Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
Club Nevs

tion among club women which do
not down. Ever since the dele
gates returned from Santa Barbara
there has been a constant discussion of
these matters, and the women who
stayed at home are all intent on getting
the opinion of those who went.
How did the northern women and the
southern women compare? This Is one
of the first questions one hears. To
this there are many replies. A great
many ,club women have been so long
i'm the work and have become so accus-
toned to it's routine that they feel
now that club meetings and club poll
tics should be carried on with stern,
businesslike regularity. Others think
that club life is not professional life,
and no matter how engrossing 1t be-
comes, ii should remain something dis
tinctly removed from the business
world.
The women from the north, at least
those who took active part in the con-
veltion, were distinctly businesslike
in their dealings, and made no effort
to conceal their attitude, while many OF
the southern women showed that in
their estimation the hand of iron is
better when clothed in the glove of
velvet.
One clever club woman was asked
about the women from the two sec
tlons, and responded brightly and with
considerable discernment:
II found the difference much the
same as between a buffalo coat and q
sealsxin sacque."
There IL is in nutshell. The women
of the south combine elegance and
grace with their purpose, while the
women Of the north achieve their pur-
pose with equal surety, but with less
regard for the little niceties which
many women like to consider as an
ae.-o,,ffaI 10 tbpiy oyerxtdaV life
Another question:. and one which
probably will be most far-reaching,
concerns the attitude toward political
equality which was displayed at the
convention.
outside of the factional politics which
made a more or less disturbing feature
Of the convention. the suffrage ques-
ton was uppermost. There were two
meetings at which II was the main
topic of consideration, and the address
by Mrs. Isabella Churchill of Colorado
Sunday evening aroused much interest
The organization of many local clubs
for the further study of this question
makes 1t obvious that club women
generally are coming to realize now
that they must have the ballot in order
to attain the next step in political and
racial evolution. The presence of Mrs.
Churchill in the southern part Of the
state will be of decided advantage, and
several clubs on various phases OF the
subject within the next few weeks.
s.
Organization is progressing rapidly
in the matter of the new Political
Equality league, and the temporary
officers are pursuing their work with
painstaking method. so that the league
promises to be most effective In its
workings. The temporary officers are
Mrs. Florence Collins Porter, chairman,
and Miss Cora Lewis, vice chairman.
Miss Jane Spaulding is performing the
secretarial duties, and the chairInen Oh
committees are: Mrs. John X. Haynes,
finance; Mrs. Charles Farwell Edison,
organizations Mrs. ID. c. McCan, pub
llcity.
Work will be carried out through all
the county, and later in the year a
convention will be held at which the
officers will be elected.
Spring elections are approaching,
and many clubs find their local polltl-
cal games a good preparation for the
bigger politics which women VIII nave
to adopt within the next few years
MANY of the clubs have already noml-
mated their new officers, and generally
speaking there is little apparent contest
There seems little decisive opinion
about thesnext president for the Epeil
club. although Mrs. oliver converse
Rrvant has been actively supported Tor
some time mast. Her entire fitness for
the position is urged, and she has
knowledge of parliamentary usages
which entities her to consideration
while her work along civic lines mas
been very notable.
Other club women whose trlends are
urging them to become candidates are
Mrs. J. b. Mallard, one of the most
efficient parliamentarians of the clup,
and Mrs. George Kress, who has. DEM
onstrated much zeal in behalf or the
club in former official positions
Mrs. e. c. Bellows, who now holds a
position of much responsibility in the
club. may be persuaded to be a can
didate. although her work as general
curator is of special interest and has
given her a position of peculiar re-
snonsibility which she has filed with
much success.
At the Friday Morning club it is
generally conceded that there viii be
no candidate to oppose MIS- ollVer
Clark whose first year In the presl-
dency has been a successful one.
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A group of club women, represent
ing each of the federated clubs or the
city, met last last week at the FRIDAY
Morning club to organize an auxiliary
committee for the George Junior re-
public. The object of this committee
is to obtain building funds. Mrs.
James Ballagh was appointed treasurer
of the committee and subscriptions for
this purpose may be sent to her.
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u,ba twentv-sixth annual convention
of W. c. r.. u. for Los Angeles will
be held this week in Whittier, begin
ming Wednesday morning.
The officers of the county assocla-
ton are: President, Mrs. Julia ID.
Phelps. 64S Powers street, Los Angeles;
vice president, Mrs. Hattie c. Young,
Long Beach; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Francis w. Davenport GAO st.
Paul avenue Los Angeles; recording
secretary, Mrs. Laura Thomas Carter,
1886 Mailman avenue, Los Angeles;
treasurer, Mrs. Eva Reese Benson, 1863
Ashtabula street, Pasadena.
Special events programmed are work
among colored people and among
foreigners, Thursday morning; health
and heredity and medical temperance
and educational work. under the leader
ship of Mrs Bertha Phelps Allen. |
Thursday evening will have an ora
tion by e. Burtis Healton on "The
Evolution of Peace" Friday morning
the evangelistic work will come be-
fore the convention and election of
officers, and in the afternoon the social
group and the legal group Will make !
reports. The hostesses will be: Presi- |
dent Whittier union, Mrs Elizabeth
Harvey; utility committee, Mrs. Nj. j.
Townsend; entertainment. Mrs Elva
lewis Cox: reception Mrs. Ella An |