The San Francisco call., 1910-08-29
CLUBWOMEN Plan
MUCH new WORK
State Federation Adds Three
Departments to Its Wide
Range of Activities


Women's Clubs. The trio of well known
clubwomen to whom the management
of the latest undertakings has been
intrusted have promised to put the new
branches on a firm foundation.
The department. of social and indus
trial conditions is an important section
and one which will be a large factor
in bettering the civic fabric. Mrs. Stur-
tevant Peet has been made the state
chairman, with Mrs. T. B. Younglove
of Richmond as the Alameda district
federation chairman. DR.. Annette Nc
Ghee, who has won national repute
through her work with the Red Cross
society, has been appointed director of
the new department on health. DR..
Edith Brownsill of Berkeley will rep
resent the local federation.
Music will be the third branch of
work to be introduced this year, with
Mrs. Ada Marsh Chick of Los Angeles
as general chairman. Mrs. Charles V.
Ellis of Berkeley will direct the efforts
of the new branch in Alameda district.
The state board met Saturday morning
in Los Angeles when considerable rou-
tine business was disposed of.
Mrs Annie Little Barry has called a
meeting of the board of Alameda Dis
trict Federation of Womens Clubs for
September IA, when the work will be
formally reorganized after the sum-
mer's vacation. Mrs. Barry has COM
pleted the personnel of the committees
which will serve for the ensuing year.
The Town and Gown club of Berkeley
has announced two programs for the
month of September. The new year
will be opened Monday, September IL,
with a social day and informal recep-
tion at which Mrs. Lucius Greene the
hostess, Will be assisted in receiving
by half a dozen prominent club MEM
bers. A musicale will be given by
Louis Arnold, tenor; Miss Alice Davies,
violiniste; Mrs. We're Hunter, accom-
panist. The women will assemble in a
business session September 26 when
reports will be given and new work
planned. During the summer the pic
turesque clubhouse has been entirely
renovated and enlarged. An artistic
stage has replaced the old one in the
auditorium and the reception rooms
have been enlarged. The Town and
Gown women possess one of the most
artistic clubhouses in the district.
Nine. Margaret Barry will appear be-
fore the women of the Adelphian club
Saturday afternoon, September g. at
their first union meeting of the season.
An Interpretation of THE Death of
Eve (Moody) will be the program
The various sections of the Alameda
club have planned unusually strong
programs for their opening month.
A brilliant reception Wednesday af-
ternoon, September 81, at which the
board of directors will preside as hos
tesses, is the most elaborate event in
the calendar of the Oakland club for
the coming month. The reception will
take the place of the usual luncheon
After the session of the board and the
short business meeting, September T.
informal talks will be given by Miss
Beatrice Mccall, deputy probation Off
Ger of Alameda county, and Mrs. l.. P
Crane, chairman of philanthropy.
Vacation "Reminiscences" will be the
theme of the gathering of Wednesday.
September IA, for which Mrs r. d.
Holmes is arranging the program. A
musical half hour will be given by
Arthur Garcia, violinist, and Fritz
Warnke, pianist who will be heard in
his own compositions. Mrs. o. B. Ca1d-
well is planning for the musicale
which will conclude the months pro-
grams, September %.
The women are forming a new dra-
matte section which will be under the
direction of Mile Moliere. The French
class under Nine. Hopper will be con
tinued and the students of German will
be included in section with Mrs. May
nard Shipley as instructor.
The Alta Mira club, that progressive
body of San Leandro women, who in
the three years of their organization
have placed it both as to membership
and actual work accomplished at the
head of the womens clubs of the dis
trict, will resume their meetings on
the second Monday in September. The
directors. of whom Mrs W. s. Peters
is president, has decided to continue
their efforts along much the same lines
in the past, giving particular at
tention to civic endeavor and to the
identification of the suburban town:
The horticulture school. which was
started last summer, will not be re-
organized this season. Although the
Coffee club, which was organized
through the clubwomen's efforts, has
become independent of their support,
their interest in this important out
growth of their labor is maintained
by those who represent them in the
governing board of the f1ourishing So
ciety. The members will lend their sup
port to the Child's Welfare league of
Alameda county.
The club is accommodating funds for a
clubhouse which the women expect to
build in few years
More than 100 guests enjoyed the
card party which was given last week
by the women of the Suffrage Amend
ment league at the residence of their
president, Mrs. Agnes Ray. and a good
ly sum was added to the treasury for
carrying on their work. A fish pond
contributed by the merchants of the
city was a source of considerable reve-
nue.. Music was provided for the di-
version of the guests before the sup
per was served. Next month a "Suf-
frage Sale" will be held to add to the
campaign fund.
An important business session of the
members of the West Oakland home
has been called for Tuesday, September
6, in the building in Campbell street.
Because of the conflict of the regular
time of meeting with Labor day. the
monthly session was postponed.