Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-16
THE AMERICAN
WOMAN'S LEAGUE

Miss Margaret Spaulding of Los An
| geles has been awarded an honor stu
dent scholarship in the academy of fine
arts in the Peoples university at Uni
versity City, st. Louis. Miss Spauld-
| ing is only 16, but Taxile Doat, the
worlds authority on ceramics, says of
her modelling, 1.-THE sweep of the lines
| is full of grace and beauty, and / have
never known so young an artist TO
produce such strength and simplicity
Ralph Chesney OFT, head of drawing
and painting at the university, pays
| a high compliment to the technique of
her work, and is sending her a set of
| antiques She will be under the per-
sonal direction of two masters. who
expect great things of the young Los
Angeles girl. She has just won the
prize of $25 for the cover design of the
/ Woman's Magazine. Her training has
been received in the Los Angeles high
! school, where she modelled in clay two
notable literary pages for the school
magazine. Blue and White. and many
pen and ink sketches besides the cover
for the winter TO- class play; also a
trophy cup for Aviation, with a
woman's figure in high relief poised on
an eagle in full flight symbolizing the
control of man over air. After a year
at University City, Miss Spaulding
will go to Paris for special study.
The winning of the honor scholarship
is the most coveted honor in the gift
of the American Woman's league; it
means a study under the direction of
the worlds great masters and salary
to defray personal living expenses; also
an opportunity to compete for a series
of prizes, ranging from $500 to $4,000.
is offered each term to the honor stu
| dent The winners are commissioned
to execute their designs for the art
gallery the ceramic museums or the
beautifying of University City. 1t is
open to genius, regardless of age or
condition. A woman of so. whose life
| had been spent in toll. Joined the
! league and her desire for expression
led her to send a sketch in crude colors
on a piece of brown paper of an ear of
! corn. Her ability was instantly recog
nized, and she was summoned to Uni
versity City as an honor student.
The regular monthly meeting of the
| f.. G. Lewis chapter will be held Fri
day evening. March is. in the ballroom
of the Majestic, First and Hope streets.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Los Angeles chapter will be held Mon
day evening. March 81. at the residence
of r. B. Hallett, 1927 West Seventh
street.
Pasadena
! meeting of F. G. Lewis chapter No.
/ 1 was held Tuesday evening. with the
president. Miss Frances Shotwell, in
/ the chair. Eight members were en-
rolled for tho body building class con-
! Quoted by DR.. Henriette r. Sweet of
| Los Angeles. Plans were made for or
ganizing classes in Spanish.
| The regular meeting of the Pasadena
chapter was held in its club rooms in
! the Board of Trade building Wednes-
/ day evening. The president, Miss Ellen
/ Louise Higbee, presided. and poem,
| up the HILL" was read by Mr. Hurl-
| burt The chapter was organized July
| p. and members have been added at
| every meeting. but Wednesday was the
| banner night, as the following twenty
| names were enrolled: Mesdames Grace
! Brayton. f. W. Flint. Della j Houston.
Marie W. Jones. Dora Keen NJ. f.
| Kloeckner. G. van de Sand. Alice
| Wheeland and Jennie Ouebe: Misses
Margarite F. Crager, Harriet Luce,
| Clara R. Moore. Alma D. McCobb.
| May S. Kelley, Eva NJ. Spheres. and
Messrs r. T. Hodgins. w. Hudson,
| Arthur L. Kloeckner. Frank d. Kloeck-
ner and o. J. Parker
Medford, Oregon
The Medford chapter of the Ameri-
| can Woman's league was organized the
! last day of November and new members
tWenty-six members They have made
an application for a temporary charter
but a permanent organization will soon
be perfected to qualify for a $4,000
chapter house.
SunIand, California
The Sunland chapter gave a charm
! ing evening in honor of Mr.. Lewis
forty-second birthday Seventy-five
guests enjoyed a chicken pie dinner
after which there was music and
dancing. The chapter is planning a
series of literary programs that will
be a delightful feature in the social life
of Sunland Among the members are
| Virginia F. Rowley. NJ. Alice Husa.
+. +. Lancaster, Grace +. Bauman,
Lottie 5. Johnson, Meta E. Adams. 7.
f. Graham, Elizabeth Freeman. Clarl
Blumfeld. Mary G. Allgire. Nina Rich
ardson, George f. Huse, Lottie Won
ders. Ruth Smeade. Lillian I. Phillips
Katheryn f. Corey. Donna Harding.
! Lulu Scott, Emma Kercher, J. r. Gra-
ham, J. ]. Johnson and NJ. Kehinger.
Santa Barbara, California
The Santa Barbara chapter Of the
American Woman's league held its sec
ond meeting Monday evening at the
| residence of the local representative,
Miss Alice c, Austin, in Mission can
yon. A musical and literary program,
with a reading by Miss Farybelle
Johnson, was arranged for the enjoy
ment of the guests. Reports from Uni
versity City We're enthusiastically re-
ceived by the members. who are re
ioicing in a steady increase Of mem
bership. A social hour followed the
refreshments.