The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
MRS. HARDING TO SPONSOR
PEN wOMEN's BENEFIT.

I
Mrs. Harding will head the group
of patrons who have consented to
sponsor the annual benefit of the
League of American Pen Women
This benefit. which is given 20 aid
| the young worker to find n field
professionally. takes the form o. a
Book Fair and Authors Carnival
Costume Ball This year It will
be combined with the first national
convention ever held by :he Per
Women and will be given 1T the
New Willard Hotel from the 18th
to the 18th of April. inclusive.
Members from all parts OF the
country are coming to the conven.
ton, which opens on April Is, and
eliminates in the spectacular Car
nival Costume Ball the evening OF
April Is.
Special programs will supplement
| the Book Fair. which has many
surprises in store for the public
Besides pageantry. music. authors
readings. one OF the leading attrac-
tions for one of the afternoon per-
formances will be Mrs. Larz Andcr-
sons play. Every Boy" which re-
ceived so much acclaim upon Its
appearance in Boston. Costumes
settings and music which enriched
the Boston production will be
brought to Washington for its pres
entation here. which will be made
under the direction of Helen Hay
den Gibbs and her interpretatjve
dancers.
Mrs. Henry Wilder Keys is chair
man of the committee on patrons
In addition to the wife Of the
President. others who will be pa
irons and patronesses are: Vice
President and Mrs. Coolidge; the
| Spanish Ambassador and Nine. de
Riano: the Russian Ambassador and
Nine. Bakhmeteff: the Chilean Am
bassador and Sonora Matthew; the
Argentine Ambassador and Nine. LIE
Breton; the Peruvian Ambassador
and Nine. de Pezet; the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Hughes: the Min
lister of the Serbs. Croats and Slo-
venes and Nine. Grouitch: the Po-
\ lish Minister and Princess Lubo.
mirska; the Swiss Minister and
Nine. Peter; the Rumanian Minis.
| ter and Princess Bibesco: Justice
Reynolds, Justice and Mrs. Bran.
deis: the Secretary of War and Mrs
Weeks: the Attorney General and
| Mrs. Daugherty; the Secretary OF
| the Navy and Mrs. DENLY; the Sec
retary of Agriculture and Mrs Wal
lace; the Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. Davis; Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge; Senator. and Mrs. Pomerene
I Senator and Mrs. Sheppard. Sen
| ator Hale. Senator and Mrs. Ken.
| drick. Senator and Mrs. Lenroot,
Senator and Mrs. Harris, Senator and
| Mrs. Stanley. Representative and
Mrs. Gillett, Representative and Mrs
Towner, Representative and Mrs
Britten, Representative and Mrs
Hicks. Representative and Mrs. Kel-
ly, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert lansing
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. Hamlin
Mrs. Eugene Hale. Mrs. Stephen B
Elkins. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. Mrs
Marshall Field. Mr.. and Mrs. Gist
Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Kellogg,
Mrs. Charles sBoughton Wood, Mrs
Frank S. Hight. Mr.. and Mrs. Ru-
dolph Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs. VIC
tor Kaufman. the Rev. DIR. and
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, and Mrs
Walter Tuckerman.
Former Senator Thomas p. Gore
Will preside at the musical hour to
be given tomorrow afternoon at 4:l5
by the National Press Club. An ex-
cellent musical program has been
arranged. The artists will be: Mrs
Marie Deal. soprano; Miss Delphine
Desio. cellist: Miss Helen Belt, vio-
linist; II. r. w. Miles, pianist, and
MISS Marie Belt. accompanist.
Mrs. John Allan Daugherty will
entertain at luncheon today at the
Shoreham Hotel.
/ Mrs. A. H. Mckay came up from
her home in Seitsviile, Va, today to
spend Easter in town, and Is at the
IShoreham. e