The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
BERKELEY. Oct. All the talk in

BERKELEY. Oct s.-All the talk in
the Hillside Club about the desirability
of calling for the designations of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul A. Needham because
they have brought green portable
houses into the Hillside district has not
distressed Mr.. Needham so much, he
says, as the thought that the Hillside
Club, by its objections 60 Mr.. Need
hams portable houses, has placed itself
in position where IL cannot be re-
garded as an organization whose heart
beats for the poor
Mr. Needham thinks his portable
houses, painted green, to which the
artistic Hillside Club folk strenuously
object are a boon to humanity, espe-
cially to the poor. who have a desire to
live in choice localities, but have not
the coin to pay the price usually de-
manded. Mr.. Needham brings lux
ury, by means Of his portable houses,
up in the hill district, to the very poor.
II the Hillside Club opposes this then
the Hillside Club, according to Need
ham, is not philantkropic, nor of broad,
catholic mind
This logic does not appeal to the la
dies of the club. and they continue in
their denunciations of the "wretched
shacks," as they label Mr.. Needham' s
little portable houses.
Incidentally, the ladies comment in
tones of amused Interest, upon the dis
cevery they made today that Mr.. Need
ham. although a man of wealth and a
business man. is now taking a course in
architecture at the university under the
direction Of John Galen Howard. the
famous architect.
The ladies say, as they smile. that
peFchance Mr. Needham's studies under
Mr.. Howard will get him past the port
able house stage of architecture soon,
\ and that under Mr.. Howard's tutelage
I the portable house owner may soon
/ find the shacks" as distasteful to him
( as they are to the ladies of the Hillside
Club.
/ Mrs. Elinor Carlisle secretary of the
+ Hillside Club, said today that the club
( had not discussed, formally the ad-
visibility of asking for Mr.. Needham' S
resignation, and that the talk of that
action was on the outside The men
folk of the club may bring the matter
/ to the attention of the Town Trustees
I in the hope of having laws passed that
viii keep the portable houses away,
+ but nothing more definite than this has
4 been decided upon.
Mrs. Oscar Maurer reiterated TODAY
her determined opposition to the port
able houses, continuing the attack
which brought such tart rejoinder
] from Mrs. Paul A. Needham at the club
meeting last week. Mrs Maurer said
The Hillside Club is going to try
4 to influence the Town Trustees to adopt
building restrictions, as is done in the
I Claremont district, putting a limit upon
: the price of houses that may be erect
ed. 1t should be understood that this
agitation is not merely concerning some
: temporary houses It is calculated to
have effect for a long time to come The
4 point is that this is garden city, OF
4 should be, and not a tenement dis
+ trict, or anything like it,
The city ought to be responsible for
the solution of civic problems. The town
! is behind the times. and the authori-
+ ties should remedy the trouble. There
should not be two houses built on a
single lot. Beauty should be sought
/ That is all for the best interests OF
Berkeley. The town must protect its
1 people and preserve that which is
Berkeley's eharm-its gardens and
pretty homes