The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-09

The Arguers held their semi-annual
election of officers at the club rooms
Monday evening. with the following re-
suits: President, Charles J. Osborne, re-
elected: vice president. James s. Mckee;
secretary. H. Raymond Sheppard, re-
elected; treasurer. Peter ]. Epsey, re-
elected; board of governors, John O. AL
len, chairman, reelected: Leland F. Will
son, Charles j. Schoeneman. James w.
Burdette, and Harry NJ. Carroll. The in
stallation will take place at a smoker,
to be held April -.
The League of American Pen Women
met in the study room Of the Public Lii
brary on last Monday night, with Mrs
Rachel Tongate Beck, president, in the
chair. Those present were: Mrs. Frye,
Mrs. Rhodes, and Miss Hyde, past presi-
dents; Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Kern
vice presidents; Mrs. Beaton and Mrs.
Estabrook, secretaries; Mrs. Wilder his
torian; Miss Griswold, treasurer; Mrs
Withee, reporter; Mrs. Bonham, and Miss
Hughes. Five new members were ad-
mitted: Active, Miss Elizabeth Todd
Nash. Madison. Conn. author of Fifty
Puritan Ancestors Miss Gertrude Ina
Robinson, a celebrated harpist and IL
illustrator of New York City. and Mrs.
Effie Leese Scott, of Lincoln, Nebr., a
versatile contributor to many leading
periodicals.. Honorary. Anna Katherine
Green (Mrs. Rohlfs). the noted mystery
novelist, of Buffalo. N. Y, and Mrs. An
ME Nathan Meyer, of New York, who
has achieved eminent success in many
fields of literary work. and author of the
recent popular play, THE Dominant
Sex
Mrs. Wilder reported that Mrs. Cor
nelia Templeton Jewett. formerly man.
aging editor OF the Union Signal, Chi
caSo. had been elected editor and man.
ager of the publicity bureau Of the
National Council of Women Voter. with
headquarters at Tacoma, Wash Letters
were read by Miss Griswold from Mrs.
Alice +. Whitaker. secretary of the
Household Alliance. and Mrs. Marian
LonEfellow O'Donoghue, thanking the
league for sympathy extended and flow
ers that had been sent during recent sick
ness. Deep sympathy was expressed for
Mrs. La Sale Corbell Pickett. in her
anxiety over the grave illness in the
OF her son. Maj. George
Pickett.
Mrs. Edith Kingman Kern thanked
the league for it's help in her arduous
work for the improvement of the chill
Oren 5 CUBIC supplement- DuTI1S Her
recent visit to New York and New Jer-
sey she addressed the various clubs on
this problem. Mrs. Kern received the
thanks OF the league for her untiHng
efforts, and was appointed a represent
alive of the league at the mass meet
ing. to be held at the Congregational
in this city. April 81. under the
auspices of the League for the Improve
ment of the ChiIdren's Comic Supple
ment
Mrs. Rhodes. librarian, reported the
books received for the league
library: THE Master Girl by Ashton
"A Daughter of the Confeder-
acy." by Phoebe Hamilton Seabrook;
June Jeopardy" by Inez Haynes Gill
more: "Dolly's College Experiences" by
Mabel Cronise Jones: Three Little Rag
sed Stockings" by Ella Hartman Mel
vim; five autograph copies from Mrs.
Babbitt's library, viz: Alabama
Women in Literature" by Mary Iafay-
cite Robinson: "A Romance of the West
indies" translated from the French by