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THE smAY "s'rAR,'. . WASHINGTON, D. apital Growing Center of Literary Effort and Magnet for Men and Women of Talent O, NOVEMBER 19, 1922—PART T. Uncle S8am, who translate their literary | Sreatest body of organized women. gifts Into government publications. “While doing this broader work for C Washington has never had a large |the advancement of women in general, writers’ guild, but from time to time|and through them for the ‘spread of there have been concerted efforts to|knowledge everywhere, the Woman's corral the literary peopls into organiza- |National Press Association did not tions or clubs with gratifying and bene- |forget its prime object—to further clal reyuits, the interest of its members. To this From a few of the members of such|end a publication bureau was or- organizations who Keep thelr mental|ganized for the revision and sale of fingers upon the pulse of the creative as | manuscripts submitted by members of well as the reading public, the writer |the Woman's National Press Associa- sought information concerning the ad-ltion. vancement of Washington as & lit-| “Unique as an organization, faithful erary center through these channels.|in its purpose, and ambitious for George Franklin Bowerman, librarian | American writers, especially women, of the Public Library, the best informed |the assoclation prepared a memorial man upon such matters, attacked the|book which was exhibited, and won subject with a broadside of his excep- |first prize—a gold medal—at the tional knowledge and the flashlight of |world's Columbian exposition at his experience, and gave a version of|Chicago, in 1892-1893. It also par- his appreclation and understanding of |ticipated in the Jainestown exposition the literary development in this city|by invitation of the president and that would thrill every native with clvic {board of directors, by holding a con- pride. vention on the exposition grounds, Mr. Bowerman declared that in the|june 7 and 8, 1307, cighteen years of his restdence here he |women of achievement appeared on had been intensely interested in watch- |the program. ing Washington change from & wholly| «The League of American Pen political capital to a diplomatic capital, [women, with its many ramifications social capital, sclentific capital, com- ;e work and broad membership, and mercial capital, and now it has become | now the International Assoclation of 4 cultural capital Art and Letters, are among the chil- ‘It is now the center of the culturaligre whom the parent delights to ::“m‘:fl“":‘;;h:;:““"’y- said Mr. Bow: [honor and wish Godspeea 1n every 2 year sces an Increase | yy,ry 5 high-minded enlightenment in the - interests of literary folk resident at lass i 1t class establishing residences here With | oty oo i, Regular Bailings from N. Y.—Bos- toMontreal. - Tues.—To Southhamp. 3 Th To Cobh Many Books Have Had Their Inspiration and Their Setting in Washington—Tom Moore Wrote '“Last Rose of Summer” Here—Cultural Leadership Quietly and Gradually Established—Foreign Writers Have Made Their Pilgrimages—Opportunities for Research Widely Recognized—Increasing Importance as Scientific and Educational Headquarters—Many Successful Persons in Organizations, but New Discoveries Being Constantly Made in Local Circles. BY EDNA M. COLMAN. ASHINGTON is a literary | center and has been for many vears, though it has acquired -this status so | quietly and unobtrusively that there lare still those among the people of | the city who do not realize that the Capital city has added this title to the i EAAN T cAA | many by which it has been either “urope, Orient, South America | lauded or derided during the centu: Steamship Tickets—All Lines “and twenty-two vears gul its officll:?; o OBER’S o Steameiip and Tourist Agency, | Opinlons differ so widely upon the No. 1 Woodward Building | interpretation of the term “literary” | Phone Main 1089 asgow. Spec! 11 & Winter Sallings to Medi- ‘terranean. See your local Cunard Agent or write Cunard & . L as in beauty. The development to| Far superior to other cities, and the present status has been 8o grad- |its greatest literary asset, are.the ual and the treasures have been 50| opportunitles it affords to the writer abundant that she does not need to|'and the investigator. Its library and cry her cultural supremacy from the|research facilities are unsurpassed, housetops. It Is apparent. comprising as they do the Library * ok k¥ of Congress, the Smithsonian. Insti- JFROM its carliest historythe capital | tution, the Carnegie Institution, the ;L city has attracted and intrigued Wonderful Riggs Library—to say the interest of the great writers and | Nothing of the Public Library and all travelers. Its varied elements of|©0f the storehouses of information population, its position as the capi-; OPen -to the student through every tal of the most youthful and pro-|department of the government. gressive of nations, its democratio| Furthermore, nowhere in the world soclal and official life, with its quad- i8 there assembled. all the year round, rennial political upheaval, have made | Such a brilliant gathering of politi- it the objective of the journeys of | cal news writers as compose the glfted foreign and domestic students. Memberehip of the national press Books, lectures and prolific writings| &allery, made up of representatives | determine if this halo of learning be- longs to the propounders of mighty philosophies, sclentific theories, deep theological doctrines, intricate legal problems or whether the name be- longs only to the movelist, story writer or the poet. However, the dictionary genlus disposes of the question in un- qualified terms by stating, without re- gard to class, degree or type, that “literary” pertains to one engaged In literature, to one versed in letters or learning. Therefore, by this elucidat- {ing dictum, Washington stands forth definitely established as & center of | literature. Research proves that she has al- ways been entitled to be so regarded by assoclation, as well as by produc- ' BERMUDA—CUBA MEDITERRANEAN CRUISES WEST INDIES CRUISES CARIBBEAN CRUISES CALIFORNIA AND HONOLULU Vin PANAMA CANAL [ BERMERY Vacation Tours, $83 and Up, Until Nov. 30. Including. A!l Expenss ANl the atiractions of rachting cruise to a t All Land and Water Sports Modern Hotels—No Passpor! S. S. “FORT VICTORIA™ S. S. “FORT ST. GEORGE' tion, for she has always been the|have ensued in consequence. | of all the newspapers of consequence | the idea of spending the twilight of life ablding place in varying periods of Among the earlier visitors to our|in the country. There are approxi-|in the enjoyment of the opportunities Tar % city when travel was a real hard- | mately two hundred publications thus|in which Washington now abounds. F all these organizations the time of many of the literati of the | world, and many of the great books that line the bookshelves of the uni- | verse had their inspiration, their set- ' ting and their creation under the dome of the Caplitol. One of the earliest of the old-world celebrities to visit America was Tom Moore, who wrote his “Last Rose of Summer” while a guest of the British minister in 1804, at 2411 Pennsylvania League of American Pen Women has grown to greatest dimensions in membership, both nationally and locally, as it now numbers above 500 members, with branches in eightegn states. With Americaniza- tion and the advancement of American art, music, letters and drama as its main purpose at the present time, it 1s putting forth a powerful influence “It offers the student of the sciences unlimited facilitles for re- search and the same is true of the student of literature and the arts. “There is a constantly increasing number of talented people of great culture making use of the libraries of the city. And as 2 further proof of Washington's literary growth, one has but to note the imposing list of represented. Many of these journalists and newspaper men have made valuable ship and a serlous adventure, were | Dickens, Harrlett Martineau, Owen | Meredith, Lord Bulwer Lytton and | Waghington Irving. 1In later vears contributions to history In thelr Rider Haggard, Mark Twain, Bill books, written from an intimate Nye, Lew Wallace, James Whitcomb | knowledge of public men, conditions Riley, Joel Chandler Harris, Bernard | and events, and charged with an at- Shaw, Northcliffe and Stcad crossed Inosphere impossible to one not a part our threshold. | ot the inner life of affairs at the Among the hosts that political anuj seat of government. Sailings Wednesdays and Saturdays. | avenue. Notwithstanding his fame, 1 sions v | The newspaper writers and journalist izats 3 E Rings Wednaatazs 4t Saturias ‘w:s'r INDIES CRUISES lmgqumfly orwine “"o:‘ n;‘ e :aver&m::t:“;m.sl:m:'seh:ne d'ra‘:‘n‘ Lo hx“e :’91: st x"_‘meulupm_‘ 1.&: educational organizations establish. ;'ot niu the s;n-lda.rd of Am:[rlcan b ,"6;‘:‘, g Denr i 2?1 sl Jan. 2ith and Feb. 24th with Americans, when he wrote a e;e“dem ir impr ; ':n: ‘man)"‘lv o and affairs in the Capital city make a g DAt IR ;(m uxte alnd).l (:nl;onpmua 1del 2o stmas_or N ar in Bermuda. % = 2 . v ), redu eir impressi o writing, n: f which contribute in no small de- rs. Louls N. Geldert, more widely S;mlcflg:t';n Refatuids Fein F:‘-*-gfi'&"}%‘?fi'.‘:",“‘“&"’“ scathing diatribe ridiculing President | down through the years since John | formidable list. :ree toc!h:oflterzry atmospher known as Grace Duffie Boylan, na- §. 8. “FORT_HAMILTON" | d in Weat Indies Cruiecs, sails N_"""',, Jefferson and the customs, manners| Adams left his scholarly journals of * % X% “We find among these the National [tional president of the League of lx:fi“:‘g ""'Y'c;k Dec. 3ed, i Ha .ing s'_&h. hm:fl Bar- | and conditions of the people of Wash- | his brief uncofnroruhle occupancy | Ix addition to these exponents of {Education Association, the Carnegie |American Pen Women, who is the au- Book Jow ',","i‘,f‘"t.."‘}'.’,"’ day Sailings """‘ l/.-‘-'l-lh Bmtda lnfiom ; o aiaty of the xn:smemh s plin?:. down to lh; literature in its most popular sense |Institution, Institute for Government [thor of thirty books, finds much in Rend_for Npecial Tours . Send. any elements have combined to|present day, when Lady Astor aired|is also located in Washington a great|Research, American Federation of |Washington to commend to the crea- FURNESS BERMUDALINE l]'“g ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET C0. | place Washington in the position of | her views of Washington and its|army of sclentific and educational writ-|are, National Geographic Socicty,|tors of literature as well as to the g: :';IT‘:AH grt;;’ rx‘c:l-\g:;r. SANDERSON & SON, Inc., Ageats world leadership In the arts as well | people. ! ers, the trained professional experts of | National Academy of Sciences, Science |readers. 7 - 26 Brostway, New York ot any Steamabip Agent Service, teh Archeological Society and| “I would like to speak of the city | STEAMSHIPS. STEAMSHIPS. STEAMSHIPS. itself as a background, a national tapestry into which these artisans, who are the writers and artists, have woven, are yet to weave, the history of America upon the very scene of the nation’s childhood. “In this historic square, cut from the lovely land ot Maryland, and faced by the silver reaches of the Potomac river, has been found material to stimulate the highest literary en- deavcor. The libraries furnish proof of what has been done in Washington. “I am more famillar with the works the Washington Literary Society. “Furthermore, the government bureaus of research and investigation, with all of their publications, as well as the farm periodicals, are drawing to the city a host of men and women of an unusually high type of educa- tion and experfence.” * k% ¥ \IISS NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLX, M caitor of the magazine of the D. A. R. and writer of clever mystery stories, is proudly hailed as a native ‘Washingtonian. She insists that Wash- ington is the most cosmopolitan city in the land and has more distinguish- ed people living or visiting here than any other. She safd: “Beginning with the Roosevelt ad- ministration, which witnessed more celebrated literary visitors than any previous period, the literary tone of the eity has been steadily improving. John Oliver La Gorce of the Na- tional Geographic Society, who still clings to the title of newspaper man and frankly says he prizes it more than that of editor or journalist, ex- presses the belief that many writers considered Washington a sort of pur- gatory for literary celebrities mi- grating between heaven and the other place in search of inspiration. “They come,” he said, “tarry, gather all of the material and ideas they want and flit away again. There are a few outstanding figures, residents of whom all Washington may be proud. There are, of course, many others who stay only part of the time with us. However, with ail of the scientific institutions of all kinds locating their headquarters 7ere, wWashington Is pretty sure to be all that could be desired from the point of culture. As to the increase in creative work and the possibilities of this becoming a publication center aiso, that is for the future to decide.” Mrs. Randolph Hopkins, the acting | president of the National Woman Press Association since Mrs. Lock- wood's illness, was asked about the efforts of her organization toward the establishment of a center of liter- ary Interest, where real benefit should accrue to the members in their va- rious flelds. “Women with a vision saw Wash- ington &s a literary center,” said Mrs. Hopkins,, “as long ago as 1882, when a gropp of ploneer woman editors, magazine nad newspaper writers and reviewers organized an organization for mutual benefit—or, as the origi- nal constitution states, ‘to advance and encourage women in literary work.' This association was called the Woman's National Press Associa- tion, and became the oldest organi- zation of its kind in the world. “Under the leadership of such wom- en as Mrs. Emily Edson Briggs, who, e UNITED SHIPPING BOARD TRAVEL CERTIFICATE forgotten the singers, I shall not for- get the songs. The city, the houses, the traditions of Washington turn into facts under the transforming penciis of the writers. From Mount Vernon to the Capitol on its kigh hill from the Capitol to Arlington is the triangle of American history. The people from every state and every country, of every type and station are the characters who act their part upon a stage unparalleled in this new world. “Looking through thc eves of a stranger, I see literary Washington collectively and not individually. Out of every assembly will come, in the midst of conversations, a man or a woman of genius, a boy or a girl of talent, expressing in many ways thelr gifts and their message. It means a thrill to the explorer seldom found in other cities, where the writing fraternity usually unites as a body, presenting to the visitor a solid front of the talent of that city; you know within a few weeks all of its book and magazine producers. In Wash- ington you never know; the surprise never ends. It is constant discovery. The story teller must tell what he thinks and feels about it; the novel- ist must dramatize it; the historian must preserve fit. “Lately even greater fervor has been shown among the members of the League of American Pen Women, about whom I am, of course, most fa- miliar. We find among our fiction ‘writers novels just begun, novels half done, novels just completed. 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