The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24
TO gra m Oi 1 Thew riters
 Conclave

| Anc tentAtlNe program or Lne WrIterS gonclave which eonvenes in Florence on Monday, September 8, is very interest ing. Mrs. Katherine Leiser Robbins of Selma is chairman of the program I committee and has arranged the follow bing; ] Monday
 i, 9:00 a. m.-Registration.
 1:30 p. m.-Call6d to order by chair kman. Round table, lender, Mrs. H. W. Bostick. Subjects: Current Prob lems Confronting Alabama Writers;" E:sMarketing What We write;" What Influences an Editor in Buying Syndi- cate Features ]" Personality Plus Pub licity;" "Co1ordination and Co-opera- ton"
 4:3O D. m.-Drive over Tri-Cities.
 $500 p. m.-Dinner.
 s 200 D. m.--Mrs. Sharp presiding Music. Address of welcome, pr. Vii lingham. Response, Mrs. Val Taylor, l president A. F. W. 0. Address, ''Folk- lore" Miss Janet Simpson, Florence. Music, male quartette, southern melo- dies. Dialect group, Miss Martha Young, Greensborusw Pickaninny pick ups, Mrs ". A. Saffold, Montgomery.
 Tuesday
 800 a. m.--Mrs. Katherine Leiser Robbins, program chairman, presiding. Popular Requirements of the Short Story" Mrs. Harwell Smith, Mont gomery. Originality in the Short Story" Mrs. l.. A .0lin, Montgomery. fA plot will be given to be developed by Friday.) General discussion, led by Mrs. Ruby Lloyd Apsey, Birmingham. Reading of federation prize story (writ- ten by Mrs. Ethel King Barnett, Bes- semer). 1.-The Historical Story and Essay" Mrs. Katherine H. Chapman, Selma. '.The National Short Story Group" Mrs. J. B. Penny, Birmingham.
 F :3O--Lunch.
 2 :OO D. m.-Juvenile program, Mrs. Mary Inge Hoskins, presiding. Appeal of the ChiId's Story" Mrs. Theo Wade. Hints on Juvenile Writing" Mrs. Alice Alison Lide, Selma. Group of Original Children's Stories by Miss Maud Lindsay, Miss Margaret Thomas, Mrs. Jesse Wright, Mrs. Mant Hood.
 8 :OO D. m.-Mrs. 4ittie Owen Me David. presiding. Music, lullaby (words by Carolyn Elliot, music by Martha Lyman Shillito). Address, "Alabama Poets," Mrs. Francis Rnffin Durham. Mobile. Music, Mildred White Wallace. Reading of ten best poems submitted to federation. Original read ings by some of A1abama's poets.
 Wednesday
 a 100 a. m.-Newspaper session, Mrs. C S. Shawhan, Mobile, presiding. GBreaking Into Journalism" Mrs. Az nes Ware Bishop, Selma. The Fea- ture Article" Mrs. P. l.. Matthews, Montgomery. Special Articles" Mrs Jogephine Nixon Henley, Birmingham. Running Daily Newspaper, cn MT Charles Fell, Birmingham News. Cur, rent Literature on the Continent Mrs. Susan Kirkman Vaughan, dean or college, Florence.
 . .o0 n. m-Nfrs. Paul Smith, pre-. s;5;nv TaIk on verse, Mrs. J. N. Cor nelius, Birmingham The bea9tles Inf Homely Gardens" Mrs. Arlie Bar her Birminghaln. College, an ln- sniration for Poetry" Miss Gwen brls, +aw. Sela. '.Some Helpful Personal Experiences,v four minute talks, Experiences,' -four minute talks) by Mrs. Alice Harrington, Mrs. Herbert ward. Mrs Emma Reid Ryall, Mrs. R R' Tarpley. Miss NAfae T. Holder, Miss Dorothy Speake,- Miss Alma Kit tenberry. Ass -sas- NAM.
 100 D. m-Dinner. sl0 n. m.-Afrs. Thad Watts, presid- inr. Music, religious choral. Relig- erous Literature" Dr. Frank Wliils Barnett. "Pageanty and CommunIs,y, Music. Factors in Civic Development Mrs. w. J. Adams, Birmingham. Ere santation of religious pageant wrltreh bv- Mrs Frank M. Jones, Birmingham.
 Thursday =,
 Helen Keller Day. Visit to Muscle Shoals. Lunch. Afternoon program rI.,I~ ofg gNonnaSqnn XAl- lev club house. Miss Maud Lindsay, presiding. Owen. presiding. Address, Prof. Fer dinand L. Dunkley, Birmingham. Mu- sic. Drama and the theatre. Original readings. Presentation of one-act play
 Friday
 BOO a.. .m.-Mrs. Craig, Selma, pre- siding, (Discussion of plots evolved from Tuesdays assignmentl. Gather ing Material for the Novel;" Mrs. Mary Tarvor Carroll, Ozark. 'sThe Novel as a Reflector of Present-day Life, Miss Nimo Greene. "Alabama's History An Inspiration for Future Romance, Miss Minnie Foster. What the Schools Want fin Regard to Hays Miss Allie Rymer' Troy. gEhe Moving Pictures Greatest Need," Mrs. L. D. McS,olIum. Bessemer. Four minute talks by Mrs. W. c. Courik, Mrs. w. M. WoodalL, Mrs. Teresa O'Malley Hutchinson, Mrs, Chapelle Cory' Mrs. E. B. Carpenter.
 200 D. m.-Business meeting con ducted by chairman, Election of off cers. Reports of committees. Pre- sentation of League of American Pen women,
 zoo p. m.-Banquet, Dr. Willing. ham presiding. Toasts, Summing up of past year, Mrs. Charles J. Sharp. To the future, new chairman. "Auld Lang Syne," everybody. Concert. Leave for home Saturday morning, September Is. naHH TIP nnIln