The San Francisco call., 1910-04-04
WOMFN'SCLUBSTO
HOLD ELECTIONS
Annual Meetings of Several Or
CARNATIONS Are TO Be Held
During the Week

or the month VIII be devoted largely to
annual meetings and the electish of
officers in the local clubs. the important
dates marking epochs in the years his
tory. Tuesday Ebell will elect nine di-
rectors for the ensuing year, Mrs.
Charles J. Woodbury. heading the ticket
as president elect
The entire membership is congratu-
Isting itself on the nomination Of Mrs.
Woodbury. and the women who will
serve with her. During the absence of
Mrs. Robert Watt abroad Mrs. Wood
bury acted as president of the Oakland
New Century club, in which she has
been active for many years.
The new board Of directors will be
installed at the luncheon which is
planned in their honor April 1s.
On Wednesday the Oakland club will
tn some measure solve its difficulties by
the election Of 10 directors. A week
later these successful candidates will
meet and elect the various officers who
viii serve for the ensuing year. In the
meantime the names OF the nominees
for the board are being kept a care
gully guarded secret. There is little
doubt that Mrs. Leon Hail will be re-
elected as president.
On Saturday the AdeIphian club held
its April union meeting in the club
house. a large number Of guests enjoy
ing the musicale which was planned for
the hours program. Miss Isabelle O'Con-
nor. soloist, and Miss Mary Sherwood,
cellist, were heard in some beautiful
renditons, Miss Ethel Pearl Graham
Fl hr of
Mrs. Walton Farrar presided as hostess.
The annual meeting of the Adelphian
club viii be held Thursday morning.
when the new board Of directors will be
elected after the formal reports of the
retiring officers and committee chair
men are read.
The most interesting section program
10 be given this week before the pro-
gressive Alameda club will take place
Tuesday morning, when Miss Cora Jen-
kins Of Oakland will give a lecture on
The Development Of Original Musical
Compositions" with illustrations, before
the music history study class. and Tues
day afternoon, when Mrs. s. V. Culp Of
Berkeley viii talk before the women of
the art history section on Pottery and
Ceramics Of the United States" The
following new members have recently
been elected TO the club:
Ms Ms b = G lanes lanes Mrs Henry Westbrook
MS; HH: b i Il f355;S :: f; Htnsi hf6ds Es5ss'
The Alta Mira club Of san Leandro
viii hold its third annual melting this
month, re-electing Mrs. W. S. Peters as
president for the coming year. 1t was
through Mrs. Peters efforts that the
club was first organized. its member
ship soon reaching over the 100 mark.
Mrs Peters was the first choice for
president and has held the Office each
year since, the membership refusing to
accept her resignation.
The newly formed womans club at
Hayward viii be formally organized to-
morrow, when the prominent women
included in its personnel viii choose
the name and elect the first board of
directors. The club already has a char
ter membership Of 60.
The women Of the Shakespeare sec
ton Of Ebell viii be the guests Of Mrs.
Dwight Huntley Saturday. April %.
The members OF the Criterion club
will meet Wednesday with Mrs. E. A.
James for an hour OF study.
The women of the West Side improve
ment club Of Point Richmond have set
new standard for their sister clubs
in presenting to the city council seven
fine lots to be used for g playground
The site is a choice one, combining a
fine level space with hill slope The
women having the gift in charge are
Mrs ". n. YoUnglove, Mrs. NJ. F.
Marston and Mrs. S. r. Curry. The city
council viii spend several hundred dol
lars in fully equipping the playground
A reception and musicale is planned
by the board Of directors and members
Of the West Oakland home for the aft
ernoon and evening Of Thursday, April
2S' at their building in Campbell street
The students who make up the per
sonnel Of the Casa Guidi circle are de-
voting their attention TO the "Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" In connection
with the discussion Of the play itself a.
series Of papers are being arranged by
several Of the gifted members, as fol-
lows: THE Theater in Shakespeare's
Times' Mrs c. H. Thompson; The Spir-
itual Significance of Fairies in Litera-
ture," Miss Z. Egbert; 1.-The Significance
of Amazons in Greek Legends" Miss
Oma Davies. A charming feature of the
study viii be the music of the Mid
summer Nights Dream" rendered by
Mrs. William Wadsworth.
Mrs. A !. Adams win preside as host
ess over the meeting OF the Hill club
tomorrow, the neighborhood friends be-
ing her guests for an hour Of song and
discussion. rounded out by tea Mrs. ].
II. Brewer entertained the club last
week. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps lending
the theme for the afternoon.