The San Francisco call., 1895-11-05
Mrs. Clara B. Foltz rendered
a Farewell Reception by
the Portias.
KIND WORDS BY a TRUE FRIEND
The Departing Woman Lawyer Re.
spends Eloquently to Congress
man Maguire's Address.

1t was q touching farewell which the
members of the Portia Law Club and It's
invited guests rendered Mrs. Clara B.
Foltz last evening. There was no attempt
at formalitv. The reception-room of the
Occidental Hotel had been dsintily decked
for the occasion, and concealed behind q
bower of green was a string orchestra.
Near the center OF the room Mrs. Foltz re-
ceiYed her many friends, who called to bid
her fond farewell and a hearty God.
speed on her journey. The members OF
the Portia Law Club, OF which Mrs. Foltz
is the dean and was the organizer and
prime mover, feel keenly their loss IN the
departure OF their leader for New York,
and this they evidenced last evening bv
the affeetonate manner in which they
clustered about her.
During the evening Mrs. Kate WiIlats.
the president OF the Portia Law Club,
called the guests 10 order. She introduced
CONGRESSMAN James G.. Mcguire as one
who had long been a friend OF their de-
parting dean. Congressman Mayuire said :
This indeed is the surprise OF the evening
TO me. | have known our friend here and
honored and admired her ever since she
first commenced her struggle for admission
to the bar. I have watched her admirable
course as she rose from the lowest round
against the almost universal opposition
then existing to woman being admitted
TO the bar and TO her success after admis-
sion. Against all these difficulties she has
struggled bravely and successfully, and
has achieved a success that would be a
credit TO any man.
e'She has done more. She, with a few
associates. has made a new profession for
women, and in this profession [ see no
reason why women should not succeed.
I hold the law 10 be the noblest OF pro-
LESSONS if it be honorably followed, not
with the view OF achieving purely business
ends, but looking TO the administration of
justice.
Mrs. Foltz has struggled where those
who come after will find the way easy.
To-day she has reached degree OF sue
cess in her profession where no litigant in
San Francisco or in New York need fear
to employ her. | feel that Mrs. Foltz is
leaving San Francisco at q time when the
highest honors and emoluments await
her, but since she has felt it best 10 seek
new fields of opportunity I sincerely wish
for her all the success she deserves.
Il feel she has opened the way to other
women lawyers, and the ladies OF the Portia
Club will have presented 10 them oppor-
tunities which were not hers. She has
through ell her struggles maintained her
self with the honor and integrity of the
noblest womanhood, and she has attained
the greatest of skill as lawyer. Again I
wish her q heartfelt farewell"
Mrs. Foltz was visibly affected by the
warmth of Congressman Maguire's re-
marks. as she rose for reply her voice
was choked with emotion, and for q few
sentences her remarks Were scarcely audi
bic. Regaining her composure, she said
He has been my friend indeed, my
"a. mr. To hfy L
lasting debt OF gratitude from the day
entered this City as q student. fourteen
years ago. When he was first elected to
the bench | felt that the bar had lost one
OF its best lawyers and l had lost one oi
my best friends. l found on the bench be
was still the kind friend he always was
he could decide against you very prom pity
If you were wrong, and stand firmly by you
II you were right. He never Disseminated
on the bench. l always had an equa
chance before him. My ambitions have
always been 10 challenge the admiration
OF sucn as Judge Mcguire
81 very much regret that felt il neces
| saTy 10 leave my home where | have strur
| gled and where | have made something ot
q success. May | not ask for q warm place
IN your hearts? You know am a great
believer in love. and love can change even
lawsuit. l pledge you that il honest
| effort means anything; If noble ambitior L
and determination will assist me. then
my friends OF San Francisco and OF Cali
| fornia, my mother State, will never regret
| that they have been kind to me-
! The remainder Of the evening was spent
| IN conversation. Among those present
were:
Judge and Mrs. Campbell, Congressman Ma
guire, Judge and Mrs. Ferral, Judge and Mrs
Carpenter, Carroll Cook, Professor ana Mrs.
Roeckel, Mrs. Kate Willats, Mrs. W Gilmore
Miss h Dignan, Dr. Giberson, Mrs Vera Bean
Charles OsIerman. samuel ". Shortridge Mrs
STnaliey, Miss smalley, Dr.. Edison, Mrs Nor
gsns OF Angels Camp, Mrs. Jennie A. Daley
| Mrs. Rohrbscher, Mrs. Captain Wallace.
Mrs. f. 4. Martin of san Jose Mrs Williams
| Miss Naomi Johnson. Mrs. Annie Lewis
Miss Annie Cohen, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs Hsr
rison, Mrs. Dr.. Beigle, Mrs. Mime Lelong Mrs
Irene Cox. DR.. Dean, Miss GashWeiler- Mis-!
Laura Gsshweiler, Mrs Judge Wallace, Mrs s
E. B. Myers, Mrs a. c. Nslgreen Miss May
Mslgreen. Miss Anna Malgreen, Mrs f c
Smith, Miss Maybee, Mrs \. Z. Peterson Mrs
\. M. Harris, Mrs. Irene CowIes, Mrs f 2
Keeney, Mrs. Ssarkweather, Mrs. K. Chapman
Miss Kate Myers, Mrs. hresteller, Mrs Var
Tress, Mrs. Belle hurZ. Miss Addie l. BalIou
Mrs. j. B. Brsdstreet, Miss Emma Wakemsn
Mrs. VI c. Johnson, Miss sara B. Taylor, Mrs
May l. Harrison, Miss Willats, Miss Dors
Cohen, Mrs. Whitaker, Mrs. Z. L. Conen, c.
Sullivan.