The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-12

spective OF religious or political belief
into clubs to carry out all the local re-
forms, moral, industrial, industrial, edu-
cational which the social ideal demands,
their practical principles being self-help
and cooperation.
much also with their less fortunate sis
tiers, by encouragement to nobler efforts in
connection with timely aid and instruc-
ton.
THE Flower Festival Society was organ
lz9d to provide residence for working
girls and women, securing to them all
the appointments of refined home, and
series of beautiful floral festivals were
annually given from which they have
realized home that is creditable to the
city and an honor to the magnificent eff
forts of its builders.
so, also do we look upon the house
OF the Protestant Orphans, as an orna-
ment to the city and a monument to the
generosity Of its public-spirited citizens;
an institution where hundreds of little
ones, bereft of natural protectors, are
cared for by the kind hearted women
constituting the board and their sup
porters. Nor must the efforts of those
who are endeavoring to care for the wan
dering waits and homeless lads known as
newsboys and working boys, be over
looked.
The Childs Founding Home fully ex-
presses its labor of love in its specified
name, and there is now forming So
ciety called the Old Ladies' Home Asso-
citation, for the care of those approaching
old age. Other good work of this nature
reaches out through the open doors of the
Florence and Ransome Homes, for re-
claiming the hayward and depraved to
lives of usefulness.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, embracing every possible depart
ment for the purpose of educating the
young, forming a better public sentiment
and reforming the drinking classes, is
well established the Loyal Temperance
Legion are echoing the chorus of their
elders; and the Band of Hope, the juve-
nile organization of the Independent Or
der of Good Templars, are enthusiastically
arrayed against the curse of mankind.
These are all ably assisted by the women
OF the Kelley League in sustaining those
who have loosened their grasp, to regain
the claims of manhood.
while the Associated Charities large
ly consolidated and systematzed the
work of caring for unfortunate citizens,
there are yet the Catholic Hebrew and
German benevolent associations, indie
pendent of each other which contribute
their aid to their own class.
The Eastern Star Order, the women's
degree of Masonry, is necessarily secret
organization, but it is founded on the
practice of moral and social virtue, and
its distinguishing characteristic is chart
ty, with brotherly love and truth inculca-
ted in its precepts. So with the Daugh-
tiers of Rebekah, who are part of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and
again, the Degree of Honor, which is the
womanly part of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen.
Then the Pythian Sisters is in the same
relation to the Knights of Pythias; and
the Companions of the Forest, who assist
with deeds of kindness the Independent
Order of Foresters;. also the Daughters
of Pocahontas, auxiliary to the lndepen-
dent Order of Red Men, and the Circles
of the Ladies of the G. A. r., consisting
exclusively of the immediate relatives OF
Union veterans of the Civil War, while
the Woman's Relief Corps, the acknowl-
edged auxiliary OF that noble organization,
the Grand Army OF the Republic, which
is broadet in its views and welcomes in
soldiers and sailors, bull all loyal wo-
men who desire to enlist under the banner
of fraternity, charity and loyalty.
All the foregoing secret orders are social
and beneficial in cases of sickness and
distress, and exert a fraternal feeling that
is commendable, but to this the ladies of
the Maccabees add business proposition
in the form of life insurance.
1.-The Daughters of the Revolution and
the Native Daughters of the Golden West
are respectively proud of their ancestry
and the beautiful land of their birth, and
Justly egotstical of their claim to mem
bership in their societies for mutual pleas
ure and good fellowship.
among the educational are the Friday
Morning Club and the Woman's Parlia-
ment, whose members have developed in
tellectual ability and lofty ideas. To those
whose inclination leads to the storage of
facts and dates, the hall of the Historical
Society is ever open, while others who
care for the harmony of sound are at
tracted by the musical rhythm of the r.
R. r. or the Treble Clef Clubs.
The Ruskin Art Club for the discus
sion and study of the history of art, the
Womens Economic Literary Society, the
Shakespearean Class the Discussion Club
for study of parliamentary forms, the In
dustrial School, conducted as a free kim
dergarten, and another for Spanish chill
dren, are each working along its own line
for advancement.
''Then there is the distinctive, peculiar
work of the Woman Suffrage Association,
ably aided by the Woman's Press Asso
citation, which, by their united effort
through platform and press, remind man
of his duty to woman and woman's duty
To harself ~