Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12
AMERICAN PEN WOMEN MEET
PAPERS READ AND NEW MEM
BEERS ENROLLED.
Mrs. Juliette M. Babbitt Gives Brief
Mention of Absent Members
and Their Work.

The regular meeting of the League OF
American Pen Women, in the study room
of the Public Library, Monday evening,
was well attended. The president, Miss
Mabel Louise White, presided, and two
new members were admitted These were
Mrs. Lelah Palmer Morath of Colorado
Springs, Col, author of Romance OF the
Rockies" and other books, and Miss
Lucy McGregor, local and social editor of
the Temple Times, Temple, Tex. Miss
Elizabeth A. Hyde presented a paper on
Hospital Experiences, by Mrs. Mary
Temple Jamison, the Meg of the Pitts
burg Dispatch, and also a paper on the
Women of Belgium" from the pen of
Mrs. Rosa Myers Mumma, who is sojourn-
ing at Speyer, Germany.
The historian. Mrs. Juliette NJ. Babbitt,
presented her report of the work of the
members for the past three months, as
follows:
In response to 100 circulars sent out a
month ago, l have received thirty-three
answers, and will give, briefly, gleanings
from them and from magazines seen.
Some Answers Received.
My first answer was from Mrs. Ter
hume marion Harland), an honorary
member, who. past seventy-six, does more
work than many younger women, and be-
cause of a broken right wrist, does all of
her personal correspondence on a type
writer, with her left hand. The syndicate
which she has been conducting for seven
years brings her thousands of letters that
must be answered She is doing a second
series of When Ghosts Walk and, as
she finds time, works on her autobiog-
raphy. She always has been blessed with
excellent health and took her first vaca-
ton In ten years last summer, going
abroad for two months and a half.
Grace MACEDONIAN Cooke, for herself
and sister, Alice MACEDONIAN, writes a let
ter of thanks to the league and reports
much work accomplished. despite the
handicap OF their serious injuries in the
Helicon Hall fire. More is in progress
and promised-among other things d Sc
rial to begin some time this summer
called The Power and the Glory by
Mrs. Cooke. and The Strength of the
Hills by Miss MACEDONIAN. In the March
McClure's, Mrs. Cooke has, with Caroline
Wood Morrison, a boys story, The Gang
ing Hours In the same number of Nc
Clure's l find My Soldier La Sale
Corbell Pickett, tribute to her late hus-
band.
In the March National Home Journal
Virginia King Frye has readable short
story, The Fripreries of Femininity.
Returns From Haiti.
Mrs. c. r. Miller Of Baltimore has re-
Gently returned from a trip to Haiti,
where she was sent on account of the rev.
and though 1t was, so to speak,
a closed book, Mrs. Miller, who has the
happy faculty of getting in where she
wants to, Travelled with little trouble and
pleasing results. She was also in Panama
and Santo Domingo-where she was beau
tifully entertained-and in Porto Rico
Il
year some 10000 miles, and this spring
about 1000 miles.
Mrs. Mary A. Denson writes from Bal
timore that she is busy most of the time;
that she has just finished a novel-not
named-and is at work on her autobiog-
raphy.
Mrs. Ida Lois Easton sends greetings
to the league from Miami. Fla, where she
spends good deal of time in the work
of civil service reform between writing
short stories. poems and editorials.
Miss Pearl V Sinclair of the same
place has been so busy with readings,
classes in practical authorship. music.
staging plays. etc. that she does not get
much time for original work, though she
has a number of orders on hand.
Mrs. Dora Harvey Develin OF Phila-
delphia in better health than she was last
year. has been occupied with Il. K. his
torical work involving much research.
She has promised several historical papers
to newspapers and has volume of poems
in press. She hopes to attend the OAR.
Congress this month. and to see as many
of the league folk as she can.
"A serious operation. performed last
October. has given a practically idle win
ter to Mrs. Eleanor Everest Freer of
Chicago, but she thinks she can dimly
glimpse the horizon of health once more.
Her Portuguese Sonnets' and To 4
Painter are receiving deserved praise.
Past Year a Busy One.
Mrs. Agnes Greene Foster of Chicago
says she has had busy, happy year.
The Royal Road in its second or third
edition. found such favor in the eyes of
a ST. Louis street car president that he
gave a copy to each of the company's
500 employees. She has several holiday
greetings ready and an Easter edition of.
You and Some Others just out. She
has just closed a contract with japanese
firm for several long poems and some
short ones. The Book and Art Exchange
of London has published Life and a
New Christmas and has in press an
epic similar to Weaving The Children's
Star of this city has published a number
of short poems and has. to be used soon,
several more. She may go abroad In
June for little rest.
Anna +. Beury is assistant editor of
Dressmaking at Home. a new Chicago
She seems to be doing a lot of
work on 1t, but says she enjoys the
change from 'hustlirg' on daily paper.
Mrs. Zylla Moore Cardin of Kentucky.
as lecturer and raconteur, has had busy
and pleasant year.
Miss Jennie Chaplin has not been well
enough the past year to do much-Colo-
RADIO does not agree with her very we'll
but is getting into shape now for a bet
ter showing soon.
Mrs. Amelia Stone Quinton has been
in California the past year in the inter-
ests of the National Indian Association.
AS chairman of the missionary depart
ment she has a large correspondence. pre-
pares articles for the press and makes
many addresses.
Mrs Sara Rabbit Butler of Florida
sends regards to all the league folk here,
especially those she had the pleasure of
meeting and whom she hopes to meet
again. She has done good bit of rather
irregular correspondence and few
verses.
Original Work Crowded Out.
Miss Harriet B. Swineford of Philadel-
phia has had her time so filled as edi-
torial proofreader- and manuscript critic
for large publishing concern that she
has not been able to do a great deal of
original work lately.
Mrs Bertha Lincoln Heustis of Du-
buuue. Iowa. who expects to be here ID.
A. r. week. has had busy year also. She
writes constantly for d number of daily
and musical papers, and has given
number of lecture-Song recltalS.
Mrs Stella Reid Crothers has been do
ing work en- Il magazine in Indianapolis.
special attention and Il number of Illus
tratad articles being given TO prominent
women of the country.
Mrs. Lura E. b. Smith of Cedar Rapids
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