Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-26

listen to the interesting program on
Interpretations of Art'' which had
been prepared by members of the Fine
Arts league under the leadership OF
Mrs. w. II. Housh, chairman of the art
committee of the league. and also
chairman of the art committee of the
district federation
Mrs. Frank e. Prior, president of the
hostess club, made felicitous address
Of welcome and introduced Mrs. Housn
as the presiding officer of the afternoon.
Mrs, Housh, in the course of her talk,
outlined the plans of the league for
great institution that shall house IN
magnificent building great art cen
ter, where all the fine arts, including
music and poetry, will have their home,
and where may be found a fine art IL
brary, statuary, schools of expression
and an auditorium suitable for artistic
representation of the drama.
The program, which was presented by
the members of the Fine Arts league,
was handled by experts. Mrs. Ger
trude B. Parsons gave brief sketch or
the life of the late Edward Mcdowell,
the composer, and Miss Ida Selby rem
dered interpretations of McDowelrs s
music on the piano. Miss A. M. Dono-
van, who was scheduled to present
Songs Without Words" after saying
that her melodies belong to the time OF
the twilight, the fire light and the
home, gave an Interpretation of several
of Chopin's etudes in a mastery man.
ner Mrs, Bertha Hirsch Baruch spoke
at length on the philosophy of art, and
| James A. McBurney spoke OF the inter
pretation of art from the STANDPOINT OF
the illustrator.
Mrs. Florence Collins Porter, presi'
dent of the district, referred to the uls,
trict meeting which is to be held al
Venice next November, and said thai
with a membership of over 5000 the
meeting ought to equal in interest tna'
| of a state meeting. Announcement was
also made by the speaker of the post
ponement of the state meeting until the
| latter part of May.
Mrs Joshua Evans Cowles, secretary
of the federation, was heard with IN
| terest as she spoke of biennial plans
! and announced the rates that have been
arranged by the railroads-one rare 10
| Chicago and return, good for ninety
days. and a two-thirds fare from Cnl-
cago east She also urged that the
women present interest themselves III
securing the passage or the anu -tuoel
| culosis bill now in the hands of Senator
| Crane of Massachusetts,, and ask their
renresentatives and senators to push
| the legislation.
Mrs r.. !. Waters presented the needs
of a. registration and information pu-
reau, cleverly characterizing 1t as "a
reciprocity day on tap" Mrs. Prior
asked the club women to interest theiI
husbands in securing necessary legis,
lation that the Arroyo Seco may be helo
TO- . park. Mrs. o. Shepard Barnun
| smoke of the coming woman's parlla'
| r1ent at Ventura, and urged that tnt
clubs represented at yesterdays meet
ing strive to establish more club schol'
arships. Mrs. 1. L. Hibbard extended
cordial invitation to the RuslIin Ar
club loan exhibition of graphic arts
which is to be held April and II
Blanchard hall and the club rooms ao'
| joining. 5 +he
This is the second reciprocity day the
Wednesday Morning club has enjoyed
and was great success. Tea was
served later in the small parlor opening
from the assembly hall.
An exhibition of oils and water col
ors had ben hung b. L. f. Kanst, ana .
fine collection of photographs shoWlne
reproductions of statuary was made py
Mrs. Julia Brancken Wendt and MISS
Perry. The pictures were from the
Kanst gallery and were unusually hne'