The San Francisco call., 1908-10-19

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is in full swing and many purely
social sessions are sandwiched in be-
tween
The California club will hold a num-
Der of meetings this week The board
of directors will meet this morning TO
discuss the work of the year. At
o'clock the program and social com
mittees will have sessions, and at 2
the membership committee will pass
on the new names that have been
submitted. The Outdoor Art league
Will meet tomorrow at 2:30, when John
2. Irish will deliver a lecture on "Our
Oriental Trade Wednesday evening
lecture on "Ibsen" will be given nv
7. calvert Smoot at the California club.
The Outdoor Art league will have its
regular session at o'clock Thurs
day, and all the members are urged
to be present, as matters of Importance
are to be considered, including the
clearing off of st. Mary's park. the
Improvement of the entrance to the
city and the publication of a book
on municipal art. The optimist sec
tion of the California club will also
meet Thursday at o'clock, under the
direction of Nine. Tojetti.
The Susan B. Anthony club will meet
this afternoon at o'clock at 24I9 Cali
fornia street. Mrs. Nellie Holbrook
Blinn will preside. The afternoons
program will commence with a. parlia
mentary drill by Miss Fairbrother Mrs.
North Whitcomb will be the speaker
of the afternoon. and there will be
number of recitations.
The Daughters of the California Pho
neers will have their directors meet
ing this afternoon at $3.50 at Pioneer
hall. The meeting which was held last
week was one of extreme Importance.
number of questions relating to the
public good having been brought up.
1t was decided that the work of the
club for the year should include the
study of the following subjects:
Landmarks in and about San Francisco.
The collection and preservation of all his
torical objects. facts scieutihc and literary
records pertaining to the history of California.
Spanish words and their significance as ap-
piled to objects and places in California.
The influence of Mexican and Spanish cook
ing on the diet Of the present generation.
The habftatlons of the early pioneers Span
ish and other forms of architecture. and their
influence on that of the present day.
The means of transportation from the early
days of California to the present time.
1t was also decided that the Daugh-
ters of California Pioneers would es-
tablish historical collection at the
Park museum.
series of lectures has been planned
to take place at Miss Hamlin's school
every Tuesday afternoon throughout
the winter. The first series will be
given by Prof. Charles Mills Gaylev
OF the University of California. who
has recently returned from abroad and
will give his hearers the benefit of his
study and experiences in Europe. His
subject tomorrow will be Versailles
Study in Dramatic Scenes The fol-
lowing Tuesday Professor Gayley will
lecture on "The Mysteries of the Tenn
ple," and November he has planned to
speak on The Conciergeries Studies
in Tragedy"
A lecture on Macbeth by Rev.
Francis M. Harvey. professor of liter
ature at st. PatriclS's seminary, will be
given at the meeting of the Caedmon
club tomorrow. This will take place
at the residence of Mrs. J. NJ. Driscoll.
northeast corner of Broadway and
Cough streets. at $3.50.
The civic committee of the Corona