The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-08
SOCI T. EY
Many Writers of Note
In Writer'S Club of
Birmingham

"Afloat in boat in a Sea of ink
with only a pen for an oar"
VINO doesn't recognize this as the
musical little insignia couplet of the
Writer'S club of Birmingham, an
terest in writing, and. bluntly speak
ing to "sell the stuff"
AT a recent meeting of the club,
every member present except one re-
ported work sold. Some of these
were charter members; others had
been taken in since the organization.
Miss Teresa Mae Holder announced
the sale of stories to the American
Magazine and to Nature Magazine.
Mrs. Bessie Webb Jaynes told of
sales CT music, poems, and notices
TO many local. and distant firms
Mrs. j. N. Cornelius reported the sale
of articles to Good Housekeeping
and Motion Picture Classic. and also
story to the Junior League. Mrs.
Cornelius had sold an article to DR..
short story writing. Mrs. Jessie
Wright had been successful in hav-
ing poems accepted by the American
Poetry Magazine. Mrs. Foster had
made sale to the Writer'S Digest,
ard Mrs. Leake, to the Grand Rapids
two articles sold to the Progressive
Among the present members Of the
Club are many who were charter
members, and have attained quite an
enviable success in the literary
world.
Mrs. j. B. Reid has been con-
tributor to various newspapers, and
is the only woman in the club that
is member of the Pen Woman's
club of America. Mrs. Hickman and
Mrs. Richard F. johnson have made
a success as feature writer's. Miss
Alma Rittenbe Try has had lad STORIES tories
Companion and the larger New York
papers, besides selling poems,
stories, and historical articles to
various other papers and magazines
throughout the United States. Miss
Myrtle Miles is now connected with
rats paper in Cincinnati and has
become one of the most successful
newspaper women reared in the
south. AS a feature story writer,
Miss Maye Teresa Holder has be-
come one of the most successful in
the club. her articles appearing IN
the Woman's Home Companion and
the American Magazine. Mrs. Lee
Moody and Mrs. Sumter Bethea
have had the honor of getting into
the Curtis publications.
Mrs. o'Neal recently had a beau
t,ful article on trip to Mt. Vernon
entitled "A Day In June published
in the Southern Womans Magazine.
Mrs. Bostck has made success
of historical articles. one on Horse
shoe Bend having brought her es-
pecial prominence. Mrs. Hoods spe-
eialty is children's stories.
Mrs. Cornelius has sold so many
of her poems. that she reserves hon
cradle mention more than once when
one recalls how many people who
rave been writer's of poetry have
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also been very successmul in selling
Poetry. Her last poem was accepted
by a Mexican Journal. Miss Minnie
Foster is also a successful poet.
Mrs. j. A. Rountree Is compiling
book of poems that will be published
in the fall. Mrs. Gilmore is the au-
thor of an interesting book. Mrs.
Chappell Cory has won success as
feature story writer, and Mrs. A. j.
Dickinsons work as editor of the
Welfare Page OF the Birmingham
News is known widely. Mrs. McDavid
has had her work received in the
leading newspapers of the south for
many years. Her last contribution
son Miss Davis. giving illustrations
of her home in Tennessee and her
works, was recently published IN the
New Orleans Times Democrat. Mrs.
Alex CARRIER has the credit of get
ting me largest check of any mem
Der of the club, having received $500
for a prize article in health maya
zine. with the request to write
shorter one, for which she received
$50.
Miss Alma Rittenberry also has
the added distinction of having had
poem of hers once printed in The
Age Herald, 1.-The Old Rail Fence
copied into scrap book of more
than thousand selected poems. Her
poem was the only one from an
Alabama author.
Members who have made a success
in newspaper work are Mrs. Markell,
now editor of the social page OF the
Birmingham- News, Mrs. H. Scudder
Ryan, Miss Lucy Williams. and Mrs.
Roberta Harris Wynn. Mrs. j. D.
Elliott, well known local writer,
was once connected with The Age
Herald.
The "reminiscences of Mrs. john z.
Henley, written after her trip
around the world. and compiled by
her sons after her death. is brill
ant and entertaining work.
1t is the plan of the club to take
up course in the study of the short
&c etry during the coming year. me
meetings will continue to be held
on the first and third Tuesday of
each month, as heretofore.
At recent meeting. new officers
for the coming. year We're elected as
Cory. vice president, Mrs. H. w.
Bostick: recording secretary, Mrs
Mable Ford Leake; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Bessie Webb Jaynes;
treasurer, Mrs. Buell. Hickman;
critic, Miss Alma Rittenberry.
The present members are: Mrs. e.
p. Beddow, Mrs. Sumter Bethea, Mrs.
J. D. Elliot. Mrs. Alex CARRIER, Miss
May Teresa Holder. Mrs. ]. B. Reid.
Miss Alma Rittenberry. Mrs. s. G.
Gilmore. Mrs. A. j. Dickinson. Mrs.
w. d. Tynes, Mrs. NJ. B. Leake, Mrs.
j. N. Cornelius, Mrs. Lee Moody, Mrs.
Chappell Cory, Miss Minnie Foster.
Mrs. F. B. Hickman, Mrs. Ned Nc
David Mrs. J. E. Penny, Mrs. Bessie
Webb Jaynes. Mrs. ]. A. Rountree,
Mrs. Jesse Wright. Mrs. H. W. Bos-
tick and Mrs. Mant Hood.
Among the members of the club
who have published books are
Mrs. ]. e. Penny, whose book. "A
Woman's Problem" was published
both in Canada and America; Mrs.
C. p. Beddow, who wrote 1.-THE Ora
Gle of Moccasin Bend" the scenes of
which are laid in Tennessee, and a
number of other-poems; Mrs. John
c. Henley, who wrote "a Trip
Around the World" Mrs. Chappell
Cory, who wrote and compiled "A
Memoir of the u. D. C.'s Of Mont
gomery:" Mrs. Mittie Owen -McDavid