The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
League of American Pen
Women Meets.

The League Of American Pen Women
held a business meeting at the public
Library last Monday evening. First
Vice President Mrs. Bertha L. Heustis
presided. The minutes were read by the
secretary. Mrs Anna Sanborn Hamilton.
The treasurer. Mrs. Theodore Cunning
ham. made a report as did also the
assistant corresponding secretary. Mrs.
c. Austin Thomas. The following were
elected to full membership: Mrs. Estelle
LawtOn-Lindsay. editorial writer of the
California Woman's Bulletin. and for
years connected with the Los Angeles
Record with daily column under the
nom de plume of Cynthia Grey" Mrs.
Lillian Pray-Palmer, president of the
California Federation of Women's Clubs,
special writer of poems and stories for
newspapers and magazines; Mrs. Emma
l.. Reed. Los Angeles. contributing edi-
tor to the L. A. Municipal News. con-
tributor to magazines and newspapers.
for two terms president of the Southern
California Woman's Press Club, also
chairman Of the City Council committee
of the public affairs department of the
Friday Morning Club of Los Angeles;
Mrs. lnez Townsend Tribit of Los An
geles, illustrator and writer of chill
dren's verses, contributor to Philadel-
phia Inquirer North American, Today's
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partment Store Advertising: Mrs. Eva
Hamilton Young. Los Angeles, short
stories, poems. special articles, who is
the recording secretary of the Southern
California Woman's Press Club; Mrs.
Alice Fessenden Petersen, of Pasadena
Cal, writer of short stories and descrip-
tive ar. .cles. contributor to Boston
Transcript. Boston Traveller. Youths
Companion, New England Magazine, Al
huv,
Christian Science Monitor: Mrs Elsie
Smith, Trueblood, Los Angeles-p publisher
of the Club Woman. the official organ of
the California Federation Of Women's
Clubs; Miss Dorothy NJ. T. Willis, Los
Angeles. newspaper woman, club editor
Los Angeles Express, Tribune, writer
for London CEngIand.) Free Lance. Lon
don Westminster Gazette, London Hos
pital," Girls Own Paper Oondon),
Los Angeles Times. and Suburban Life:
Miss Frieda E. Peycke, composer, plan
ist, and original songs published by
John Church Company, New York, Willis
Music Company, Cincinnati. c. c. Birch
ard, Boston and Heffelfinger Music Com
pany, Los Angeles.
Letters were read from Miss L. Byrd
Mock Of Fayetteville, Ark, in reference
to an exhibit of league work done at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Copies
VI the LoOhOuS' pNoAio-hcu " 6Shd Hihi-
strong. of Chattanooga, Tenn, were read
and favorably commented upon.
In the November issue Of the Farm
and Real Estate Journal a splendid
article, Back to the Farm in Arkansas"
was found and enjoyed. Mrs. Kathryn
P. Haden, of Tennessee, had a story.
And Thou Bethlehem" in the December
issue Of the Southern Woman's Maga-
zine. Many other reports of accepted
work were read.
Plans for the annual league banquet
at the Raleigh on Wednesday. February 4
II. were discussed and final details ar
ranged. Mrs. A. Freer. of Chicago. Ill,
sent in a list of over $50 songs. Mrs. 1
Elizabeth A. Hyde, OF Chicago, III, and
Mrs. L. II. Wilder. of Mclean. Va, sent
greetings. Mrs. Nellie Blessing Eyster
wrote in reference to combined meet
ing of California Press Clubs.