Evening star., 1932-04-28
MRS. HEFLEBOWER
HEADS PEN WOMEN
National League Selects
Cincinnati Writer to Sue
Ceed Mrs. Seton.

Election of Mrs. Clara Keck Hefle-
bower, Cincinnati writer, as president of
the National League of American Pen
Women, was announced today at the
sixth biennial convention of that or
ganization in the Willard Hotel. Mrs.
Hef1ebower succeeds Mrs. Grace Thomp-
son Seton.
Ballots were cast yesterday and the
results announced at the general ses-
sion this morning Mrs. Heflebower ran
against Mrs. Phyllis Fergus Hoyt of
Chicago, the first composer ever nomi-
mated by the league on a national
ticket, it was said.
Other Officers Elected.
Other officers elected were Nine.
Emanuel Dimitriu of Washington, Mrs.
E. Richard Gasch, also of Washington: !:
Mrs. G. Antoinette Wood of Boston, Mrs.
Gene Ziegfield of Baltimore, all unop-
posed for vice presidencies, and Mrs.
Kate Speake Penney of Birmingham
who was named fifth vice president over
a rival candidate, Mrs. James T. Wat
son of Washington.
Mrs. Harriet E. Chance Of Washing
ton was named recording secretary:
Mrs. Lily Hunt of Chevy Chase, Md,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Evelyn
Sheriff. OF Washington, treasurer; Har-
riet Hawkins Chambers of Washington
registrar; Mrs. Frances White Diehi of
Pittsburgh, auditor; Nancy F. Munce
OF Richmond, librarian; Helena Mum
Redewill of California, historian.
Estelle M. Moses was named vice pres
dent for the District of Columbia, and
20 other State vice presidents were
chosen. The convention closes this
afternoon and will be followed by a
tomorrow morning at convention head
quarters.
To Lay Wreath on Tomb.
In honor of the Bicentennial Cele-
bration the delegates this afternoon
visited loan exhibition collected at
Corcoran Art Gallery in connection
with the celebration by Mrs. Rose
GouVerneur Hoes, former member of
the league.
Following this pilgrimage, the mem
bers were to leave for a coach trip
through Arlington Cemetery and thence
to Mount Vernon, where Mrs. Grace
Thompson Seton, retiring president, is
to lay wreath on the Tomb of Wash
ington. Arrangements for the ceremony
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Taylor of Washington.
In an address to the convention yes
terday afternoon. DR. Mary Meek At
keson Moore Of Washington, past ma
tional vice president of the league. said
that writer's are notoriously underpaid
for their work and consequently should
learn to dispose of their product to the
best possible financial advantage. Her
talk was given during a discussion of
markets for literary work presided over
by Isabella Griffith Fleck.
First prize in the short story contest
this year went to Mrs. Eugene Collister
Of Washington for her story 1.-The Mill
Brat" Carmea L. Resting won hon.
orabie mention in this class and Stella
g. Shelter also won an award
Mrs. Collister presided at the session,
which included talk on How Judge
Manuscripts" by Mrs. Helen Terrence,
who has had considerable experience on
a magazine staff.
Judges of Contest.
Judges of the short story contest were
three members of current magazine
Schmidt, Donald Kenni-
cut and Anita Fairgrieve.
Delegates were assured by Blanche
Smith Ferguson, short story writer
of Baltimore. that few editors will ac-
cept stories which draw male charac-
terS in unflattering terms, although
this taboo" does not apply to feminine
characters.
Among local women whose literary
work has won recognition at the con-
vention is Edith Mirick. who received
the second award in poetry for a group
OF sea poems. First prize in this group
went to Hazel Darlington Selby of
Minneapolis.
Mrs Mirick is editor of the journal,
Star Dust, and is the author of book
Of poems, Flower and Weed"