Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-20
WOMEN MEET IN
FINAL SESSION
MRS. F. C. PORTER RETIRES
FROM PRESIDENCY
MUCH DISCUSSED AMENDM EMIT
AS TO DUES CARRIES
Election of Officers and Passing of
Resolutions Brings Eighth Annual
Meeting to Highly Success
full Conclusion
rsnecIal to The Herald

Special to The HERALD
VENICE, Nov. 19.-Characterized to
a remarkable degree by the strengthen
ing of the bonds of federation and con-
dricted along lines that will forever
designate it as "the convention of the
smaller clubs" the eighth annual meet
ing of the Los Angeles district, Z. +.
w. c., closed in Venice this afternoon
The principal business of this morn
ing's session was the reception or the
nominating committees report, ana, al
though the newly elected officers will
not take their seats until the report of
the committee has been ratified at the
state meeting next May, the deepest IN
terest attended the reading of the fol-
| lowing slate:
President, Mrs. Russell ]. Waters
vice president Mrs. Abbot Kinney; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. c. p. Slosson /;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Fred
Hooker Jones. The names of Mrs.
Walter Peck of Compton and Mrs. M.
b. Hogue of Ventura were placed IN
nomination respectively for the offices
of treasurer and auditor, and these two
elections were made by reclamation.
The report of the credential commit
| tee showed an attendance of thlrty-nlile
presidents of clubs, sixty-six delegates
and forty-three alternates, making a
total Of 149, which constitutes the
largest voting body ever present at a
convention of the Los Angeles district.
A delightful feature. of the morning
was the music rendered by the Cosmo-
politan Ladies' orchestra, which pre-
coded interesting papers on Ihe
Greater Efficiency of Our Philanthroplc
Institutions" by Mrs. j. b. Mlllard ana
Mrs. &c. T. Pettigrew.
At the noon hour the delegates were
the guests at a. sumptuouS luncheon
served by the women of the Crescent
Bay Woman's club at the club rooms
on Marine street.
The proposition to change the date Oh
meeting from November to April, taken
up early in the afternoon, was lost py
an overwhelming majority.
Dues Amendment Carried
The following amendment to article
II Of the constitution was carried by a
vote of 62 to 8, after a lengthy dls-
cussion:
"Amend article II by striking out the
word two and substituting five Add,
No club shall pay less than 81 or more
than $780, making the article to read as
follows:
a. The dues shall be cents per capita
for all federated clubs, payable at OF
before the annual meeting.
| Mrs. I. w. Van Cleve moved that
an amendment be presented to the
state body asking that 2 cents per
capita be given the federation for
EXPENSES. 1t was seconded and car
| ried.
Under the general head of Some
Features of Club Life" Mrs. Will
Ioughby Rodman of the Los Angeles
| Civic association preached what she
termed her first sermon, in the course
of which she said that civ1cs, dealing
with civic, aids in the uplift of hu-
mainly by cleaning up humanity
surroundings.
Mrs. Porter's Farewell
That greatly overlooked phrase,
"There was not a dry eye in the
house, was almost literally true When
| lust before the close of the convention,
Mrs. Florence Collins Porter, whose
| second consecutive terms as president
will expire in May rose to present the
new officers and to speak the words
which were understood by all to be her
own formal farewell Mrs. PorterS is
greatly loved, not only by the women
! associated with her in office, but also
by wide circle of personal friends in
the ranks of the CLUB membership
throughout Southern California, and 1t
was with regret that her decision to
devote her time to more pressing in
| terests was yielded to.
Calling on the newly elected officers
one by one, beginning with Mrs. Rus
| sell j. Walters, president-elect, she ex-
pressed her appreciation of the aid that
she had received from her assistants
during her term of office.
Now comes the time she said,
(which is perhaps the saddest of all,
in that it marks the flight of time, the
closing of the convention. 1 wish to
present to you those to whom you have
entrusted the next years work, and
will call upon one who has been of
vast assistance to me in my work,
Mrs. Waters"
Mrs. Waters stepped forward and
presented the president with bouquet
of violets in the name of the Cosmo-
politan Ladies' orchestra, which wished
her to express it's appreciation of the
many courtesies received at the hands
of it's friend.
Mrs. Waters added on her own be-
half that, while Mrs. Porter had been
the mother of all club women she could
only promise to be the sister, having
had only a small part of the expert
ence of her predecessor. Con -inued APP
plause marked the closing scene of the
greatest convention ever held by the
Southern California district.