Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-10

Pan is upon us. The family as the
unit is threatened. The individual
woman is being called on as the in
dividual man, whether we want it OF
not. Even the ballot is before us, to
some inviting, to others threatening, to
all responsibility whether exercised
or not will be weight 1t comes at
the time when the home is being legis-
lated as never before. Even cards
have left their proper domain of night
and mere restfulness and usurp the
day. What is plain and large for one
is dim and commonplace for another
It is for the understanding heart the
eye that Sees"
Babies Raise the Money
OF the interesting speakers may be
mentioned Mrs. F. w. Gorham of
Vallejo, who told of the wonders Of the
Vallejo Improvement association. Mrs.
Gorham has a fund of wit, too. She
said: when we invited men to our
meeting they huddled off into one cor
ner and appeared frightened to death.
The calling list of our club was con-
fined to the town officials.
when we started our improvement
we had no garbage men. We have
now two excellent garbage men.
Funds? Oh, if we had funds we could
do almost everything" This brought
a smothered giggle from some of the
frivolous members who cheerfully
agreed with the speaker, maintaining
at the same time that they thought
they could, too. 1--WE have expended
five thousand dollars which we have
earned How have we earned it?
Baby shows principally. You know we
have a great number of babies in our
town. pretty ones ranging from six
months to three years. We gave
prizes for the best babies. the prizes
being donated by the merchants"
All Aboard the Water Cart
This wasn't quite clear to the audi
erce and one member asked where the
money came from.
"Oh, we charged everybody, candi-
dates and all, admission. We have
sprinkling carts in our town, too. We
didn't have any until we women began
and when the trustees refused to con-
duct it properly we managed the work
ourselves. Our club pin is small
sprinkling cart, of which we are justly
proud
All through the meeting of this fed
Grafton one there has been who has
proven herself tower of strength to
the president and, in turn a tower OF
strength to the members in the per-
son of the brilliant parliamentariar
Miss Mary Fairbrother
Miss Fairbrother was brought here
by Mrs. George Law Smith, and it has
been her unerring judgment which has
brought the federation out of many
difficulties.
The parliamenterian is born to hei
office and no question is so intricate as
to puzzle her for a second. To bt
sure she crossed swords several time:
with some whose knowledge of parlia'
mentary usage is, if not thorough, a
least good.
Wiser Than Fox
At the parliamentary drill given yes
terday afternoon the members to whom
some rulings had been puzzling at
tempted to in turn puzzle Miss Fair
brother by her own very rulings. FoS
is the woman's authority and a copy
was the constant companion of some
But the parliamenterian knew no such
authority-for her were the gods OF
parliamentary law Gushing, Reed and
Roberts.
To challenge Fox means almost
mutiny in this land of clubdom, where
Fox has been adopted. But the clever
Miss Fairbrother, who was confronted
flat-faced with a rule of Fox which she
had overriden. turned few leaves
beyond and proved her ruling in the
selfsame book, the case being one Of
the race exceptions where laws con-
tradict one another.
1T is just the same as taking the
Bible" said Miss Fairbrother, "an6
rejecting one part while accepting an
other. as to make all rulings by this
one law, for there is sure to be ar
amendment somewhere within the tive
covers"
Is Editor and Author
Miss Fairbrother has been teaching
and practicing parliamentary law fol
years, and for ten years published and
edited her own paper in Nebraska.
She has also written book entitled
"People and Perplexities," on which
the most fattering critique was writ
ten in the Boston Transcript. Sar
Francisco is the adopted home of Miss
Fairbrother, where she is one of tbs