Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-10
EXPECT CONTEST
FOR PRESIDENCY
THREE WOMEN SUGGESTED
FOR PLACE
PARLIAMENT Meeting In Fifteenth An
nuaI Session and Head Of oroan-
lzatIon VIII Be Chosen
To-day

Who will be the next president of the
woman's parliament is the question
which is interesting club women Of
Southern California this morning and
which Interested the delegates of vari-
Gus clubs who gathered yesterday at
the fifteenth annual meeting OF the
parliament in the First Congregational
church.
The question was discussed in under
tones between speeches yesterday and
there was great deal of surmistng be-
fore the afternoon was over. Mrs. John
r. Kanst the energetic little woman
who has come into prominence as the
leader against the billboard nuisance,
Mrs. w. T. Turner, the woman who
served the Pasadena Shakespeare clup
as president, and Mrs. Lucy Blanchard
of w. c. T. u. fame, are among those
whose names are mentioned in connec-
tion with the office.
The question will come to vote this
morning at the conclusion OF the last
session Of parliament.
Delegates from societies, educational,
political philanthropic, social and re-
Iigious.' in fact every society in which
women's work is known In this part of
the state, was represented and the en-
tire morning was devoted to the hear
ing of the reports Of delegates Mrs.
Jefferson d. Gibbs, the retiring presi-
dent, was In the chair, the invocation
was pronounced by DR.. Hugh X.
Walker and the address OF welcome
was delivered by Mrs. Lucy Blanchard,
vice president at large
Hear of Indians
During the afternoon session the wo--
men forgot their own needs and learned
of the needs of the mission Indians OF
Southern California as they are seen
. ho nf Mrs. Arturo Ban
dihi and George Wharton James of
Pasadena.
The two speakers have devoted
much of their time to aiding the suf-
fering red brother and sister and their
appeal to the women of the parliament
brought tears to the eyes of many
Few of us today realize what we owe
to the early builders of this country"
said Mrs. Bandini. 1--WE live our lives
and dream little of the hardship that
the Indian has suffered that we might
have that which we wish. we nave
come to look upon the Indian as a dirty
being from which the country should pc
rid as soon as possible, while those who
have lived with the Indians and know
their true worth realize that they are
much better fitted to be citizens than
many of the immigrants who are pour
ing into our lands. The Indians are
crowded back onto the sterile mountain
sides so barren that even the jack rab-
bit forsakes it, and this all because of
mans inhumanity to man.
Indians Near Famine
.'Six thousand souls are today very
near the famine line because of this in
humanity. Mothers who have the same
kind of hearts and love their little ones
Just as much as you love yours come to
our matron and beg for clothing for
their children. These matrons are
doing a splendid work among the In
dians. They are teaching the women
to care for their families and to do
many things for themselves"
Miss Robinson, who has charge of the
work at the Campo reservation, gave
an account OF her work and George
Wharton James and his wonderful col
lection of Indian baskets were intro
duced.
The tragedies of the Indian woman,
tragedies of which few of her white
sisters Dream are woven into the bas-
kets and the story of these he told as
he has learned them from the lips OF
the weavers.
"You women believe" said he, that
the Indian woman knows nothing or
religion, or art. or poetry, of romance
of love- You believe that she is dirty,
stupid, ugly and ragged. You cannot
see beyond the dirt and the rags but
under that dirt and those rags there Is
heart that is just like yours.
Dirt Good for People
1.-THE Indian is all of the things you
think she is not. What If she has some
dirt about her? If you were to go into
the forests and live close to nature you