The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-28

| iect of good .natursd but half contem ptu-
| Gus tests on the part of the newspapers.
whose able writers forgot, or perhaps did
| not know, that in bustling, brainy, sue
cessful Chicago the most powerful indi-
| vidual organization in existence, the
| terror of the politicians, the al m iration of
the oaily journals. tho potent ally OF the
| civic federation and tower of strength
| for the moral material and intellectual
mprovemant of the city is the woman S
club. Its membership, which runs into
| the thousands. is su b-divided for research
| and study, but united as one individual
| for Whatever public work is may under
take. The record of this work stands
/ plainly visible on the statute books OF the
state as the ordinances of the muicipali-
! ty, for no other organization, whether
of men or of women has accomplished 50
many thoughtful, successful reforms that
show results IN i'm proved sanitation and
| nelpless, and the uplifting OF the ignor-
| ant ana impoverished. | justify their
| depression regarding the Chicago woman's
| club, because it helps to point the moral
| with regard to organization in Los An
| goles, which is modelled on similar lines.
| Once a week two hundred or more intel
| ligent earnest women of this city come
| together. to discuss some subject which
| concerns them in their relation TO their
| families and the outside world. Time
| was when the wifes understanding of
| ths affairs OF that world was little more
than the husband thought fit to tell her.
| But this time exists no longer. The
| m odern woman is the equal of her bus-
band in education and in general intelli-
gence. and to her, the earnest active
worker in club ana society We bow with
all due honor. NJ. NJ. Il.
sOROSIs AND THE FEDERATION.
From the Boston Transcript and the
Atlanta Constitution. October 80, 1895:
AS q pioneer next to the New England
woman's clue, we must not forget her
brilliant sister, Sorosis. Organized in
New York only one month later. so thnt
the club movement may almos. be said to
have been simultaneous in New York
and Boston. The two clubs, Sorosis and
the New Englan woman's club, differ
as much as the two cities differ. Sorosis
derived from Greek word meaning
aggregaton) is gay, brilliant, cosmopoli-
tan. 1t has never committed itself to
any serious philanthrophic or educa-
tional work. except in so far as the club
movement itself has proved to be educa-
tional and philanthropbic; but IN this
way its influence has been wide, and it
has done much toward spreading the club
idea. 1t lays great stress upon the social
side OF life eight of the regular sixteen
meetings held each year being called
social days, besides large evening re-
oeption each year, to which gentlemen
are invited. and an anniversary lunch
con. These social days are delightfully."-
free, broad and cordial.
In March, 1889, Sorosis invited all the
women's clubs she knew to meet with
her in convention i'll cele bration of her
twsnty-trst birthday. About sixty clubs
responded and the conference was so mu.
tually helpful and delightful that the
idea OF the general federation of womans'
clubs was born then and there. A vote
was taken to form such federation COM
mittees were appointed to draft a con-
solution and bylaws, collect facts and
interest all clubs possible IN the Measure
during the ensuing year; ana on April %,
1890, another convention Assem- bled in
New York, this time for q three days
session, during which it adopted consti-
tuition and bylaws, elected officers, and
emerged from its embryo state into the
we'll being of the General Federation of
oman's clubs. 1t chose Tor its motto
Unity in Diversity" and Its badge is
little silver pin, representing the sun of
womans progress rising upon the world.
The Federation of Womans clubs is an
important organization, which represents
! the majority of the leading clubs
throughout the United States. The presi-
| dent is Mrs. Ellen NJ. Henrotin of Chi
CagO, Ill.
1t is an interesting fact to know that
there are twenty-seven women's clubs IN
the south represented in this organiza-
ton. Among the largest and most pros.
| porous of these in the Hypatia cluD OF
! Shreveport La. and the Nineteenth Cen
fury clu of Memphis, Tenn. The exhibit
! of the Federation of Woman's clubs in
| the liberal arts building is " most inter
esting one, showing as it does the pic
| lures of some of the most prominent
| women in this country. An investiga-
ton into the clubs reveals shat New York
does not stand alone in the possession of
| q Sorosis. Four other clubs in the cour-
try have taken the name. Mrs. Hurd OF
! Elherton was the founder OF the Georgia
! Sorosis, the last in the list, and Mrs.
! Bowman, a prominent and intellectual
woman Of that country, was elected presl
| dent for life. Mrs. Hurd is a very pro-
| gressiye and interesting woman and she
will be among the most prominent club
representatives during their meeting
| here. Massachusetts, has the honor of
! having more womenS clubs than any
! other state in the Union.
To shcw the wonderful impetus which
| the club movement received from the or
| ganzation of the General Federation of
! Women's clubs lew statistics may be
| found interesting. We know Of only four
clubs organized prior TO 1870. Between
| 1870 and 1850 we have record of thirty
| nine more the centennial year giving
birth, among others. to the famous Chi
| caso Womans club, whose record in
many respects is the most remarkable of
/ all. Between 1880 and 1890 only 40 were
organized, while during the four short
years which have elapsed since 1890 {the
| wear of the ORGANIZATION of the general
! federation) more than $50 clubs have
come into being and joined the fedora
| ton, while many more are waiting to be
allied to it, and the end is not yet.
do you wonder" says Mrs. Lillian
| c. Streeter, that call the club move
ment the most tremendous movement OF
modern times? Its spirit is in the very
air we breathe. 1t is a great spontaneous
uprising of the women all over this
country in earnest seeking for a larger,
! broader fuller life, and one might as
| well try to stem the current of Niagara as
! oppose its resistlsss force. Woman's clubs
| have come into existence within the last
! forty years, and have gained so strong
foothoid that it is safe to say there is
at least one such organization in every
town in this country. They have grown
! because women realize the benefit deriv-
| ed from concerted action and from Or
ganzed la Dor. We are all stimulated
! ny contact with the energy of others
| VINO are working along the same lines
! with us. We are helped by their ideas
and proauencd in many ways by coming