Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-06
Club News


N HE Los Angeles section of the
Sunshine society met yesterday
Il afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Grace D. Geldreich, 43S Westlake ave-
nue.. Officers were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. James Fox; first vice
president, Mrs. H. B. Mckinney; sec
ond vice president, Mrs. NJ e. Flint;
third vice president, Mrs. G. II. Ma
ginnis; treasurer, Mrs. Sidney Lee
Grover, secretary; Mrs. Ernest Wal
lace; corresponding secretary, Miss
Rhodes; assistant corresponding sec
retary Miss Virginia Johns historian,
Mrs. Ava Foster Macarthur.
Cynthia Westover Alden, the inter-
national president and founder of the
| Sunshine society, sent a letter of greet
ing which was read and which con-
tained much Inspiration and encour-
agement for the members of the local
branch. The society here has over
three hundred members and is doing
much good along the line for which
the order was established, working
among the shutins. The monthly card
party will be given Monday evening
at the home of Mrs. Ava Foster Nc
Arthur, Commonwealth avenue, when
a reception to the new officers viii
also be rendered.
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les section of the National Council or
Jewish women has grown from mem
bership of fifteen to over 100 members.
These are without exception wives or
daughters of the more prominent Jew
ish merchants and professional men OF
the city, and the order Will undoubted-
ly prove widely influential in the COM
munity. The section held its first an
nuaI meeting at B'nai Birth temple
nIp n officers.
ports and recommendations were all In
the order of business. A ticket which
promises to be efficient and active, COM
posed of these candidates for off1ce,
was elected unanimously: Mrs. Bertha
Hirsch Baruch, honorary president;
Mrs Ben Goldman, president; Mrs
Jules Kaufman. first vice president;
Mrs. Isidore Cohn, second vice presl-
dent: Mrs John Kahn, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Lionel L. Edwards, corre-
spending secretary; Mrs. E. Mansbach,
treasurer Mrs. NJ. S. Hellman, auditor;
directors-Mrs. II. w. Frank, three
years: Mrs. George Goldsmith, three
wears: Mrs. Jacob Baruch, three years;
Mrs Max Isaacs, three years; Mrs
H. w. Hellman. two years; Mrs. H.
Baruch. two years; Mrs. w. Z. Barnett,
two years; Mrs. Sol Shane. two
years: Mrs. Sam Newmark, one year;
Mrs. Alfred Stern, one year; Mrs. M.
NJ. Ritterband, one year; Mrs. Gus
Harris, one year.
The council has been admitted to the
State Federation of Woman's Clubs,
and formal notice of that fact was pre-
sented Yesterday and received with eX-
pressions of satisfaction. In the even
ing the club members and their friends
assembled at the Gamut club, where
several brilliant speakers addressed
them.
Mrs. Bertha Hirsh Baruch, the retlr-
ing president and organizer of the local
section, opened the program with an
inspiring address entitled "Women OF
the Talmud." Studious in the prepa-
ration of her subject logical in her pre-
sentation, and keenly alive to the value
of humor, pathos and dramatic erect
properly introduced in all such work,
Mrs. Baruch achieved splendid sue
cess and delighted all her listeners.
other speakers of the evening who
were announced to participate in the
program were Rabbi S. Hecht, Kaspare
Cohn, president Congregation b Bnal
Birth; NJ n. Newmark, president *.
Cohn hospital S. Marschutz president
Jewish Orphans home; Mrs. w. T.
Barnett, president Ladies' Benevolent
society. Isaac Norton, president Mems
Benevolent society; Emanuel Conn.,
B'nai Birth lodge No. 4S7.
An informal reception for the newly
elected officers and several excellent
musical numbers completed the even
ing's program.
Musical numbers to be rendered at
the garden fete of the Wednesday
Morning club Saturday afternoon in
clude selections by these talented per
sons Mrs. John Lavery, Miss Bigler,
Miss Mary Nee and Miss Hotchklss,
Mrs. Dora Clark and Master Rex
BIackman, violin; Prof. Lawrence,
baritone. and j. Myers, tenor.
Mrs. ]. Il. Brown is chairman of the
committee on dancing, and will be as
sisted by these young women and men:
Misses Jane and Mary Spalding, Galet-
ia Mushet, Delta Kapp, Margaret Ste
phens, June Mesmer, Muriel Dunsmoor,
Gladys and Ruth Lorimer, Daphne TIL