The Washington herald., 1921-04-15
PEN LEAGUE BOOK
FAIR OPENS WITH
WEALTH OF COLOR
Willard Hotel Scene of
Alluring Action.
Ball Tonight.

The Authors Book Fair. held In
conjunction with the first national
convention of the League Of Ameri-
can Pen Women, opened yesterday
afternoon amid q blaze of color in
the large ballroom Of the New Will
lard Hotel.
Ushered into fairyland of
flowers. gay streamers. colored bal
looms and gorgeously decorated
booths in which the States Of the
Union Wed with one another in the
display OF their cultural wealth,
. hundred of delegates and other Wis
itors thronged the ballroom all
afternoon lost in wonder at the
endless variety of objects OF utility
and beauty displayed by the pro-
fessional women OF America.
The Book Fair was ofncially
opened by Miss Alice Robertson,
Congresswoman from Oklahoma.
who was introduced to the au-
dience, which numbered many Of
the most brilliant women writers
of America, by Mrs. William Ather-
ton Du Puy. national president OF
the League OF American Penwomen.
Dennea Alms.
Miss Robertson spoke informally
and briefly. dwelling upon the re-
sponsibility which lay before the
writing women of the nation to
elevate their readers by infusing
wholesome ideas into their works.
She urged active participation in
politics by professional women.
khether they favored suffrage or
not.
Ball Tonight.
The Book Fair marks the open
1nK Of the four-day session of the
Pen Women. 1t will continue this
Aftsrnoon and will be followed by
fhe authors carnival costume ball
Tonight at 10 o'clock.
Following Miss Robertson's short
falk. the gaily decorated ballroom.
transformed into a cultural map Of
fhe United States. in which each
booth. with its exhibits of art and
literature represented one of the
states. was turned over to visitors
and delegates.
Famous Are Present
Writers and illustrators of ma
tional repute were present and au-
fographed copies Of their works
Flower girls in dainty costumes
moyed about among the visitors
selhng roses, while girls bearing
large yellow and black Western
sDnion" cards sold The Pen wom-
an the organ of the society, which
during the convention has been
supplemented by a creation of the
New York auxiliary. The owlet."
! The California booth was dec
prated with poppies which had been
sent on ice by sirplane from San
Francisco: Louisiana had sent a
Preole exhibit. and other States had
sent representative artistic literary
fhd musical exhibits
Many Fine booths.
in addition to the booths of the
states were seemingly endless "a
Ilety OF booths contributed by pub-
tlsners and private individuals. A
lew OF these were as follows: The
magazine Booth with copies OF cur
rent magazines on display contain
1hg articles by members of the
League OF American Penwomen: the
MUSIC Booth prepared by MaGame
susanne Oldberg: Mrs. Daniel Chase.
autographed music and pictures Of
famous singers; Miniature Booth, by
rranklin Barber Clark, of London
hnd washington; Camouflage Booth
with Douglas Grant and boys cf tn.
camounage section, with exhibit
from Biltmore Hotel, New York. cos
tune sketches. Mss EInore Dewit,
Eby. and sketches of prominent
I" s"ashingtonians as they will anpesr
tonight at the Authors Costume
CarniVal Ball; Doll exhibit. by Ms
Helen S. Wright. Madame Curie
Booth. by Mrs. Josephine Arnold
Rlch for which Mrs. Vernon KelI,Sy
FURNISHED most n the exhibit nd
Mrs William Brown MeIoney, editor
OF the Delineator who has gons to
Europe for Madame Curie, furnish
ing autograph copies of the Delinea-
tor with story or Madame Curie.
: T.. Play Opening Feature,
: colorful feature of the after
noon was the presentation of Mrs.
Larz Anderson's one-act play Every
Boy directed by Miss Helen Gibbs.
ana made up of cast of Washing
IONS gifted younger set Every
Boy" was followed by a dainty
little minute dance given by the
children of the American Reyolu-
N-At OoPANOl cOClClIp direction OF
Mrs. Clayton English, including
Elizabeth Sawtell. Margaret Duvall,
catherine Hill. Marion Fulton.
Elizabeth Caldwell. Virginia Trauty,
Frances Russell, Janice Burroughs.
The children's dance was followed
by a Woodland Party" in which
the youngsters took the part of
characters in favorite Juvenile
books The cast included: Margaret
Callahan. Margaret German, Cath
crime Tyler. Florence Anna Cham
bers, Ernest Chambers, Anna Mitch
Ell
The Five Little Pepers" included
IN the cast. Mrs. Edmund Symonds,
Eugene HawIey, MiIIicent Wood.
Edmund Pendleton Symonds, Sarah
Mitchell LaPevre.
. The Rose in Bloom cast had
Ruth Coleman and appearing IN
tom Sawyer" were Charles Fran
sis lsmborn- Franklin Moore.
Dickens Pageant.
.nickehs' characters from the IL
hIstrations by Jessie Wilcox smith
were presented by Miss Elizabeth
Edna Marshall. Friends School,
with the following: Msude Mar
Shall Mason. George Elmer Judd.
Frank S. Hight. jr.. Marbara Nc
Fadden, Nan Alwilds Surface, Rich
ard Prentiss Taylor, William c.
Asserson, jr.
I The Pipes of Clovis cast had
Thrssa Plyes, Theodore Tiller, Jac-
Aneline Du Puy. Ernest Chamers
and David Nixon.
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