The San Francisco call., 1896-08-05
Striking Scenes From History
to Be Reproduced in
Tableaux.
IN AID OF A NOBLE CAUSE.
For Incoming Festival of the Women'S
Educational and Industrial
Unicn.

The earn ivaI of Nations, to be given at
Native Sons Hall during the week COM
menclng September 81 for the benefit of
the Women's Educational and Industrial
Union, promises to be a brilliant affair.
The union is unique among the organiza-
tions of ladies now in existence in this
City, and in the ten years or SO ofits exist
ence has become exceedingly popular.
The union aims at the social, educa-
tional and industrial advancement OF
womankind, without reference to class.
creed or birthplace, all its mem bers meet
ing on plane of cordial equality for the
purpose of affording each other mutual
aid, advice and sympathy. In the union s
headquarters on Van Ness avenue, near
Market street, are score of pleasant
rooms open during the day and evening
to all women. The library and reading
rooms are always full OF readers and stu
dents, and are well stocked with standard
and current literature.
Means are also at hand whereby women
whose education has been neglected may
obtain private instruction from expert
enced certified teachers. In addition to
t!ese educational facilities there are large
y
cry, hairdressing, stenography, cali
graphy. gymnastics the Latin, French,
Spanish and German languages. vocal and
instrumental music, drawing and painting.
The cooking classes are of peculiar inter
est, as the instruction is of strictly prac-
tical character, each lesson being accom-
panied by demonstration which reduces
dry recipes to luscious, toothsome facts.
A noble feature of the unions work is
its advocacy of women in need. The EN-.
ployment committee undertakes to pro-
vide situations for poor women free of all
charge. while the protective committee,
seconded by number of the ablest attor-
| neys, has charge of cases in which poor
women have been de frauded of their wages
or may be obliged on any other account 10
apply to the courts for redress. The legal
gentlemen who work with this com mmittee
charge no fees for their valuable services
Under the able presidency of Nine.
Louise Sorbier the union has greatly en-
larged it's already wide sphere of usefulness
and beneficence. Other and yet more COM
prehensive projects OF good work to come
are in contem plation, but the ordinary in
come of the union is not sufficiently large
to provide the means for bringing these
plans to happy realization. Hence, after
much consultation it was decided that a
festival should be given, will, the proceeds
ments of work might be given an impetus
toward mpiishment.
The carnival will be historical in charac-
ter, the various booths giving tableaux of
i'm portant scenes and events in the histo-
ries of the nations which they will repre-
sent. There are to be three or more tab
leaux each evening, with grand march
of nations, in which over 800 persons will
take part. Great preparations are being
made for the success of the affair, and it is
understood that many of the costumes are
to be magnificent in the extreme.
The booths, which are to be most or.
nately decorated in historically correct
style will be in charge of the following
named ladies': America" under charge
of the Native Daughters of the Golden
West, Mrs. c. F. Capp, manager; ENG
land" Mrs. K. Willetts; Denmark" Mrs
L. ]. Stevenot; France" Nine. DR.. Jules
A. Simon; Germany" Mrs. M. J. Whee-
land; Gypsy Booth" Mrs. Eva Bates;
Greece Mrs. Francis Egerton; !;
Ireland" Mrs. Senator Mahoney:
ITALY" Nine Stefani and Miss Rottanzi;
Japan" Mrs. F. A. Cornell; "Mexico," !"
Mrs Dr. Luis P. Oviedo; "Music,'' Nine.
Ellen Goursen- -Roeckel 1.-The Orient"
Mrs. Isidor Burns; Poets Corner Mrs.
Nellie B. Eyster; Russia" Mrs. Ella n.
Sexton; Scotland" Mrs. A.. Wilkie;
"Spain," Mrs. Paris Kilburn; "Switzer-