Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-29
Women S Clubs
HHERE was goodly gathering OF
members of Cosmos yesterday aft

IN HERE was a goodly gathering or
members of Cosmos yesterday aft
Il ernoon at the Ebell club house to
enjoy the first study program OF the
The first hour was occupied by par
liamentary drill under the leadership
of Mrs. James A. Osgood, following
which Mrs r. e. Williams delighted
the audience with two songs.
The remainder of the program was
devoted to review of Victor Hugo 8
Lies Miserables," by Mrs. Emma M.
Greenleaf.
The present Cosmos season opens
most auspiciously, thirteen new names
having been presented at the previous
meeting and five yesterday.
The Shakespeare section met Tues-
day for the first session of the year.
Highland Park Ebell program for No
vember will open the first TUESDAY
with business and parliamentary drill
the latter by Mrs J. A. Osgood.
A special musical program VIII be
given November 10. Current events
under the leadership of Mrs Mary Co
man of Pasadena will occupy the
morning of November II, and the last
Tuesday of the month will be devoted
to a. review of 1.-THE Servant in the
House." by Mrs Eliza Topper Wilkes.
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The annual tea given by the Friday
Morning club that officers and mem
hers may have an opportunity of meet
ing those who have recently come into
the club took place Teusday at the
Womans club house.
Tea and cakes were served and there
was a program furnished by De MI
bila's orchestra.
Mrs Shelley Tolhurst, the president,
-s..Aa tn Twin NV
ence Moore, chairman of the hospl-
tality committee and the following
members of the executive board: Mrs.
c. M, Severance, Mrs. John r. Haynes,
Mrs. Jules Kaufman, Mrs. N. K. Pot
ter. Miss Laura Grover Smith, Mrs.
Stoddard Jess and DIR. Dorothea Moore.
The three tables were presided over
by Mrs. e. w. Hively, assisted by Miss
Henrietta Mossbacker and Mrs. Charles
Brown; Mrs. Charles Shattuck, assisted
by Miss Eugenia Rixon and Miss Edith
Band and Mrs. Don Harrison, assisted
by Mrs. Charles Curtis and Mrs.
Bagley.
Mrs. w. f. Thurston was the speaker
of the day at the meeting of the Wom-
ans club of Santa Monica Monday aft
ternoon.
/ Mrs. Thurston, who is a very fluent
and graceful speaker. gave an enter
tanning talk about the Island of ia
maica, where she formerly resided, and
had so much of interest to give her
audience that the time allotted her in
which to tell 1t seemed all too short
A few interesting exhibits illustrated
her talk and photographs were shown
after the meeting.
The meeting was called to order by
the first vice president, Mrs. Sweet,
acting in the absence of the president,
nounced as the program for the next
meeting.
The South Coast Civic league was
entertained at the home of Mrs. H. B.
Eakins at the weekly meeting Wednes-
day afternoon. The study of the "Mer-
chant of Venice" was taken up, after
which the hostess gave a demonstration
in cooking, using for her subject
deviled CLAIMS.
After the luncheon the civic session
met, during which it was decided to
equip room i'm the new police quar-
ters to be used as a receiving hospital,
necessity which has been sadly
needed by the city for long time.
The league will maintain the hospital
until the city is financially able to take
care of it, when 1t will be turned over
to the board of trustees.
The club will entertain the delegates
to the Southern California Federation
meeting with fish dinner the evening
of November IL. The upper deck din
ing room of the Ship hotel will be
deliberately decorated and each guest
and member of the league will be per-
mitted to invite one guest.
The Pick and Shovel club of Venice
held a particularly interesting meeting
at the Ship hotel Tuesday afternoon.
In the absence of the president and
vice president Mrs. j. G. Mclean pre-
sided.
Plans were discussed for entertain
ing the delegates of the Southern Cali
fornia Federation of Womans clubs
with an elaborate luncheon Novem-
Der 10.
The following new members were
added to the club at the meeting:
Mines. Byron Hanna, Gregory Ames,
w. T. Wheatly and G. w. Placzek.