Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10
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The opening meeting of the League of
American Pen Women for this season
was held Monday evening at headquar-
ters, 1347 l. street The president, Miss
Elizabeth A. Hyde, welcomed the mem
bers, and reports of officers were made
including an interesting report of the ma
tional editorial convention at Seattle. July
1928, to which Miss White and Mrs.
Flick were delegates. Letters were read
from several members, among whom
were Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxie. who spent
the summer at Mackinac Island, Mich;
Miss VIII Allen Dromgoole, who has the
department Of "Song and Story in the
Nashville Banner; Miss Jennie Chaplin
Denver. Col, and Mrs. Lelah Palmer Mo-
rath, formerly of Colorado, now of the
State Normal School, Washington.
The league was pleased to welcome the
return or Miss Mae Ruth Norcross, who
has been doing newspaper work in Phil
adeiphia for the past year. Mrs. Eliza
beth Robbins Berry, member from BoS-
ton. formerly editor of the Republic,
a magazine, and now on the staff of the
Christian Science Monitor, was present
for the first time, and gave an interesting
talk. A new member was added to the
league in Katherine NJ. Yates of Chicago,
a writer of Juvenile stories, and two of
her books were presented to the league
library. as were also books by Miss Kate
Alma Organ of Texas, Miss Lura b.
Brown of Arkansas, Mrs. Ruth Everett
Beck and Mrs. Josephine Arnold Rich of
the Women's National Press Association.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes was elected Ii
brarian, in place of Miss Mary Carter, re-
signed.
Mrs Annie A Wilder, the historian, pre-
scented her report of membership work;
Miss II. Rea WoOdman has written a play
for children, The Masters Birthday;
Mrs. Idah Meacham Strobridge of Los An
geIes has new book ready for the press,
The Land of Purple Shadows: Mrs.
Bertha HirSch Baruch, organizer and
president of the Southern California Ma
tional Council of Jewish Women, has
been engaged with editorials, essays and
poems; Mrs. Asness Greene Foster of
Chicago has sent out a number of poems,
illustrated booklets and cards; Mrs. c. r.
Miiar Of Baltimore has travelled $500
miles in her descriptive and illustrative
work for the Leslie publications.; Miss
Amelia Xander league state representa-
tive from Nebraska, has been travelling
and writing extensively in the interest OF
her paper; Mrs. Sophie Irene Loeb, Nc
keesport. Pa, has been writing Human
Interest" essays for a syndicate: Miss
Harriet Brock Swineford of Philadelphia
is editing an extensive history of United
States chief justices and leading lawyers:
Miss f. Marguerite Lindley of New York
has filed many lecture engagements; Mrs
Zylla Moore Cardin, the sunshine wom-
an from the moonshine state" has been
successful in her Ch;iutauqua lecture
courses; Mile. Anna Dreyfuss of Mime
apolis has spent the summer in Paris, pre-
pairing for her French art lectures in the
autumn, and Mrs. Ellen A. Richardson OF
Boston has been designing and building
houses.
The Abracadabra Club held it's first
meeting of the season "Wednesday evening
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. E. ID.
Hardy, As Rhode Island avenue north
west President Mcintosh in the chair
After the reading of the minutes of the
last meeting by the secretary, responses
to roll call Quotations from Philoso-
pliers brought out many quaint sayings
of wise men, which were both humorous
and instructive.
A piano solo by Miss Dorothy Hardy
was followed by a paper, IAN impress
was given concise history of the coin
age of the world. \ description of the
dies by which the impress is made on
coins, the weights and values of the va
rious metals used since coins were hrst
employed as a circulating medium, ana
other facts not generally known. made an
and instructive paper. A piano
solo by a friend of NJ: SIS Hardy was CIV
en-. after which all Joined in singing
There's Music in the Air" Maj. PotWin |
read a poem, Henry Hudson's Last Voy- !
age" by Henry Van Dyke. Refreshments
were then served by the hostess and So
cial hour followed.
The Columbia Heights Art Club met |
October with Mrs. j. d. Croissant. the |
president, at I'LL Q street After short |
meeting, which showed a pros |
perous condition of affairs. a paper en- |
titled THE Topography of Italy was |
read by Mrs. NJ. E. s. Davis. A discus |
sion of the paper was followed by roll |
call. the responses being experiences dur |
ing the past summer. After adjourn /
ment refreshments were served, and So |
cial hour enjoyed. The study topic for |
the year is Italy" and a comprehensive |
program is outlined in the year book
The following is a list of members: |
Mrs. w. Z. Andrews, Mrs. r. &. Bare,
Mrs. E. B. Clarke. Mrs. Cornelius Cissell,