The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-16
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Pacific Coast Clubs.

California seems to be a paradise
for clubwomen, according to Mrs.
Sophie E. Gardiner, editor of 1.-The
California Ladies' Magazine" who is
now IN New York on her way to At
lanttc City, n. j., where she will repre-
clubs at the convention of the Inter-
national League of Women's Press
Clubs, which opens there on June %.
There isn't the slightest opposition
to women's clubs in San Francisco"
said Mrs. Gardiner to a Tribune re-
porter, cor to women'S work of any
kind. The papers treat us with the
utmost respect, and our most enthu-
siastic supporters are men. Perhaps
the old California chivalry has some
thing to do with this, but the clubs
have done so much good that it is
scarcely possible for any one to re-
fuse TO recognize the fact. They have
been q wonderful help Intellectually to
California women and they have done
a great deal of public work besides.
The beautiful old Mission churches and
the great trees of California have been
preserved through the efforts of wo-
men. The San Francisco clubs have
established Fairgrounds all through
the city, and added a musical depart
ment to the city library. They have
improved the conditions of factory and
shop girls. and have done something
Of the same sort of work as the Con-
sumers' league, although We haven't
any such organization as yet.
There was some opposition to wo-
mems clubs when they first started
about fifteen years ago." continued
Mrs. Gardiner, and we had to submit
to considerable abuse and ridicule, but
it has all passed away. A leading citi-
zen of San Francisco said to me not
long ago when his wife joined the first
club he was quite convinced that he
was never going to have any more
peace at home, but that he now re-
garded women's clubs as one Of the
greatest blessings, not only to woman
kind, but also to society in general,
and the families of the members in
particular. You see, when a woman
marrIes she becomes absorbed in
household cares and social duties, and
is apt to let her intellectual interests,
If she ever had any, get crowded out.
But when she goes to a club once a
week, where all subjects of current
interest are discussed and where lee
lures are given by leading thinkers,
her intellectual life is kept alive, and
when she comes home from such
meeting, instead of having nothing but
trtvialities to talk about, she has
something interesting and profitable to
and find that it helps them to keep
abreast Of the times themselves.
The most prominent and wealth.
lest women in San Francisco belong
to clubs, but wealth alone will not gain
admission to the most exclusive and
desirable ones. The Century club, Of
which Mrs. Phebe Hearst was the first
president, has several times black
balled candidates for admission who
could bring nothing but money with
them"
Another delightful thing about the
California clubs is that they have club
houses.
1.-The Century club" continued Mrs.
Gardiner, has a magnificent building,
rooms and an immense auditorium;
and one can get a delightful cup Of
tea there in the afternoon. The Ebell
club, in Oakland, has a beautiful build
Ing, and there are four or five clubs in
Los Angeles that own their own
buildings"
The magazine of which Mrs Gar
diner is editor also owns it's own build
ing, and the management is entirely
feminine. excepting the circulation
manager and the financial adviser.
we have been very successful"
said Mrs. Gardiner, land have great
hopes for the future, for, though men
have done very we'll as editors Of Wo-
mems magazines, we think women can
do little better
And what do you think Of daily
papers under feminine management"
asked the reporter, in allusion to the
Cambridge and Chicago ventures
Il don't know why they shouldn't
be very successful" said Mrs. Gar
diner. THE feminine element is be-
coming more and more important in
Journalism, and it will be more and
more recognized as such.'A
While in New York Mrs Gardiner
will be the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Walter D. Rusher, 121 East Fortieth
street.