gave the league review Of
the articles in the February magazines.
Mrs. Evelyn Clark Morgan, ex-presi-
dent of the league, talked of some OF
her. experiences il her months Of alb
scnce.
Mrs. Moore Murdoch, from the Lone
Star State. gave a pathetic picture OF
Texas femiiIinity wrestling with the
servant problem.