The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-24
CULTIVATION OF HUN0R Is
MOMENTS CLUBS BEST OBJECT
CAP and Bells and Pabw1s
Are Public Benefactoys.
LAURA BRIDE POWERS.

What a variety OF activities wom-
ems clubs cover-running the gamut
from philanthropy to funi The latter,
however. is OF rather recent develop
meut Why9 Possibly because wom-
ems sense Of fun and humor is of
rather recent development among the
masses. Don't scowl, friends, IT'S
the unvar nished truth. To those of
you who possess the divine sense-the
saving grace-there Is no offense. And
TO you who recognize the sex de-
hciency-though through no fault of
ours but OF our upbr1nging-and who
seek the sunny side Of things, here's
to you'll May the sun shine the
brighter for you, may the swallows
build under your windows and throw
the glad note of their loves into your
soulsl That is joyousness, and Joy
business is the mother Of humor. wit
is another creature, possibly q step
brother 70 humor, with sarcasm or
world could thrive-without humor It
would wither, even as would the bios
SONS Of spring without sunshine.
men A-SAG . 70 the C4uD l0dI makes
humor to order-that seeks 1t, honors
II and by entertaining it, gets on
speaking terms with 1t.
To be sure there are those who
say that humor, or its stepbrother wit,
are qualities Of mind and heart, and
are inborn- That IS undoubtedly true.
Likewise is II true that a prediction
for music is Unborn, but II needs Gull
velOpment And thus II is for hurnor.
So hush, We scohers, who laugh at
wOmen's clubs whose avowed object
IS the saving grace" Ali the balm
that humor brings into the embarrass-
ments OF life AS an antidote for d.
Eorce a woman's humor has the in
terlocutory decree beaten a mile.
Then the Papyrus Club and the Cap
and Bells have no need for apologies.
They are fulfilling a divine mission.
and should have the encouragement
Of every promoter Of gladness-and
IN this gray old world we have more
need Of promoters Of gladness than of
promoters Of goodness, because for
soOth gladness leads to goodness.
Last Thursday the Cap and Bells
had merry day the session being
held at the Sorosis Club house on
California street It was Shakespeare
day The following programme was
presented and it went with the zip Of
syphOn soda:
wit and humor, BY members: Beethoven
s3nphoni. -FOUR hands. Mrs. S p Blumenbere
and Miss Ena Langworthy; humorous faIjt :
Ssptsln " G Lesles vocal selections Mrs
Thomas Q. crotherss Ca) Don FataIe Don
Carlos Verdi. o. s'EIegie'' Odassanet1- with
NOM ophgato Lue Barbagelata: Japanese
dance, u costume. Miss Helen P. Darling. by
Introduction and Rondo Capr1ccisco saint
Saensl, Lue Barbagelata; vocal selection, Miss
Green.ea1 Kruger; 7 Hardly Know Hum
ming song" (zJerup). Accompanist Miss Ena
T. Blumenbers.
On next Thursday the club will hold
It's second October session at the same
place And, by the way, the clubs
clever president, Mrs. w. P. Bucking-
ham, has decided TO become a public
reader Tomorrow night she will ap-
pear at Lyric Hall in an Interpretation
Of Macbeth Half Of clubdom will be
there and their men-folk It is most
interesting TO note the interest men
are taking nowadays in the doings of
clubroom. They are finding how much
more peace they get when their wives
nave a rev Interests OUTSIDE Oh nome
and husband.
On the 18th Laurel Hall Club. Mrs.
Ella NJ. Sexton president, had a red
letter day at their clubrooms at 1920
California street, where Miss Agnes
Murphy talked TO the club in her own
irresistible fashion And, by the way,
Miss Murphy leaves for the East on the
18th. Miss Margaret MCGEE rendered
a violin solo. accompanied by Mrs.
William MCGEE. which was supple
mented by talks by Mrs. Abbie c.
Krebs on The Louisiana Purchase
Exposition"
Now, no woman in San Francisco is
better equipped 10 talk intelligently on
the exposition than Mrs. Krebs, who,
aside from being a charming raconteur,
is thoroughly up on the vitalities of the
fair. She, IL is, who represented the
Pacific Coasts redwood interests at st.
Louis, where she met commercially and
socially all the celebrities who reported
there. And incidentally. Mrs. Krebs
knew the Pike-in which she differed
from most Of our townsmen, who knew