San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

on Folklore from many lands. Little
Miss Margaret Moule gave a charm
! ing interpretive dance. An Indian
Folk song "By the Waters of Mime
tonka," and a plantation melody, Ma
Curly-headed Baby" were sung by
Miss Alice jackson with Miss John
son at the piano. Pupils of Mrs.
Jack Hardie gave two pleasing num-
bers, one a Dutch folk dance by
Misses kathryn Stephens, Doris Cane
and Dorothy Bryson. in. costume, the
other, an old English folk dance by
Misses Grey Duggar and Helen Rob-
rita Pettus.
Folklore was discussed in the Round
Table led by Mrs. Stella Barber and
interesting folk tales of Norway, Eng
land, Ireland, India, Greece. China
and the North American Indians were
told by members of the club.
The next meeting of the Self Gull
ture Club will be an educational lunch.
con at a date to be announced.
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The regular monthly meeting Of tn
bSan Antonio Union of Chr stan En-
deayor will be held Monday night ct
o'clock, il the South Side Christian
Church, South Presa and Dunnins ave
nue..
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The Woman's Missionary Society o
Travis Park Methodist Church will mec
in regular session Monday afternoon n
3 o'clock in the parlor of the church
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The A Valonte sorority will hold Q
meeting Monday at the home Of
Alberta Keller on Summit avenue.
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The next regular hostess to the
Sub-Ross bridge club will be Mis-:
Ruth Herbst at her home Monday
afternoon.
The next regular hostess TO thu
Revelers Kard Klub will be Mrs. c
". Dorman at her home Thursday
afternoon.
Gibbons Literary Club will meet a
. 30 Monday afternoon at the Catholic
Women's Association building. TIL,
discussion will be upon the many mood
of Booth Harrington.
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The formal opening and inspection
of the Wesley House Day Nursery wa
attended by abo:t 200 enthusiastic
friends. 1t will be opened to tn
children of working mothers by Janu
airy is.
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Mrs. Wheeler Pettus, president o
the Voters League has called a meet
ing for . o'clock Thursday Afternoon
in the ArmyCivilian room of tn
Guntcr Hotel. All members are .urge'
/, 10 he nresent
!, There has been much interest il
women's club circles during the las
week in the visit to San Antonio o
Mrs. r. G. Pleasant of Shreveport
La, who is the president of the South
ern Conservative League. This is al
organization of women voters designe'
primarily to defeat the work of tn
Woman's Party blanket bill which j
ppnding in Congress at present.
Mrs. Pleasant is an unusually abb
speaker and thoroughly conversion
with her subject and the dangers sh
considers are represented in the pro
posed amendment to the United State
Constitution which is known as tn
sex EQualizing Amendment" In he
speech on Thursday afternoon at tn
Woman's Club House, Mrs. Pleasan
read the proposed amendment, calm
particular attention to Section ]
which reads, "No political. civil, o
legal disabilities or inequalities on nc
count OF sex, or on account of mar
riage, unless applying to both sexes
shall exist within the United States
or any place subject to their jurisdc
ton" She quoted Mrs. Florenc
Kelly, president of the National Con
sumers League, which is strongly op
; posing the amendment, in the following
!; objections: IF passed, would hus
Dands need to continue to supper
their wives? Could deserving husband
be brought bsck and compelled to sup
! port wife and children? Would wo
men be subject to conscription? VIVA
would become of all protective meas
ures for women in industry as TO
example shorter working hours, etc.
could mothers have a pension unles
fathers do?"
Mrs. Peasants spoke OF her inter
views with many leading lawyers o
the country who are PRACTICAL,
unanimous in their judgment that al
the protective legislation for womel
that has been enacted, would be an
nulled by the Sex Equalizing Amend
ment."
Mrs. Pleasant is the wife Of former
Governor Pleasant of Louisiana, anI
is daughter of the late Judge Ectoi
OF Marshall, Tex, who was at til,
time of bis death. one of the Judges O
the supreme court of the state o.
Texas.
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A very interesting meeting Of tn
Woman's Club was held Wednesia,
with Merrill Bishop, the speaker Of tn
day. His subject was psyche analysis
Mr.. Bishop is one of the instructor
at the government training school q
West End where practical use of thi
science is constantly in use. Mr.. Dish
ops talk included a brief outline q
the Sigmond-Fr theory. also the Je
velopmen; of the natural instincts il
the child.
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The Matthews School Of Expression
and Dramatic Art presented anothc
artist 10 students and friends Thurs
day evening at the Menger hotel. Sew
eral years of successful platform expert
ence have given Miss Loveday the ab.l
lty. TO make her work not only enter
tanning but artistic and full of human
interest. Her personality is pleasing
and seefs naturalness and humanity il
her Characterization. She always cOln
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