The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
Biennial Meeting at St Louis May and Qunquenna Berlin July Arouse
Keen Interest Among Organizations of the Fair Sex

man. Men always make hit in wo-
mems clubs. can't recall an instance
when one failed. Lucky men!
Tonight the Pacific Coast Women s
Press Association will give a colonial
evening, when a programme of ye olde
days-colonial style-will be rendered,
followed by a reception. Mrs. Ada Van
Pelt, one Of the cleverest of the clever
members. viii present her play, "At We
Crossroads" :" and from the personnel of
the players a charming presentation
is assured Thus is the story told Of
the affair in announcement:
FEBRUARY %. 1904 (New style)
At ye Centvry Meeting Hovse. 1918 Svtter st.
y. B.-When ye Town Crier calls ye eighth
hour ye musick will begin.
y. B.-Housewives ye admonished to
dress in style as far as We can beftting ye
occasion.
n. Bye good people need not brynge gin
gerbread. Mistress Goodworthy will have hot
coffee and crullers for all men and women.
y. B.-Inasmuch as We meeting house is
lyghted by ye newfangIed thynge call gas, ye
good people need not brynge candles
An excerpt from a London paper
gives us a glimpse of club life in the
worlds metropolis, and it is notewor-
thy that philanthropy, cultural work
or serious effort figure not in their con-
stitution-comfort and good fellowship
(the keynote of pleasure)-figure solely
and alone This has been said of one:
Take the New Century Club. for example.
As one enters. uniformed lads take your cards
hand you letters or kilograms. a broad
stairway leads to fine sleeping apartments,
bathrooms, restrooms' etc. furnished luxuri-
on the right of the entrance hall are large
dressing rooms, with mirrors and closets and
plenty Of electric curling irons. Then comes
the Oriental smoking room. with its open fire
and big easy chairs, its tiny tabourettes hold
I ing matches and cigarettes and its center table
filled with late books and papers.
out in the west of London is a residential
club, with a room for each member 1t is
called the Twentieth Century Club and is al
most exclusively posed of working women.
Here are gathered writer's dramatists, artists
and those whose way in life leads into the
great commercial heart of the city. big
garden, with shade trees and flowers is the
favorite place for tea on Sunday afternoons in
the summer
This experiment of home club was started
by three millionaiTes, and il has proved SO
successful that the premises have been great
" enlarged in the last year and the member
ship raised from fifty to 100. In the summer
the Twentieth Century Club has additional
quarters on the Island of Guernsey in the
channel near the beautiful shores of Brittany.
On Norfolk street, in the Strand in the very
center OF the old and fascinating part of Lon
don. where all the houses are filled with his
LoTlc memories IS the nome OF Ihe writers.
At its Thursday afternoon teas the rooms are
filled to overfowing with women whose names
are famous in the literature Of the day and
singers and actresses Of international reputa-
ton
This club is going to abandon its old quar-
ters for more roonay ones. but il must he with
great regret to the members, for nowhere else
Will be found the atmosphere OF this part OF
London. hemmed in, as 1t is all sides by
old streets old buildings and parks that were
the haunts Of Dickens. Thackeray. Goldsmith
Dr. Johnson and other immOrtals
j In another historic quarter, not far from
the Strand, but near Drury Lane and Covent
Garden. is the Pharos Club. This is one OF
the few mixed clubs in London II has spa
Cious drawing rooms. and once a week these
filled by the members and their guests
while some weil-knOwn speaker talks TO the
club on his hobby for an hour two They
are delightfully."- informal talks. and are
usually followed by sort Of general debate
Eligibility 10 the Pharos Club consists in being
in sympathy with current thought so one
can see that there is not much in the way
toward becoming member; but the can
didate viii sometimes find il rather difficult
to get the requisite number of votes. 1t is
an exclusive circle, many Of whose members
bear titles Of greater or lesser degree.
One Of the latest and most attractive ol
these organizations is the Woman's Army and
daughters and sisters of the officers of the two
services The membership. OF course, is not
limited exclusively them. but IT is one OF
the most. If not the most, exclusive of all the
achieve social success. Its rooms are ex-
quisitely furnished.
a list of the other women's clubs in Lon
don would be a long one In all of them the
their men friends and acquaintances, as wei
those Of their own sex. and delightful din
ners and luEcheons are given in the attrac-
tive dining rooms.