The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
Raising Necessary Funds to Put Another Pro-
baton Officer in the Field to
Aid Save Children.

W. A. Richardson, Mrs. F. A. Linz,
Mrs. James F. Osborne. Mrs. McCart-
ney, Mrs. Christensen.
The Forum Club presented the fol-
lowing programme at its meeting last
week:
Vocal solos: (a) The Sunshine Of Thine
Eyes; (b) Until You Came" Mrs. E. l..
Dow. ACCOMPANIED BY Miss Estelle Drum
bar. India, and Personal "reminiscences Of
Foreign Travel" Mrs W. A. Chnds; vocal
Dreams; Cc) Eat Nightfaf.'' Mrs. E. L. DOW.
The Laurel Hall Club, Mrs. George
Haight. president, at its last session
entertained its guests with the follow
ing excellent musical treat:
(a) Aria, sharp. minor sonata; o. Novel
cite, d minor lSehumann); Night Song, op.
Elm Dance op As CHeIler); THE Chase
(Rheinbergerl.
At the first March meeting of the
Corona Club, Mrs. H. n. Stevens gave
delightful report of the State Fedora
ton, which she attended as CorOna's 5
delegate. Miss Katherine Chandler de-
livered a lecture on California history
and landmarks, dealing more with the
early romantic Spanish history, which
is much more fascinating than that Of
the Atlantic States, from the time when
Cortez started the expedition which
discovered California in 1924, sending a
report Of its discovery by one of his
soldiers In 1886 Illoa brought the first
ship into Lower California waters
CabrillO in 1546 was the first white man
10 land here. After the expulsion of
the Jesuits the DOminicans took Lower
California and the Franciscans upper
san Diego being the first Mission start
ed, in 1863, tWenty-One missions follow
ing in quick succession, presidiOs and
pueblos being also founded The
treatment of the Indians was consid-
cred poor, but Carlisle is run on the
same plan. There were four presidios
San Diego, San Francisco. Santa Bar
bara and Monterey; three pueblos, San
jose. Los Angeles and Santa Cruz. The
Russian settlement was sold TO Sutter
in 1872 California has more liberal
laws for married women than any other
state. The Native Sons raised $50. 900
and bought Fort Ross and the custom
house at Monterey. The Native Daugh-
ters and the California Landmarks
League is preserving traditions. papers,
highways, buildings. missions, etc. At
the last meeting Miss Alice Whitbeck
spoke on travelling libraries Australia
being the first TO start them. The Boston
and Albany, in 1863. started a library
TOT ltS employees. the nrSt on record
Melville Dewey OF the New York State
Library first started them in that State
and is now planning a motor car library
for the farming and manufacturing dis
tricts. They send out 1850 wall pictures
1000 photographs. $4,000 slides and IS
lanterns. Our own State sends 81 IL
braries out now.
The subject of the day was Ger
many. its literary history being given
by Mrs w. D. Keystone, who spoke
OF the patience and accuracy of its
writer's, who are somewhat lacking in
heart and imagination, except the
dramatists, mentioning especially
Hauptman. Suderman and Paul Heyse.
Germany leads in the number of books
published Scientific Germany was
taken by Mrs George Hanson, telling
Of the great medical discoveries. the
X-ray, etc, Germany leading the world
in synthetic chemistry.
Lighter vein topics were given by
Mrs. T. J. Mayhem, describing the En-
peror and Empress and their character
istics; also describing the life of the
students in the twenty universities with
their 10000 students, the duelling, the
beer gardens, the slow travelling and
exasperating time tables. The theaters
ere educational, Shakespeare being bet
ter presented there than anywhere else.