Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21

place rather than to persons. This was
seen by the women Of the commission
as a valuable argument for the view
they are taking on this subject, which
recommends the jus soil system as the
best solution to the international.
It was agreed generally that any
changes made in the international code
with relation to womenS nationality or
to that Of children should be retroactive
so as to take care of those women who
have already married outside OF their
own nationality.
The women sought the advice OF the
legal experts at the conference as 70
the extent of changes they should ask
for at one given time. The general
sentiment seemed to be that while the
subject was being brought before the
1890 conference, the proposal might as
well include a general revision which
would tend to equalize the question OF
nationality between the sexes.
Among those who attended the ses-
sion. in addition to DR.. Scott and Miss
Doris Stevens, chairman OF the inter-
American Commission, were DR.. Leo 3.
Rowe, director general OF the Pam
American Union: DR.. Henry B. Hazard,
assistant solicitor, State Department;
Or. william C. Dennis, legal adviser to
the State. Department; DR.. Thomas II.
Healy, assistant dean, School OF Foreign
Service, Georgetown University; Dr.
Alice Paul, authority on the legal posi-
ton OF women; DR.. Emma Wolo. cnaiI-
man Of the committee on nationallty
of Wornen's Bar Association Of the Dis
trict of Columbia; Miss I. x. MacDer-
mott. editor, bulletin of the Pam Arneri-
can Union; Mrs. Burnita Shelton Mat
thews, attorney, and Miss Margaret
Lambie, international lawyer.
4 u -*lAn
A THOUGH for many years the Ma
"a tional League Of American Pen
Women has admitted members VINO
have done professional work in art and
music as well as In literature, 1t was
not until the past year that three sepa-
rate departments were organized unoer
the respective heads, Letters, Music
and Art, by authorization Of the bien-
with the approval Of the national
president, Mrs. Clarence M. Busch,
Mrs. Grace Thompson Seton, chairman
of organization of the league, began the
organization of these departments this
past Winter, and at the recent annual
meeting of the group announced that
the work was well under way, the plan
being to have a general chairman OF
each department with such subcom-
mittees as might be needed and with a
chairman appointed from each branch
in each of the departments who would
then automatically become q member
of the national department under which
she had been appointed.
Under the national department OF
letters an interesting group OF Subcom-
mittees has been formed, including the
manuscript service bureau, DR.. Mary
Meek Atkeson Moore, first national vice
president, chairman; markets, Mrs. Ida
| Donnelly Peters, chairman; copyright
Mrs. Ada Orme Dupuy, chairman, all
of Washington, D. c.; poetry. Mrs. May
Hoisington of Connecticut, chairman
radio, Miss Anita Browne of New York,
chairman: short story Mrs. Blanche
Smith Ferguson, president Of the Balti-
more branch, chairman; drama, book
and contest committees, under this de-
partment, are in process OF formation.
Under the national department OF
music an executive committee has been
formed. members of which are Clara
Ciemons Gabrilowitch of San Francisco
and Detroit, Mrs. H. H. A.. Beach OF
New Hampshire, Mary Bruce Howe OF
washington, D. c.; Marianne Genet OF
Pittsburgh, Mabel Daniels of Boston
and Dorothy De Muth Watson OF Wash
ington, D. G. Mrs. Watson was chair
man of the two concerts given by league
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