Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
Club News
MFRS. RUSSELL J. WATERS, state
N president, is suffering from the

AiA hot wave. Indirectly, of course,
! for she is too busy with the naming
of committee chairmen and other du-
ties of her state office to allow so in
significant a thing as the heat to al
! feet her directly. The trouble she is
experiencing comes from the fact that
all her officers and advisers have sud
denly betaken themselves to their
beach or country seats. Thursday, in
spite of the warm weather, Mrs. wa
ters travelled more than 100 miles to
! have her credentials for the biennial
delegates signed. AT the same time
she is carrying on rapid fire com
munication with several district Off
GERS concerning the naming of new
chairmen for state committees.
A meeting of the state executive
| board has been called for 10 o'clock
Saturday morning at the Hotel Alex
andria and Mrs. Waters expects a gen
eral attendance of all those women
| whose homes are in the southern part
/ of the state Matters which Will come
! before the board for consideration in
/ clude the printing material for the year
( book, arranging district meetings and
the date for the Long Beach conven-
| ton. There are still several chairmen
to be appointed and if the remote DIS
| tricts of the state have been heard
from some of these appointments may
! be made next saturday.
Effective badges have been secured for
the California delegates to the bien-
nial These will be with the yellow
poppy emblem and there will be some
to give away and some for delegates
to wear
The roll call of the presidents this
year at the biennial is to be on the
topic What Is My States Best As
set?" and Mrs. Waters is trying to
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California, both as a state and as
home for club women, that the idea of
bringing the next biennial to San
Francisco will be strengthened in the
mind of every hearer
Mrs Waters and other delegates
from this district will leave Tuesday,
May 8, for Cincinnati.
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The members of the retiring district
board will be entertained next We'd
nesday at the home of Mrs. Freedman
Davis of Pomona The visitors will go
in the morning and have ride
through the streets and nearby ranches
of this beautiful city. Many enjoyable
features for the entertainment of the
visitors have been arranged by the
hostess, who was chairman of the art
committee.
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Members of the Ruskin Art club
will have their election of officers this
week on Wednesday. The nominating
committee has been appointed and in
cluded Mrs. w. ]. Saunders, Mrs. w.
G. Cochran and Mrs. A. B. Metcaf.
This committee will propose ticket,
and there will also be nominations
from the floor. The program will be
given as completely as the time allows.
Mrs. Cochran has invited the mem
bers of the club to meet at her home
AI,sa xrrl1n
there will be a social feature as well
as part of the program. This will take
the place of the regular morning ses-
sion. Mrs. Ashley will also entertain
the club at her South Pasadena home
some time In May.
The class program of the members
of the certificating class of the Galpin
Shakespeare club gave a delightful
program yesterday morning at the
Cumnock school with these numbers:
Address Of welcome, Mrs. William
Jones; aria from opera Romeo and
Juliet" (Gounod) Mime. Russell-Dun-
can, accompanist, Miss Fannie Dillon;
"Womanhood in Shadow" Mrs Grace
Pearse Digs; scene from "Coriolanus"
(act l, scene 81 garden home of Corio-
lanus: characters Volumnia, Mrs.
Frederick w. johnson; Virgilia, Mrs.
r. Robinson; Valeria, Mrs. Claude w.
Keser; gentlewoman, Mrs. Charles w.
Nicklin readings from Macbeth"
act l, scene 5; act s, scene l, Miss
Dora A. Holmes; song, ut Was a Low
er and His Lass" (from LAS You Like
it") Nine. Duncan; "Womanhood in
Sunshine" Mrs. t. w. Brown; scenes
from Much Ado About Nothing"
scenes l and 4, act 3. Leonato's gar
den: characters: Hero, Mrs. Claude
Kesler; Margaret, Mrs. r. Robinson;
Ursula, Mrs. Charles w. Nicklin; Be
atrice. Miss Dora Holmes; song, "Who
Is Sylvia?" (from 1.-TWO Gentlemen of
Verona') Schubert, Nine. Duncan;
presentation of certificates, Mrs.
| George Rice.
Members who received the certih-
Gates are Mrs. T. w. Brown, Mrs. Har-
riet A. Burd, Mrs. L. c. Diggs, Miss
H. 1. Ferguson, Mrs. ]. M. Hale, Miss
Dora A. Holmes, Mrs. Frederick w.
Johnson, Mrs. William L. Jones, Mrs.
| Claude w. Kesler, Mrs. M. D. Met
calf, Mrs. Charles w. Nicklin, Mrs.
r. Robinson, Mrs. L. B. Terry.
Mrs. William L. Jones presided as
chairman of the certificating class.
The program in the afternoon was
| commemorative of shakespeare
birthday, and included two groups Of
sung by Miss Reba Smith with Miss
Eula Smith at the piano.
Miss Mary E. Foy delivered an ad-
dress on THE Modern Portia," in
which she deplored the ignorance dis
played by modern woman of the law
of the country, and urged an emula-
tion of this heroine. Miss Lloy Galpin
made an address concerning the per-
sonal equation in Shakespeare. Mrs.
Merrill M. Grigg gave several readings
from "As You Like 1t" and Henry
the Eighth" giving Queen Gather
ines speech to the court in especially
good manner.
Luncheon was served at the midday
and the entire session was enjoyable
and well attended.
Mrs. Eliza Upham, 2746 Folsom
street, of the W. C. T. T., will give a
reception at. her home Tuesday to
white ribboners and all others inter-
ested in local prison work, the subject
to be discussed. An excellent program
is being arranged and refreshments
will be served. The reception will be
held between the hours of l and a.
and Mrs Upham desires earnestly that
all interested in prison improvement
work be present.