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chairman of the reception commit
tee for this group.
Convention Sessions will
Be Held at ShoreIlam Hotel.
All regular convention sessions
the first of which is to be held on
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
Will be held at the Shoreham, with
the annual ball taking place at
Wardman Park Hotel and the au-
thors breakfast In the Hall OF Ma
tons of the Washington.
On wednesday evening there will
be a musicale in the lounge of the
Shoreham made notable by the
presence of the five foremost women
composers of this country: Mrs. H.
III. A. Beach, Harriet Ware, Gena
Branfcombe. Ethel Glenn HER and
Mary Turner Salter. The artists
interpreting the compositions of
these composers will be-. Gretchen
Hood, dramatic soprano; Mrs. Flora
McGill Keefer, contralto: Warren
l.. Terry, tenor; Lucien March, bari
tone; Miss MarjoIy M. Fisher, vic,
lirisf, and Richard Lorlberg. cellist.
Mrs. Dorothy De Muth Watson,
chairman of the music section Of
the league, is In charge.
Thursday will be devoted to the
convention session, until 4:30 o'clock,
when reception will tie given at
the home OF Mrs. John Mock, 1851
Connecticut avenue. At 8 o'clock
that evening the authors costume
carnival ball will be given at Ward
man Park Hotel, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. William Atherton Du
Puy and Mrs. Macpherson Crichton.
who have planned many surprises
Mrs. Theodore Tiller Is chairman Of
arrangements; Miss Claudia Read,
chairman of the young ladies' com.
mittee; William Bowie Clark, chair
man of the mems committee. Guests
will be in costume as usual, though
this is not obligatory:
On Friday evening Mrs. Luther
f. Gregory, wife Of Rear Admiral
Gregory, will give a reception In
honor of the composers group, anc
the District chapter will keep opeh
house for all members of the or.
ganization and all writer's attending
any Of the groups, through the in
vitation Of Mrs. Harriet Hawley
Locher, local president.
Notable Speakers Chosen
For Authors Breakfast.
At the authors breakfast the
speakers are to be: Gertrude Ather-
ton, taking as her subject IRE.
juvenatioR;;" Fannie Hurst, who is
holding secret her topic; Anna Kath.
arine Greene Kohlfs, dean of Amerl.
can women novelists; Lizette Wood.
worth Reese, Americas greatest
woman sonneteer; Mabel Walker
Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney
General Of the United States: Secre-
tary Curtis D Wilbur, Secretary
Henry c. Wallace. who will take
for his subject, 1.-THE Value of the
Educational Film" Special care has
been given to the music for the
breakfast. Mrs. H. H. A. Reach
will be at the piano. as America S
great woman composer; Miss Crotch
en- Hood, dramatic soprano, will be
the soloist. Miss Katharine Riggs,
Washington's lovely harpist, will
play through the breakfast.
Election of national officers Will
take place at 5 o'clock Saturday
afternoon in the ballroom of the
Shoreham Hotel, when Mrs. Geldert
will retire after two years brilliant
work as the head of this body of
writing women.
At 8 o'clock that evening rc-
ception will be given at the Arts
Club in honor of the newly-e!ected
president. with a program Of great
interest prepared.
The local clubhouse will be open
throughout :he entire period, with
daily book reviews of members from
other cities. held under the man
agement of Mrs. H. S. Milliken.
The convention chairmen include
Mrs. William Wolff Smith, chair
man of the conventions; Mrs. Mar
cissa Taloe Shawhan, parliament
tartan; Miss Eliza Pope Van Dyne,
director of publicity; Mrs. ]. E.
| Cunningham, chairman of bylaws
Mrs. Aaron d. Newman, chairman
of the tentative nominating cormi..
! tee; Mrs. Harriet Hawley L0cher.
chairman of the social COMMITTEES
| Mrs. Macpherson Crichton, chairman
of printing; Miss Marie c. Redrern.
! chairman of housing; Mrs. Wioiun
Wolff Smith, chairman of rrsol1'
! tons; Mrs. Anna Sanborn Hamilton
and Mrs. Cunningham, chairman Of
registration.
| The Midshipman's Easter Hop
will be held tonight at the City
Club from $50 to 8 or later. Music
will be furnished by the Sangamo
Band, with Dick Liebert and Emory
Daugherty. Special features will
be furnished by Larry Brown
tenor and Gypsy Rahmouje, who
is at present with the Madame
Cherry" show now in New York
AM&
Mr.. and Mrs. SyIvanus Stokes, jr.
have returned to their Washington
home after spending several weeks
abroad.
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MISS NAE AI.ENE POLLARD
WEEDS WALTER s. GRAHAM.
Miss Mae Alene Pollard, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kahlert
was married last evening to Walter
Scott Graham, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Albert Graham, the ceremony talk
ing place at o'clock in Calvary
Methodist Episcopal Church. This
Rev. DR.. James Shera Montgomery
officiated
The bride. who was given in
marriage by Mr.. Kahlert, had as
her matron Of honor her sister in.