The Washington times., 1906-10-07
american Pen Women
Hold Initial Meeting.
Opening the Season

South has the same educational chances
as have our forefathers and our
negroes"
To Buy App0mattoX Farm.
Mrs. Christine Walton Dunlap. an
other league writer who unites lectur-
Ing with her other talents, has spent
a busy summer presenting the claims OF
the AppOmattox Surrender Association to
the G. A. r. posts throughout the
Middle West The Surrender Associa-
ton wishes TO buy the Appomattox farm
wherein Les surrendered TO Grant and
present it u the Government as a peace
Offering from the North and South COM
bined. Mrs. Dunlap reports much in
terest and success in the work.
Mrs. Dora Harvey Develin. regent of
the Merton Chapter of the d. A. R., is
engaged in the unique and difficult task
of Locating the graves of the Revolu-
tionary soldiers IN the old burying
grounds of Merton township. Pa, that
their names may be suitably presented,
and has just published a pamphlet indl-
cative Of the work and her success
therein.
Mrs. Sadie Kneller Miller, Of Lesiie's
Weekly, has been busily engaged with
her clever illustrated specials and her
lecturing. having recently delivered d
bright lecture On Mountain Climbing
in the Yosemite and the Canadian Rock
les" before a leading mems club OF
Baltimore. Part Of her summer was
spent In travel through the Klondike
region as preparation for future work.
Mrs. Marion LOlgfellow ODonoghue
has also entered the lecture field In
Boston, having given a number OF
/ bright literary talks before prominent
WOmens clubs.
Mrs. Mary Temple Jamison (AIeg). Of
the Pittsburg Dispatch, who was
house guest OF Winnie Ream Hoxie. the
noted sculptor. I'm Washington last win
ter, is a prolific writer ia spite Of what
she terms her 'rickety health" often
having two OF more stories In the same
| issue Of her paper.
Miss Ada D. Fuller, Of the editorial
STAFF OF the Jersey City Evening Journal.
was recently elected president Of the
Jersey City Womens Press Club. and
Miss Marie Ryerson, of the Newark
Evening News, vice president Both are
bright and busy newspaper women and
will add luster 20 the organization.
Mrs Mabel CrOnise Jones rs another
busy writer these days. being on the
stan Of the United Presbyterian board
or publications and editor OF the chill
dren's page Of the Philadelphia Record.
besides sending out miscellaneous mat
ter 10 other fields.
Bertha Lincoln Heustis writes a long
ana spicy weekly letter Tor the Sunday
TeleEraph-Herald OF Dubuque. and
other papers.
Mrs. Mary Walker Whitworth has in
teresting specials in the MinneaDous
Journal, her regular paper AIRS. Whit
worth was the only woman musical dI-
rector OF the Minnesota State Prison
band and choir and gives an unique ac-
count OF her very satisfactory expert
ence with the "Ifers" and others. one
OF her newly published songs, Spring. d"
was recently sung at the Minnesota
State convention OF music teachers.
Presenting Stage Sketches.
Miss Pearl Sinclair has bean present
I Ing some original sketches and Ilranas
upon the amateur stages of several
young ladies' colleges in the South.
Mrs Rosa Myers AIumma's S new book.
/ "FaIlina." recently published by q R9s-
ton firm, is d tel Ing satire on the pres
/ ent divorce system, and is an interest
/ ing addition TO the season output Mrs
MUmma IS already working upon an
other novel dealing with other striking
! social conditions
Mrs. Bertha Hirsch Baruch on the ed
. iJorial stan OF thu Los Angeles Sunday
+ Times Magazine. also contributes inter-
/ estflg essays and stories 10 that and
/ otter periodicals.
/ Miss Belle Ragnar Parsons has a
+ most charming series OF Before Bed
/ Time-Games' appearing also In the Los
Angeles Times and several other papers
/ Mrs Eleanor Everest FrseT. the gifted
song writer Of Chicago. has been set
/ tag TO music the choicest lyrics Of our
/ literature, gems from Milton. Tennysou.
/ LongfelIow, Byron, the Brownings,
( Hood AldrIch and other well-loved pO-
/ cts Mrs. Freer says: After having
studied and sung the classic songs of
| France, Germany and italy. ! have
I found by practical experience no Ian
guage nor poems more beautiful for
song than these lyrics Of our own Ian
( guage."
Miss Lucy St. Clair Atkinson contin-
ues to keep the world informed Of the
gay doings OF Richmond society through
/ the columns or the washington Post
/ and other papers.
In the New England Magazine for Oc-
tober appears an interesting story on
! The Founding Of Salem, Mass from
the ready pen Of Mrs. Lydia J. Young
| Withee, OF the National Press Syndi-
cate.
! Success for October contains a touch
ing little poem. Nobody Keers," by
Miss Elizabeth A. Hyde, corresponding
secretary, who so ably represented the
league as chairman Of the delegation
which attended the recent convention
of the international League Of Press
Clubs at Denver.
EGYPTIAN COOKING