The San Francisco call., 1896-11-13
Scheme of the Women's Educa.
cational and Industrial
Union.
[E PRESIDENTS REPORT
TIL E
She Gives Most Salts factory Account
of the Society's Present
Condition.

trial Union held its annual meeting last
night, and the following named officers
were installed: Nine. Louise a. Sorbier,
president; Mrs. Paris Kilourn, Mrs. Nellie
B. Eyster and Mrs. P. ID. Hale, vice presi-
dents; trea surer, Mrs. L. G. Fraser; record
ing secretary, Mrs. Z. T. Kapp; corre-
spending secretary, Miss Marie B. Sorbier;
associated directors. Mrs. DR.. Cachot, Mrs.
Margaret Deane, Mrs. II. Lewis, Mrs. r.
Searles apd Mrs. Joseph Spear.
The advisory board for the year are:
Judge NJ. Cooney, Richard Chute, S. ].
Hendy, James d. Phelan, Joseph Spear
Jr., Mrs. Richard Chute, Mrs. S. ]. Hendy,
Mrs. III. Highton. Mrs. Senator Mahoney,
Mrs. A. A. Sargent.
The reports showed that the union has
been collecting the wages of poor women
when uniustly withheld. In the employ
ment department 392 women applied for
work and 200 employers applied for help.
The bureau is free to mem bers and all
poor women.
The social department gave musicales
every Tuesday evening. which were free 10
all women and their escorts. The treas
urer reported $1O1O in the treasury. The
secretary thanked in detail all the bene-
factors of the union and paid tribute to
Nine. Louise A. Sorbier (their presi6ent)
for having succeeded in keeping the
union open ard bringing it to the present
success.
Following the reports the friends and
members of the union present were IA
vored by Nine Roeckel with songs, and by
Miss Treadwel with a recitation Miss
Douglass played a mandolin solo. Re-
freshments were served by the young
ladies of the union.
The president in her report expressed
the thanks OF the union to Mrs. Phebe
Hearst, Professor David Starr Jordan.
| Hon. James G. Mcguire and Marcus Rosen-
thai for donations. She spoke as follows:
Friends and members of the union, this is
! really day of rejoicing for those of us who
are interested in this union for surely our ef-
| forts have been blessed with success. Three
| years ago tonight a lew of us who would not
listen to the idea OF closing the door of the
| union, believing we would be helped 10 keep
it open, were certainly, not rejoicing. We
| knew that great uphill work was to be un-
| dertaken, since it is easier TO start new in
/ stitution than 10 resusci,ate a dying one, bu :
| we believed ii our duty 10 try and save it, and
| certainly we were well rewarded for our perse-
| verance.
The following year found the union still Iiv-
| ing, continuing the good IL was created for, not
/ IN debt OF one cent and had still in the treas
! ury S25S; the next year our treasury had $2S9,
| and this year it mas over $1,000. 1 must not
| forts to preserve the union three years ago
| applied 10 many of our wealthy citizens, ask
! ing them TO give our union one dollar month
! 10 help toward its support. Several kindly ac-
! quiesced and a few are still helping us.
| Among those / wrote TO wes our well-known
phianthropist. Mrs. Phebe Hearst Her kind
letter alone would have well encouraged u.s.
! She promised US So month instead OF 81.
| On the following Christmas She gave us
$l0O. and this year she has doubled her
| monthly subscription, and we may we'll say
! that she is the greatest beneiactor of our
| union. Then Professor David Starr Jordan
gave us very instructive and interesting
illustrated lecture which brought back $295
After this Hon. James g. Mcguire and Marcus
| Rosenthai gave hs debate which added to
our treasury The sum of $221. And this year
400 of our friends participated in carnival
which brought back 1912.
! have been trying to procure the cleaning
| of our City Hall for the poor women. These
| women, whom one will employ because of
| their age, and whom the Almshouse will not
| admit since they are invalids, in great
| need of work and cannot get relief. Now our
| City Hall is in such filthy condition that 1t
is a disgrace to the City, and these women
| could keep it in condition which would be
| an honor to San Francisco besides being
| blessing for these unfortunate women VINO
! because they are good and honest are suffer
| ing, many of them of hunger and cold-a fact
which Is disgrace to our fair California,
where so much is done for the comfort OF
/ criminals and nothing for this most deserving
| class OF unfortunate women.
| In San Francisco we have many homes for
young women, but God help the poor old
women, no one wants them. Another thing
| we hope 10 have is a free gymnasium for
women. How restful it would be for many of
our woman clerks and students who are bent
| over desk all day TO have such place to
benefit their heath. Also our cooking school
| needs many i'm mprovements which ire impossi-
] BILE in this all house, and besides, we hate
| to go to any expense in O house which we may
have to leave at any moment the landlord may
want ii. In nearly all the cities where the
Women's Educational and Industrial Union is
in existence, they own their own home, and
certainly this union ought to have one.