Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-23
Women S Clubs
CO" HETHER the story of the
wv Garden of Eden is true or
false does not affect the fa ct

SC" HETHER the story of the
wv Garden of Eden is true or
false does not affect the fact
that we have no record of anything
Adam did or thought until after Eve
was created, so it may we'll be said that
all we are we owe to woman said DR..
Rose Burcham yesterday morning,
speaking before the Friday Morning
club on the subject of Women in the
Professions and in Business
Owing to threatened inclemency of
the weather there was only a small
audience, but women having courage
to brave the elements were amply re-
paid. DR.. Burcham is a member of the
Ebell and the Wednesday Morning
clubs, and members of the two organ
iZations were entertained as special
guests.
Beginning with an entertaining re-
sumo of economic conditions relating to
women, and dating from the time of
the early Greeks, DR.. Burcham's paper
led up to the twentieth century and the
present day educational and business
privileges of women.
In considering the problems that con-
front a woman seeking to enter either
the professional or business world DR..
Burcham claimed that the first requi-
site for success is thorough preparation
for the chosen work. To education and
preparation, as essentials for business
success, was added opportunity, ability,
application and tenacity, and last, while
not absolutely necessary but being very
convenient, a good sense of humor.
The woman in business was cautioned
first to learn to think and at times to
forget how to talk, this being empha-
sized by quoting the advice of a col
lege professor to one of his students,
Remember that you and the devil can
nv1t nd ho
and third person cannot" In trans
acting business, to state ones errand
conciSely and then to depart promptly,
to meet a man in all matters of bust
ness in the same way that another man
would do, and to ask no favors on the
score of being woman; to cultivate
personal magnetism, self-controI and
decision of character, while at the same
time guarding against eXtremes-these
were given as sign posts along the road
leadino to success in a business career.
In conclusion the speaker quoted
Plato, saying: cit is better to be than
to seem. To live honestly and to deal
justly is the meat of the whole matter. :"
The cause of club scholarships was
presented and the working plan ex-
planned by Mrs. o. Shepherd Barnum
and Mrs. Randall Hutchinson, who told
not only of the great need for the work
but also of the unknown good being
accomplished, and cases were cited of
children who are being educated by
their help.
The Passmore trio of San Francisco
will furnish the program for the club
January 29.
The Official program for the next ses-
sion of the National Congress of Moth
ers, which is to open at New Orleans
Thursday morning, February IS, and
/ 011
arrangements still pending for special
| services in honor Of the visitors Sun
day, shows a happy mingling of ad-
dresses, luncheons and drives ,Satur-
cay afternoon is to be occupied by a
boat trip down the Mississippi and a
visit to an old plantation and sugar
refinery.
Mrs. jefferson D. Gibbs of Los Ange-
les will respond for the west to the
official greetings from the governor of
Louisiana and from the mayor of New
Orleans, and is also to be among the
speakers, although the topic is not an
nounced.
The famous Momus ball takes place
the opening evening of the congress.
and delegates have been invited to be
present and witness the gayeties
Among the topics programmed for de-
liberation are: "Child Saving Work -
| subdivided into probation, child rescue,
child hygiene and child labor; 1.-The
Release of Mental Forces; 'Study of
the Child at Play; Cooperation of
Home and school,; What the Gov
ernment and Some cities Are Doing for
Child and Home" An exhibit of play
grounds is promised by the Fairgrounds
association of America.
When the Friday Morning club moves
into the new home on the corner of
Hoover and Adams streets there is also
fc ho ditfiror of the P11cIyi11 Art ri, h