The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
General Federation Of Clubs
Honors California Woman
BY Mary Ashe Miller.

at which the principal address was
made by DIR. Hathaway Of New Zealand
on the benefits and blessings arising
from equal suffrage in that country.
So delighted were the members of the
organization that it is their aim TO
arrange a debate between Dr. Hatha-
way and Rev Rufus Num- of this city
who in his sermon week ago sun
day spoke strongly against "women's
rights"
The annual report of the San Fran
cisco Maternity has been received this
being the second issued. as the nrst'
containing complete data OF the work
from January 1. 1905. to January 1,
1905, was destroyed while on the
press. The brief report now Issued
is printed by order OF the board %
directors to inform their many friends
members and subscribers Of the insti-
tuition that the work is being contin-
ued along the same lines as heretofore
and is meeting successfully the greatly
increased demands for the services OF
the Maternity.
Following are the officers Of the or
ganizatfon, which is purely charitaole
in nature: Mrs. Frederick Hewlett,
honorary president; Mrs. L Lowenberg,
president; Mrs. John Casserly. first vice
president; Mrs. W. d. Fennimore, SEQ
ond vice president; Mrs. Margaret
Deane, third vice president; Mrs. ]. x
Wilson, fourth vice president; Mrs.
Miss NJ. X Wallis. corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. James A Cooper. treas
urer; DR.. A. B. Spa1ding, medical d.
rector. Directors-Mrs- Harry N. Gray
Mrs Henry Foster Dutton, Mrs. Charles
Slack, Mrs. H. H. Bancroft, Mrs. Fer
nando Pfngst, Mrs. Pelham Ames, Mrs.
Gaillard Stoney. Mrs. James A Black
Mrs. Theodore Poindexter, Mrs. M. r.
Higgins, Mrs. Joseph King. Mrs W. III.
Mccormick, Mrs. Charles H Suydams
Mrs. ]. Stow Ballard. Mrs. Albert Hous-
ton and Mrs. Mary P. Huntington
The first meeting OF the San Fran
cisco Musical Club for the season was
held on Thursday afternoon last at the
First Unitarian Church. and proved a
very enjoyable and successful occasion.
A pleasant fact was that it was the
clubs birthday. as the San Francisco
Musical Club having been prior 70 1888
the Chaminade Club. The following pro-
gramme was rendered: Sonata for vio-
lin and piano, Op. Is (Grieg). Misses
Florence and Olive Hyde; two arias
from Armenius (Gluck), Mrs. Grace
Carroll Elliott; piano solo. (a) Momens
Musicale. Cb) Momens Giojoso Mos
kowski), Miss Julia Tharp; songs, My
Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair"
(Haydn). Spring (Gounod), Il Love
Thee" (Grieg). Mrs. George F. Win
chester.
The Court Of Appeals at Florence has
decreed that women who apply for
registration shall be enrolled as voters.
This decision is in line with that OF
the Court Of Appeals at Ancoun IN the
case brought up from sinigaglia by
ten teachers, already famous IN news
paper headlines as The School Ma'ams
of sinigaglia." The first woman to
present herself for registration at Flor-
ence was Louisa Mattsucci. wife OF
the professor who so distinguished
himself at the last eruption Of vs-
suvius.
The news that the Legislative Coun-
oil OF Victoria has defeated woman
suffrage for the fourteenth time calls
attention afresh to the queer state
Of things existing in that corner OF
Australia. The women OF all Australia.
including Victoria. can vote for mem-
bers of the national Parliament, and
the women of all the other FIVE AUS
tralian States can also vote for mem
bers OF their respective State ParIia-
ments. South Australia, West Aus
traIia, New South Wales. Tasmania and
Queensland have successfully given
their women this right In Victoria a
bill to grant women state suffrage has
passed the popular branch OF Parlia-
ment fourteen times by increasing ma
jorities and it has been thrown out
for the fourteenth time by the non
representative upper house. The women
of Victoria will therefore remain for
the present in the anomalous condition
in which the women Of an American
State would be II they could vote for
members OF Congress. but not for the
members OF their own State Legis-
lature.