Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-13
SPEAKERS PRAISE
WOMAN WRITERS
President of Pen Women
Gives Welcoming Address.
Concert Planned Tonight.

An address of welcome by Mrs. Bon
ME Busch. national president of the
National League of American Pen
Women. followed by reports of national
officers, state vice presidents, branch
presidents and the chairman of the
clubhouse committee. was heard this
morning In the opening business session
Of the fifth annual authors congress
| of the league at the Willard Hotel.
General discussion from the floor fol-
lowed the reports before the morning
meeting was adjourned.
DR.. Mary Meek Atkeson. first national
vice president, was to preside this aft
ernoon. Reports from chairmen OF
committees on organization, ways and
means. membership. printing, Publicity
and the bulletin we're to be heard in
addition to the reports Of DR.. Mary
NJ. A. Moore. chairman of the manu-
script service bureau, and Mrs. Ida Don
nelly Peters, editor, on markets.
Concert Planned Tonight.
All members and their guests are in
vited to attend concert at the Ameri-
can Red Cross Auditorium tonight at
o'clock.
A number Of notable artists and
speakers. including Rafaelo Diaz. Metro
politan opera star: Lieut.. Col. E. Alex
ander Powell, adventurer and writer;
Angela. Morgan and Caroline Giltinan,
poets, and a group of authors appeared
on the program of the authors break
fast which opened the congress yes
terday noon at the Willard Hotel. Mrs.
Busch entertained members and dele
gates at a reception last night.
Opening the breakfast program with
an address of welcome. Mrs. Busch
turned it over to Mrs. Grace DufEe
Feldert, toastmistress, after outlining a
few traffic rules for speakers" which
we're good-naturedly followed by those
on the program.
Women Explorers Praised.
Following a solo group by Senior Diaz,
Col. Powell spoke on the invasion of
women writer's into the fields of travel
and adventure once monopolized by
men, where, he says. the fair sex equal
their brothers in daring and energy,
often bringing back amazing stories as
a result Of their excursions into some
unknown country.
Mrs. Grace Thompson Seton's brief
talk on Women Writers of the Orient"
was followed by the sparkling humor of
Miss Elizabeth Collister, who answered
the query Are writers people?" In a
highly amusing fashion. Miss Giltinan
read group of original poems and Miss
Morgan responded to her toast with her
poem To-day"
Mrs. Mary v. Charlton, editor of the
Peoples Home Journal, also responded
to toast with a five-minute talk,
as did Mrs. Henry M. Atkeson Moore,
who, concluding the program, discoursed
on Being Last"
Art Exhibit Arranged.
At the speakers table also we're Mrs
Carolina Van H. Bean, Mrs. j. Walker
McSpadden, Representative Ruth Han
ma Mccormick, Representative Ruth
Baker Pratt, Mrs Grace Earring Stone
Mrs. Theodore j. Pickett and Mrs
Frederic William Vile.
An art exhibit, arranged by Gordon
Dunthorne, local artist, occupied plat
form opposite the speakers table at
the breakfast. Among the works ex-
hibited were recently completed por-
trait Of Mrs. Busch. national president,
which will be presented to the league
by Miss Caroline Bean. artist, and a
bust Of Mrs. E. D. e. N. Southworth
the work of Caroline Maxwell.