Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-11
OFFICERS PROMISE
GOOD YEARS WORK
W0MENS CONVENTION BEST
ONE HELD
Influence Of Federation Growing, and
Care viii Be Exercised in
Choosing Topics to Be
Considered

one of the most satisfactory annual
conventions ever held by the state
federation of women's clubs closed Fri
day night after a three days session in
Bakersfield.
Many prominent Los Ans les women
were i'm the delegation. among them
Miss Elizabeth Kinney. who represent
cd the Friday morning club delegations
Mrs. O. II. Burbridge, Mrs. Eliza Tup-
per Wilkes Mrs. II. l.. story, Mrs. A.
Il. Stewart and Mrs. O. :. Barnum,
Mrs. p. G.. Cotter. from the Ruskin Art
club and Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles rep
resenting the general federation board.
A great deal of work was accom-
plished and speeches were made on
important subjects by man. prominent
speakers. Although no Los Angeles
women have been elected as officers
of the federation for the coming year,
nevertheless they will probably prove
most efficient group of workers. The
elected ticket was as follows
President-Mrs. +. d. Buss Bakers
field
Vice president-Mrs. ]. W. Bishop,
Santa Ana.
Vice president at large-Mrs. c. J.
Woodbury., Oakland.
Recording secretary - Mrs. j. b.
Wrenn, Bakersfield.
Corresponding secretary-Mrs. Edna
Kaar, Bakersfield.
Treasurer-Mrs. c, L. Donohue, Will
lows.
Auditors-Mrs. Henry Bridge and
Mrs. Dixon Phillips, Mill Valley.
Wednesday, the first day of the ses-
sion, was almost entirely taken up by
the meetings of the executive boards
and the reports of committees.
Eighteen New Clubs Entered
Governor Chamberlain of oregon has
extended an invitation for a California
delegation to visit the National Irriga-
ton congress to be held in September,
and Mrs. r. E. Osborne was appointed
to represent the California federation.
Eighteen new clubs have entered the
ranks of the federation during the past
year. according to the reports of Mrs.
Louise Thompson of Corning. chairman
of the club extension committee.
Mrs. Mary. l.. Cheney of Berkeley
reported favorably on the flourishinS
condition of the club house loan and
recommended that several more club
houses such as are now at the Uni
versity of California, be established.
Mrs Robert Potter Hill, president, gave
q talk Wednesday, and she recommend
ed that great care be taken in the Sc
lection of subjects to be discussed, as
ization were growing.
The members of the nominating COM
mttee were at work Thursday morning
and Thursday afternoon. Col j. o.
Irish spoke on What Fremont Found
in California" He recommended that
California be represented in the Hall
of Fame at Washington, and that Cali
fornia's first senators, Fremont and
Gywn, be given the honors.
Civics were taken up Thursday even
ing and Almond Gates, secretary of the
state board of charities and corrections, !
spoke on "The Child of the Street" He
created quite sensation when he stat
ed as his opinion that a girl should at
tain her majority at q years of age in
stead of 49, Mrs. f. L. Baldwin of
San Francisco reviewed the civic work
of the year.
Subjects Discussed
Mrs w. n. Sherman of Fresno, /.
chairman of the household economies
committee, spoke on THE Business of
Housekeeping" Friday afternoon, and
another interesting address was that
on Forestry" by State Forester G.. B. |
Lull of Sacramento.
The convention closed Friday even .
ing with short musical program and
a lecture on "Stratford-on Avon" by /
Garnet Holme, director of Beson MEM I
orial plays from Stratford- on Avon, /
England.
Among the subjects discussed We're
"Are High Schools and Sororities Det-
rimental?" should Women Be Per-
mitted to Vote on School Questions?"
Free Kind, 'gartens," rs the Grace
Work in the Public Schools Too Diff
ficult for the Mind of the Average .
Child?" Should Sewing Taught in
the Public Schools?"