Evening star., 1934-04-01
Pen.Leasue Fellowship
Tea at D. G.. Club Rooms

Fen-League TelloWsnlP
Tea at D. C. Club Rooms
Among the honor guests attending
the fellowship tea to be given by the
District of Columbia League OF
American Pen Women tomorrow aft
ernoon at the studio. at 1706 l. street
northwest, will be Dr.. Frances Moon
Butts, president, and the other newly
elected officers for 1934-35. These in
clude: Mrs. Lucia Hanna Hadley, FIRST
vice president; Miss Marguerite Meri-
gold, second vice president; Mrs.
Naude C. Lukens, treasurer: Miss
Clara Manderschied. recording Secre-
tary; Miss Ruby Nevins, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Nellie Walker
Irish, registrar; Mrs. Irene Shirley
Moran, historian; Mrs. Hope Ridings
Miller, librarian; Mrs. Anne Man.
chester, auditor; DR.. Mary Meek At
keson Moore, legal advisor, and DR..
Jean Stephenson. parliamentarian.
Mrs. E. Richard Gasch, chairman
Of the fellowship teas, and Mrs. Cliff
ford Lewis, hostess for the afternoon,
will direct the program, which will
include humorous Skit by Mrs. Bee
son Hunt and a talk on THE Penny
Art Fund Project" by Mrs. Samuel
A. Swiggett chairman of the art di-
vision of the District of Columbia
Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs.
Homer lie Mar Kilt and Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor will preside at the tea ta-
bles, assisted by Nine Emanuel Dim
itriu, Mrs. Phyllis Moore Gallagher,
Dr. Emily F. Maddox, and Mrs. Daisy
Belle Mccoy
The art exhibition in the studio for
April will be the paintings submitted
In the Isabel Anderson art contest,
and members attending the fellowship
tea will vote for their favorite pic
lures among those displayed. Miss
Elise Thompson Clark, art chairman
for the league, will have charge of the
ballots.
A reception in honor of Nine. Fe-
liam Garzia, director of the programs
of the Salon Francois during the past
year. will be given by the French
group Wednesday evening. Receiving
with Nine Garbie and DR.. Frances
Moon Butts, the president, will be
mis-. w lllldIA w dlOOIl oddSlCJy JuAiLOi
past president. Mrs. Lucia Hanna
Hadley and Miss Marguerite Meri-
gold Mrs Gertrude Westwood LIE
Lacheur will be mistress of cere-
monies. Hostesses for the evening
have been announced as Mrs. Agnes
Giles Newman, Mrs. E. Richard
Gasch and Mrs Anne Manchester.
Under the direction of Mrs. Irene
Shirley Moran, the poetry group of
the league will meet Tuesday eve
ming. Mrs. Inez Seymour Milton will
sing a group of her own songs, and
comparative narrative poems of
Mathew Arnold and Clement Wood
will be discussed by Miss Alethea
Anderson.
Chairmen of standing committees
announced by DR.. Butts include: Mrs,
William Walton Badgley, chairman of
the Committee on Committees; Mrs
Membership. and Mrs. Violet Short
Shinn, chairman of Publicity. Other
committee appointments will be an
nounced later.
The art exhibition at the league
studio from March 1871, included
many examples of illumination and
heraldic art by Mrs. Harriet H.
Chambers, Mrs. Evelyn Weems
French, Mrs. William Walton Badg-
ley, and Miss Dorothy Gatchell. Out
standing pieces exhibited included the
Neal and the Lloyd coats-of arms by
Mrs. Badgley, the former prize
winner in a recent exhibition of the
Baltimore League of American Pen
Women, and the latter acclaimed by
heraldry judges for its beautiful and
artistic design. Distinctive and un-
usual were the goblets. upon which
were painted the colorful coats-of-
arms of various old English and
French Huegenot families, exhibited
by Mrs. Chambers. Coats-of- -arms.
executed in composition stone to be
used as garden plaques, were among
the works on display of Mrs. French
Miss Gatchell's contributions in
cluded both ancient and modern
coats-of- arms.
At the art tea given by the artists
whose work was on display March
IS, DR.. Jean Stephenson. author of
many genealogical studies. spoke on
"Heroldry." using for illustration
many of the coats s-of arms displayed
Guests at the tea included many
members of the National Genealogical
Society.