Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

! Polk OF ClarkSVille, Tenn. AND now
there has come the message from
Nebraska that Mrs Paul r. Whisenaud
is State chairman on rural life in
Nebraska and is doing wonderful work
| in her State With these State chair
men and Mrs. Hill of Kansas, who IS a
member of the General Federation conf
mittee, we are ready to go, believing
! that 1929 will be the greatest year in
the history of the farm women of our
nation as we'll as of the General Fed
Grafton"
! A VIVID word picture of the Spanish
woman's struggle toward political
and civic expression was presented by
Miss Katherine Elliott, clerk to the
commercial attache in the American
embassy in Madrid, when she recently
| visited the headquarters of the General
| Federation of Women's Clubs.
| The Lyceum Club Feminine de
Madrid, founded two years ago, is a
! crystallization of the feminine move
ment in Spain It's organizers were for
| the larger part women of distinction
editors, lawyers, etc, who desired some
| thing beyond the shut-in life OF feminine
Spain. Maria de Mazetu, its first presi-
dent, is internationally known as an
educator. She is a member OF the
national assembly and writer. Sonora
Isabel de Palencia the present presi-
dent. is famous both in New York and
| in Madrid under the pen name Of
Beatrice Galindo.
The membership, which is now $50,
| has trebled since its organization.
Beautiful headquarters have been es-
tablished and this is the center OF much
Of the cultural, civic and philanthroplc
work of the city International topics
are always popular and there are two
topics that are taboo. They are poll
| tics and religion.
i Spanish women are intensely inter-
ested in the modern home equipment
conveniences, and displays and demon
STATIONS of vacuum cleaners, electric
washing machines. percolators, coasters
and almost every sort OF labor-saVlng
device are frequently found in the Ly-
ceum rooms AS most Spanish women
do their laundry work on stones at the
edge of the nearest stream. it is not
difficult to visualize the fascination that
an electric washer has for them.
The status of women in all walks of
| life is of great interest TO the Lyceum-
their property rights, citizenship, child
labor laws, compulsory education and
| kindred topics theoretically. women
of Spain have the franchise, but their
| instructions are to register confidence
| in the government. They are sitting
in the councils of their cities and of
their nation in increasing numbers.
Sevilla has 3 women in its governing
| body to New York's /, and Spain num-
bers IA women in its national assem-
| bly, to our women in Congress.
| Spain is just now making a greater
and more persistent bid for American
tourist travel than ever before. This
year there will be held two eXpositions
! in Spain, one in Sevilla and the one in
| Barcelona being devoted to the indus
| trial and mechanical interests of the
country. Many hotels, some of them
| floating hostelries, are being erected to
take care of the expected people.
American automobiles are in great
demand throughout Spain as are also
American agricultural implements.
American films are greatly enjoyed by
Spanish people and the consumption
of American canned goods is rapidly
increasing. The International Tele-
phone Co. recently installed an auto
matte telephone system in Madrid and
the Spanish capital boasts of the only
American elevator in Europe.
MRS. BONNIE BUSCH, national
Az president of the National League
Of American Pen Women, has issued the
call for the Authors Congress OF the
organization. to take place in this city,
at the Willard Hotel, April IL and 49,
This differs from the biennial conven-
ton of the league in that there is no
election of officers to be held but re-
ports will be received and general dis
cusSions held on subjects of major i'm
portance to members of the league
The entertainment events of the
congress will be the authors breakfast
at noon. April II. in the ball room OF
the Willard Hotel. and the concert to
be given under the direction of Gena
Branscombe of New York. at Memorial
Continental Hail. at o'clock, Satur-
day evening. April Is. On both these
occasions programs of unusal brilliance
will be presented.
The annual meeting, which Is an i'm.
portant feature of the congress, will
be called to order by the national presi.
dent at 10 o'clock Saturday morning
April IS. Mrs. Busch will give the ad.
dress of welcome to the delegates from
the many branches of the organization
following which she will receive report.
from the State vice presidents, branch
presidents, national officers and thu
chairman of the national clubhous,
committee, Miss Florence E. Ward