Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-22
FRIDAY MORN!NG!TEs.
Features Of the Last Meeting
of the Club.
Some of the Papers Read and the
Ideas Expressed.
Resignation OF Valued Oficer-Facts
About woman's Work-The Power
of the Individual-Plans for
the Next Meeting.

The Friday Morning club held its
usual meeting at the club room in the
Potomac block.
The resignation OF Mrs. Ernest K.
Foster, the Justly popular secretary, was
read and accepted with regret. The
lady has held this position for nearly a
year. and her intelligent and conscien-
tious reports have been attractive fea-
lures of the weekly programme. A vote
of thanks was extended to Mrs. Foster,
and the president appointed Mrs. Shell
ley Tolhurst secretary during the short
interval before the summer vacation.
Mrs. Severance spoke of the fedora
tion Of woman's clubs now in session at
Chicago, promising report at the next
meeting from Mrs. Col. Eastman, the
club representative who is now in that
city.
Mrs. H. o. Collins read extracts from
the opening address delivered before
the convention by DR.. Sarah Hackett
Stevenson, president of the Chicago
Woman's club, in which the speaker
rejoiced that women are learning to CO.
operate, heartily and intelligently.
''The first step in the brotherhood of
men is the sisterhood of women"
N"Idleness, mot labor, is a disgrace to
women.' eight hours for work. eight
hours for study and eight hours for rest
is the ideal arrangement" are some of
her sayings.
Mrs. Bartlett of Tustin, was then in
troduced and spoke Of the power Of the
individual, claiming that "great things
hxyr
than by great Masses" In illustrating
she gave an account Of the work done by
Mrs. Rice is Charlotte county, Virginia,
a place Item miles from q lemon''-
among the "poor whites" Of that negro
ridden country. This woman of beauty,
culture and talent left the brilliancy Of
New York life and began to teach these
neglected people, mostly the young
men, to read and write. They accepted
the teaching eagerly, and now several
are in college and many in the prepara-
tory department.
Two interesting thoughts were brought
. out:
First-That the American stock, in
its purity, is to be found among the
"poor whites" of the Tennessee an0
Kentucky mountains and back districts
of Virginia, where, isolated from the
manufacturing centers and away from
the tide of immigration, the blood of
revolutionary fighters still flows, unpol-
luted, through their veins. There is fine
material among them.
Second-That, perhaps, children are
set to study too soon. 1t is found that
boys of IA or 16 years of age from the
most illlterate and uncouth families
learn more in six months than our little
ones do in three or four years when
started to school at the usual age.
Miss Fette read resume of Forum
article on the woman's exchange
whether it be conducted for business or
charity. This was followed by an ami
mated discussion, during which it ap-
peared that this idea of charity is
what makes most exchanges business
failures.
The science and metaphysical com.
mittee have charge of the meeting for
next Friday, and will present paper
on the eye, by DR.. Meader. It will be
accompanied by colored illustrations,
and promises to be interesting.