Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-23

lines, but showed the artistic and eth
ical points in each picture as well.
Bertha L. Corbett, the artist, will
give the program next Wednesday
with the topic, what Illustrators
Have Done"
The first program meeting of the
Southern California Woman's Press
club will be held Tuesday afternoon
at the Womans Press club. Dick Fer
ris is to be the speaker for the after
noon and will discuss staging Play"
This topic will be of especial interest
to those club members who write plays
and sketches, as it will show TIN ough
what processes the play goes after it
leaves the writer's hands before it is
ready to appear behind the footlights
Mr.. Ferris, who has produced and
staged many notable dramatic sue
cesses, will prove delightful speaker
as his anecdotes of dramatic expert
encer are amusing and will undoubtedly
illustrate many points in his discourse.
Following the program the members
of the social committee, Mrs. Hampton
l.. Story, chairman, will serve punch,
and there will be an informal recep-
ton, at which Mrs. d. c. McCan, the
president, will receive with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferris. Members of the executive
DOdTu VIII dSSlSl IlIOuSn lllG AOOlllSs
Miss Laura Grover Smith, chairman
of the program committee, has this
meeting in charge, and members are
all entitled to guest privileges.
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1.-THE Natural Wonders of California"
was the subject with which Mrs. e.
Y. Currier spoke at the meeting of
the LOS Angeles Travel club Friday
afternoon. The club meeting was held
at the home of Mrs. r. S. Lower 1902
West Thirty-slXth street, and the gen
eral topic, California" was enriched
by the reading of a paper by Mrs.
Samuel Barnes Smith on California
Laws Relating to Women and Chill
dren" and many "reminiscences of early
California.
Mrs. 1. w. Gleason has appointed
these women to serve as her assist
ants for the year in the committee
work: Mrs. Samuel Barnes Smith
and Mrs. H. A. Gilman will serve on
the legislative committee; Mesdames
A. G. Kuck, A. F. Speicher and r. +.
Pyles, civics; Mrs. N. Niver and Mrs.
Mary SmI,-4, auditing; Mesdames r.
S. Lower, Fred B. Kuck, L. E. Zim-
norman and E. Kribbs, music. Mrs.
Ida Cox has been appointed critic. The
official board is made up of Mrs. Glea-
son, Mrs. Olive Ellie, Mrs. Bertha
Davis, Mrs. w. L. hughes and Mrs.
Fred B. Kuck.
The meeting of the dramatic COM
mittee of the Friday Morning club was
held last Tuesday and proved one of
the most enjoyable meetings of the
month. The selection of Bernard
Shaw's recent play, Press Cuttings"
offered an opportunity for some orig
inal decoration through the rooms.
This was furnished by Mrs. ID. K.
Foster, who was in London during the
big suffragette parade last summer,
and who brought home with her many
of the banners and advertising posters
used by the English women in further
ing their cause. These were placed all
about the room, and Mrs. Walter AL
Ian read the play, after which an in
formal discussion of the various phases
of political equality was held. Among
the speakers were Mrs. ]. B. Lippin-
colt, Mrs. O. p. Clark, Miss Mary Foy
and Miss 4 annie Wills.
The most recent innovation in this
committee work is the monthly letter
from the New York correspondent.
This letter, describing the new plays,
the successes and failures and the
actors who participated therein, was
read by Mrs. Thomas Box. Mrs. E.
K. Foster and Miss Mary Foy will
comprise a committee to act as local
theatrical committee. This committee
will meet regularly the third Tuesday
afternoon of the month.
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The Cosmos club will meet Wednes
day at Ebell club house, and the
speaker will be the Rev. Robert Bur-
dette. He will take for his subject,
Jack the Giant Killer"
The first assembling for the year of
the Shakespeare committee will take
place Tuesday afternoon and a large
attendance is expected, as general in
terest in this branch of club work was
evident last week. Mrs. A M. Parker
will conduct the work.