Evening star., 1915-10-15
SOCIETY WRITER'S
MAY FORM CLUB
Idea Is Brought Up in Connec-
ton With Coming White
House Wedding.

A number Of the newspaper woman
writers and editors of Washington
have arranged to hold a meeting Mon
day morning at II o'clock for the pur-
pose Of forming an organization Of
those Of their sex who are actively en-
gagged in daily newspaper work here.
This idea, long talked Of among those
who chronicle events Of interest which
are published in the society columns"
OF newspapers, received an impetus
Yesterday afternoon and today, follow
ing conference some of the woman
newspaper writer's and editors had yes
terday at the White House with Joseph
+. Iumulty, secretary to the President,
on the subject of how the news of the
coming White House wedding shall be
made public in an authoritative and
convenient manner. Mr.. Tumulty is
now understood to be perfecting what
Is believed will be a suitable arrange
ment for this.
After the conference, a number Of
the women got together and discussed
tne possibility Of an organization
In the dissemination of accurate facts
and eliminate the possibility Of writing
Iumors and exaggerations in connec-
tion with the coming White House we'd
dlng and other events in society this
winter. which the women point out are
much more difficult to handle in a pro-
fessional sense than the actual truth
would be II 1t could be obtained with
tative sources.
Tax on Mrs. Gait Too Great.
The interest of the public in the
coming wedding is so great that the
woman writer's have frequently been
obliged from sense of duty. although
much against their desires, to call for
Information on Mrs. Gait, the Presi-
dents fiancee, so often that Mrs Gait
mas been obliged to deny herself to
many, and her telephone has been dis
connected. Countless details of trous-
seau and other wedding arrangements,
public. and some of the woman writ
ers believe that If they have an Or
ganization of their own. where they
can Exchange" news, as the men do
IN IN the press galleries of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, the
National Press Club and in the circle
or the White House Correspondents
Association. they will be better able to
serve those of whom they write, the
public and the papers for which they
The rooms of the Made in America"
League in the Munsey building have
been placed at the disposal Of the
woman writer's for the meeting to be
neid Monday morning, and a number Of
women have signif1ed their intention
to be present and take part in the dis
cussion of possibilities. Some of the
women believe that 1t would be a good
idea to have a little club of their own.
IN one or two rooms in downtown Of
nee building, centrally located, where
typewriters and telephones may be
used, and where possibly there might
De maid, In charge of a tea or lunch
con service.
one woman has suggested that per-
haps an arrangement could be made
for couple of rooms for a club of this
sort adjoining the quarters of the Ma
tlonal Press Club, on the top of the
Riggs building. and that possibly some
arrangement could be made with that
c!un 1or the serving of tea or lunch
In winter. when teas at fashionable
houses continue until Z o'clock in the
evening. and there is the necessity for
woman writer's for out-of-town pa
the telegraph operators. they fre-
quently miss dinner at home, rushing
from the fashionable houses uptown
TO their offices to write and get ma
terial on to the New York. Baltimore,
Washington has a large number of
well known woman writer's of social
and other events, many of whom have
been on duty here for years, with an
intimate knowledge of how things
were done in the Taft, Roosevelt and
Mckinley administrations.
Many papers Of the middle west and
of the south require social and feature
which women are best
fitted to furnish, and there has always
been great interest throughout the
country in the social life of the diplo-
matte corps. The wives of the diplo-
mats. as well as the members of the
corps, have always taken a great in
terest in the chronicles of society, with
the result that many friendships exist
between the diplomats and the woman
writer's. and some of the woman writer's
are talking of the possibility, in case
they form their proposed club. of hav-
ing wives of diplomats and other pub
lie men honorary members of the or