Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-22
PEN WOMEN OPEN
FIFTH CONFERENCE
Registration of Delegates
and Reports of National
Officers Occupy Session.

The mornings session Of the fifth
biennial convention of the National
League Of American Pen Women opened
this morning In the Willard room of
the Hotel Willard at o'clock with the
registration of delegates and the re-
ports Of the national officers, State vice
presidents, branch presidents and chair
men of the standing committees. The
registration of the delegates took place
under Mrs. Theodore Cunningham and
Mrs. Katherine Allen.
At 10 o'clock the convention was
called to order, with the national presi-
dent, Mrs Busch, in the chair and with
Mrs. Jean Penfield of New York as
parliamentarian of the convention
Mrs. Virginia King Frye, national chap
lain, led in the recital of the Lords
Prayer, which was followed by the
Pledge Of Allegiance to the Flag" led
by Mrs. Serena w. Taylor
After an address of welcome, ex-
tended by the president, Mrs. Busch,
the delegates proceeded with the BUSH
ness of ratifying the Temporary nonni-
mating committee, Miss Jean Stephen
son, chairman, and the bylaws re-
vision committee, Mrs. Agnes M. New
man, past president of the District
OF Columbia Branch, chairman. Dele
gates were present from all parts of
the United States to the number of
about 200.
Session for Poets.
Coincident with the business meet
ing for the delegates there was held at
1890 o'clock the first session of the
poets forum, with Mrs. Nav Folwell
Hoisington as chairman. Mrs. Ada
Borden Stevens spoke on "Analyzed
Rhyme" Clement Wood on Poe, and
Edith Mirick, Catherine Coblentz, Alan
F. Pater and Harold Vinal on poetry
magazines.
At o'clock this afternoon the first of
two-shop-talk sessions was opened, the
second Of which will be held tomorrow
afternoon at the same hour, with John
Gallishaw, noted short-story writer, and
founder OF the School of Creative Writ
ing, New York City, as the principal
speaker. DR.. Mary Meek Atkeson, first
vice president, will preside at both SEES
sions. This afternoons program in
Guides talks on Book Publishers" by
Mrs. Ida Donnelly Peters, vice Chairman
OF the Manuscript Service Bureau; THE
Modern Novel," by Mathilde Eiker;
The Historical Novel," by Armenhouie
q. Lamson, author of How I Came
=
Berger, and Contracts and Copyrights, I"
by Dr. Atkeson, whose Woman on the
Farm" has been called classic in its
line. '
At 4:30 this afternoon the student
group Of the District of Columbia
branch, Mrs G. L. Chambers, counsellor
or the group, presiding, will give a
Denef1t lecture, Miss Janet Richards,
branch, Mrs. c. L. Chambers, counsellor
speaker, at Masonic Temple. From to
z O'Clock the Chevy Chase Branch of
the Pen Women win entertain for the
delegates and alternates at the residence
OF Nine. Bruni, 1914 street.
Poetry Evening Open to Public.
This evening at o'clock In the cab
| met room of the Willard Hotel there
will be a poetry evening, with a program
OF music, poetry. and poetic trnpersona-
tons, and an address by William Grit
| fifth, president of the Poetry Society of
America. This meeting is open to all
zen Women and to the public as far
as the size of the room will permit.
Mrs. William Atherton Du Puy is chair
man OF poetry pages and the Countess
dl Castagnola ofs poetry scrolls.
enthusiastic applause greeted Mrs
kathleen Norris yesterday as she rose
TO address those present at the annual
breakfast which was held at the Hotel
Willard.
Words Of encouragement were ad-
| dressed to her listeners by the popular
novelist and author, who has been in
vlted to accept the nomination for cleo
ton as the next president of the league
Following Mrs. Norris, Charles Norris
arose and aroused much laughter BY
his statement that he had always shown
IN the reflected glory of other lumi-
naries. First" he said, II was known
as the brother Of Frank Norris, then 1
nave been known as the husband of
Kathleen Norris.''
Mrs. Mabel Cook Cole, who with her
husband, a noted anthropologist, has
conducted extensive studies throuchollt
India and the Orient, spoke on the
strange customs of primitive tribe in
Sumatra where the government is
matriarchal and where, she declares,
there exists the happiest, healthiest
primitive people in the Orient.
her recent travels in the orient, an
nouncing that her subject would be
"Sheiks of Fact and Fancy"
During the course Of the program an
nouncements were made of the different
members of the club who had been
awarded prizes In recent art and musi-
cal competitions. Mary Howe (Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe) was announced as
the winner of the first prize for the best
composition in concert music Mrs
Dorothy Emery, also of Washington,
was announced as the winner of the
second price
Other speakers of the day were v. NJ.
Hillyer Of the Calvert School, Balti-
more, and Bernie Babcock.
Mrs. Doran. wife of the commissioner
for prohibition, spoke about her hook
Prohibition Punches" A brief address
was made by the former Governor Of
Maine, Carl E. Milliken other honor
guests were Mrs Edward Everett Gam,
who sat at the right of the league presi-
dent, Mrs. Busch; Mrs. @. C. Calhoun
Ada Orme DuPuy, Mrs. Anthony Wayne