Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-05
Women s Clubs

The coming of prosperity week" and
it's celepration are everywhere the top
les of the hour, and nowhere more so
than in the women's clubs of the city,
and yesterday the subject was pre-
sented to the attention of Wednesday
Morning club members by Miss Fran
ces Holmes, originator of the plan.
Miss Holmes address was a call to
arms in the cause of buying and boost
ing home products and was bright and
entertaining as we'll as stirring. She
affirmed that there is no more reason
for importing olives and olive oil,
crackers, catsup, ETC., than there is of
bringing Florida oranges to the Pa
cific coast, and it is very like sending
coal to Newcastle.
"It is up to us, and especially to the
women of Southern California" she
said, "to show the easterners who visit
us that we have other assets than sun
shine and climate"
Referring to women's part in the ac-
tiVities of the world and its progress,
the speaker said that the phrase, 1.-THE
hand that rocks the cradle is the hand
that rocks the world" will soon have
become d ILluS OI lll6 past, IOt
a woman has invented a cradle with
mechanism that may be wound up like
an alarm clock and set for as long or
as short a time as the mother wishes.
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Charles Keeler will deliver a course
of lectures upon art before the Los
Angeles Ebell club as follows:
November 8, Man the Creative Art
ist in His Relation to Nature;" No
vember II, "Idealism, the Key to the
Soul of Art; November IA, art, the
Embodied Spirit of Beauty" Novem-
ber H. Greek and Christian Ideals of
Art" November 49, 1.-The Home as the
Art Center" November 81, "Califor-
MIA Art, a Promise and Prophecy"
Especial Importance is attached to
the program which is to be presented
tomorrow morning by Capt. Amos A.
Fries, corps Of engineers, U. S. A, be-
fore the Friday Morning club members
and their guests.
Captain Fries is in charge Of the
government river and harbors and for
tification works, Los Angeles district,
and he has promised to deliver an ad-
dress on that subject of vital impor-
tance to Southern California, "The San
Pedro Harbor"
On this one occasion and because
Captain Fries address is expected to
contain so much of value and public
interest guests will be admitted on
members visiting cards.
The meeting of the Venice Pick and
Shovel club Tuesday took the form of
presidential election. The polls We're
kept open simultaneously with the
regular election polling places, and
every would-be voter was compelled to
swear in her vote, each being chal-
lenged by an opponent, who sought a
sufficient reason for disqualifying the
eiector.
Out of the fifty members present
only twenty-five succeeded in convinc-
ing the judges of their right to fran
chise. Miss Cantara disqualified be-
cause of being in a state of maiden
blessedness, Mrs. Byron Hanna charged
with being too new matron to be
sufficiently versed in the art of man
aging a husband, Mrs. George Sibley
ruled out because of being related to
William Taft and numerous others We're
among those specially selected as eX-
amples of the disqualified voter.
The final count at the closing of the
polls gave Taft 13 and Bryan votes.
While waiting for the polls to close
Mrs. Senny delivered a "Talk on the
Prohibition Party" After light re-
freshments had been served, the mem
berS yielded to the entreatleS OF Ihe
numerous lesser halves of their re-
spective families and adjourned.
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Members of the Woman's club of
Santa Monica, at their meeting Mon
day afternoon, enjoyed a recital by
Miss Theodosia Harris of Los Angeles.
This accomplished woman rendered Sc
lections from such well known COM
posers as Rubinstein, MacDowell,
Schumann and Chopin, using as her
medium the violin, piano and voice,
displaying remarkable versatility. The
program follows; Ca Romance, Op
44' (Rubinstein); (b) Love Song, Op
10" (PaderewskD; song, "Thy Beam
ing Eyes" (MacDowelD; song, Tho
rian's Song (Benjamin Godard);
Little Cradle Song, Op. 124" (Schu-
MANN; 1.-THE Prophet Bird, Op. S2'
(Schumann). Part two: "Nocturne,
Op. 81" (Chopin) song, "Serenade'
Orchard Strauss; waiting Music.
'Madame Butterfly (PuccinD; Hun
garian Etude" (MacDowelD.
Miss Celia White. who has recently
returned from her European trip, will
resume her lectures on art before the
club next Monday afternoon.