The Washington times., 1907-06-30
PEN WOMEN MEET
AT ANNIVERSARY
Hold Aftermath of Reunion
at jamestown Expo
Sition.

An anniversary meeting Of the League
of American Pen Women, commemor-
adve Of the tenth year OF its existence.
was held at the residence of Miss Eliza
beth A. Hyde, 1910 Summit place. The,
verandas and parloTs were well hlled
with members and guests, among whom
was Mrs Margaret Sullivan Burke. the
hrst president of the league. The pro-
gram was a literary and social one
partially designed as an aftermath of
The jamestown Exposition reunion. and
was opened by Mrs. Virginia King FRYE.
who gave a comprehensive history of
the league, speaking of it's beginning,
June y. 1897, with seventeen charter
members. its rapid growth. and present
great prosperity. The club has on its
roster many OF the leading novelists.
poets, magazine writer's. newspaper
women. and artists in all parts Of the
country
Miss Anna B. Patten read her reunion
m-lS9I-1907-which met with favor at
the jamestown reunion.
Reunion at Inside Inn. I
The reunion Of the league at the
jamestown Exposition was held in the
Inside Inn The president, Miss Mabel
Louise White. presided.
The address of welcome was by Mrs.
Frank Anthony Wake. editor OF the
jamestown Bulletin" She presented
two keys to the leaEue-one to the CT Y
by the sea- and the other 70 the James
town Exposition.
The response from headquarters was
made by Mrs. Virginia King Frye. the
retiring president. and was a splendid
resume of the work of the league for
the past ten years.
The president read a letter from Mrs.
Juliette NJ. Rabbit. the league historian.
regretting her inability to be present.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes OFFICIAL reader.
and Mrs Marian Longfellow O'Donog-
hue, were also missed.
Greetings From Texas.
Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone. Of Texas.
presented the fraternal greetings OF the
Press Association Of the Lone Star
State. expressing her great pleasure in
representing this able body of $50 active
members at this interesting meeting OF
pen women.
Mrs. Martha S Gielow. of Alabama
made an eloquent appeal for the indus
trial education Of the poor children of
the South
Mrs. Dora Harvey Develin. Of PhiIa-
delphia, representing eastern PennsvI-
vania, sent an historical paper on the
old Keystone State. Which was read by
Mrs. Della Hine Mertz, assistant cor
responding secretary.
Mrs. May Temple Jamison, known as
Meg Of the Pittsburg Dispatch. sent
the greetings of western Pennsylvania,
in Characteristic paper on Polite
ness" read by Mrs. Sarah A. Evans. of
Oregon.
Tennessee was personally represented
by Mrs Kathrin Haden, who presented
the fraternal greetings from the Ten
nessee Federation Of Women's Clubs. in
an interesting paper. THE Evolution Of
Women in Club Life"
Here's to the American GirIi'' was
the breezy salutation from the Windy
City" by Mrs. Maud NJ. Jackson.
voiced by Miss Pearl v Sinclair. who
also read poem by Mrs. Fanny Ken
nish Earl, of Madison. Wis.
Message From Connecticut.
The message Of Mrs. Jean Porter
Rudd. Of Connecticut. was the union Of
women in all good works. read by Miss
dent, who also voiced the message from
Minncsota's representative. Mile. Anna
Dreyfus.
Maryland's greetings. in the absence
of its accredited representative. Mrs. c.
r. Miller. were presented by Mrs EN-
ma Abbott Gage, editor of the Evening
Capital, of Annapolis. in an able his
tOrfc paper Mrs Sarah A Evans, of
spoke for her State
Mrs. Harriet Hayden Finck. president
of the Pennsylvania Women's Press
Association. gave some interesting data
about women's clubs. and as one Of it's
governing board. gave greetings from
the international League Of Press
Clubs.
Miss Pearl V. Sinclair supervisor OF
elocuticn in the public schools of
Miami, Fla. recited Shelly's "SkyIark''
with grace. An interesting and val
liable paper on Southern Writer'S"
from the pen Of Mrs. Kate Alma Organ.
OF Temple. Tex. was read by Mrs. L.
J. Young Withee. Kentucky's greetings
were read by Mrs. Ha6en.
Women in journalism.
A pleasing paper, Women in Jour
nalism," by Mrs. Ella Celeste Adams,
came from the Centennial State. Colo
RADIO, read by Mrs. Virginia King Frye
who also conveyed the greetings from
Iowa, THE Wooing OF the Press and
Club" a paper on the first woman's
club-Sorosis-by Miss Emile Black
more Stapp. associate editor of the
Mail and Times. Des Moines. Iowa
Wyoming's greetings were from Mrs
Viva A. B. Henderson, Of the Daily
Leader. Cheyenne. and read by Miss
Hyde while the Hoosier State was rep
resented by Mrs. Stella Reid Crothers,
assistant editor OF the Home Magazine,
Of Indianapolis. read by Miss Sinclair.
In the absence of Miss Lucy Clair At
lSinson, representative from Virginia
Mrs. Frank Anthony Wake extended
the greetings Of the Old Dominion.
Miss Anna L. Clark. Of Bonneville.
Mo, in the interest of the National
Federation Of Women's Clubs. and of
the Civil Service Reform Commission
made a stirring appeal for a great fed
Grated paper 10 be run by the club fed
Grafton, with headquarters at Wash
fnutOn