Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

Union League of America which con-
venes tomorrow at the Grace Dodge
Hotel for its annual six-day session, with
Miss Rose Schneiderman of New York
City presiding.
Miss Ethel Smith of Washington will
be among the national officers attend
ing being member of the executive
board and one of the most enthusiastic
workers for the betterment of labor
conditions for women in industry. An
other well known woman from this sec
ton, Miss Matilda Lindsay of Claren-
don. Va, who also serves on the board,
will present one of the most interesting
and timely features of the program
when she brings before the delegates
the results of her recent survey of labor
conditions in the Southern States,
which are now centers of the textile IN
Gustry.
AS a part of her discussion of THE
New South and Some Old Problems"
Miss Lindsay will introduce to the con-
vention six women workers from the
Southern mills who will give detailed
discussion of labor conditions affecting
women workers from their practical ex-
perience.
It is understood that labor conditions
as they relate to women are unSatiS-
factory in some parts of the South at
the present time. and 1t is the hope of
the Trade Union League leaders that,
through close consideration of the prob
lens and enthusiastic cooperation,
they may be able to evolve plans which
will improve the situation in the near
future This is expected to be the most
important issue to come before the con-
vention.
The sessions on the Southern situa-
ton will be presided over by NJ. H.
Hedges of the International Brother
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will be made by Mrs. Robins, DR.. Lois
Macdonald Of New York University DR..
Rolvix Harlan of the University of
Richmond and T. A. Wilson, president
of the North Carolina State Federation
of Labor.
Members Of the leagues general
Southern committee III charge of the
educational work among Southern
women workers are Mrs. Josephus Dan
iels of Raleigh. N. c.; Mrs. Beverly
Munford of Richmond: Miss Mary Bar
ker, president of the American Fedora
ton of Teachers; Mrs. Emmett c.
Quinn of Atlanta, Ga; Mrs. Scion
Jacobs of Birmingham. and Mrs. r. P.
Halleck of Louisville, KY.
Greetings from otner women's or
Plantations interested in the work OF
the league will be given by Miss Belle
Sherwin president of the National
League of Women Voters, and Miss
Lena Madesin Phillips of New York,
president of the National Federation
of Business and Professional Womens
Clubs.
Mrs. Spencer Gordon of Washington
will head the committee on convention
ARRANGEMENTS Mrs. Alvin Dodd will
act as chairman of finance; Miss Anne
Larrabee of hospitality; Mrs. Paul, en-
tertainment, and Mrs. M. H. Hedges,
program.
The business sessions at the Grace
Dodge Hotel will be supplemented by
. series of social functions in honor
of the delegates by prominent Wash
ington women interested in the leagues
activities. Mrs James Curtis will re-
ceive the officers and delegates at tea.
on May z: Mrs. Anne Archboid will
entertain at a supper on the evening
of May 8, and on May 8 the Washing
ton Womens Trade Union League, OF
which Mrs. Edith Compton Paul Is
president will act as hostess at din
ner in honor of the twenty-fifth ami
versary of the league to be followed by
a series of tableaux, under the direction
Of Miss Selma Borchardt.
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THAT both the existence and the
l. growth of the National League of
American Pen Women are on solid
foundation was emphasized at the an
nual meeting of the league. held recently
at the Willard Hotel. Reports from the
branches were stimulating in the rec
ord of worthwhile work done during
the past year by the members scat
tered from Maine to California and
from the Canadian border to the Gulf
Of Mexico.
State vice presidents, whose duties are
principally those of organization, found
ing new branches in their States or
feeding eligible members into branches
already formed. have caught the spirit
of the organization. and report q care
full scanning of the work Of candidates
for membership so that every member
added shall be distinct asset to the
league.
Many reports were heard showing
the prominent place in the cultural
life of the community that had been at
tanned by the branches in many impor-
tant cities.
Representatives from every section of
the country were present. From the Far
West came Mrs Edith Wallace. bearing
the greetings of the Seattle branch of
which Mrs. A. T. Lamson is president.
Mrs. Cora Phebe Mullin, State vice pres
ident for Nebraska. was there. Mrs. w.
Warning of South Dakota, president of
the Yanktown branch, told, among va
rious interesting things, Of the book
shelves of South Dakota authors being
put into the rural school by the Pen
Women of that State. and also of the
Pen Women booth. which was one of
the attractions of the State fair. Mrs.
John H. JepSon, president of the Min
nesota branch, spoke of some of the
prominent members of that branch in
Guiding Mrs. Thomas G. Winter who
had been organizing president of the
branch, and Margaret Cultin Banning,
nationally known Short-Story writer.
During the progress of the meeting,
Mrs. JepSon was elected also State vice
president for Minnesota. The pride
taken by the branch in Mrs. Winters
gift of S120 to the clubhouse fund was
stressed.
Missouri was represented by Mrs.
Mellcene T. Smith. State vice president,
who reported her travels over the State,
interviewing eligible prospective mem
bers of the organization, many of whom
she expected to see added to the rosters
this coming year. She also read the
report of the president of the st. Louis
branch, which told of the many inter-
esting meetings that had been held and
of the S. Louise Marsh prize awards
one TO Kathryn Cross for her poem on
st. Louis and one to Clara Tull Martin
for the best poem on Missouri. She re-
ported Mrs. Marsh's new book, young
Abe Lincoln" Just off the press. and
spoke of the interest in the new club
house being taken by the branch, which
has contributed $3.50 TO the fund.
Another interesting Pen Woman pres
ent was Mrs. Clara Keck Heflebower
president of the Cincinnati, Ohio
branch, national motion picture chair
man for the league and author o.
Winged Arrows" puok of epigramS
now in its second edition.
Of ~ this hro NPI