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section will study the early poetry of France
at its next regular meeting.

section will study the early poetry of Franc
at its next regular meeting.
The Economics Section of the Ebell me
Tuesday afternoon to complete organization
and to arrange plans for the winters work
The section studies economics as the bes
means to the highest ends, with the leas
expenditure OF force, and the curator Mis-
Mary N. Ryan, has outlined very pract
cal course OF study for the year, some of tn
topics being body building by intelligen
and careful living, nutritive value O
foods, free kindergartens, day nurseries
college settlements, women in business
travelling libraries and industrial education
lhe section hopes to accomplish much il
our own city looking toward the improve
ment OF streets, the planting of shade tree
and many other lines of practical work fol
the Improvement OF health and morals. TIL,
topics discussed today were How can mod
ern science be applied to lessen the menta
and physical strain of everyday life?" anc
Home life based on scientific principle:
and systematic truth and intelligent investi
cation of household problems
The first copy of the Ebell magazine wa,
issued Thursday, Oct. 9th The volume i.
artistic IN every detail. 1t contains sixt,
pages, profusely illustrated with half-tones
=" A Girls Impression of Hawaii" is the title
OF an interesting article in the new publ
cation. Besides this the magazine contains
a story OF southern life, entitled Crooked
Billy and written by Mrs. J. C. Mccoy:
articles illustrating German life by Mrs. w
;: Bartlett; Cupid and the Telephone" by
Mrs. |. B. Hamilton, and poems by Mrs
George ID. Ruddy and Miss Grace Dennen
| bo fer fair !.
all been prepared by women who are mem
bers of the Ebel. Some are accustomed to
literary work and others have submitted
their first efforts for publication In the
Ebell. The publication is edited by Miss
Grace Dennen.
The Wednesday Morning club met in the
parlors Of the East Los Angeles Congrega
tional church and about seventy members
responded to the. roll call with quotations
from Shakespeare ''Othello" In view of a
contest of quotations. which will take place
some time IN December, four quotations
were selected for memory work this week
Mrs c. p. Dorland, the clubs efficient
leader. then gave a character sketch of
Othello, as portrayed in his own words in
the lesson, in which he defended his own
rights in refusing to marry Desdemona with
out the sanction of her father In the study
which followed. character sketches were
drawn of Desdemona and her father and the
Incidents of the play were discussed. The
study will be continued next week and
there will also be general meeting of all
the sections of the club, at which all mem
bers are expected to be present Reports
from the various secretaries will be read and
new plans discussd.
The members of the Thursday Morning
Browning class met last week at the home
of Mrs. Chambers on North Workman street.
Pronunciation drill was conducted by Mrs
Stearns; Miss Sieeler read Incident of the
French Camp Mrs. Osgood read sketches
from Mrs. Brownings Life and Letters"
\ paper on Brownings musical poems was
read by Miss Howe: Mrs. Stearns read
'Porphyria's Lover" Mrs. Langworthy
gave synopsis of portion of the poem
: A Death in the Desert" after which the
class spent an hour in the study of the
poem.
The French Section of the Ebell has re-
umed its studies under the direction of
Madam Foye, who conducted the section
asst year. The class which began the study
If the French language last year is now
along the same lines and meets
N Tuesdays and Fridays in the morning
Other classes, both for beginners and for
more advanced students will be formed from
line to time and Madam Foy will meet mem
oers desiring to take up the study at the
,lose of the section at 10 o'clock on Tues
lays and Fridays. This is one OF the prac-
.ical sections of the club and it is hoped
hat number of classes will be formed for
The study of so delightful and useful Ian
,uage.
4 piy- Sat f1y. t+ayp
It Ebel Hall in honor of Charter Day, this
,eing the fourth anniversary OF the organi-
alton of the Ebel in Los Angeles. The large
auditorium was decorated and a luncheon
vas served Mrs Clara B. Baker, |
he retiring President. received the members |
nd guests and presented them to the new
ffcers OF the society, who are as follows: !
Mrs Charles n. Flint; First Vice |
President, Miss A. X. Parsons: Second Vice
President, Mrs, G. NJ. Danskin; Recording
ecretary, Mrs. A. P. West: Corresponding
rer, Mrs. T. T. Knight; General Curator,
1rs. L. NJ Comstock. Assisting IN receiv.
ng were Mines. 7. d. Stimson, D. A. Mac |
leil, L. w. Blinn, J. B. Milard, C. B. Jones,
summer p Hunt, f. G. Howard, Hugh Vail. |
T. Ross Clark, c. II. Hall, H. w. R. Strong.
frank King, Murray NJ. Harris, West
Hughes, F. A. Eastman. J. f. Cowles, Burt |
4stes howard, Y. I. Pdfker, =. u. Gilbert, |
;eorge r. Ruddy, Henry T. Lee. R. w.
}urnham, Sidney J. Parsons, AW. Sprague. |
|. w. Fuller, W. S. Bartlett, r. P. Sibley,
p. B. Hamilton, Lou " Chaplin, Misses Har-
yet Strong, Z. H. Parsons, Mabel Clute,
ieorsina Strong, M. n. Ryan, Grace Ath,
rton Dennen, Grace Albers and Others The
,bell of Los Angeles was formed in Octo-
er, 1894 under the leadership of Mrs II.
V. r. Strong, member of the Oakland
ociety, who was chosen President. Mrs.
trong served in this capacity for three
ears. during which time the Ebell grew and
eveloped. In 1897 the society incorporated
nd the President of the ensuing year. Mrs.
lara B. Baker, erected the beautiful modi-
ed Greek temple which is now the club
ome. The Ebell means higher standards of
ducation, of social effort. 1t means also
n effort for the highest in society and the
ONE and the influence of a con
tantly broadening and deepening woman
God to permeate and bless every phase of |
ur complex modern life. In numbers the
ocety is constantly growing, having now
nrolled about three hundred members. The |
ltereSt taken in section study is one of the |
trongest proofs of its practical value and |
large proportion of the members are en-
oiled in one or more sections. An excel |
mt library is being secured and bright lit
Ie literary magazine, edited by Miss Grace
ltherton Dennen, appears each month and |
ids fair to become a popular Southern Cal |
ornia literary journal reDresentinr the |