The San Francisco call., 1905-05-29
WOMEN'S PROJECT
IS A BIG SUCCESS
Clubhouse Stock Is Booming
subscriptions Come From Every Rank,
Society Danes Being in the Lead.
BY LAURA BRIDE POWERS.

That women can mind their own bust
ness-their financial business-is coming
10 De less Of a joke than it used TO be.
And 70 say that women collectively do
Of do not possess financial acumen is
stupid, because, with this, IS with all
other mental qualities, il is the individual
thaS must be reckOned with, not the
class. And then il is ali d matter Of
4edueation and environment anyway; and
they're learning something every DAY. OF
this. you may assure yourself by looking
over the real estate dealings Of women ali
6vsr the country.
Now come the women Of San Fran
. cisco 10 the forefront of the business
world with a little project that involves
million or SO.
It's a proposition Of a clubhouse which
shall be CONNIE ensurate with the dignity
OF the city ana OF the various clubs
thereof. and one which shall prove a
good investment FOR Feminine funds-it
being agreed, however, that men may in
vest, il they be very, very good.
The site has been agreed upon-seventy-
ilve feet on Post street, opposite Union
Square-which, with the proposed build
ing viii cost in the neighborhood of
s.. 100000.
A leading bank agreed some weeks ago
70 finance the proposition, If $780, 900 were
ADVANCED by June l.
Last week a meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. James Ellis Tucker on
Broadway, and what happened there was
jar 70 the timid-the bulk OF whom, by
The way, were women.
At the meeting Of the board of di-
rectors, consisting of Mrs. James Ellis
Tucker. Mrs. William Hinckley Taylor,
Miss Laura McKinstry, Miss Edna Rob
insOn. Mrs +. 4. Beryfogle, Mrs. Mark
Gersue. Mrs Fernando PhngSC Mrs. Alb
bic Krebs, Mrs. A. II. Vail, Mrs. Ella
n. Sexton, Miss Juliet Greninger. it
was announced that applications were
coming in for subscription blanks by the
score-and mostly from wonderland that
$3.50 was already subscribed, $4,000 haV-
ing come in the previous day. Among the
subscribers were women well known in
society or in clubdOm, who are going in
f0r two reasons-for an investment of
their spare pin-money, and TO make a
success Of a woman's project.
Herewith are a few Of the women whose
names have come in during the last
week: Mrs. Norman, Mrs. Laren, Miss
Elizabeth Ashe, Mrs. McNear, Mrs.
Frank F. Johnson, Mrs. H. R. Sproule,
Mrs. Abbie Krebs, Mrs. c. Fitkin Pome-
roy, Mrs. H z. Huntington, Mrs. VIII
liam Bsbcock, Mrs. Henry st. Goar, Miss
Alice Griffith. Mrs. John S. Bard, Mrs.
William Hinckley Taylor, Mrs. E. J. Nc
CUtchen, Mrs. Henry Clarence Breeder.
Mrs. 81. H Green, Mrs. ]. T. Reid, Mrs.
Lena Blanding and Mrs Joseph B.
Crockett
Besides these ladies q number Of con-
6Gent men have backed their belief in
the proposition with their cash. among
whom are Messrs. William Greer Harri-
son, Henry Bothin, Belcher, Allen and
McCann and the husbands of many OF
The women investors-an Of which looks
good for an early start on the eight
stored Yerba Buens Club building, with
its alluring roof garden where music
may be harlzened unto above The fog
Among the clubs that have already ap-
piled for accommoda tions are the Town
and Country the Twentieth Century
Musical. the Women's Press, the Spin
uers. the Mills Alumnae. the Collegiate
Alumnae. the Laurel Hall, the Contem-
porary. the Sketch and the Women s
Exchange, the latter bidding for one OF
the stores on the ground floor.
Likewise are offers on hand from sew
eral responsible firms TO lease the entire
building. thereby saving the executive
board the difficulties and annoyanees OF
direct administration.
While many Of the women's subscrip-
tons have been for large amounts, there
are scores of women who have pur-
chased just one share $50 per), and thus
hold a personal interest in this big club
house.
Next week subscription blanks will be
placed in downtown business houses,
where women outside clubdom, and men
Il they be good, may have an opportu-
nifty Of helping this, the giant business
venture Of San Francisco women, and
incidentally invest a few dollars in what
seems to be a safe proposition.
And this some Of the most conserva-
tive fnanciers in town (men, Of course)
believe it TO be.
The Australasian Coo-ee Club, an or
ganization Of wanderers from the Antip-
odes. has established itself in head
uuarters in the Odd Fellows building,
room s, where il will meet on the second
and fourth Thursday evenings Of each
month.
The Papyrus Club, Mrs. c. Mason
Kfnne president entertained its friends
IN clever fashion on Thursday at Elks
Hall. when the following programme was
presented: ITO Thee" CCzilbulka5, DR..
Regensburger's orchestra; soprano solo,
Jeanne d'Arc," aria CTschaikowsky),
Mrs. Wallace Wheaton Briggs Mr..