Evening star., 1920-04-04

plans for the authors carnival ball
and book fair, to be given on April
Ia at the home of Mrs. Francis Berger
Moran, 2315 Massachusetts avenue, so
many responses have been made from
the talent of Washington that the af-
fair could well be entitled "Washing-
. toniana"
! The league being a national organi
zation. with auxiliaries in many states
i and representatives in every state in
the country, with headquarters in
+! Washington. is drawing much outside
! talent to the city for that occasion
, so instea1 of it being wholly a local
! affair it will really be a contest be-
tween who is to receive the greatest
honors. those coming to Washington
to appear or our own home aSpirants
From the time the guests enter the
door of Mrs. Moran's beautiful resi-
| dence they will be in an atmosphere
literary. The large reception room
with it's many priceless pieces of art
! brought from abroad. will be turned
into Japanese garden, to be entitled
| 'The Spell of Japan from the book
; by that name of our own Isabel An
derson-Mrs. Larz Anderson. wife Of
the former ambassador to Japan. It
was while residing in Japan that Mrs
Anderson, who is a member of the
League Of American Penwomen and
one Of it's strongest supporters in it's
Washington, wrote this exquisite
story Of the flowery kingdom. The
| ladies' dressing room Is to be. turned
into a bower of beauty by leading
specialist in that line. and is to have
the appropriate title of VANITY Fair"
The mems smoking room on this floor
is to be Persian in atmosphere and
decoration. an Omar Khayyam ROOM
with "a loaf of bread, a jug of wine
and thou the jug of wine, alas, being
merely cup of coffee, owing to
vast change having taken place since
Omar sang in the wilderness. but
thou" will be there. pretty young
ladies in Persian costume. who will
serve the coffee. which will. by the
way. be very delicious. being made in
the true oriental style.
On this floor also will be the lunch
con room, the Carcasonne, under the
management Of Miss Virginia Berry
The name Carcassonne is taken from
one OF the stories in "A Dreamers
Tales" by Lord Dunsany. and is
story Of the beautiful. mythical city of
happiness. which all seek and so few
find. Lord Dunsany came to Wash
ington last fall, and, although here
only one. day. he took the time to
visit the Carcassonne in Georgetown.
He congratulated Miss Berry upon her
naturalization in SO beautiful a man
ner his mental conception. and left his
signature on the wall, just over the
fireplace, as a memento of his visit.
At the book fair the basement kitchen
will be turned into an old French
room of the medieval period. with an
old bar, with pretty barmaidS and
French mattresses in costume of that
early French period, thus carrying
out the atmosphere of the fanciful and
imaginative story of the Carcasonne.
John w. Luce & Co. of Boston. pub
fishers Of "A Dreamer's Tales" are
So vii al adi 0f bo
single story of the Carcassonne to be
sold at the book fair.
Then up the winding stairway the
guests reach the ballroom floor. Here
author. musician and artist will vie
with each other in giving entertain
ment. In the music room a contin-
uous program of music will be given
from the time the affair opens at IL
o'clock untf1 it closes at 6-inter-
spersed with authors readings and
tableaux. The large dining room will
be turned over to the sale of auto
graphed books. illustrations. original
manuscripts, songs and photographs.
The list Of books is headed by one of
Mr.. Wilson's books, and among the
autographed photographs to be sold
is one each of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson;
also one of Mr.. Marshall. Mr.. and Mrs.
Taft, and an interesting one of Pre-
mier Lloyd George of England.
Special exhibits in this room are to
be under Mrs. keyeS, WlIe OF Sena-
tor Henry w. Keyes of New Hamp-
SHIRE who will have an exhibit and
sale of the works of official Washing
ton; Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe, who
will present the works of the Daugh-
ters Of the Revolution: Mrs. Theodore
Tiller, who is collecting the works
Of the members of the Press Club,
Mrs. Florence jackson Stoddard. who
will exhibit books of the romance
languages: Mrs. George Combs. who
will present her own collection of
Madonnas, which is considered by au-.
thorities to be one of the largest in
the United States. There will be many
others, among them one given by
Mrs Rachael Tongate Beck. widow of
Gen. William H. Beck. Mrs. Beck is
a past president of the league and it's
Oldest writer, who is still producing
Mrs. Beck has written for fifty years,
and is now engaged in writing her
memoirs of this eventful period In
worlds history. Art, literature and
music among the American Indians
will also be represented. Mrs. Ger
trude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa), Sioux
Indian from Yankton. s. D.. will
present her own book. ''Old Indian