Evening star., 1925-01-25

| bition by Carl Engle. chief of this
| division.
s. d. Schwartz of the Samson Ad-
vertising Service addressed the COM
[, mercial group Tuesday evening. Miss
| Wooten being in charge OF the pro-
| gram.
The National League of American
Pen Women is taking active part In
| the passage of the authors copyright
| bill which was heard in committee
| on Thursday morning. This bill,
sponsored by Representative Perkins
| OF New Jersey, is the only bill of It's
| kind that in the estimation OF the
| Pen Women's League has ever given
proper rights to authors, especially
| international rights
| The Pen Women's League entertain-
ed a dinner Thursday at the Shore
| ham Hotel in honor of the authors
who came to Washington to attend
the committee hearing of the copy
| right bill. Among the visiting authors
! were Ruth Hale, Lillian Lauferty,
! Juliet Wilbur Tompkins, Alice Duer
! Miller. A HELENE Carter, Helen Dry
| den, Lucille March. Mrs. Thornton
| Skfdmore, Anita parkhurst, Mara
| veue Thompson, Bertha Mellet, Louise
Stillcox, lnez Haynes irwin, Virginia
| T. VandeWater, Fanny Hurst, Edna
| Ferber and Dorothy Parker. Many or
| the members of the local Pen Wom-
| ems League, authors and writers,
| were also among the dinner guests
! After the dinner a meeting aug
mented by many local pen women
| was held in the ballroom OF the
| Shoreham. Mrs. Coleman introduced
j Alice Duer Miller, author, who pre-
| sided Forcible arguments and rea-
| 80, R
! sented all the representatives had the
! salient points well in hand. There
| VIII be a number of hearings before
the bill comes to final passage
Mrs Chace, secretary. of the League
| of American Pen Women, presented,
at the close of the meeting, d letter
from, the firm of Woodward & 10th
rop, inviting the Pen Women 5
League TO hold it's annual book
fair in April, in their book depart
ment. Representatives at the meet
| ing from Woodward & Ilothrop
were Miss Lewis, head OF the de-
partment; Miss Dorothy d. Ladd and
/ Miss Carry.
| The Legion of Loyal Women met
! Wednesday at the home of Mrs. l..
! W. Calver, e07 4 street southeast.
| Annual reports were read and reports
]
! ing the work for 1924.
| Installation of the officers elected
| TO serve for 1926 followed, Mrs, l.. W.
| Calver, installing officer: President,
! Mrs. A. S. Barnard; vice president,
| Mrs. +. T. Marsh; past president, Mrs.
| II. NJ. Roach; secretary, Mrs Mills
| Okeefe; financial secretary, Mrs. f.
X. Gillette: treasurer, Miss NJ. l..
| Smith; chaplain, Mrs. A. S. Odell;
herald, Mrs. III. a. Knapp; warder,
| Miss NJ +. De Vaughn; director to
! the District Federation of Women's
Clubs, Mrs r. E. Marsh. Routine
| business followed, after which a So
| cial- time and refreshments concluded
! the meeting.
The Washington Readers Club viii
| meet Tuesday, pm, in the College
| Womens Clubhouse, 1922 1 street.
/ THE Sunny Land of Italy" will be
| portrayed in music and literature
| Dante G265). Claude \. Bennett;
! PetrarCh $500, Mrs. n NJ. Northrup,
! Ariosto $50, Mrs. Sarah Morrison
! Smith Gozzi G720), Arthur NJ Rhodes;
! Alfieri G749), Miss ElIda ". Brooks;
| Carducci (1s36). Il. e. Townsend.
| Mrs. Mabel Owens Wilcox viii pre-
! side.
Park View Ciub.-At the home of
Mrs. George l. Dolwick January Is
an enjoyable evening was spent by
| members of the literary and educa-
| tional committees. Plans for a line
| OF study to be inaugurated were
! disclosed. following which an article
! from a current magazine entitled
| How to Review a Book" was read
| by Mrs. Lawrence Murray. 1t is
| planned to review a number of worth
| while books, and at the next meeting
| the review will be given by Mrs
] DolWick, chairman of the literary
| committee. During the social hour
| following the business of the day, a
| game of cards was enjoyed.
| PhiIo- club met Fri
| afternon at the home of Mrs. A. H
! Williams. After business routine, a
paper on "Henry's French Conquests"
! was read by Mrs. T w. Newburn.
! Parts were assigned and the reading
| of Henry the Fifth" continued. Mrs.
| Williams, assisted by her daughter,
| Mrs Adolphus Mckenzie. and Mrs.
Bruce r. Bare, will receive the club
on February 6.
AbracadaBra Club held its semi
monthly meeting Wednesday evening
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