The San Francisco call., 1906-08-27
Clubwomen Spend Very Busy Week
BY Mary she
BY Mary Ashe Miller

frequent and extensive use of this
bureau
1t will be late in the season this
year-probably the end of November
or early in December-when the
meeting lof the San Francisco district
of the State federation will take place,
as Mrs. Hill will visit the other fve
districts of the State first and will in
consequence have much club news OF
importance to speak of here. She will
go first to the meeting of the north
ern district, to be held at Corning,
Tehama County, on November 10;
then of the Alameda district. to be
held in Stockton ON the evening OF
November II and the day of Novem-
Der IS; of the San Joaquin district, in
Hanford on November Is; of the
Los Angeles district, in Los Angeles
on November I'll and II and half of
the 23d, and of the southern district,
at Cotton on the afternoon of Novem-
ber 23 and the day of the 24th.
A report which was read at the
meeting of the executive board on
Thursday from Mrs. John Swanner
of Santa Ana, chairman of the COM
mittee of education, told of the work
of her committee in Santa Ana and
requested the informal cooperation
of the State federation in securing
the presence in California this winter
of Professor Watson L. Gill of Phila-
delphia, the originator of the school
city method of school government
and president of the Patriotic League.
Professor Gill has signihed his will
ingness to aid in the campaign for
moral and civic training by coming to
this coast and lecturing before teach
ers' Institutes, municipal leagues, civic
clubs and women's clubs on such sub
jects.
A request has been sent to the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton by Mrs Harry Nathaniel Gray
state regent, that all members of the
organization reporl at once all
changes of address to their respective
regents: Mrs. E. H. Davenport, Cali
fornia Chapter, 1881 Pacific avenue;
Mrs. John Hoyt. Puerta del Orc
Chapter, 262o Steiner street, and Mrs
William B. Carr, Sequoia Chapter
2oo3 Alameda avenue, Alameda. A
special meeting of the California
Chapter will be held at the home OF
the regent, Mrs. Davenport, on Pacific
avenue on August 20.
The Browning Society, which has
proved one of the strongest and most
interesting organizations in the city
and Of which Mrs George Oulton is
the president, will hold its first meet
ing of the new club year at the home
of Mrs. Charles w. Slack, 2274 Sacra-
mento street, early in September. Eff
forts will be made to find rooms for
the society's subsequent meetings. An
interesting course of work has been
planned for the year and it is ex-
pected that there will be even greater
enthusiasm on the part OF the mem
bers of this cultured society than in
former years, as there IS of neces-
sity less of this type OF literary study
in the city than before for long
time.
According to the Women's Journal
published in Boston, the Interna-
tionai Brotherhood Of Teamsters has
promised to interest itself in securing
political equality. At its recent con
vention Mrs Catherine Waugh Nc
Culloch, Mrs. Iva G.. Wooden and
Mrs. Mary E. Morgan appeared and
after a brief address by Mrs. McCul-
loch the assembly unanimously
adopted the following resolution:
I'VE congratulate the women Of Fin
land and Australia upon recently Sc
curing national suffrage and pledge to
the women of the United States our
help and sympathy in obtaining suf-
frage.' This is the eighteenth i'm
portant association which has been
reported as taking such action since
the beginning of the year.
The luncheon given to the members
of the Outdoor Art League Depart
ment of the California Club by their
chairman, Mrs Lowell White. atsher
home in Mill Valley on Saturday of
last week was indeed a most sue
cessful affair. The luncheon table was
spread in the center Of circle of red
woods, giving a most picturesque
setting. Following were the toasts,