Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-27
Club News

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II, in delightful style by the mem
AZ bers of the Highland Park Ebell
club yesterday with a picnic luncheon
at Sycamore grove. Long tables COW
cred with snowy cloths were effective
ly arranged with panels of pink roses
and ferns extending through the en-
tire length of the table, and about 250
members and guests of the club sat at
table together.
Mrs. w. A. Clarke was in charge of
a courtesy committee. and with her
assistants met the arriving guests, in
troduced them and arranged parties
at the tables with an eye to harmon
ious combinations. Many of the guests
were present from out of town clubs,
and representatives. including the
president and two delegates, were in
vited from each of these clubs: Ebell
club Friday Morning, Wednesday,
Cosmos, Galpin Shakespeare, Pasadena
Shakespeare club, Alhambra Wednes-
day, Glendale Thursday, Monrovia
Saturday, Eagle Rock Twentieth Cen
tury, South Pasadena Womans I'm
proVement association, Ocean Park
Crescent Bay, Santa Monica Woman $
club, Sierra Madre Woman's club,
Long Beach Ebell, Downey Saturday
Afternoon.
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licious luncheon was entirely under
the direction of Mrs. Watson, Mrs. w,
e. Colby, Mrs. S. c. Wing, Mrs. c. NJ.
Morlan and Miss Mabel Phelts.
Three-minute speeches from the va
rious visiting club representatives fol-
lowed the luncheon. Among the
speakers were Mrs. George Rice, Gal
pin Shakespeare club, Mrs. Young of
the Twentieth Century club, Eagle
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dena Womans Improvement associa-
ton; Mrs. George Barndollar, presi-
dent of the Ebell of Long Beach; M.
p. Haines. representing the Friday
Morning club; Mrs. George w. Will
hanson of the Downey Saturday Aft
ernoon club Mrs. Anderson of Ocean
Park Crescent Bay club; Miss Lauret-
ia Barnaby, president of the Pasadena
Shakespeare club, and Mrs. Calvin
Hartwell of the same club; Mrs. Ma
lone Joyce of the Los Angeles Ebell
club; Mrs. G. L. Little, president of
the Womans club of Whittier; Mrs.
w. G. Mushet, president Wednesday
Morning club; Mrs. S. w, Hudson,
president of the Wednesday Afternoon
club of Alhambra, and Mrs. Chase,
representing the Glendale Thursday
Afternoon club.
Nominations for the coming election
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lows Mrs. Jane Beatty, president;
Miss Elizabeth Packard, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Elizabeth Hastings, second
vice president; Mrs. Ben Kirby, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Whitney, corre-
spending secretary: Mrs. Harlan,
| treasurer and Mrs. James r. higgins,
general curator.
The Women's Press club met yester-
day afternoon for one of the "shop
talk" meetings which have proved so
inspiring to many of the members this
winter, and a program, which included
original short stories, with brief talks
concerning their inception, formed an
interesting part of the program. At the
business meeting which preceded the
program it was decided that the clos
| ing meeting in June should be held at
the Indian village, where Antonia
Apache has arranged many particularly
! enjoyable features for the entertain
ment of the club
The program, which was in charge of
Mrs. John w. Mitchell, was opened by
Mrs. Dora Oliphant Coe, who gave a
brief description of the general origin
of many short stories, particularly the
incidents which led to the writing of a
recent successful story by Miss Aman-
da Matthews, one of the club members.
Mrs. Lillian Collins followed with a
childs story. Mrs. Van Pelt gave an
original poem and Miss Fannie Dillon
played a group of four of her own com
positions.
Prof. >B. r. Baumgardt will give a
stereopticon and moving picture lecture
on Halley's comet at the Young Wom-
ems Christian association tonight. This
lecture will enable those attending to
know when and where to look for Hal
ley's comet and to learn something
about its history and mysterious ma