Evening star., 1936-04-11
Composers
.GroupWith
Pen Women
American Leaders in
Women's League to
Give Programs.

T EADING American woman COM
posers, who form the important
composers group Of the National
League of American Pen Women, will
be in Washington for the biennial con-
vention of this league of woman writ
ers that opens tomorrow with head
quarters at the Willard Hotel
Four major music programs have
been arranged by the national music
chairman Of the league, Phyllis Fer
gus (Mrs. Thatcher HoyD, composer
pianist -diseuse of Chicago and Yer
mont, who is serving ner sixth year
as music chairman and arranging pro-
grams for her third convention.
Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, dean of Ameri-
can woman composers. is among those
who will attend the convention here.
The list. representing noted women
from New England to Florida and
California. includes Mrs. Crosby Adams
New Hampshire), Iris Brussels New
Jersey, Charlotte Caldwell tIllinois)
Bonita Grove Georgia.. Lulu Jones
Downing Ullinois), Dorothy Radde
Emery (MarylandD, Phyllis Fergus Ql-
linois), Marianne Genet (Pennsyl-
vania), Grace Boles Hedge (Califor-
nia). Grace Warner Gulesiar (MaSsa-
chusetts). Mary Howe washington
D. c.. Helen Matthews De Lashmutt
(Maryland), Roberta Campbell Law
son (Oklahoma), Florence Lowenbere
Illinois), Grace Porterfleld Polk
Florida. Margaret Mcclure Stitt
(Ohio) and Persis Hea:on Trimble
Iowa).
Twelve years ago. In April, 1924
Dorothy De Muth Watson of this city
as music chairman for the League OF
American Pen Women, brought to-
gether for the first time five of the
leading woman composers of the coun-
try. They were listed then as five
| foremost woman song WRITER'S" and
were Mrs. H. H A. Beach, Mary Tur-
ner Salter, Harriet Ware, Gena Brans-
combe and Ethel Glenn Hier They
appeared on single program at the
old Shoreham Hotel in the Composers
Recital of the 1924 biennial conven-
ton of the league.
The program Of the convention L
as follows:
Mrs. Roosevelt again honors the
woman composers by receiving then
al the White House on Friday after.
nocn at 4:30. when a musicale of theil
own works will be given by the COM
posers and assisting artists.
Tomorrow at 3:45 pm, musicale
honoring the national president
League of American Pen Women, Vic.
toria Faber Stevenson, in the District
studio Of the league, Burlington Ho'
| tel.
Monday, authors breakfast, IL noon
large ball room Willard Hotel; specia
music.
Wednesday evening at 8, "com-
posers' concert" and reception, small
ball room. Willard Hotel.
Thursday, 4:30 to $50, musicale ano
reception to Mrs. H. H. A. Beach. Miss
Shaffner, Ruth Miller CMrs. Mario
Chamlee) and Miss Sool, the Women's
City Club, 736 jackson place. Pen
Women invited.
Thursday, 6 to 8, supper party hon.
Cring Mrs. Beach, composers and
artists, American Association of Uni
versity Women Club House, 1874
street northwest.
Assisting artists include Ruth Shaft
ner, soprano, of New York; Ruth Mil.
Ter, soprano, Metropolitan Opera; q
string quartet from Chicago-Linda
sool, Miriam Hadley, Sara Shatz, Lii
han Pringle; Norman Brussels, bari
tone, of New Jersey; Evelyn Scott, vio-
ljnist; Louis Potter, jr., cellist; Harlan
Randall, baritone, and Alden H. EN-
cry, fiutist.