The Washington times., 1925-04-25

PEN WOMEN TO
CELEBRATE
FESTIVAL
Give Authors Breakfast
Featured by Noted
Guests

The Authors Breakfast. which
has grown to be the outstanding
feature Of the annual convention
of the National League OF Amer
lean Pen Women, was held today
at the Mayflower Hotel. MRS:
Harry Atwood Colman. national
president. made an address or wei
come to the hundreds of delegates
that have assembled for the con-
vention from all parts of the coun.
trv and to the large number OF
on-members, who came TO look anu
listen.
The remainder of the program,
which followed the breakfast. In
cIuded a brief and witty talk by
George Barr Baker. editor ana
{ Hartman OF the international con
ference of authors and motion pic
ture producers. who served as toast
master. Mr.. Baker introduced such
sneakers as S. S. Mcclure. the
publisher; Ida Vera Simonton. traV-
elor, author and lecturer: Katherine
Eggleston Holmes, novelist: HELEN
Rowland. author Of Mrs. Solo
Inon:" Walter H. Seeley, OF the
New York Herald and editor OF
Success" magazine; Colonel Jasper
r. BRADY. of the Motion Picture
CORPORATION; Henry Warney. OF the
Baltimore Sun-a humor1st and
author of childrens songs; Pearl
DoIes Bell author and public speak
er: Margaret Daniels, OF Chicago
University, a psycho-analyst; Gin.
Ton Scollard. author and critic: and
Phyllis Fergus, who gave pro-
gram Of songs.
r. Wilson Leverton, Troop 48,
Boy Scouts, Drum and Fife Corps,
served as bugIer. The pages were
Miss Ruth Colman, chairman;
Misses Virginia Fry, Pauline Bur.
ton, Eunice Taylor. Eleanor Nc
Auliffe, Jane Dunbar, Ruth How
ard. Inez Moore, Irene Langford,
Celene Du Puy, Delphine Barr.
The breakfast committee inluded
Mrs. Luther Gregory, chairman OF
arrangements: Mrs. Milton Reed
associate chairman: Mrs. William A.
Du Puy, ways and means commit.
tee: Mrs Eli Helmick, seating and
tickets; Mrs. Edward Nelson Ding
ley, treasurer breakfast fund; Mrs
Clarence M. Busch, reception com
mittee.
and Mrs. Butler Wright left Wash
ington today for Princeton, N. j..
where they will be the guests for
a week OF Mrs. Moses Taylor Pyne
They will return to Washington d
week from tomorrow.
BOX PARTIES PLANNED
FOR TALK OF THE TOWN"
aiai OF az
Of Rumania, has reserved box a.
the Belasco Theater tonight am
will have nine guests to view "ThC
Talk of the Town," the clever revue
which is being put on there with ;
cast recruited from Washington. so
ciety. Others who propose to en-
terrain box parties are the Misses
DUPONT, of Wilmington; Mrs. James
Huntington Turner and Colonel and
Mrs. John Pitcher. whose guests
will include Colonel and Mrs. Barn
hard and Mr.. and Mrs. Achescn
Hassan.
The revue which is being put on
under the auspices Of the '"Ten
Painters" is being we'll attended
The Charge d'Affaires of Austria
and Nine. Prochnik had a party last
evening, having among their guests
Baron and Baroness Doblhoff, who
are visiting them. Others who had
box parties were DIr. and Mrs.
George Angus Garrett, Mrs. Wat
son Freeman Clark, whose guests
were Rear Admiral and Mrs. Car.
penter and Mrs. William caches
Fendall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Summer
Hamlin sailed today for Bermuda,
where they have been called by the
illness of their daughter, Miss Anna
Hamlin, who has been spending the
spring in Bermuda and lately has
been a guest at the Government
House Miss Hamlin was due to
sail today from Bermuda to- join
her parents here.
~
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sager have
sent out invitations to the ma rriage
of their daughter, Ida Jewell, 20
Lester Eichner. on Monday evening
April 81. at o'clock in Congress
Heights Baptist Church.
Everett Sanders. Secretary to :ht
President, and Mrs. Sanders, will
be the guests of honor at the College
Women's Club tea, Monday, April
81, 4 to 8 o'clock, at the club house
1922 l street.
\
Mrs. Frederick w. Ashley and
the members of Section X will bs
the hostesses at the tea and have
provided an interesting musical pro
gram in which the following artists
will appear: Harlan Randall, vocal
list, and Mrs. J. NJ. p. Metcalf and
Miss Helen Williams, pianists.
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The newly appointed Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury, General
Lincoln Andrews, ana Mrs Andrews