Evening star., 1922-10-08
PEN
BOARD TO MEET HERE
Will Assemble October 8, With
Mrs. Louis N. Geldert
Presiding.

The hrst meeting OF the national
executive board of the League of
American Pen Women will be held at
the national headquarters at Wash
ington on Monday, October 8. with
Mrs. Louis N. GeIdert. national presi-
dent. presiding. At this meeting the
policies and the new enterprises Of
the organization for the coming year
will be officially acted upon and news
Of the boards decisions regarding va
rious professional advantages for the
members will be sent throughout the
country. This organization. composed
Of the professional writing women OF
America, expanding now to great
numbers. becomes with each election
OF new members more and more rigid
in the requirements for membership.
are In the minds of the executive Of
fcers for enhancing to a marked de-
gree the value of this body. Serv1n &
as 1t now does as q medium between
the writing women OF tho country
and the editors and publishers OF the
country. the members throughout the
United States are eager to receive the
reports from this meeting.
stirs to Renewed Endeay0r.
dent Mrs. Geldert has stirred the en-
tire organization to renewed literary
endeavor, assisting and expecting
every member to reach a high stand
ard in style and in thought. The
organization. individually and COL
lectiyely, has become an exponent of
the best in American literature. Re
Gently Mrs. Geldert, author of over
twenty books. has been elected a
member of the Authors League OF
America. and more recently Still has
been appointed chairman of the de-
Federation of Womens Clubs. Mrs.
l.. A. Miller of Colorado, also a Pen
Woman, is chairman OF the entire de-
partment of literature for the General
Federation.
October II and IS Mrs. Geldert will
nessee Women's Press and Authors
Club at Chattanooga, making the trip
to welcome this body of one hundred
and fifty paid writing women as
branch of the, League of American
Pen Women. This remarkable state
organization, composed of many brill
liant woman authors. magazine con-
tributors and newspaper writer's and
editors. will affiliate with the national
organization and form automatically
a branch in 80 doing.
List of Autumn Authors.
The publishers lists of new books
for the autumn carry many Of
the names of members of the League
of American Pen Women. among
them: Certain People of Importance"
by Kathleen Norris; -Four Square,"
by Grace Richmond: 'One Man in His
Time" by Ellen Glasgow; star. an
Indian Pony" by Forrstine C.
Hooker: "a Guide to Men," by Helen
Rowland: The Cats Paw" by Natalie
Sumner Lincoln. Narratives IN
Verse" by Ruth Comfort Mitchsll;
The Valley of Content" Blanche
Upright; The Cry OF Vashti." Mrs
Spalding Evans. and Who's Who
Among the Women of California"
Josephine Martin Wilson. The ad-
vance notices for the spring issues
will carry many more.
In addition to the essentially liter
ary features included in the work of
the new administration. Mrs. Geldert
has launched during the last few
months e national loyalty cam
paign. in which every member
of the organization is called upon
to sustain and to defend Ameri-
can patriotic traditions and Ameri-
can ideals. To this end Mrs. Geldert
has instructed the presidents of every
branch of the organization to carry
on this work in their particular local.
ltieS with increasing vlgor.