Evening star., 1926-04-24
PEN WOMEN OPEN
BIENNIAL SESSION
Mrs. Edna NJ. CoIman Wei
comes Noted Writers al
Authors Breakfast.

Il distinguished group of American
authors assembled at the speakers
table at the authors breakfast in the
Mayfiower today, when the League
of American Pen Women opened 4ts
biennial convention.
Mrs. Edna NJ. Colman, national
president of the League of American
Pen Women, welcomed the guests
and officiated, while delegates from
various of the leagues 25 branches
placed their State flags In the stand
ard at the speakers table.
Ellis Parker Butler acted as toast
master and introduced the speakers
with characteristic Wit and original
ity.
Wilnot Lewis, correspondent Of the
London Times, spoke on shake
speare's Influence on Modern Litera
ture"; Mime. Olga Samaroff, noted
American pianist and music CORE
spondent of the New York Evening
Post, spoke on Music and Music Re
porting; Luise Sillcox, secretary cf
the Authors League, on Drama
Florence Strauss, scenario editor o.
the First National Pictures Corpora
ton, spoke on Scenario Writing
dllu 1NlIiiIld w NIllJOs dUtIOi
and former Ambassador TO Italy
spoke on Journalism"
''AmbideXterous Sketches draw
by Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews, il
which she caricatured guests, formeu
u unique and humorous feature. Miss
Daisy Woodruff Rowley. composer anu
director of the Alabama Academy o.
Music, directed her own orchestra
which furnished music, and later o.
companied Mary Shackleford, soprano
and Vernon Kirnbrough. baritone
both of Birmingham. in renditions o.
her own duet, "Oh Wondrous Light.
and her solo. sung by Miss Shackle
ford, Tell Me Love Oh Am Dream
ing" and Love Love-
Tables Named for Books.
Tables were named for books By .
number of hostesses. The table OF the
Connecticut delegation, adorned b.
three dozen beautiful Mrs. Coolidge
roses, was designated "A Woman Ten
derfoot in Egypt" recent work o.
Grace Thompson Seton. Mrs. Seton
whose home is in Connecticut, is q
candidate to succeed Mrs. Colman, re
tiring national president Of the Per
Women.
The table OF Mrs. Elsie AfullIken
president of the District of Columbia
branch of the Pen Women and
another candidate for the nstiona.
presidency, was named the "Benjamii
Harrison Table" Mrs. Mulliken sine
a descendant of the late President.
Mrs. L. Nelson Dingley's table
"Seventy-flve Years of White House
Gossip" was in honor of the latest
book of Mrs. Edna NJ. COlman. Mrs
William Atherton DuPuy entertained
guests at her table, Uncle Sam. Won
der Worker" in honor Of her hus
bands daily news column. Mrs. Clar
ence NJ. Busch. national vice presi
dent Of the pen women, sat at the
speakers table. The table OF the
Florida branch, Of which Mrs. Busch
is president, was named i'll honor OF
her recent book, Eager Vines
Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher ami
Mrs. Euna Clum Atwood entertained
Mrs. Clara Keck Hefiebower. president
of the Cincinnati branch; Mrs. l..
Grant Baldwin, national chairman Of
motion pictures of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution. and Miss
George Ellison. corresponding secre
tary OF the Cincinnati branch, pen
women. at a table labeled "Through
Many Windows" the title Of Miss FL
lisor's recent book.
Many Guests Present.
Comdr. Walter A. Bloedorn, L. &. y
and Mrs. Bloedorn entertained at their
table, named for Sir William Black
ston. English journalist and ancestor
Of Mrs. BlOedorn, the following guests.
Mrs. Curtis d. Wilbur. Mrs. William
NJ. Jardine. Justice and Mrs. Charles
H. Robb. DR.. and Mrs. l.. s. c.. Pierce.
Commissioner Bell and Comdr. Harold
w. Smith.
Mrs. Theodore Tiller's guests in
cluded Mrs. Cuno Rudolph, Mrs. Rob
ert Stanfield, Mrs. Walter +. George
Mrs. Hart Fem, Baroness Won Be
low, Mrs. Howard Mccall of Georgia.
Mrs. William Wolfe Smith, Mrs. Nc
Pherson Crichton, Mrs. Charles VII
hanson, Mrs. William Wright, Mrs.
John Sandlin, Mrs. Daniel \. Read
Mrs. Samuel Rutherford. Mrs. Charles
Il. Edwards, Mrs. Earl Michener. Mrs
Henry T.. Barbone. Mrs. Homer
Lyon, Mrs. George Hillyer, Mrs. Viii
liam S. Hill. Mrs. Harriet Thomas.
Mrs. j. r. Leighty, Mrs. Harry ];
Perry, Mrs. Arthur Crawford. Mrs
Charles A. Johnson and Mrs. James
T.. Poore.
The committee in charge OF the
authors breakfast consisted OF Mrs.
Larz Anderson. Mrs. Clarence Nj.
Busch, Mrs. Eli .Helmick, Mrs. T.
Nelson Dingley and Mrs. Elise Multi
ken