The herald., 1896-07-05

identified with women's clubs in Califor-
nit, but she believes that the ideal club
of the future will be the one in which
both men and women Join in mutual la
Dor or amusement, and during the re-
cent Wonan's congress in San Francis
co she presented an amendment to its
constitution to that effect.
Mrs. Mary e. Hart, the secretary of
the ZinGari, is looked upon as one of the
rising literary characters of the state.
She is a native of Virginia. but for the
last ten years has been a resident of Los
Angeles, and in that interval has de-
voted the greater portion of her time
to journalism. Mrs. Hart was formerly
secretary of the Southern California
Science association, and was at one time
editor and proprietor of the Pacific
Monthly, magazine published in this
city. She has been prominently iden-
titled with the scientific and historical
societies of Southern California, and
was in charge of the State Historical
exhibit of California in Chicago during
the Worlds Columbian exposition.
William II. Burbank, one of the exec
utive board, is a journalist well known
throughout this coast and the east as
the master of trenchant and vigorous
pen. After graduating from the Uni
versity of California he became one Of
the three founders of the Oakland Daily
Enquirer and secretary of the CORPORA
he sold out and went east. There in 1892
he purchased daily and weekly paper
in North Carolina, and in two years be-
came president of the North Carolina
Press association. In 1894 he returned
to California and established the Los
Angeles Record, on March 4, 1895. Mr.
Burbank has since then retired from ac-
tive control Of the paper, and is devot-
ing himself principally to private busi-
ness interests.
Prof. A. Wilharttz was born June G.
1889 in the city of Prague, the ancient
capital Of the kingdom of Bohemia, in
Austria. His father, a very wealthy cap-
italist, put his only son to music at the
age of four years and a half where he
was obliged to work at the art for three
hours of. every week day, for over four
years when he started on q concert tour
through Austria, Italy and France, play
ing the piano and the grand organ on
Sunday for sweet charity's sake
In 1886 his father having been COM
PEELED by political matters to leave his
native land, came TO Wisconsin. The
professor stayed in Wisconsin until 1856,
spent year in Chicago and in 1857 went
to st. Louis. On the 10Th of April, few
days after the Fort Sumter affair." he
was mustered into the Second Missouri
infantry. of which Lieutenant General
Schofield was then first lieutenant
He served until November 23, 1866,
leaving the army with the rank of major,
and in 1886 came to Los Angeles, and
ever since has been active in his profess
sion as teacher of music.
VIII e. Chaplin was born in Railway,
N. j., on May 25th. and was the contem-
porary of ]. o. E. Daily. His father
was the Oldest artist in the United
States and employed as designer by the
National Bank Note company. 1t was
natural for the boy to follow in the foot
steps of his illustrious parent. His art
training was begun Immediately after
graduating from Buffalo High school at
the age of 13, in wood engraving.
In 1881 he went to Chicago and began
the illustration of books and engraving
in the different publishing houses of that
city. His work attracted the atten-
tion of the publishers of Frank Leslie's
magazine, and when the anarchist trou-
Dles began they realized the need of a
special artist on the spot. They engaged
him to cover it. His great work on that
occasion won for him a reputation sec
ond to none in the United States. and
also an engagement as the representa-
tive of that firm in the west, south and
southwest
For years he was known as war cor
respondent for Leslie's magazine, hav-
ing attended all the strikes and other
disorders for the different journals in
the east. Before coming to California he
was in charge of the art department of
tne Graphlc, did brilliant work for the
Buffalo Illustrated Express at Home
! stead, Pa, and also for Harpers' Weekly
| on several occasions.
Mrs. Rose Hartwick Thorpe. the i'm
mortal writer of Curfew Must Not Rine
Tonight is also member of the club
She came to California from the state
of Michigan eight years ago. and lives
at Pacific beach, near San Diego.
! ALICE ROLLINS CRANE,