Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-11


Mrs. Benjamin Rhoades and Mrs.
Adelaids Hill-Thompson will act as
hostesses for the Matinee Musical
club at Gamut club Thursday. Baba
| Barahti, the Hindu lecturer, win talk
on the Divinity of Music" and an
exhibit of works of art from India will
also be shown.
Miss Della johnson VIII play a plano
solo, Mrs. Hill-Thompson will sing
and Miss Esther Rhoades and Harold
Rhoades will play duets for harp and
cello.
| Cosmos club will have a Shake
spearean lecture Wednesday afternoon.
j. H. Young, M. A, of Exeter college,
England will deliver the lecture, and
Arthur Amsden Macurda will sing
"Orpheus and His Lutte" by Sir Ar
thur Sullivan, with Mrs. Macurda at
the piano.
Mr.. Macurda is professor of peda-
gogics at the Normal training school
and has come here recently from San
Francisco, where his musical qualifica-
tions had won him many friends.
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Los Angeles Des Moines club will
banquet at Christopher's Wednesday
evening at $50 O'Clock. A varied pro-
~
follow.
California chapter of Colorado Cliff
Dwellers' association will meet Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. e. w. Goodan, 1851 Menlo
avenue. Topic will be Observations
| in Mexico and the Old World led
by Mrs. Isabelle Churchill of Pasadena
and Mrs. George Barndollar of Long
| Beach.
! Alpine School Parent-Teacher asso-
citation met Wednesday afternoon. Dr.
| Alice Clarke discussed the care of the
| body and Mrs Moffatt spoke concern
| ing the condition in which the play
grounds are kept
Jefferson Street school had an en-
joyabIe meeting of the Parent-Teacher
! association last week. The Boys Glee
club opened the program with two Sc
| lections and DR.. Herbert True spoke
on Germs and Their Effect on Differ
ent Parts of the Body" Miss Myrtle
Tryidel sang and refreshments were
served by a committee of which Mrs.
| w. H. Tucker was chairman. Next
! Wednesday the circle will meet with
Mrs. j. d. Taylor, the president, at her
| home, 1146 West Thirty-frst street,
to sew on garments for the poor
| NAAiAN SAA'
Vermont Avenue Parent-Teacher
association met Tuesday afternoon
with eighty members in attendance.
| Mrs. Gerald f.. Ward was elected
president of the association, succeed
| ing Mrs. e. N. Williams, resigned,
| and program of progressive CONVEX
sation followed the business. Topics
and leaders for this program Were:
''Why Do Boys and Girls Go Wrong?,
Mrs. William Lane; Some School
Problems" Mrs. P. H. Grady; How
May Christmas Burdens Be Light
ened?" Mrs A. G. Kuek
Regular meeting of the Galpin
| Shakespeare club will be held Thugs
day. December q, 10:30 o'clock. The
subject will be birds and Chanticleer,
Greek Plays
Music by the school orchestra, under
| the direction of Miss Estelle Harmon:
recitations by Betty Chapman and Lou
ise Bricker and other interesting fea-
lures made up the porgram for the Pa
| rent-Teacher association meeting on
Wednesday afternoon at the Ninth
street school. Mrs. H. L. Battram gave
a report for the emergency committee,
which showed generous donations both
to the children's hospital and maternity
cottage, as well as to needy private
| families. 1t was decided to have a
birthday offering in which members
may place contributions to celebrate
their birthday anniversaries. Mrs L.
L. Bricker is president of the associa-
ton, and Ninth street school, with j.
B. Mallard as principal, has an enroll
ment of more than 1000 pupils.
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California Badger club met Wednes-
day with Miss Margaret Goetz. The
house had elaborate floral. decorations
of chrysanthemums. carrying out the
! Spanish colors of yellow and red. Mrs,
| A. M. Jamison of Santa Monica, chair
man of the federation department Of