Evening star., 1938-04-27
PEN WOMEN ELECT
OFFICERS TODAY
Choice of Convention City
Also to Be Decided.
Prizes Awarded.

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Election of officers will hold the
spotlight today at the biennial con-
vention of the League of American
Pen Women, being held at the Will
lard Hotel, with Mrs. Audrey Wurde-
mann Auslander the unopposed can
didate for president and a long list
of candidates for other Offices AL
though the list has been made up for
some time, it is possible that there
may be nominations from the floor,
Mrs. Agnes Giles Newman, chairman
of elections. pointed out yesterday
The polls will be open from 3 to S
this afternoon, with the results of the
election to be announced tonight.
The decision on the next conven-
ton city will be reached today. At
present the general sentiment seems
to favor Chicago, which has made a
strong bid for the 1910 meeting. Six
other cities have also sent urgent in
vitations
This afternoon at o'clock the
league members will be guests of the
Spanish Ambassador and Sonora de
los Rios at the Spanish Embassy.
Program to Be Given.
Mrs. Tomas Cajigas OF the Chevy
Chase branch will preside at the short
program to be given at the Embassy.
The Gay Caballero" has been writ
ten especially for the occasion by Mrs
Phyllis Fergus Hoyt, national president
of the league. 1t will be sung by Har-
Ian Randall. with Mrs. Hoyt at the
piano "Nocturne," by Pearl Curran,
sung by Miss Myrtle Lindbeck. with
Mrs. Dorothy r. Emery as accom-
panist, will complete the program.
The banquet to be held tonight at
$50 at the Willard will be centered
around poetry and fiction. Dr. Vic
toria Faber Stevenson will speak on
Markets" and short story and poetry
awards will be made.
This year Mrs. Ralph Polk, the Or
eanization's national poetry chairman,
has set aside prize money for the
best sonnet and the two best lyrics,
and Ted Malone of Between the
Bookends," radio and magazine fea-
ture, will judge the poems and award
the prizes.
Prize Winners Announced.
The following prize winners were
announced at the banquet last night:
Music: Ensembles-Mrs. Radie B.
NJ Moeller, Chicago. III, first Mrs
Iris Brussels. Paterson. N. j., sec
ond; Mrs. Francesca v. McGettigan,
San Francisco, third Viola-Mrs
Gail Ridgeway Brown, Tucson. Ariz.,
first; Mrs. Marion A. Dunn, Mime
apolis, second; Mrs Buenta Carter
Chicago, Ill, third Cello-Miss Kath-
crime Lucke, Baltimore, first; Mrs
Mary c. Howe, Washington. second;
Mrs Marion A. Dunn. Minnesota
branch, third. Songs-Mrs. Iris Brus-
sells, first: Miss Katherine Lucke, sec
ond; Mrs. Iris Brussels, third; Miss
Rose L. Ruegnitz, Cedar Falls. Iowa.
honorable mention; Mrs. Florence
Colby Battram. Oakland, Calf, sec
ond honorable mention.
The following are the Edith Anis-
field Wolf awards for songs; First.
Mrs. Marie Seuel Hoist. Madison, Wis. ::
second, Mrs Elizabeth Merz Butter
field, jamestown. N. Y; third, Mrs
Mary Pickens Opie, District of Co
lumbia branch.
Josephine Forsythe Awards.
The Josephine Forsythe award went
to Mrs Bonita Grove, Atlanta.
Lecture awards were given as fol-
lows: American historical subject.
tied for first place, Mrs. Ann w.
Hafen. Denver. Colo. and Mrs. Edna
L. NJ. Waldo. Bismarck. N. Oak.
Awards in the short story contest
were as follows: Shorts. first. Mrs.
Eden P White, Kansas City: second.
Mrs Kathleen Sutton, Admission
branch; honorable mention, Mrs w.
F. Shallenbarger, Atlanta. Ga; sec
ond honorable mention, Mrs Helena
NJ Redewill, San Francisco branch;
third honorable mention, Mrs. Glenn
Gail, Los Angeles. Short shorts, first,
Mrs. j. B. White, Oklahoma City
second. Mrs. w. E. Turnipseed, Bir-
WlISI Ildtn, AIN, luSt iiolOi dUie IIlcli-
ton, Mrs Martha L. Shillito. Bir-
mingham; second honorable mention,
Miss Florence E. Kaiss, Baltimore; /;
third, Miss Florence r. Kann.
In the juvenile short-story con-
test awards were: Stories for children
1914, first. Mrs. Harriet Foster Bum,
Cambridge, Mass; second. Mrs. Estelle
Urbahns. Yuba City, Calf. Stories for
children 5 to 10, First. Mrs. Marion
E. Hayn, Washington, D. c.; second
Mrs. Harriet Foster Bum, Madison,
Wis.