Evening star., 1924-07-13

| will bring out when Geronimo Rode"
| among their books in the spring.
| Two Of her books have been pub
| lished in London by Mills & Boon; as
| Tombs. A. l.. Burt of New York has
published a reprint of THE Long,
| Dim Trail"
Miss Rebecca Dial, state vice presi-
and daughter Of Senator Dial. is one
of the leagues most promising young
playwriters. She has won two prizes
| for plays under the yearly contests
and one prize in the New Orleans con-
test. Her play, ''Undertow." which
won this years South Carolina prize,
was produced three times at the
June and was favorably received. In
addition. to her writing. Miss Dial has
been chairman of drama for the Dis
trict branch of the Pen Women's
The Woman on the Farm" by
Mary Meek Atkeson. Phi. D., vice
president of the National League of
| American Pen Women for West Vir-
ginia. will appear in the autumn list
of books published by the Century
| Publishing Company. DR.. Atkeson is
| the author of several one-act plays.
and is a regular contributor to some
Her latest work is awaited with in
| terest.
Prince Georges County League Of
Women vOter~.-Mrs. Harry J. Pat
Georges County League OF Women
tuesday. Dr.. F. B. Bomberger Of
the University of Maryland gave the
address Of the, afternoon on THE
Mrs. Edgar Brown of Lanham,
chairman of the educational depart
ment, announced a course in citizen
ship arranged for the women Of the
| land The course will consist of a
series of lectures in the early fall at
the university.
and Mrs. G. p. Bickford of Berwyn
will hold the Joint Craftsmanship of a
committee which has launched
| campaign for 100 per cent registra
tion among organized women In the
on the visit of a delegation of women
to the commissioners of the county
! protesting against the issuance of
| licenses for boxing bouts in the Ber-
wyn and Kenilworth arenas. The
league is opposed to the continuance
| of this form of sport in the county
| League meetings will be resumed
in October with the annual meeting
scheduled for February.
Business women's CounciI.-A mu-
sical program by the Y. NJ. c. A.
| Orchestra was a feature of a recent
meeting of the council. The orches-
ira was assisted by Miss Fanny Buck.
gram included the following num-
bers: State Militia March; One
Thousand and One Nights" waltz;
Love Songs Of Olden Days; The
| Thunderer'; silver Bells Overture:
songs by Miss Buck, accompanied by
the orchestra. III Bacio," "Marcheta,'
Loves Old Sweet Song" and Car
| mena."
Dr. Isaac Ward of the Fourth Pres
byterian Church, has been speaking
each week for some months during
the devotional hour He has just
sfmReea pek e chr ssTss of 45ese sP 5hs
have been we'll attended. DR.. Ward
will resume his lectures in the fall
The leaders for the devotional period.
e:45 to 7:15 o'clock, are supplied by
| which MISS Lulu Harris is chairman.
Other speakers will be provided while
DR.. Ward is absent during July and
| August.
| work committee is a meeting at the
tuberculosis Hospital the first Sun
day of each month. After the meet
ing each patient is visited with
| words of good cheer and encourage
ment. Hard candies are distributed
| and during the year several enter
| tainments and ice cream treats are
provided. This part of the work is
financed by a sale of calendars at
Christmas time. The many touching
| experiences the committee has had
| in it's contact with this hospital have
made the work very dear to the
| members.
On the second Sunday afternoon of
| every month the same committee
conducts a meeting at the house of
detention. Literature which will be
L
people detained there is also dis
| tributed.
Last April the religious work COM
| mttee. in cooperation with other
committees of the council. gave pa