The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

that once, for both in her beauti-
full house on Sixteenth street and
at her country place in New Jer-
sey she keeps open house" with q
cordiality and a charm that are de-
lightful.
Although her home and her three
children, to whom she is devoted.
are her greatest interests, she Is
the very capable vice president of
the Woman's State Republican
Committee in New Jersey, and in
that capacity did active and valu-
able work there last fall. She is
an intimate friend of Mrs. Hard
ing. with whom she went to
Panama in November, and through
her the pleasant relations existing
between the Congressional Club and
the White House will be made
closer and pleasanter still
The club is shortly to hold a re-
ception in honor OF Mrs Harding,
in which Mrs Frelinghuysen is of
course taking a special interest
Say, the Lock Tavern Club at
Great Falls will open on April Is.
That makes one realize spring is
here, doesn't it?
PENwOMEN PLANNING
IMPOSING CARNIVAL.
What are the penwomen going
to have at their Authors Carnival
Ball and Book Fair. to be held at the
New willard Hotel, April IL and Is?
one Is asked from every side as tan
talking stories creep out of the
notables coming to Washington for
that occasion; of the States prepar-
ing booths and exhibits of literature,
music and art in a grand national
competition; of the costume carnival
ball that winds up the affair on the
night of the 18th, with every circle
of Washington society uniting in
creating a fictitious and greatly
loved world, populated entirely by
those charming men and women we
all know and who will gather to-
gether on that night from all coun-
tries and from all times; from liter
ature, history, opera, art, in a frolic
such as Washington knows but once
q year, and that when the writing
fraternity of America relaxes to
play.
ASK US something easy" says
Mrs william Atherton Du Puy, ma
ional president of the league and
general director of the convention,
authors carnival ball and book fair,
ASK rs what we are not going to
have" But since they are seemingly
going to have everything, We win
take the available tentative pro-
gram for this local,-national, ire
sistible event.
The Book Fair opens at $3.50 on
the afternon of the 14th, and will be
on the same order as the old county
fair, save for the fact that instead
OF the pigs and preserves of the
people who live Whereabouts" beife
shown, the brainy wares of the PEN
women and their co-workers, men
and women, Of the nation, win be
displayed and the workers with
them.
The authors ana publishers COM
mittee. Of which Mrs. Grace Geldert
Is chairman; Mrs. Larz Anderson.
vice chairman; Mrs. w. H. Moses.
secretary, is in receipt of letters
from the country's most popular
authors accepting the leagues in
vitation to be in Washington at
that time to autograph in person his
or her best seller-while you wait.
Composers are sending autograph
ed copies Of their works to be sold.
many coming on to take a like part
In this benefit for the young talent
Of the nation. Editors even are,
entering the field, and many of the
leading publications, The Bookman,
Pictorial Review, Hearst's Good
Housekeeping, The DeIineator, Ia
France. the Brooklyn Eagle are
sending on their editors to auto
graph current copies of their maga-
zines at the magazine booth. or rep
resentatfves to write stories for
their publications regarding this
first national convention of writ.
ing women ever held in America.