Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-22
CLUB WOMEN ADVISE CHANGES
IN LAW
MAJORITY OF OFFICERS ARE
REELECTED
Interesting Programs and Discussions
Mark Annual Sessions Of Women's
cIubs-Famous Speakers In
Attendance

whose happy solution is of vital interest
not only to federated club women, but to
womanhood everywhere, and by that
spirit which forgets the things Of self
and considers only the good of others,
the seventh annual meeting of the Los
Angeles district, G. F. w. c., was
brought to a close yesterday afternoon
in Monrovia.
The doors of the Womans club house
swung wide Tuesday noon and until the
program was completed yesterday the
graceful hospitality of the Saturday
Afternoon club. the board of trade and
the citizens generally failed not.
Election of Officers
The election, which took place yester-
day morning, was with one exception
the reelection of last years board. Mrs.
Florence Collins Porter was chosen to
serve the district as president a second
term. AS a compliment to Mrs. Russell
j. Waters, who served the district so ably
during Mrs. Porter's absence last sum-
mer and to whose guiding hand many of
the excellencies of the program prepared
for this district meeting are credited, the
office of vice president was created and
lrrs Waters elected thereto.
The resignation of Mrs. w. e. Prit-
chard, recording secretary, caused a
vacancy that was filled by the election
of Mrs. C. E. Slosson of the Monrovia
Saturday Afternoon club. Officers re-
elected were Mrs Fred Hooker Jones.
corresponding secretary; Mrs. A. T.
Stewart treasurer; Mrs Charles B. Mich
OILS, auditor.
Chairmen of district lines of work were
reelected as follows: Art. Mrs. William
H. Housh; civics, Mrs. Willoughby Rod
man; club extension Mrs. Russell j. Wa
ters; education, Mrs. e. B. Root; forestry,
Mrs. w. w. Orcutt; household econom-
les, Miss Lois Avery; literature, Mrs.
Bertram G.. Davies: history and land
marks Mrs l. Henry johnson; philan-
thropy, Mrs William Baurhyte; recip-
rocity. Mrs. Egelhof- -Rundel; anti-tuber-
culosis, Mrs. F. NJ. Pottenger.
National Officers Present
The presence of Mrs. Josiah Evans
Cowles of the national federation, Mrs.
e. d. Buss, state president, and Mrs. j.
Benson Wrenn. state recording secre-
tary, added prestige to the occasion.
Other distinguished guests in attend
ance at one or more of the sessions
were: Madam Severence, Mrs. Robert j.
Burdette, Mrs. Anna Averill, Miss Will
helmina Balm of New Zealand.
Work Outlined
The lines along which the district
Will WOTh LnlS year dIt SuSS0SItQ III
resolutions adopted at the close of the
session, namely:
Resolved, That the Los Angeles dis
trict heartily indorses the action of the
state board in passing the resolution
to make the legal age of females the
same as that of males in California.
Resolved, That the Legislature be
asked to appoint a resident labor in
spector or inspectors to safeguard the
interests of women and children.
Resolved, That the Los Angeles dis
trict G. F. w. c. request the boards of
education to protect our children from
flies by placing screens in the school
houses.
Speaks on Bird Protection
Mrs. Harriet williams Myers excel
lent paper on Bird Protection from q
Humane and Economic Standpoint"
met with formal recognition and in
dorsement by the club in the resolution
adopted: I'VE will not wear aigrettes
and we will discourage the custom with
Others"
The proposed registration and infor-
nation bureau was recommended to
the care of the district president, who
was requested to appoint a permanent
committee of three to confer with the
clubs to investigate the needs for such
a bureau if properly understood and
planned and to report to the district
board.
The next meeting of the district will
be at Venice of America.
Interesting Program
The program was a notable one, in
that there were so many papers or ad-
dresses of unusual interest and excel
lence.
D-aF A rIadlav x,,bo ocouniae the
chair of Bible and philanthropy at
Occidental, spoke Wednesday evening
on "Literature in the Far East" 'The
Twentieth Century Use of Color was
the subject of fascinating talk by
Mrs. Eleanor Bingham. Mrs. Willough-
by Rodman's talk on civics illustrated
by many stereoptican views, was a
feature of the program.
The Wage Garner
Under the inspiring leadership of Mrs.
Waters, symposium called Her Point
of View" had been arranged in three
papers, representing the opinions of a
woman clerk. a laundry woman and
your humble servant" and these
different points of view, by no means
sparing he woman employer, furnished
an instructive hour.
Free Legal Bureau
Perhaps the most important paper of
the session, viewed from it's sociological
relation to that question of the hour
"The Woman Wage Earner," was con-
tributed by Mrs. William Baurhyte,
whose subject was 1.-THE Welfare of the
Whole Mrs Baurhyte urged, on be-
half of the state board that every club
form philanthropic section whose object
shall be to help ana protect labcring
girls and women and that every woman
talk constantly to every man she knows,
since men alone can vote, on the fol-
lowing resolution adopted by the state
board, namely: Resolved that the legal
age of females in California shall be the
same as that of males, ans that this be
accomplished by amending section 25 of
the civil code of California to read as
follows: Minors are males and females
under 21 years of age" Many reasons
are advanced for this change; in many
cases where insurance money is left to
the widow and minor heirs the girl has
no legal right to inherit after she is
IS, while the boy is a MINI until he is
2i, giving aim three year, advantage;
marriages is also reason for the pro-
posed change. This is a state question
and the Endorsement of the 5000 club