The San Francisco call., 1908-10-09
LECTURES ON
LATIN REPUBLICS
John Barrett Gives Interesting
Facts Before California
Club
Corona Club Plays George Ber-
nard Shaw's 'Y0u Never
Can Tell"

turned upon the 20 neighboring re-
publics of South America was the lit
tie talk given by John Barrett to the
members and guests of the California
club last night. With an earnestness
that held the four or five hundred men
and women who had gathered to hear
him in absolute attention, the speaker
rapidly sketched the present political
position of the sister country, which
is standing, he asserted, on the
threshold of the mightiest era of prog
gress II at the world has ever known.
He urged the necessity OF friend
ship between the Americas, both so
closely akin in interest, religion and
ambition, comparing the commerce,
production and manufactures of the
two in statistics that amazed his
hearers. The mines >and rivers, the
untouched forests and unexplored
mountains he spoke of in connection
with the diminishing resources of our
own country, which are causing such
grave concern to the nation. Mr.. Bar
rett paid a high compliment to Elihu
Root, whose tour of the South Amer
lean cities did so much to cement their
friendship with the United States.
I'VE speak of Japan as wonderfully
progressive and industrious. as she is.'
said the speaker, but we must not for
get that in South America there are
republics that alone have eclipsed the
trade done by all the orient last year.
The time has come for us to bring
our observation nearer home, and show
our pride in this little sister of ours"
George Bernard Shaw's you Never
Can Tell" was acted yesterday after
noon by the members of the Corona
club at their meeting in Mission Ma
sonic hall. The afternoon opened by
a business meeting at o'clock, which
was followed by the formal reception
of the clubs new members. At
o'clock the program commenced with
a violin solo, by Miss Elizabeth Dolan,
after which Mrs. Almeron Skinkle read
a short paper on why Play Is Writ
ten," and the performance was then
given. The different characters were
portrayed by the following members:
Mr.. Valentine ...........Dr. Flora Macdonald
Finch Mccomas .-....-...Mrs. John H. Bullock
Mr.. Champion. on............-.-M Mrs Lon MacDaniel
Philip Clandon. on.......-...-... Mrs. John Rogers
Mr. Bohun. .,,....-....-...;: mrs; =. a; bsgot
Georgia Clandon. Mrs. H. L. Seager
dolly CIandon ,; Mrs no,t4n ,o;n
William the waiter. Miss Sadie Stark
/ Mrs. Milton McMurray favored the
assembly with several delightful songs,
perhaps the most beautiful of her selec-
tions being The Nightingale Has a
Lyre OF Cold"
A score of the prominent members
of the Equal Suffrage league were called
to a special meeting yesterday, when
the final detail of the big affair to be
given at the Chutes tomorrow were
completed Today the members will
spend the entire forenoon and the early
afternoon at the Chutes erecting their
booths and decorating the entire place
for the fete. Several new features
have been added to the original pro-
gram. and the advance sale of tickets
has already insured the affair an i'm
mense success. Mrs. William Neelands
presided yesterday.
American composers and their work
formed the basis for delightful little
program given by the musical section
of the California club yesterday. Mrs.
John Taylor presided at the meeting.
the singers being Nine. Emilia Tojetti
and Thomas Dobson. The latter accom-
panied Miss Lou Barbagelata In a de-
lightful ,Yiolon solo, and Mrs. Henry
Eiehoff read a short paper. biographical
of the composers. who We're Chadwick,
Beach. Allen and Mrs. C. j. Bond.
At a meeting of the Outdoor Art
| league yesterday the matter of an
alphabetical system Of street naming in
this city was taken up, the members
discussing the relative beauties of some
OF lne ola spanish names as we'll. Re-
ports were made by the committee
authorized to investigate the question
of establishing beauty spots through
out the city and by several other COM
mittees. In the absence of Mrs. Lowell
White, Mrs. George Marsh presided.
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Delegates from the Laurel Hall club,
to attend the meeting of the hedera-
ton OF Women's Clubs in Watsonville
next week, were appointed yesterday,
when an informal business meeting of
the organization took place. Nine
Emilia Tojetti, the president, will be
one Of the three representatives, the
other two being Mrs. Bertha Brosius
and Mrs. w. j. Terrill.
Friendship. its definition and abuses.
formed the topic of discussion yester-
day morning at the meeting OF the
optimist section of the California club.
Nine. Tojetti, who presided, read a
number of selections from Emerson's
Essay on Friendship" which was then
|, discussed by the members in turn, each
! giving also her idea of the meaning of
the word. About 20 members were
present.