The herald., 1898-11-27
WoMEN'S CLUBS
Music, Art, Literature, Drama and
Current Events

The classes of the Wednesday Morning
club met in the East Los Angeles COngrega-
tional church parlors during the past week.
The class on Monday afternoon for the
study of current events is always well at
tended, and under the excellent leadership
of Mrs Sherman Page, is increasing in in
terest each week. The naming of dstin-
guished persons was feature of the after
moons lessons, among these being the royal
family of England and premcrs of England,
France, Spain, Italy and Japan. The ladies
OF each section, as previously classified, gave
items of interest under their respective
heads.
The class for the study Of Shakespeare met
on Wednesday morning, with their leader.
Mrs. Dorand. The text for the day, part
of Act 3, was read and discussed with in
| terest.
Mrs. Knapp read paper on some of the
characters. Next week several members
will reply to assigned topics.
| The class in physical culture, under the di-
rection of Miss Jennie D. Chambers, is of
great interest and help to the women who
attend, and the large number present at each
lesson shows the popularity of this study
| The class in American history met with
Miss M. Thompson on Friday morning. The
members are much interested in the work.
The subject for the mornings lesson treat
ed of the colonization of Virginia by the
London company. Among the topics dis
cussed were "Tobacco Raising" "The Com
ing of the Maids" "Indentured White Slav
cry" The various troubles that made the
work of colonization in this state more slow
than that of Massachusetts and other New
England colonies.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Connor entertained
the Womans' Press club very pleasantly
Monday evening last, at social meeting, at
their home, 533 Fremont avenue. The liter
ary work and musical part of the evening
included mandolin and piano duet by Mrs.
Eugene Torrey and w. II. Connor, an origi
nal story, "Wanted, Bridegroom" by Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Wore; recitation by Miss Vir-
ginia Bowman; poems written by her sister,
Mrs. Sadie b. Metcalfe, a member of the
club; paper, "How to Write for the Mag
azines," by Mrs. j. Torrey Connor; paper,
written by Mrs. Florence Percy Matheson,
on "Women in Journalism" read by Mrs.
C. w. Scott. Mrs. Mathewson is a special
writer on the San Francisco Call, and many
years of experience on the stats of the San
Francisco dailes qualities her to know
whereof she speaks. The program was sup
plemented with songs by Mr.. j. w. Mitchell
and piano selections by Mrs Torrey. The
guests and club members were Mr.. and Mrs.
J. w. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. Will d. Gould,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Travis, Mines. Lila w. Sick
ler of Pala, Clara Spalding Brown, Mary
Bowman, G. w. Scott, Williamson Dunn,
s. A. Bowman, Elizabeth A. Vose, D. Grid
ley, Carrie Wyckof, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Torrey, Misses Virginia Bowman, Jessie
Washburn, Helen Mead, Mary Crawford,
Rose Ellerby, Mrs. Mary Sparks.
The Shakespeare Club met Monday after
noon at the residence of Mrs. Kate Tupper
Galpin on Fremont avenue. Following the
general study Of the lesson text we're ques-
tons which brought out the three plots
which Claudius, King of Denmark, insti-
gated against Hamlet The first, Hamlet's
Punishment to England, where the plot to
take his life was thwarted; the second, the
contest arranged by the King between Ham
let and Laertes, and finally, the poisoned
cup, which caused the death Of Gertrude
Queen of Denmark, and Of Laertes. The
grave digger's scene in act v. was disguised,
and was cited "A one Of the most unique
things in Shakespeare. The burial Of