The San Francisco call., 1910-06-06
CLUBS END WORK
FOR THE SUMMER
Vacations In nsistent Call
Forces Organizations
To Close Doors
By MARY AsHE MILLER

serting their claims on clubwomen
just at present as the club year
with one or two exceptions is at an end
for the women's organizations.
Foided away in lavender-or in some
cases in pepper. it is to be feared-are
the club works, intellect is metaphor-
ically turned out to pasture, civic re-
forms will have to exist upon the mo-
tive power generated by the winters
activity, and even the suffrage clubs
have given up all formal meetings and
do merely individual work in behalf of
their cause
clubwomen declare that this summer
vacation is a necessary feature of club
life and that they meet again in the fall
with renewed energy and vigor.
All types of clubs agree on this
throughout the land and New York pa
pers are filed just now with the clos
Ing features of the club year there.
These coincide strongly with the same
events In San Francisco. Los Angeles.
kalamazoo. Oshkosh. Chicago, New Or
leans and any other place where clubs
prevail
One of the few differences noted is
that some clubs hold annual breakfasts
at the close of the season and others
wait for the opening meeting in the fall
for that festivity.
This afternoon the Womans auxiliary
of the juvenile court will hold a spe-
cialiy called meeting to consider some
important business. The meeting will
be held at the Juvenile court in Harri-
son street near Tenth at $3.50 o'clock
The committees recently appointed by
the Votes for Women club to manage
the baby show to be held next week
viii meet this afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock
at the Votes for Women 'ciubrooms, 315
Sutter street. The consideration OF the
| nnai details of the show will then be
arranged and all preparations COM
| pleted
To Kalon will hold meeting Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Calvary
church, Fillmore and jackson streets.
The president, Mrs. E. G. Denniston,
VIII not be present, as she has left for
a trip abroad.
Mrs Mariner Campbell will have
charge of the program, which will be
entirely musical. She will present the
Following: Mrs. C. H. Kirby, mezzo
soprano; Miss Ada Mcdonnell soprano:
Miss Helen Crane, soprano; Miss Elise.
Banta, contralto; Miss Beth Milliken.
violinist; Mrs. Gladys Downs Creighton,
pianist.
The .Clionian club held its annual
breakfast at the Hotel Stewart Wednes-
day of last week and it proved to be
thoroughly enjoyable event.
Miss Mabel Bigelow was toastmis-
tress, and the toasts were many of
them to the various cities or lands
studied by the club in the Is years of
its existence. They were as follows.
London. Mrs. j. G. Cadman; Paris, Mrs.
Marsden Manson; Italy, Mrs. John
Leaie; Russia, Mrs E. NJ. Bixby; Ger
many, Mrs. D. II. Robertson; Spain.
Joseph Fife; England, Miss Jean Cum
ming; Scotland, Mrs. S. T. Blake; Ire
land, Miss I. Dougall, California, Mrs.
t. Il. Eastman.
The following toasts were also re-
sponded to-: Mother Nature, Mrs. B,
Schaller; Fruit, Flower and Sunshine.
Mrs. f. Jones; the Founding of Our
Club, Mrs. w. II. Gorham; Recollec-
tions, Miss E. Campbell.
Mrs. c. r. King and Mrs. A. Torres
sang, Mrs. w. III. Sellman played a
piano solo and Mrs H c. Jensen re-
cited
The following officers were installed:
President, Mrs. d. G. Kittredge; first
ond vice president. Mrs. 4. y HisS.
recording secretary. Mrs. c. Torres:
corresponding soIi. pond SECRETARY, Mrs. w. Ny
auditor, Miss M. Robertson. CHAIRMAN
OF teesE-Programme, Mrs. F. II.
Jones; portfolio. Mrs. Joseph Fife:
hospitality Mrs M. S. Dobie.
The fourteenth annual convention of
the national congress OF mothers will
be held in Denver, June 10 to Is, and
many pleasant features are promised in
connection with the gathering.
Governor and Mrs. Shafroth will give
reception at the executive mansion.
discussion luncheon will be given
at the Country club by the Denver
circle, and among the speakers on that
occasion will be Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker. Miss Wolcott of the Anna
Wolcott School for Girls will give
reception following the evening lecture
of Doctor Libby. The Denver real es-
tate exchange members will give a
seeing Denver" trip, and the Moffatt
road excursion and luncheon will be
the grand finale of the convention.
Arrangements have been made for
kindergarten and pIayroom, where
children who accompany their mothers
will be well cared for during each
session.
The Woman's Club building will be
the meeting place, where affairs con-
corning the child will be discussed at
length.
The Burlingame woman's club. of
which Mrs. Henry Gervais is president.
held its third annual breakfast on
Thursday last, which proved to be
thoroughly delightful to the members
and their guests.
Mrs. Gervais gave an address of well
come, which was followed by the fol-
lowing toasts, Mrs. Edward F. Tread
well acting as toastmistress: THE
Strenuous Life" Mrs. Charles ]. Roh-
inson; Opportunity Mrs F. W.
Watts; Husbands Mrs. Fred C. Jones:
Patriotism" Mrs. John Campbe1l
There were also readings by Miss Ethel
Ross and Mrs. George Probasco. a vio-
lin solo by Mrs. j. Gwynn, piano solo
by Miss Eveleth Brooks and songs nv
Mrs. v. S. Walsh and Miss MarcelIe de
Journelle.
A WISH
Jones buttonholes me on the street
To tell his story clear,
He corners me upon the train