The San Francisco call., 1909-11-11

WOMAN ARE KEPT
HAPPY IN HARMONY
Friendly and Informal Spirit
Characterizes First Session
in San Jose
Subjects of Wide and Varied
Range Are Followed by
Pleasant Social Affairs
BY MARY AsHE MILLER
i Especial Dispatch to The Call


SAN JOSE, Nov 10-A busy but un-
eventfuI day has been spent by the
women's clubs of San Francisco dis
trict in the state federation who are
gathered for their eighth annual con-
ventfon. It has proved a helpful con-
versational type of meeting thus far,
discussions, informal exchange of
ideas and the relation of experiences.
both as to internal and public dealings,
filing the sessions rather than the
reading of papers or delivering of
lengthy lectures
An unusual spirit of friendliness and
infermality seems to prevail and there
Is singular absence thus far of po-
liticab opposition to anything. Every
one bows smilingly at any one else's
ideas. Even woman's suffrage, which
proves insidious and hydra headed in
its intrusions at every club cenven-
tion, has been the source of mirth and
amicable repartee.
CAN NOT TALK POLITICS
Miss WoIfsohn of San Francisco
asked this morning during discus
sion of the program for the state fed
GRAFTON convention of next year why
womans suffrage was not taken up
and why it was evaded at the Del
Monte convention. Mrs. j. B. Hume,
the state president, who was leading
the discussion. laughingly denied any
knowledge that it had been avoided,
but Mrs. E. al. Baldwin of the Cali
fornia club said that the explanation
lay in the fact that the state consti-
tuition forbade the Introduction of
of either politics or religion.
Mrs. Bingham of San Jose declared
at once that suffrage was the fore
most civic question of the day and il
was not politics until the vote was
gained. Mrs. Hugh Mel. Porter of Mon
terey upheld Mrs. Baldwin by saying
that clubwomen SO often asked before
tions with any religious faiths, secret
orders or with suffragettes. Then
some one tactfully relieved the situa-
tion by suggesting something quite
apart from the matter under dis
cussion.
WELCOMED TO THE CITY
AT the opening session there was an
Invocation by Rev. w. T. Patchell, fol-
lowed by an address of welcome by
Mayor w. Dawson who had many nice
things to say about clubwomen, ex-
pressed his delight that they We're here
and presented them with the freedom
E. C. Hurff, chairman of the local board
of managers. who welcomed the club
women again in an amusing and clever
address.
Mrs E. L. Knight. president of Co
roma club of San Francisco. made a
graceful response for the delegates, and
then Mrs. Hume delivered the greetings
of the state president. She expressed
her delight at the growth of federation
in California and said that she had just
received, a national federation year
book which showed California TO be
the fourth state in, the union in the
number of members of the state fedora
tion.
president MAKES REPORT
Mrs. w. v. Grimes. the district presi-
dent made her report, which she
prefaced by saying that her term of
office had been too brief TO admit OF
an extended report but she praised
her vice president, Mrs G. P. Black, and
the other members of the executive
board for their hearty and capable CO.
operation in the work done thus far.
She recommended the establishment
of a travelling fund for district presi-
dents and the insertion in the year
book of the names of the district Of