The San Francisco call., 1909-09-06
MUSIC FEATURES
CLUB PROGRAMS
Sterner Problems Give Way
To Lighter Subjects in
Women's Clubs
By MARY AsHE MILLER

Literary and musical programs are
filing the club calendars this month to
the exclusion of most of the serious
affairs which were occupying the club
womens thoughts at the end of their
year last May. Civics and such ma
terial things are being postponed until
the first fiuttering enthusiasm has
worn off and the women are ready 10
stop greeting their friends and enjoy
ing reunions and to get down to hard
work.
Ghanning auxiliary will hold it's first
meeting this afternoon at the First
Unitarian church, the hostesses being
Mrs. o. D. Baldwin, Mrs. Bradford
Leavitt Mrs. Horatio Stebbins, Mrs.
Thomas F. Russell and Mrs George w.
Caswell. The feature of the afternoon
will be the lecture by DR.. Jessica b.
Peixotto, assistant professor of soci-
ology, University of California, on The
Social Theory of Bernard Shaw" Mrs.
Edgar ]. Mainsin will sing.
To Kalon will meet Thursday after
noon in the assembly room of Calvary
church. Jackson and Fillmore streets.
for the election and installation of
officers and the reading of annual re-
ports. This meeting is for members
only.
California club will hold its first
meeting Tuesday afternoon and the
opening of this largest of women's 5
clubs marks an event in the club call
endar. The clubs new flag will be
raised for the first time and this will
be indeed an occasion. Afterward will
come a business meeting and then the
work of the various departments of the
club for the winter season will be out
lined by the leaders, Mrs. A. p. Black,
Mrs. Louis Hertz, Mrs. Jacob Brendt
and Mrs. Lowell White.
Various members will then give their
impressions Of the Seattle fair. The
civic section of the club, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Louis Hertz, will meet
Tuesday at 10 o'clock.
The literary and dramatic section, of
which Mrs. Will A. Maddern is the
leader viii not begin its meetings un-
til October.
The San Francisco Colony of New
England Women will hold its vacation
luncheon Friday afternoon at the Cali
fornia club house at 1920 o'clock and
an enjoyable program has been pre-
pared. Mrs. Austin Sperry will give
her impressions of the womans con-
gress at Seattle; Mrs. F. A. Tilley will
give Eastern Snapshots; Mrs. Clare C.
Southard will talk on "Glimpses of
Alaska" and Miss Heath will furnish
some musical numbers. All clubwomen
of New England birth or descent may
send an application for membership to
Mrs. A. j. Tinker, 2601 Russell street,
Berkeley, or to the president, Miss Jen-
ME Partridge, 1s3 Edgwood avenue.
Corona club will hold its first meet
ing this week, but instead of gather
ing Thursday, as is customary, the day
rh ri
count of Admission day.
The Pacific women's press associa-
ton will meet Monday next at 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon and a pro-
gram of unusual interest has been pre-
pared. as it is Ella NJ Sexton day.
All of the numbers will be from the
pen of that popular writer, and the first
will be The Story of San Francisco"
read by Mrs. Sexton herself Mrs L. H.
McRoskey will read How the Tables
Were Turned; Miss Marta McKim will
read The Songs of a People,; r. H.
Thomas will sing (a) Sweetheart
Mine" (b) Bread and Cheese and
Kisses" the words by Ella NJ. Sexton
and the music by Alma A. CrawIey.
The final number on the program will
be the club comedy, The Knicker-
booker Danes" presented by the
Thursday club of San Mateo, with the
following cast:
President, Mrs. Yer Plant van der
Donck, Mrs. Frona Wait Colburn; past
president Mrs. Van Twiller Westervelt-
Hobison, Mrs. H. II. Walling; secre-
tary, Mrs. Susanna Stuvesant Smythe,
Mrs. L. II. McRoskey; Dorothy Went
worth, Mrs. William H. Hammatt; Mrs
T. Roosevelt Van Tassel Mrs. H. W.
Hahen: Mrs. Oracle Van Brunt Sweet
Mrs. Henry Wiegersen; Mrs. /. NJ. A
Vanderbilt, Mrs. F. W. Metzger; Mrs.
Livingston de Witt. Mrs. C. Y Brown;
Charity Neer Donk, Mrs. S. D. Merk;
NiSbet.
The woman's auxiliary of the So
ciety of California Pioneers, of which
Mrs. Charles J. Deering is the presi-
dent, announced that it's first meeting
will take place Saturday, September 25,
and for this occasion has been secured
a promise that Henry Payot will give
the lecture on Japan which he re-
Gently delivered before the Camera
club. illustrated with a number of
stereopticon views. Guests will be in
vited and refreshments will be served
This is the first of the interesting pro-
grams which are to be feature of the
monthly meetings of the auxiliary this
year.
Laurel Hall club opened the new year
MOST auSplclouSiy Wednesday after
noon last with a large assemblag ge of
members and guests, who greatly en-
joyed the program. 1t was federation
day and addresses on that subject were
made by Mrs. Cora E. Jones, president
of the Alameda district and Mrs. A.
P. Black, vice president of the San
Francisco district. Mrs. A. W. Terrell
and Mrs. Ella M. Sexton told of the Del
Monte convention in May and Miss
Marshall sang French, Spanish and
Italian songs, accompanied by Mrs.
David Hirschler.
Cap and Bells club met Thursday
afternoon and celebrated their initial
meeting by giving an informal lunch.
con in their new clubrooms, 1910 Frank
lin street. Vacation experiences ware
the first event of the hour after lunch
con and interesting five minute ad-