The San Francisco call., 1910-06-16
KITCHEN ART
DISCUSSED At
grand PARLOR
Eliza d. Keith Tells of Good
Books TO Be Read on Do
meStic Science
Also Suggests Scroll of Fame
for Women, Not Native,
Who Helped Order
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

San IA b-AhbAhA, June 15.-COok
books as the literature best needed for
the Native Daughters of the Golden
West was the suggestion conveyed to-
day in the report flied with the grand
.Parlor of the order by Miss Eliza d.
Keith, past grand president and the
chairman Of the committee on promo
tion, publicity and historical land
marks.
Miss Keith's bent was not confined
70 cookery, for she introduced a reso-
luton that the Native Daughters es-
tablish q roll of honor upon which
shall be inscribed the names of women
not eligible for membership. but who
had performed some signal service for
the state and the order. In her reso-
luuon Miss Keith mentioned the names
Of three women whose services have
already merited their inclusion on the
scroll Of the states fame These are:
Sister Anna Raphael of the College Of
NOtre Dame Of San Jose, who has writ
ten many splendid occasional poems
1Cr the order; Mrs. Lowell White of
San Francisco, for her services in saw
1ng the Calaveras grove of big trees,
and. Mrs. A 5. c. Forbes of Los An
Eeles for her work in the mission bell
movement
FOR DOMESTIC SCIENCE
In her report on landmarks Miss
Keith gave a list OF books which should
be in the library of every subordinate
parlOr of the order and which also
should be in the homes Of the mem
bers- She gave the primacy TO two
books dealing with domestic science,
and, as If to convey a subtle suggestion
that the family of a Native Daughter
Is restricted, the only books on cook
cry recommended by the past grand
president Of the order were Catering
for Two" and House Keeping for
Two 10 provision was made for the
Native Daughter with a family Of hun
gIy children TO feed.
In discussing Miss keiths report to-
Right one OF the Native Daughters said
that henceforth. If Miss Keith's report
IS Needed no Native Son need fear to
marry a California girl" Miss Keith
= also recommended, In view Of the in
creased cost Of living. that Native
Daughters write to the department of
agriculture at Washington for farmers
bulletin No. 391, which treats of the
economical use Of meat in the home.
TEACH ART OF COOKING
Miss Keith suggested that in small
communities where there IS no cooking
class in the public school members Of
the parior take turns in teaching the
young girls the arts which have made
their cOking famous.
= -In her report on landmarks, which
accompanied the valuable advice on
cook books, Miss Keith highly praised
the work Of Grand Secretary Laura ].
Frakes. saying without her aid. coun-
Sci and cheerful optimism many a
project in our order would have lang
uished and died"
Another interesting report was made
by Past Grand President Mrs. Emma,
Foley on the resources of California.
while her study Of the products of the
commonwealth was exhaustive, Mrs.
Foley mentioned beans without naming
their most famous birthplace.
Then Mrs Siford Of san Buenaven-
fura took the floor and proclaimed that
Ventura county. one Of the smallest in
The state. raised more beans than any
other place in the world. The grand
parlor absorbed that information with
cheers.
FAVOR HOME PRODUCTS
Miss Keith and Miss Frakes, the
grand secretary, jointly introduced a
resolution that the order commit itself
to the policy Of purchasing, when pos
sibIe. made ia California" goods. This
resolution vii lbe acted upon favorably
tomorrow.
Resolutions Of thanks have been in
PRODUCED as follows
To Andrea Sbarboro. president of the Manu-
.[acturers' and Producers association, thanking
.Eim for the work done in advancing the use Of
5r6 Icnatz Steinhart for his gift. and that Of
Ers deceased brother. Of $4,000 TO Golden Gate
f5rly. san Francisco. for an aquarium.
=. T0 Blaj0r Edwin A. Sherman Of the Mexican
u-ar veterans FOR bis work in connection with
the building Of the Slost monument at Mon
Z. 70 Edward /. Nolan Of san Francisco for his
assistance in placing the mission bells located in
SAN Francisco by the Native Daughters.
7 ffo
in her report, stated that she had
promised to assist in every way possi-
bTe the effort being made to secure for
the. California pioneers who were mem
bers Of the California battalion and
Honey Lake rangers, fighting Indians
at the time Of the civil war, a place on
-5rae pension rolls.
OPPOSE CHANGE NATIONAL HYMN
Mrs. Lille. supporting the stand of
Delegate Belle Douglass of Nevada
CITY. strongly opposed the tentative
movement 10 substitute My Own
United States" for the star Spangled
Banner and America" as the national
JlSnn. She also advocated support Of
4be Panama Pacific international ex-
position. in which the parlors. united
llnder the leadership of Past President
'[enevieve Watson Baker, have already
begun an active campaign Of assist
ance.
resolutions indorsing the project will
he introduced tomorrow.
The safe and sane" 4th of July was
urged in a resolution presented by Past
Grand President DIR. Mariana Bertola,
Ramona parlor-
The report Of Grand Secretary Laura
AZ -ForaIzes showed the following parlors
having more than $50 members, in the
order Of their numerical strength: Alta,
san Francisco; Joaquin, Stockton' Buena
Vista san Francisco.
Kidding FOR 1911 CONVENTION
The following cities are bidding for
the honor Of the grand parlorr in 1911:
Tahoe. Placerville, Santa Cruz, San
Francisco and Long Beach.
The bitterest fight on the tapis will
be q struggle over a bill Of SIS, which,
ii has been alleged, Alta parlor has
owed since 1905 The parlor repudi-
sted the debt, but in her report Grand
President Lille insisted that it was due.
Poster Prize Awarded