The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26
CLUBWOMAN finds
HOME THINGS BEST
Mrs. Edward L. Baldwin Re-
turns From Boston With
Report of Gathering
Everything We Have Here Is
on Bigger Scale" Declares
California Leader

That the president of one of the
largest women's clubs in America, fresh
from the excitement of representing
her club at an immense eastern con-
vention, is not spoiled for home things
and home people. has been very clearly
proved by Mrs. Edward L. Baldwin.
Mrs Baldwin, who is president of the
California club of this city, returned
last night from the convention of Fed
Grated women's clubs in Boston. but
for the first hour after her arrival she
had nothing to say of the club world,
of parliamentary drill, of civic i'm
provements or educational sections. She
was far too much amused and surprised
to learn that q frOck bought for a
small girl of IA in Boston is about half
big enough for a little girl of IA in
California.
L thought 1 would bring my little
daughter a present" said Mrs. Baldwin
with tears of laughter in her eyes. and
1 wish you could have seen her in the
frock. But after all. everything we
have here is on a bigger scale, even our
little girls,
TOOK BOSTON By STORM
why. the California delegation sim
ply took Boston by storm. One of the
Massachusetts, women who had escort
ed US on a trip was overheard to say TO
another, I've had the incest time of
my life with those big, breezy, glorious
western women, and I've not spoken to
a Boston woman today"
1--WE tried very hard for the 1910 con-
vention," said Mrs. Baldwin. when the
topic of the little frOck was tempo
rarily exhausted. and I think we
should have had it if the state dele
cations had been allowed to have their
way. Every one wants TO come here.
1t would mean the arrival Of thou
sands of women, and would do the city.
as well as all the clubs, d world of
good. However. we must wait for the
committee to decide.
Il was delighted 10 find that we had
very little to learn from this conven-
ton wonderfully as il was managed
and carefully as it had been planned.
The lectures and papers were right
along the lines that we have been fol-
lowing here, and we Californians took
our part in the big programs with an
ease that surprised even ourselves.
WON MOST PRAISE or ALL
Mrs. James Orr's little talk about
charity in everything ended the presi-
dents evening and was warmly ap-
pIauded, and Mrs. ]. B. Hume Of Berke-
ley. our state president. made the
yearly report that won the most praise
of all 1t was noticeable that there
was no halt in the program and no
unpleasantness even when the various
delegates differed seriously about
things.
Women have made great progress
in the last few years. and the result
of educational and civic club work in
their point of view was amazing. We
were surprised tC learn that the de-
tails for this convention had been in
the hands of 1900 women, who had
been busy IS months preparing for the
convention
Mrs. Baldwin was Joined in Chicago
by Mrs. Alfred Black, vice president of
the California club, and Mrs Margaret
Hayward, its temporary secretary, both
of whom were delegates to the con-
ventiOn. Mrs. Hume. who made a part
of the trip with them. is now in the
northern part of the state.