Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
Club News

The Southern California Woman's S
Press club will hold it's meetings next
year in the Woman's club house. Ar
rangements have been made within the
past week which enables the Press club
members to have their regular meet
ings on the second and fourth Tues
days in this commodious club house.
and it is announced that this year at
least two of the meetings will be held
in the evening and will be of a social
nature.
One of the evening meetings will be
entirely in the hands of the social COM
mittee, of which Mrs. Hampton L.
Story, Altadena, is chairman, and the
other one will be arranged jointly by
Mrs. Story and Miss Laura Grover
Smith chairman of the program COM
mittee.
Miss Rose Ellerbe is chairman of
the shop talk committee. which will
have charge of alternate meetings,
and it is expected these meetings this
year, which are for the members only,
will be one of the most interesting
features of the club work.
Mrs. Arthur Dodge is chairman Of
the press committee. One of the feat
ures which the club will make impor-
tant this year is the demonstration of
the work of its own members, and it
| is understood that several literary
matinees and evening affairs will be
arranged through the year in which
songs, plays and other creative work
of the club women will be heard.
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| Last year was so successful at the
| Ebell club that there will be few
| changes in the department work.
| Among the curators who will retain
their same section work are Mrs. Ada
Van Pelt. who as curator Of the newly
installed drama section did such splen-
did work last year. Mrs. Erasmus Will
son and Miss Augusta Lamb working
with her Mrs. Harmon Ryus will once
more have charge of the music sec
tion, with DR.. Bruce Gordon Kingsley
directing and Miss Matte H. Wilson
secretary.
Parliamentary law will be under the
efficient head of Mrs Matthew W. Rob
ertson, and Mrs. William l.. Jones will
retain for another year her position as
curator of the department of express
sion. Mrs. William j. Holder will be
the assistant chairman of this de-
partment and Mrs. S. M. Browne will
be the secretary.
Mrs. f. w. Beau de Fart, who was
curator of the Shakespeare section last
year. will have charge of the same de-
partment this year.
The chairmen are announced for sew
eTdl OIL lIl6 lIlOIS pOlLdliL NOiiihiIbSCos
Mrs. 2. A. Curtis, second vice presi-
dent. will be chairman of the house
committee, with Mrs. Allison Barlow,
Mrs James B. Stearns, Mrs. c. F.
Moves and Mrs. Prince. A large group
of club women will be members of this
committee, including Mrs. c. S. Brad
ford, Mrs. ]. V. Peacock. Mrs. Q. w.
Leon Moss, Mrs. C. w. Chase, Mrs. H.
Turdon, Mrs. Marshall Hills, Mrs. Ed
gar German. Mrs. r. Probasco, Mrs.
II. L. Rivers, Mrs. r. G. Beebe, Mrs.
II. D. Hudson. Mrs. w. I. Hollings-
worth, Mrs. C. c. Cottle, Mrs. M. F.
cambridge. Mrs. C. F. McKelvey Mrs,
Allen Butt, Mrs. A. J. Copp, Mrs.
Mrs. William Farver Mrs. A. H,
Voight. Mrs. F. P. Ray, Miss Mary
Ides, Mrs. T. A. Rex, Mrs. A. Ammer-
man, Mrs. e. w. Forgy, Mrs. E. A.
Schulenberg, Mrs. Frank Kelly, Mrs.
C. L. Hanson, Mrs. w. H. Mayne, Mrs.
George Doane, Mrs. Charles Clark.
Mrs. w. S. Nichols. Mrs. Robert Rid
dell, Mrs. George f. Harpham, Mrs.
George Walker. Mrs. A. S. Russell,
Mrs. Lucy S. Mitchell, Mrs. ]. w
Beam. Mrs. j. A. Henderson Miss Nj.
Franklin Miss H Kimball. Mrs E. w.
Hidely, Mrs. Valentine Peyton, Mrs.
Sarah j. Smith, Mrs. H. D. Requa, Mrs.
George w Beck, Mrs. Stewart Mac
farland Mrs. ]. C. F. Hull. Mrs. Carl
Doran, Mrs. j. S, Montague, Mrs. w. 3.
Corwin. Mrs. Thomas Vitus, Mrs Lu-
cretia Pyne. Mrs. Edith Minor. Miss
Agnes Knight and Mrs. r. G. Howard
The courtesy committee will be
headed by Mrs Reuben Shelter. with
these assistant chairmen: Mrs. Frank
II. Brook, Mrs Sedlev Mudd, Mrs.
Wilson F. Pleas, and Mrs: II. X. Will
hanson. The entire committee has not
been named. Mrs e. w. Martindale
will assist Mrs. John H. Francis with
the program committee work, posi-
ton which Mrs. Francis assumes ac-
cording to custom as first vice presl
dent. Mrs. Samuel V. Mcclure will
be chairman of the committee on ush-
ers, and will have for her assistant
Mrs. Walter F. Lysle.
Mrs George II. Xress, third vice
president, viii be chairman OF the
membership committee and Mrs. Ma
lone Joyce will fill the same position
with the credential committee. MRS
William R. Dickinson will be the chair
man of civics and philanthropy, with
Mrs. William Baurhyte, Mrs. Reuben
Dromgold, Mrs. Henry nj. Bintord ana
Mrs. F. r. Prior working with her
The art and travel department Tor
next year will be in the care of MIS-
b. N. Pratt. with Mrs. w. t. Schneider
as assistant and Miss Reba Smith as
secretary.
The other departments are yet to be
considered. and additions to the per-
sonnel of the committees viii be made
later as responses are received from
those women to whom places of re-
snonsibility has been offered.