Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-19
WOMEN'S CLUBS
MADE WELCOME
MRS. ABBOT KINNEY GREETS
VISITORS TO VENICE
JUDGE SILENT SUGGESTS NEW
LINE OF PHILANTHROPY
Nominating Committee Reported as
Having Made Selections Already
for President and Vice
President

VENICE. Nov. 1S.-Brilliant thoughts
by brilliant women marked the second
DAVIS session of the Federated Women
Clubs at the Venice auditorium today
Numerous delegates and visitors were
present in the morning. AFTER tle IN
vocation by Mrs. II. A. Morgan, MIs'
Abbot Kinney delivered the tolloWlhS
address of welcome;
Madam President and Ladies of the
los Angeles District California Fedora
tion of Women's Clubs 1t is my
pleasure to welcome you all 10 venice.
'sWhen the idea of inviting you hrst
entered my brain l consulted win the
company and instructed the secretary
to write the invitation which was de-
livered to you by my club sister MIS-
AcLain.
1T has always been Mr.. Kinney
ambition to build Venice on broad, true
lines. and the thought nearest his hearl
was to make it a home for science
literature and art.
"Knowing that club women were all
striving for these high ideals, we
thought it good to ask you here 10 see
how far we We're succeeding IN redCA-
ing the goal of our ambition.
''g'he gates are open and the latch-
string is hanging out, so pull II ana
enter Every good Venetian VIII meet
you with the most sincere and hearlIeit
welcome"
Mrs Porter district president. re-
sponded with a neat speech OF appre-
citation. e.,
Reports of officers and committees fol-
lowed. after which Mrs James b.
Hume addressed the assembly, speak
ing on Culture" Service, she SAID,
was the keynote of the women's club
movement.
To Distribute Oranges
At the afternoon session Judge
Charles d. Silent made a novel sugges-
ton in the line of philanthropic work
This season" he said, I packed sew
eral boxes of oranges, shipped them TO
Los Angeles and distributed them where
I thought that they would do most
good. A lady doing settlement work IN
Sonoratown told me that some OF the
children there ate the first oranges or
their lives out of these boxes. How
nice it would be on some of our warm
days to take ten or fifteen boxes OF TINS
fruit out of cold storage and distribute
them among the tired laundry workers,
telephone girls and little children who,
while living so near to the luscious
fruit, do not have the opportunity OF
tasting it.
"There would be no difficulty in
bringing from fifty to 100 carloads to
Los Angeles"
On mOIlO0 OF MIS-. >. u. IAdllAOABAA
a committee was appointed TO confer
with Judge Silent and the philanthropie
committee with a view to taking up
the work An East Whittier delegate
offered to supply 100 boxes at once.
The presidents address was delivered
by Mrs. Porter who took occasion 10
thank all who had assisted her and
her officers during the past year. She
paid a glowing tribute to her as
sistants.
Delegates Entertained
The members of the South Coast
Civic league entertained the delegates
at a fish dinner at the Ship hotel be-
tween the afternoon and evening ses-
sions. The committee having the affair
In charge consisted of Mines. II. b.
Ealxin. Hite Wickizer, Eglehoff Rumble
and c. H. Richie.
1t has been learned from an author
itative source that the nominating
committee will present the names of
Mrs. Russell J. Waters for president
and Mrs. Abbot Kinney for vice pres
ident at the morning session. 1t is
understood that, while there was some
little debate as to the office of vice
president the committees selection was
finally unanimous.
Press Club Feted
The evening session was given over
to the Southern California Woman's
Press club, and the entertainment took
the form of a magazine, its different
departments being illustrated by mag
nificently staged living pictures.
Grace Hortense Tower dictated the
makeup and got out a first class sum
mary. in three sections-local, vocal and
awful.
4 paper was read by DR.. Louise Har-
vey Clark on The Modern News
paper" which gave a resume of the
news dispenser Of the day.
1.-THE Three Cooks of San Gabriel"
by Rose I. Ellerbe: "Consider the