Evening star., 1925-04-12
Authors Breakfast
An Attractive Event
Of the Early Future
Many R Reservat tions An
nounced for Pen Women s
: Inauguration of Authors
Congress, April IS.

The authors breakfast, which opens
the Authors Congress of the League
of American Pen Women on April
% at 1890 O'Clock at the Mayhower,
is attracting a large contingent of
distinguished people. Among the re-
cent additions to the list of those
making reservations announced by
Mrs. Eli Helmick, chairman of the
seating arrangements, are Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Chandler Christy, Mrs.
Frederick Dent Grant, w. o. Hart of
New Orleans, Mrs. Helen Rowland,
Mrs. Ida Bailey Allen, Mrs. Rheta
Childs Dorr. Mrs. Jack Wilbur. Mrs.
Ida Vera Simonton, Mrs. ]. c. Linth-
icum, Miss Luise Sillcox. secretary of
the Authors League: Mrs. Sarah Sum-
mer, Washington State; Mrs. Grace
Porter Hopkins, Mrs. George Thorpe
and three guests, Mrs. George A.
Kicker, Mrs. A. r. Clark, Mrs. Frank +.
Greenewalt, Mrs. Sarah w. Howe, Mrs.
r. j. Perkins, Mrs. Ida w. Jacobson.
Mrs. f. w. Davidson, Mrs. Forrestine c.
Hooker. Mrs. William D. West, Mrs.
Vera Brady Shipman, Mrs. Frank w.
Pyle, Mrs. Dorothy Cogswell, Mrs.
Marian Leland, Mrs Foiger. Mrs.
Hawkes.. Mrs. Newton. Mrs. Sears, Mrs.
Delos Blodgett, Mrs. ]. c. II. Lee. Mrs.
G. w. Thomas, Mrs. Claude c. Watts.
Mrs. George NJ. Hostettler, Mrs. S.
Adele Ragan Randall, Mrs. Gerald
Ward Brooks, Mrs. Shankland, Mrs.
j. Edison Briggs. Mrs. f. c. Brinley.
Mrs. Augustus Knight, Mrs. Morris
MARROW. Mrs. Ralph Polk, Mrs. Nc
Neil, Mrs. Catherine B. knight, Mrs.
John A. Shirley. Miss Mabel Stuard,
Miss Phoebe Cole, Miss Bertha r.
Wolfe, Miss NJ. f. Wagenhurst, Miss
A. E Dinslow, Miss Virginia Camp
bell, Miss Cornelia Hill, Miss Clo-
thilde Redfern, Mrs. Barnes and
Arch bishop Hanna.
This breakfast bids fair to outstrip
all previous ones in the attendance.
The chairman of arrangements. Mrs.
Luther Z. Gregory, has planned ac-
commodations for 500, each table con-
tanning 10 places. Half of these al
ready have been engaged.
Mrs. Clarence NJ. Busch, first ma
tional vice president OF the league,
who has just returned from her Win
ter's sojourn in Miami, Fla, has
opened her house, 30l2 Massachusetts
avenue, where she will entertain the
visiting celebrities at tea Sun
day afternoon. April rs, at o'clock.
Mrs. Busch will devote especial at
tention to the social features of the
DTedhIdSt ana Will nea0 It's reception
committee.
Mrs. Elise Mulliken, director of mu
sical features of the congress. prom
ises a notable program under the
arrangement of Phyllis Fergus, for
the breakfast. and states that great
enthusiasm is being manifested to-
ward the concerts to be given by the
composer group at Memorial CONT
mental Hall the evenings of April
29-30, under the auspices of the
League of American Pen Women.
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe, two of Wash
ingtons leading woman composers,
whose work stands very high in mu-
steal circles, Will be represented on
the program. The following ladies
are patrons: Mrs. William H. Taft
Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. F. w. Mon
dell, Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Mrs. AL
fred Pembroke Thorn. Mrs. Armistead
Peter, Sd; Mrs. Duncan Phillips. Mrs.
Christian Heurich, Mrs. Henry T. AL
len. Mrs. J. \. Beck. Mrs. E. A. Har-
riman, Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, Mrs.
Edouard Albion and Mrs. ]. A. L. van
den Bosch.