The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
League Of American Pen Women

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The next business and social meeting OF
the League OF American Pen Women will
be held at the home Of It's president. Mrs.
Josiah Quincy Kern. in her apartments.
at 1875 + Street Northwest. Thursday
evening. March H. at s O'Clock. The busl-
ness meeting. which will be short. will
\ he followed by mUch-auticlpatsd pro-
gramme. in which none but league mem
bers will participate. Among those who
will give original addresses or papers are
Mrs Virginia King Frye. a wellknown
writer Of short stories and special articles,
who will. however. on this occasion, give
a brief resume Of the work of the past
presidents. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes the
| lefgue librarian. will tell something of
her original work: Miss Mea Ruth Nor
cross. the second vice president. will tell
of her syndicate work: Miss Marguerite
| b. Neale. an illustrator. will exhibit some
| of her original drawings and tell Of the
practical uses to which she puts them;
Mrs Gertrude Grey. an artist and short
story writer. will read one OF her recently
accepted stories soon to appear in Mum
sey's: Mrs. Anna Borgenholm Sloan. a
well-known writer and publisher of short
| stories. will read one Of her recent series
out OF "Glimpses Of Life in Washington
City a. Seen by Foreign Woman" Her
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sion" All other league members will be
invited to participate briefly In the pro-
gramme In an inpr0mptu manner, to be
suggested by the committee. It Is eX-
pectcd that the soprano soloist, Mrs. Ber-
tina Lincoln Huestis will be present and
| sing the song Iowa" made famous by
her. Mrs. Annie A. Wilder. the first vice
president and chairman of the social COM
mittee. assisted by the other members of
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Bertha Lincoln Huestis, Mrs. Theodore
Cunningham, and Mrs. Ella HERMAN
Melvin.
Mrs. F. Carl Smith. a member OF the So
cial committee. who entertained the
league last week at her home. when Mr.
Smith gave an address on his Expert
ences in the Mediterranean will not be
present. az she has gone South for the
| remainder of the season. 1t is not known
whether the other members OF the social
committee will he present but 1t is hoped
that all will be. Miss Elizabeth v.
| Brown. a writer for children. who is in
Philadelphia attending the meeting OF
national school superintendents. will be
called upon to give brief account of her
educational work in the convention, and
| also OF the Press Club dinner at which
| she was an honored guest. As the capacity
of Mrs. Kern's present home is somewhat
limited, she asks the members OF the
league to make an early response, as
her invitation also includes prospect
i've league members and a limited num-
Der OF guests. One Of the most interest
ing items of general league work and
which shows its activity and usefulness,
is a recent request from the State FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs Of Louisiana to
give the women's clubs of that State
| suggestions of the best method of con-
Quoting a crusade against the present
form of comic supplement-" running in
the Sunday newspapers. This communi-
cation is only one Of numerous requests
which come from many parts Of the
| United States and other countries. c6-
pressing interest in the movement which
the League Of American Pen Women
inaugurated something more than four
years ago.