The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-17
MRS. LITUETON HITS
ON SUBJECT LIGHTLY

all kinds of education, as she quantity
put il. but she had taken none. At
ter a course at Wellesley, in which
conditions and sororities played
leading roles and n residence of three
years in Paris, she returned to TINS
country and began to write. one OF
her first stories was about the children
of the valley of Tennessee and Ken
lucky, and was written in the dialect
of these very ungrammatical little
people. Her disillusionment as to its
value came in the form of a letter
from her publisher, saying that the
dialect. with its ahominable gram
mar, would create untold havoc with
the speech of impressionable chill
dren who would read the book and
that, for this reason. the story would
be scorned by all educators nd teach
ers. Miss Davies told this little in
cident to show in part the response
biIities of writers, which she sees to
be greater than are generally real
lied.
One of the most prominent women
present was Miss Mildred Rutherford,
of Athens, Ga, who is historian gen
eral OF the L. d. c.. and is widely
known through the South. Miss
Rutherford made an impromptu talk
that was full of optimistic philosophy
and contagious good will and humor.
The world does not know the great
ness of Southern writers as II should.
she thinks. and she advises those who
blush at the literary attachments Of
the South before the war to read the
old files of Southern magazines and
newspapers If they would have their
shame turn to the flush of pleasure
with knowledge Of the men and wo-
men of the South. who have been
capable of great literary things.
Power of the Movies.
The wonderful field open to moving
pictures 10 teach history and nature
study and their power for harm II
not censored was brought out by Miss
Rutherford. who scored the comic
supplements. as agencies are doing
more TO teach disrespect to elders
than any other medium. Particularly
appropriate to the April day was Miss
Rutherford's concluding plea for OPP
ttmism SO great that we may say with
a poet Of the South. It's not raining
rain to me, it's raining daffodils,'
Need Only a Prod.
Mr. w D. Foster. department editor
Of the Youths Companion, who has
been in the South for several months,
was an unexpected visitor at the
meeting, having come to the club
10 see d member OF the league. That
there are many embryo authors in the
South who need only prod from
the outside, has been Mr.. Fosters OBJ
servation. and he added that he found
great pleasure in being the prod. Miss
Rutherford and Mrs. Bosher ex-
pressed enthusiastic commentator Of
the Youths Companion, the latter
stating that perhaps her judgment was
biased as it was the first magazine that
published her writings.
Mrs, Cora Cox T.ucas, Of South Caro-
lima. played a piano selection, and
the session was closed with Mrs. Lit
tletons address.
The league VIII hold a business ses-
I sion at the club this morning at ! o
o'clock. followed by a literary meeting
at 1890, to which the public Is in
vitod, The league meets annually
with the Southern Educational Con-
ference and its members are attend
ing the various conference lectures,
entertainments and the like while
here They will be received at the
John Marshall House this afternoon
at o'clock, by j. Taylor Ellyson,
president Of the Association for the
/ Preservation Of Virginia Antiquities,
and other mem hers Of that body.