Evening star., 1927-04-17

Service Commission, the Bureau of
Education. Department OF the Interior
and the Childrens and WOmen'S Bu-
reaus of the Department of Labor
The leaders of the group discussions
viii he: Mrs. Henry Goddard Leach
of New York City, president of the
New York State League and wife of
the editor of the Forum magazine;
Mrs, Frank G.. HiXon of Lake City,
Fla, treasurer of the National League;
Miss Bertha Bdwell of Chicago, vice
president of the Illinois league; Mrs.
+. Louis Slade of New York City, a
former member of the national board.
and AIRS. Edward Lorenz OF West
Hartford, Conn.
X
IN the summing up of the achieve.
ments of the members of the Ma.
tional League of American Pen Wom-
en-. as revealed in the various reports
presented TO the annual meeting and
in the discussions at the Authors
Congress of the league during the
past week, there is shown how i'm
portant and large a place this organi-
ZatiOn occupies in the magazine, news
paper and book world. The output OF
the membership reaches tremendous
proportions annually in short story
writing, newspaper articles. musical
composition, in the field of art. and in
the past two years there have been
many books successfully launched by
members of various branches through.
out the country.
Mrs. Grace Thompson Setons Chi
neSe Lanterns and Yes, Lady Saheb";
Mrs Edna NJ. CoIman's two volumes
of White House Gossip" DR.. Mary
Meek Atkeson's The Woman on the
Farm" and her latest book, Just off
the press, THE Shining Hours; that
gem of children's literature, Grace
Duffy Boyland (ieldert's John of
joy; Forrestine Hooker's latest hook
Prince JAM" and her delightful
Ball Dickson's Tumble Weeds" +" THE
High Road tn Honor" by Julia Scott
Nrooman; Under the Black Horse
Flag by Isabel Anderson; Fairy
Tales for Tiny Tots" by Susan White
McGowan Martha the Seventh" by
Jane Abbott; Eager Vines" and still
later novel by Mrs Bonnie Busch;
Little Bears Playtime," by Frances
Fox; ''Tish Plays the Game" by Mary
Roberts Rinehart; "Hildegarde," by
Kathleen Norris: Ella kellogg Gard.
ner's Echoes of Yesterday; The
Valley of Content" and "The Altar of
y /
right. and both now upon the screen
Gertrude Atherton's The Crystal
Cup" and "Aspassionatta,' by Fannie
Hurst, are among the many pearls
which the league has garnered from
among its membership in recent
months to be recognized at the Pearl
Jubilee just closed as achievements In
the field of book authorship.
X
THERE will be meeting of the
= National Council OF the National
Woman's Party on Saturday. April
%. at headquarters on Capitol Hill.
Plans will be discussed for the me-
mortal meeting To be held in honor of
Dean Emma Gillette, founder of the
Washington College of Law, and
pioneer in opening up educational OPP
pOrtunities for women in Washington.
Dean Gillette served as chairman of
the lawyers council of the Woman's
Party from the time 1t was organized
until her death few months ago.
Cooperation in arranging for the
memorial viii he asked of all the
womens organizations in the District
as a means of showing universal rec
ognition of the valuable work done by
Miss Gillette for women.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley is chairman
of the committee in charge of the
memorial meeting and plans to ask
th4t each woman's organization re"-
resented locally appoint one member
to serve on the committee with her.
The date has not been set for the
gathering, but it will probably be held
about the middle of May.
Miss Maud Younger, congressional