The San Francisco call., 1904-06-06
Walls of Famous San Antonio de Padua
Rebuilt and Roof Will Be Laid
at Early Date.


ness of the club that embodied the fol-
lowing clause in its constitution:
Resolved, That the three DIS be res
olutely eliminated from club discus
sion, public or private-dress, disease
and domestics. oh, what a joy those
club meetings must have been, when no
defenseless member was sentenced to
listen to recital of some ones woes.
Why wouldn't that resolution be
good thing in California?
The ladies of the Association OF Pio-
neer Women of California held their
picnic at Larkspur on Saturday in the
beautiful grounds of the Dolliver fam
lily. About fifty of the members of the
association and their friends enjoyed
the rare privilege, spending the day
under the shade of the stately red
woods and laurels of this favored place.
The time was pleasantly passed in
various ways. Old friends met to tell
old tales: old songs were sung and old
verses recited. 1t was day to be long
remembered, not only by the pioneer
ladies, but by those Of the second and
third generations, which were well rep
resented. The regular monthly meet
ing of this association was held on Fri
day at D. m. in Golden Gate Hall. In
the absence of the president, Mrs. Anna
East, Mrs. A. B. Macdonald presided
in charming manner.
The annual meeting of the Outdoor
Art League was held on May % and
the following directors elected: Mrs
Lowell White, Mrs. Luther Wagner,
Miss Gorham, Mrs. Carl REM, Mrs. F.
V. Wright, Mrs. Thomas PaIache. Mrs
n b. Eyester Mrs. r. c. PouItney
Mrs. L. A. Sorbier, Mrs. James Sead-
ler. The yearly reports were made by
the different committees.
The Calaveras Big Tree Committee
declared it's intention to continue the
national movement, at the next session
OF Congress, to preserve the groves to
the world. Every State in the Union
in some way responded to the appeal
from the league to aid in the good
work
The planting committee, the com
mittees on flower seeds" the enforce
ment of ordinance to prohibit the stor-
ing of vehicles on sidewalks and
streets, "expectoration," vacant
lots, window gardens and the bill
board committee all made favora BILE
reports.
The committee on unused poles said
that through its efforts 275 of the poles
that disfigure the city had been re-
The Mission Dolores committee sue
ceeded in securing an appropriation of
$4,000 to be expended in parking and
otherwise beautifying Dolores street
from Fifteenth TO Seventeenth streets.
BCedicker, who recently visited this
city, said that the Old Mission Church
was the only historic monument in
America in such a poor state of repair
and without exterior attraction. Now
that the first step has been taken
others will follow and in a short time
there Will be noticeable improve
ment.
The Outdoor Art League, in conjunc-
tion with the Merchants Association,
the Hopkins Art Institute, the Pro-
motion Committee. the Architectural
Association, the Society for the I'm
provement and Beautification of San
Francisco and the Chamber of Com
merce, has extended an Invitation to
the American Park and Outdoor Art
Association to hold its next convention
in San Francisco.
The last meeting of the year of the
California Club was held on Tuesday,
when the newly elected officers were
installed. Miss Kate Atkinson per-
formed the service in charming fash
ion, wnen pretty flowers, pretty
speeches and pretty, gowns-and.
might truthfully add. pretty women,
were it not that the ladies are all so
dreadfully modest-gave evidence of
the interest centering around the last
club day of the year.
The Adelphian Club of Alameda. Mrs. |
Hattie Chapman president. has the dis
tinction of having about the coziest
ciubrooms of any organization of it's
size in the State, indicative, of course. |
of the taste and energy of it's men,
bers.
On Saturday the club held the last
session of the year, when a musical !
programme of exceptional merit was
presented by Miss Elena RoeckeI. Mrs. |
Paul Freebooter and DR.. Humphreys /
Miss Fernando Pratt, who accompanied |
Mrs. Freebooter, attracted much COM
ment for her sympathetic playing
rare trait in so young a girl.
Miss Moore of the Home Club of Oak !
land made an earnest appeal to the
ladies for support of the movement to |
secure a sanitary dairy somewhere on |
that side of the bay, that pure milk |
might be obtained by all that desired it, |
A little talk upon the missions of
California, and San Antonio Mission in
particular, closed the programme
A charming president is Mrs. Chap
man, possessing an abundance of tact
that elemental factor of success in a
presiding officer.