Evening star., 1926-04-18
WOMAN WRITER'S
TO GATHER HERE
More Than 100 Well Known
Authors to Attend Biennial
Convention.

Washington will be host to more
than 100 prominent woman writer's
turing the week of April 24-30, when
The biennial convention Of the League
OF American Pen Women conyenes
here with representatives from all
parts Of the Nation participating. In
the group of visitors will be news
paper women, noveltists, poetesses
ana writers of short stories and spe
cisl articles.
Besides an intensive program of ad-
dresses and social enga gements, the
Pen Women will consider pending
legislation affecting their profession.
An election of national officers will be
helo. Members of the Washington
napier OF the league are busy pre-.
pairing for the reception and enter
tainment of the delegates and will
play q prominent part in the conven
lion.
One OF the features of the conven-
ION Will be the authors breakfast
which is to be held at the Mayfiower
Hotel at 1890 o'clock. April "A. Mrs.
fIdna NJ. Colman. national president,
VIII preside, and among the principal
speakers will be Ellis Parker Butler
one OF the few men invited to address
the gathering, and Mrs. Mary Roberts
Rinehart. Miss Elise NJ. Mulliken,
president of the District of Columbia
chapter; Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mrs.
I1n A. Helmick and other Washington
women will take leading parts in the
junction.
Will Visit Mrs. Coolidge.
Mrs. Coolidge is to receive the dele.
gates at the White House, and among
the series Of teas, receptions and
other social entertainments planned is
reception at the Congressional
Club.
Delegates already have registered
from California, Connecticut, New
York. Florida, Alabama and other
distant States.
While details of the congress have
not yet been made public, it was
learned yesterday that radio and the
Copyright laws will be among mat
ters under consideration by the dele
gates. Mrs. DuPuy is chairman of a.
committee which is following the
progress Of legislation along these
lines.
Aid "Shut-Ins."
Since the first of this year the
eague has been engaged in radio
work for the "shut-ins." Each morn
.ng from IL o'clock until noon cur
rent SNSuIS ana snort stories axe
read from station WRHF uhe Wash
.ng6dp Radio Hospital Fund, which
is located in the Droop Building. This
station is equipped from funds acct
nulated by group of citizens who
started movement to place radios
IN the wards of hospitals and char
table institutions of the District. This
project, supervised by Mrs. Colman,
national president, is being carried on
by committee headed by Mrs.
tstelle NJ. Moses. Mrs. Moses was
national treasurer for two years and
I member of the District board sev
eral terms.
One of the accomplishments of Mrs.
Mulliken as president of the Local
chapter has been to place the club
house, 1909 III street, on SOUND
financial basis.
Mrs. Eugene Peters of the Washing
ION chapter offered a prize last Win
ter for the best unpublished short
story. The award went to Miss Louise
Boardman Proctor.
Prominent Delegates Coming.
Among prominent delegates from
other parts of the country will be Mrs.
Bertha Lincoln Heustis, president o.
fhe Los Angeles branch, who has won
he essay prize awarded by the
Writer'S Club of Los Angeles; Mis-
B. Virginia Lee, who is editor OF
literary magazine; Miss Jane Dran>-
tield. playwright and poet: Miss Dais-
Rowley of Alabama, director OF tn"
academy of Music of Birmingham.
Ala; Mrs. Frances II. Durham OF
Mobile, Ala. whose poems have won
prizes awarded by the writer's depart
ment Of the Alabama Federation Of
Womens Clubs; Mrs. Clarence Nj.
Busch, president of the Miami branch.
who has just published new book,
and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Preston, vice
president of the Colorado State
branch, and who won the prize for
the best play entered in the contest
Of tho Colorado Springs Center of the
Drama League of America.
A poets matinee, to be held Sunday
afternoon, April 25. at the Hotel
Shoreham, will be conducted by Miss
Isabel Fiske Conant, d member of the
NaW York branch