WHOS WHO AMONG
THE WOMEN OF CALIFORNIA
1922
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DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION
California
Mrs. CLASSIUS C. COTTLE..................................
1412
Victoria Drive, Los Angeles
1920-1922
REGENT
Mrs. OSWALD H. HARSHBARGER.....................
269
Mather Street, Oakland
VICE-REGENT
Mrs. LYMAN POLK STOOKEY............................
.1240 West 29th
Street, Los Angeles
RECORDING SECRETARY
Mrs. ALLEN H. VANCE..........................................
..170
Central Avenue, Sausalito
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Mrs. IVY PERKINS CERKEL..................................
.586 24th Avenue,
San Francisco
TREASURER
Mrs. E. K. ROBERTS................................................
2957
Hillegass Avenue, Berkeley
AUDITOR, NORTHERN DISTRICT
Mrs. K. L. EVANS.....................................................
..913
17th Street, Modesto
AUDITOR, SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Mrs. O. P. BURDG......................................................
441
Lemon Street, Riverside
HISTORIAN
Mrs. WILLIAM P. NYE..............................................
Covina
CHAPLAIN
Mrs. CHARLES W. CARTER....................................
..424
N. Madison Avenue, Pasadena
DIRECTOR, NORTHERN DISTRICT
Mrs. LISBETH HOBART CURTIS............................
.510 Stockton Street,
San Francisco
LIBRARIAN
Mrs. CHARLES
BOOTH.........................................
..1515
Garfield Avenue, So. Pasadena
CONSULTING REGISTRAR
Miss SARAH LOUISE KIMBALL.............................
822 Kohl Building,
San Francisco
CHAIRMEN OF
STATE COMMITTEES
PATRIOTIC EDUCATION AND
AMERICANIZATION
Mrs. C. F.
LEWIS......................................................
...125 Lyon
Street, San Francisco
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Mrs. J. C. INGHRAM.................................................
..1131
W. 53rd Street, Los Angeles
MAGAZINE
Mrs. CORNELIA A. TIBBITS...................................
..1427 Oxford
Street, Berkeley
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Mrs. ELSIE CHAPLINE CROSS................................
1485
Alice Street, Oakland
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Miss LOUISA P. MERRITT........................................
.Box
315, Pasadena
PRESERVATION OF
HISTORIC SPOTS AND
OLD TRAILS
Mrs. JESSE H. SHREVE.........................................
..2265
Fort Stockton Drive, San Diego
CORRECT USE
OF FLAG
Mrs. MAY H. SMITH...............................................
..222
East E Street, Ontario, Calif.
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Mrs. HELEN CRITTENDEN
IRVINE.....................
1715 Bushnell Place, Berkeley
HISTORICAL AND
LITERARY RECIPROCITY
Miss ALICE N. HAYES............................................
Stanford
University
CONSERVATION AND
THRIFT
Mrs. ROBERT E. LEE JEWETT...............................
..45 Ashbury Terrace, San Francisco
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Mrs. GEORGE K. PATTERSON...............................
...1616m
Fuller Street, Hollywood
LIQUIDATION AND
ENDOWMENT FUND
Mrs. GEORGE C.
CODDING
.348 34th Street, Oakland
Mrs. THOMAS B. STOWELL................................
..2702
Hobart Boulevard, Los Angeles
REVOLUTIONARY RELICS
FOR MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL
HALL
Mrs. ALEXANDER HILTON.................................
..106
18th Avenue, San Francisco
PUBLICITY
Mrs. O. C. VOGEL...................................................
.2901
W. 15th Street, Los Angeles
Mrs. AGNES R. BURT.............................................
..2524
Lombard Street, San Francisco
RECIPROCITY LUNCHEONS
Mrs. J. M. BAILHACHE...........................................
2901
Scott Street, San Francisco
Mrs. J. C. GREENE...................................................
.1115
Pacific Avenue, Alameda
Mrs. L. B. ALLISON.................................................
...546
S. Serrano Street, Los Angeles
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DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
All branches of the Daughters of the American Revolution stand unitedly: "For love of country; for service to the country; for unswerving loyalty to the Government; for inculcating these principles in children, both native and foreign-born; for encouraging the study of American history."
The Daughters of the American Revolution
was organized in California by Mrs. A.S. Hubbard in 1891.
Mrs. John Franklin Swift now of Berkeley,
formerly of San Francisco was a Past Vice-President General from1906 to 1912
and again from 1914 to 1916. Mrs.
Cassius C. Cottle, of Los Angeles, has been
Vice-President General, California, from 1920 to 1922.
Mrs. George Maynard Minor, President
General, Daughters of the American Revolution, was the guest of the California members
this spring, attending the annual convention held at Los Angeles.
During the past year new chapters were
organized in Bakersfield, Fresno, Sacramento, Chico, Red Bluff, and at Pacific
Grove. This list now totals fifty-five
chapters in California at the close of the fiscal year 1921-1922.
California ranks one hundred per cent in
three national Daughters of the American Revolution undertakings, being one of
the first ten, of the forty-eight states, to support the work of erecting a
fountain in memory of the Pilgrim Mothers at Plymouth; the Immigration Manual;
and, the painting of ships and convoys.
Mrs. O. H. Harshbarger,
State Regent for California, said in her recent report that eleven books on
California history have been given by Chapters to the National Library, with a
copy of the "California Society of Mayflower Descendants," the gift
of California's State Registrar.
Substantial sums were given to the French
orphans, to the Far East, to the Armenians, and to China, as part of the
"International Relations" work.
To Conservation and Thrift aims the Daughters of the American Revolution
gave to the Hoover Fund, to Social Welfare, to Redwood Conservation, to public
schools, to the Young Men's Christian Association, to the Young Womens
Christian Association, to the Salvation Army, to the Indians, to the Maternity
Hospital, to the Soldiers' Relief Fund, to the Red Cross, to the purchase of
Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps. They
sent seeds to the Belgians, in addition to contributing to other worthy
projects.
One California member assisted by others
gave an entertainment which netted the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, sent to
the starving children of Europe. For
patriotic education in California, the Daughters of the American Revolution of
the State contributed considerable sums of money to schools, including the
Albion School and Paul Revere School of California.
Other organizations received aid from the
California chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. These included the George Junior Republic,
Maternity College, Edna Alter Settlement, House of Neighborly Service,
Tubercular Children, Chinese Rescue Home, Soldiers' Home, The Mobilized Women's
American House.
On Washington's Birthday, many chapters in
San Francisco combined in a memorial celebration at the Palace of Fine Arts. Wreaths were placed by the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Navy League,
the Children of the American Revolution, and the local consuls of England,
France, Japan and Panama, at the foot of the Houdin
statue of Washington in the Palace of Fine Arts.
The Southern California Chapters on June
14, 1921, placed a "Memorial Tablet" in Victory Grove, Los Angeles,
to honor the service in the World War of all men and women from the families of
the State Daughters of the American Revolution, and in memory of twenty-two
Californians who made the supreme sacrifice.
Seven celebrations have been held marking
California's historic spots. Chapters
from the Bay Cities presented two large silk flags to the battleship
California, during the month of February, Mrs. George Maynard Minor, President
General, Daughters of the American Revolution, being the honor guest on this
memorable occasion.
The State Conference was held at Los
Angeles in May, 1922, and was one of the most successful and best attended
conferences recorded in the annals of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. George Maynard Minor, President
General, Daughters of the American Revolution, went to France last August, to
direct the dedication of the water system installed by the Society at Tilloloy, France.
California Chapters contributed their full pro rata toward the fund for
the installation of this water system.
In fact, California Chapters stand on hundred per cent in all projects
in which the Daughters of the American Revolution are unitedly
interested.
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CHILDREN OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Golden Gate Society
Portrait of
Mrs. W. D'EGILBERT here.
On February 9, 1922, the Board of
Management National Society Children of the American Revolution,
honored me by the appointment of president Golden Gate Society, just three
hundred and two years since the landing of the Pilgrims.
The
Trinity of inspiration--Plymouth Rock, on the Atlantic shores in 1620, the
organization of Golden Gate society on San Francisco Bay, the Portals of the
Pacific, in 1922--and the union completed in person by my good friend, the
revered founder Mrs. Daniel Lathrop, a national figure in patriotic, literary
and social circles, who has chosen in this idealistic manner to thus
immortalize her dearest memories.
As there were two score children on the
Mayflower, who braved the storms, trials and hardships of those pioneer times,
so must that dominant thought be ever present to encourage us to bear the
standard of American liberty, freedom and independence passing it down through
the years, from child to child, with the simple, though significant message,
"Carry On."
Signature of Ida Jewell D'Egilbert
PATRIOTISM THEIR
HERITAGE
The State of California
Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
was organized by Mrs. Helen Crittenden Loveland, of Berkeley, California, on
October 7, 1916 at the Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles,
Mrs. Loveland was the State President for a period of four years up to the year
1920. The State Vice-President elected
at this time was Mrs. James W. Johnson, of Los Angeles, She, too, served in office until the
year 1920. Officers elected for the year
1922 are: State President, Mrs. Theodore
Gray, Berkeley; State Vice-President, Mrs. Alice Stowall
McKevitt of Los Angeles; State Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. W. O. Fennimore, San Francisco; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. G. K.
Patterson, Los Angeles; State Recording Secretary, Mrs. Robert Allan Reid, San
Francisco; State Registrar, Mrs. A. B. Chase, San Francisco State Treasurer,
Mrs. W. B. Gester, Berkeley; State Historian, Miss
Joey Denton, Los Angeles; State Color-bearer, Miss Marie Stowell,
Los Angeles; State Chaplain, Mrs. M. P. Waite, Los Angeles; Councillors,
Mrs. William M. Taylor, Berkeley; Mrs. Raymond Perkins, San Francisco; Miss
Mary Lambery Crittenden, San Francisco. Those to serve from 1923 to 1924 are: Mrs.
Frederick Hewlett, San Francisco; Mrs. O. H. Harbarger,
Berkeley; Mrs. C. C. Cottle, Los Angeles. Those elected for the period of 1924 to 1925
are: Mrs. W. J. Johnson, Los Angeles; Mrs. W. C. Leonard, Los Angeles; Mrs. C.
S. Cuillian, Los Angeles.
The Colonial Dames of California is headed
by Mrs. Osgood Putnam, State President.
Mrs. J. J. Tully of Oakland, is the State
President for the office of National State President for the New York State
Colonial Dames.
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UNITED DAUGHTERS OF
THE
CONFEDERACY
Portrait of
MRS. GEORGE H. CABANISS here.
Patriotic organizations of women identical
in ideals and fealty, yet differing in affiliated groups, interest an
observer. "Self-reverent each, and
reverencing each," these groups of women are united under the organization
known as the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Many chapters, each with a leader, and her
staff of officers, contribute both in purpose and revenue, to the national
organization. Each chapter is of itself
a pillar in the great structure which towers its strength among women's
patriotic orders.
Locally, each chapter, or chapters, in the
great chain of the United Daughters of the Confederacy devote time and
concerted attention to patriotic service.
So, with a tribute to all adapters of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy throughout the entire state of California, we are privileged to
quote here one of the chapters, criterion of this branch of feminine endeavor. The Jefferson Davis Chapter, No. 540, United
Daughters of the Confederacy San Francisco, is recorded here in a pleasing
report by Mrs. George Cabaniss, wife of Judge Cabaniss. Her report
is typical of other high records of other chapters in California.
Mrs. George H. Cabaniss
has given a splendid, brief resume of her chapter, in the words quoted below:
The Jefferson Davis Chapter, No. 540,
United Daughters of the Confederacy of San Francisco, California, was founded
by the late Mrs. Sidney M. Van Wyck who, in her
person embodied the ideals and traditions of the "Old South." The key-note of the Chapter is service, and
it was the fulfillment of a long felt need in rendering aid, not merely
material, but loving sympathy to those who had given their services and
fortunes for the Stars and Stripes.
Primarily a relief corps, the Chapter
furnished comforts to the Confederate Veterans and aid to the needy Confederate
women, and when death overtakes them, the last sacred rites are ministered and
a fitting interment is provided.
Education is one of the paramount features and the bestowal of
scholarships is one of our activities.
During the World War, at Neuilly Hospital, France, seventy beds, at a cost of
$42,000.00 per annum, were endowed by the Daughters of the Confederacy (of
which Jefferson Davis Chapter is a branch).
In less than one year this maintenance was guaranteed for the duration
of the war.
But likewise, a work of no less importance
engrosses the energies of the organization in preserving the southern heritage
of noble ideals, and in making known the glorious part, the literature and
history of the South have had in our American History.
OFFICERS OF THE
JEFFERSON DAVIS CHAPTER,
No. 540, SAN FRANCISCO
1921-1922.
Mrs. GEORGE H. CABANISS.................................................
.President
Miss NORA A. QUEEN...........................................
First
Vice-President
Mrs. WALTER L. LEVIN...................................
..Second
Vice-President
Miss TINY COOMBS.............................................
Third
Vice-President
Mrs. ROBERT H. BORELAND..............................
Recording
Secretary
Mrs. WM. H. DE BELL....................................
Corresponding
Secretary
Mrs. L. JULIAN LE CONTE.....................................................
...Treasurer
Mrs. CHESTER A. GARFIELD.................................................
..Registrar
Mrs. M. B. JOHNSON................................................
..Financial
Secretary
Mrs. CHAS. FREMONT POND.................................................
Historian
Mrs. FRANK HALL WILSON........................................
..Parliamentarian
Mrs. HERBERT C. MILLS...................................
.Custodian
of the Cross
Mrs. L. M. SHUCK..................................
..Custodian
of the Flags and Pins
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THREE NOTEWORTHY PATRIOTIC
ORGANIZATIONS
Three noteworthy patriotic organizations
which major on California history and heritage are among the effective groups
of women's clubs.
These organizations are: The Woman's Auxiliary of California Pioneers,
the Association of Pioneer Women of California and the Daughters of California
Pioneers.
The Woman's Auxiliary is headed by Mrs.
Aurelius Buckingham, whose presidency had added prestige to the organization
which is expressed in the title: Woman's Auxiliary of California Pioneers. The meetings are held at the Fairmont Hotel and
many of the State's oldest families are represented on the roster of this
notable Auxiliary.
The Association of Pioneer Women of
California differs from the Auxiliary in that its members are pioneer women of
California.
Mrs. Mary Coghlan,
the president, in one of her recent statements, said that the Association of
Pioneer Women of California was the first pioneer woman's society in
California. The objects of the
association are: "to collect and preserve the history of pioneer women:
and, to co-operate with those who are working for the preservation of the
forests and song birds."
The association initiated the idea of the
Log Cabin in Golden Gate Park. This
picturesque cabin was dedicated to the Association of Pioneer Women of
California, October 28, 1911 and is used by the association for social purposes
only.
As an historical society, the pioneer
women have collected many valuable books and papers, bearing upon the early
history of the State.
The Daughters of California Pioneers
represent the status of their name in the listing of pioneer
organizations. The purposes of the
society are: to promote an interest in the collection and the preservation of
historical objects, scientific and literary records pertaining to California history.
Representatives have been sent from the
Daughters of California Pioneers to meetings of the Old Mission Restoration
Committee. They have assisted other
organizations in the restoration of California's old and sacred missions.
Mrs. Frederick Bartels is the president of
this organization, her executive board including some of the best known women
in California's pioneer families.
Meetings are held in Pioneer Hall, on
Mondays. Some worthy programs of unusual
historical value have been given recently, including an American Indian Day at
the Sorosis Club Hall, 563 Sutter Street. Mrs. Donnelly was the chairman of this
memorable event.
In
1917 when our country called and the training camps claimed the flower of our
manhood, an organization came into being called the War Mothers.
Motherhood spelled "bravery" and
no organization could be more truly patriotic than the various groups of
National American War Mothers. Prior to
the signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918, this group of women mostly
mothers banded together in our own city, San Francisco, under the name of
"Mothers and Kinsfolks of Service
Men." Brave as the bravest they
worked for the welfare and comfort of their own sons and of other mothers'
sons, far from home.
When peace was declared the mothers were
not content to step aside, they felt the need of their services was still very
urgent for the returning soldiers.
Therefore when the National American War Mothers held the first state
convention in Sacramento--the first in California--San Francisco mothers took
immediate steps to organize in this city and on August 2, 1920, Mrs. Cora
Harris, State War Mother, organized San Francisco Chapter. Six months later a reorganization took place
with Mrs. Rose C. Sargent as president; Mrs. E A. Bagot, first vice-president; Mrs. C. Witte, second
vice-president; Mrs. Agnes Appel, recording
secretary; Mrs. R. E. Cowan, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Lena Krauter, treasurer.
A Gold Star Unit was formed with Mrs.
Cynthia Shaw as president. All gold star
mothers are honored members--exempt from dues.
They have never ceased in their efforts to make the path of the sick and
disabled man as easy as possible, ever ready to extend the right kind of comfort. The national officers are: Mrs. E. Digny of New York, president; Mrs. J. C. McClure of Kansas
City, first-vice-president; Mrs. Rose C. Sargent of
San Francisco, recording secretary; Mrs. R. Jones of North Dakota, treasurer.
M. AGNES APPEL,
San Francisco Chapter
National American War Mothers
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For the past ten years an
annual masque, known as the Partheneia, has been
produced on the campus of the University of California by women of the student
body of the university.
While considered quite the most artistic and
scholarly event of the college year, in creative work, among the women, the Partheneia is also regarded by faculty, student body and
the public in general, as representative of the best talent among the students
of the current year.
Women authors, women composers, women
artists, women managers, women directors, women in the entire cast, in the male
roles as well as the feminine role; in fact women, exclusively, present the
masque. They dye the cloth for their
costumes, they design and make the costumes, they design the settings for the
scenery-parts, they direct the orchestra.
The theme for the Partheneia
has invariably dealt with the transition of maidenhood to womanhood, the
original conception being the Greek. In
later years, various motifs have been used.
Hundred of women students take part in the Partheneia,
classical dancing and pageantry being consistent features. Thousands of spectators gather in Faculty
Glade seating themselves either on the sloping ground,
or in the seats reserved for the production.
The natural scenery of the campus affords and ideal setting for the
play. Overhanging oak trees, a
background of tall brush edging the creek over which are built practical
bridges, form the wings of the stage where the students play their parts and
register anew their appreciation of literature and the channels for original
expression.
The first Partheneia,
"The Message of Maidenhood" was produced in 1912. The author was Anna Reardon (Mrs. John Beck),
Belvedere, California. Florence Doyle
(Mrs. Harry Gabbert), 2422 Hilgard
Avenue, Berkeley, was the manager. Music
was taken from selections by McDowell.
In 1913 Evelyn Steele was the author of the Partheneia,
"Awakening of Every Maid." Irma
Foveaux (Mrs. William B. Sawyer), 1415 Morton Street, Alameda, and Miss
Katherine Carlton, 2327 Blake Street, Berkeley were managers.
In 1914, Helen Cornelius (Mrs. Roswell
Ham), Grand and Clinton Avenue, Alameda, was the author, of the Partheneia, "The Dream of Dedra." Music was composed by Ruth Cornell, (Mrs.
Paul Cook), 201 South H. Street, San Jose.
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Baker, Aberdeen, Washington, was manager.
In 1915, "The Queen's Masque,"
was written by Mary Von Orden (deceased), Vinnie Robinson, (Mrs. G. H. Albertson), Denver, Colorado,
was the manager.
In 1916, Maude Meagher, in London, now,
was the author of the Partheneia, "Aranyani of the Jasmine Vine," Ruth Calden (Mrs. R. W. Robinson), 5759 Claremont Avenue,
Berkeley), was the manager. Sarah Unna, composer, 403 W. 115th Street, New York.
In 1917, Mariquita
de Laguna, now in Pekin, China, was the author of the
Partheneia, "Youth's Adventure." Dorothy Wetmore, 2323 Hearst Avenue Berkeley,
was the manager, Ruth Cornell, composer.
In 1918, "The Misbehavior,"
written by Grace Ellis was the name of a pantomime given in the form of an
entertainment at the Woman's Day dance in place of the annual Partheneia, which was not given on account of the war.
In 1919 the Partheneia,
"The Newer Pandora" was written by Sara Unna,
now of New York. Music was by Flora Rouleau, 7 Moss Avenue, Oakland; Beatrice Whittlesey, Columbia University, New York, was the manager.
In 1920, Priscilla Cavagnero,
400 Laguinitas Avenue, Oakland, wrote "The Poet's Answer." Music was by Mary Millard, now of
England. Beatrice Blanchard of 845 Ashbury Street, San Francisco, was the manager.
In 1921, the Partheneia
"Lillies of the Mirones,"
was written jointly by Josephine Brown and Janey
Brown; Josephine Brown of Alberta, Canada, and Janet Brown, 2710 Channing Way, Berkeley.
Edith Pasmore was the manager. Two composers were Dorothy Dukes, 211 The
Uplands, Berkeley, and Marjorie Tracy, 2401 Hilgard
Avenue, Berkeley.
In 1922, "The Vision of Marpessa," was written by Harlow Wilson. The music was by Marjorie Tracy. Ruth Prager was the
manager. Alma L. Smith,
was the woman's editor of "The Daily Californian" in 1922 at the time
the Partheneia, "The Vision of Marpessa" was produced.
In "The Vision of Marpessa,"
by Harlow Wilson, music by Marjorie Tracy, the following were persons of the
masque: "Marpessa," Juana Allraum; "Phoebe," Marie Adels;
"Idas," Georgia Calumbat.
Handmaidens of Marpessa
were: "Intuition," Florence Randall; "Resaon,"
May McLaughlin; "Memory," Bernice Goldstone; "Fancy,"
Eileen Eyre; "Faith," Rose Brown.
Other characterizations were:
"Aurora," Maurine Bell; "Pan," Mary Rixford;
"Bacchus," Anita Avila; "Forgetfulness," Virginia Byrne;
"Grief," Violet Lecaray;
"Despair," Bernice Munta;
"Disappointment," Emma Brun;
"Renunciation," Pauline Yeskers; "Old
Age," Louise Stockle; "Death," Spencer
Allan; "Vision," Virginia Martin.
The production was under the direction of
Sara Huntsman of the Department of Public Speaking, University of
California. The directors of dancing
were the Misses Frances Buckius and Edith Ueland.
The entire cast comprised the following
ensembles:
Dreams
of the Future: Francis Averell, Lois Finke, Mary Gregory, Aileen Hennessey,
Geraldine Hunt, Marian Hunt, Rose Jurras, Jeannette Mainzer, Eileen Murphy, Esther Ostrow,
Maty Powers, Josephine Rausch, Flora Walker, Martha
Whitten, Roslyn Whitney, Mary Young, Doris Spinks, Louise Blake, Ardelia Manington, Aphra West.
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Dryads: Gladys
Crabtree, Myrtle Danielson, Minnie Frankel, Mae French, Francesca Friend,
Carlotta Heid, Dorothy Jarman,
Elizabeth Monroe, Beatrice Smoot, Juna Southwick.
Naiads: Lily Anderson, Enid Boyce, Rebecca Bredds, Melba Burden, Annabel Clark, Ruth Crane, Sylvia Doak, Marjoria Dobbins, Elizabeth
Field, Gladys Gerhardy, Alice Graham, Lois Hanscome, Phyllis Harroun,
Florence Hill, Louise Kellogg, Muriel Kilgo,
Elizabeth Kozer, Ellamae Lawlor, Gertrude Magie, Marie
Onions, Valeria Post, Katherine Renshaw, Myrtle Ritch, Mildren Slater, Eleanor Tait, Elizabeth Witty.
Nereids: Mary Baber, Lottie Bear, Mary Bell, Lenora Carpenter, Eulalie Diehl,
Dorothea Dudley, Alice Glasier, Frances Hitchcock,
Irene Jay, Janice Kergan, Evelyn Lewis, Lorraine Parr,
Lolita Stubblefield, Vera Symon, Alice Turner,
Dorothy Wall.
Yesterdays: Grace Allen, Frances Belknap, Edith
Carson, Cathrine Davis, Anne Field, Florence Glasco, Marion Jones, Dorothy Leighton, Etta Stewart, Lois Waag, Esther Williams, Lois Wylie, Rachel Young.
Attendants
of Aurora: Dorothy Baird, Patricia
Bradbury, Irene Evans, Margaret Galbraith, Claudia Gall, Dorothy Gillespie, Eva
Pratt, Nelly Riedel, Martha Wickman; Trumpeters-- Dorothy Franklin, Evalene Higbie, Rachel Ledig, Pauline Rikeman, Martha Seidl, Gertrude Tormey.
Morning
Hours: Beulah Butler, Lucille Czarnowski, Dorothy Caborn,
Katherine Thom, Esther Topham, Mary Walker, Margaret
Willey.
Attendants
of Phoebus: Trio--Marjorie Gay,
Dexter Harding, Frances Hatch; Vivian Bradley, Josephine Brandy, Mary Brenna, Estelle Colgrave, Grace
Condon, Eleanor Ellis, Florence Frederick, Frances Griffen,
Elizabeth Hollis, Bernice Higgins, Helen Johnson, Irene Jones, Ruth Kay, Norma Keech, Phyllis Martin, Helen Matthewman,
Helen McManis, Lucy Means, Gladys Moore, Alice Ogden,
Lucy Pettijohn, Helen Stone, Ileen
Taylor, Emily Williams.
Bacchantes: Lotus Alderman, Roxie Armstrong, Evelyn
Barr, Rhea Boynton, Seilgwynn Boynton, Winifred
Brown, Helen Carrier, Judith Chaffey, Evelyn Danham, Dolorees Escobar, Cordelia Gock, Mabel Graham,
Lorraine Helke, Lula Lane, Henriette
Lichtenstein, Lurana Lord, Dorothy Luck, Helen
McEwen, Bessie Mendler, Evelyn Moulin, Edwina Owen,
Mary Shelter, Maian Smith, Louise Stein, Zelda
Taylor, Dorothy Wanzer, Ruth Winder, Ruth Woerner.
Toilers: Clarida Boths, Helen Grace Davie, Dorothy Duggan, Sarah Dudley, CatherineDubrow, Lucy Gambetta,
Mabel Kittridge, Helen Knapp, Marcella McBeath, Grace McNutt, Ethel Petterson,
Dorice Rice, Charlotte Reed, Margaret Shader, Marjorie Shatto, Eula Lee Smith, Eula Taylor,
Alice Wisenberger.
Mourners: Nancy Berry, Carolyn Dean, Madeline Glairn, Norma Klaus, Mabel Linderman,
Henriette Nelson, Florence Ray, Helen Shafer, Miriam
Sinclair, Margaret Swift, Lois Topham, Nancy Upp.
Fears: Vera Arnold, Margaret Brown, Alma Gede, Miriam Grove, Edna Mahan, Marion Rowe, Helen Wetzel.
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"Where you have mountains, there
you shall have free men."
PORTRAIT OF MRS. D. E. F.
EASTON
The Mountain Play is one of California's
distinctive outdoor productions. A
mountain theatre on the top of Mt. Tamalpais, is the natural setting for high dramatic work, given
annually under the direction of the Mountain Play, an organization in which
many prominent women are interested.
Each year something commanding in
classical presentation is given. This
year, 1922, the tenth annual Mountain Play was Josephine Preston Peabody's
prize play: "The Piper."
As a member of the San Francisco Center of
the Drama League of America my work in this direction has been inspiring for it
has led to many kindred interests including the Mountain Play. In no other state than California could such
productions be given, as the ones included on Mount Tamalpais,
in Marin County.
Of the Drama League, there is considerable
to include in plan and purposes.
Recognition of the best in modern playwriting and hearty endorsement of
worth-while plays are among some of the League activities.
We send out printed notifications of plays
before they reach our locality telling the members of the Drama League the
plays which we endorse and giving a brief history of the work, including the
cast of characters and the synopsis of the play.
We recommend, but do not condemn, plays,
and if a play does not warrant commendation nothing is said of it. Our members become accustomed to these
letters of recommendation and look eagerly forward to them. While this system has been abandoned for the
present, yet we shall return to this manner of information, in response to
requests.
Women who comprise the personnel of the
San Francisco Center of the Drama League of America include: Mrs. D. E. F.
Easton, president; Mrs. Franklin Burt, recording secretary; Mrs. W. I. Clayes, Mrs. Chester Deering,
Miss Adele Elizabeth Dugan, Mrs. J. J. Gottlob, Mrs.
A. L. Hart, Mrs. J. H. Robertson, Mrs. Max C. Sloss,
Mrs. F. W. Vaughan.
"Looking backward, as I think of the
many organizations wherein I have labored, I can but feel that I should like to
go over the grounds once more just to do the things that today seem to have
been omitted. I think that if I could do
this, better results would be gained.
Too much can not be said in behalf of that
director, Garnet Holme, and the officers who have, by
sheer belief in many of our mountain play productions, brought the Mountain
Play up to its high standards and have made them something worthy to be
chronicled in the high dramatic work of California.
The Mountain Play has become and
established institution of scholarly attainment, one in which the Drama League
of California universally is interested as it increases in worth and is
finished in production.
While the Mountain Play and the Drama
League are separate institutions, not allied in any way, financially, yet they
have the same high standards for dramatic work, and that is to cultivate the
best talent, encourage the best work, and give as much dramatic history in
manner of presentation and text as possible.
The response of the public is criterion
for the value placed by the organizations and their constituents.
SIGNATURE OF MRS. D. E. F.
EASTON
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PORTRAIT OF CARRIE JACOBS
BOND
When the California
Federation of Music Clubs met in annual session at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, in April for their four-day session, April 30th to May 3rd, a
decision was made in behalf of a concerted effort toward creating a music
center on the coast--a center which would command the attention of the musical
world.
"'California, the music center of
America'--such is our hope, such our ambition.
We have the necessary qualifications,
musically, aside from our glorious climate conducive to musical
development. We have the enthusiasm, the
energy; we have the talent. Furthermore,
we have the musical mentality.
"Once we musicians of California make
up our minds, individually, and act collectively, we can bring this noble idea
to full fruition. The enthusiasm
displayed in our annual convention is a convincing challenge to these purposes
pursuant to success."
Los Angeles has a large circle of musical
clubs affiliated with the California Federation of Music Clubs. Many of these clubs rank among the leading
musical organizations of the State, The Wa Wan
Club of Los Angeles stands prominently in this list. The Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles
has been progressive, musically, and high in the estimation of the music world,
generally. Other Los Angeles clubs up to
the present year affiliated with the California Federation included: Amphion Club, San Diego, under the leadership of Miss
Gertrude Gilbert; "Bella Musica", Junior Club, Inglewood, Arden Hughes,
president; Burbank Woman's Club, music section, Mrs. A. W. Reese, chairman;
Covina Lyric Club, Mrs. William B. Thorne, president; Dominant Club, Los
Angeles, Mrs. Catherine H. Shank, president and Mrs. Edwin C. Vought, secretary; Downey Choral Club, Mrs. Lillian B.
Robinson, president; Mrs. Linna Harcherode,
secretary; Eagle Rock Junior Musical Club, Miss Eva Morrow, president; Ebell Club of Los Angeles, Choral section, Mrs. Charles
Toll, president; Ebell Club of Los Angeles, music
section, Mrs. William E. Mabee, curator; Fine Arts
Club, Pasadena, Mrs. E. A. Batchelder, president;
Gamut Club, Los Angeles; Glendale Madrigal Club; Glendale Music Club; Harmonia Club of Los Angeles, Mrs. Joseph Campbell,
president; High School Girls' Glee Club, Glendale, Myra Johns of Eagle Rock,
president; Juvenile Glendale Music Club, Miss Elizabeth Sternberg, president;
Junior Music Club Glendale, Veda Knapp, president; Los Angeles Symphony
Orchestra Association, Mrs. Dean Mason, president; Los Angeles Music Teachers'
Association, Miss Eva F. Pike, president; Los Angeles Oratorio Society, Mrs.
John Wilferth, president; Musicians' Club of Los
Angeles; Matinee Musical Club, Mrs. Marshall Stookey,
president; Music Study Club of Santa Barbara, Mrs. Endicott Faxon,
president; MacDowell Club of Allied Arts, Mrs. Graham
F. Putam, president; Orpheus Club of Los Angeles,
Orange County Choral Union, Pasadena Music Study Club, Philharmonic Orchestra
of Los Angeles, South Pasadena Monday Evening Musical Club, Mrs. N. C. Merritt,
president; Santa Ana Musical Association, Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club, music
section, Mrs. F. J. Wagner, president; St. Cecilia Club, Mrs. Glover Stith, president; Saslavsky
Chamber Music Club; Spinet Club, Redlands; Students Music Club, San Diego;
Society of American Music Optimist, Mrs. Joseph Zucher,
president; Temple Baptist Choir, Los Angeles; The Philoneia
Chorus University of Redlands, Miss Hilda Medberg,
president; Tuesday Afternoon Club of Glendale, music section, Mrs. C. E.
Hutchinson, president; Tuesday
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Musical Club of Pasadena,
Mrs. H. D. Machib, president; Thursday Morning Club
Mt. Eagle Rock Miss Ethel Congdon, president; Ventura
Music Club, Miss Jolla Vince, secretary; Woman's Lyric Club of Los Angeles,
Miss M. Louise Wharton, president; Wa Wan Club of Los
Angeles, Mrs. Grace Widney Mabee,
president; Woman's Club of Hollywood, music section, Mrs. H. T. Wright,
president; Woman's Music Study Club of Long Beach, Mrs. C. Z. Anderson,
president; Woman's Symphony Club of Los Angeles, Mrs. Edna Foy Neher, president; Woman's Twentieth Century Club, music
section, Eagle Rock City, Mrs. A. Putnam, secretary. In northern California, we have represented
sections in Sacramento, in Mill Valley, San Jose, Turlock, Fresno, Oakland,
Berkeley and San Francisco.
Mrs. John F. Lyons of Fort Worth, Texas,
is the national president, Federation of Music Clubs.
Mrs. Cecil Frankel was state
president. On her board were the
following women: Mrs. Mattison B. Jones, first
vice-president; Mrs. E. E. Bruner, second vice-president; Mrs. Belle T.
Ritchie, vice-president at large; Mrs. Hazel Ismond
White, corresponding secretary; Miss Margaret Gould, assistant corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Clifford Payson, recording secretary.
Department heads were as follows:
Department of Education, Public School Music, Mrs. Emma M. Bartlett of
Inglewood; Church Music, Mrs. Grace Widney Mabee of Los Angeles; Junior Clubs, Mrs. Mattison B. Jones of Glendale: Library Extension Course of
Study, Mrs. Josephine Crew Aylwin of Oakland
Department of Philanthropy, Young Artists Contest, Mrs. Phillip Zoebelein of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Glenn H. Woods of
Oakland: Department of Publicity, Printing and Publishing, Mrs. Alexander Saslavsky of San Francisco; Young Artists Registration
Bureau, Mrs. Percy Brown of Ocean Park; Club Historian, Mrs. William F. Howard
of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Alfred L. Bartlett of Hollywood was
chairman of the Legislative Committee.
The county directors were as follows: Miss Ethel Johnson, Mrs. A. Rosenthal of San
Francisco, San Francisco county; Mrs. J. L. Tully of Mill Valley, Marin County;
Mrs. Rose H. Ireland of Turlock, Stanislaus County; Mrs. Bertha Slocum of San
Diego, San Diego county; Mrs. Mabel Price of Oakland, Alameda county; Mrs. Cecil
Norton Winchester of Imperial, Imperial county.
Mrs. Lillian Birmingham, president of the
San Francisco Musical Club, was installed as the new president of the
California Federation of Music Clubs at the closing session of the fourth
annual convention.
Mrs. Lena Carroll Nicholson of Piedmont
was chosen second vice-president. Belle
T. Richie of Fresno was returned for vice-president
at large. Julius V. Seyler
of South Pasadena, who has been treasurer of the federation since its
inception, was re-elected. Selby C.
Oppenheimer of San Francisco is the incumbent auditor.
Carrie Jacobs Bond, illustrating this
article, is one of the charming composers whose musical work and lyrics have
gained her unusual popularity. She is an
honorary member of the Sorosis Club of San Francisco
where her songs are often heard. Her
home in the south is the scene of musical gathering where noted women are
counted among her guests. Her interest
in making "California, the music center of America" should serve as
an additional spur to this federation ambition.
Prominent women are directing the work of the Wa-Wan Club, Los Angeles. They are: Mrs. William Ernest Mabee, president: Mrs. Carl Johnson, first vice-president; Mrs. Edward Dvorak, second vice-president; Anna Priscilla Fischer, third vice-president; Mrs. Louise Anderson Henderson, fourth vice-president; Mrs. Maud Fenlon Bollman, recording secretary; Mrs. Gail Mills Dimmitt, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Pearl Cole McMullen, treasurer; Miss Letitia Williams, financial secretary; Mrs. William Anderson, as parliamentarian; and Mrs. Harry V. Baxter as auditor.
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PORTRAIT OF MRS. LILLIAN BIRMINGHAM
The San Francisco Musical
Club is thirty-one years old. It was
organized in 1890 by some young women who were pupils of Abbey Cheney, then a
very well-known piano teacher. At first
the club was known as the "Abbey Cheney Amateurs", but it soon
outgrew that name and as well the idea of confining its membership to pianists
alone. Violinists and vocalists were
then admitted, and with them a limited number of associate members. The name was changed to the Chaminade Club in honor of the woman composer at that
moment most prominent before the public, Mademoiselle Cecile Chaminade.
Miss Maud Smith, first president of the Chaminade Club, directed its energies for seven years. At first the club met in her home, but
ultimately became so large that a public hall had to be taken.
After a time it seemed that the name Chaminade gave the impression of a limited musical
appreciation and after considering numerous titles the club finally changed its
name to "The San Francisco Musical Club" for the reason, as an
officer of the club put it, "to honor our city and in the hope that the
club should grow to be the musical
club of San Francisco."
From the date of the change of name the
growth of the club has been very rapid both in personnel and in musical
standing. At this time its membership is
over five hundred, more than one-third of whom are active musicians.
The club each year gives programs of the
widest variety. Frequently the works of
the best composers are covered by lectures and papers as well as by musical
production, the effort being to educate, as well as to give opportunity for
musical expression.
The club has been known to give in one
season a program based on the suites from the Italian classics, a program of
"Scherzos-Tennyson Texts"; a program of "Preludes-Browning Texts";
a program of "Music of the Sea", and a program of "Concerto
Form-French Opera."
To enumerate the programs of the San
Francisco Musical Club as they have been presented this past year would be to
point with pride to musical achievements, and to tell, in glowing appreciation,
of our artist friends who have made musical history.
One of the outstanding musical mornings
comes readily to mind. It was an
exceptional program, "Exposition of Mood" in five divisions,
beginning with the Dramatic-Grotesque, Grieg-Sonata;
Miss Mildred Jones, pianiste;
Grief-Humor-Descriptive-Love-Care-free, Henri Panizza,
Dupont, Grant-Shaefer, Richard-Hageman and Hugo Wolf,
Lillian Birmingham, contralto, Marion de Guerre Steward at the piano. The third division,
Religious-Rhythmic-Descriptive, Miss Marion Nicholson, with Miss Helen Rust at
the piano. Gratitude-Sorrow-Joy,
Mrs. Arthur Hill, soloist, with Josephine Crew Aylwin
at the piano. Dramatic,
Brahms-Rhapsody, Lillian Birminghan, and the
quartette; Hubert Williams, Lowell Redfield, Carl Anderson, Henry Perry, with
Marion de Guerre Steward at the piano.
This was one of the most ambitious presentations of the year and the
favor with which it was received argued well for a repetition of programs of
similar character.
BEAUTIFUL SIGNATURE OF
LILLIAN A. BIRMINGHAM
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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MUSIC
OPTIMISTS
Mrs. J. T. ANDERSON.........................................................
..President
Mrs. JOSEPH ZUCKERMAN...............................
...First
Vice-President
Mrs. FRANK COLBY.....................................
..Second
Vice-President
Mrs. FRANK POWELL.......................................
..Recording
Secretary
Mrs. HARRY M. VOORHEES..............................................
.Treasurer
Mrs. GAIL DIMMIT.............................................
..Financial
Secretary
Mrs. HARRISON WARD.............................
Corresponding
Secretary
Mrs. HENRY HENDERSON....................................................
.Auditor
Mrs. RUTH OMEY................................................................
Program
Mrs. CLAIRE ROBINSON.....................................................
.Publicity
Mrs. WILLIAM HOLZER..................................
..Altruistic
Department
Mrs. WALTER WESSELS...................................
..Courtesy
Committee
Madame ANNA SPROTTE....................................................
Historian
The Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of
American Music Optimists was founded by Mana Zucca, National President and organizer, in 1919. The Los Angeles Chapter is Branch Number One
of the National organization with headquarters in New York City. Objectives of the Los Angeles Chapter are the
same as the New York organization namely:
Advancement of
American Composition in all forms.
Presentation of
American artists.
In addition the local chapter is
earnestly endeavoring to correlate and co-ordinate the work of American
musicians with that of dramatists, verse writers, and scenario writers, that
better material may be used in opera, song and musical comedy. This phase of the work is presented by
speakers of note who are associated with organizations and societies
prominently identified with the movement at monthly dinners given by the
Society.
Formal programs of American composition
are presented the last Thursday of each month.
Each program is preceded by a club dinner and frequently a reception for
artists appearing on the programs, and for visiting artists, follows the
program.
Three Musicals--Three programs have been
given this year, a New Year's Party, and other social events. The Board of Directors meets, regularly, the
first week of each month.
The Los Angeles Society of American Music
Optimists is in addition to its affiliation with the New York mother
organization a member of the National Federation of Music Clubs, the California
Federation of Music Clubs and the California State Federation of Women's Clubs.
Programs rendered during the season of
1921-22 include Bruno Huhn's Song Cycle, "The
Divan" presented by Mme Anna Ruzena Sprotte, Myrtle Pryibel Colby,
George Page Willey and Charles Henre de la Plate; Ann
Thompson; The Le Fevre Trio with Carolyn Le Fevre, Violin, Lysbeth Le Fevre, Cello, and Mona Contest, Piano; Ward Stevens in a
program of his own composition with the composer at the piano; Harry Clifford
Lott; Flora Myers Engel; The Play-Crafters in three one-act plays, Sydney
Sprague Director; Dr. and Mrs. Allison Gaw in their
Drama, "Pharoah's Daughter"; Frank Geiger;
Mary Levengood; Mrs. Guy Bush; Nathan Herzoff; James Anderson; Blanche McTavish
Smith; Gertrude Ross; Jessie McDonald Patterson; Lenore Shanewise;
Jamison Singing Quartette; Mrs. Hennion Robinson;
L.E. Beheymer; Alice Lohr
McDaniel; Alfred Swenton; Mrs. Cecel
Frankel; Clarence Gustlin; Ruth St. Denis; and
others.
Among other club members who have this
season made special contributions musically, or socially, are; Nathan Herzoff, Mme Benjamin K. Moses, Mr. and Mrs. Josef
Zuckerman, Mrs. Louise A. Henderson, Florence Taylor Black, Ruth Orney, Maude Beulon Bollman, Edna Voorhees, Mrs. William Holzer,
Pauline Hawes, Mrs. Morris Stoloff, Anna Sprotte, Mrs. A. Jaquith, Bessie
Howell, Frank Geiger, Grace Bush, Alice Lohr McDau, Flora Myers Engel, Belle N. Hall, Mrs. H. L. De Teines, Claire A. Cates, Lillian Adams, Maurice Gradwold, Mr. and Mrs. D. Joseph Coyne, Lucile Abercrombie,
Mrs. J. W. Robinson, Mr. R. B. Hegardt, Mrs. A. L.
Ball, William A. Dresser, Marguerite Cooper Powell, Carrie Cooper Kraft, Alice Farish, Georgia Shropshire, Ida
Gray Scott, Mrs. Florence Jones, Marie Hinckley, Mr. J. T. Anderson, Grace
Grant, Mrs. J. B. Weil, Esther Rhoades, Euretta Wolf
Douglas, Mrs. M. M. Morton, Mrs. Harrison Ward, Mrs. W. J. Currer,
Sylvia Harding, Claire Robinson, Dr. E. E. Davis, Louise Caroline Davis, Dr.
Henry Harris, Dr. J. T. Kennedy, Ann Thompson, Paula Dohrman,
Alice Carpenter, Stephanie Kastnor, Lenia Herchelrode, Dr. Hamilton Forline, Lilla E. Litch, Maud Howard, Sadie Lieberman, Laura Soudea Taylor, Gail Mills Diniuth,
Myrtle Pryibel Colby, Margaret Monson, Mrs. Jules
Kaufmann, Mrs. Heunion Robinson, Geraldine Williams
Barnett, Ruth Shaffuer, Blanche McTavish
Smith, Dr. Leonard Swyer, Edith Lillian Clark, Theadora Wessels, Hulda Dietz, Franc Goldwater, Jessie Blake Franklin.
SIGNATURE OF MRS. J. T.
ANDERSON
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PACIFIC MUSICAL SOCIETY
San Francisco
LULU J. BLUMBERG, 3131
Jackson....................................................................
.President
Mrs. LUDWIG ROSENSTEIN, 233 21st
Avenue..................................
First Vice-President
Mrs. WARD A. DWIGHT, 34 Shore
View......................................
..Second Vice-President
Mrs. FREDERICK CROWE, 621
Stockton...........................................
Recording Secretary
Mrs. HAROLD L. LEVI, Mill
Valley...........................................
...Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. PETER J. MORCK, 27
Belmont.....................................................
...Business
Secretary
Mrs. FREDERICK H. MEYER, 2756
Steiner........................................................
...Treasurer
|
Mrs. JOSEPH KEENAN |
Mrs. CHAS. W. CAMM |
Miss CONSTANCE ALEXANDER |
|
Mrs. PHILIP VICTOR HEIN |
Mrs. FRANCIS EPPLEY |
Mrs. PETER J. MORCK |
OVAL PORTRAIT OF LULU J.
BLUMBERG near top of page.
The Pacific Musical Society was organized
in February, 1910 for the purpose of musical improvement, for raising musical
standards and for creating an appreciation of the highest and best in musical
forms.
The Society has been instrumental in
encouraging young and talented artists to greater efforts and in the twelve
years of its existence has seen many of these artists, whom it has launched
take their places in the professional world.
It introduces the unknown professional artist and gives opportunities to
the resident artists. Its concerts,
which are held on the second and fourth Thursday evenings of the month in the
ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel, are always dignified and artistic.
The society boasts of its Junior
Auxiliary, the equal of which would be hard to find. Four concerts a year are given on Saturday
afternoons in the Fairmont Hotel, and on one Saturday afternoon in February,
the parent organization gives over one of its regular concerts to the Auxiliary. This is known as the Valentine Program.
The Society is interested in all things
which pertain to the musical growth of the city and is always ready to
co-operate in furthering the cause of good and lofty music.
PRETTY SIGNATURE OF LULU J.
BLUMBERG
Excerpts from "The
Fountain of Youth" written by Mr. Edmond Coblentz,
for the Family Club, formed the motif of a scholarly program presented by the
Pacific Musical Society in the gold ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel. Music composed by Uda
Walkdrop and Rudy Sieger
were played by these two artists of the piano and the violin. Another outstanding program which closed the
musical year was presented by members of the Andre Ferrier French Opera Company
with Ferrier, Marion Vecki and Anna Young, prima donna, in the cast.
Musical friends from the bay cities and from down the peninsula packed
the Fairmont Ballroom to hear these artists.
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LEAGUE OF AMERICAN
PEN WOMEN, Inc.
San Francisco Branch
OFFICERS
Mrs. WILLIAM HAROLD
WILSON............................................
President
Fairmont Hotel
Mrs. PRENTISS COBB
HALE.....................................
First Vice-President
2430 Vallejo
Mrs. W. B.
HAMILTON...........................................
...Second
Vice-President
Mrs. OLIVE HULSE....................................................
Recording
Secretary
275 Park View Terrace, Oakland
Mrs. ANNA BLAKE
MEZQUIDA............................
..Acting Cor.
Secretary
969 Pine
Mrs. IDA MAY
BROTHERS.........................................
Cor.
Secty (absent)
447 Hoffman Avenue
Mrs. KATHERINE
GITTINGS.....................................................
.Treasurer
Miss NANCY
BUCKLEY.............................................
Assistant Treasurer
1985 Grove
Mrs. VERNILLE DE
WITT
WARR..........................................
Historian
7002 Geary
|
Mrs. W. B. BONFILS |
Mrs. ANNETTE ABBOTT ADAMS |
|
KATHLEEN NORRIS |
Mrs. FREDERICK H. COLBURN |
|
Miss GENEVE SHAFFER |
Miss ADA SWEET |
|
Mrs. MARTIAL DAVOUST |
Mrs. GRACE HYDE TRINE |
|
Mrs. BLANCHE UPRIGHT |
Mrs. FAY JACKSON VAN NORDEN |
|
Mrs. RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL
YOUNG |
Mrs. ESTHER BIRDSALL
DARLING |
|
Dr. AURELIA REINHARDT |
Mrs. W. H. MILLS |
SEATED PORTRAIT OF MRS.
WILLIAM HAROLD WILSON
Mutual benefit in creative
work; world service by women of the pen, pencil and brush; betterment of
literary and artistic production; progression in professional endeavor--these are
the main objects of The League of American Pen Women.
The San Francisco League of American Pen
Women follows in strict accord the rules and regulations of the National
League--furthering the objects, "Through aiding the formation of Leagues
of Pen Women in other countries, unified in a League of World Pen Women through
using National headquarters as a clearing house for the dissemination of
information relative to the work; through assisting the young or unknown worker
toward professional recognition."
Something superlatively fine was presented
by the San Francisco Pen Women at their initial Fall
session held in the gold ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel. it was a
"literary tea" given in honor of the women of the University of
California who created the Partheneia.
Authors, journalists, artists, sculptors,
poets, editors, publishers, genealogists, dramatic writers, scenario writers,
illustrators, designers, cartoonists, lecturers of professional rank--were
among the guests.
Four hundred members of the League, with
friends, sat at tables arranged for literary concourse, At the head table were seated honor
guests, among whom were the young writers of the University of California,
grouped about a statue of Pegasus, the inspirational symbol of the San
Francisco Pen Women.
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Mrs. William D. Stephens, wife of Governor
Stephens; and Mrs. James Rolph, Jr., wife of Mayor Rolph, sat at the right of the president, Mrs. William
Harold Wilson. Miss Lucy Ward Stebbins, Dean of Women, University of California, was the
speaker of the day defining the Partheneia annual
college play as a student activity. Mrs.
Frederick Colburn was the chairman. She
gave tributes to women whose influence led to high ideals and named three: Phoebe Apperson Hearst,
Susan Tolman Mills, Jane
Lathrop Stanford. Rising
to their feet the entire assemblage paid silent tribute to these noble
women. Harp solos by Marie Hughes MacQuarrie, and a ceremonial, made an impressive rite.
A stirrup-cup toast was pledged as a
feature of this event. Mrs. Colburn
spoke the lines as the women facing "Pegasus" held high their glasses
of golden-fruited punch for the toast: "Here's to inspiration, gift of the
gods. May all who mount Pegasus be
guarded by Truth, Honor and Justice, and may each one ride to her heart's
desire." In parting, "The End of a Perfect Day" by Carrie Jacobs
Bond, was played on the harp by Marie Hughes McQuarrie
in tribute to Mrs. Warren G. Harding. "The First Lady of the Nation," who favors this member's
song.
Reggie Urdahl
Smith, sculptor who made the statue, was an honor guest.
Prior to this event the green-bronze
statue of Pegasus was formally unveiled before a large gathering of the
literati from the bay cities.
The unveiling address was delivered by
Mrs. W. B. Bonfils (Annie Laurie), honorary member
National League of American Pen Women and active in the San Francisco
branch. Pegasus was officially presented
to the president by Mrs. Vernille De Witt Warr. Dr. Aurelia
Reinhardt, president of Mills College, told the legend. Mrs. Frederick Colburn gave "The
Flight."
Peter Clark Macfarlane addressed the
San Francisco Pen Women on another occasion, when a garden-scene arranged by
Mrs. Prentiss Cobb Hale, was the center for the program. The author's address was: "The Popular
Pulse and the Pertinent Pen." Mrs.
John Hays Hammond and Mrs. Macfarlane were honor guests. Departments of work in the San Francisco
League of American Pen Women include: poetry, pageantry, drama, research, scenario
writing, the short story, water color and oil painting, sketching, cartooning,
designing, exterior decorating, interior decorating, dress designing, household
literature, advertising, sculpturing, modeling, art filaire,
public speaking, lecturing, newspaper work, magazine contributions and kindred
fields of creative endeavor.
Several members of the San Francisco
League of American Pen Women have been the recipients of high honors in various
contests.
Mrs. Anna Blake Mezquida,
author and poet, has won within six months, two awards of one thousand dollars
each in motion picture scenario contests.
Mrs. Mary Lennox of San Francisco Pen
Women won the honors for the best song of California offered by the State
Federation of Music in a contest open to all women of the State.
Harlow Wilson, author of "The Vision
of Marpessa," the 1922 Partheneia
produced by the University of California students, and Miss Ruth Harwood,
winner of the prize for poetry at the State University of California, are two
young members of the San Francisco League of American Pen Women.
Our "Round Tables are unusual in the
manner of program presentation. Whenever
a famous woman writer visits San Francisco the Pen Women extend greetings, and
prepare, in her honor, a "round table," appropriate to the occasion
and the personal inclinations of the visitor.
Meetings of the San Francisco Pen Women
are held at the Fairmont Hotel. Receptions, and many other social events are interspersed in
the literary procedures as a potential influence which makes for camaraderie
among the women who write.
SIGNATURE OF JOSEPHINE WILSON
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SPEECH ARTS
ASSOCIATION
OF CALIFORNIA
"Speech is
the golden harvest
that followeth the
flowering of thought."
Mrs. MABEL GIFFORD, 2300 Van Ness
Avenue...............................................President
Mrs. WILDA WILSON
CHURCH, 609 Arlington Avenue, Berkeley.......Vice-President
OLIVE JONES, 3522 Fulton...............................................................Recording
Secretary
MAE BAUDEN, 666 31st Street,
Oakland..................................Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. WILLIAM J.
CONROY, 731 Second
Avenue............................................Treasurer
CHAIRMEN OF DEPARTMENTS
ANNA HAGARTY, Board of
Directors LEE EMERSON BASSETT, Advisory Board
BERTHA CLARK,
Credential-Committee Mrs. RUBY CODDING, Publicity Committee
Mrs. OSCAR MAILLARD BENNETT, Program Committee
Mrs. WM. J. CONROY, Chairman Reception
Committee
OVAL PORTRAIT OF MRS. MABEL GIFFORD
The Speech Arts Association of California
meets on the first Saturday of each month at Sorosis
Club Hall, 536 Sutter Street. The past
presidents of the Association are: Ethel
Cotton, Mae Frances O'Keeffe, Ida May Bradley, Mrs. Oscar Maillard
Bennett, and Mrs. Josephine Swan White.
The Association is just what the name
implies, and association for the advancement of the art of oral
expression. Many of its members are
professionally engaged in teaching oral expression. Dr. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt is an honorary
member of the Speech Arts Association and on different occasions she has
appeared before the Association.
The reading of plays, discussions of
timely topics and constant study of diction, and enunciation, are paramount
aims.
Not long ago an address was given by
Dwight Watkins of the University of California before the Association, on the
subject of "The Wider Meaning of Training for Public Speaking."
MABEL GIFFORD
President
SAN FRANCISCO TEA
CLUB
The "San Francisco Tea Club" was founded nearly thirty years ago and is
purely a literary and social club, never having taken up civic affairs. The membership is limited to fifty and the
meetings are monthly, being held, by invitation, at the home of some
member. A program of about an hour is
followed by social chat "over the tea cups." Various subjects are taken up,
book reviews, art, travel and current subjects, with one "Musicale"
each year and the "Christmas Jinks."
Among the founders of the club, was the
late Mrs. Frank Fredericks, at on time its president. The present officers of the club are: Mrs.
Victor Marshall Law, President; Miss Helen Bristal,
First Vice-President; Mrs. Charles Shurtleff, Second
Vice-President; Mrs. W. C. Morrow, Secretary; Mrs. Wm H. Jordan, Treasurer.
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THE BROWNING CLUB
Los Angeles
Mrs. J. ALLISON GAW, 1912
Cordova.....................................................
President
Mrs. H. B. BATES, 405 W.
Adams...........................................
.First Vice-President
Mrs. R. W. FRANCIS,2106 Aubrey Avenue........................
Second
Vice-President
Mrs. J. E. SIMPSON, 1734 N.
Wilcox Avenue........................
Recording Secretary
Mrs. GEORGE A COLBY, 1848 N.
Kingsley Drive........
..Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. N. SHANNON, 4311Victoria
Park Drive..........................................
.Treasurer
Mrs. K. L. S.
CUMMINGS...........................................................................
.Curator
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Mrs. INGLE CARPENTER |
Mrs. A. J. SCOTT |
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Mrs. NOVELLE ESTES |
Program |
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Mrs. J. VINCENT LEHIGH |
Music |
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Mrs. J. J. MARTIN |
Hospitality |
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Mrs. K. L. S. CUMMINGS |
Printing |
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Mrs. R. W. FRANCIS |
Librarian |
The Los Angeles Browning Club had its inception in a Browning Study Class, organized by Mrs. Kate L. S. Cummings and Mrs. F. H. Webb, in June, 1911.
In January, 1912 a Constitution with
By-laws was framed, when the organization became known as The Browning Study
Club, and shortly afterwards was admitted to membership in the California
Federation of Women's Clubs.
In the course of time another Browning
Club was organized. It then became
advisable to change the name to the Los Angeles Browning Club. The classes continued to meet weekly for
study and the club monthly for an entertainment program.
The object of the club is the cultivation
of an intelligent interpretation of the poetry of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett
Browning.
Not only does the club aim to promote a
more comprehensive interest in the poems because of their great literary value,
but it also endeavors to stimulate the art of arranging appropriate musical
settings to the lyrics by having at least one Browning song on each of the
monthly programs.
The annual Commemorative Festival of the
Club on May 7th, Robert Browning's birthday, observed by all Browning Clubs, is
a day of unusual felicity.
SIGNATURE OF EHELIAN J. GAW
Mrs. A. L. Hart is president of The
Browning Club of San Francisco, one of the substantial literary study clubs
whose poetic programs are ever in the ascendant. Browning pictures, both of Elizabeth and of
Robert Browning, valuable autographs and editions de luxe
are possessions of the club. The one
policy, and premise, based on their initial step is plainly in evidence at all
the Browning Club meetings.
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LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN
WOMEN, Inc.
San Diego--San
Jose--Carmel--Berkeley
The National League of American
Pen Women Inc., with headquarters in Washington, D. C., has branch leagues in
practically every state and in most of the large cities throughout the
nation. National headquarters are at
1722 H. Street, Washington. In
California, the League of American Pen Women has a number of active branches,
all contributing to the National League as part of the great chain of Pen Women
throughout the nation.
San Diego Branch of the League of American
Pen Women is one of the most active branches in the State, contributing to the
National League. Many of the members are
prominent in the affairs of club circles, Mrs. Lillian Pray Palmer, former
president, being a past president of the California Federation of Women's Clubs. Other members of the San Diego Branch of the
League of American Pen Women are: Mrs. Eva B. Adams, Mrs. Isabelle Churchill,
Mrs. Ella Copley Collier, Mrs. Grace Sherburne Conroe, Mrs. Lydia Fossler Frank, Miss Lorena C. Harden, Margaret Olive
Jordan, Mrs. Pearl La Force Mayer, Miss Emma L. Maynard, Mrs. Lillian Pray
Palmer, Mrs. Stella Jaques Penman, Mrs. Rae Copley Raum, Mrs. Sibyl Wilbur Stone and Mrs. Rose Hartwick Thorpe. Mrs. Lydia Fossler
Frank is president of the San Diego Branch.
One of the newest branches of the League
of American Pen Women was formed at San Jose, April 1922, the initial event
being a Book Fair given at the Hotel Vendome, under
the direction of the newly elected president, Mrs. Katherine Dunlap Cather. This Book
Fair and Authors' Luncheon attracted prominent writers of the State. Many well known musicians, painters and
authors, special guests, were also in attendance to lend their active approval
to the event. A display of books by California
authors was a feature of the Book Fair.
Characters from the books on display costumed, under the leadership of
well known directors, added to the worth of the event. The membership enrollment of the San Jose
Branch of the League of American Pen Women includes: Miss Ruth F. Amet, Miss Katherine Dunlap Cather,
Mrs. May Roberts Clark, Miss Elva Sawyer Cureton,
Mrs. Edith Daley, Marjory M. Fisher, Miss Mildred Hamilton, Miss Mayo A. Hayes,
Mrs. Pauline Grace Hunt, Mrs. Katherine Kennedy, Mrs. Ada
Jane Kimball, Mrs. Clara Louise Lawrence, Annette D. MacDonald, Flora S. Matthews.
A branch has also been formed of the
League of American Pen Women at Carmel-by-the-Sea with Miss Mary de Neale Morgan, the well known artist as the president. Another Branch is being formed at Berkeley,
California, under the leadership of Miss Cora Williams, whose school of
learning is one of the state's best known institutions.
Mrs. Bertha Lincoln Heustis,
a past-president National League of American Pen Women, is State National
Vice-President and representative California (south).
Mrs. Josephine Wilson is California state
representative, (north) and by virtue of the office, State Vice-President
National League of American Pen Women.
Both Mrs. Heustis and Mrs. Wilson hold the two
official positions of president and State National Vice-President, their
territories extend over the southern and the northern part of California,
respectively.
Mrs. Louis Geldert
is president of the National League of American Pen Women, elected to office at
the Silver Jubilee Convention held in Washington, D.C., April 24-29, 1922.
In her initial letter to the Pen Women of
the nation, Mrs. Geldert said: "We are extremely
anxious that every member of our organization shall be in touch with the field
at large as well as with headquarters, and most earnestly ask the co-operation
of every branch and state official toward that end. The branch presidents are requested to send
in brief notices of their important work.
Particularly the output of individual members which
may be exploited to their advantage throughout the country. For instance: any new book by a member will
be bulletined at headquarters as soon as notice of its publication reaches us,
and every branch of our organization from Florida to Alaska, will be requested
to post the name of the author and the title of the book, and in every possible
way interest the public in its sale and favorable reception.
Mrs. Louis N. Geldert
is supported by a staff of brilliant women including: Mrs. Harry Atwood Colman,
vice-president; Mrs. Ernest Thomspson-Seton,
vice-president; Mrs. Homer Hoch, recording secretary;
Mrs. Hamlin Cogswell, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Harry J. Cunningham, registrar; Mrs. William H. Moses, treasurer; Mrs. Crete P.
Hutchinson, auditor; Mrs. Amos A Frier, historian;
Mrs. G. G. White, librarian, Miss Eliza Pope Van Dyne is the national executive
secretary. Promotional directors
include: Mrs. Grace Richmond, Mrs. Daniel Lothrop,
Mrs. Anna Katherine Greene Rohlfs, Mrs. Kate Marcia
Forbes, Mrs. Isaac Pearson, Mrs. Harry Atwood Coleman is editor and director of
the official magazine: "THE PENWOMAN."
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CAP AND BELLS CLUB
San Francisco
Mrs. JESSE M. WHITED, 30 Belvedere
Street......................................................
..President
Mrs. MARSHALL C. HARRIS, 1401 Willard
Street.............................
.First Vice-President
Mrs. J. EMMET HAYDEN, 162 Fifteenth
Avenue............................
Second Vice-President
Mr. J. A. KUYKENDALL, 1220 Sixteenth
Avenue..............................
.Recording Secretary
Mrs. HARRY BAEHE, 2295
Broadway.........................................
Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. WALTER SCOTT GRAY, 1375 Sixth
Avenue................................
...Financial Secretary
Mrs. J. E. GILSON, 439 Page Street......................................................................
.Treasurer
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Mrs. CHARLES E. KER |
Mrs. JAMES B. HATCHER |
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Mrs. JOHN H. SAMMI |
Mrs. C. FRANK ADAMS |
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Mrs. GEORGE VRANIZAN |
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Wit and humor--these were two foundation
stones on which the Cap and Bells Club was built. Wit--the kind of wit of which
poets and ministrels sang; the kind of wit which
conquers turmoil and urges the heart to victory. Humor--the more profound
allurement of cheer, the kind which tempers the way and tests the strength of
intelligence; the kind which prizes laughter and lightens human woes.
"Cap and Bells" has for its
emblem a jester, and since its organization in 1904 it has been noted not only
for its fun and frolic, but also for the study it has given to the drama,
languages, music and kindred subjects.
The dramatic section has attracted a large
part of its membership and many celebrated plays have been produced by that
section. The most notable were
"Sister Beatrice" and "Mary Magdalen"
by Maeterlinck, "Madame Sans Gene" by Sardou,
and the "Man of Destiny" and "Candida" by Shaw. Comedies, operas, operettas and gay
travesties have not been overlooked nor neglected, and the same standard of
excellence that marked the drama was maintained in these
production. During the presidency
of Mrs. D. Richard Martens, the well-known Chinese play, "A Thousand Years
Ago", by Percy MacKaye, was staged at the St.
Francis Hotel. The modern club woman was
not recognized in the assumed characters of austere mandarins, princes,
soldiers and vagabond adventurers.
As a co-worker with the Dramatic Section,
with the same standard of excellence is the Woman's Orchestra, composed of
musicians of ability, and of which, the club is justly proud. The orchestra not only assists at the social
days of the club, but has been honored by being asked to participate in
programs of other organizations.
A dancing section and a swimming section
provide recreation for the athletically inclined members, while the studious
member finds pleasure and profit in the sections devoted to the study of
literature, Shakespeare and art.
Pilgrimages to noted art galleries have
supplemented the actual study of art. An
exhibition of paintings of the women artists of California was held in the club
rooms in 1912-13, during the presidency of Miss Adele Elizabeth Dugan.
Believing that constructive individual
work has the greatest results, the club has endeavored to perform that service
for its members rather than to participate as an organization in the field of
public affairs. On its roster are the
names of women who have contributed to the upbuilding
of our beloved city, as well as those who have been of service to others in
educational an philanthropic movements.
SIGNATURE OF MRS. JESSE M. WHITED
Mrs. John Hammond Crabbe
is the new president of the Cap and Bells Club and on her board are: Mrs. Henry
Hastings, First Vice-President; Mrs. J. Emmet Hayden,
Second Vice-President, Mrs. Arthur L. Shannon, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Edward
Janssen, Financial Secretary; Mrs. Frank Adams, Treasurer; Mrs. J. A. Simpson,
Corresponding Secretary,. The directors
are: Mrs. James Hatcher, Mrs. E. P. Heald, Mrs.
George Vranizan, Mrs. Herbert Jones, Mrs. Clarence Hunt.
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KATE TUPPER GALPIN SHAKESPEARE
CLUB
Los Angeles
Mrs. W. E. SILVERWOOD, 122 N.
Vendome
Street.........................................
.President
Mrs. CAROLINE BRADLEY....................................................................
...Vice-President
Mrs. L. C. DIGGS, 2615 W.
Seventeenth Street................................
..Recording Secretary
Mrs. H. A. McCLAIN, 1072 Camulos
Street..............................
Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. R.W. BULPIN, 930
Bushnell
Avenue.........................................................
Treasurer
PORTRAIT OF MRS. W. E.
SILVERWOOD
In 1892 when the average
woman of fifty felt the time for learning was past, came one, Kate Tupper Galpin, with an unfailing remedy for breaking the crust of
the mind in rust, and releasing latent powers of which the possessor had never
dreamed.
She opened a class in Shakespeare for
mature women, the study beginning with King Lear. Fifteen women of the Channing
Branch of the Unity Church met in the Church Parlors, and later, with added
numbers, moved from place to place as convenience dictated, meeting for a
number of years, in Mrs. Galpin's own home on Fremont
Avenue, where happy associations were formed.
In 1901 when Cumnock
Hall, an exact replica of Shakespeare's home, was built, Mrs. Galpin was of the faculty.
One room was planned for Shakespearean work, and here, the classes, and
later the club also met until 1916 when the property changed hands and both
class and club followed the Cumnock School to two
hundred South Vermont Avenue. A more
central location being desired, two years ago quarters were taken with the
Friday Morning Club at 940 South Figueroa, the club's present home.
Mrs. Galpin's
method of teaching was original and effective.
Only one act was studied at a time, the first lesson always treating of
the source for the plot, the historical setting and the relation of the country
to the world generally. To instill
confidence and elicit every shade of meaning, written questions were
distributed, and an experienced leader knows the support of the system of a
slip of paper. Mrs. Galpin
encouraged thinking. If help were needed
the whole class was questioned before she added her opinion. Her smile was
power. Free discussion prevailed. A drama closed after a thorough analysis of
the text followed by written character sketches. The study of Hamlet took three months.
When four of the pioneer class had covered
twenty plays, certificates to this effect were granted, and in 1901 the Alumni
thus formed organized the Kate Tupper Galpin
Shakespeare Club to meet monthly, the class to continue meeting weekly.
At Mrs. Galpin's
great desire--and just before her passing in 1906--yearly Commemorative
Programs were instituted to occur on Shakespeare's birthday, April 23rd, when
new members are received into the Club.
Various teachers, most of whom were
Alumni, continued the beloved Founder's method, and at their head stood Mrs.
Merrill Moore Grigg, and Miss Helen Brooks,
successive presidents of Cumnock. The past two years Professor Anthony P.
Blanks, University of California, Southern Branch, has led the class, and this
year he has led the club. An outside
class under an Alumnus, Mrs. C. B. McClure, contributed five new members. Three others were accepted for meritorious
work elsewhere. Age
qualification to eighty-eight years.
Membership increases slowly because of unusual requirements. Shakespeare sections are found in nearly
every club today.
The club once changed its course of study
to Browning and gave some thought to Greek literature, but returned to the
inexhaustible resources of the Beloved Bard.
Active members number on hundred and thirty.
MRS. R. H. F. VAIEL.
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A SKETCH OF SOUTHERN
CLUB LIFE
PORTRAIT OF BERTHA
LINCOLN HEUSTIS
It does not seem probable that any other
city in the world can claim as much activity in Women's Clubs as Los
Angeles. Here there are hundreds of
splendidly equipped clubs with charming, well worth while members, all striving
for up-lift and betterment of conditions in civics, philanthropy, arts, and
letters.
The influence is wide and lasting. The interest is maintained by means of well
attended meetings made brilliant by selected speakers whose subjects are of
world interest as well as of local pride.
Of the hundreds of Women's clubs the Friday Morning Club is claiming the
largest membership of over twenty-three hundred accredited members. Ebell Club follows
closely with twenty-two hundred. The
Southern California Woman's Press Club, Matinee Musical, Harmonia,
Drama League, Scribblers, Short Story, Civics and Philanthropy Club, Verse
Writers, and the League of American Pen Women, Western Branch are among others
distinctively prominent. There are many
patriotic organizations, many chapters of the Daughters of the American
Revolution and also United States Daughters of 1812.
The Los Angeles League of American Pen
Women has the distinction of being the first organized auxiliary having been
given its Charter No. 1 in 1915. Mrs.
Florence Pierce Reed was the first president and Mrs. Inez Townsend Tribit first secretary.
The World War and the many activities of that time prevented meetings
until 1918 when the past national president, Mrs. Bertha Lincoln Heustis re-organized the Los Angeles Branch and accepted
the local presidency. The growth of the
local membership has been steady while the state is no proud of the splendid
list of members. When Mrs. Heustis visited California in 1915, during the San
Francisco and San Diego Fairs, there were only thirteen Los Angeles Pen Women
members in California to assist in celebrating the special days allotted by the
Fairs to the League. At present Los
Angeles has an active list of sixty-one and a guest membership of thirty. The officers of the local League have
retained their offices since 1918 with the exception of the secretary, Mrs. Forrestine Cooper Hooker who has moved to Washington, D. C.
The president, Mrs.
Bertha Lincoln Heustis, author of short stories and
verse; musical compositions, newspaper work. Member of: Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles,
Southern California Woman's Press Club, Lyric Club, Colonial Dames of America,
Descendants of Mayflower Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, United
States Daughters of 1812, W. R. C. Women of the Civil War, Shiloh Circle, P. E.
O. Order of the Crown, National Press Association, Colonial Dames Club of
Washington, D. C., past-regent of Dubuque Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, associate member of Patriots Memorial Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution, Los Angeles Lyric Club, Drama League and
others.
Our first vice-president is Mrs. Emma
Livingston Reed, has been active in newspaper work for many years, member of
Friday Morning Club, past president of the Southern California Woman's Press
Club, a member of the Legislative Council and Reciprocity Chairman of Friday
Morning Club.
The
recording secretary is Mrs. Inez T. Tribit,
illustrator, artist, verse writer, short stories, and
scenarios, member of many clubs beside the Southern California Women's Press
Club.
The corresponding secretary is Miss Lou
Cox, whose work for the Blind has been unceasing and her mastery of the Braille
system putting her out of the amateur class.
A splendid writer and an able aid in League
activities. Her assistant
corresponding secretary is Mrs. Emily Hughes Wright, whose clever story won the
first prize in the competition in the Los Angeles Branch a year ago.
The treasurer, Mrs. Helen Lukens Gaut is active in the Fine Arts Club of Pasadena and the
Press Club. Mrs. Gaut
won distinction by he many descriptive articles
appearing in leading magazines and newspaper.
Her garden and bungalow stories, illustrated from photographs of her
own, made a distinctive place for her.
She is successfully writing exquisite songs, composing both the words
and the charming musical setting.
The auditor, Mrs. Helen Richardson Brown,
is a newspaper and short story writer.
The librarian, Mrs. Eva Hamilton Young, is a member of many clubs of Los Angeles and the Writers' Club of Oakland. Mrs. Young has made a specialty of verse writing, publishing many and has now entered the growing army of scenario writers with success.
The historian is Mrs. Blanche A. H. Verbeck, member of the Hollywood Woman's Club, Southern
California Woman's Press Club, writer of music, short
stories, one act plays and verse.
SIGNATURE OF BERTHA LINCOLN
HEUSTIS
Transcribed
by Suzanne Wolden.
Proofread by Betty Vickroy.
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2005 Nancy Pratt Melton
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