The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
WOMEN'S CLUBS
PLAN FOR WORK
BY MARY ASHE MILLER
| My a few of the women's clubs
] will have sessions this week.
ap5 tbosa ,,tro;. SO,

l j Will have sessions this week
and those gatherings win be
largely social in nature. For the new
year much is planned, it is said, and
the calendars for January will be
awaited with interest. The close of the
holiday season will see the work for
the reception OF the biennial conyen-
ton of the national federation of
women's clubs begun in earnest, as
much must be done to make ready for
that event of 1912.
The Susan B. Anthony club met last
Monday, and elected the following Of
ficers: President, Mrs. Mary Simpson
Sperry; first vice president, Mrs. Isabel
A Baldwin| second vice president, Mrs.
]. w. Orr; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
G. w. Pringle; first auditor Miss M. s.
Kean; second auditor, Mrs. Fanny Kel-
logg. Mrs. Sperry appointed Mrs. g. w.
Pringle as press reporter for the club.
The California club will meet Tuesday
fop the club breakfast, the thirteenth
annual celebration of Founders day.
Following the breakfast will be the
club jinks for members only.
The Clionian club will meet Tuesday
afternoonN for the Christmas frolio." as
it is termed. and an afternoon of great
pleasure is anticipated by the members.
Christmas jinks will call together the
members and their families of the
Papyrus club at $3.50 p m. Thursday
in the new clubrooms, 420 Sutter street.
1t is announced that the Christmas
presents on that occasion will be for
the clubrooms only. There will be an
excellent program in charge of Mrs.
Prosper Reiter and Mrs A. L. Straus.
Dancing will follow the program.
The Association of Collegiate Alum
nae will meet Saturday afternoon at
the Home club In Oakland in what is
termed the spirit of Christmas jinks,
and each member Is requested to bring
a ten cent present for herself and her
guests, accompanied by an original
stanza. Luncheon will be served at
1870 D. M, and at o'clock will begin
the program. A Christmas pantomine,
The Dolls Adventure" will be pre-
sented under the direction of the dra-
matte section. Miss Douglass White
head, chairman, assisted by Miss Ida
Juillerat.s The cast includes Mrs Au-
relia Henry Rienhardt, Miss Douglass
Whitehead, Miss Ida Juillerat, Miss
Nora Dunn, Miss Hazel Pedlar, Miss
Pearl Dewing. Miss Virginia White
head, accompanist, Miss Edith NJ. Allen.
The children of members are invited
for the afternoon program. A short
business program will occupy part of
the afternoon, and after that will come
the social hour
The presentation of the two drink
ing fountains in the ferry building to
the board of state harbor commits
sioners will. take place Saturday after
noon, the two organizations, the civic
section of the California club and the
Womens Christian Temperance union,
who have erected the fountains, for
mally turning them over.
The Columbia Park boys club will
play after which Mrs. Lowell White,
president of the California club, will
Introduce Mrs. Louis Hertz, chairman
of the civic section. who will make
the presentation of the fountain, which
WILL be accepted by President Stafford
of the board of harbor commissioners
An address of acceptance will be made
also by Mayor Mccarthy.
James Rolph will introduce Mrs
Bradley, county president of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
who will present the second fountain.