YEAR-BOOK

OF THE

CALIFORNIA CLUB

OF CALIFORNIA

1905-1906

ORGANIZED DECEMBER 27, 1897

INCORPORATED MARCH 22, 1902

JOINED THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS

MAY, 1898

CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS

JANUARY, 1900

LOCAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

1902

1750 CLAY STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

4.

FOUNDERS

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DR. JANE BOWEN DR. AMY G. BOWEN MRS. TILDEN BROWN MRS. C. G. BURR MRS. A. R. COTTON *MISS SARAH F. DONNELLY MISS MARY E. DONNELLY MISS M. LOUISE DONNELLY MRS. MAY GILLAM MRS. L. A. HAYWARD MISS ELIZABETH HILL MISS JOSEPHINE HILL MRS. H. A. HOBE

*MRS. ALICE LUDLAM MRS. CLARA LONG MRS. J. B. MITCHELL MRS. J. W. ORR MISS C. E. PROVOST MRS. J. J. SCOVILLE MISS BERNICE SCOVILLE MRS. AUSTIN SPERREY *MRS. ALANSON SWAIN MRS. HADEN SWAIN MRS. JOHN F. SWIFT MRS. HELEN T. TOWNSHEND MRS. LOVELL WHITE

MRS. J. M. JOHNSON

*DECEASED.

5.

HONORARY PRESIDENT

MRS. GEORGE W. GIBBS

HONORARY MEMBER

MRS. GEORGE HURLBUT RIPLEY

PRESIDENTS

From Date of Organization

MRS. LOVEL WHITE

1898-1903

MRS. GEORGE LAW SMITH

1902-1904

MRS. AYLETT R. COTTON

1904-1906

MRS. JAMES W. ORR

1906-1908

6.

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. 1906-1907

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PRESIDENT, MRS. JAMES W. ORR

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, MRS. E. L. BALDWIN SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, MRS. A. V. BROWN TREASURER, MRS. HADWEN SWAIN

RECORDING SECRETARY, MRS. D. J. MacMASTER CORRESPONSING SECRETARY, MRS. LORON BARNES FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MISS FLORENCE KUSTEL

DIRECTORS

MME. EMILIA TOJETTI MRS. J. C. CRAWFORD MRS. A. P. BLACK MRS. L. A. HAYWARD MRS.C.R. JOHNSON

MRS. V. S. BRADLEY MRS. CHAS. FONDA MRS. C. MASON KINNE MRS. RINGGOLD CARMANY MRS. JAMES McDONALD

Chairmen of Departments.

EDUCATION	MRS. JOHN D. SIBLEY & MRS. E. O. BURNS. SECRETARY
CIVICS	MRS. AARON SCHLOSS & MRS. LOUIS HERTZ. SECRETARY
SOCIAL SCIENCE	MRS. SIDNEY S. PALMER & MRS. F. G. BAKER. SECRETARY
OUTDOOR ART LEAGUE	MRS. LOVELL WHITE & MISS MARY FAIRBROTHER. SEC.

LEADERS OF SECTIONS

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Department of Education

Art	MISS IDELLA EMMONS
Music	MRS. MARRINER CAMPBELL
Literature and Drama	MRS. WILL MADDERN
French	MRS. MATHILDE GROTHWELL
Whist	MRS. C. C. KINSEY
Current Topics	MRS. GERTURDE L. GEAR
Humane Education	MRS. ALICE PARK

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Prisons	MRS. JEAN SINCLAIR
Hospital Visiting	MRS. E. C. MONSON

CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES

Membership	MRS. A. V. BROWN
Program	MRS. E. M. COOPER
Reception	MRS. JOSEPH KEENAN
Tea	MRS. EDWARD DEERING
Revision	MRS. J. J. SCOVILLE
Press	MRS. J. W. ORR
Printing	MRS. C. P. FONDA
Decoration	MRS. EDWARD MAY
Renting	MRS. V. S. BRADLEY
Building	MRS. R. I. WHELAN
Visiting	MRS. F. M. SPONOGLE
Legislative	MRS. E. L. BALDWIN & MISS MARY FAIRBROTHER

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LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Mrs. E. L. Baldwin, Chairman Mrs. C. M. Kinne Mrs. A. R. Cotton Miss Mary Gorham Miss Chatherine H. Hittell Mrs. Horace Coffin Mrs. F. W. Harnden

Mrs. Aaron Schloss Dr. I. Judell Mrs. J. D. Sibley Mrs. S. L. Strickland Mrs. S. S. Palmer Mrs. W. A. Limbaugh Mrs. Lovell White

AUDITING COMMITTEE

Mme. Emilia Tojetti

Mrs. C. M. Kinne, Chairman

Mrs. A. P. Black

CLUB REPRESENTATIVE ON SAN FRANCISCO PROBATION COMMITTEE

Mrs. E. L. Baldwin

PRINTING COMMITTEE

Mrs. A. V. Brown

Mrs. Chas. Fonda, Chairman

Mrs. L. A. Hayward

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Mrs. A. V. Brown, Second Vice-President, Chairman

Mme. Grothwell Miss Laura Musto Miss Lena Rehfisch Mrs. Chas. Moores Mrs. Henry Hilp Mrs. J. G. Walker Mrs. Ringgold Carmany

Mrs. H. T. Townshend Mrs. Loron E. Barnes Mrs. Rose Poultney Mrs. Nathan Frank Miss Mary Gorham Mrs. C. C. Burr Mrs. J. B. Mitchell

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REVISION COMMITTEE

Mrs. J. J. Scoville, Chairman, and Founders of the Club

BUILDING COMMITTEE

Mme. Emilia Tojetti Mrs. V. S. Bradley

Mrs. R. I. Whelan, Chairman

Mrs. L. A. Hayward Mrs. C. R. Johnson

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Mrs. Aaros Schloss Mrs. J. D. Sibley Mrs. A. W. Cornwall

Mrs. Erwin Cooper, Chairman

Mrs. S. S. Palmer Mrs. Lovell White Mrs. Chas. Fonda

RECEPTION COMMITTEE

Miss Carrie E. Wiggins Mrs. Orlo Eastwood Mrs. E. J. Benedict Mrs. L. M. Kaiser Mrs. A. M. Flood Mrs. A. McCallum Mrs. J. E. Artigues

Mrs. J. B. Kennan, Chairman Miss Florence Kustel

Mrs. H. T. Bickel Mrs. H. H. Hart Mrs. C. J. Newman Mrs. G. L. Gear Mrs. Helen Townshend Miss Abbie Edwards Mrs. John Gwynn

PRESS COMMITTEE

Mrs. Aaron Schloss Mrs. J. D. Sibley

Mrs. J. W. Orr, Chairman

Mrs. S. S. Palmer Mrs. Lovell White

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RELIEF COMMITTEE

Mrs. J. C. Crawford

Mrs. J. W. Orr, Chairman Mrs. F. M. Sponogle

Mrs. C. R. Johnson

TENEMENT HOUSE COMMITTEE

Mrs. J. W. Orr Mrs. E. L. Baldwin

Mrs. S. S. Palmer, Chairman

Mrs. Aaron Schloss Dr. Dorothea Moore

Transcribed by Joyce Bowen

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CALIFORNIA CLUB.

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORIES, 1905-1906

President, MRS. AYLETT R. COTTON

First Vice-President, MRS. EDW. L. BALDWIN Second Vice-President, MRS. A. W. SCOTT Treasurer, MRS. HADWEN SWAIN

Recording Secretary, MRS. D. J. MACMASTER Corresponding Secretary, MRS. CHARLES WM. MOORES Financial Secretary, MISS FLORENCE KUSTEL

DIRECTORS.

MME. EMILIA TOJETH MRS. E. P. SCHELL MRS. R. I. WHELAN MRS. C. A. WARREN

MRS. JAMES McDONALD

MRS. H. H. FASSETT MRS. C. R. JOHNSON MRS. C. J. KAIGHIN MRS. JAMES C. CRAWFORD

Chairmen of Departments

Civics,	MRS. AARON SCHLOSS & MRS. LOUIS HERTZ, Secretary
Education	MRS. JOHN RUSS & MISS LENA REHFISCH, Secretary
Social Science	MRS. SIDNEY SMITH PALMER & MRS. LORON E. BARNES, Sec’y
Outdoor Art League	MRS. LOVELL WHITE & MRS. J. S. MILLS, Secretary

LEADERS OF SECTIONS

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Under Department of Education

Art	MRS. CHAS. FONDA
Music	MISS JULIET GRENINGER
Literature and Drama	MRS. W. A. MADDERN
Current Topics	MRS. GEO. D. GEAR
Traveling Library	MRS. T. L. HILL
Small Portfolio	MISS LOUISE COEY
French	MME.MATHILDE GROTHWELL
Spanish	MRS. ALICE L. PARK
Whist	MISS ALICE WASHBURN & MRS H. C. MORRILL
Parliamentary Law	MISS MARY FAIRBROTHER
Physical Culture	MR. WM. GREER HARRISON

Secretary, MRS. HELEN S. TREAT

Humane Education

MRS. ALICE L. PARK

Under Department of Social Science

Hospital	MRS. JEAN SINCLAIR
Hospital Visiting Committee	MRS. E. C. MONSON
Prison	MRS. B. P. AVERY
Domestic Science	MRS. M. S. EISNER

STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES, 1905-1906

Legislative Committee

MISS B. M. WILSON, Chairman

MRS. STERLING PRICE DENT MRS. JOHN RUSS MRS. LOVELL WHITE MME. EMILIA TOJETTI MISS MARY GORHAM DR. AMY G. BOWEN

MRS. AARON SCHLOSS MRS. S. S. PALMER MRS. E. L. BALDWIN MISS MARY E. DONNELLY MISS M. E. HEARD MRS. C. W. MOORES

MISS CATHERINE HITTELL

Auditing Committee

MRS. JAMES McDONALD, Chairman MME. EMILIA TOJETTI

MRS. C. R. JOHNSON, Chairman MRS. H. H. FASSETT

Club Representative on San Francisco Probation Committee

DR. DOROTHEA MOORE

Club Representative on San Francisco Auxiliary Probation Committee

MRS. AYLETT R. COTTON

Printing Committee

MRS. E. P. SCHELL

MRS. C. A. WARREN, Chairman

MRS. J. C. CRAWFORD

Membership Committee

MRS. A. W. SCOTT, Second-Vice-President, Chairman

DR. JANE BOWEN MRS. A. V. BROWN MRS. C. C. BURR MRS. C. W. MOORES MRS. LOUIS HERTZ MRS. ROSE POULTNEY

MRS. CHARLES DELANEY MRS. J. B. MITCHELL MME. M. GROTHWELL MISS LAURA MUSTO MISS MARY E. DONNELLY

MRS. J. G. WALKER MISS MARY GORHAM MRS. G. E. BILLINGS MRS. RINGGOLD CARMANY MRS. J. B. MITCHELL MRS. L. E. BARNES

By-Laws Committee

MRS. LOVELL WHITE, Chairman

DR. JANE BOWEN DR. AMY G. BOWEN MRS TILDEN BROWN MRS. C. C. BURR MISS MARY E. DONNELLY MISS M. LOUISE DONNELLY MRS. MAY GILLAM MRS. L. A. HAYWARD

MISS ELIZABETH HILL MISS JOSEPHINE HILL MRS. H. A. HOBE MRS. ALICE LUDLAM MRS. CLARA LONG MRS. J. B. MITCHELL MRS. J. W. ORR

MISS C. E. PROVOST MRS. J. J. SCOVILLE MISS BERNICE SCOVILLE MRS. AUSTIN SPERRY MRS. ALANSON SWAIN MRS. HADWEN SWAIN MRS. J. M. JOHNSON MRS. HELEN T. TOWNSEND

Program Committee

MRS. E. L. BALDWIN, Chairman

MARS. AARON SCHLOSS MRS. JOHN RUSS

MRS. LOVELL WHITE MRS. J. W. ORR

MRS. S. S. PALMER MRS. R. A. BARNETT

Building Committee

MRS. R. I. WHELAN, Chairman

DR. JANE BOWEN MRS. J. R. HANIFY MRS. A. M. BURNS MRS. D. J. MURPHY

MRS. J. S. SANBORN MRS. ROSE POULTNEY MRS. MORRIS NEWTON

MRS. SARA REAMER MRS. LOUIS HERTZ MRS. JAMES McDONALD MRS. M. J. McCABE

Renting Committee

MRS. H. H. MAYHEW

MRS. VIRGINIA S. BRADLEY, Chairman

MISS C. E. WIGGIN

Art Censorship Committee

MRS ANNE M. BREMER MRS. CHARLES FONDA

MRS. H. H. FASSETT, Chairman

MRS. J. C. THOMPSON MME. EMILIA TOJETTI

Reception Committee

MRS. THOMAS MORFFEW, Chairman

MRS. A. V. BROWN MRS. C. F. BRIGGS MRS. H. E. FISCHBECK MRS. A. P. BLACK MRS. F. H. MOULTON MRS. CLEON KILBURN MRS. G. J. LEIBOLD

MRS. A. C. GIRARD MRS. HENRY EICKHOFF MRS. W. H. JORDAN MRS. H. C. MORRILL MRS. D. LOUDERBACK

MRS. H. H. MAYHEW MRS. W. E. OSBORNE MRS. E. D. HIBBS MRS. HENRIETTA KUNTZE MRS. W. H. SNEDAKER MRS. FRANK L. PLATT MRS. J. W. HOYT

Furnishing Committee

MRS. LOVELL WHITE MRS. A. V. BROWN

MRS. E. P. SCHELL, Chairman

MRS. H. H. FASSETT MISS JOSEPHINE CROWLEY

Decoration Committee

MISS JENNIE A. LONG, Chairman

MISS NELL H. COLE MISS GRACE WOOLL MRS. J. S. MILLS MRS. C. J. BAUER

MRS. JOHN F. COLE MISS KATHARINE PIKE MISS HELENE NIELSON

MRS. E. A. TREFETHEN MRS. W. L. DICKENSON MRS. TIMOTHY GUY PHELPS MRS. VIRGINIA A. LORD

Committee to Recommend Outline of Work for Departments,

Sections and Committees

MRS. E. L. BALDWIN, Chairman

MME. EMILIA TOJETTI

MRS. CHAS. KAIGHIN

MRS. A. W. SCOTT

History Committee

MRS. AYLETT R. COTTON, Chairman

MRS. LOVELL WHITE MRS. J. W. ORR MRS. E. L. BALDWIN MISS CATHERINE BALL MRS. CHAS. KAIGHIN

MRS. A. D. SHARON MME EMILIA TOJETTI

DR. DOROTHEA MOORE MRS. J. C. CRAWFORD MRS. J. J. SCOVILLE MRS. H. H. FASSETT MRS. JOHN RUSS

Relief Committee

MRS. AYLETT R. COTTON	Chairman General Relief Work
MRS. A. W. SCOTT	Chairman California Club Relief Committee
MRS. J. C. CRAWFORD	Secretaries of California Club Relief Committee
MISS C. E. PROVOST	Secretaries of California Club Relief Committee
MRS. ALEXANDER McCALLUM	Treasurer of California Club Relief Committee
MRS. E. L. BALDWIN	Chairman of Nurses’ Relief Committee
MRS. J. C. CRAWFORD	Chairman of Sewing Department of California Club Relief Committee

House Committee

MRS. JAMES SHEA MRS. C. M. OSBORN

MRS. ROSE POULTNEY, Chairman

MISS JOSEPHINE CROWLEY MRS. NELLIE MOORE

Press Committee

MISS LAURA MUSTO

MRS. JAMES C. CRAWFORD, Chairman

MISS EMILY COEY

Visiting Committee

MRS. WILLIAM A. HALSTED, Chairman

MRS. GEO. H. DYER MRS. E. H. TRYON MRS. J. B. MITCHELL

MRS. S. L. STRICKLAND

MRS. E. T. ALLEN MRS. S. L. BRAVERMAN MRS. C. J. BAUER

Hall of Fame Committee

MRS. J. C. CRAWFORD

MRS. LOVELL WHITE, Chairman

MISS MARY GORHAM

Tea Committee

MRS. H. L. COFFIN, Chairman

MRS. A. P. WOODWARD MRS. M. G. BUGBEE MRS. L. E. WILSON MISS ABBIE EDWARDS MRS. J. E. ARTI GUES MISS NANCY P. FORDHAM MRS. C. E. POST

MRS. LOIS S. ANDERSON MRS. F. M. SPONOGLE MISS L. M. HAWTHORNE MRS. O. BOZEO MRS. C. C. BAKER MISS C. A. SNOOK MRS. H. T. BICKEL

MRS. HARVEY MATHEWS MRS. HENRY BERNHARD MRS. ALLAN HOWARD MRS. A. C. KELLOGG MRS. EMILY GILLSON MRS. M. O. AUSTIN MRS. J. M. OUGH

Historian MRS. E. XAVIER ROLKER

Librarian MISS JOSIE BLUM

FOREWORD

FELLOW CLUB MEMBERS:

The Club year beginning May, 1905, found our minds engrossed with the matter of finishing and furnishing the new Club-house.

It was not until the 3^rd day of October of that year that our ambition to occupy our own home was realized. This was indeed a memorable day, and was followed by a large reception on the evening of October 5^th.

The building was artistically and financially a marked success, and demonstrated the wisdom of the members in determining to construct and possess a home of their own.

This attractive and commodious building imparted new zest to the work of the Club.

The reports of the leaders of the Departments and Sections show the enlarged scope of the work accomplished, and Club affairs moved on most successfully.

On the day preceding the calamity which led to the sudden loss of our Club home, there was held a most interesting meeting, in charge of the Civic Department, Mrs. Aaron Schloss, Chairman.

Judge Frank J. Murasky spoke upon the theme, “The Child and the State”; Dr. Pottinger upon “The Care and Prevention of Tuberculosis,” and Mr. Sydney Peixotto upon “Organized Play,” with stereopticon views.

During these interesting exercises we little dreamed that within forty-eight hours our beautiful Club-house would vanish.

It was a sad occasion when, on the afternoon of April 19, we met Judge Cotton carrying our flag and a portrait, accompanied by our faithful caretaker, James Dobson, with the minute-books, silverware and crystal water-pitcher, having saved, after strenuous efforts, the rugs and reception-room furniture. They informed us that the auditorium was then in flames.

We are deeply grateful to Mr. J. B. Stetson for so kindly furnishing a place of safety for the furniture.

A new duty at once devolved upon the members, that of relief for the sufferers from the greatest catastrophe in history.

Within five days we were organized to take up this new work, and we esteemed it a great privilege to relieve the material needs of our stricken people.

Notwithstanding the destruction of the Club-house, there was no cessation in the Board meetings, which were held a the home of the President. There also was held the annual meeting for the election of officers.

The headquarters of the relief work of the Club was at the home of Mrs. A. W. Scott, 305 Buchanan street, and it was there that we had the great pleasure of installing as President Mrs. J. W. Orr.

Although we were permitted to occupy our home but six months, all were impressed with the advisability of rebuilding, not only for the financial benefit and the furtherance of our work, but for the personal comfort of the members, as well.

Words fail to express our appreciation of the efficiency of the Board of Directors and Officers of the Club during our term of office, and of their earnest and helpful cooperation, and we desire, especially, to mention our Treasurer, Mrs. Hadwen Swain, whose greatest pleasure is in serving the Club.

May the California Club continue its marvelous growth in influence and power for the beneficent work.

(MRS. AYLETT R.) HATTIE E. COTTON.

President.

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CALIFORNIA CLUB.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

FOR 1905-1906

REPORT OF THE INSANE HOSPITAL DIVISION OP

THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Mrs. Lovell White, Chairman

In 1899 the ex-Board of the California Club learned that a State law existed empowering women to act as fourth assistant physicians in the hospitals for the insane where the number of patients justified the employment of a fourth assistant physician. This law up to that time had been violated. The Stockton and Napa Hospitals, the only ones containing a sufficient number of insane patients to require a fourth assistant, employed men physicians. The ex-Board of the Club, through a petition representing the entire State, urged the Hon. Henry T. Gage, then Governor of California, to enforce the law above named. After receiving our communication, Governor Gage visited the State Hospitals and reported that he would aid us to the extent of his power. A lively correspondence with the medical superintendents of the two hospitals above mentioned began at once, with the result that the Club’s candidate, Margaret H. Smyth, M. D. was appointed on March 1, 1900, to fill the position of fourth assistant physician at the Stockton Asylum for the Insane, where she has given entire satisfaction during the period of more than seven years.

On October 13, 1900, Dr. Myrtle Ap Lynne, also recommended by the Club, was named by the medical superintendent at Napa to serve as fourth assistant in the hospital in that place, where she has been ever since, doing her duty in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. This then was all that the Club could do without an amendment to the law. At the State Legislature convening in Sacramento in 1905, the Hospital Division of the Legislative Committee of the California Club presented, through it representatives, an amendment to said law to the effect that not alone should women be employed as fourth assistants, but that women physicians be employed, the rank being determined by the ability and influence of the women applying for said positions. The Home for the Care of Feeble Minded Children at Eldridge was included as a state institution demanding a woman physician.

After the passage of said measure at the legislative session of 1905, a correspondence was opened with the medical superintendent at Agnew. There were many applicants for this place and strong influence was exerted in each instance to secure the coveted position. At length Dr. Lillian Dell, a woman of experience and favorably known, met the approval of the superintendent at the Agnew Hospital for the Insane. Dr. Dell was recommended by our Committee. After the earthquake of April 18, 1906, the State building at Agnew was found to be almost a total wreck. In the collapse of the hospital Dr. Dell was fatally hurt and died later from the injuries received on that day. When affairs are readjusted at Agnew a woman physician will be appointed to fill a place as before.

Dr. Zelda Turner, with approval of the Committee, was appointed as assistant physician in the Home for the Care of Feeble Minded Children at Eldridge, where she is of service, and very generally liked.

On July 1, 1907, a woman physician will be found at the Homeopathic Hospital for the Insane at Patton, San Bernardino County.

A letter from the medical superintendent at Talmage, Mendocino County, says: “We are erecting a cottage for the treatment of female patients (acute cases) and in any event we will not put in a woman physician until after this cottage is completed, which will be some time late in the fall or early winter.”

In summing up, then: Out of the six state institutions under consideration, four are provided with women physicians and the other two will come under the mandates of the law within a few months.

This is a brief history of one piece of work accomplished by the California Club, work extending over many years of toil and often discouragement, but work in itself distinctly worth while.

Ex-Governor Henry T. Gage, ex-Governor Geo. C. Pardee, as well as the representatives caring for the bills mentioned, are entitled to our warmest thanks for their ever-ready aid in the somewhat formidable task of placing women as physicians in the hospitals for the Insane in California.

A determination to advance the cause of suffering humanity, by dealing out justice to woman in the profession of medicine, has spurred us on to poll through all these years. Never have we lost sight of the result, which at last is in plain view and the Club is indeed to be congratulated upon an achievement which will prove of permanent value to mankind.

REPORT OF THE EMERGENCY RELIEF COMMITTEE

The California Club Emergency Relief Committee was appointed by Mrs. A. R. Cotton for emergency relief work April 23, 1906, and, with headquarters at the home of Mrs. A. W. Scott, 305 Buchanan street, was prepared to meet the needs of the stricken people applying while the fires that destroyed our city were still raging, and thousands of homes were still smouldering ruins. The first day of its organization the Committee received requisition for food sufficient for 779 people, also 12 cases and 6 barrels of clothing which were classified and distributed the next morning (April 24^th) to 525 families, providing some degree of comfort for each. Requisitions for food and clothing were made and distributed daily—the clothing from 10 to 12 a. m. and the food from 2 to 5 p. m. The bread and clothing lines extended almost half around the block, and while the method was a tedious one and very fatiguing, all were patient and grateful for the kind treatment and satisfactory and ample rations they knew were awaiting each and all, be they first or last in line.

May 2d the district bounded by Fillmore, Market, Haight and Oak streets, with 305 Buchanan street as a distributing center, was duly registered and known as Station 8, under control of Col. Walter Kelly, N. G. C.

May 3d, Station 8 was incorporated by the Bureau of Consolidated Relief Stations and place under the control of Capt. W. W. Harts, U. S. A., and Osgood Putnam of the Citizens’ committee and know as Station 436.

Owing to the establishment of new stations, 436 was again changed to 429 and thus remained throughout the work. From April 23d to may 27h food was supplied to 7768 families, representing 40,172 individuals, these not including the baskets prepared (for those unable to stand in line), which ranged from 40 to 50 each day.

About May 24^th the rations were reduced one-half, and distributions limited to three times per week. This being unsatisfactory the Committee asked to have the food station removed to some other location. In accordance with this request it was transferred may 27^th to Webster street and place in charge of Mr. Henry A. Fisk, our Committee continuing to distribute the clothing until July 30^th, when the “Powers,” deciding that “Emergency was at an end and rehabilitation able to real all the needs of the people,” the station at 305 Buchanan street was closed and the California Club Emergency Relief Committee w4ent out of existence.

Officers of Committee

MRS. A. W. SCOTT, Chairman of Relief Work

MRS. A. R. COTTON, Outside Work and Transportation MRS. E. L. BALDWIN, Nurses’ Outfits MRS. JAS. C. CRAWFORD, Sewing

MRS. F. M. SPONAGLE, Infants’ Outfits MRS. ALEXANDER McCALLUM, Treasurer MISS CHARLOTTE E. PROVOST, Secretary

DISTRIBUTORS OF CLOTHING.

MRS. ALEXANDER McCALLUM MISS C. E. PROVOST

MRS. A. P. WOODWARD.

MISS TESSA SEMPLE MISS CARRIE WIGGIN

427 cases, 34 barrels and 62 sacks of clothing were received by regular requisitions. Clothing was supplied to 6212 persons from April 24 to July 30, more than one-half being children.

The following articles were distributed: 6 doz. towels, 10 sewing machines, 878 infants’ outfits, 365 nurses’ outfits, 268 blankets, 221 comforters and quilts, 132 mattresses, 101 cots, 80 sets of cooking utensils, 4 doz. sheets, 4 doz. pillow cases, 18 pillows, 90 suits from Raphael Weill, 102 articles made by Mrs. Crawford’s sewing committee, 41 baby quilts made by Mrs. L. A. Hayward, 150 housewives, made, fitted out and personally distributed by Mrs. Alex McCallum.

Mrs. Izetta George, of Colorado, representing the Chamber of Commerce of Denver, was a veritable fairy godmother to the needy and distressed. Orders for 28 prs. shoes, 46 blankets, underwear, merchandise, cash, etc., were received from Mrs. George.

PROCURED FROM PRIVATE FUNDS.

7 sets tools, 6 sewing machines, 6 prs. Glasses, 1 barber’s outfit, 1 tailoring outfit, 4 stoves, 4 artists’ outfits, 2 baby carriages, materials for paper flowers and pin cushions, cash $75.

MEDICAL SERVICES GIVEN.

Dr. Pressley, St. Thomas Sanatorium: Dr. McGuire, 281 Page street; Dr. F. A. Stapff (dental services); Dr. J. W. Sheils, procured hospital services; Dr. Waller, of Duboce Hospital, emergency services; Dr. Amy G. Bowen,

Donations.

CLOTHING.

Mrs. Ellis Parrish; Mrs. Tessie; Mrs. Martha Burns; Mrs Van Fleet; Relief Club, Albany, N. Y.; Mrs. C. R. Johnson; Mrs. Wm. Plummer; Mrs. Bradford; Bee Hive Circle, per Miss Schroth and Mrs. H. H. Young; Shakespeare Club, Pasadena; clothing and sundries, San Mateo Relief Committee, through Mrs. Maubec; case clothing; 6 cases clothing, Colorado Relief, through Mrs. E. P. Schell; Mrs. J. D. Sibley; Redding Relief; Fort Bragg Relief; Miss Pearl Pierce, badges; Mrs. Aushutz, Alameda; Mrs. Jas. Howe; Santa Rosa Relief; Twentieth Century Club, Maywood, Ill.; Texas Relief; Eureka, Cal; Sutter Creek Red Cross; Mrs. Geo. Gunn, Oakland; Mrs. L. A. Hayward; Petaluma Relief; San Francisco Red Cross; Mrs. Geo. H. Robinson, Berkeley; Milpitas Relief; Placerville Relief; Bakersfield Relief; Corona Relief; Laurel Grove Park, Fruitvale; Mrs. Jas. Dowd; Mr. Jas Kearn; Sanger Relief; Everett School Relief Station, San Francisco; Miss Sadie Webster, Alameda; Mrs. A. P. Woodward; Mrs. Reginald Webster; Mrs. Henry Meyer; Mr. Jas. Matfield; Mrs. Lachman, Los Angeles; Mrs. Chas. Weiland; Women of Kern County, Cal.

TOYS, BOOKS, ETC.

Lucile Babin

Margaret Parrish

Miss Whitcher

NEW CLOTHING FOR CALIFORNIA CLUB WOMEN.

Hawaiian Relief; Portland, Oregon, Relief; Tomales Relief; Walnut Creek Relief; First Baptist Church, Batavia, N. Y.; Mrs. John Hill; Walnut Grove Relief; Mrs. Bramhall, Oakland; Long Beach Relief; Mrs. Jas. Drown, Syracuse, N. Y.; Mrs. Harmon Bell, Oakland; Mrs. J. M. Ball, Piedmont; Bakersfield Relief; Badger House, Stockton, Cal., per Miss J. Cohn; Boca Relief; Mills College, per Mrs. A. W. Truesdell.

INFANTS’ CLOTHING

Mrs. Babin, Mrs. Craig; Mrs. Chrichton; pupils of California School of Mechanical Arts, per Miss Crittenden; Mrs. Herbert Brown, Los Angeles; Mrs. Ida Davis; Mrs. Dennis, San Jose; case infants’ clothing, donor unknown; “Friends of the Helpless,” San Jose; Mrs. J. O. Wright, Oakland; 30 infants’ outfits, San Mateo Girls’ Club; Miss Tracy, San Jose; Redding Relief; Fort Bragg Relief; material for 102 infants’ slips and 33 flannel gowns, donated by Mr. H. P. Jones and made up by Adelphian Club, Alameda; Mrs. Garrette, Alameda; Mrs. Swanitz and Mrs. Geo. A. Lewis, Alameda; Biggs Relief; Mrs. D. D. Lester, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Frank Marston; Mrs. Robert Neal; Miss Campbell; Mrs. Hasty; W. C. T. U., San Francisco, per Mrs. Ryan; Mrs. Bernstein; Miss Newman; Mrs. F. Amark; Mrs. Geo. Str odens; Marion Cook, Yosemite; Albany Relief, N. Y.; Mrs. C. F. Miller, U. S. Marine Hospital; Mrs. Jas. Cousins, Womens’ Press Club, N. Y., per Mrs. J. Torre Connor, Oakland; Mrs. Bogart.

ACTIVE WORKERS OF COMMITTEE.

Mrs. A. W. Scott, Mrs. A. R. Cotton, Mrs. J. C. Crawford, Mrs. A. P. Woodward, Mrs. D. J. MacMaster, Mrs. H. C. Morrell, Mrs. J. D. Sibley, Miss Tessa Semple, Miss Josephine Cohn, Miss F. G. Schroth, Mrs. E. X. Rolker, Mrs. J. F. Lightner, Dr. M. E. Kibbe, Mrs. R. F. Herrick, Miss M. L. Crittenden, Mrs. L. B. Powers, Mrs. E. L. Baldwin, Mrs. Alex. McCallum, Mrs. F. M. Sponogle, Mrs. A. V. Brown, Mrs. H. W. Stirewalt, Mrs. E. J. Benedict, Mrs. R. I. Whelan, Miss Carrie Wiggins, Miss C. E. Provost, Mrs. H. H. Young, Mrs. J. G. Walker, Mrs. A. W. Truesdell, Miss Josie Blum, Miss Mary Fairbrother, Mrs. C. R. Johnson, Mrs. W. P. Angelo, Mrs. Aaron Schloss.

To the efforts of this Committee we are indebted for the greater part of our donations of infants’ clothing, as well as for many and varied comforts for all sorts and conditions of people.

Respectfully submitted,

MRS. A. W. SCOTT, Chairman.

MISS CHARLOTTE E. PROVOST, Secretary.

CALIFORNIA CLUB EMERGENCY RELIEF

COMMITTEE OF RED CROSS SOCIETY

Pages 62-70

MRS. ALEXANDER McCALLUM, Treasurer

May 1, 1906—July 30, 1906.

Cash received—From Mrs. E. J. Benedict Mrs. W. H. Kelly Mrs. Harmon Bell

$ 5 00 $ 5 00 $10 00

Mrs. Lewis A. Hayward Woman’s Club, Whittier, Cal Miss Campbell Mrs. Laura C. Richardson

$ 2 50 $ 41 44 $ 5 00 $ 5 00

Total, $73 94

EXPENDITURES

Postage, etc. Shoes for women and children Cartage, express, ambulance Medicine

$ 3 75 $ 17 50 $ 17 25 $ 75

Sewing materials Aid to Sick and Travelers Furniture Rent, for woman

$ 5 10 $ 30 00 $ 21 85 $ 5 00

Total, $101 20

REPORT OF PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Mrs. E. L. Baldwin, Chairman

The Program Committee held regular meetings the first and third Mondays during the year.

To introduce our new California Hall to the public the Committee recommended a series of evening lectures.

On October 28^th Loredo Taft gave his lecture “In a Sculptor’s Studio,” illustrated with casts and clay. This was in charge of a Committee from the Art Department, and although not a financial success, was a decidedly artistic production and fittingly presented our beautiful Club hall to an appreciative audience. A series of six lectures by Prof. Chas. Zueblin, in charge of a joint committee from the Departments, followed. The subjects were: “The New Civic Spirit,” “The Training of the Citizen,” “The Twentieth Century School,” “Public Art,” “The Life of the Citizen,” “The City of the Future.”

These lectures were given Wednesday evenings of October and November with a gradually increasing attendance throughout the course.

The programs published in the monthly calendars were presented as printed, up to, and including, the civic program of April 17^th.

The spirit of the program planned for President’s Day, April 24^th, was carried out one month later, when, in the name of the Club members, Mrs. Richard Whelan presented Mrs. Cotton with a gold watch purchased in San Francisco “after the fire.”

Following are the programs presented during the year:

PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENTS AND SOCIAL DAYS

Tuesday, Oct. 3, Opening meeting in the new Clubhouse.

Addresses by members of the Club.

Tuesday, Oct. 17, Program in charge of Department of Education.

Address: Gov. Geo. C. Pardee, “The Educational Department of the State.”

Tuesday, October 31, Program in charge of Music Section.

Address: “Bach Festivals at Bethlehem, Penn.” Prof. J. Fred, Wolle.

Music contributed by Miss Clara Rauhut, Miss Elizabeth Price, Miss Mabel Jones, Mrs. Z. R. Jenkins, Mrs. Hood.

Tuesday, November 7, Program in charge of Social Science Department.

Reports of Departments and Sections.

Address: “Domestic Science from a Physician’s Standpoint.” Dr. Mary V. Hatton.

Talk: “Social Science.” Prof. Zueblin.

Paper: “Domestic Science.” Mrs. Robert Watt.

Paper: “ The Little Gods.” Mrs. C. E. Woodbury.

Talk: “Civics.” Mrs. Ariana Stirling, Grand President, N. D. G. W.

Tuesday, November 28, New England Day Program.

Music contributed by Miss Seibel, The Founders, Knickerbocker Quartette.

Reading: Mrs. Russ.

Play written by Miss Cohn.

Music by Miss Alice Busch, Miss Mabel Jones and Mrs. Leland Ramsdell.

Minuet by Physical Culture Section.

Tuesday, December 19, Program in charge of Civic Department.

Address: “Civil Service and It’s Enemies,” Mr. Wright.

Tuesday, December 27, Founders’ Day. Observed by a Breakfast at Club rooms.

“Greeting” by President.

Toastmistress: Mrs. Lovell White.

Toasts: “To the Founders,” Mrs. E. L. Baldwin; “From the Founders,” Mrs. L. A. Hayward; “Sensitive Souls,” Mrs. J. W. Orr; “Uniformity or Diversity in People or Teacups,” Mrs. Louis H. Long; “Man’s Failure as a Poem,” Mrs. G. E. Bates; “Two Viewpoints, Which is Yours?” Mrs. W. A. Maddern; “Our Illusions, Mrs. A. Schloss; “Club Reports,” Mrs. Emil Pohli; “The Press,” Mrs. Laura B. Powers; “First Love or Last,” Miss Bird Wilson.

Reading: “Charge of the Five Hundred,” Jennie Morrow Long.

“To the President,” Mrs. John Russ.

Tuesday, January 2, Debate: “Resolved, That we learn more from past history than from current events.”

Tuesday, January 16, “Domestic Architecture in California.” Prof. Chas. Keeler.

Tuesday, January 30, Program contributed by Mrs. Olive Reed Cushman, San Francisco Quartette, Mrs. Alice Mason Barnett, Miss Winifred June Morgan, Miss Myra Palache, Mr. Frederick Maurer.

Tuesday, February 20, Reception and exhibition, in charge of Art Section.

Exhibit of Miniatures and Portraits. Miss Lillie V. O’ Ryan.

Talk on “Miniatures.” Mrs. Ernestine Poole Long.

Exhibit of Russian Peasant Arts, with talk. Mrs. Florence Eichwaldt.

California Club exhibit of masterpieces in art.

Tuesday, February 27,

Music: Fuhrer Quartette.

Reading: Robert Lawlor.

Poem: Read by Miss Ruth Allen.

Play: “A Princess in Poverty Place,” by Mrs. Will Maddern. Music composed by Miss Dorothy Crawford.

Tuesday, March 6,

“Symposium on Club Ethics,” “Rights and Responsibilities of Members.” Mrs. J. M. Johnson

“The Board”: Mrs. Austin Sperry.

“Tenants”: Miss Ida Kervan.

“Speakers”: Dr. Minora Kibbe.

“Guests and Tea”: Mrs. Nathan Frank.

“Our Club Standards”: Mrs. D. J. Murphy.

Tuesday, March 20, Program in charge of Social Science Department.

“The Difficulties of Being a Neighbor.” Dr. Mary Roberts Smith.

“The Employment of Prisoners.” Mr. W. A. Gates.

Tuesday, March 27, Program in charge of Legislative Committee.

“The Wireless Telegraph,” Capt. Leonard D. Wildman, U. S. A., Chief Signal Officer Department of California.

“Electricity as the Basis of Physical and Mental Activity.” Albert J. Atkins, M. D.

Tuesday, April 17, Program in charge of Civic Section.

“The Child and the State.” Judge Murasky of the Juvenile Court.

“The Care and Prevention of Tuberculosis.” Dr. Pottinger, Chairman of the Tuberculosis Committee of the State Board of Health.

“Organized Play,” with stereopticon views of life and work of Columbia Park boys. Mr. Sydney Peixotto.

GIFTS TO THE CALIFORNIA CLUB

Stock Certificates

Mrs. J. M. McDonald Mrs. C. J. Kaighin Mrs. J. R. Hanify Mrs. A. V. Brown Mrs. Laura Musto Mrs. W. A. Halsted

$150 $ 40 $ 50 $ 25 $ 50 $ 25

Mme. E. Tojetti Mrs. C. H. Meentz Mrs. J. S. Sanborn Mrs. E. L. Baldwin Mrs. C. A. Warren Mrs. S. E. Reamer

$50 $25 $50 $10 $50 $10

Cash Gifts

Mrs. E. L. Campbell Mrs. E. O. Rieser Miss M. E. Heard Mrs. E. H. Tryon Miss Nell Cole Mrs. C. R. Johnson Mrs. A. W. Scott Mrs. S. E. Reamer Dept. of Education Mrs. C. M. Osborn Mrs. Clara Long Mrs. George W. Gibbs Miss Blanche Winans Mrs. L. A. Hayward For cups and saucers from members Mrs. A. P. Black Mrs. Aaron Schloss Dept. of Civics

$ 50 00 $ 20 00 $ 40 00 $ 20 00 $ 25 00 $ 5 00 $ 25 00 $ 5 00 $ 25 00 $ 5 00 $ 5 00 $ 1 50 $ 5 00 $ 1 50 $ 18 50 $ 5 00 $ 1 50 $100 00

Mrs. Lovell White (Expended in Legislative Work) Dept. Social Science Mrs. Naomi Hart, of Ohio Mr. J. R. Hanify Mrs. A. R. Cotton Miss Florence Schroth Mrs. H. H. Young Mrs. A. M. Burns Mrs. J. R. Hanify Mrs. G. J. Hobe Contemporary Club Mrs. F. H. Moulton Mrs. B. R. Keith Mrs. H. H. Mayhew Mrs. R. F. Herrick Mrs. Abbie Krebs John Bruener & Co.

$ 75 00 $100 00 $100 00 A Bequest of Redwood Paneling for Reception Room Portrait Bronze Electrolier Bronze Electrolier Mission Clock Desk Set in Green Bronze Picture and President’s Spoon Vase Oak China Closet Blankets, Atlas, and Dictionary Two Sofa Cushions and Centerpiece Indian Basket 100 Copies of “La Copa del Oro” Furniture to the amount of $1000

IN MEMORIAM

1898. Miss Sarah F. Donnelly (Fdr.). Mrs. John Grant Stewart. Mrs. Paul Cowles. Mrs. Alpheus Bull. 1899 Mrs. E. E. Washburn. Mrs. J. K. Dunn. Mrs. Henry Gibbons, Jr. Mrs. W. H. Martin.

1900 Mrs. Heber Tilden. Mrs. James Phelan. Miss Annie B. Chalmers. Mrs. Mary Greer. Mrs. Theodore H. Hittell. 1901 Mrs. Samuel D. Mayer.

1902 Mrs. John C. Currier. Mrs. L. C. Lane. 1903 Mrs. Wm. J. Stringer. 1904 Mrs. Janet Stoddart Porteous.

1905 Mrs. W. H. Wiester. Mrs. Louise Conrad. Mrs. A. W. Morton. Mrs. James Seadler. Mrs. Alanson Swain (Fdr.). 1906 Mrs. A. G. Coleman. Mrs. Wm. A. Plumkett. Miss Sara M. Wilson. Mrs. Edward B. Church. Mrs. H. F. Hodgdon.

Transcribed by Sharon Walford Yost.
Source: “Yearbook of the California Club of California 1905-06”. Published by the California Club, San Francisco, Cal. 1906.

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