The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-05
Scope Of Women's Club Ideas
Explained in Clever Papers
District Convention
Has Convened at
Santa Clara
By Mary AsI1e MILLER

San JOoLs lOGC. 1-NodIlld OloAo ,
hospitality is taxed TO the utmost
tonight by the influx OF delegates to
the first annual convention of the San
Francisco district Of the State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, and there is a
pleasant fiutter of femininity on every
corner Delegates are present from
thirty-siX clubs of the district, leaving
but six unrepresented, and more ex-
pected to report tomorrow morning.
The convention was called to order
at 2 o'clock by Mrs. Z. c. Hurff, presi-
dent of the district. Mrs. Robert Potter
Hill, State president; Mrs. A E. Os-
borne, president of the Santa Clara
Woman's Club, and therefore hostess
of the occasion, and others were also
on the platform. Mrs. Osborne well
coined the delegates in graceful
speech, which was fittingly responded
to in behalf of the visitors by Mrs. 5.
Z. Peart, president of the Laurel Hall
Club of San Francisco. Mrs. Hill de-
livered pleasant greeting and brought
messages of cheer and encouragement
from the clubwomen of the five other
districts of the State, whose conven-
tions she has just attended.
After reading reports showing the
general prosperity and extensive work
of the district during the past year
there were two-minute reports from
40 clubs scattered from Eureka to
Salinas These papers dealt with the
individual achievements of these or
ganizations during the past year ana
showed the scope of women's CLUBS
aims. Everything has been touched
upon, il would seem, from the d1sposal
of garbage to rose shows, tennis courts,
circulating Libraries, the condition OF
the American immigrant, cleaning side
walks and vacant lots, card parties
enjoyable way of what the declarations
in various States throughout the Union
are achieving. AS a direct compliment
to this State, Mrs. Hill said, four Cali
fornia women had been appointed on
committees.
At the evening session there were
several addresses of great interest
notably that Of Mrs. Robert Potter Hill
who told of the general federation
Mrs E. L. Baldwin of San Francisco
on the civic committee; Mrs. J. II
Hendricks of Los Angeles, on the art
! committee; Mrs. Dixon L. Phillips OF
Hanford, on the legislative committee
and Mrs. A. z. Osborne of Santa Clara
on the forestry committee.
Mayor Druffeu of Santa Clara wei
coined the fair visitors, and then came
a group of addresses on subjects OF
particular moment to women's clubs
/ Mrs. ]. w. Orr, president of the Cali
/ fornia Club of this city, read an inter
/ esting account of her visit TO Jane
/ Adams at Hull House, Miss Lucille
/ caves, spoke on social settlement work
! in San Francisco, on which she is al
/ authority, and DR.. A. E. Osborne OF
! Santa Clara gave an able address or
/ juvenile courts and the child labor law
Mrs. Alice L. Parke talked on patriot
! ism. true and false. There were sew
I eral musical numbers of merit.
Following the address and readings
was an informal reception to Mrs. Hill
and tomorrow evening she will be the
guest of honor at a reception to be
given by the Woman's Club OF San
Jose at their clubhouse.
The programme for tomorrow is un-
usually extensive and much business
of moment will be transacted. The
I election of officers for the district will
take place in the afternoon, and II
seems that the reelection of Mrs. Hurfi
/ is a foregone conclusion. She was last
year made vice president, and on the
| resignation of the president, Mrs. Oh
/ Ward, in August succeeded to that office
She has been able as a presiding officer
and has worked indefatigably while
bearing the burden of the hardest work
during trying times. There is but one
mind among the delegates as to where
the honor should be bestowed The
/ other officers are not yet chosen by the
nominating committe, but the general
desire is to scatter the officers as wide
/ " as possible through the district.
The convention will open tomorrow
morning at o'clock and the reports OF
! the presidents of the thirteen Sar
| Francisco clubs will be heard at once
| The utmost harmony prevails in every
| instance of club discussion and there
are many compliments for all the Off
GERS, both of State and district, who
| have brought order out of the chaos
which existed throughout the district q
! few months since.