Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-22


ness women Not q charitable sort of
affair (although IT would really be
charity of a higher sortJ but the sort
Of club men have, where every one
pays his yearly dues and is free to
come and go as he pleases; where all
the newspapers and magazines and
books are to be seen, and lot of other
luxuries are to be enjoyed, which would
be only possible upon some such CO.
operative sort of plan.
There have been endless TRADES writ
ten upon the subject Of women's clubs,
ominous shaklngs of the head over it's
probable encroachment upon the home
| life, which are we'll founded i'm the
main. But these rules cannot possibly
apply to bachelor women" whose
homes are perhaps broken up, or who
| live in other than their home cities
| live i'm a continued round of office and
boarding house.
Every now and then plan for such
club is proposed but it usually falls
through from lack of support, or from
this support taking the form of charity
Your business woman has learned inde-
pendence from her struggle to support
herself; and this hard-won indepen-
dence is very dear to her. She won't
join the kind of club which would in
any way affect It.
There's a crying need for a woman's
club, with a good cafe, where members
can lunch and dine and do their enter
tanning. For your lonely business wo-
man has no place to properly entertain,
especially when her guest is another
business woman, with whom she wants
to comfortably talk over a difficult
point or discuss dish of delicious gos-
sip, and yet who is only a business
acquaintance-not friend.
So many of the clubs proposed have
had for their object so cosmopolitan a
plan that woman would naturally re-
fuse to consider joining them. A club
started on the principle that all of its
members are friends simply because
they are members may be altruistic,
but it certainly isn't practical; and it
certainly isn't true in the mems clubs,
after which it ought to be modelled.
The costs of club, with building and
cafe, are large; yet, if the idea were
once advanced and ably demonstrated
that it could be done, the membership
would be filled up with rush.
AS to the effect upon home life, there
should be none. Married women and
young girls find, as a rule, that "home-
keeping hearts are happiest." They
should have no part in it.-Exchange.
Mrs. Mattison B. Jones of 1925 Hall
dale avenue will entertain this after
noon from to 5 in honor of her cousin,
Mrs. j. M. Black of Knoxville, Tenn.
She will be assisted by Mrs. w. r.
Hubbard, Mrs. Robert Westbrook, Mrs.
w. B. Mathews. Mrs, R. w. Vincent
and Mrs. Lemar Harris.
Mrs. G. Wiley Wells of Santa Monica
entertained at hearts on Friday after
noon, having as her guests: Mines.
Asher Carruth, Moss Terry, West
Hughes, A. w. Kastenbine, Cameron e.
Thorn, F. Shoemaker, Preuss, Walter
Trask, John P. Jones, Lester, Robert
Farquhar of New York. H. M. Gorham
and Cole of Colegrave, Hamilton, Good
win, Mckinley, T. E. Gibbon and Miss
Louise Kastenbne.
Count and Mrs. Jaro Won Scchmidt of
] Chester place entertained with troll
ley trip to the Bolsa Chica club and
dinner there last evening, having as
their guests: Mr.. and Mrs. Michael ].
Connell, Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Miner,
DIR. and Mrs. Ernest A. Bryant, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Griffith Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Griffith, Capt. and Mrs. c. H. McKin-
strey, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S. Newhall,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Foster, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Dunn DR.. and Mrs. Gran
vile MacGowan, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
Whiting, Mr.. and Mrs. William May
Garland, Mr.. and Mrs w. F. Botsford,
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Balch, Mrs. M A.
Wilcox, Mrs. Mary Longstreet Mrs.
John E. Platter, Mrs. Kate Vosburg, |
Mrs. Hugh Macneil Mrs. French, Mrs.
Harry L. Bixby, Misses Helen Klokke,
Susie Howard, Margery Brown, Wad-
dilove, Messrs. James Slauson, Karl
Klokke, Norwood and Volney Howard
SCHNEIDER and Neil Brown.
Among recent pleasant affairs was the
childrens party given by Miss Alice
Cline and Miss Rita Moores at the
home of Mrs M. r. Moores of 421 West
Adams street. The affair was in honor
of Miss Marguerite Hughes, and there
were present also the Misses Reavis
Hughes, Mary Hughes, Clara Smith,
Emma Conroy, Frances Richards,
Anita Thomas, Selema Ingram, Rae
Belle Morlan, Margaret Fleming, Sarah
Clark, Louise Fleming, Lillian Van
Dyke, Sally Mcfarland, Helen Billiard,
Emeline Childs, Aileen Mccarthy,
Katharine Stearns, Georgia off, Mar
garet Thompson. Norman Haupt, Con-
stance Byrne, Juliet Borden, Marjory
Utley, Amy Marie Norton. Alice Lock
wood, Daphne Drake, Louise Wells and