The herald., 1898-12-04
CLUB WOMEN OF LOS ANGELES
Happenings Of the Week in Art, Music, Drama,
History and Current Events

ters of the American Revolution met Friday
afternoon at the residence of DR.. and Mrs.
=. +. Church. at 1854 South Grand avenue.
The following officers were installed: Presl-
dent, Mrs. s. r. Thorpe; vice-president,
Mrs. B. +. Church; secretary, Mrs. f. r.
Cady; treasurer, Mrs. w. c. Harrison. This
{ is the third meeting of the chapter since its
organization and some very encouraging re-
ports were given of the progress which it
is making socially and numerically. The
object of the organization is four-fold-edu-
cational, social, literary and benevolent, and
its members seek to preserve truthful his
tory of the war between the Confederate
States and the United States of America
and to collect and prepare important data
concerning it. 1t also seeks to honor the
memory of those who served and those who
fell in the service of the Confederate States,
and to record the part taken by Southern
women as well in untiring effort after the
war in the reconstruction of the South as
in patient endurance of hardship and pa
tent devotion during the struggle. The
ties of friendship among the members of
the society are thus cherished, and the sa-
cred duties to the survivors of the war and
those dependent upon them are fulfilled.
1--WE meet" said Mrs. Kate c. Currie, in
her annual address at the last convention,
mot in disloyalty to the Union, for Its
glory is ours, but to keep alive the memory
of noble deeds and to cause history to dip
her pen in the fountain of truth and to write
the true story of the causes that led to the
war, and that it was for the preservation
of constitutional rights that our fathers
fought The local chapter promises to be
one of the strongest in California and has
enrolled many bright and wel-known
women.
The members of the chapter as far as
now enrolled are: Mines. c. b. Allen, j. p.
Brock, r. f. Burton, S. A. Bowman, A. E.
Bsby, +. B. Britain, c. A. Britt, +. &.
Brooks, Ida Boesch, A. S. Blackstock, b.
f. Church, c. b. Carter, James Cumpston,
C. NJ. H. Cady, A. +. Dennis, X. J.. Day, j.
T. Dunn, W. l.. Elder a. NJ. Fulkerson. {.
d. Flash, j. 7. De Garmo, Alice GosewiSch.
T. r. GARNER w. C. Harrison, s. /. Har-
rison. A. C. Horne, a. II. Hille, NJ. II.
Hart, NJ S. Julien. F. G. kerns. l.. w.
Lambie. s. f. Lloyd, f. H. McLauren. w.
NJ. Mathews. J. II. McCutcher, G. W. Max
son, S. A. Mcmillan, Alice Mcpherson, n.
p. Nolan, NJ G. Neighbors, d. A. Owens,
w. A. Phelps, J. NJ. Pitts, 5. NJ. Ponder,
+. G. Robinson. V. H. Rhoda. NJ II. Rich
ards. L. Z. Shelton, s r. Thorpe, f. NJ.
Tucker. T.. j. Woodward, II. j. Williams,
j. +. Wilson. V. p. Whitfeld Misses Jes-
sic Brock. Annie Brock, Sallie Barrett,
Maude BrasSeman, Ethel Brooks, Onlta
Carter. Daisy Harrison, Mildred Harrison,
Nellie Lambie. Grace Lambie, Eleanor
Llovd. Mary Mathews, Hattie Mathews,
Lottie Mathews, Della Mathews, Alice
Maxson. Rosa Pittman, Vida Pitts, Addie
pitts. Helena Thorpe and Carrie Wood
ward.
The Shakespeare Club met Monday alter
noon with Mrs. Kate Upper Galpn at NO.
5l5 Fremont avenue. The afternoon was de-
lrhtfully spent with a series OF admirable
papers on.the various characters IN Hamlet.
the class having nearly completed the study
OF the play. The first paper was by Mrs,
W. T. S. Hammond, Did Hamlet Love
Ophelia?' Miss NJ. +. Alexander followed
with an excellent character sketch OF Ophe'
liza. the beautiful. harmless, devout woman
whom Hamlet treated with so much rude
ness that seems to be useless and Wanton
cruelty. "How Old Was Hamlet? was sat
isfactorily answered by Miss Carrie Etche-
mendy in very bright paper, showing much
careful thought and study. Mrs. Henry
Steere read an interesting paper on Ghost
Lore in which she gave very good de-
scription of the ghost Of Hamlets father,
which plays so prominent part IN the dra-
ma. "Hamlet's lrresolution' was discussed
by Miss NJ A. Scott, who gave the unfor-
tunate young man noble, pure true char
acter. with high ideals and noble purposes
entirely at variance with common thought, !
of weakness and irresolution. Mrs. Viii |
liams made strong appeal in defense OF
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, whom she
pictured as small woman with light, rip |
ping hair and blue eyes, a dainty woman
who had never known a care and had been
surrounded all her life with everything to
make her bright and happy. So utterly un-
fitted for the duties Of governing a nation
when thrust upon her by the death of her
husband, the queen predominated over the
woman and she yielded all to Claudius, whose
strong arms had already gathered up the
conducted the affairs of state so wisely and
well. Miss True followed with equally as
strong an arraignment of Queen Gertrude,
whom she considered an essentially weak |
woman, if not really wicked one, as shown |
by her marriage in less than a month after
her husbands death to his worthless and
proAigate brother. The keynote to her char
acter the writer thought, was her inability |
to decide for herself in any crisis. Miss
Roberts gave delightful pcnpicture of
Claudius. his grace and culture, his ambi-
ton and his deceit Mrs. Prather discussed |
class adjourned after the roll-call, which |
was answered with quotations from Hamlet |
The class conveyed through Mrs. Galpin |
their heartfelt sympathy for two of its mem
bers, Mrs. Lotte D. Willard and Miss
Hogue, in their recent bereavement.
The Ruslln Art club met Wednesday |
morning in the club rooms in the Phillips |
block and discussed Gothic architecture,
with Miss y. Z. Wadleigh and Mrs. j. y.
Walls as leaders. The subject was a prac-
teal and instructive one and was more than
usually interesting. Miss Wadleigh gave a
bright little Introductory talk leading up to
the subject and some of its influences. Mrs |
u. a. Walls then presented beautifully |
clear paper on structural Principals, = from
which much useful information was gained. !
Mrs. Walls has thorough knowledge of her
subject. and she presented some apparently |
dry details in very iutprpSiiub manner |