Evening star., 1938-04-25
Pen Women
Will Visit
White
Mrs. Roosevelt
Receives Delegates
This Afternoon.

WI gates to the biennial con-
4 vention OF the League Of
American Pen Women at I pm. today
at the White House. This will be
followed at $50 pm by a ceremony
at the Chilean Embassy when the
Ambassador. Senor Don Manuel True
CO, will confer an award on DR.. Bar
bara Ring Of the Miami branch in
recognition Of her American ac-
tivities. A banquet with the pro-
gram centered around radio features
and drama will be held at $50 pm.
at the Willard, which will conclude
the conventions activities of the day.
Business sessions began this morn
ing at the Willard with an address
of welcome by the president, Mrs.
Phyllis Fergus Hoyt. The morning
session was given over to reports by
national officers, State vice presidents
and chairmen Of standng and spe-
cial committees, with a discussion Of
the bylaws scheduled after the lunch
con recess.
Play to Be Presented.
my Tony" one-act prize winning
play. written by Mrs. Maude Hicks
Hickman Of Wattrloo. Iowa, will be
presented tonight at the banquet un-
der the direction of Miss Joan South
ward. by a cast of six characters.
Mrs. Francesca Falk Miller. national
drama chairman, has announced that
second drama honors will go to Mrs
Margaret Mcclure Stitt Of Cincin-
natl, and that the third prize award.
will be divided between Miss Ann
Darlington Of the District Of Colum-
bia Branch and Mrs. Beulah Jackson
Chamley Of Madison, Wise
The program also will include an
address by Watson Davis Of Science
Service. who will speak on Writing
the Popular Scientific Article" Mr..
Davis will be presented by Mrs. Lii
liam G. B. McA. Meyer, national
feature chairman.
Robert Saudek. continuity director
Of Station KDKA, will speak on
Building a Radio Program" and as a
special feature l5-minute prize
winning radio skit, Hidden Treasure"
by Miss Ona Barroda of the Holly
wood branch, will be presented over
an installed microphone. There also
will be broadcast over Station
WJSV, under the direction Of Miss
Ann Gillis. Mrs. Lulu Gabel Giese
is national radio chairman.
Awards to BE Made.
Prize awards in the three classes
will be made by Mrs Grace Thompson
Seton. Six honorable mentions for
one-act plays are announced as we'll
as number Of supplementary honor
able mentions as follows: Carmina L.
Resting, Kansas City branch; Hen.
rietta Wyeth, Miami branch; Kather-
inc Higgins Sommers, St. Louis
branch; Irene J. Crandall. Chicago
branch; Josephine G. Perkins, Boston
branch. and Florence R. Kahn, Balti-
more branch. Supplementary, Jean
Cameron Agnew, Alabama; Clara
Edmunds Hemingway. Northern
Illinois; Gertrude Lee Wheeler, Min
neapolis; Alva Cooper Magnussen,
Seattle; May T. Neff, Pittsburgh;
Katherine Parkes Thore, Boston; Pearl
Head Latcham, Baltimore, and Gail
Brook Burket, Chicago Special men,
ton is given Of a short two-act play
by Jessie de River Of the San Francisco
branch.
Books on drama, radio and markets
will be featured at the book fair fol-
lowing the banquet program. Mrs.
Dorothy De Muth Watson is the book
fair chairman.
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The N. o. Club met at the home
of Mrs. Mary Gray. 1928 L street NE.
Each member donated an apron for
the Woodmen Home in San Antonio,
Tex. Mrs. Pauline Rohrs, State man
ager spoke. The next meeting will
be May IL at the home Of Mrs. Cath
crime Shughrue, 927 Sixth street S.W
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A benefit bridge and tea for St.
Thomas Church Altar Guild will be
held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the
home of Admiral and Mrs. William r.
Leahy, at the Naval Observatory.
About 100 are expected to attend.
Mrs. Norman B. Hall is the director
of the guild.
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The final of the Carroll lecture
series will be given tonight at $50
at the Willard Hotel by DR.. Thomas
A. c. Rennie of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. He will speak on THE
Psychiatric Aspects of Parent-Child
Relationships
The list of patrons and patronesses
follows: Mrs. Edw. Costigan, presi-
dent of Carroll Auxiliary; Mrs. James
E. Colliflower. Miss Rose Mary Walsh,
Mrs B. F. Saul, Dr. Frances Marshall,
Mrs. Henry Priester of Davenport,
Iowa; Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Neale
and daughter Elenor, Miss L. A. Gar
diner, Grace Mary Colliflower, Miss
Ramona J. Newman. Mrs. Harry Som
erville, Mrs. E. K. Thomas of Miami,