The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

| The first monthly meeting with the
newly elected officers Of The League OF
the American Pen-Women was held al
the Public Library last Monday evening.
An unusually large amount Of business
was transacted, and a calendar Of events
arranged for the ensuing year. The
reports Of the officers were read as called
for by the president. Mrs Anna Sanborn
Hamilton The vice president, Mrs. Edith
Kingman Kern. gave an account Of the
International Peace Congress In Balti-
| more, at which she represented the lea
gue and received the hearty Endorsement
Of Rev. Lyman T. Abbott and other edi-
| tors for the successful work done for the
| ''betterment OF the comic supplement"
Mrs. Nanette B. Paul, a league repre-
sentative for the District Of Columbia,
extended greetings Of tA organization
to the Fairgrounds Association Of Amer
lea at the New Willard recently.
Promotion OF opera in English and
the encouragement Of American music" &"
reported by Mrs. Eleanor Everest Freer.
was discussed and accepted.
Delegates to the National Editorial AS
sociation at Detroit, in July, were
elected as follows: Mrs. Anna Sanborn
Hamilton. Mrs. Edith Kngman Kern.
and Miss Mabel Louise White, of Wash
ington, D. c.; Mrs. Matte Hamilton
Flick, Of Oklahoma City, Okla; Mrs.
Elenora De Puy, Of Detroit, Mich; al
ternates, Miss Emma J. Hughes and Miss
Elizabeth Malotte Barnes, Of Washing
ton, D. c.
The following is the list of State rep
resentatives newly chosen: Alabama. Mrs.
Martha 8. Gielow: California, Mrs. Nell
lie Blessing Eyster; Colorado, Mrs. Ella
Celeste Adams; Connecticut, Miss Eliza
beth Todd Nash; district of Columbia.
Mrs. Rachel Tongate Beck, Mrs. Virginia
King Frye. Mrs. Nannette B. Paul. and
Mrs. Phoebe Hamilton Seabrook; Florida
Mrs. LAWS B. Stafford; Illinois, Mrs Car
rie Jacobs Bond; Kentucky. Mrs. Zylla
Moore Cardin: Massachusetts, Mrs. Alice
Herring. Christopher; Michigan, Mrs. E.
Cora De Puy: Minnesota, Mile. Anna
Dpeyfus; Nebraska. Mrs Amanda L.
Xanders: New Jersey, Miss Marie F.
Ryerson; New York Eastern). Mrs.
Grace Gallitin Seton; New York >(West-
ern), Mrs. Jessie Sanbo-n Connolly; Okla
homa, Mrs. Matte Hamilton Flick: Penn
syivania fEastern). Mrs. Dora Harvey
Develin; Pennsylvania CWestern), Mrs.
Mary Temple Jamison; Tennessee, Mrs
Kathrin Hadon; Texas Mrs. Henrie c.
L. German; Virginia, Mrs. Lucy Atkin-
son Dudley; Washington, Mrs. Lura Z.
Brown Smith; Wyoming. Mrs. Viva A.
B. Henderson,; South Dakota, Mrs. l.
r. Eastwood.
Representatives abroad elected for the
ensuing year are: India, Mrs. Alice
Northrup Evans; England. Miss Belle
Harpster HARNESS.; Europe, Miss Ger
trude Knipp.
The child-welfare committee, composed
Of four members. was appointed as fol-
lows: Mrs. Marie Graves Bonham, Miss
Mable Louise White. Miss Elizabeth A.
Hyde, and Mrs. Jeremiah Curtin.
Mrs. Anna E. Wilder, historian gave
a statement Of work by members.
Mrs Rachel Tongate Beck, a novel 'The
Brazen Dog of Self" Mrs. Ida Briggs
Amerige. Of Cliftondale. Mass, book re-
views and short stories; Mrs. Juliette NJ.
Babbitt, short stories. editorials and
specials to Boston Ideas; Mrs. Ruth
Everett Beck. short story to the Overland
Monthly Magazine, Boston; Mrs Eliza.
beth Robbins Berry has contributed to
the Replblic Magazine, Boston; Miss Jane
Belfield. Philadelphia. has published .sThe
Woman Who Had Needs" Her Natural
Bent" THE Coal" and The Luxury of
Moods" Mrs. Alice Herring Christopher,
an article for the Boston Magazine, The
Single Tax Experiment at Fairhope.p
Mrs. Grace MCGOWAN Cook. of CARMEL
by-th-sea, Cal. has published "The
Power and the Glory, 1.-THE Sword Of
the Mountain. ana her story '-The Gates
OF Hell. Is running N the Sunday Post
MagaEine- Stella Reid Crothers' sketches
or prominent men and their wives have
been accepted. Mia Anna Dreyfus vyrifoe
for magazine In French, In st. Paul
and Minneapolis. and gives lectures on
Victor Hugo and history Of France. Mrs.
Kaxherine HAdan. ok NASHVILLE. Tenn.