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WOMENS CITY CLUB
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Jty Club of
an Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
^>lume II, Number 1
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FEBRUARY, 1928
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB of SAN FRANCISCO
OFFICERS
Mrs. Cleaveland Forbes
President
Miss Elisa May Willard
First yice-President
Miss Marion W. Leale
Second Vice-President
Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
Third rice-President
Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard
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Mrs. James T. Wood, Jr.
Corresponding Secretary
Miss Mabel Pierce
Treasurer
Miss Carlie I. Tomlinson
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Mrs. William F. Booth, Jr. Miss Marion W. Leale
Mrs. Le Roy Briggs Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
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Miss Sophronia Bunker Mrs. Harry Staats Moore
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O. M. Blair 48
Boston Bedding & Upholstering Com-
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Victorien H. Meyer 3
New York Radio Company 2
Nob Hill School 5
Panama Mail Steamship Company. ...45
San Francisco Academy of Physical
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San Francisco Conservatory of Music 5
San Francisco Laundry 47
San Rafael Military Academy 5
Alice Seckels 2
W. & J. Sloane 1
Temple Tours 43
F. Thomas Parisian Cleaning and
Dyeing Works 53
Virden Packing Company 52
Walk-Over Shoe Store 2
H. Woods, Inc 50
Club Members' Directory 56
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Mrs. M. S. O'Connor
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY
With the advance of Spring, parents are thinking toAvard Summer Schools
and Camp -Schools for their children . . . and the majority are even now
making plans for the coming year when their children vi^ill enter boys' or
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balanced athletic program. Fnrullment now open
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THE
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
SAN FRANCISCO
Volume 2
February, 1928
N U M E E R 1
THE COMMUNITY CHEST UNIFIES
SAN FRANCISCO
By William H. Crocker
President of the Community Chest of San Francisco
THE Communin Chest of San
Francisco is the only organiza-
tion in the city that enrolls
under one banner men and
women of every nationality, every
creed and every worldly station from
the highest to the lowest.
It alone of all institutions repre-
sents and expresses the whole of San
Francisco. It is unity in the midst of
divergence.
Under the influence of the Com-
munity Chest — and under no other
influence in our midst^-every variety
of class consciousness, every sectarian
difference, every shade of economic
theory, is forgotten.
It lifts all of us together to a height
where pettiness may not intrude,
where prejudice is ignored, and where
selfishness is ashamed to appear. That
height is higher than our highest hill.
It has been worth the climbing.
Ever since the foundation of our
city we have had writers who sought
to sum up San Francisco in a phrase
or a stanza. Some of these efforts
have been happier than others. Some
have been too severe, others much too
complimentary for our soul's good. It
remained for the Community Chest to
enunciate San Francisco, not in gaudy
words but in noble deeds. The Com-
munity Chest is the Heart of San
Francisco made manifest.
When Queen Dido of Carthage
gave the generous hand of help to the
shipwrecked Aeneas, she uttered a
very human and very beautiful senti-
ment: "Having known evil plight
myself, I have learned to succor the
unfortunate. "
That is what San Francisco says
through the Community Chest.
Into the brief period of San Fran-
cisco history there has been crowded
enough unhappiness to dishearten a
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less courageous community. San Fran-
cisco has suffered, but has never been
embittered. Instead, San Francisco
has learned sympathy and helpfulness.
The appeal of mercy touches us
quickly and deeply. It has always
been so, but until the foundation of
the Community Chest San Francisco
had no means of answering the appeal
of mercy in one great harmonious
chorus. The Community Chest made
San Francisco responsive as a whole,
where before the city had replied to
such appeals with many voices and
not a little confusion.
For those of us who have been
active in Community Chest endeavor
from the auspicious beginning five
"Micky" Looks Up
His story appears on opposite page.
years ago, the experience has been up-
lifting and inspiring.
Looking back over the activities of
those whose whole-hearted devotion
made the Chest possible and carried
it forward, many names seem to call
for honorable mention; but here I
shall salute just one contributor — a
great San Franciscan, now, unhappily,
no more. I refer to George Sterling,
who, out of the generous soul of a
great poet, gave the Chest a poem to
aid the first appeal of 1923.
"Suppose Nobody Cared," written
by George Sterling especially for our
Community Chest, cannot be forgot-
ten, but doubtless there are many
newcomers in our midst who do not
know it, so I shall quote it here :
Jf ere it your mother on the bed of
ptiiii.
Were it your sister on the ivolfish
street,
JFe u'oiild not iviiit your charity in
vain :
To (five ivere more than sweet.
Were it your father broken by the
task,
Jf ere it your brother ailing and
adrift,
How brief a moment should tue need
to ask
The sympathetic gift!
And these, for ivhom we beg compas-
sion here.
In them an equal power of suffering
lies.
And hearts now helpless dust have
held them dear.
Can we do otherwise?
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For that same appeal of 1923 Mr.
Herbert Hoover prepared a brief
statement that seems to me to supple-
ment most admirably the heart-throb
of George Sterling. It, too, is well
worth recalling. Mr. Hoover wrote:
"I wish to express my conviction
that San Francisco is taking an im-
portant step forward in adopting the
Community Chest.
"This idea of the Community Chest
has been developed and well tried out
in many cities of the United States.
It has been found that it systemat-
ically spreads the number of givers
throughout the community, it in-
creases the interest of the community
in its burdens of public charity; it
relieves the officers of charitable insti-
tutions of the time and anxiety which
they must give to providing support
for their institutions and thereby en-
ables them to devote themselves to ttje
primary work of the institutions ; it
tends to decrease the overlap and
waste amongst these institutions; it
gives them a more assured and sounder
basis of support; it protects the com-
munity from fraud and misrepresen-
tation ; it establishes once and for all
the burden upon each individual in
the community; it awakens public in-
terest and support of the obligations
of the stronger members of the com-
munity toward the weaker.
"I feel sure that these advantages
of the Community Chest system will
appeal to the people of San Francisco
and that it will meet a great response."
I too feel sure now that the great
heart of San Francisco will beat re-
sponsively, and that the money of San
Francisco will be poured out liberally,
when the appeal for 1928 is made
during the closing days of February.
"The Case of Micky"
THE night Micky arrived in San
Francisco his mother died giv-
ing birth to another child,
which also died.
Micky was then the youngest of
four, and the father spoke no English.
He had come via Honolulu from
Spain, one of a "shipment" of con-
tract labor.
The dead mother and babe lay in a
wretched hovel on the brow of Tele-
graph Hill. A neighbor, herself a
widow with six dependent children,
took Micky and the stricken famih.
She noted that Micky, two years old,
was lame.
How she provided for the older
children and how the father eventu-
ally, through the Community Chest,
got a job, is another story.
Through the Telegraph Hill settle-
ment house Micky became a patient of
the Children's Hospital.
There he was provided with every
mechanical facility, his twisted foot
and shrunken limbs started on the
road to locomotion and his wasted
little body properly nourished. But
still he made no effort to walk. He
saw only little cripples all about him,
and perhaps he assumed that all chil-
dren were that way. At any rate, the
nurses in charge knew that he was
suffering from what they term "hos-
pitalization."
So, through the efforts of Miss
Elizabeth Ashe and others who by
this time had become interested in his
family, Micky was taken to the
Bothin Home for Convalescent Chil-
dren in Marin County.
Here, through the Avery Fuller
Fund, he was privileged to have a
special nurse for six weeks, a kindly
person whose sole job was to teach
Mickv how to use his crutches. He
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"Building Character"
The Community Chest is not only for the down-and-outer.
It is for the generation now growing to young manhood
and womanhood. The Campfire Girls is one of the chan-
nels of directed recreation which the Chest assists.
was now six years old, and had never
looked up from the floor.
At the end of four weeks he walked,
and his face was lifted to the sky, to
Tamalpais, to other faces.
One day Miss Ashe visited the place
and said, "Well, Micky, how goes it
today, and how do you like it here?"
He replied, with a seraphic sini'.e,
"O, I love it here, and I can walk
now and I can sleep all night."
The nurses in that Convalescent
Home, when things go wrong in their
private lives, and the world seems a
dark place, cast their eyes at Micky,
who is happy that he at least can walk
and "look up" and can sleep the night
through. Micky's beaming face above
the crutches which enabled him to lift
his eyes to the hills and the stars was
sent by one of his friends to many of
her friends as a Christmas card, to
remind them of the beauty of a child's
happiness, and how relative a thing
happiness is, after all. M. H. d.
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HOW THE BUDGET IS COMPUTED
By Sei.ah Chamberlain
Mr. Samuel Pond wrote to Mr. Selah Chamberlain of the Community Chest
Executive Committee, saying, "I am highly in favor of the Community Chest
plan and of the San Francisco Chest, but I would like to know if we are sure
that two and a quarter million dollars are actually necessary to operate the
member associations of the Chest?" Mr. Chamberlain replied as follows:
T:
HERE are but few individ-
uals in San Francisco who
budget their funds as carefully
as the Chest.
There are few organizations which
have a better budgeting system than
the Chest. This is due to the fact that
the Chest draws from San Francisco
business some of its best and ablest
men who give freely of their time and
thought.
Before the Community Chest
Before the Chest was organized in
1923 there were many guesses made.
Only twenty-one of the social welfare
associations of San Francisco had
books of accounts worthy of the name.
Fourteen associations had their ac-
counts audited annually. Only six
were operating on a real budget sys-
tem, such as is so effectively used in
business today. But that was before
the associations joined together and
formed a federation — the Community
Chest.
Under the Chest System
Now all associations of the Chest
have books of account. Just a year
ago the Board of Directors of the
Chest put into effect a ruling that
every association must have its ac-
counts audited once a year. Today no
association can receive public money
through the Chest unless it has an-
nuallv audited botiks of account.
Budgets
Every association must submit an
annual budget. This budget is drawn
by the Finance Committee of the as-
sociation. It is reviewed by the Board
of Directors; then it is submitted to
the Chest.
This budget is studied and passed
upon in conference with representa-
tives from the association by the Bud-
get Study Committees — each commit-
tee composed of five technicians. This
study continues over a period of two
months; there is a total of thirty-five
people working on these budget study
committees and the total time given
by these volunteers last year was seven
hundred hours — one hundred days.
After this minute study the budgets
are sent to the Budget Committee. On
this budget committee, which is elected
by the Chest Board of Directors, are
experts from all professions. There
are bankers — for example, Mr. Ettore
Avenali, the Chairman, is Vice-Pres-
ident of the Crocker First National
Bank of San Francisco. There are ex-
pert accountants — the Vice Chairman
is Mr. B. T. Bean, resident partner of
Lybrand Ross Brothers and Mont-
gomery, accountants. There are busi-
ness men — for example, Mr. M. A.
Harris, of the Van Arsdale Harris
Lumber Co.. who has served on this
Committee for five consecutive vears.
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The Co III III unity's "Hope Chest"
These babies, garnered from the highways and byways
of casualty and delinquency, are cradled at St. Elizabeth's
Baby Hospital, one of the agencies of the Community
Chest. The appeal of these little charges is irresistible,
and as they grow from infancy into childhood they are
sent along in easy progression to orphanages that are far
removed from the "institutions" of the older order of
philanthropy, thence to school and finally to self-support.
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There are social work technicians, such
as Dr. Olga Bridgman, Professor of
Ps}-cholog>- of the University' of Cali-
fornia. They are all serving on this
budget committee, and if space per-
mitted a complete analysis it would
show this committee to be one of the
ablest in San Francisco.
This Budget Committee then re-
views the budgets as a whole. They
review the social needs and social prob-
lems of the Cit>-, looking upon the
work from a city-wide viewpoint,
watching to prevent gaps, or duplica-
tion in the social program. Last year
they spent three complete days upon
this final survey.
Adjustments
In social work there are many un-
foreseen problems. No one can predict
an influenza epidemic, no one can actu-
ally predict the amount of unemploy-
ment next winter, the amount of sick-
ness, therefore the adjustments must
be made. To meet this condition the
annual budgets which have been de-
scribed are reviewed monthly. If the
actual needs are less than the amounts
set in the annual budgets then reduc-
tions are made ; if the needs prove to
be greater then appropriate increases
are made. Everyone \vorks together
for the good of all and the monies are
spent where they will do the most good
for San Francisco.
Needs
This plan of budgeting, as I stated,
is one of the best in San Francisco.
The business men who serve on it are
still looking for improvements but
they are satisfied that a good job is be-
ing done. Their one complaint is, that
San Francisco does not supply them
with sufficient funds to care adequately
for all of the relief and welfare needs
which are presented to them.
INDUSTRIAL
WORKSHOP
THE new Industrial Workshop
of the Goodwill Industries has
been opened in the remodeled
building of the old Howard
Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
at Howard and Harriet Streets.
This opening marks the consolida-
tion of the Goodwill Industries with
the Bureau of the Handicapped of the
Community Chest. A definite func-
tion of the agency in the social work
of San Francisco is to assume respon-
sibility for handicapped persons. The
definition of "handicapped" being
those whose earning power is below
normal by virtue of physical or mental
handicap — or the handicap of age.
In this new industrial plant worn-
out, broken, and cast-off material
things are the instruments of salvage
and rehabilitation of human beings. It
stimulates the imagination to think
that a broken bed, a discarded stove,
or a party gown that has served its
purpose should be made the instru-
ment to rehabilitate human beings
who have gone through the same
cycle in human life — being cast aside
in the struggle for economic independ-
ence by those who are efficient, eager
and prepared for the race.
When one thinks of the handi-
capped— one thinks of the crippled,
the lame, the deaf, the blind — but
there are two greater handicaps in
this present age — the handicap of
mind and the handicap of age.
One of the most pathetic sights
social workers have before their eyes
constantly is the man and the woman
who in seeking employment is told
"there is nothing you can do — you are
too old". Modern industry hesitates to
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employ people who are past fifty, ex-
cept in temporary jobs — the flapper
pushes her older sister before her, and
once thrown out of employment the
older sister pitifully seeks the aid of
the beaut>' specialist to crash her way
through the gates of employment.
It is the age of the Young Man and
the Young Woman and unless a man
or a woman is firmly established when
he is fift\' it is almost impossible to
secure a new position.
There is also the handicap of con-
valescence. Many men and women
recovering from physical operations,
cardiac afflictions and nervous break-
downs need a period of weeks when
they are discharged from a hospital to
get their "second \\-ind" in their strug-
gle for economic existence. They can
work three or four hours a day but
they cannot work eight hours. IVIany
a man has been sent back to the hos-
pital because he flung himself back
into industry before he was able to
compete with his fellows.
In the Goodwill Industries facilities
for this kind of work ^\-ill be provided
and a man or a woman may work
under a doctor's prescription on a
graduated scale, so that industrially he
may be rehabilitated.
The Old Howard Methodist Epis-
copal Church, built shortly after
the fire, has as a social service center
adapted itself admirably to an indus-
trial plant. There will be a furniture
shop, a stove, hardware and plumbing
shop, a wood-working shop, electrical
shop, shoe shop, and various other
departments to take care of industrial
and household salvage. There will
also be tailor shops, pressing shops,
dress-making and millinery shops, art
department, weaving department, and
all departments necessary to take care
of the rehabilitation of clothing, tex-
tiles and salvage.
The salvage material will be sold at
a price which will enable persons on
small salaries to obtain things which
otherwise they could not buy.
Every dollar realized from the sale
of these articles will be paid out in
wages to the handicapped person
engaged in their rehabilitation.
The success of the enterprise will
depend upon the volume of salvage
secured.
Rainy days are coming. It is fun
to go through the garrets, the cellars,
way back in the clothes closets, in the
trunks and in the boxes. There are
things that you have put there for a
rainy day — the rainy day is here —
pack them up and call for the Good-
will Industries — let them put the
articles to work in rehabilitating
human beings.
Social Service Talks
The second part of the course for
volunteers in social service started Jan-
uary 10 and will conclude February
10. The speakers for February will
be: Dr. S. C. Kohs, Eureka Benevo-
lent Association, February 7, 2 o'clock.
Miss Egie Ashmun, American Red
Cross, February 3,11 o'clock.
Anita Eldredge, Executive Secre-
tary, Conference of Social Work, Feb-
ruary 10, 2 o'clock.
Needs of the various agencies of
the Community Chest will be dis-
cussed. Any agency which wishes to
present its works or needs is invited
to ask for a place on the program.
These lectures will afford volunteers
and prospective volunteers from the
Women's City Club an opportunity
to learn how they may assist.
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THE MEXICAN INVASION
By Beatrice Judd Ryan
A T the Pan-American Exhibition
/\ of Painting held in the Los
/ \ Angeles Museum three
M. JL. years ago the first prize was
awarded, by a jury made up of judges
from all parts of our country, to Diego
Rivera, the
Mexican
painter of fres-
coes in the
Building o f
Education i n
Mexico City.
The second
honorable men-
tion went to a
Mexican boy
of nineteen,
Maximo Pa-
checo, for a
canvas now on
exhibit at the
Beaux Arts
Galerie, "The
Recreation o f
the Water
Carriers."
In Novem-
ber, 1926, the
Beaux Arts
Galerie held
an exhibit of
drawings, two
hundred in
number, by
Diego Rivera,
and a month
later another exhibit by Mexican chil-
dren, drawings and water colors done
in the rural schools. This season the
East-West Gallery has shown paint-
ings and drawings by Rivera and the
current exhibit at the Beaux Arts
Galerie is by Pacheco, Jean Chariot
and several other young artists living
in Mexico. That the Art World in
San Francisco is not alone in recogniz-
ing that something of special moment
is happening in art in Mexico is indi-
cated by the fact that within the
month the
work of Diego
Rivera, Jean
Chariot and
Clement Oros-
co has been
sent to Eastern
galleries in an-
swer to a de-
mand from
New York.
In 1926,
when Ray
Boynton went
to Mexico, he
wrote for J/cj:-
ictin Folkways,
a little maga-
zine edited by
Frances Toor,
which is doing
so much to
make the com-
plexities o f
Mexico under-
stood :
"The art
movement in
Mexico is spo-
ken of as the
Renaissance of
Art and the frescoes of Diego Rivera
stand as a symbol of the movement. . . .
Contemporary figures of life are again
evoked on walls with simple gesture
and noble design, rich in life and
tragedy and wit, and in sharp contrast
to the theatrical allegory and extrav-
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agance that has been so long the futile
mode of mural painting."
To understand the present art
mov'ement in Mexico one must review
what is happening in the life of the
Mexican people. Mexico has been
called the mother of the foreigner and
the stepmother of the Alexican. The
revolution has tried and is still trying
to give the Mexican a place under the
Mexican sun, to wrest from the for-
eign exploiter that which by right is
theirs. President Calles in a state-
ment concerning the most vital prob-
lems confronting him, said:
"The educational problem of the
rural masses (which is eighty per cent
of the population) will preferably
occupy my attention. It consists not
only in combating illiteracy but in
working towards a harmonious devel-
opment to integrate the Indians with-
out sacrificing them."
To this end 3,150 rural schools
have been established throughout the
country to teach the people, through
education and the love of the soil, the
principles of Nationalism. The recent
art expression is the natural outcome
of a stirring through the masses
towards a national unity, the joyous
gesture of a people on awakening
from ignorance.
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By Maximo Pachcco
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traveling rural teachers in Mexico,
writes in Folkways in speaking of the
Mexican people:
"The texture and beauty of weav-
ing in palm-fibre mats and blankets of
wool, the vast and unerring compre-
hension of beauty of form in jars and
baskets bespeak a refinement and gra-
ciousness in every-day life which we
find in scant measure in culture con-
ceived to be superior, and therefore
restricted to the 'privileged' or the
'select.' . . . Such qualities as the gra-
cious dignity and reverence on which
I have remarked can only be explained
by a very old and very deeply founded
tradition, faithfully passed from gen-
eration to generation, and especially
to the fact that mothers have been
faithful to their responsibility."
The mural art of Rivera stands as
the mouthpiece, so to speak, of this
new awakening that has come to the
Mexican people. It is a question
whether the harmony of the symbol in
art is ever compelling unless it ema-
nates from an earnest and fervent con-
viction, as was true of the religious
spirit behind the greatest art of
Europe. The tender feeling that made
Giotto place the Christ Child in the
Madonna's arms ennobled and human-
ized his art, and is parallel to the
progressive spirit with which Diego
Rivera preaches his doctrine by de-
picting the everyday life of the com-
mon people coming into their heritage
through education, agriculture and
industry.
"A country of caste and oppo-
sition of every sort, a country of
worry and wonder — the rhythm
of its very life is the rhythm of
contrast." — M. Vasconcelas.
The Bridge of Reciprocity
By Mrs. A. P. Black
DURING my visit in London
last year, I made the ac-
quaintance of the American
Woman's Club, which occu-
pies a spacious and beautiful residence
at 46 Grosvenor Street, in a quiet
neighborhood and yet within a short
distance of Oxford Street. On pre-
senting my Women's City Club card,
I was allowed the privilege of the
London Club for the period of a fort-
night. This was in June and though
in the height of the London season,
there were few activities in the Club.
I did not meet the president, Mrs.
Curtis Brown, as she was leaving for
a visit in the United States. Later I
attended a reception given by the Club
to Ruth Draper and also had tea with
some friends there. It seemed to me
that the Club would be chiefly valu-
able to an American woman traveling
in London if she should wish to take a
room there, using it as a hotel or as a
place in which to entertain friends at
luncheon or tea. The Club is an asso-
ciation of American women living in
London and is organized more for
their pleasure than for the entertain-
ment of the casual traveler. The only
other Club that I saw during my tour
was the American Woman's Club in
Paris. This is also beautifully located
in a fine residence and a most attract-
ive neighborhood. I had luncheon
with some friends at this Club, and
from what I could observe in that
brief visit, it seemed to have the same
general features of the London Club.
I was not traveling under circum-
stances which made it necessary to
seek the hospitality of these Clubs,
but I found it very interesting to visit
them.
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WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
Published Monthly at San Francisco
46 f Post Street
Telephone Kearny S400
MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
MRS.WILLIAM PALMER LUCAS, Chairman
MRS. CLARENCE M. SMITH
MRS. CASPAR BROWN
MRS. LOVELL LANGSTROTH
MISS MARION DELANY
MISS MABEL PIERCE
MARIE HICKS DAVIDSON, Editor
RUTH CALLAHAN, Advertising Manager
Volume % February, 1918 Number i
EDITORIAL
BECAUSE the Women's City
Club pledged itself at the be-
ginning of its existence to fall
into step with the progressive, philan-
thropic and constructive movements
of the city in which it took its place,
it now extends the hand of fellowship
to the Community Chest.
The annual appeal for funds with
which to "arm and engine" the Com-
munity Chest begins February 27 and
closes March 9. Headquarters of the
campaign have been established at
Post and Mason Streets, hard by the
Women's City Club, and for weeks
the women working in behalf of San
Francisco's welfare classic have assem-
bled at the Club in little groups at
luncheon and tea to discuss the inten-
sive work of the drive.
The San Francisco Community
Chest is a federation of social service
agencies, created five years ago by
public-spirited leaders who recognized
the need of a definite program by
which to alleviate distress and execute
a continuous campaign of welfare
work.
Three hundred cities in the United
States have adopted the Community
Chest idea as the most satisfactory
means from the standpoints of econ-
omy of administration, efficiency and
general results.
The Community Chest as a working
plan is no longer on trial. It has
proven itself a stout thread which
knits together the various agencies,
one hundred and seven of them, which
are meeting the seasonal and the
chronic problems of any big city. It
minimizes the sporadic, sentimental,
unwise assistance which kindly but ill-
advised persons would practice. Social
service has its own curriculum and to
be effectual must be intelligent. That
is axiomatic.
The most enthusiastic advocates of
the Community Chest do not claim
that it is perfect, but it is generally
conceded that it is the best thing so
far evolved for fulfilling the char-
itable, recreational and social require-
ments of a city of the first class.
This is not the place, nor is there
space to quote statistics or cite in-
stances. The fact to be emphasized is
that the Women's City Club, through
its Magazine, endorses the Commun-
ity Chest, and expresses the hope and
expectation that its "drive" will go
over the top on schedule time.
To look up and not down,
To look forward and not back.
To look out and not in, and
To lend a hand.
Edward Everett Hale.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WOMEN'S
CITY CLUB FOR 1928
At the annual election of directors
held January 9, a complement of ten
new directors was chosen by ballot
of the membership of the Women's
City Club.
By provision of the Constitution
and By-Laws ten directors go out of
office each year and ten are elected.
Thus by rotation there are always
twenty-one "left-overs" and ten
newly-elected directors.
The ten elected January 9 are Mrs.
William F. Booth, Jr., Mrs. Edward
H. Clark, Jr., Miss Irene M. Fer-
guson, Mrs. William B. Hamilton,
Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland, Miss
Marion W. Leale, Miss Henrietta
Moffat, Mrs. Harry Staats Moore,
Mrs. Howard G. Park and Mrs. Paul
Shoup.
Of this number but three are en-
tirely new to the Women's City Club
as directors. These are Mrs. Booth,
Mrs. Clark and Miss Henrietta Mof-
fat, but all three have long been iden-
tified with the activities of the Club or
the old National League for Woman's
Service.
A vacancy occurring on the board,
the directors appointed Mrs. Louis J.
Carl to fill the unexpired term. Mrs.
Carl has for several years been chair-
man of the Committee on Volunteer
Service and has been an efficient and
faithful worker herself when emer-
gency demanded.
Miss Moffat was a member of the
furnishing committee of the Women's
City Club and has been a member of
the Club since its beginning.
The personnel of the Board of Di-
rectors now is as follows:
Black, Mrs. A. P.
Booth, Mrs. William F., Jr.
Briggs, Mrs. Le Roy
Brown, Dr. Adelaide
Bunker, Miss Sophronia
Carl, Mrs. Louis J.
Chapman, Mrs. S. G.
Clark, Mrs. Edward H., Jr.
Cooper, Mrs. Charles M.
Dunham, Miss Mary C.
Esberg, Mrs. Milton H.
Ferguson, Miss Irene M.
Forbes, Mrs. Cleaveland
Hamilton, Mrs. W. B.
Koshland, Mrs. Marcus S.
Langstroth, Mrs. Lovell
Leale, Miss Marion W.
Maddux, Mrs. Parker S.
Moffat, Miss Henrietta
Moore, Mrs. Harry Staats
Noonan, Miss Emma L.
Park, Mrs. Howard G.
Phillips, Miss Esther
Pierce, Miss Mabel
Rainey, Mrs. Edward
Shoup, Mrs. Paul
Stephenson, Mrs. H. A.
Stoddard, Mrs. Thomas A.
Terwilliger, Mrs. H. L.
Willard, Miss Elisa May
Wood, Mrs. James T., Jr.
ANNUAL ELECTION
The Annual Election of Officers
will be held at the regular meeting of
the Board of Directors on Monday,
February 20.
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MUSIC IN THE CITY CLUB
By Anna Cora Winchell
THE first program for 1928,
oft'ered at the Sunday- Evening
Concerts of the Women's City
Club, set a high standard.
Arranged by Mrs. Leonard A. Wool-
ams and Mrs. Paul C. Butte, Chair-
man and Vice Chairman of the Music
Committee, notable artists responded
in Mrs. Fin Lund, soprano; Mrs.
Gerald Campbell, violinist, and Mr.
Frederic Dixon, pianist.
Mrs. Lund, wife of the Consul
General of Denmark, and Mrs. Camp-
bell, wife of the British Consul Gen-
eral, are thoroughly equipped as to
musicianship and are among those in
San Francisco who, not attached to
the professional world, are neverthe-
less to be ranked with professionals.
Mrs. Lund is a lyric whose tonal qual-
ity is pure and clear. She sings with
finished artistry and gave everyone
pleasure in two groups encompassing
Danish songs in native tongue and
French, American and Italian com-
posers.
Mrs. Campbell is equally an artist
of the violin, with interpretative ac-
complishments that should lend exam-
ple to many now on the public plat-
form. She was heard in a program of
Bach, Mozart, Palmgren and Tschai-
kowsky, with a splendid musician in
Mrs. Alice Bacon Washington at the
piano. Mrs. Samuel Beckett accom-
panied for Mrs. Lund.
Mr. Dixon, young American, gave
evidence of mastery, an explicit tech-
nique and an earnest search into the
visions of composers. A professional
on tour, it was a privilege to have
heard this pianist.
The closing program for 1927, that
of December 18, was under the hostess-
ship of Mrs. Marie Hicks Davidson.
She also succeeded in bringing to light
excellent talents which flourish on
home soil. Mrs. George T. Brady,
soprano, is seldom heard outside her
home, and her voice has charm in its
sweetness of quality, that appealed to
the audience, especially in old folk
songs which she included as extras.
Mrs. Brady had the sympathetic ac-
companiment of Mrs. Cecil Hollis
Stone.
Mrs. Edward McGurrin and Miss
May Cathrine McGurrin, harpists,
were a duo most attractive to sight as
well as to ears. Their groups included
more than the usual type of harp liter-
ature and their playing is uniform and
colorful. The applause brought Mrs.
McGurrin forward in solo.
Eugene Fulton, baritone, is still a
student, but with special promise.
His quality of voice is delightful and
his interpretations were intelligent
and gratifying.
Decision has been made by the
Music Committee to give, hereafter,
but two concerts a month, owing to a
very heavy music season in which
there must necessarily be conflicting
events. Beginning February 5, the
first and third Sunday evenings have
been set aside for the programs which
will continue to take place in Lounge
and Librarv.
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Courtesy of Camer,
Scene in San Francisco's Chinatown, where the
Chinese New Year and the Feast of the Lanterns
are being observed this month.
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FEAST OF THE LANTERNS
C
IHINESE New Year in San
Francisco is not what it
used to be," wailed the
old-timer whose laundry-
man was wont to bring her lily bulbs
and strips of candied cocoanut and
lichee nuts when the ancient Confu-
cian calendar ticked off another year.
"No," said the unsentimental
youngling. "But neither do we have
slave girl raids on the front page of
the morning paper, nor see Chinese
women teetering about on stump feet,
nor smell opium smoke as we pass
areaways."
"You've been reading that lurid
literature again," the older generation
retorted. "Ah, to celebrate again the
Feast of the Lanterns, to walk down
what was then Dupont Street (it is
now Grant Avenue), to never in a
whole block see a chop suey sign or
behold one's beloved cycle of Cathay
cut into pigeon wings to make a "
"You mean pidgin English, not
pigeon wings "
"Don't be irrelevant and irrever-
ent. There was romance in the good
old days. . . . Sloe-eyed girls and mys-
tery and the Magic of the East — jade
and ivory and sandalwood chests, teak
and brocades, dragons and heathen
idols made of brass. Did you ever
read that queer tale by Frank Norris?
— no, I do not mean Charlie Norris ;
I mean his brother who died twenty-
five years ago. Anyway, it was about
a girl who went to Chinatown with
her sweetheart, and had a butterfly
tattooed on her arm. There was a
story for you, and one that paints the
color of the Oriental quarter as it has
never been done since. . . ."
"But, darling, we have no Oriental
Quarter any more. We have Chinese
shops and markets and cafes and such,
but never in your wildest dream could
you call it a 'Quarter'."
"Yes," agreed the old-timer, reluc-
tantly. "I guess you're right. And
that is what I was saying, if you know
what I mean."
"Exactly," drawled the youngling.
"But you ought to hear young China
root at the football game or see her in
a beauty salon getting a bob, a marcel,
a manicure and "
"Not even a firecracker have I
heard this Chinese New Year. And
my lily all went to tubers instead of
flowers. No more mystery or thrills.
Why, they even have cash registers
now instead of the fascinating old
abacus, and the women play bridge
where the men used to play fan
tan "
"O tempora, etc.," sighed the
youngling, flippant as the blown-glass
flower on her new tweed suit. "But it
IS Chinese New Year. I know because
they're playing those New Year Blues
in the Chinese theater."
"But, seriously, we of San Francisco
are deeply appreciative of the fine citi-
zenship of the Chinese. They fit in to
our customs and traditions and try so
sincerely to play their part in the com-
munity. In the Liberty Loans during
the war, the Community Chest, in
all the big gestures of living, they
have lifted their hands as high as any
of the peoples which make this city so
wondrously interesting in its cosmo-
politanism."
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Poetry Contest Judges Named
Professor Benjamin Lehman, Associate Professor of
English Literature at the University of California,
author of "Wild Marriage" and "The Lordly Ones,"
two of the outstanding novels of the last few years,
lecturer and commentator.
Professor Edith R. Mirrielees, Associate Professor of
English Literature at Stanford University, and writer
of graceful verse which has appeared in Eastern mag-
azines in the last year.
Ruth Comfort Mitchell, Carmel and San Francisco
writer of both prose and poetry.
These three are to be judges of the^ Poetry Competition
launched last month by the Women's City Club Magazine and
which is to close March 15 next.
The scores of manuscripts which have been submitted since
the announcement of the competition will be turned over to them
by the Magazine Committee, and they will announce the winner
as soon after March 15 as they arrive at a decision. The prize
offered is $25. English departments at the University of Cali-
fornia, Stanford University and Mills College have made
announcement of the competition to their students. It is expected
that some very representative material will result from the
competition.
Original poetry on any subject and in any form is the field in
which contestants may range.
Poetry that has been published elsewhere is, of course, excluded
from competition. "May I submit a poem or poems that I have
sent elsewhere and have had rejected," is a question asked many
times of the editor and committee.
Naturally, the judges have no way of ascertaining that the
material has been rejected by others. And it would probably
not influence their judgment if they knew it. They are three
persons of undisputed taste and qualification, with no definite
restrictions placed upon them.
Manuscripts must be written on one side of paper, preferably
by typewriter, with only the title of the poem on the face of the
submitted verse. In an accompanying sealed envelope the name
of the writer and title of the poem will appear on the same
sheet of paper.
Shorter poems are preferred, but longer ones, if meritorious,
will not be excluded from the contest. Paucity of space in the
Women's Cn-i- Club Magazine would, however, preclude the
possibility of publishing an opus of sustained length.
Odes, sonnets, vers libre, ballads, the villanelle and other
forms will be considered, and the subject matter is not restricted.
Address manuscript "Poetry Contest," Women's City Club,
465 Post Street, San Francisco.
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.4 charming suburban
home in Ross, where
country life flourishes
apparently unmindful
of the churning life of
the city across the bay.
WHERE THE DAPHNE GROWS
In San Francisco there is one un-
failing sign of Spring, as indicative of
its season as the holly is of Christmas.
It is the sprig of Daphne that sud-
denly appears in a lapel, or pinned to
a fur collar. Its fragrance is as deli-
cate as its coloring and it spells Spring
here as definitely as does the arbutus
in New England or the dogwood in
Virginia. It is a species of laurel, and
it appeared the other day, between
showers, to rout the Winter, blaze an
airway for the lark and herald next
month's Garden Number of the
Women's City Clcb Magazine.
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Honolulu's Academy of Art
By Frank M. Moore
"That our children of many nationalities and races, born far from the centers
of art, may receive an intimation of their own cultured legacy and wake to the
ideals embodied in the arts of their neighbors; that they may grasp that com--
posite heritage accumulating for the new generations of Hawaii. '
THUS reads the opening note
in the dedication foreword of
the Honolulu Academy of
Arts, the gift of Mrs. C. M.
Cooke and her family, which opened
its doors to the citizens of Hawaii on
April 8, 1927.
Occupying an entire block between
Kinau and Beretania Street opposite
Thomas Square, the building is unique
in its garden setting, combining as it
does the long flowing lines of the Ha-
waiian grass hut
with hints of the
Oriental in its
uptilted roof
corners, grey
tiles and grilled
windows of Chi-
nese motifs.
There are
three open - air
courts, the Ori-
ental and Occi-
dental courts be-
ing cooled by
fountains of
trickling water
and surrounded
by exhibition
rooms of the
countries of
East and West.
Around the Ori-
ental Court are
rooms devoted
to the arts and
crafts of China,
Japan, Korea,
the Philippines,
The Academy's Oriental court expresses the ail
ness of life in Hawaii, where steam radiators a
never needed. Photo from Frank M. Moore.
whilst 'round the Spanish Court, typi-
fying the Occident, are English,
French, Spanish, Flemish and Early
Art rooms.
The central court is an open-air
grass covered auditorium where music
and pageants are given. When the
building was completed, Mrs. C. M.
Cooke gave her collection of Oriental
Art and books and pictures, and
Mr. Christian Hedeman and family
presented their valuable collection of
Asiatic arms and
; V, weapons. Miss
Castle gave her
collection of pic-
tures and prints
for use in the
school work
which is con-
ducted b y t h e
Academy.
The special
exhibition
rooms, right and
left of the en-
trance, contain
examples of Ha-
waiian and Pa-
cific Island art
and other rooms
contain Near
Eastern art, also
exhibitions of
local artists and
sculptors.
There i s a n
Etching Room
where exhibi-
tions from the
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collection of American etchers, pre-
sented by Mr. C. Montague Cooke,
are given with frequent change. An
art library for students adds another
indispensable feature of the modern
art institute.
The Honolulu Academy of Arts,
the realization of a dream long cher-
ished, is destined to give pleasure and
instruction to many visitors to these
shores and furthermore, will leave its
imprint on the lives of the younger
generations of the many races dwelling
there for whom it is primarily in-
tended.
Mrs. Isaac M. Cox, secretary of the
Academy, writes as follows describing
its service to Honolulu's people:
"The rooms devoted to the display
of art objects from China, Japan,
Korea and the Philippines are grouped
around the Chinese Court while the
focal point in the Occidental Wing
is the Spanish Court. The art of
the East is represented by work in
pottery, brass, bronze and lacquer ; by
screens of jewels and of painted silk,
by Buddhas of gilded wood and
Qwan Yins of porcelain and wood.
"Aside from the permanent and
changing exhibits, it is the policy of
the trustees to give special prominence
to the various national holidays and to
seasonal displays. Hawaiian Day and
Japanese Boy Day have already been
featured, and it is expected that the
Chinese Moon Festival in September
will be accompanied by a special pro-
gram in the Academy. Chrysanthe-
mum Day will follow in October,
Arbor Day and R. L. Stevenson's
birthday in November, and the year
will end by an exhibition of Madon-
nas, carved and painted."
Honolulu's Academy of Arts silhouettes perfectly against the downy clouds and magic blue sky of
Hawaii. Photo by Franklin La Varre, of Burton Holmes Travelogs.
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COURAGE
I pictured courage once as crimson-clad,
Bearing the thrill of bugles in his name,
Burning toward victory as some swift flame.
I pictured courage as a slender lad
Daring a dragon, or a martyr glad
Upon his way to torture and to shame.
I pictured courage courting hurt and blame
To prove the high conviction that he had.
And though defeated turning still to jest
Above the wound he covered in his breast.
But when I think of courage now, I see
A braver woman ^^■ho has thrown away
The joys that make life beautiful to stay
A servant in the house of leprosy ;
Oh, well when courage leaps to bugles! she
Must very quietly long day and day
Face the white death no human hand may stay.
Serve the long anguish that she may not free.
This was the courage of the Man who chose
The path to Calvary — nor feared its close.
— Theodosia Garrison, Neiv York Herald Trlbtuic.
THE TWO SHIPS
As I stand by the cross on the lone mountain's crest.
Looking over the ultimate sea.
In the gloom of the mountain a ship lies at rest,
And one sails away from the lea:
One spreads its white wings on a far-reaching track,
With pennant and sheet flowing free ;
One hides in the shadow with sails laid aback —
The ship that is waiting for me!
But lo ! in the distance the clouds break away,
The Gate's glowing portals I see ;
And I hear from the outgoing ship in the bay
The song of the sailors in glee.
So I think of the luminous footprints that bore
The comfort o'er dark Galilee,
And wait for the signal to go to the shore,
To the ship that is waiting for me.
— Bret Harte.
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WILD GEESE CRY OVER THE FARM
Tonight wild geese cry over the farm ;
Through mist-hung airs they are southunrd flying.
And restless sleepers toss in the night,
And in their hearts is something crying.
The dead leaves drift from lofty trees
About the gables, softly falling
Upon the shingles ivith no wind
To lift them ichere the geese are calling.
The farm boy, sick of corn-row w<ills,
JVho planned to run away to sea.
Then found his roots too deep in soil.
Mumbles and tosses restlessly.
His sister, in her room where boughs
Against the gable panes hax'e pressed.
Sits up in bed, with floiving hair
Flung over longings at her breast.
The old ones of the farmhouse sleep,
So- weary that the night's wild mood
Is like dead leaves with restless sounds
Upon a roof's grim fortitude.
Glenn Ward Dresbach.
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BOOKS OF THE MONTH
MY LIFE.
By Isadora Duncan. 359 pp.
New York: Boni & Liveright. $5.
A BOOK that has created a
great sensation and is of par-
ticular interest to Cali-
fornians, is Isadora Duncan's
"My Life."
"Following so closely on the charac-
teristically tragic death of the great
Isadora, her autobiography comes like
an epitaph of her own devising. Surely
a nobler and a juster one could have
been written for her by some one of
the many devoted disciples who see
her in a truer light than she could see
herself, but it is again characteristic
of her that this was not to be. In her
lifetime she always managed through
some inadvertence to put herself in
the worst possible light in the public
mind, and it is ironic that in her death
this is still her lot, but it is a perverse
and unhappy monument to her whom
we would remember for the greatness
and the beauty of her art."
Writes a well known reviewer :
"The book is a revelation of the
woman — not the artist. It is written
without restraint and with a sort of
defiance against the world that did
not understand her — and which she
failed to understand."
"Frequently," the reviewer goes on
to say, "she encountered obstacles that
defeated her. There was the death of
her children. For relief from these
she fled to the haven of her emotional-
ism, where by a process of dramatic
indulgence she could transmute her
greatest sorrows into exaltations of
joy. It was this quality and not any
revolutionary technical ideals of danc-
ing that made her the greatest tragic
dancer of the modern world. Her fail-
ure to understand the causes of her
suffering turned her also in another
direction toward which she had strong
instinctive leanings. She embraced a
most incoherent and polyglot mysti-
cism. She believed in everything so
long as it was irrational : fortune tell-
ing, astrology, Coueism, visitation in
dreams, palmistry, premonitory visions.
Sometimes we are compelled to believe
that these oracular warnings were less
actualities at the time they are sup-
posed to have occurred than additions
to the text, perhaps unconscious, by a
woman who could not write auto-
biographically without giving past
events a dramatic validity even if life
had neglected to do so."
1 i -f
THE STANDARDIZATION
OF ERROR.
By Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
W. W. Norton & Co. $1.
The famous conqueror of Arctic
regions appears in this little volume in
a new role. For he shows himself to
be the possessor of a devastating sar-
donic humor and a master of the
satiric essay. His theme is the neces-
sity of having knowledge that is abso-
lute, that cannot be contradicted, in
order to make it the basis of the exten-
sion of knowledge and the conduct of
life. What is the use, he asks, of an
Englishman's learning, first, that all
Americans speak through their noses,
and, second, why they do so, when he
has to find out eventually that they do
not ? After passing in review a variety
of instances in which large bodies of
knowledge, upon which much had
been predicated, proved to be untrue,
he comes to the conclusion that "we
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must have knowledge that is incapable
of being contradicted." Such knowl-
edge is found only in the domain of
mathematics, and after more argument
and surveying of instances he decides
that instead of collecting knowledge
by means of observation and experi-
ment, which is sure to result eventu-
ally in its being shown to be false, we
should adopt the method of knowl-
edge-by-definition, which would give
us absolute knowledge, because every-
body would agree that it is true.
The greater part of the tiny volume
is then devoted to its practical applica-
tion, and it is here that he has the
most fun, as with mordant irony he
applies it to the training of children,
the teaching of history, geography,
psycholog)' and other things, and the
general conduct of life. With inge-
nuity, versatility and fantastic humor
he marshals his instances and works
out his argument until his deeply cut-
ting sarcasm has slashed ruthlessly
through and through the very human
tendency to accept unquestioningly
brain-spun theories and unproved
statements.
An Item of Interest
to Writers
A $2,500 prize, appropriately called
the Scotland Yard Prize, is offered by
Doubleday, Doran & Co. for the best
mystery and detectiv'e story submitted
to them before July 1, 1928. In addi-
tion to the prize, the author will
receive all book royalties which may
accrue and will retain the serial and
motion picture rights. The contest is
open to all writers, professional or
amateur, of whatever nationality, al-
though manuscripts must be submitted
in English. The publishers reserve the
right to withdraw the prize.
Valentine Party
The Tuesday Bridge Section, of
which Mrs. Pearl Baumann is chair-
main and Miss Evelyn Larkin vice-
chairman, will give a bridge party the
night of St. Valentine's Day, Febru-
ary 14, in the Women's City Club
Auditorium.
Tables are being sold for four dol-
lars each and single tickets for one
dollar. Already many parties have
been arranged for the evening, and
those desiring reservations are advised
to make them early. Each table is to
have a prize and refreshments will be
served on the main dining room floor
of the Club at the conclusion of the
game.
The Bridge Section hopes that the
attendance will be as large as at other
parties given under its auspices. Tables
may be reserved and tickets purchased
at the information desk on the fourth
floor.
Lenten Lectures
A series of Lenten lectures on the
"Life of Christ" will be given at the
Women's City Club, beginning the
first Monday in Lent, February 27,
by the Reverend Dr. H. H. Powell,
Dean of the Divinity School of Grace
Cathedral. As a student of the life of
Christ, Dean Powell is considered one
of the most inspiring authorities in
California and the City Club esteems
it a privilege to present these lectures.
Mrs. William B. Hamilton is chair-
man of the committee in charge.
The lectures are free of charge and
will be given at 1 1 o'clock each Mon-
day morning of Lent. Members of
the City Club may invite friends to
these lectures.
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INTERNATIONAL HOUSE DINNERS
International House, George Creel,
president, is holding Friday evening
meetings in the Women's City Club
Auditorium at eight o'clock, open to
the public at an admission of fifty
cents. The audience is invited to enter
into the discussions at the close of the
speaker's address and interesting sym-
posia have followed when the floor is
thrown open to the public.
Preceding each meeting tliere is a
dinner in the National Defenders'
Room. On January 6, when George
Creel spoke on Mexico and Mrs.
William Parker Maddux, \ ice-presi-
dent of International House, was the
hostess, some of the dinner guests
were Mrs. Clarence Smith, Mrs.
Charles Miner Cooper, Mr. and Mrs.
Francis W. Leis, Mrs. Ednah Aiken,
Mrs. William B. Hamilton, Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Oliver, John D. Barry,
Jackson Maddux and John Barry.
On January 13, when the speaker
was William Marvin, New York
lawyer and internationalist, the guests
of honor were Professor Murai of
Japan, T. Ida, the San Francisco con-
sul of Japan, and Miss Signe Bjorner
of Copenhagen, Danish journalist, and
Miss Murai, graduate of Tsuda Col-
lege, Tokyo. A no-host dinner pre-
ceded the discussion by Marvin, whose
subject was "The Foreign Policy of
the United States."
Dr. Kiang Kang-hu was the speaker
January 20, his subject being "Some
of My Experiences in Chinese Politics
in Recent Years."
John D. Barry, San Francisco pub-
licist and commentator, was the
speaker January 27, telling of his ex-
periences on the so-called Ford Peace
Ship which went to Europe in 1915 in
an abortive attempt to spread propa-
ganda for immediate or eventual peace.
The Friday evening meetings will
continue indefinitely, with an authori-
tative speaker on international rela-
tions for each occasion.
SIGHT
By the lamplit stall I loitered, feasting my eyes on
colors ripe and rich for the heart's desire —
Tomatoes redder than Krakatoa' s fire.
Oranges like old sunsets over Tyre,
And apples golden-green as the glades of Paradise.
And as I lingered, lost in divine delight.
My heart thanked God for the goodly gift of sight
And all youth's lively senses keen and quick —
If hen suddenly, behind me in the night,
I heard the tapping of a blind man's stick.
— W. W. Gibson (Macmillan)
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STROLL BEFORE BREAKFAST
By Ramon Guthrie
Dime, can you guess whom I have seen
This morning by the river's edge"?
The night turned hack a hit to glean
A ivisp of mist from off the sedge
Before the boisterous paws of dawn
Should rumple it; a rosy breath
M'ent up from all the dewy lawn —
If'hen sudden, through the lilac hedge
There peered distinctly — ivho but Death!
I took him for a faun.
Surprised? Not quite. We've met before.
But that's nor here nor there.
Clear autumn mornings in the war.
Some miles up in the air,
I've seen him trailing like a skein
Of bat's-ii'ing from a strut
That sudden seemed like corn to bloom
M'ith smoky bursts of smut.
Aye, and I've seen him hunch again
Across a tavern-room
In a Catalonian mountain town,
And once beneath the gloom
Of Brooklyn Bridge a winter night
The moaning, lipless hiss
Had blurred the ivretched streets to white
And arc-lights glinted through the snoiu
That fell like fodden down.
— Seen him, but never yet like this.
Quizzing, querulous and slow.
Peering through a lilac row.
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INTERIOR DECORATION FOR
HOMEMAKERS
By Ivy M. Jacobson, Interior Decorator
The Lrv'iNG-RooM
THE living - room is the most
interesting room in the house
to furnish, since we are not
bound to choose suites as we
are in bedrooms and dining - rooms,
and can be as original as we like in
combining and arranging our effects.
Before plunging into the buying end
of the furnishing, let us make sure
that we know exactly what we need,
planning very carefully on paper the
necessary pieces, leaving the acces-
sories, such as pictures, mirrors, pot-
tery, etc., until later, and deciding as
far as possible on our color scheme.
The general style of the exterior of
the house should be taken into con-
sideration in order that the interior
shall be consistent in spirit. The
demure little cottage does not take
kindly to huge furniture; elaborate
possessions are out of place in a simple
bungalow and, on the other hand, the
simplicity that is appropriate in such
dwellings is hopelessly inadequate in
the more pretentious home. If you live
in an apartment, however, you need
not concern yourself regarding the
exterior.
We must have a thought, also, of
the physical build of the people who
are to use this living-room. Their fur-
niture should reflect their own quali-
ties so that the finished room will
express their personalities, individual
tastes and interests.
People of sturdy, well-built frame
require surroundings that echo that
characteristic. It is obvious that the
dainty, French type of furniture and
comparatively light color tones would
not be convincing for their use; and
we can as readily understand why the
more substantial styles of furniture
such as the modern adaptations of the
Italian, Spanish or Elizabethan which
would be perfect for this type of per-
son, would be overwhelming for peo-
ple of slight build.
All pre-eighteenth century furni-
ture of whatever nationality, is char-
acterized by greater comparative size,
weight as to color, and degree of for-
mality. After the eighteenth century,
furniture was more lightly and grace-
fully designed in all countries. It
follows, therefore, that we can usually
mix with safety the period styles of
all countries, in the same room, if we
combine furniture of a given period
with pieces of contemporary design
though not necessarily from the same
country, for they will all be related in
line but with enough difference to lend
interest. Small pieces such as stools,
little painted tables, diminutive foot-
stools, etc., can be used indiscrimi-
nately with profit.
Selections of Furnishings
Having decided upon the type of
furniture best suited to your individu-
ality, the pieces are selected according
to the use you intend to make of the
room. A living-room should not be
given the tone of a drawing-room but
should be exactly what its name im-
plies— a room in which we can com-
fortably and informally pursue those
activities that personally appeal to us:
reading, \\Titing, playing, meeting our
friends for tea and conversation, and
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SO on — and it should contain such fur-
niture as will be comfortable and truly
useful besides being possessed of that
charm and dignity that we require to
satisfy our love of the beautiful.
Furniture of too pronounced a
period becomes tiresome if unrelieved,
for we need variety in our surround-
ings, but variety that is related in line.
To follow slavishly in the immediate
wake of a single long-gone generation
is to court monotony and to bur\'
originality, since we are of a dif-
ferent day and our manners, dress
and customs have changed almost en-
tirely; indeed, in a room furnished
purely according to a single period,
we should find ourselves the one blot
in the whole ensemble because of our
inability' to dress the part. The mod-
ern American in a business suit does
not "compose" well with the satin and
brocade of a Louis XV room. Modern
manufacturers are making furniture
to exceed in beauty and utility that of
past periods and have adapted to our
needs all the charm of the old models,
reproducing their virtues and avoiding
their faults.
Do not purchase hastily ; leave the
article to future selection if you are
not at once positive that it is exactly
what you want, otherwise it may in-
troduce a discordant note that will
detract from the beauty of the room.
Choose things that will stand the
wear and tear of years, and of con-
servative design that is likely to be
permanently pleasing.
Have mental reservations when ex-
amining materials of which you are
not instantly sure ; think it over at
least a day before committing your-
self. You may be intrigued by the
particular pattern or piece before your
eyes; mature deliberation may show
you that perhaps it would never be in
harmony with the rest of your belong-
ings. In cases where you are uncertain
it is best to postpone your decision,
thus saving yourself possible disap-
pointment and unnecessary expense,
for we must sometimes live with our
mistakes longer than we anticipate.
Buy only the most important pieces
first, adding the others as you go
along. A home should grow slowly,
for we must have time to appreciate,
and denial in other directions will
endear all the more those things for
which we have sacrificed.
Be consistent in combining your
possessions. Don't use wicker with
mahogany, Sevres porcelain with
majolica ware, and so on ; but seek to
blend ever\thing in one harmonious
whole — simplicity with simplicity,
sturdiness with sturdiness, elegance
with elegance.
Walls
The treatment of the walls is of
great importance for they form the
background and on them, to a certain
extent, depends the beauty of every-
thing seen against them.
It is wise to key the walls to the
furniture; that is, to relate them in
color. Tan or deep ivor>' walls are
an excellent foil for walnut, oak,
brown mahogany, etc., because they
originate in the same color though the
tone is different. Putty, soft ivory,
cream or light tints ate admirable in
a room containing painted furniture.
If your chairs and tables are of sturdy
construction, let the walls be rela-
tively stronger in color, also.
Paneling is always interesting
whether painted, papered or designed
with fabric ; and tinted walls — when
stippled to relieve their flatness — form
exceptionally good backgrounds. Wall-
papers are deservedly popular for they
allow us almost unlimited choice
of relatively inexpensive acquisition ;
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small, all-over patterns of unobtrusive
coloring are delightfully restful, while
large-figured, bright-colored, spotty
or excessively animated designs will
spoil any room in which they cover
the entire wall.
Floors
A large rug or carpet sers'es to "tie"
the furniture together and give the
room a more unified aspect than will
small rugs, and figured carpets wear
better and are more easily cared for
than plain ones. If the room is small
to begin with, try to avoid rugs with
borders distinctly lighter or darker
in tone than the rest of the field, for
such a boundary tends to decrease the
apparent size of the room.
In the case of a room of unusual
size or shape for which the standard
sizes in rugs do not prove satisfactory,
and the expense and time required to
have a special rug manufactured make
such a procedure undesirable, the usual
method of covering the floor with
yardage carpet is very pleasing both
as to appearance and comparative
financial outlay. By covering the floor
right up to the baseboard, a small
room will appear to gain surprisingly
in size and richness of effect.
If you wisli to economize for the
time being, you can obtain very at-
tractive results by treating the floor
with a dark stain and using small
rugs. Most stained and waxed floors
are too light in color. Since light
tones in small rugs are apt to produce
a spotty effect that is very unpleasant,
let your choice be low in tone rather
than otherwise.
If the living-room is en suite with
the dining-room or hall, as is often
the case, use the same carpeting
throughout. If large rugs are used
instead of carpeting, they need not be
alike, as the border of floor separating
them and the rooms will allow of
change, but they should be related —
that is to say, one should not be geo-
metrical in pattern if the other is
characterized by curves.
Color
In the not-distant past, we were
rather afraid to use plenty of color,
but now we know that it brings hap-
piness and stimulation when well-
chosen and sometimes is the only
medium that will redeem an other-
wise austere room.
Remember that shades and tones of
color are pleasing or not according to
the amount of surface they cover, and
this principle applies particularly to
the extremes of very dark and very
light shades. A very bright tone is
radiant in a bowl or small object, seen
in a large area such as a wall or floor
covering, it becomes unbearable. And
yet the same color makes a most ac-
ceptable and satisfying background
when a sufficient "graying-out" pro-
cess takes place, softening it for use
over a large area. If you go to the
other extreme with that same color
and have it excessively dark, it will
prove just as unbearable over a large
area and will create an effect of
gloom, especially if it is at, or above,
eye level. We like dark-toned floors
because they are below the level of
the eyes and thus give a feeling of
stability and foundation to the room.
When you have decided upon the
color you are going to use, do not feel
bound to have everything in the room
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limited to its range. Use it as the
dominating hue but introduce others
to bring out its charm. All colors
require another color to accentuate
their own loveliness through com-
parison and the most successful rooms
are those which contain a variation
of all three primary colors (blue, red
and yellow) in some tone or shade,
not necessarily the raw color. In a
room in which yellow appears on the
walls as cafe au lait, for example, let
the red appear as tangerine in the
draperies and the blue (with some of
the yellow, forming green) as jade, in
bowls, cushions, lamp bases, and so
on. But don't stop there; small ac-
cents of clear color such as rose-violet,
electric blue, mirror black, gold, etc.,
should appear in various forms ; per-
haps in a delightful tea set, a row of
gorgeously-bound books, the painted
interior of a hanging bookshelf, ash-
trays, tall candlesticks, pictures, light-
ing-fixtures, etc.
Dr.\peries
So much of the loveliness of a room
depends upon the draperies that it is
time well spent to give more than
ordinary care to their creating. They
should be simple in line and of quality
consonant with that of the other fur-
nishings. Decide upon the material
last, so that if you run over your
allowance on other things you can
economize in this direction — but in
this event, choose a fabric and design
that can be used again in another room
when replaced by ^our original choice.
With the exception of certain ma-
terials that are sunfast and look well
when seen against the light, outer
draperies should be lined. They may
be made of velvet, damask, taffeta.
brocade, silk, linen, chintz, or cre-
tonne, and usually reach to the floor.
Glass curtains for living - room
windows are more pleasing by day and
less glaring by night if made of net
or gauze in a cream shade instead of
the usual white, and the narrow-
striped nets are less common than the
plain. Glass curtains of linen theatri-
cal gauze, which comes in various mel-
low tones, have a great deal of char-
acter and infuse a room with a soft
glow that is very becoming.
An added note of coziness is secured
by hanging thin silk curtains between
the outer draperies and the inner glass
curtains, allowing only the colorful
edge to show by day but drawing them
over the glass curtains at night, in
lieu of the usual window-shade. Ex-
cepting in the case of a broad window-
sill, both the silk hangings and the
glass curtains should cover the apron
of the window — the apron being the
wooden trim just below the sill. A
range of casements usually looks bet-
ter, also, if these light curtains just
reach the sill.
The Beauty of the Living-Room
The most exquisite thing about any
living-room is the beauty of order and
of well-kept surfaces. Polish your fur-
niture ; keep your vases and bowls,
mirrors and pictures, in shining, im-
maculate array. Let your books be
seen without shielding them behind
glass doors ; they are wonderfully at-
tractive with their bright lettering
and colorful bindings. Let your
draperies be the last word in freshness
and, if you have cushions, let them be
frankly usable; for, after all, it is
only through use that the living-room
will have that sweet dignity and
purposeful meaning that gives it its
name.
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THE TIMELY WARDROBE
By Clyde Hendricks
A ND now, all at once, we notice
/\ a heretofore suppressed desire
^^V coming to the front. In the
JL A.city where all is nicely shel-
tered we have huge fireplaces going
strong, with just a tiny bit of steam
heat in the radiator to warm up the
corner of the room. We carefully
watch windows and draughts and the
like. Then presto! Out comes the no-
longer suppressed desire. It makes us
yearn for the wide open spaces, and to
get glimpses of chill snow-capped
mountain tops.
One who is analytically turned
might delve deeply and find that years
ago we had a Spartan skeleton in the
famous "closet" and that a few hands
full of snow in our faces would re-
lieve the tension. But to date no such
cause has been discovered ... so we
shop merrily for the Winter Sports
season, and have a grand time finding
just the right things.
And there seems to be a multitude
of errors which must be avoided . . .
just as many not-so-right frocks and
coats are there as right ones. But a
very good rule which will enable one
to veer from the not-so-right class is
to observe the simplicity theme
throughout the Winter Sports ward-
robe.
By simplicity in frocks we mean the
silhouette. And Rodier gives us a won-
derful way to get variance into the
costume . . . even to give it a feeling
of being elaborate . . . simply by de-
sign. This year particularly has he
achieved the "simple yet elaborate" in
his weaves. His three-piece ensembles
are masterpieces. In one two-piece
model seen at his recent showing the
skirt was very plain with several knife
pleats in front. The slip-on had a
deep modernistic design starting from
waist line up. And the design was
beautifully accentuated by a slightly
outlining gold thread woven in with
the wool threads. The effect was some-
thing of quilting . . . but far smarter.
Another model that was charming
had a neckline that is very new, and
chic. It is called the "crew neck,"
and is no doubt taken from the jerseys
worn by the college crews. In this
frock of two pieces again the skirt is
plain, and of one color ... a light
blue. The slip-on has very delicate
colors about a quarter inch deep and
running around the sweater. The cuffs
and neck are plain, and as I have said,
simulate the usual crew jerseys. But,
I might add (and my tongue IS in
my cheek) it is much more fetching
on the feminine "spectator." Whether
at the regatta or the skating rink.
There must be a three-piece en-
semble in the wardrobe, one if not
many. And in this the blouse may be
of heavy crepe . . . very attractive
when the skirt and coat are of tweed
or rough mixture. In one of these cos-
tumes the blouse was very simple, and
relied wholly upon tiny tucks to make
it novel . . . and to make it fit. The
cuffs were tucked to fit, the waist was
tucked to obtain the bloused effect and
the neck line was square with sun-
bursts of tucks at each angle.
At this point, however, we come to
very touchy and rather dangerous
ground. The coat problem ! A very
important feature, and one that may
spoil the fun for you. One of the very
safest choices is that of the capeskin.
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Capeskin leather is so designated to
indicate its softness, and its pliability'.
It is also waterproof, and very warm.
One may select any or all lengths,
ranging from the jacket to the full
length coat. And lined with sateen,
sheep skin or wool kasha in bright de-
sign, or to match the frock to be worn
under it. Capeskin leather coats take
the place of the fur coat at the Winter
resort. Whether it be Biarritz, Que-
bec or our own Truckee.
I don't mean by this that one might
not wear furs, but they are for eve-
ning. Unless, of course, one selects
the very short, or sheared skins. And
a very attractive one is the sheared
lamb, cut very closely.
For out-of-door sports there is the
skiing suit, which really is a matter of
taste and comfort. One may choose
between the loose and slightly baggy
trousers and the short circular skirt.
Either of these is quite good form, and
depends largely on the fact of which
is smarter on the individual.
Another sport, which will probably
be indulged by some both indoors and
out of doors, is that of keeping warm.
If one can be warm in a smart way,
why here's power to her, if one can't
. . . why then one must choose between
a chic form of pneumonia, or a very
lively time with one's feet in hot
water. And not the kind of hot water
one reads about in connection with
"flaming and hectic youth."
We MEan LITerally hot WATer!
That is to SAy, we ACtually MEan
it!
{Editor's Note: The article, ''Ingenious
Gifts," in the December number of the
Women's City Club Magazine was also
written by Clyde Hendricks and illus-
trated by Claire Stewart.)
CONSUL SPEAKS
Fin Lund, consul at San Francisco
for Denmark, was the speaker at the
afternoon meeting of the English-
Speaking Union January 18. Ralph
W. Hersey, chairman of the Santa
Barbara Branch of the English-Speak-
ing Union, and Mrs. Hersey were
among the guests of honor of the
afternoon. Others present at the tea
which followed the meeting were T.
Arthur Rickard, president of the San
Francisco Branch, who introduced the
speaker, Mrs. Rickard, Mrs. Horatio
Livermore, Miss Ida Bourn, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Mitchell, Mrs. Alexan-
der McCrackin, Mrs. James Boyd,
Mrs. Otis Burrage, Mrs. William
Breese and Mrs. Austin Sperry.
NEW SHOP EXECUTIVE
Miss Sidn?. Beth Ivins has been ap-
pointed executive of the League Shop
on the first floor, to succeed Mrs. H.
A. Brothers, who resigned January 1.
Miss Elisa May Willard is chair-
man of the Shop Committee, which
has recently been augmented by the ad-
dition of Miss Ethel Young, who was
the executive in charge until about a
year ago.
A shipment of Javanese prints, ex-
otic and colorful, recently received,
has been attracting many customers to
the Shop, where the variety of stock
on hand runs the gamut from trinkets
to antiques of rare value.
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Maude Royden, England's most
famous woman preacher, will speak
at the Women's City Club the evening
of March 16. It is expected that she
will fill the Club Auditorium, as her
fame has gone over the world as a
person of compelling force.
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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE CLUB
Mrs. W'illiam F. Booth, Jr., enter-
tained a luncheon party of thirty De-
cember 23 in the National Defenders'
Room in honor of Mrs. George Mayo
(Dorothy Thompson), who was here
from her home in Portland to spend
the holidays with her mother, Mrs.
Charles Thompson of Alameda.
Judge and Mrs. Charles W. Slack
and Miss Edith Slack left January 19
for Europe, to be away several months.
Mrs. Slack and Miss Slack expect to
spend some time at the Paris and Lon-
don City Clubs, both of which Miss
Slack visited two j^ears ago. They
sailed from New York on the
"Scythia."
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sloss and
their three sons arrived home a few
days ago from an extended stay
abroad, and are at the Fairmont
Hotel. Mrs. Sloss is one of the pio-
neer members of the City Club.
Mrs. H. A. Stephenson entertained
a large party at luncheon in the Mural
Room December 15, the guests being
members of the C. N. Chapter of the
P. E. O. The decorations were of
Christmas garlands and each of the
twenty-four guests received a Christ-
mas souvenir.
At a dinner party given in the
Mural Room of the Women's City
Club December 26 by Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Fleissner, the engagement of the
son of the host and hostess. Dr. Cuth-
bert Fleissner. and Miss Eugenia
Davis of Piedmont was announced.
The bride-elect is the daughter of
Franklin G. Davis and the late Mrs.
Davis.
Guests at the dinner were Mr. and
Mrs. Franklin Davis, Jr., Harry
Black, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Tibbe,
Cuthbert and Jan Tibbe, Dr. Fleiss-
ner, Miss Davis and Franklin G.
Davis.
Some of the larger affairs given at
the Women's City Club during the
last month were the dinner of the
League of Business and Professional
Women, at which the guests numbered
one hundred and fifty, several Com-
munity Chest luncheons for forty or
more, the Women's Golf Association
of Northern California, the Kansas
University group, the English Speak-
ing Union tea, the Alpine Club dinner
for one hundred and fifty, and a din-
ner of two hundred classroom teachers.
The Club is each week becoming more
popular as the setting for large assem-
blies where the guests are served with
despatch.
Mrs. William B. Hamilton was
hostess at a luncheon at the Women's
City Club Tuesday, January 24, her
guests being Mrs. John McNear, Mrs.
James V. Coleman, Mrs. Harry War-
ren, Mrs. John Rossiter, Mrs. John
J. Deane, Dr. Cora Sutton Castle,
Mrs. W. S. Leake and Mrs. Robert
Armstrong Dean.
The Hospitality Committee of the
Women's City Club, Mrs. Charles
Miner Cooper, chairman, gave a tea
Wednesday afternoon, January 18, in
honor of Miss Signe Bjorner, Danish
journalist, of Copenhagen, and Mrs.
Caroline B. King, head of the home
economics department of the Curtis
Publishing Company.
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Spring and Summer Travel
PERHAPS never before has the
trip to Europe, the South Seas
or to other places beyond the
horizon been taken so casually,
and yet with such utter assumption
that it must be padded and tufted with
every convenience known to modern
invention.
"We are going abroad," we an-
nounce, much as our grandmothers
would say, "I shall bake a pie today."
But back of all the nonchalance is
a complex machinery of travel bu-
reaus, routing systems with so many
alternatives of itinerary that one
would be perplexed if one did not
know that the men and women in
charge dare not make a mistake. Com-
petition is too keen to admit of any-
one slipping up.
Courtesy Panama Mail Steamship Co.
Mosaic Walk in Public Park.
Old Panama City
The long trek was once a stupend-
ous undertaking, costly in time and
money. And to have taken it marked
one of much consequence. Now it is
the usual rather than the distinguish-
ing thing. Everybody does it. But
everybody wants to do it with a max-
imum of pleasure and comfort and a
minimum of outlay.
Of special interest to Californians
this year is a college party leaving
New York early in June, returning
late in July, that will be accompanied
by a popular California campus or-
chestra. The sailing dates have been
selected specially to allow as long a
tour as possible during the college
vacation, and also to give travelers
advantage of reduced Summer rail-
road excursion rates East.
Another party that will be particu-
larly interesting is being formed for a
\ achting cruise on the Mediterranean.
The cruise is to have as leaders a num-
ber of college professors, who will
lecture on the art and history of ports
visited, among them being Professor
Eugene Neuhaus of the University of
California, and Professor Walter
Dexter of Whittier College, as well
as several from colleges in the East.
The travel bureaus very definitely
help one to decide upon boat, train,
routing and classification of accom-
modations. They also advise one of
the time necessary for advance reser-
vations.
The trip to Norway is popular this
\ear. Those who went to Alaska last
summer became so enamored of the
northern seas that they want to cruise
about the fjords. The Mediterranean
cruise, too, is immensely popular this
year, notably in the spring, so that the
travelers may bring up in Rome fnr
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" The lure of Hawaii is perennial,
I everlasting. The beaches, the volcano,
the inter-island cruises and the lazy,
carefree life of the tropics having been
sung to ukulele accompaniment in
every cafe in the world.
African travel is taking on an im-
petus which is ascribable probably to
Thomas A. Lawrence, Lowell
Thomas, Roy Chapman Andrews and
the succession of other explorers and
lecturers who have whetted the public
taste for adventure.
Only last week a party of four
young men from San Francisco started
from New York to go, via the Med-
iterranean to northern Egypt, thence
from "Cairo to the Cape," as the late
Cecil Rhodes put it. So many are
making the Egyptian tour that it is
probable there will be a California
old-home week at one of the cataracts
or at the foot of Cheops.
The trip to Florida, the West In-
dies and Bermuda is always alluring.
;Palm Beach and Miami, Havana and
New Orleans all hold a spell over
the imagination, and all are offering
especial inducements to travelers this
year.
The Santa Fe trail never loses its
fascination to Californians for over
that historic roadway came the pio-
neers, but not in trains de lu.xe. The
opening of splendid national parks in
New Mexico and Arizona has pro-
vided new fields of delight to the tour-
ist who wants atmosphere and historic
background.
The three day motor coaching trip
on the Indian Detour, Carlsbad Cave
and the Petrified Forest, the Indian
pueblos of Taos and Cochiti, the
Painted Desert and the stupendous
Grand Canyon are only a few of the
interesting points in the great South-
west. The Apache Trail, the Roose-
velt Dam, a monument to modern en-
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gineering, may be added to an almost
endless list of attractions to be found.
The seaside resorts of San Diego,
Long Beach, Santa Barbara, Mon-
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Members seeking information about
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find ready cooperation in making plans
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pensions or out-of-the-way trips that
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WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE
COURSES CONTEMPLATED
A NUMBER of classes and
courses are contemplated by
the several departments of the
club, the executives awaiting the
pleasure of the members. For instance,
a nucleus for a choral has made itself
known. If others come forward and
signify their desire to join such a body
the choral will be instituted at once.
The same situation exists with regard
to a dramatic unit. If a sufficiently
large group signifies a desire to enroll
for a dramatic section it will be
formed. The clerks on the fourth
floor will be glad to assist such mem-
bers in enrolling and will give infor-
mation as to the modus operandi.
Also a course of six lectures on
Persian art will be given at the
Women's City Club by Dr. Ali-Kuli
Khan, N. D., if the enrollment is
large enough to warrant the establish-
ment of the class. If members are in-
terested in this matter they are urged
to give their names at once to the sec-
retary at the information desk, since
the details of the course cannot be
fully worked out until the education
committee knows exactly how many
desire to avail themselves of this op-
portunity.
Dr. Ali-Kuli Khan has been, in
turn, member of the Persian Peace
Delegation at Paris, Minister Pleni-
potentiary to Poland, the head of the
Persian Embassy at Constantinople,
Grand Master and head of the Court
of H. I. H., the Crown Prince, Regent
of Persia, and Minister and Diplo-
matic Representative to the Republics
of the Caucasus in Russia.
The proposed lectures are on the
following subjects and will be illus-
trated by specimens from Dr. Khan's
private collection:
1 — The place of Persian culture in
human civilization.
2 — The fine arts of Persia; manu-
scripts, miniature paintings, potteries,
textiles, rugs and carpets.
3 — The interpretation of the sym-
bolism in the design and color used in
Persian art.
4 — The classical poets of Persia:
with readings from their works.
5 — Omar Khayyam and his quat-
rains: a true interpretation.
6 — Persia's international relations
during the last quarter of century.
7 — Persia — past and present: social
life and customs in modern Persia.
LEHMAN LECTURES
Six lectures of the course by Pro-
fessor Benjamin Lehman of the Eng-
lish Department of the University of
California remain to be delivered.
They are given Tuesday mornings at
1 1 o'clock and are being followed by
large and enthusiastic audiences.
The general subject is "Literature,
Old and New." The dates remaining
are February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 6
and 13.
Mrs. Edward Rainey is chairman
of the committee in charge of the lec-
tures, and tickets may be procured
from her or at the door by those who
have not purchased the series ticket.
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MARKET
By Theodore F. Coleman
THE Presidential election,
which takes place in the latter
part of 1928, has given cause
for considerable speculation as
to the effect it will have upon stock
prices. Although bear markets have
occurred during Presidential years in
the past, there is no reason at present
to believe that we shall witness such a
market in 1928.
Since the organization of the New
York Stock Exchange, there have been
eleven bullish Presidential elections,
five bearish, and one that can be
classified as neither bullish nor bear-
ish. The analysis of these markets
proves that they have resulted either
from severe recessions in trade, or
from the fact that the political ques-
tions involved in the elections threat-
ened to bring about radical changes in
the financial system of this country.
Thus, such issues as proposed legisla-
tion affecting combinations of cap
ital, or proposed downward modifica-
tion of tariff, and the free silver issue
of 1896, all materially affected stock
prices.
It seems safe to assume at this time
that no serious economic questions
will be involved in the coming Presi-
dential election which business might
construe as non-constructive.
The other fundamental factors
affecting stock prices are extremely
favorable. As has been said time and
again, the most important factor gov-
erning stock prices is the rate at which
money can be obtained. Taking into
consideration all important questions
which should have a direct effect on
money rates, it appears to us that
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money during the greater part of 1928
should be compartively cheap.
The Government Federal Reserve
Banks will enter the new year well
fortified in gold reserves, and it is not
reasonable to suppose that the con-
servative policies heretofore and now
adhered to by the Federal Reserve
Board will be appreciably modified
during the ensuing year.
Our foreign trade for the year 1927
will reflect a favorable balance, and
this in itself indicates that no signifi-
cance need be attached to the recent
export movement of gold. Congress-
man McFadden, chairman of the
United States House Committee on
Banking and Currency, recently stated
that the United States could reduce
its present stock of gold $1,500,000,-
000 without adversely afiecting the
New York money market. He did
not, however, favor the exportation of
so much gold from this country, but
approved some method for the redistri-
bution of gold for stabilization pur-
poses.
During the earh' fall of 1927 there
was a considerable recession in busi-
ness activity, but by the end of the
year a very considerable increase was
noticeable. We believe that during
the early months of 1928 this increase
will mature into a very substantial
trade revival.
In connection with their office in
the Palace Hotel, McDonnell & Co.
have a new department for their wom-
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Symphonylogues
Admission to the Symphonylogues
which are given on the mornings of
concerts by the San Francisco Sym-
phony Orchestra is seventy-five cents.
The Symphonylogues are given by
Victor Lichtenstein, and as there are
but five more concerts of the symphony
season, there will be but five more of
the incidental lectures.
They have been well attended and
the City Club feels that it has fostered
the love of good music in just the
degree that the Symphonylogues were
patronized. Mr. Lichtenstein gave a
similar course last year before the
opera and doubtless will again give
what he termed "operalogues."
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Dining Room of City Club
is Not a Concession
There persists a misapprehension
about the management of the dining
room, that the Women's City Club
has leased the purveying of meals as a
concession.
That is not the fact. The dining
room is owned and operated by the
Women's City Club, the employees of
the entire culinary department, which
includes the cafeteria as well, are en-
gaged and paid by the Club, and the
increment accrues to the Club.
Membership Dues
The annual dues of six dollars for
the fiscal year March 1, 1928, to
March 1, 1929, are payable in full,
March 1. All members whose dues
are unpaid April 1 shall be held delin-
quent.
A statement covering the dues will
be mailed to each member on or before
February 15.
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Imposition of Fine
There has been some comment upon
the imposition of fines upon those who
did not vote at the annual election of
directors of the Women's City Club.
It is a customary thing to do in all
clubs and not at all unusual.
The Constitution and By-Laws of
the Women's City Club, Article VIII,
provides that "There shall be a fine of
twenty-five cents imposed on each
member who fails to vote at the an-
nual election."
Any member who did not vote at
the election of the ten new directors
will find an additional twentj-five
cents added to her statement of annual
dues. ^ ^ ^
Jury Duty
Members of the Women's City
Club who are willing to serve as
jurors are requested to leave their
names at the information desk on the
fourth floor. The authorities in
charge of selection of jurors are always
gratified to know of responsible wom-
en upon whom they may call.
The meeting of the Institute for
Business and Professional Women an-
nounced for January 1 1 has been post-
poned until February 8, when A. E."
Anderson will be the speaker on the
subject "Journalism as a Profession
for Women." Discussion will follow
in which local women journalists will
take part.
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Mrs. Marcus Koshland will be the
speaker at the Thursday program of
February 2.
Mrs. Koshland will tell of her
travel abroad last year and of her
visits to the American Women's Clubs
of Paris and London.
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held this month at the
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HEARD IN THE LOUNGE
I
HAVE so many obligations I
don't know where to begin,"
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'And 1 ought to have my house
painted, and get some new rugs and
generally furbish up. But the days get
away and nothing is accomplished."
"You don't think you are unique,
do you?" her friend parried. "You
needn't look for sympathy here, be-
cause you can at least solve the prob-
lem of the social obligations."
"How come?"
"Just 'phone to the steward here at
the City Club, tell him how many
guests you are having for dinner, and
then tell the guests where they are to
meet you; that is, in the dining room
or the lounge."
"That's rather cavalier and casual,
isn't it?"
"Not at all. You may have a pri-
vate dining room, with twelve, twenty
or forty guests, or you and your hus-
band can have a nice little foursome
with another couple and a game of
bridge afterward in the American
room or on the second floor. There
are infinite possibilities."
"But I like to have a prettily deco-
rated table, and all the little tricks
and fuss that accompany a dinner in
one's home."
"You may have them, ad lib. You
may even do the decorating yourself,
before the table is set, if you wish to.
And the same system goes for luncheon
parties. Believe me, I've learned how
to save myself the worry of getting in
extra waitresses or caterers and what
not. Let George do it, say I. Espc-
cialh' when it is all done so reason-
ably. No aftermath to clean up. Just
get up from the table and go to the
bridge room or the theater, or where-
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delicious. That goes without sayinjr.
for of course you've dined here."
"Yes, I've dined here, and lunched
here, but I've never entertained here.
I think I shall. My little girl likes t(.
swim Saturday mornings. So I think
I'll get up a swimming and luncheon
party for her. and I'll have a group
of my friends for luncheon and bridge
and send the youngsters to the mat-
inee."
"Good idea. Well, good-bye. r\e
an appointment to get my hair bobbed.
Did you ever try this man in the
beauty parlor here? He used to be in
Hollywood and he knows all the best
:uts. The trouble with me is that
when I get down there I find it >ii
fascinating that I never get awa\
.vithout a facial and a manicure
However, I suppose it is a time-^avin;J
irrangement to do it all at once."
"Well, so long, I'm going down tn
the shop to look at those adorabU
Javanese prints or batiks or whatever
fhey are. Think I'll buy some fm
<" red's bedroom curtains. "
a hundred
U S L'S !
An imported Lucca
olive oil IS on tne
pantrv shelf of e verv
coiHio['iilit,iii nouse-
wite —
Star*Brand
OLIVE OIL
Near the Light
Lo, when we uade the tangled woud .
fn haste eind hurry tu he there ,
Sought seem its leaves and hlnssonis
good,
'•'or all that they be fashioned fair.
I
3ut, looking up at last, we see
Vhe glimmer of the open light,
•rum o'er the placewherewezcould hi' :
Chen grow the very brambles bright.
"•0 now, amidst our day of strife,
\(''ith many a matter glad we play ,
^f'hen once we see the light of life
'}leam through the tangle of today.
William Morris.
Our Specialty
Cleaning and Dyeing of
Women's Dainty Apparel
Experl Wfirlpnanshifi
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DYEING 6?CLEANING WORKS
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Directory o/Club Members
Here, for your convenience, is printed a classified
diredory of members who are prepared to serve
you, cither in a business or professional capacity.
Attorneys
SUZANNE VERVIN BOLLES
of Cormac Cs" BoUes
Legal Advisors to British Con
310 Sansome Street. San
ulate General
Employment Bureaus
MRS. M. S. O'CONNOR
Mgr., Community Placement Bureau, Inc.,
announces the opening of their new offices
January 3, Room 438, Hunter-Dulin Bldg.
Ill Suffer Sfreet P^M»^e Kcayny 2S00
Insurance
MRS. E. C. VOTAW
Supt. of Women's Department, Western
States Life Insurance Company : : Life
Income : Life Insurance : Opportunities
for Women in Life Underwriting.
995 MarXet Street Phone Sutter ^4$
MRS. LELLE McREYNOLDS
Insurance of all kinds: Life, Fire.
Automobile, Furs.
It is my business to fit the policy
to your particular need.
660 Marl[ef Street Phoit€ Douglos T]00
Notary Public
LAURA E. HUGHES
Notary Public. Shorthand Reporting
Multigraphing and Mimeographing
1204 Crocker First National Bank Bldg.
No. I Montgomery Street
Phone Douglas 439
Physicians
DR. PHILLIS W. PERILLAT
'Physician and Surgeon
OS>ce Plionc Atwater 3564 R«. Phonj Mi.«ion 2617
Ijyio Amwa. CM Market 21
Office Hours:
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7'8 p. m. Except Tuesday and Thursday
2489 Mission St., Cor. 21st. San Francisco
Real Estate
BESSIE BOYNTON BROWN
Hollaing Specialist
Selling and Leasing of Exclusive Residential
Property . . . San Francisco and Suburbs
465 Post St., Women's City Club Bldg.
Phones: Douglas 14 and 15
School
EDITH STEVENS GILES
The Sti
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Courses in English,
1, Vocabulary, Public Speaking,
Social Culture, Memory Training, Con-
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MARCH 1 — 31. 1928
CURRENT EVENTS
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Auditorium. Mrs. Parker Maddux, Leader.
LEAGUE BRIDGE
Tuesdays, 2 and 7:30 P. M. Assembly Room.
PLAY READING
Wednesdays, 3 P. M. Committee Room. Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard, Leader.
THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMS
Thursdays, 8 P. M. Auditorium.
LENTEN LECTURES
A series of Lenten Lectures on "The Life of Christ" by The Very Reverend H. H.
Powell, D. D., Dean of the Divinity School of Grace Cathedral. .Assembly Room.
Mondays, U A. M.
March 1 — Thursday Evening Program
Mrs. Harvey Toy — "Dramatic Readings" luditiirium 8:00P.M.
2 — Svmphonylogue bv Victor Lichtenstein
•The Ethnic Significance of Folk Song"' -liiJitnriiim 11:00A.M.
4 — Sunday Evening Concert
Mrs. Sidney Van Wyck, Hostess Lounge 8:15 P.M.
5-6-7-8 — Exhibition of Pastel Portraits by Miss Wyn George Card Room
Lecture by Professor Benjamin H. Lehman
Ludvrig's ""Life of William H"' and "Bismarck"" -tuiUtorium 11:00 A.M.
8 — Thursday Evening Program
Mme. Aii Kuli-Khan, Speaker ^udilnritim 8:00 P.M.
9— Lecture on Bridge by Mr. Milton C. Work Third Floor 8:00 P.M.
(For members and guests — tickets $1.00)
12 — Annual Membership Meeting Itidilorium 12:00 M.
Reports will be read during luncheon ($1.00 per plate)
Chairs will be placed in the balcony for those who do not
wish to attend the luncheon.
13 — Lecture by Professor Benjamin H. Lehman
"The Reading of Poetry"' iudilorium 11:00 A.M.
14 — "A Personal Talk About This Business of Beauty"
Mrs. Minerva Russ i ssemhly Room 1:30 P.M.
15 — Thursday Evening Program
Dr. Karl Meyer — "The Hooper Foundation and What It
Does for the State" ludilonum 8:00 P.M.
16 — Svmphonylogue by Victor Lichtenstein -ludituriiim 11:00 A.M.
Lecture by Miss Maude Royden
"The Race Question and the Future" Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
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School Directory
GIRLS' AND BOYS' SCHOOL
With the advance of Spring,
parents are thinking toward
Summer Schools and Camp-
Schools for their children
. . . and the majority are even
no-w making plans for the
coming year ■svhen their
children will enter boys' or
girls' schools for the first
time. If you have a school
problem, you will find the
schools represented in this
Directory each month well
worthy of your
attention.
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NOB HILL SCHOOL
OF THE FAIRMONT HOTEL
is open for a limited number of boys
and girls. First six grades . . . prepared
for Junior High. Individual instruction.
Concentration taught. Creative work.
Children from 5^ to 12 years accepted at any
time. Directed play at Huntington Park.
Mrs. nia B. Swindler, Director
833 Po-well Street : : San Francisco
Kearny 796 or Fillmore 6981
San Francisco
. . . Conservatory of Music . .
ERNEST BLOCH
Artistic Director
ADA CLEMENT and LILLIAN HODGHEAD
A^ociait Dir«tD,s
All Deparlments
Piano— Ada Clement Voice— GiulioSilva
ViOLlN-Robert Pollak
Training in string ensemble, orchestra
and chorus
3435 Sacramento St. Tel. Walnut 3496
COACHING SCHOOLS
H^ ■^^■■W A t 2'Year High School
W\ ^# C^ \lkM Course admits to college.
^^ ^\ £, If Y Credits valid in high school.
SCHOOL accredited, save, half time'
Private Lessons, any hour. Night, Day. Both sexes.
Annapolis. West Point, College Board tutoring.
Secretarial-Academic two-year course, entitles to High
School Diploma. CWO. Service Coaching— all lines.
2901 California St. Phone West 7069
ALMA C.BENNETT
Viano and tlarmoixy l-nstructio-n
Graduate of Damroscb Musical Art Institute of
New York. Pupil of Safonoff.Stojowski
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den, Lorna Doone Jack-
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Volume II MARCH ' 1928
Number 2
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. . . 17
Articles
California's Great Opportunity
Ifilluim E. Colby
. . . 7
Art in the Open
Beiitrltf J udd Ryiiii
. . . <?
Flower Shows in San Francisco
Marion Ramoti Wilson
. . . 10
A Small City Garden .
. . . P
AUciti Mnsgrove
Four Phases of Design in Landscape
Emerson Kniyht
Maude Royden : Preacher .
. . . 20
Mrs. Parker Maddux
Monthly Departments
Travel Planning
22
Spring Fashion Notes .
. . . 25
Financial Article ....
. . . 26
Club Activities
Hansel and Gretel ....
. . . lb
Annual Membership Meeting
. . . 18
Election of President .
. . . 18
Social Activities
. . . '1
Milton C. Work ....
. . . 24
International House . . .
. . . 24
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invited to view our
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Mrs. J. P. Black, elected
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annual election,
February 20. 192S.
Group of If omen's City Club
officers photographed in the
Club Roof Garden {showing
Ralph Stackpole fountain, gift
of Mrs. Marcus Koshland. in
background) the day of their
election. February 20. Left to
right: Mrs. Charles Miner
Cooper, first vice-president :
Mrs. Edward H. Clark, Jr.,
corresponding secretary ; Mrs.
Black, president; Miss Marion
Leale. second vice-president, and
Mrs. William F. Booth, Jr.,
recording secretary. Mrs.
William B. Hamilton was
elected third vice-president.
WOMEN^S CITY CLUB
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SAN FRANCISCO ' MARCH ' 192!
NUMBER 2
Qalifornias Great Opportunity
By William E. Colby
Chairniaii California State Park Commission
A T last California has a golden opportunity — to
/\ make the most of one of her greatest assets.
^^^ California has ahvays been thought of
JL jL.as a playground, not only for her own citi-
zens but a Mecca for all the world. Her equable all-
year climate, her unsurpassed scenery from southern
beachland to the redwood-clad north, her numerous
sites of historic interest and charm, are too well
known to need description.
To millions outside its borders, California has
always been a magical name — conjuring up in the
mind an almost legendary land of wonderful climate,
exquisite and varied scenery and incomparable oppor-
tunities for the enjoyment of outdoor life. To mil-
lions California means a playground — a place in
which to be carefree and happy and in which to
regain the lost buoyancy of body and of spirit. So
much has this been true that probably none of our
industries except perhaps agriculture, puts as much
money into circulation as does that group which has
to do with travel, recreation and outdoor life in the
Golden State.
The state has recently awakened to the fact that
unless a definite program was formulated and fol-
lowed for the protection of many of our finest areas,
we should soon find ourselves without many of those
features which are the state's chief attractions.
This was particularly true of the finest of the
Redwoods, the Sequoia Sempervirens of the north-
western coast of California. When the Redwood
Highway was constructed about ten years ago, not
a stick of redwood timber along its course was pub-
licly owned. All of the finest of these wonderful
groves were owned by private individuals, for the
most part lumbering concerns, and until the Save-
the-Redwoods League was formed, all of these trees
were doomed to destruction. How the League has
been able to preserve a beautiful strip of Redwood
forest extending fifteen miles along the Redwood
Highway comprising over 3,000 acres and represent-
ing a value of approximately $1,000,000, is now a
matter of history. There still are miles of redwood
forest along this highway to be preserved, however,
and the League has outlined a series of projects in-
volving the preservation of several thousand acres
more of redwood forest. Notable among the areas
that it hopes to save is the Bull Creek-Dyerville area,
pronounced by many to be the world's finest forest.
While in some of the groves of Sequoia Gigantea in
the Sierra larger individual specimens may be found,
probably Bull Creek contains more large trees on the
average than any other forest area. Surely, no forest
excels it in the beauty^ of its pure stand of giant red-
woods and the cathedral-like solemnity of its at-
mosphere.
In the formulation and carrying through of the
State Park program for California, full recognition
should be given to the efforts of the Save-the-Red-
woods League. This organization led the campaign
for the passage of the State Park bills in the Legis-
lature, and after failing in securing the Governor's
approval in 1925, had the satisfaction of seeing the
Legislature of 1927 put through the bills which were
promptly signed by Governor Young, making pos-
sible the realization of the California State Park
program.
California owns five State Parks. The Big Basin
Park, in Santa Cruz County until the passage of the
new park legislation, was administered by the Cali-
fornia State Redwood Park Commission. The other
parks were administered by various commissions and
boards, thereby making unity of policy and procedure
impossible. All these are now under the charge of
the State Park Commission.
The Redwood Park at Big Basin, Santa Cruz
Count}', is the oldest and largest owned by the State.
It now covers an area of about 9,000 acres and was
acquired by successive purchases and gifts from 1901
to 1918, and is valued at more than $-148,000.
The Humboldt State Redwood Park is another
great area, consisting of a number of tracts of giant
redwoods lying along the Redwood Highway. It
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1928
includes among others the Boiling, Kent, Lane,
Stephens, Mather, Sage, Gould and Felton groves.
The main unit was purchased through State appro-
priations and private donations, and established by
gifts of timber lands. Through the efforts of the
Save-the-Redwoods League, private donors, redwood
owners and lumber companies have made gifts, bring-
ing the valuation of these properties, together with
those in Del Norte County, to approximately
$1,000,000.
The Mt. Diablo State Park, situated on the sum-
mit of Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa County, was ac-
quired in 1923. It consists of 680 acres of land.
From this eminence there are unsurpassed views of
San Francisco Bay, one of the noblest harbors in the
world, and the fruitful valley of the San Joaquin.
However, the benefits of this area as a public recrea-
tional spot cannot be fully enjoyed owing to the lack
of funds for care, and the lack of public control of
the highway approaches.
Of the smaller areas, perhaps the most delightful
is Burney Falls Park, in Shasta County, of 335
acres. This was acquired through gift and exchange
of lands. This park also is suffering from lack of
improved highway approaches.
At the junction of Chico Creek and the Sacra-
mento River, in Butte County, is the General Bid-
well Park, a strip of land containing a fine growth
of oaks and sycamores. Little has been done up to the
present to make it available for public recreation.
Here and there throughout the State are historic
monuments — mute reminders of California's stirring
past, all that now remains of the immortal procession
— the buccaneer, the conquistador, the padre, the
pioneer. The Mission San Francisco de Solano at
Sonoma, the northernmost point on El Camino Real,
was acquired by the State in 1905. John Marshall's
old blacksmith shop, the monument over the spot
where he first discovered gold, in El Dorado County ;
Fort Ross, in Sonoma County ; the Pio Pico Mansion
in Whittier, Los Angeles County; and the Battle-
field of San Pasqual in San Diego County, are also
State holdings, as well as the Old Monterey Theater,
now a museum, and the landing-place of Father
Junipero Serra at Monterey aje monuments hereto-
fore cared for by various state committees.
Governor Young has appointed the following men
on the new State Park Commission, besides the
writer :
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, President of Leland
Stanford Jr. University.
Henry W. O'Melveny, Los Angeles attorney, is
one of the leading advocates of parks and recreation
in Southern California.
Frederick Russell Burnham, of Los Angeles, is an
explorer of international note.
Ex-Senator Wilbur F. Chandler, of Fresno, has
had a long career of distinguished service to the State
of California as a public official.
These men, representing not only all portions of
the state, but also many walks of life and diversified
interests, serving as California's first State Park Com-
mission, have in their hands the important task of
formulating a park policy for the state. Under their
direction will be carried out the State Park Survey.
Upon them will devolve the task of administering
the funds which will be provided for the acquisition
of further state park properties if the voters act favor-
ably upon the $6,000,000 State Park Bond Issue,
which will appear on the ballot for ratification by
the voters in November, 1928.
The Commission has already held two meetings,
one in Sacramento and one in Los Angeles, and has
made a very satisfactory start with the work en-
trusted to it. Because of its urgency, the project for
a State Park in the Tamalpais region was acted
upon by the Commission at its first meeting, and steps
have been taken to acquire lands on the slope of the
mountain along the old Pipe-line Trail which, unless
acquired now, are apt to be subdivided, thus destroy-
ing much of the charm of this mountain area and its
value as a future recreational center for the populous
regions around San Francisco Bay. TJie last legis-
lature appropriated $20,000 to be used in purchasing
land on Mount Tamalpais between Muir Woods
and the summit of the mountain for State Park pur-
poses, contingent upon $40,000 being raised by priv-
ate enterprise.
The State Park Commission is now focusing its
attention on the matter of the state-wide park sur-
vey, provided for by the passage of the park legisla-
tion.
Frederick Law Olmsted, nationally recognized ex-
pert on park development and outdoor surveys, has
been appointed to make the survey.
There are many districts throughout the state ;
from Oregon to Mexico, from coast to mountain
crest, from stream and lake to desert ; some large
and some small, some nearly contiguous and some
widely isolated ; that are characterized by scenery of
extraordinary beauty and interest and are extra-
ordinarily attractive to and valuable for people seek-
ing outdoor enjoyment and recreation — using recrea-
tion in its broadest sense as including the refresh-
ment, development and inspiration both of mind and
of body. These are the districts to which, in contrast
with the surrounding and intervening districts, one
who knows and loves the state would unhesitatingly
send a fellow citizen, or one of the thousands an-
nually drawn to California by the general reputation
of its scenic and recreational resources, who had
asked where to find at their best the qualities which
have justly made that reputation.
In many of these notably scenic districts, a great
deal of the land h.is long been used for a variety of
economic purposes without serious prejudice, if any,
to the inspiring quality of the scenery or the potential
recreational value of the districts .
The scope of the survey is so broad that with the
funds at its command the Commission feels com-
pelled to call upon the voluntary co-operation of in-
terested citizens and organizations in all parts of the
State toward the bringing all the basic facts before it
for study ; not in the spirit of booming any pet local
project for a park, but in the spirit of searching out
all that is best and most valuable throughout the state
with the object of including the choicest of our scenic
and recreational attractions in a unified park system.
An opportunity to round out the State Parks pro-
gram which has been formulated by the Commission
will be given the voters of California in November,
1928, when they will be called upon to authorize the
bond issue of $6,000,000, which when matched by an
equal sum in private donations, will be used to ensure
the recreational future of our people.
This is an issue of a most practical kind. Not alone
the future physical and spiritual well-being of our
people is at stake. Other states in the Union with
but a fraction of the natural wonders of California
are leaving no stone unturned to attract tourists
whose expenditures run into the millions and who in-
crease prosperity for any state. Can California af-
ford to allow this great opportunity to pass ?
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Jirt in the Open
By Beatrice Judd Rvax
1 ht l^rtiidiiig Genius of the Erer-beariiiff
Conrerstitioii line
{James Lindsay McCrerry, Sculptor)
EAST of the Rockies, the word California at
once conjures up the outdoor world of sun-
shine and flowers, and those of us who are
fortunate enough to live here think largely in
those terms. Unconsciously our lives are formulated
to spend as much time as possihle under the sky — a
sky that for more than six months is dependable.
A man of e\ident culture and taste, who recently
\ isited the Beaux Arts Galerie, confessed to me,
"During the five years I have lived in California
this is the second time I have visited a gallery. In
Xew York and Boston I went e\ery week in the
winter time. The weather drove me in. There art
was my pastime but here I play golf. Every spare
moment I spend in the open."
The Open, that perhaps is the keynote to the art
of the future. We can't hang exhibits along the
fairway but if the Renaissance of Art in America is
to spring from California soil, as some people pre-
dict, its history may be found written in the gardens,
courts and patios.
Near Los Gatos, along the winding road that
winds between orchards, we find the country home
of Charles Erskine Scott Wood, "The Cats." For
many years Colonel Wood has been a patron of the
California artist. On the patio walls of his home is a
fresco by Ray Boynton, and Ralph Stackpole is now
at work on a life-size figure, sculptured in stone, to
be placed below. In the garden of Mrs. Charles
Blaney, which is set like a jewel against the Saratoga
hills, there are two figures in bronze by Stackpole.
By this same artist is the Coleman Memorial, a
fountain executed in sandstone for the City of Sacra-
mento, and in the garden court of the Women's City
Club he has a carved stone figure, the gift of Mrs.
Marcus Koshland.
The Merner home in Hillsboro has a beautiful
pool designed by the Willis Polk staff and let us not
forget the Stevenson memorial, by Willis Polk him-
self, that stands in Portsmouth Square.
In the gardens of Mills College there is a fountain
by Edgar Walter that was donated by Albert Bender.
James Lindsay McCreery has a number of carved
figures in the gardens of Berkeley. One of the most
interesting is his life sized "Merman" recently fin-
ished for a home built by Bertha Clark Pope on the
rocky coast of Richmond. This figure is cut in wood
and polychromed, as is the "Astral Form" of a rising
young architect that stands in the leafy bower in the
garden of the sculptor. The interesting head by the
same artist reproduced in this article is cut in red-
wood and has green pottery eyes.
Adorning the exterior of the beautiful First Congrega-
tional Church in Oakland, Robert Boardman Howard has
carved a stone panel of "The Twelve Apostles," and in
ii> Persian Court of the John Drum bungalow, atop of
Fairmont, there are two carved Persian inscriptions
him.
Besides the Lincoln and Persian monuments belonging
to the city, Haig Patigian has a figure in stone, the
■Nymph," at the Woodside Country Club, a fountain
decoration, and in the patio of the Olympic Country Club,
under a pergola of natural redwood and climbing roses, is
placed his fountain of "Friendship."
We are indebted to the art of Earl Cummings for the
fountain in Washington Square, "Thirst," the figure of an
old man drinking out of his hand, and the "Pool of
Enchantment" in front of the Park Museum. These are
both executed in bronze, as is his figure created for the
patio of the Frank Fuller home.
.\nd so I love to dwell on that far distant time when we
are counted with antiquity. I hear them speak a jargon
not unlike our own and name us godless men. Finance,
mechanics, science, there are our minds and hearts. And
then they fall to wondering how art survived in such an
age and turning to the ancient piece in stone or paint they
pay it endless homage and bear it off in triumph to some
sequestered niche. Art has transcended. Again she is
justified, treasured and blest by antiquity. Her patron
glorified.
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Flower Shows in San Francisco
By Marion Ramon Wilson
The City of St.
Francis of Assisi,
who bade his
Brothers, "Always
save one corner of
good soil in the
garden for our
Sisters, the Flow-
ers of the field,"
has its own his-
tory of Flower
Shows.
In the Spanish-
Californian days,
every Holy Thurs-
day was a Flower
Show day at the
Mission de San
Francisco d'Asis.
The rancheros
and their families
came from Ala-
meda, from Ma-
rin, from San
Mateo Counties
on the day pre-
vious to spend the
Easter period at the Mission. Their great pride was
the decoration of the altars for this festival with the
choicest blooms. To this end the seeds of rare plants
or slips were exchanged as gifts. Perhaps they were
some natives lately discovered or the gift of a daring
sea captain from the other world. As the Franciscans
were the first missionar> order to go into foreign
fields, they carried with them their founder's appreci-
ation of flowers and sent from mission to mission
seeds and slips of newly found treasures. So that
Spanish Ins
Anemone [Wind Flniie
a Spanish-Californian garden contained natives of
five continents.
With the gold rush, flowers were laid aside for the
moment ; but in the early fifties, when the Mechan-
ics' Institute opened its "Fair," a display of flowers
was one of the features. Most mature San Francis-
cans can remember the Mechanic's Fairs which
delighted our youth, but were given up after the fire.
About 1888, a group of flower lovers formed "The
California State Floral Society" which gave at least
one Flower Show
a year and gen-
erally two, up to
the time of the
disaster of 1906.
The most beauti-
ful Flower Show
San Francisco has
ever seen was
given under its
auspices in the
nave of the newly
J p e n e d Ferry
Building in 1%]'.
Ibis was an ideal
netting, with roofs
of glass and un-
adorned walls.
I n January
1923, a group,
many of them
members o f the
California State
i'loral Societ\',
formed a new or-
ganization, with
its constitution
stating that its
purposes were:
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"To promote the cultivation of flowers, to con-
serve the native flora: and to give an annual flower
show in San Francisco during Easter lueek." This
date was selected in an endeavor to return to San
Francisco those joyous days of the old Spanish-
Californian period.
The first show held in the Palace Hotel in April
1923, was gotten together in a few weeks. Its ex-
hibits came chiefly from friends of Miss Eastwood,
who were interested by her enthusiasm. A number of
schools sent wildflowers and Air. W. H. Crocker,
Mrs. J. A. Donohoe, and Mrs. George Lent brought
magnificent blooms from their peninsula gardens.
From this modest beginning the flower shows have
grown, until last vear we comfortabh filled the
Native Sons' Hall, a third larger than any place we
had occupied before.
This enables the management to plan for more
beautiful arrangements and gives the Garden Clubs
and Garden Sections of general clubs and also of
individuals room to make their e.xhibits in the form
of gardens rather than just a display of cut flowers
on a flat table.
Since 1''24 there has been a growing interest in
the tables of plant families and a special room is
devoted to them. Last year we showed the members
of the Buttercup family, the Liliaceae, the Scrophu-
lariaceae, the Rosaceae. the Cruciferae, and the Saxi-
fragaceae. This year we are hoping there will be
other families exhibited.
The native flora of the state will be sent in by the
schools of the different localities from the desert,
the valleys and the mountains as far north as Del
Norte and r.s far south as San Diego. The schools
interested since 1023 have increased in number and
in conservation of the native flora. Then, the pupil
would send quantities of a lily ; now, after four years
of definite direction from the Association under Miss
Eastwood's instructions, they pick wisely, leaving
plenty for seed, and pack so carefully that the flowers
arrive in excellent condition. The interest of the
schools in the show may be illustrated by the Downie-
ville High. In 1''25, it received a silver vase for its
exhibit. In the spring of 1926 the High School gave
an entertainment to raise funds to send a teacher and
four pupils down to the San Francisco Flower Show,
This is probably the first time a California school
did such a thing except for an athletic team.
The result to San Francisco from the Flower
Shows is not only the joy of seeing the gathering
together of so many native and cultivated blooms,
but it assures the city that the "Garden of Welcome"
at the Ferry, and the "Garden of Shakespeare's
Flowers" will be properly maintained and an ever
increasing pleasure to all who regard them. Any
amateur lover who cares to exhibit at the coming
flower show,
whether he have
an estate, a small
garden, or a win-
dow box, will be
equally welcome.
The California
State Board of
Education is
sending a notice
of the Flower
Show to the prin-
cipals of the
schools of the
state, thus again
d emonst rating
their faith in us
and our work of
conservation.
The schools of
San Francisco are
not invited to ex-
hibit wildflowers
as the Association
believes the few
plants left on our
hills should be al-
lowed to scatter
their seed.
For the past two years they have been represented
by drawings of flowers, both native and cultivated,
and Mr. Altman and the Association have gone to
infinite pains to have the exhibit shown to its best
advantage.
In October 1923, the Association, accompanied
by Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, made a gala
day in planting California poppies and lupines on
Twin Peaks. In the same month, the same groups
went in Government tugs to Yerba Buena Island
and planted $106 worth of the tiny seeds of the
poppy and lupine. Later the Association secured wild
flower seeds and native pines, sequoias and cypresses
which were planted upon Alcatraz and Angel Islands
under the direction of the Commandantes of those
posts.
Each year these Islands send us quantities of wild
flowers for display, proving that our labor was not
in vain.
These government posts have the labor to care for
the plantings and another reward of their efforts is
the added beauty each season. Already the western
side of Alcatraz is a soft green, where previously
solid grey walls loomed cold.
The Flower Show will take place at Native Sons'
Hall, 414 Mason Street, San Francisco, April 1 1
and 12, 10 o'clock a. m. to 10 o'clock p. m.
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A. Small Qity Garden
By Alicia Mosgrove
Pliritrj{/r(iphs by Mdriaii O. Hooker
IT is the present generation of San Franciscans
who scorn to garden in the city, scuttling down
the Peninsula or across the Bay to find a favor-
able climate. Our pioneer forbears from frozen
climates saw San Francisco as a Paradise for garden-
ing and did it, unaware that it could not be done.
Before the fire every little valley and bench of the
iiills had charming gardens, and rare palms surviving
the fire bear witness of sophisticated gardens that
existed in the burnt over areas. Today there are old
fruit trees in the Mission, North Beach and Cow
Hollow bearing luscious fruit and grape arbors bear-
ing grapes.
It would be hard to convince the younger genera-
tion that Telegraph Hill was noted for its gardens.
As a child I \\as taken up the Hill to a friend's
Conservatory full of rare plants, and shown rare
birds and monkeys!
With this memory of old San Francisco I searched
f<ir a lot on which to build a home and a garden. I
fortunately found one with old walls against a
guinea-gold cliff covered with ivy, honeysuckle,
nasturtiums and valerian.
My first plan I discarded as the house was placed
for view and the garden lay forty-five feet below me.
1 wished my garden in my lap to be tended by me
night and day ; the morning for planting and water-
ing, noon for gloating and the night for snailing.
Snailol has made snailing unnecessary and my lantern
is hung on a nail to rust. The neighboring dens of
Entrance of Mosgrove home, shoii'inff five
months' growth
Figure of "the Anrigu" against a cliff
at Mosgrove home
slugs trouble me not at all and I sleep sweetly. By
adding to the height of the walls and building one on
the east I secured a protected spot of small dimen-
sions— what I call a twenty-five foot hose garden.
I had a simple plan but as it was late in the season
and I wished to take advantage of the Spring rains
I began to plant my permanent trees and shrubs. 1
planted a boxwood hedge on either side of the brick
walk — a small garden must be orderly. For trees a
few Lombardy poplars to balance the cliff and shut
out an unsightly house, a Deodar and a hybrid
cypress for weight and a Plane tree to shut off the
wind in one corner. Two Italian cypresses flank the
Auriga, the Greek charioteer who was never better
placed. Two olive trees, a weeping peach and flower-
ing almond, a lilac, dwarf evergreens in scale with
the garden and a few that are always prostrate. New
creation in the shape of standard Cotoneasters and
Crataegus, fountains of red berries.
I have fruit trees, cherries and peaches and a row
espaliered against the warm wall. For vines a num-
ber, three jasmines, and I planted a cherry Bougain-
villea, realizing I was committing murder. It did not
survive the Winter. Most sporting of all was an
Italian squash which changed its habits and became a
brave climber, bearing handsome leaves and hand-
somer orange fruit. Passersby asked the name of a
vine bearing such large berries.
My flowers were mostly annuals. I had about
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thirty species which bore masses of bloom, filling the
house and the arms of my friends.
In pots on the walls and on the roof garden I have
many species of succulents and a collection of ivies.
One is a subtle white and green, the edges becoming
rosy in the Winter. Slow growing but very beau-
tiful. Most of the annuals I also potted for the roof.
In this day of apartments potting should become
popular for it is a fascinating type of miniature
gardening. A few dozen pots filled with good soil
and you will have blooms for weeks.
In large gardens I have had collections of cacti and
rock gardens, but today I am more interested in
flowers. The fuchsias I have are glorious, one speci-
men has almost reached a second story window within
the year. They have great style and are particularly
happy in the city. I have not scorned the common
shrubs which share the common lot of people, exist-
ing in numbers. Coprosma, with its green lacquered
surfaces remaining clean in fog, wind and dust be-
cause its breathing holes are on the under surface of
the leaf ; a provision of Nature that suits our environ-
ment. Veronicas, Laurel Escallonias, wild currant
Ceanothus and many more — I have them all.
Of course I have a bed of "yarbs," thyme, rose-
mary, parsley, chives and mint under the faucet.
Lavender, Lemon verbena and geranium for the
finger bowl.
All prosper with attention and care and with
vigilance for the gay butterfly and the modest moth
with worms hidden in their vitals are ready to de-
vour your beauties. Arm yourself with a spray and
discourage them, also the ants with Antol. Destroy
their cow pastures and all the pests may be in Limbo
together.
If you wish a garden, plant it yourself and plant
for your five senses and if you have the growing
hand, as my Scotch mother used to say, you will have
a garden.
Ini'itint/ lumh
Before and after in Miss Mosgrove's small garden, showing "Auriga" brought fror
Italy. The tower across the street is the Campanile of the San Francisco Art School.
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Four Phases of design in Landscape yirchitecture
By Emerson Knight, Landscape Architect
k MONG the many and varied kinds of work
/\ which the landscape architect is called upon
/ % to do, let us consider four important phases
jL JLof landscape design with which the writer
has had much experience and in all of which he has
tried to express ideals. They will be discussed in
sequence, from the smallest to the largest, in size and
importance. They are, the small garden for the city
and suburban lot, the country estate, the outdoor
theatre, and the park endowed by nature. The city
park, the playground and the subdivision are not
here under consideration, for while each of these may
be developed to a very high degree of usefulness and
beauty, yet all are bound by many limitations which
tend to lead away from the ideal. In the first four
phases mentioned we will gradually swing away from
the confined and cramped places of the city to pleas-
ant regions of rolling hills and valleys, to the forests,
the mountains and the sea; and away from the inti-
mate contact with colorful, small-scaled gardens to
those vast silent places where nature comfortingly
enfolds us and awakens in us a reverent response to
all of her moods.
The small garden is important because it ministers
to daily human needs and satisfies hunger for an
environment of living, growing, fragrant plant life.
It deserves as great care in design as an object of
jewelry or a beautiful rug, both of which resemble
it; and should be as painstakingly planned as the
home which it surrounds. We have long since passed
the stage where we will permit a contractor to lay
out a collection of rooms with the privilege of ex-
pressing his poverty of feeling as to harmonious ar-
rangement, in the design of a house to be lived in
and loved. AVe go instead to the architect, whose
technical training and worth as an artist are recog-
nized. If we would avoid a similar blind confusion
in the garden, a patchwork of forms, textures and
colors, without harmony, balance, rhythm, scale or
repose — we must also seek the landscape architect,
who has made vears of sacrifice in mastering his art.
If the scale and general design of the small garden
are right, it can suggest bigness and simplicity of feel-
ing and a generous impulse. What would home mean
to all those who cherish their own abiding places,
without the garden — a space for work, play, recrea-
tion and contemplation ; where the body is free to
grow, the mind to expand, the heart to warm and the
soul to rise renewed ? But the garden which can as-
sure these reactions will bear the impress of a
thoroughly good design.
The private estate in the country offers the de-
signer a wealth of fascinating problems, the right
solution of which will insure pleasure and satisfaction
for the owner and all who visit his grounds. An
efficient circulation system of walks, drives and park-
ing spaces is necessary. These must seem to be in
logical and natural situations and never too obtru-
sive. Among the interesting features included are
lawns and hedges, shrubbery and tree masses, flower
borders, vines, creepers, ground covers, and orchards
— all growing things. In contrast there are walls
and steps, terraces and balustrades, paved areas and
garden retreats, temples and pavilions, arbors and
per rolrs, pools for ornament and swimming, creeks
and bridges, garden theatres and game courts. The
latter series includes structural features almost ex-
clusively and they, together with the walks and
drives connecting them, form the anatomical struc-
ture of the design. All of these are enriched and
softened by the plant materials which lend their
grace, form, texture, color and scale to the ensemble.
The greatest merit of the private estate is its spacious-
ness, which invites the creation of generous effects,
through the use of tree and shrub masses in large
units. Vistas of valleys, lakes, hills or mountains
beyond the limits of the propert}-, give scope for dis-
tant focal points expressing nobility or charm, which
may be accented, emphasized and framed by the sil-
houettes of trees growing within the estate, or, by
major axes consisting of walks, canals, or grass and
hedge lanes. In these greater gardens birds can be
quite at home and other wild life abound. Through
the happy disposition of all the related parts, express-
ing unity, a feeling of friendliness and hospitality
can be created, thus making for quiet pleasure or
revery. The estate is a phase of landscape design
which has b>een so carefully studied for centuries, that
we have matured many splendid and noble examples,
notably in England, Italy, Spain, and America. The
estate offers especially a place for tranquil rest, for
healthful sport, for gardening as a joyous recreation
and for a renewal of the mind and spirit.
The open-air theatre is already important in Cali-
fornia and potentially is a great factor in the outdoor
life and healthful recreation of our people. The
private form of garden theatre serves social needs for
the small drama, for music, and the dance. The larger
form, designed for the public, offers a wide range of
uses for the community. We now have quite a num-
ber of sites serving for pageants, Easter sunrise serv-
ices. Thanksgiving services and plays. A considerable
portion of these are of a rugged, informal type, on
mountain or hill tops, in the desert, or by lake or
forest. Among the most representative examples, are
The Mountain Theatre on Mt. Tamalpais, Mt.
Rubidoux near Riverside, The Mt. Helix Nature
Theatre near San Diego and the Hollvwood Bowl.
These range in seating capacity from a few hundred
up to about 50,000 for the Hollywood Bowl. The
formal or architectural types are admirably used for
the drama, dancing, opera, symphon\ , oratoria,
pageants, memorial rites, public speeches and rallies.
The great stadiums serve at times for a number of
these kinds of entertainment. The most notable
theatres of the Greek form are at Berkeley, on the
Campus of the University of California, at Point
Loma, near San Diego and at Pomona College. Great
merit of design is evidenced among the best of these
theatres, which are wonderfully well adapted to their
sites, and comfortable, with good acoustics. On our
warm summer nights such theatres promise the pos-
sibility of aesthetic enjoyment of a high order, to be
partaken of in pure, moving air, under the open sky,
in an environment of gently swaying trees and im-
bued with their pungency and fragrance. This en-
joyment can be attended with a considerable degree
of bodily comfort, especially if the seats are right and
the audience clothed warmly enough for average
night air. All outdoor theatres should fit their
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topography and environment perfectly. There are
problems of ingress and egress, of the stage and
dressing rooms, of seating and lighting, of parking
and plant environment. Last, but not least, the con-
trol of distant panoramas whenever the site com-
mands them. Here, indeed, is a very rich field for
the landscape architectural designer.
Fourthly we enter the wide realm of natural .
parks, which may be owned and administered by a
county, the state, or the nation. Such parks may
include hills and mountains, forests, coast lands, lake
and swamp lands, and even desert areas. Those now
owned by the United States government include,
especially, areas distinguished by noble or extra-
ordinary scenery and topography, unusual geological
formations and magnificent forests. The parks thus
far acquired by the State of California consist largely
of redwood forests bordering creek or river courses
and along the Redw<)(jd Highway, and, to a large
e.xtent have been preserved due to the splendid in-
fluence and constructive work of the Save-the-Red-
woods League. It has been the writer's privilege to
serve in the study of the manifold advantages of
potential park areas, in defining their logical bound-
aries and their relation to stream courses, the ocean,
forests and highways; he has surveyed and designed
roads and trails for special purposes, chiefly the pur-
pose of scenic enjoyment in primeval areas, without
hurry. It is significant that such roads and trails
should intimate sequence like the flow of a story,
with its phrases, sentences and paragraphs leading the
explorer along in the most natural and zest-giving
manner. The grades should be comfortable and the
most interesting or impressive features enroute need
to be carefully woven into the design. Another work
has involved the selection of sites for memorial monu-
ments, determining also the character, size and
orientation of the monuments, and finally establishing
the accompanying planting of native ferns, trees,
shrubs and ground covers. Among the few monu-
ments well placed thus far in State Parks, perhaps
the best examples are those in the redwood groves
dedicated to Franklin K. Lane, to Senator Charles
N. Felton, and to Col. Henry Solon Graves. All are
unobtrusively situated with simple planting and a
noble background of sequoias. To assure such monu-
ments fitness, it is desirable to use stone in its natural
state and finish, unhewn by man and procure it from
the immediate vicinity when possible. Another kind
of construction sometimes needful is the stone fire-
place for camping and picnicking. If well designed
it will be bold, rugged, simple and effective and may
also serve for the safe burning of brush and rubbish,
thus making for cleanliness and order. In the de-
velopment of natural park areas, the greatest need
is to preserve beauty in its natural state but at the
same time render otherwise hidden beauty accessible
by means of roads and trails primitive in feeling. It
is one of the highest functions of the landscape archi-
tect to design and develop the necessary means of
access to veiled beauty, so that it may be enjoyed
\\ithout the thought of man's seemingly having taken
part in uniting such retiring roads and trails with
the wilder forms of scenery. We are fortunate in now
having in California a State Park Commission, onlv
recently appointed, the members of which are men
endowed with a high sense of the vital meaning of
their work and the park needs of the state. They are
men of great worth, eminently fitted for such a trust.
Their plans include a careful sur\ey of potential state
Approach to J'illa Alontah'O, home of Senator James D. Pheluri, near Saratoga, California.
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parks and the gradual acquiring of new park areas
together with adequate protection and efficient ad-
ministration after the lands are deeded to the state.
We may look forward with confidence to a future
ample group of state parks.
The various types of work mentioned in consider-
ing these four phases of design in landscape art may
have helped the reader to grasp what a range of
equipment the landscape profession must have in
order to do justice to its clients. There must be
faithfulness in little things, far seeing vision in the
greater ones, with integrity, devotion and enthusiasm
in all. There must be the feeling of friendliness
toward the client, an interest in his dreams and hopes,
and steadfast reverence for art and nature. It is
good to have the social and cultural advantages of
cities and of compact smaller communities, and, at
the same time surround our homes and institutions
with such gardens as may stir in our imaginations
pictures of the larger, more rugged and more beauti-
ful country lying beyond them. For those in more
fortunate circumstances it is splendid to plan and
develop country estates, where life may seem to flow
with less haste and be crowned with gifts alike for
the owner and his friends and kin. The landscape
development here will be more closely related to the
spacious country which surrounds the estate and great
pictures may be unfolded through the composition of
the generous scheme. The outdoor theatre can be
enjoyed both in the city and country, its success
depending entirely upon its design, fitness for its pur-
pose, its scale, and environment of plant materials.
It is not possible to measure its value, for the body
and mind, for influences of spiritual trend, and for
the welfare of all who believe in brotherhood and the
community spirit. But all of us aspire at some time
of each year to go far into vi'ild places, away from
cities and all evidence of man's occupation — to those
regions where we can be at one with the elements
and build ourselves anew from the earth and sky,
the wind, the sea and the forest, each in its primitive
freedom and glory.
Qhildren to Give "Hansel and Gretel"
Humperdinck's fairy opera "Hansel and Gretel"
will be given at the Women's City Club at two
matinee performances, Saturday, March 10, and Sat-
urday, March 17, by the Children's Choral Club of
Berkeley under the direction of Wheeler Beckett,
founder and director of the Young People's Sym-
phony Concerts, which have been so popular this
season.
The cast and chorus are composed entirely of children
under fourteen years of age and the production comes
to San Francisco after twelve performances to
crowded houses at the Berkeley Playhouse. It is the
first time in America this opera has been given en-
tirely by children. The performances begin at 2:30
o'clock. The City Club will prepare and serve a hot
luncheon from twelve to two o'clock for the children
of the cast.
Tickets are on sale at Sherman, Clay & Company
and by Alice Metcalf, 1104 Taylor Street. The ad-
mission for adults is one dollar and for children
seventy-five cents.
Left to right in foregrourtd: Alex Davis as Hansel, Jane Smith {the mother) and Betty Head as Gretel.
A gripping moment in the development of the fairy opera, "Hansel and Gretel" being gii'en at the
Women's City Club, March 10 and March 17, under the management of Alice Metcalf, member of
the M'omen's City Club.
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women's city club magazine for MARCH
1928
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
Fuhlxshed MonMy at San Francisco
465 Post Street
Telephone Kearny 8400
MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
MRS. HARRY STAATS MOORE, Chairman
MRS. GEORGE OSBORNE WILSON
MRS. FREDERICK FAULKNER
MRS. FREDERICK W. KROLL
MARIE HICKS DAVIDSON, Editor
RUTH CALLAHAN, Advenismg Manager
MARCH > 1928
NUMBER 2
EDITORIAL
FOR all its metropolitan attributes and not-
withstanding that it is a seaport, San Fran-
cisco is a cit\" of gardens, with a hinterland of
fertile valleys and lovely plains and rolling
hills that flaunt a wealth of bloom at almost any
season of the year.
In the so-called shipping district and the shopping
and hotel sections there is, naturally, a congestion
that precludes the possibility of much emphasis upon
cultivation of the soil. But let a bit of ground be
exposed and man or nature covers it with growing
things. That is one of the reasons every home has a
bit of earth in front or rear, sending forth, regardless
of irrigation or tilling, lilies, roses, geraniums or other
hardy perennials.
The climate of the coast of California is such that
nearly everything will grow, from the hibiscus of the
tropics to English holly and Irish yew.
Relieved, then, of the actual task of making the
earth yield, the San Francisco gardener has ample
time and inspiration for the business of creating pat-
terns individual to his taste or the exigencies of his
means. Each is permitted a free hand with his
" — garden that is full of stately views,
Of borders, beds and shrubberies and lawns and
avenues.
With statues on the terraces and peacocks strutting
by;
But the Glory of the Garden lies in more than meets
the eye."
Which is the whole point. The Glory of the
Garden lies in the fact that this new Levant on
the Pacific Coast has a benignancy that has made for
an outdoor art that combines floriculture, sculpture,
designing and adaptation of rocks and clififs.
It may even make for a super race, as did the blue
skies and salubrious air of Greece.
Every garden of any pretension above a parterre
has a fountain, a belvedere, a marble seat or hewed
bench, a statuette or fane of bijou or noble propor-
tion, according to the setting. These adaptations give
wide latitude to the imaginative and artistic aptitude.
They challenge initiative and originality. They fos-
ter the home-making instinct that is in every breast.
More attention now is given to gardening than
ever before in the history of the city. Pioneering is
over; frontiers are lost in urbanities, and the urge
to beautify is just as strong as when Adam scratched
the turf of Eden with a forked stick. To break
ground and plant seed, to watch the phenomenon of
rising sap and thrusting root, to feel the chemistry
of the universe manifesting itself in growth, these
are alike the "drive" and the compensation of the
true gardener. And because this is the time of the
year when the soil calls and bud and bulb are antici-
pating their yearly resurrection, the Women's City
Club Magazine issues this Garden Number.
Mr. William E. Colby, who contributed the first
article this month, says:
"The women's clubs of the State of California have
been among the pioneers in matters relating to parks.
Only recently they raised through a state-wide cam-
paign a fund of $40,000 which they now hold in their
treasury to be applied in the preservation of a grove
of Redwoods in Humboldt County. The passage of
the State Park bond issue, which provides for the
matching of bond moneys with funds from private
sources, might make it possible for the women's clubs
to double the original sum and acquire a grove worth
$80,000. The redwoods movement is only one of the
causes to which the women have given splendid
support."
i i 1
Editorial Policy Reiterated
THE Magazine Committee takes this time and
opportunity to re-publish two paragraphs from
the editorial page of the first number of the
Women's City Club Magazine, in which the
purpose and intention of the magazine was pro-
nounced. The same policy applies at this time, thir-
teen months later, according to a statement by the
newly appointed chairman of the Magazine Com-
mittee, Mrs. Harry Staats Moore. The quoted edi-
torial follows:
"Its (the magazine's) sponsors hope that it will
mean something more to you than a house organ or a
bulletin ; hopes that it will mean both of these things,
plus ; that it will be a cross-section of the conscious-
ness of the Club. It is not on the lap of the gods; it
is definitely a malleable enterprise.
Since it reflects the Club, its policy will be that
of the organization which it mirrors. It will not wit-
tingly lend itself to propaganda not endorsed by the
directors and will be non-sectarian, non-political and
n(m-partisan. Its purpose is to give the news of
activities within the Club and within the definition
of the ideals of its membership."
Ti
iHE Women's City Club Magazine this
month appears in a new form. It has taken on
new dimensions, due to the exigencies of the
advertising which is carries.
Women City Club members have complied with
the constant plea of the magazine that they bespeak
the magazine's "ads" whenever they purchase any-
thing advertised in the magazine's columns. The
result has been a consistent, steady increase in the
volume of advertising carried.
But the Magazine Committee hopes that the
volume will grow with each succeeding month, and
begs members to keep up the good work. It is sur-
prising how much good a few words do.
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1928
VYLts ^Idch ' PTesident Annual Membership Meeting March i
MRS. A. P. BLACK, newly elected presi-
dent of the Women's City Club, is well
known throughout the community for her
splendid work in many civic and phil-
anthropic activities in San Francisco, where she was
born and has lived practically all her life.
Mrs. Black was the unanimous choice of the board
of directors at the annual election of ofificers Feb-
ruary 20.
The new executive began her club activities as
chairman of the San Francisco District of the Cali-
fornia Federation of Women's Clubs, later becoming
president of the California Club. Before and during
the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915
she was chairman of the San Francisco Auxiliary or
the Women's Board of that tremendous event.
She has been a member of the board of directors of
the National League for Woman's Service, which
is the parent of the Women's City Club, since 1917.
She also was a member of the Belgian AVar Relief
during and after the war. The Thursday night pro-
grams of the National League and the AVomen's
City Club have had the inspiration of Mrs. Black's
enthusiasm for a number of years. She is the wife of
A. P. Black, San Francisco attorney, and mother of
a family of grown children.
The annual meeting of the membership will be
held at 12 o'clock, Monday, ^L^rch 12, in the audi-
torium of the Women's City Club.
It will be a luncheon meeting, at which all com-
mittees will make reports of their activities for the
year just closed. Luncheon will be served promptly
at 12 o'clock, price $1.00 per plate. Reservations
should be made not later than Friday, March 9.
Seats in the balcony will be reserved for those who
cannot attend the luncheon.
This will be the first occasion on which an annual
meeting will have been held at a luncheon. Here-
tofore annual meetings have been held in the eve-
ning, although during the last year the quarterly
meetings have been held alternately in the afternoon
and evening. With the large membership, it is de-
sirable to arrange membership meetings in such a
manner that any member can attend some of the
meetings, if not all.
Every member is urged to attend. In fact, she
is reminded that it is one of her responsibilities to the
City Club to attend the membership meetings when-
ever possible. In no other way can she so well keep
in touch with the activities and developments of the
club. It is the job of each member to be on hand.
JOHN McLAREN'
To speak of
(lardens in San
Francisco and not
mention the
Jcfelopment of
Golden Gale Park
hy John McLaren
-...ere indeed
Hamlet ^vilh
Hamlet left out.
The man ^vho
lonverted the
sand dunes into the
most beautiful park
in the liorld, ivho
covered barren
acres ivith flora
from every corner
of the globe, for
v:hom grass and
trees and floivers
and birds groix'
-•.-.here he i-ants
them to groii', ivht
has had the
patience and the
■z-iston to evolve
■Golden Gate :
Park," lives in tik
lodge x-shich is ail
this moment
emboii'ered in
-L-.-istaria and
acacia and asks but
one boon of his
ielloiL' citizens —
that they love the
Park and cherish it-
He is loo modest lo
i:fln/ more for
himself than the
privilege of
spending his days
in the shade of its
beneficent trees or
-wandering over
its laivns and
parterres.
women's city club magazine for MARCH • I 9 2 i
Mriry Gdrden, prima donna assoluta iv'tth the Chicago Opera Company which gives a
season of opera in Oakland this month.
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WOMEN S
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for MARCH
928
VYCaude '^{pyden: Treacher
By Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
{Miss Rovden icill speak for the Women's City Club in its Auditorium. Friday evening, March lb, l')28, at
8:15 o'clock. Inquire at the Information Desk for the details as to tickets.)
IT was just eleven years ago, March 18, 1917,
that Agnes Maude Royden preached her first
sermon at the City Temple in London, and her
instantaneous success has been followed by a con-
tinuous growth in power, influence and fame. Indeed
she is the first woman preacher in England to acquire
an international reputation and it is significant that
she did not choose the ministry as a profession ; it
literally chose her, and quite practically it came about
as a result of the departure of the minister of the
City Temple, "the Cathedral of non-conformity"
during the first years of the Great War. In the
difficulty of keeping the pulpit supplied, the Hon-
orary Secretary of the City Temple, Mr. Albert
Dawson, finally turned to Miss Royden. who had
become a famous speaker in the woman suffrage
movement. Up to this time Miss Royden had done
some parish work but no formal preaching ; and al-
though she conducted several services with great
effectiveness, she felt that she could not go on with
the preaching, especially in the Temple, as she was
a member of the Church of England. Nevertheless
she was finally persuaded to accept the invitation and
on September, 1917, became regular pulpit assistant.
In 1920 she satisfied a growing desire to speak from
an independent platform where she could reach the
ear of an increasing number of persons, especially
young people, and with Mr. Dawson, and the Rev-
erend Percy Dearmer, started services in Kensington
Town Hall, shortly banding the congregation to-
gether under the name of the Fellowship Guild.
When the hall was presently outgrown, and the
Bishop of London felt that he could not place a
church at the disposal of the Guild, they secured a
Congregational church near Victoria Station and re-
christened it Eccleston Guildhouse, increasingly the
center of active work every day and all days. It is
interdenominational, "lonely people" being the most
welcome ; it is the headquarters of the Fellowship
branch of the League of Nations" Union, the League
of Arts and other beneficent organizations, and much
attention is given to music, and to congregational
singing. The Sunday services are crowded always.
. There are those who call Miss Royden's pulpit suc-
cess phenomenal, but all her previous life had pre-
pared her unconsciously for this great task. To quote
one of her intimate friends, "she possessed a well-
stored mind, a disciplined intellect, definite convic-
tions on fundamentals, natural gifts of utterance de-
veloped by platform speaking for the suffrage move-
ment and other progressive causes, and above all a
yearning sympathy with her fellow creatures, espe-
cially women upon whom life presses hardly, a tender
compassion for souls;" in addition to all this, "good
humor, optimism, utter indifference to what either
the church or the world may think and say of her
views and methods."
She remains a loyal member of the Church of
England even though she has broken away from the
Maude
Royden's
face is
typically
that of a
Crusader.
traditional theology as ordinarily presented. "She is
at once liberal in theology and strongly sacramental."
Naturally the facts of her life are interesting; she
is 51 years old, was educated by private governesses
and at "an old-fashioned school kept by four maiden
ladies," the Liverpool High School, Cheltenham
Ladies' College, and finally at Lady Margaret Hall,
Oxford, where she read Modern History and gained
second-class honors. She was later a University Ex-
tension lecturer in English Literature, joined the
National Union of Women Suffrage Societies and
for a time edited its weekly organ, the Common
Cause. When asked what she considered, now that
women have the vote, should be their next step, her
reply was "I think they should organize for two or
three definite matters that superficially are not dis-
tinctively feminist, but which I believe go to the root
of their position in the State; I should like to see the
feminist movement take up at least two great na-
tional and international questions — the reduction <if
infant mortality with all that it implies, and the
League of Nations, which means the organization
of the world for peace." She is a member of the
Labor party and has the greatest faith in its future.
By ancestry she has a good deal of Welsh blood, and
probably some Irish, and her immediate ancestors
were, and are, builders of ships. Her father was Sir
Thomas Royden and her brother of the same name is
Chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company.
Since she has reached this country upon this, her
second trip, she has been quoted and misquoted,
praised and maligned. For example, she says there is
no connection between smoking and morals or lack
of them ; she has sometimes smoked herself and for
this candor she lost four engagements to speak on
her American tour, and gained twenty or more.
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WOMEN S CITY C L C
MAGAZINE tor MARCH
1928
Social Activities of the
V^omens City Cluh
MARV AUSTIN, distinguished novelist and
commentator, whose home is now New
York, but who began her literary career in
California, was the guest of honor at a small lunch-
eon at the Women's City Club a few days ago. As
she left the fourth floor, after a tour of the building,
she was asked to register in the guest book.
She wrote her name and under it drew three
symbols. The first, a circle of wavy lines, she said
meant in American Indian script "a spring of sweet
water in the desert." The second, a tree-like char-
acter, she said meant "shelter and protection." The
third, a square, altar-like symbol, meant "a sacred
shrine in the middle of the world."
She said that the Women's City Club, with its
unique "volunteer service." meant all those things
to her. Ill
Mrs. John Garvin, whose pen name is Katherine
Hale, was the guest of honor at a tea given in the
lounge of the City Club February 18 by the Hos-
pitality Committee, of which Mrs. Charles Miner
Cooper is chairman. The tea was attended by a
large throng of admirers of the Canadian author and
clubwoman.
Mrs. Garvin's home is in Toronto. She is the
author of "Canadian Cities of Romance," "Legends
of the St. Lawrence," and "Canadian Houses of
Romance." "Morning in the West" is among her
recent collection of poems.
"Women's clubs are much more highly organized
and have a greater force in the United States than
in Canada. " Mrs. Garvin told members of the
Women's City Club at the reception. Mrs. Gar\in
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THEY were planning their honeymoon trip.
They had been engaged six weeks, both rings
were purchased and one was being proudly yet
shyly worn. The other was still in his keeping. The
apartment was leased and the furnishings all ordered.
The white satin dress was at that moment being
finished and the orange blossoms awaiting delivery.
"We'll take a boat from here to Honolulu, stay
there a couple of weeks, then double back on another
steamer to Los Angeles, spend a few days there and
at Coronado, then go to Palm Beach and " he
recited.
"But Joan went to Europe on her honeymoon,
and everybody thought it so wonderful that she
would alwavs, all her life, think of Venice and the
Ri\iera when she harked back to the first few weeks
of her marriage. Couldn't we go to New York by
train and then take the boat?" she queried, not to
be contrary, but with the breathlessness of youthful
enthusiasm, and the certain knowledge that she
could — for this one time in her life, if never again —
have just what she wanted, delivered to her on a
silver salver.
"But Honolulu sounds wonderful," she sighed,
weakening a little, and torn between two emotions.
"All right, then, we'll go overland to New York,
or through the Canal, just as you like, and we'll do
the Mediterranean cruise, then Paris and London
and the 'top' of Africa," he agreed, pliable as he
wou'd never be again.
"Ah — Lake Como under moonlight, Rome before
the summer sets in, Casa Blanca, Morocco, white
stucco houses covered with bougainvillea, and a little
roadster to take us as near the Sahara desert as we
ought to go," she rhapsodized.
"Then, maybe next year we can do California.
Remember, sweetheart, I'm not native to this here
state and I ain't saw them thar mountings."
They laughed with the utter joy of living at his
nasal intonation until he begged her to tell him of
some of the fascination of California.
"That is, aside from you. Nobody will ever be
able to do justice to that subject. As a California
product you're unique, but I'd like to know about
some of the other wonders," he drawled.
"If you ridicule me any more you can go straight
home. However, like the man from Los Angeles,
I'd like to say a few words. . . ."
"I knew it. Shoot."
"Well, no fooling, there is nothing in all the
world like the Y'osemite Valley, and it would be
useless to try and describe it. It's Vesuvius, the Bay
of Naples, the Grand Canyon and the Alps all rolled
into one panorama. Then there are the High
Sierras! And the Klamath country, up state, and
Mount Shasta. Of course those places are reached
by train or stage, so if it's an ocean trip you want
I'd better begin all over again," she laughed.
"You're doing very well. But what about this
Santa Barbara place? Is it really so lovely?"
"Lovely as a dream," she acquiesced. "Marrying
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Think of the fun I'll have introducing you to Del
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A motor honked outside, and they knew that their
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The great authority on Bridge, Milton C. Work,
will give a lecture in the auditorium of the Women's
City Club, Friday evening, March 9, at 8 o'clock.
The admission will be $1.00.
Mr. Work's lecture will be illustrated by demon-
stration hands. After the cards are dealt and each
of the four players at the table have made bids and
played the hand, he tells exactly how it should have
been played, analyzing it and giving all the fine
points of the game.
The lecture is being given under the auspices of
the Club, and all members who are interested in
Bridge are invited to come and bring their friends.
It is a splendid opportunity for advanced players to
polish up and for the tyros to get a good grounding
in the great indoor sport.
'Bridging 'Difficulties
"Bridge Rhymes and Reasons" is the name of a
small book on the game of bridge published by Mrs.
Richard M. Lyman (Helen Lyman), 52 Santa
Clara Avenue, Oakland, which seems to a lay reader
to put enough lilt in otherwise prosy rules to prevent
a tyro from making the game a Bridge of Sighs.
It is a clever little brochure, done in red, with a
"pons asinorum" of cards (spade, heart, diamond
and club) over a deep, deep stream, the implication
probably being that many are "sunk" in that innocu-
ous appearing stream.
The book is on sale at the League Shop in tlie
corridor of the first floor.
Initial suit bids, suit leads, no trump bids, no
trump leads, doubles, discards and don'ts are all set
forth in jingle as fascinating and persistent as the
famous "punch in the presence of the passengaire"
which was wont to haunt our waking hours.
International House Lectures
"International House" is giving a series of Frida\
evening talks by world authorities, the topics and
their expounders drawing interested groups.
The schedule for March is as follows:
Friday, March 2: Dr. Ali-Kuli Khan on "Rem-
iniscences of a Persian Diplomat ; Persian-
American Relations Since 1901."
Friday, March 9: Mr. Gerald Campbell
(British Consul General) on "The British
Commonwealth of Nations."
Friday, March 16: When the Women's City
Club is presenting Maude Royden on "Race
Problems and the Future" ; our members will
wish, we feel sure, to buy tickets to hear this
eloquent woman on this international subject.
Dinners in the Defenders' Room of the Women's
City Club are served every Friday night especially
for International House members and guests, and
reservations may be made by informing Mrs. Parker
Maddux, Fillmore 5070, by the Thursday preced-
ing each meeting ($1.00 per person).
Mrs. Parker S. Maddux, chairman of the pro-
grams, has been happy in her selection of speakers
and extends an especial invitation to City Club
members to attend the lectures in March.
The lectures are held in the City Club Audito-
rium and begin at 8:15 o'clock.
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1928
Spring Fashion T^otes
IMPERCEPTIBLY the winter merges into
spring. When and how it happens none can say.
One day it is cold and we wear our fur coats.
The next day is not so cold and we appear in the left-
over tailor suit, now euphoniously called an "en-
semble." Then is born the impulse to go on an org)-
of spring outfitting.
And then we observe that as surreptitiously as the
seasons have changed the mode has been ushered in.
When and how it happened none can say. The new
fashions just "are," and there can be no masquerading
in the left-overs. The difference between the old
and the new is^ so slight in many instances as to be
almost negligible. But it is unmistakably there. For
by such tactics do couturiers wa.x fat and confident.
Take the little matter of hosiery, for instance.
Stockings get darker as the days grow brighter. And
coats. To be with the mode the coat must he within
three inches of the hem of the skirt. In the old days
of longer skirts it would be called a "three-quarter,"
but of course it is more than that now and it has a
flare, a certain jaunty dash that isn't a ripple and yet
is a far cry from the straight lines of a few months
ago. It is found at its perfection in the new ensemble,
a two-piece outfit that by the arrangement of sb'rt
on a blouse of different material is not far removed
from the well-known "three-piece." The smartest of
these are of tweeds, serge or kasha, with fur shawl
collar and the top of the dress of jersey in the same
or matching colors. ^Ajid almost invariably there are
strips of jersey sewed on tweed or tweed on jersey,
the point being to have stripes and strips, smartly
tailored, of course, or the effect is lost.
Hats are small and trig, fitted to the head and
showing very little trimming. They may be either
felt or straw, with bangkoks leading the straw
brigade. Or they may combine both. A few satins
made their appearance but were soon blackballed.
There seems to be no middle ground in hats. They
must be small if they are town hats, and if for coun-
try they must be cartwheels.
The large artificial flower of silk, velvet or what-
not has gone the way of the dodo. In its place is a
conservative swirl of petals made of the coat material,
or a bunch of violets in white or purple, or even tan.
Purses are expected to match every gown. For the
attractive navy ensembles with their periwinkle band-
ings and strips there are purses, either bags or folders,
of blue leather glace, serpent skin or antelope. The
same leathers are made into sho€s, which, by the way,
show lowering of the heels. The opera pump retains
its popularity, and though some attempt has been
made toward a more pointed toe, the spatulate toe
remains.
Scarfs — well, adjectives fail. They are flamboyant,
rampant, riotous, debonair.
The slip-on glove of soft kid or suede is correct,
the color spectrum ranging from biscuit to tan to
brown to black.
Here is a hypothetically gowned woman that any-
one could be proud to simulate. Brown and tan-pin-
checked tweed ensemble with biscuit-colored jersey
blouse, self trimmed with bands of jersey. Small
beige hat of bangkok, trimmed with felt of same
color. Brown suede pumps and bronze stockings.
Alligator folder purse.
Or, navy blue ensemble with French blue jersey
top. Small navy hat and black pumps with gun-metal
stockings. Black or biscuit pull-on gloves.
Esther Rothscnild
K^y\lilliner
Announces the recent remodeling oj
her shop to include gowns that are
exclusii'e but not expensive.
Each model is personally
selected. Whether you are
large or small or an average
size, you will find a charmmg
variety of frocks for sport,
atternoon and evening wear,
with hats to harmonize, in a
varied selection.
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THE development of investment practice
among the millions of people throughout this
country during the last decade has wrought
previously unbelievable buying power in
stocks and bonds by our people in all walks of life.
It is the effort of this series of discussions to remove
the vagaries and mysteries that appear to many to
surround these instruments now so broadly used for
the employment of investment capital.
Plunging directly into the subject of sane and
sound investment of one's capital, it seems of primary
importance that the much-discussed, but unfortun-
ately little-understood, practice of diversifying one's
capital should be the subject of our first discussion.
Proper diversity is insurance to capital and income.
The geographic location of the earning assets of
the several corporations, enterprises or taxable prop-
erties (with respect to civic loans), standing as
security to one's investments, means much. It is
through the investment of a given capital in widely
different parts of the world that the greatest insur-
ance is enjoyed against loss of earning and property
assets by catastrophe that overtakes one community
or another from time to time.
Employment of capital in a broad variety of busi-
nesses and occupations is insurance against loss by
changes constantly taking place in industry and the
modes and places of living or the general economic
kaleidoscope continually confronting all nations.
There are few investors who cannot, with profit
to themselves, purchase both Stocks and Bonds —
thereby procuring the satisfaction of steady income
from good bonds and the gratification of capital
profit, in addition to income, from well-chosen stocks
where the greater potentialities of capital gain lie.
Placing capital out at rental with safety for its
return should frequently include the practice of pur-
chasing securities of a variety of maturities, as may
be definitely designated with bonds. This practice is
particularly applicable with profit to capital for
permanent investment rather than for funds seeking
temporary employment. Such practice insures one
against extreme fluctuations in market value of a
complete investment list with the seasonal and
periodic changes in the interest rates for "Time
Money," or money loaned for periods ranging from
30 days to six months or more in the various financial
centers of the country. In other words, if "Time
Money" is worth 6j/2% to 7%, then securities with
fixed interest returns of long term life should sell at
relatively low prices to make for high return on the
capital invested. Correspondingly, if "Time Money"
is worth 3j/2% to 4%, then long-term securities find
relatively high price levels to yield low income returns
consistent with "Time Money" rates. In each of
these instances, variation in price level for short-
term securities is far less drastic due to the earlier
date of maturity when face value of the capital at
stake will be returned by the borrower to the investor.
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1928
It is frequently the case that one
pays for more marketability than is
required and this, too often, proves
quite as costly over a period of time as
to have purchased many securities with
too slow or too inactive a market. The
former practice is an entirely needless
sacrifice of income. The latter creates
a "frozen" condition for an invest-
ment account and consequently forms
poor collateral value. Thus, flexibility
is destroyed which every investment
account should have to meet the
emergencies constantly to be antici-
pated.
Consequently one should under-
stand the values of holding a list of
securities having the balanced values
of both "listed" or "unlisted" mar-
kets. The former frequently embody
those securities giving marketability at
the expense of income; the latter af-
ford in most instances sufficient mar-
ketability for the average investment
account and a just, fair income return.
It must be understood that "listing"
a security on any exchange in no way
endorses the intrinsic worth of the
security or means that it is any bet-
ter, if as good, as many "unlisted"
securities. The fact that a security
is "listed" merely means that certain
limited facts and figures concerning
the company are periodically filed
with the officials of the Exchange as
to the company's legal existence in its
state of incorporation ; names of its
officers and general statement of its
finances; and, with "listing." a fee to
the Exchange is paid. "Listing" a
stock or bond furnishes a source of
record for market valuation.
Repeated redemption of United
States Liberty Bonds by our Treasury
Department is having a very far-
reaching effect upon the huge army of
investors in this country who, with
their accumulated capital of the past
ten years released — are at sea as to the
sane and safe reinvestment of an
amount running into hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars. It is no easy matter
to replace an investment that has so
handsomely served a whole nation of
investors both large and small, paying
better than four per cent income.
Coupled with this reinvestment
problem by erstwhile Liberty Bond-
holders, we find scores of our leading
Industrial and Public Utility Cor-
porations are constantly retiring their
bond and preferred stock issues bear-
ing six, seven and even higher income
percentages. These higher income
: securities are being replaced with
I lower coupon and dividend bonds and
\ stocks as a result of the plentifulness
I of capital for investment in this coun-
try, augmented as it is by the redemp-
tion of our Liberty Loans.
This is admittedly a sound policy
for our great business corporations and
of marked advantage to the Common
Stockholders of the corporations.
It is into this situation that the finer
forms of Investment Trust Shares
come to serve as a particularly suitable
channel for reinvestment of a large
part of the capital being released as
outlined.
The following quotation is given
verbatim from a recent statement
made by Mr. John Moody, one of
America's leading investment analysts :
"Any security may any time move
contrary to the trend of the markets
and of general business, but a well-
diversified list never moves contrary.
Investing, like economics, is no such
exact science as to enable any man,
however expert, to be sure that a single
selection is the best. Furthermore, in
this process of diversification a group
or assortment of securities should be
bought as a ichole and held as a whole
and later sold as a ivhole."
Lenten Lectures
A series of Lenten lectures on the
"Life of Christ" will be given at the
Women's City Club every Monday in
Lent by the Reverend Dr. H. H.
Powell, Dean of the Divinity School
of Grace Cathedral. As a student of
the life of Christ, Dean Powell is
considered one of the most inspiring
authorities in California, and the City
Club esteems it a privilege to present
these lectures. Mrs. William B.
Hamilton is chairman of the commit-
tee in charge.
The lectures are free of charge and
will be given at 1 1 o'clock each Mon-
day morning of Lent. Members of
the City Club may invite friends to
these lectures.
f -f -f
The Celestial Surgeon
If I have faltered more or less
In my great task of happiness;
If I have moved among my race
And shown no glorious morning face ;
If beams from happy human eyes
Have moved me not; if morning skies.
Books, and my food, and summer rain
Knocked on my sullen heart in vain, —
Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure take,
And stab my spirit broad awake ;
Or, Lord, if too obdurate I,
Choose Thou, before that spirit die,
A piercing pain, a killing sin,
And to my dead heart run them in !
Robert Louis Stevenson.
98O is Enough
to give you a full participating
interest in these fifty-five
Common Stocks listed on the
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1. Topeka and Santa Fe
Bal
Che
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sapeake and Oh
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Chi
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d ano
P
De
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on
llli
lois Central
Louisville and Nashville
Nei
V York Central
Nei
V York. Chicago
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No
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n
No
rthern Pacific
Per
nsylvania
Ree
ding
Sol
thern Pacific
Soi
thern Railway
Union Pacific
PUBLIC UTILITIES
American Telephone & Telegraph
Consolidated Gas of New York
Pacific Gas and Electric
Peoples Gas. Light and Coke
Public Service of New Jersey
Southern California Edison
Standard Gas and Electric
INDUSTRIALS
Allied Chemical «t Dye
Can
American Tobacco
E. I. du Pont de Nemours
Eastman Kodak
Endicott Johnson
Famous Players. Lasky
General Cigar
General Electric
General Motors
General Outdoor Advertising
B. F. Goodrich
International Harvester
Loews. Incorporated
Sears, Roebuck
Sterling Products
Timken Roller Bearing
Union Carbide and Carbon
United Drug
United Fruit
United States Steel
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg.
F. W. Woolworth
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
OILS AND MINES
American Smelting and Refinir
Kennecott Copper
Texas Corporation
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Standard Oil of California
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Standard Oil of New York
Askjorjull data about
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192:
CLYTEMNESTRA
A Greek Classic in Four Acts
Presented by La Boheme Players, In the
Women's City Club Theatre, 465 Post Street
March 9 and 10, at 8:15 p. m.
Under the direction of Lydia Warren Lister
Frederic Stuart Smith, Assistant Director
Costumes and Settings by Louis Sturm
Music Director, Orisa K. Keppelmann
Press Agent, Mrs. James Dowdell
THOSE TAKING PART ARE:
Robina McKay
Henry B. Lister
Frederic Stuart Smith
Louis Sturm
Roy Sexton
Alton Wood
Harry Burnham
Walter Arkush
Stafford Rehan
M. Hart Dasteel
Lydia Warren Lister
Maxine Siebrecht
Merel Lee
Dorothy Boardman
Vivian Dysche
Charlotte Dasteel
Florette Dowdell
Beatrice Boyen
Alice Bishop
Constance Anderson
Henry Budde, Jr.
A special feature will be the Solo Incense Dance of
Myrna Little, as Psyche, the priestess, accompanied
by Katherine Wolf on the flute.
The Ballet
Doris Meidliam and Assistants, as Maidens of Argos
Tableau and Ode to the Morning Star,
at Cyclops Temple
Act 1. At Aulis, before the Trojan War (from
Euripides)
Act 2. At Argos, after the war (from Aeschylus)
Act 3. At Taurus, Temple of Diana (from Eu-
ripides)
Act 4. At Argos (from "Electro" of Sophocles)
Admission fl.OO; Tax 10 cents. Tickets for sale at
Womtn's City Club, 465 Post Street, and at Sherman
Clay & Co.
Books of Clytemnestra for sale at The League Shop,
Women's City Club.
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City Club's Social Activities
(Continued from page si)
was president of the Women's Canadian Club for
some years, an organization of 3,000 women. She
also presided over the Authors' Association and the
Women's Press Club of Atlanta for several terms.
Her recital of poems in the City Club lounge
drew a large audience, many of whom remembered
publication of her poem, "Gray Knitting," which
caused so much comment during the war. This was
her first visit to California, and to San Francisco,
which she describes as "an absolutely different city
with streets not Western, but Continental."
Mrs. Garvin lived at the City Club while in San
Francisco.
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Mrs. Ernest J. Mott was hostess at a dinner given
at the Women's City Club in the National De-
fenders' Room, February 23, in honor of Walter
DuBoise Brookings, who was in San Francisco en
route to his home in Washington after having at-
tended the conferences of Chamber of Commerce
heads held in Honolulu early in February.
The late Mrs. Walter Brookings was one of the
organizers of the local chapter of the National
League for Woman's Service, out of which grew the
Women's City Club, and had many friends in San
Francisco, where she lived while Mr. Brookings was
in Europe during the war. She was a classmate at
Wellesley of Miss Mabel Pierce, treasurer of the
City Club, and had many friends in northern Cali-
fornia.
Walter Brookings is with the Department of Na-
tional Resources at Washington. He was with Her-
bert Hoover in Poland for a time after the war,
returning to live in Washington.
Mrs. Mott's dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs.
James Theodore Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph
Whiting, Mr. and Mrs Paul Eliel, Dr. and Mrs.
William Palmer Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Rainey, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Broderick, Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Newhall, Jr., Mrs. Edward Stanwood,
Miss Mabel Pierce, Mrs. Edward Currier, Miss
Marion W. Leale, Mr. and Mrs. George Adrian
Applegarth and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kueugel.
Mrs. Mabel T. Johnson, director of the hospital-
ity bureau of the San Francisco Chamber of Com-
merce, was the chief speaker at the luncheon given
February 21 at the Women's City Club by the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's Club, Incorporated,
the subject being, "High Lights on Community Hos-
pitality." Miss Johanna Heim, newly elected presi-
dent, presided.
/ / *•
Mrs. James Ellis Tucker, Mrs. George Tourney,
Mrs. George McDonald, Mrs. John Gantner,
Misses Anna and Octavia Holden were patronesses
of a large bridge party and tea at the Women's City
Club given Saturday, February 18, for the benefit of
the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.
Mrs. C. B. Jutte of 1265 Bay Street was hostess
Friday, February 17, at a luncheon at the Women's
City Club in honor of her mother-in-law, Mrs.
William C. Jutte, her sister-in-law, Mrs. Irving
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928
Knox, and her niece, Miss Jacqueline Walter, all of
New York City.
Other guests of Mrs. Jutte were: Mrs. William
F. Chipman, Mrs. Clarence Mark Smith, Mrs. M.
Kellogg, Mrs. Louise Kellogg Maitland, Mrs.
Lloyd Lomax, Mrs. Edward Grabhorn, Airs. Fred-
erick G. Meade (Mrs. Jutte's mother), Mrs. John
Wilcox, Mrs. Telford Hamilton and Miss \'era
Hamilton. The luncheon was held in the Mural
Room of the Cit\ Club.
AL'ss Wyn George, the English artist, will have
an exhibition of pastel portraits of children and ori-
ental types \n the card room on the fourth floor,
March 5 to March 8, inclusive.
Miss George will be present at the opening of the
exhibition Monday, March 5, and will be glad to
meet the members who are interested in the ex-
hibition.
The directors hope that from time to time exhibi-
tions may be held in the card and board rooms which
will prove of interest to members and offer artists
an opportunity to present their work.
Miss Helen AL ^Vells gave a dinner Friday eve-
ning, February 24, in the National Defenders' Room
at the Women's City Club. Following the dinner
moving pictures, taken in the government national
parks, were shown. Miss Wells' guests were: Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin J. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. H. K.
Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Porter, Mr. and Mrs.
George Chester Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Coxon, Mr. and Mrs. Craig Carrier, Dr. and Mrs.
H. S. Stephenson, Dr. and Mrs. Harry Staats
Moore, Mrs. James R. Pringle, Miss Elsa Garrett,
Mrs. E. P. Washburn, Miss Eleanor Bump, Mrs.
M. McKellar, Mrs. Marcus Koshland, Mrs. Mau-
rice Schweitzer, Mrs. Leon Guggenhime, Mrs. John
O. Harron, Mrs. Harry Frank, Miss Leonide Von
Hagen, Mr. A. D. Westinghouse. Dr. B. McElroy,
Mr. Arthur Baken, Mr. Alaurice Schweitzer, Jr.,
Mr. Jesse Colman, Mr. Allen Nichols, Mr. W. W.
Jones and Mr. Thomas P. Davey.
Qlytemnestra
"Clytemnestra," a Greek classic in four acts by
Henry B. Lister, LL. AL, will be given an elaborate
production by La Boheme Players on Friday and
Saturday evenings, March 9 and 10, at the Women's
City Club, 465 Post Street. The cast will include
forty experienced players and a ballet. Lydia War-
ren Lister will appear as Clytemnestra.
Tickets are selling at $L10 each, including the
war tax. Reservations may be made by telephoning
Douglas 1415. Tickets will be on sale after Alarch
5 at the box office. Women's City Club.
'Dinner before Lecture
There will be a "Dutch treat" dinner at the
Women's City Club the evening of Alaude Royden's
lecture, March 16, to which all members are invited.
The lecture begins at 8:15 o'clock; consequently the
dinner must begin early. The committee in charge
has fixed seven o'clock as the dinner hour, but urges
guests to be on time.
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With Reference to World Events, Boo\s, Plays,\MusK
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March O
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Thursday Q Thursday Q
March O
Friday
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Tickets at door of Halls Sl.lO Management Alice Seckels
T>T A I'D'' Ql Cleaners of Fine Garments
i^^""s^ 629 Taylor Street : Phone Fran}{hn 4667
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KNOWING WOMEN realize
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DoTou Know?
FOR the benefit of many mem-
bers of the Women's City Club,
notably the new acquisitions
who are not entirely familar with
the duties of the several committees
which carry on the activities of the
institution, the following outline may
be of interest:
Hospitality
The Women's Cit>' Club aims to
extend hospitaliti,- to representative
visiting women. As a rule functions
honoring visitors are arranged on very
short notice and members can learn
of the functions only through the
press. The Hospitalitv Committee de-
sires to perfect machinerv wherebv
members of the club and visitors who
have common interests may meet
under happy auspices. Some of the
recent visitors have been educators and
journalists of prominence who were
desirous of meeting San Francisco
women interested in similar kinds of
work. Members who are particularly
interested in the work of the Hos-
pitality Committee are invited to noti-
fv the executive office on the fourth
floor.
Dues
The verv low dues of the club im-
press all visitors who seek information
about the club. Thev are made pos-
sible only throueh the consistent use
of the club bv members. It is essential
to successful operation, with dues of
$6.00 a vear, that the departments of
the club be self-supporting. The activ-
ities and facilities of the club are so
diversified that every member should
find something in the club which In-
terests or serves her.
Beauty Saix)n
The club operates, on the lower
main floor, a Beauty Salon supplied
with the most modern equipment. The
operators are experienced and courte-
ous and the charges are moderate. A
specialty is made of permanent waving
and children's haircutting, but all of
the customary Beauty Salon services
are rendered.
Swimming Pool
The swimming pool is one of the
most beautiful in the city. Competent
instructors are on duty to teach those
who do not know how to swim. The
pool is being kept open on Sunday
mornings for the convenience of those
who cannot use it during the week.
League Shop
The club operates in the main ar-
cade a gift shop, upon which it de-
pends for a considerable amount of in-
come. Members are invited to visit
the shop and inspect the ^n'de variet>'
of goods on sale. The history of the
Direct rrom Old Erin
hand loom linen clothes
and napkins • BELLEEK CHINA
IRISH HAND embroideries
HAND-COLORED PRINTS
BY WELL-KNOWN
IRISH ARTISTS
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422 Sutter Street • San Francisco
DESIGNER AND
MANUFACTURER OF FINE JEWELRY
A Selected Stoc\ of
MAT S
for Spring and Summer
Models made on the head
and hats made o%'er... given
the personal attention of...
MERCIE O'ROURKE
Second Floor
Women's City Club Building
Telephone Garfield 4577
(Open 10 the Public)
IMPORTED
Italian '^^urniture
BOSTON
BEDDING ^UPHOLSTERING
COMPANY
1957 POLK ST. : SAN FRANCISCO
Telephone Graystone 759
Diamond Fiat
51 LICK PLACE > SAN FRANCISCO
Between Sutter, Post, Kearny and
Montgomery Streets
RWILELOER^S
239 Posh srreeh San Francisco
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1928
shop runs back to the days when the
club was located at iiZ Kearny Street.
There the idea of having a shop in
which attractive, used clothing of good
style could be sold at low prices was
conceived. Many donations of cloth-
ing were obtained and some things
were sent in on consignment. A con-
siderable business was developed in
such used clothing. Later other articles
of merchandise were added to the
stock. There is still a used clothing
department on the mezzanine floor,
,,the entrance being through the shop.
The club desires to develop this de-
/^partment and will be glad to receive
donations or consignments of used
' clothing in good condition.
Restaurant Dep.'vrtment
The club operates its own dining
room and cafeteria. Private dining
rooms are available for luncheons, teas
and dinners. Afternoon tea is served
in the main dining room. Tea and
cake are also served in the lounge
every afternoon between 3 :30 and 5
o'clock except on Sundays and holi-
days. Gentlemen may be entertained
in the lounge on Wednesday, Satur-
day and Sunday after 4 o'clock. They
may be entertained in the dining room,
cafeteria and American room at any
■time. Many members find it a con-
venience to order cakes, pies and other
foods from the restaurant to take
home.
Library
i The library is one of which the club
{ is justly proud. Each member is en-
1 titled to borrow two books at a time,
i only one of which may be a seven-day
ij or a ten-day book. A large number of
new books have been added to the
library in recent months and new
|. books are coming in every month.
Bedrooms
The members in residence at the
club state that their accommodations
are comfortable, convenient and pleas-
ing in every way. A number of bed-
rooms are reserved for out-of-town
members and gu'ests. Members who
live some distance from the business
and theatre district find the privilege
of renting a bedroom by the hour a
great convenience. A charge of $1.00
an hour is made for the use of bedroom
Iwith a bath, a charge of 25 cents an
'hour is made for the use of a bedroom.
Avithout bath, or a bathroom by one
•person.
Membership Cards
In order to protect the privileges of
membership in the club, it is necessary
:o ask members to show membership
:ards when leaving the elevator above
[he second floor. Members can greatly
facilitate the elevator service by having
^1 |heir cards ready when they enter the
'evator.
TEA ENJOYMENT
TREEATEA
ORANGE PEKOE
ADn^r^T AQQ AND POTTERIES
:Q.:^.I....Sn^k^.it?.b^ ^rom HOLLAND
Leerdam "Unica""...the ancient glass handicraft expressed
in modern form. Each piece designed and signed by well-
known artists .... there are no duplicates in existence.
And...the only collection in America of COLENBRANDER
Potteries, famous for their richness of coloring and grace
of design, now being featured in
THE LEAGUE SHOP
Other pieces of Crystal Glass Table-
ware, Hand-painted and Etched Glass,
Decorative Vases and Bowls in exquis-
ite colorings, are also being shown by
M. DAS
Wholesdle D\sp\ay Rooms
710 I OLK STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
Telephone Craystone 9108
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women's city club magazine for MARCH
I 928
The Mil\ with More Cream
DAIRY DELIVERY
CREAM
AlwaysV/hips!
/^~^ 0 ^E sell only one grade of
^OL/ Cream .. .and whether
you serve it with coffee and
cereal, or whip it for the
family's favorite dessert, you
can rely upon its unvarying
quality. CfAnd it is delicious
... this thick, rich Cream . . .with
prunes, figs, and other fresh or
canned fruits. C[To order, de'
livered at your door
Telephone :
Valencia Ten Thousand
Burlingame 246O
Redwood City 915
Dairy Delivery Company
Successors in San Francisco to
MILLBRAE DAIRY
Dairy Delivery Milk and Cream
are served exclusively in the
Women s City Club
SAN FRANCISCO
LAUNDRY
(T^iMEs have changed! Washing
V--' and ironing no longer belong in
the home . . . any more than spin'
ning and weaving. A woman's
time is worth more than the cost
of having this drudgery done by
a laundry. Indeed, washing and
ironing are no longer even a
washerwoman's work. She can
earn more money in a power
laundry, and find the labor
much lighter.
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Telephones
West 793 . . . Burlingame 3478
You will find this one
pound package of
Campfire Pure Lard
economical to buy and
very convenient
to use.
C5VlRDEN
PACKING COMPANY
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BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY of CLUB MEMBERS
HERE, FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, IS PRINTED A CLASSIFIED
DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS WHO ARE PREPARED TO SERVE
YOU, EITHER IN A BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY
Attorneys
Insurance
Real Estate
SUZANNE VERVIN BOLLES
of Cormac es^BoUes
to British Consulate General
Street, San
Camps
MISS M. PHILOMENE HAGAN
Director Camp Pli-Mar-Jan-E'
Tahoe T^ational Forest, Cul.
A supcr%'ised Summer Camp for GtrU, embracing
all types of outdoor recreation • Season June 27th
to Aug. 1 2th > Post Season Aug. 1 2th to Sept . 1 2th
2034 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Phcnie Fillmore i66g
Employment Bureaus
MRS. M. S. O'CONNOR, Mgr.
Community Placement Bureau, Inc.
438 Hunter-Dulin Building
Our Secretaries will be glad to have Em-
ployers consult them regarding their em-
ployment problems either by phone or
by personal call.
Ill Sutter Street Phone Kearny 2800
Home Dining'Room
MABEL B. WEBB
"A Home Meal Away from Home"
All foods prepared under my
personal supervision
Formerly dietitian for St. Francis, St. Luke's
and French Hospitals.
519 Clement St.
near Sixth Ave. Pfuyne Bayview nog
MRS. E. C. VOTAW
Supt. of Women's Department, Western
States Life Insurance Company : : Life
Income : Life Insurance : Opportunities
for Women in Life Underwriting.
995 Marltet Street
P/iotie Slitter 545
MRS. LELLE McREYNOLDS
of all kinds: Life, Fn
.bUe, Furs.
It is my business to fit the policy
to your particular need.
660 Market Street PltOlie Douglos ^^00
Notary Public
LAURA E. HUGHES
Notary Public, Shorthand Reporting
Multigraphing and Mimeographing
II04 Crocker First National Bank BIdg.
No.l Montgomery Street
Phone Douglas 439
Physicians
DR. PHILLIS W. PERILLAT
Physician ayxd Surgeon
Ogice Phone At«.-ater 3564 Ris. ?hime Mission 26
lj\o Amuer, CM Market 21
Office Houhs;
1-4 p. m. Except Wednesday
7-8 p. m. Except Tuesday and Thursday
2489 Misslos St., CoR. 21ST. Sas Fra.scisc
BESSIE BOYNTON BROWN
Housing Specialist
Selling and Leasing of Exclusive Residenti:
Property . . . San Francisco and Suburl
465 Post St., Women's City Club Bldg.
Phones: Douglas 14 and 15
School
EDITH STEVENS GILES
The Study Place . . . Courses in English,
Enunciation, Vocabulary, Public Speaking,
Social Culture, Memory Training, Con-
temporary Dramatic Events, History
26 Grenoble: 2211 California Street
Phone Fillmore 1743
Enlarge
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Clientele
FOR A NOMINAL CHARGE
EACH MONTH YOUR NAME
WILL BE ADDED TO THIS LIST
Write for particulars
The WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
of SAN FRANCISCO
SWIMMING MEET
in Club Pool
JUNIOR RACES
National and State Champions -will compete
DAUGHTERS OF MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE
U}ftonday, UYCarch gth ^^^ 8:00 p.m.
TYCemhers and Guests Invited
o^
UYten Guests A.dmitted
Tlie Wo mens City Club
Party
sails April 21, 1928, on the
New Malolo for the colorful Hawaiian Islands
(5W
'JHAT an opportunity to see Hawaii with
congenial company. A personally-conducted
Hawaiian Tour for members of the Women's
City Club and their friends sailing from San
Francisco. A rare occasion. Sixteen delightful,
memorable days in the Islands. Interesting inter-
island voyages and sight-seeing trips. All living,
travel and sight-seeing expenses in one inclusive
tour price, if you wish. Special entertainment has
been planned. In Hawaii . . . visits with leading
women's organizations. May is a perfect month
in Hawaii. The flowering trees will have started
to bloom. You will be in Honolulu for the famous
flower festival and the interesting Territorial
Fair. You will remember the manifold pleasures
of such a trip as long as you live. Plan now to go.
The limpid waters of Waikiki never vary more
than two or three degrees throughout the year.
Strange, delicious sub-tropical fruits are waiting
to tempt your palate. There are strange sights
to see, new wonders to enjoy. You will visit
Kilauea — the world's largest active volcano. And
the new Malolo — America's fast luxury ship —
making the voyage to Honolulu in the astonish-
ing time of only four days, offers you the last
word in modern ocean-going comfort. Se\en
decks de\oted to your comfort. Electric ele\a-
tors. Beauty parlor. Swimming pool and gym-
nasium with special hours for women passengers.
Motion pictures. Concert orchestra. Dancing.
Novel deck sports and tournaments for which
valuable prizes are given. 150 rooms with private
bathroom. Discuss this trip now with those who
will accompany you.
JIat/ we mail you complete ttinerari/ and ratesl or apply to
Women's City Club Travel Service, Fourth Floor, Phone Kearny 8400
niatson line
Hawaii • South Seas • Australia
215 Market Street
San Francisco
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Women's City Club
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San Francisco
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M.
ANY of our customers of today are the grandchildren of
those we served when San Francisco was young. It
is gratifying to know that we have given satisfaction
to three generations of California homeowners.
ORIENTAL RUGS ' CARPETS ' DRAPERIES ' FURNITURE
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\V O M E N S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE tor APRIL • I 9 2 8
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB CALENDAR
APRIL 1 — 30, 1928
CURRENT EVENTS
First and third Monday evenings, 7:30 o'clock. Wednesday mornings at 11 o'clock.
Auditorium. Mrs. Parker Maddux, Leader.
LEAGUE BRIDGE
Tuesdays, 2:00 P. M. and 7:30 P. M. Assembly Room.
PLAY READING
Wednesdays, 3:00 P. M. Committee Room. Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard, Leader.
THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMS
Thursdays, 8:00 P. M. Auditorium.
TUESDAY LUNCHEON TALKS
Tuesdays, 12:15 P. M. 'Studies in Economics," by Mrs. Herman Owens of Mills
College. Mural Room.
DECORATIVE ARTS EXHIBIT
Daily, 10:00 A. M. to 10:00 P. M. Auditorium. April 2-14.
April 1 — Sunday Evening Concert
Mrs. Francis M. Shaw, Hostess Lounge 8:15 P.M.
2 — Decorative Arts Exhibit — Opening -ludilorium 10:00 A.M.
to 10:00 P.M.
Lecture by Dr. Powell on "The Life of Christ" -Issembly Room 11A.M.
Reception — Decorative Arts Exhibit Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
3 — Tuesday Luncheon Talk
Mrs. Herman Owens, of Mills College
"Studies in Economics" Cafrleria 12:15 P.M.
5 — Thursday Evening Program
Mr. Samuel T. Farquar, Speaker *'
"The Fine Art of Book Making" Third Floor 8:00 P.M.
7 — Easter Swimming Party — for children of members and their
friends • Siiimming Pool 11;A. M.
10 — Tuesday Luncheon Talk ";
Mrs. Herman Owens of Mills College
"Studies in Economics" Mural Room 12:15 P.M.
2 — Thursday Evening Program
Mrs. Kathryn Northrup- — Dramatic Reading Third Floor 8:00 P.M.
■1 — Decorative Arts Exhibit — Last day luditorium 10:00 A.M.
to 10:00 P.M.
5 — Sunday Evening Concert
Mrs. Richard turn Suden, Hostess Lounge 8:15 P.M.
7 — Tuesday Luncheon Talk
Mrs. Herman Owens of Mills College
"Studies in Economics" Mural Room 12:15 P.M.
8 — Beauty Salon Demonstration
Mrs. Minerva Russ, Speaker 4ssembly Room i.ViUY.'M.
9 — Thursday, Evening Program
Mr. Richard M. Neustadt, Director Retail Merchants'
Association, Speaker — "Merchandising" -ludilorium 8:00 P.M.
■1 — Tuesday Luncheon Talk
Mrs. Herman Owens of Mills College
"Studies in Economics" Mural Room 12:15P.M.
IFAIFL A IH IE A ID
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The Illustrious New Chrysler "72"
Proves Every QXaim of Superior Quality, Performance and Value
Before Chrysler entered the
field, automobiles were bulky,
clumsy and most unremark-
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appearance, speed and accel-
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Then along came the sparkling
Chrysler and in a moment put
life into motor car style and
performance.
Today the Illustrious New "72"
— longer, roomier, faster, hand-
somer— is as far ahead of its
pretending competition as the
first Chrysler was of its time.
A 75 h. p. engine — 72 miles an
hour plus with consummate
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and roomier — chassis spring
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shock insulators. Body ap-
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ing — colors distinctive and
harmonious — all this at re-
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There is just one way for you
to be sure of getting the advan-
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"72" offers — that is, to buy a
Chrysler "72."
Illustrious Neu; "72" — Two-pass.
Coupe (with rumble seat), $1545; Royal
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ible Coupe (with rumble seat), $1745;
Crown Sedan, $1795.
Netf Chrysler "52" — $670 to $790;
Qreat Netv Chrysler "62" — $1065 to
$1235; New 112 h. p. Imperial "80"
—$2795 to $6795.
All t>Tices /. o. h. Detroit, subject to
dealeri are in position to extend
New Chrysler "Red-Head" En-
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of high-compression gas, giving 12%
greater torque %vith greater speed, power,
hill-cIimbing ability and fuel economy,
is standard equipment on the roadsters of
the "62," "72," and on all models of th»
Neu> 112 h. p. Imperial "80" and
available, at slight extra cost, for other
body types.
current Federal excise tax. Chrysler
the convenience of time payments.
Ait prices ;. o. b. Uetroit, subject to current reaerai excise tax. \.-nrysier ^
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Sundays and
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Chrysler Distributors for Central and T^orthern California
Van Ness Ave. at Post St., San Francisco
Phone
Graystone
7300
39th Avenue and East 14th Street
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selections ...in sizes to 44
'^HJrnportant < < ' see the
display in the lobby
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. . .and w hen you pur-
chase, please tell
WiLLARD'S you saw
this advertisement.
Club members are iiwited to open a
charge account at Willard's
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I 928
15he WOMEN'S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE
School Directory
GIRLS- AND BOYS' SCHOOL
With the advance of Spring,
parents are thinking toward
Summer Schools and Camp-
Schools for their children
. . . and the majority are even
now making plans for the
coming year when their
children w^ill enter boys' or
girls' schools for the first
time. If you have a school
problem, you will find the
schools represented in this
Directory each month well
worthy of your
attention.
NOB HILL SCHOOL
OF THE FAIRMONT HOTEL
is open for a limited number of boys
and girls. First six grades . . . prepared
for Junior High. Individual instruction.
Concentration taught. Creati\'e work.
Children from 5':. to 12 years accepted at any
time. Directed play at Huntington Park.
Mrs. Ilia B. Swindler, Director
833 Powell Street : : San Francisco
Kearny 796 or Fillmore 698 1
GIRLS' SCHOOL
NURSERY SCHOOL
THE
MERRIMAN SCHOOL
(Accredited)
Health : Happiness : Scholarship
Mira C. Merriman, Ida Body
Principals
PACIFIC HEIGHTS NURSERY
Mrs. Stanley Rypins, Director SCHOOL
A day school for supervised free play of normal
children between the ages of two and five years.
Open during the entire Summer.
Visitors welcome.
1900 Jackson Street, at Gough
Telephone Walnut 5998
597 Eldorado Ave. : Oakland, Cal.
SHORTHAND SCHOOL
COACHING SCHOOLS
■^H^^aaa i-YearHigh School
ri D IT Ulf Course adm,ts to college.
^^ f\ ^^ WW Credits valid in high school.
SCHOOL accredited, saves ha" "me"
Private Lessons, any hour. Night, Day. Both sexes.
Annapolis, West Point, College Board tutoring.
Secretarial'Academic two-year course, entitles to High
School Diploma. Civil Service Coaching — all lines.
agoi California St. Phone West 7069
"^ The 'Natural Shorthand <>
FASTEST
TO LEARN
EASIEST
TO USE
Consult
Eliz,abeth G.Hayden
580 Market St., San Francisco
Telephone Kearny 3540
SPECIAL SCHOOL
SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ART
We take pleasure in announcing the opening in San Francisco of
Herbert Heyes Studios
Summum in Histrioniis
for fundamental and thorough professional training in drama-
tic art as applied to the present-day theatre. The course of
instruction is designed to equip pupils to qualify success-
fully for professional engagements.
Mr. Heyes' distinguished career on both screen and stage,
coupled with his extensive directorial experience and wide
acquaintance with directors and producers, affords grad-
uates invaluable opportunity for recognition and prefer-
ment.
Complete detailed information will be given gladly upon
request to H. H. Woolpert, General Manager of Business
Administration, 220 Post Street.
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THE CEDARS
CORA C. MYERS, Head
A School in a natural environment_of
distinctive beauty -where children
develop latent talents.
Address
THE CEDARS
Ross, Marin County, California
DRESSMAKING SCHOOL
Emma F.Smith
Former]y of T^ew Yor}^ City
Wishes to announce the opening
of classes for the Instruction of
DRESSMAKING
in all Its branches.
GOWNS
SUITS
COATS
For further informatioyi tfrite or phon*:
1245 Broderick Street
Phone Walnut 3643
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Published M.nMy at
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Telephone
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SAN FRANCISCO
Volume II APRIL ' 1928
Numbers
Contents
PAGE
Club Calendar 1
Frontispiece 8
Editorial 17
Articles
Mewsings 15
Edith Bristol
Marv Austin and the Great American
Rhythm 16
Charles Calduell Dobie
What Our Friends Think of Us . . 16
H. S. Boone
City Planning Conference .... 22
Social Activities 23
Club Brevities 26
MON'THLV DeP.-VRTMEXTS
Travel Planning 20
Books of the Month 14
Inglis Fletcher
Music in the City Club 19
Ajina Cora Winchell
Financial Article 24
Annual Reports
President's Foreword 9
President's Report 10
Thursday Evening Programs . . . 10
Vocational Guidance 11
Swimming Committee Report . . . 12
Volunteer Service 13
House Committee 13
Shop Committee 18
Golf Committee 18
Beauty Parlor 28
Restaurant Committee 28
Bridge Section 29
Reciprocal Relations 29
Education Committee 30
KDtiipress (yosepliiiie
coniplatiiea oj lier slifofoers splilltng
ilie jirst ttnic site icorc Ineni
HER bootmaker, ufjon bein^ so rebuRed.
timidly suggested, U ny, ner majesty must
nave walked!" Therein lies tne key to
Josef)mne's wardrobe of 585 jjairs of skoe.s
in one year, naving jjreviously ordered 265
f)airs tne year belore. ' T oday, even (jueens
may exf)ect to enjoy tneir lootwear longer
tkan one briei nour. And we 01 tke laity
demand even more!
Tte Bow Strat, . . .with tke Main Sj^ring Arck. A
creation whose classic lines wouIJ ckarm an Elin()ress.
BLACK KID TRIMMED WITH PATENT LEATHER
PATENT TRIMMED WITH MAT KID
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844 Market Street, S. F.
OAKLAND BECKELEV SAN JOSE
\V O M £ N
C I T ■i' CLUB MAGAZINE for APRIL
192
(^harrni7^gvs^ VHiodcrn •^ Home Li}{e
CAS A del REy APARTMENTS
JDeauty, comfort, recreation ... for a
week-end, a month, a year. Completely-
furnished apartments in a colorful
Spanish'Italian setting. Unexcelled
facilities for every outdoor sport.
Carrie Jacobs Bond, the famous
composer said: "What beautiful rooms
and what gorgeous courts of flowers
and shrubs. I want to come back and
live awhile at these Apartments."
Write for illustrated bool^let. For rates '
a.-a& re5ert;ations, aAAress
THE MANAGER
C ASA del REy APARTMENTS and HOTEL
Santa Cruz, California
WOMEN'S DIVISION
OF
MARKET STREET
RAILWAY CO.
A special departnient established
in the interest 0/ women car riders
welcomes your suggestions
PHONE SUTTER 32OO
58 SUTTER STREET
Ruth M. Huntington
m charge of Women s Division
Commercial De(jartment
Mar\et Street Railway Co.
HEALTH
GYMNASTICS
Body Building ' and Reducing
If you are run-down and
under-weight or uncom-
fortably over-weight, we
can help you regain your
health and figure.
Instruction given individually
it preferred. Special classes for
Business Women in the eve-
ning and for Housewives
morning and afternoon.
Swedish Massage, Cabinet
Baths, Hydrotherapy, Sun-ray
Treatments. Nurse always in
attendance.
Inquire about our Summer
Camp. Open May first.
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SAN FRANCISCO ACADEMY
OF PHYSICAL CULTURE -
Lower Main Floor, Women's City Club Building
Telephones : Kearny 8400 and Kearny 8170
folloi^ roads to
romance • • • •
. . .journey carefree through
this western adventure-land
i^TRiKK OUT on your road to romance!
CSJ^) Straight out of the vvork-a-day
world into a buoyant, free, zestful life.
Follow Jack and Ethyl, those lucky,
honeymooning Motormates. They're
telling you each Wednesday night, over
the Pacific Coast Network, of new places
to go and sights to see in this Pacific
Empire.
All along the way, Associated dealers
are waiting to give you detailed travel
and resort information. Stop at the red
and green and cream stations. Fill up
with Associated Gasoline and your car
will readily answer your urge to be going.
Know the surge of its eager power, its
quick acceleration and its ability to give
you long mileage. Then go!
Associated Oil Company
Re^ners of Associated Gasoline, Associated
Ethyl Gasoline, and New Cycol Motor Oil
WOMEN S C I T -V
M A V, A Z I N E
928
It's the
D O
.^s shown in Vogue,
Sunset is ofDobbs softest
Leisure Light Felt . . . with
a charming handi-tuc\ed
design on the doselyfitting
crown ... in the hac\ and
front.The smart trim is of
All Silk Belting Ribbon !
All colors and sizes.
SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT
7-Store Buying Power
<:^n Sarthly Taradise
In quaint and. crunTnxing Santa JDai'bara over'
looking tKe Ivtountains and. tne Sea. on its o\.on
Kill top of tliirt^' acres of gorgeous
{HEARTS DESIRE)
a rx kotel oi unusual beauty, w?Jxere tkere preoails
tke atn-UDspl\ere of a gentleman's kome, guests
kavJe tke privileges of tke La Sunxbre and
Tvtonteclto Country Clubs.
AMERICAN TLAN >- 3 Hours ,ram Los A^gele,
For furtkec inrocmation Write or wire GKarUs 3. Her\'ey, Mgc.
TO HAWAII
SAILING APRIL 21
WITH THE
Women's City Club Party
1 UMijUE opportunity to make a personally-
^J conducted tour of the three principal
fc/ A islands of Hawaii with Women's City Club
members and friends sailing on the new Malolo.
From IS to 25 days from San Francisco — 7 to 16
days in Hawaii — all travel and living expenses
from $312 according to steamer and hotel accom-
modations selected. The restful, healthful voy-
age is a holiday in itself. Several special festive
occasions take place while you are in Honolulu.
Yo;i will be entertained by representative Hono-
lulu club women.
''Pan-Pacific JVomen's Conference in oAugust
.■\nother interesting Hawaiian Tour by Wom-
en's Club members and friends sailing on the
new Malolo in time for the Pan-Pacific Women's
Conference in Honolulu, .'\ugust 9 to 19.
For information, apply at Women's City Club Travel Service
Fourth Floor, Telephone Kearny 8400 ... or
mats on line
hawaii • South Seas
Australia
215 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
Telephone Davenport 2300
women's city club magazine for APRIL • I92
DRAWING BY HAL BRUNTSCH
"No department of the Women's City Club is more interesting than the Swim7ning
Pool, for there all ages meet daily for that most fascinating of sports — or pastimes —
swimming in crystal clear water which reflects a scrupulously clean container. Swim-
7titng parties on Saturday mornings and matinees are vogue among the children of the
members, with competent teachers on the alert every minute to see that the youngsters
learn the correct strokes. Babes of three and four years have been taught to swim in
a short time. Teachers are there also to give lessons to adults, and every comfort is
looked after by the attendants. The Swimming Party of April 7 at eleven o'clock is
just now engaging the interest of scores of Club mermaids.
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WOMEN^S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
VOLUME II
SAN FRANCISCO ' APRIL ' I928
NUMBER
15he President s Foreword
By Mrs. A. P. Black
THE annual membership meetinj^ of the Women's
City Club, held at noon on Monday, March 12,
this year, took the form of a luncheon. About 225
of the me'Tibers were seated at tables in the audi-
torium and probably 75 more sat in the gallery to listen
to the program. This number of the Club membership
responded to a general invitation to attend the meeting
and hear the reports of the heads of departments and the
chairmen of standing committees on the status of the Club
and the work accomplished during the past year.
The first report presented was that of the retiring presi-
dent, Mrs. Cleaveland Forbes. The report showed clearly
her leadership in a successful administration, but it couid
not reflect adequately all the care, thought, energy and
time wTiich she had given to bring about this result.
The treasurer's report, always an interesting document,
followed, and the members present had the satisfaction of
knowing that all financial obligations of the year had been
met, with a safe surplus remaining. The heads of five
departments presented reports and these were followed b\
the reports of the chairmen of eighteen standing com-
mittees.
The impression created by these various reports, taken
as a whole, was a profound and inspiring one. It was the
story of a great woman's organization in action, working
with enthusiasm and the thrilling adventure of youthful-
ness. The sum of these reports showed a cooperation and
a unity of purpose, a working together for progress toward
a common aim, that of making the Club a power for good
both to its members and to the community, and of keeping
always prominent the thought and acts of service.
Because this impression was created In the minds of the
comparatively small portion of the Club's membership, it
was decided, inst'.ad of filing away these reports, as is the
usual procedure, to use the Club magazine as a messenger
to carry the story of the Club's achievement to the great
majority of the members who were not present at the
meeting.
The Women's City Club is a friendly organization and
has steadUy the desire to keep its members in close touch
and sympathy with all its operations.
It is for this reason that the magazine was conceived
and is being supported. It is the messenger from the
central office to each individual member, in manv matters
the only means of communication, and if it is read with
careful and s\mpathetic attention the aim of maintaining
and publishing it will be realized.
This is the annual number, commemorative that we
have occupied and enjoyed our new building for two years.
No subject matter can be more interesting than a record
of the Club's achievement.
Mrs. Stoddard is enthusiastic about forming class groups
in response to the expressed desire of members, so that the
activity of this department will in great measure be ruled
by the wishes of the membership. Plans are being formu-
lated for an all-day conference to be held in the Club
Auditorium on W^ednesday, April eighteenth, on the sub-
ject of the Beautif;, ing and Development of San Francisco.
Good speakers are being secured for different phases of
this subject, so that the event should have a large attend-
ance. The date is auspicious and the subject deeply inter-
esting to all our citizens. It is always opportune to say a
word for volunteer service, which is the traditional and
proud feature of our Club. Splendid work is being done
in this department, but still a great number of our mem-
bers have not yet experienced the pleasure and advantage
of volunteer service. Possibly these may be enumerated
in this way: First, the duty to the Club; the joy of ren-
dering service ; the good accomplished by such service ; the
friendships established in the groups which comes of inter-
est in a common aim ; and, finally, the increased loyalty to
the organization in which all are working for its advance-
ment. Mrs. Carl is always happy to add new names to
her list, and to receive a telephone message that another
member is anxious to help, for there is plenty of all kinds
of service to be rendered. Many a lonely Club member
finds in a volunteer service group a new circle of friends
and an increased interest in life. Then another object is
accomplished which is much desired — the increased use of
our Club by its large membership. Even if the uniform
is not worn, service can be rendered by using the Club for
social gatherings and in patronizing its various depart-
ments, such as its beauty salon, dining room, shop and
swimming pool, of which we are justly proud.
Such reports of activity in the various departments give
us courage and desire for even greater progress in the year
now before us. A number of plans have been suggested
and many of them will be acted upon. The Committee on
Education, under the leadership of Mrs. Thomas A. Stod-
dard, is working on a variety of propositions to meet the
need and taste of different groups of the membership.
women's city club magazine for APRIL
1928
The President's Report
Bv Mrs. Cleaveland Forbes
THE first year has been one of steady growth for
the Club. A further adjustment of the Club to its
new home and an equally necessary adjustment of
the club house to the needs of the Club have occu-
pied much of the ;ittention of the administration.
Beauty parlors under the Club management were
opened on September 15 on the lower main floor. There,
too, is an academy of physical culture, a concession of the
Club, which with the swimming offices and dressing rooms
tax the capacity of the floor to the utmost.
On the street, the last store is rented and the Club can
justly be proud of its tenants, as each one is of the highest
order in his particular line of business.
The second floor, which at tiie present time must pro-
duce revenue, is now completely rented, with the exception
of the office of the advertising manager of the Club
magazine.
The steady growth in the use of the fourth floor made
advisable the putting of the card tables in the rest room
and the moving of the rest room to the fifth floor. This
was considered especially desirable, as it placed the rest
room in a more quiet part of the building, and took the
card tables from the American Room, making the latter
more attractive for the entertainment of our guests. Coin-
cident with the change was a further furnishing of the
American Room. More lamps were installed in the library
in order to better accommodate the many who use it. In
the lounge a kind friend donated a fire screen, making
possible the more frequent use of the fireplace.
The increase in the use of the bedrooms has been most
gratifying, and many nights this past winter the facilities
have not been adequate for the needs.
At the request of the members a golf net was installed
in the penthouse and a competent golf instructor appointed.
The programs of the Club have been varied and always
of the highest order. Many have not been as well attended
as they deserve to have been, but all have given pleasure
and profit to those who have attended.
The Club has been frequently visited by notable guests,
many of whom have been entertained by it. All who sec
the Club and enter its doors feel the spirit of cordiality
and are most enthusiastic in their praise of its homelike
atmosphere, its air of courtesy and kindliness. The volun-
teer service, so freely gi\en by so many of its members, is a
never-ending service of interest to our callers.
In October your second vice-president attended in Bos-
ton a conference of presidents, called by the president of
the Boston City Club. The problems of the Clubs were
discussed and much valuable information was brought
back to the Club. The description of our volunteer service
was one of the valuable contributions to the conference.
\Vith the efifort to maintain at the Club a high standard
of service has also been the effort to meet the financial
obligations. This has been the first full year in the new
building and it is with a feeling of gratification that we
are able to report to you that in addition to carrying all
the departments of the Club that are not yet self-support-
ing, to the launching of the Women's City Club Maga-
zine, the maintaining of the Vocational Information
Bureau, the Club has been able to meet its fixed charges,
which this year included, in addition to the interest,
insurance, taxes, repairs, et cetera, our first payment
toward redemption of the Post Street Investment Com-
pany bonds.
The greatest proof that the Club is a satisfaction to its
members is the steady growth of the waiting list, which
today is about 1750.
Among the delightful things that happened last year
was a gift of $1000.00 of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shoup and
many articles of furniture, all of which added much to
the attractiveness of the Club.
In closing I wish to express my appreciation of the loyal
support that the oflScers, directors and the members of the
Club and staff have given me.
To have had the opportunity of being your president
has been a privilege to me and I thank you for it.
Thursday Evening Programs
By Mrs. A. P. Black
During the year from February 24, 1927, to Fcbruarj
lb, 1928, inclusive, forty-nine programs were presented
on Thursday evenings to a group of the membership of
this Club. The only Thursday evenings omitted were
those of November 24, Thanksgiving, December 22 and
29. The December dates were not filled, on account
of Christmas festivities and interests. Only one speaker
failed to keep his appointment on the date set. This was
Captain J. A. Eagle, who was to give an address on "The
Highlights of Aviation" on the evening of December 1,
1927. Captain Eagle had a sudden attack of illness late
that afternoon and his place was kindly and graciously
filled by Miss Marian Delaney, who gave a thoughtful
and enjoyable review of Emil Ludwig's "Napoleon."
We have been fortunate in being able to present many
able and interesting speakers to our members and their
lectures have been enjoyed by attentive and appreciative
audiences. No particular line of study or thought has been
pursued. It has rather been the aim of the committee to
present as great a variety of interesting, entertaining and
educative topics as possible.
Report of the Music Committee
By Mrs. Leonard Woolams
We are happy to feel that the music committee has
filled a real want in the Women's City Club, judging from
the appreciative audiences we have had at our Sunday
evening concerts.
To meet this music hunger excellent programs have been
rendered. We have had many fine professionals who have
given generously of their talents. The watchword of the
Women's City Club is Service, and we hope to live up to
the spirit by giving fine programs during the coming
season.
The concerts are held at 8:15 o'clock in the lounge on
the first and third Sundays of each month. The concert
of March 18 will be held in the Club Auditorium as we
would like to test the acoustics of this hall. Mrs. Frank H.
Allen will arrange this interesting program, consisting of
many professionals. If this concert should prove successful
in the Club's auditorium we shall be glad to give the bal-
ance of the concerts there. The attendance has averaged
from two hundred and fifty to three hundred at each
concert.
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Mrs. Charles Miner
Cooper, chairiiKin of
the Hospitality
Committee of the
If omen's City Club
find chairman! also
of the J ocntioiKil
Guidance Bureau.
Annual Report of the Vocational Information Bureau
liy Mrs. Chari.ks Miner Coohkr
In l^l'j when rile National League for AV^oman's Service
organized upon a peace basis, part of their program was a
Ten Per Cent Placement Bureau operated for the benefit
of members and the community.
Two years later it was deemed wise to discontinue the
service in this form by substituting a part-time Bureau for
Vocational Information and Guidance.
In the meantime, much valuable information had been
gathered and the placement work was turned over to the
Community Placement Bureau.
Other surveys were then made by the executive of the
Vocational Information Bureau and more material added
to that on hand, making a body of accurate information,
invaluable to women seeking assistance in their problems.
In this manner, the Bureau continued its service to the
community until the League moved into the new building
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and became the AVomen's City Club. Then the Bureau
widened its scope, and to its activities were added public
meetings for the discussion of subjects from the vocational
standpoint, as well as a course of talks for volunteers in
Social Service, also open to the public. This latter experi-
ment proved to fill a community need, and will he resumed
in the fall.
During the year 1927, 1560 people visited the Bureau;
640 telephone calls were answered, apart from local corre-
spondence, letters were received from, and written to
fourteen states.
It is interesting to note that several of these letters were
written at the suggestion of the Chamber of Commerce
and "Californians Inc."
Our callers were sent by the Universities of California
and Stanford, Mills College, principals of schools, office of
W. L. Martin, directors of the \'ocational Bureau in Los
Angeles and Pasadena. The different social agencies in-
cluding Conference for Social Work, American Red Cross,
Personnel Department in stores and organizations, Y. W.
C. A., British Consulate, English Speaking Union,
Mayor's office, Californians Inc., Chamber of Commerce,
clerical and domestic employment agencies, members of the
Club and strangers. Among our visitors were: Winifred
Hausom, Director Vocational Service Bureau, Los Ange-
les. Helen G. Fisk, Director Pasadena Vocational Bu-
reau, Pasadena, Miss M. McKay, Industrial Agent,
M\ers Emporium, Melbourne, Australia, Dr. Esther Gaw
and Mrs. H. Owns, Mills College.
The director attended the conference of Social Work in
Oakland, meeting of the Berkeley W^omen's City Club,
addressed a group of Girl Reserves, called upon the heads
of various social agencies in connection with the forming
of our Course for Volunteers in Social Service, and both
by personal inter\iew and correspondence has kept our
information up to date.
Meetings of Business and Professional Women's In-
stitute were held in March, April, May, October and* Feb-
ruary, The following were subjects and speakers:
"Insurance as Profession for Women" — Leader, Miss
F. Calderwood, followed by Mrs. G. Leggett, Mrs. S. C.
Votaw, Mrs. May F. Riley, Mrs. Frankland, Miss Agnes
Macdonald, Mrs. Tallant. "Women in the Business
World" — Frances J. Litchfield (in our monthly report we
noted man's viewpoint — evidently a very fair one, as no
discussion followed,) "Social Service as a Profession" —
Dr. Adelaide Brown, followed by Mrs. Emily H. Noble,
Miss I. McKean, Miss B. Strange, Miss N. Florence
Cumming, Dr. Louise Deal. "Journalism" — Mr. A. E.
Anderson, followed by Mrs, Josephine Bartlett, Misses
A. C. Winchell, Ethel Whitmire and Lillian Connolly.
These talks were preceded by a dinner.
A course of talks for "Volunteers in Social Service" was
organized by a sub-committee consisting of Dr. Adelaide
Brown and Miss Emma Noonan. The course was divided
into two parts and a registration fee of $5.00 covered
both sections. The first part was held from October 14
to November 15. Meetings were held on Tuesdays at
2 P. M., Fridays at 11 A, M. The program consisted
of four talks by Dr. W. G. Beach, Stanford University,
on "Causes of Dependency." Two talks by Mrs. Emily
H. Noble, University of California on ( 1 ) Medical Social
Ser\ice, (2) Recreation Social Service, Two talks by Miss
M. Lathrop, Stanford University, "Case Work." One
talk by Mr. W. F. Higby, "Present Relation of Com-
munity Chest to Social ^V^ork." One talk by Mrs. A. L.
Saylor, "The State Requirements in Social Work." The
second part was held on Tuesdays and Fridays between
January 10 and February 10. In this, representatives
from various agencies spoke about the work being done in
their organization.
Report of the Swimming Committee
By Miss Jeannette Doub
The swimming pool is one of the most delightful places
in the Club. It is our playground, the place for mental
and physical relaxation and for the building of a sound
body. Many of our members and guests have discovered
this and are using the pool daily, Sundays included.
From March 1, 1927, to date, exclusive of Sundays,
14,023 members and 6,979 guests used the pool. As there
had been many requests that the pool be opened for a time
on Sunday, your board of directors, on the recommenda-
tion of this committee, determined to keep the pool open
for two hours on Sundays from ten to twelve, the work
to be done by volunteer service with the exception of the
necessary life guard, wiio is a paid attendant. From July
10 to date, 478 members and 207 guests have used the
pool on Sunday mornings. The total attendance for the
twelve-month period was 21,687, or an average of 1,807
per month.
During that period of time. Miss Letham, director in
charge of the pool, has staged many delightful events.
On February 24, 1927, the first junior swimming meet
was held in the pool. From thirty to fifty young people
from five to seventeen years of age took part in this meet,
and acquitted themselves with flying colors. It is our plan
to hold these junior meets or parties every six or eight
weeks, with the idea of increasing the joy and pleasure of
our members and guests who use the pool, and also, by
competitive swimming, to stimulate swimming activities.
The official meet of the year was held on April 22,
under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Association of the
Amateur Athletic Union. National and state champions
took part and twenty juniors of the ^Vomen's City Club
competed in three events. Silver cups and gold and silver
medals were donated to the swimmers at this meet, the
cost thereof being approximately $80. To help defray the
expenses of this meet, a nominal fee of twenty-five cents
was charged the spectators who entered the gallery. The
committee considers that the official meets are an incentive
to the members and juniors who use tlie pool as well as
being very instructive, and if you hav; not attended one
of these meets we suggest that you do attend the very next
•)ne and see what a thrill you derive from watching the
races and the excitement of the swimmers.
Two Christmas parties were given in the pool and voted
to be very delightful events by the children who took part
in them.
On January 27, the first members' swimming contest
was staged in the pool, with the idea of promoting friend-
ships among the members who swim. Novelty events were
the order of the evening, and we think the members had
a very delightful time.
A very interesting and necessary part of the operation
of the pool is the question of finances. The income for the
>ear, which includes pool revenue, locker rentals, sale of
bathing caps, and a few miscellaneous items, was
$12,437.73. The e.xpenses were $15,269.19, making a
deficit for the year of $2,831.46.
The Swimming Committee estimates that, in order to
make the pool pay for itself, there should be approximately
forty-one additional members or their guests using the
pool daily. This seems a very small number out of a
membership of seven thousand who might become inter-
ested in this playground ; and I think that, with a little
effort on the part of each one of us, the number who use
the pool can be increased, both for the benefit of themselves
and tor the benefit of the Club.
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^port of the Volunteer Service Committee
By Mrs. Louis J. Carl
The Volunteer Service Committee, during the year,
compiled a booklet covering policies and rules, adopted
by the League as a result of the years of experience, since
its organization in 1917. These policies had long been
recognized as the background for the successful operation
of large groups of \ olunteer service, but during the months
of reorganization to meet the needs of the new club house,
the committee had found no time for their compilation in
printed form. The booklet now will be distributed to
new volunteers so that they will the more easily learn
group service, and any rules for the betterment of service
later adopted by volunteers will be added.
The committee has initiated regular monthly and bi-
monthly meetings of groups of volunteers for the discus-
sion of problems and betterment of service. These meet-
ings have been enthusiastically attended and have led to
improvements in all departments. Those who visit the
club house and see restaurant volunteers at noon and in
the evening, tea hostesses in the lounge, library or shop
volunteers, should learn, too, of the dozens of volunteers
serving in less spectacular but in none the less valuable
capacities behind the scenes, or at stated times only. Such
services as ushering in the auditorium and assembly room,
selling tickets for Club activities, serving on programs
Thursday or Sunday evenings, driving motors for deliv-
eries from the shop or special Club activities, acting as
bridge hostesses to the regular afternoon and evening
groups, telephoning by the hour for the dissemination of
Club news, hostessing for Sunday morning swimming
meets, volunteering for leadership in such subjects as
drama reading and current events. The service of those
who give hours of clerical work, the decoration committee,
and sewing group deserve special mention, as these volun-
teers necessarily work behind the scenes, and yet are a
vital part of this service which makes our League unique.
The magazines are regularly addressed, stamped and
sealed by volunteers ; all notices of lectures, sales in the
shop or beauty salon are typed by volunteers ; four volun-
teers regularly assist the Club's accounting department ;
volunteers handled unassisted the election count in Feb-
ruary for directors of the Club ; volunteers sent the yearly
bills to 7,000 members and are writing membership cards
and receiving and checking payments for dues.
The decoration committee has a group of volunteers
who supply all the flowers for our club house. Our big
parties in the auditorium, our special dinners and lunch-
eons are all made more attractive by lovely flowers
arranged by this group of volunteers. Our Christmas
tree was decorated, wreaths were made and our whole
club house made most festive-looking by this same group.
The sewing section meets regularly once a week, mend-
ing club house linen and sewing for the shop, and this
service cannot be over-estimated in its value to the organi-
zation. Not a member of this section, but nevertheless a
volunteer, is an elderly member who sits at home making
bags which she is donating to the shop. Last year, as her
service, she contributed a shawl — her own handiwork —
which netted the Club thirty-five dollars.
Another group of volunteers is spending hours making
a geographic analysis of the Club membership. Then there
are innumerable sporadic services too many to enumerate
I here to which volunteers from time to time respond, such
as filing for permanent records, addressing envelopes for
the Women's City Club Magazine. All these services
are carried on regularly at the club house, but outside calls,
approved by the Board of Directors, are answered as well.
We have supplied bridge teachers at Letterman Hospital
two afternoons regularly each week, with three hostesses
each. We have given motor service (1) for the Red Cross
for conveying Red Cross Juniors from school to annual
luncheon; (2) for carrying the magazines to be sent to
United States men in China; (3) for the motoring of
children to entertain at the Seamen's Institute; (4) for
motor service for the Speakers' Bureau of the Community
Chest. To the Red Cross have gone many of our volun-
teers to rewrap Christmas packages for overseas men ; to
sew for families in service ; to make surgical dressings for
the Children's and Emergency Hospitals and deliver same;
to do special clerical work; to knit; to make Braille books
for the blind. The League volunteers serving as a unit for
the Red Cross were honored by that organization at its
annual luncheon i.nd were commended officially in a letter
of appreciation from Red Cross headquarters which com-
mends the seriousness and efficiency of our volunteers, who
have learned the value of our policies of service.
Other outside services include addressing the envelopes
for the California Conference of Social Agencies, the
inserting of 100,000 stamps in envelopes for Tuberculosis
Association.
Two \olunteers, one giving every day for a month and
another giving one day a week regularly to the Hourly
Service Bureau of Social Workers. It may be interesting
to enumerate two of the indirect results of volunteer
service given by our members. One member spent her
vacation in Yosemite. While there she applied for a job
in the cafeteria. Asked her experience, she quoted volun-
teer service in the Women's City Club cafeteria. She was
accepted and was employed all summer.
-A disabled soldier who returned to health found his
strength insufficient for his old job. He teaches bridge in
a tea room and is earning a good living, and his teacher,
who made this possible, was a National League for W^om-
an's Service volunteer at Red Cross House.
The total of these services is difficult to arrive at, and,
if anything, these statistics are under-estimated, but from
the records turned in to the committee by sub-chairmen,
the service this year (exclusive of all committee work)
has been given by 950 volunteers serving 28,61 1 hours.
Converted into eight-hour days, this means 3,801 days —
over ten years. 1 i 1
House Committee
By Mrs. Perry Eyre
Eighteen bedrooms papered.
Thirty bedrooms partly papered.
Thirty-six bathrooms, floors lacquered.
Sixteen bathroom floor cracks repaired.
One hundred five radiators re-lacquered.
Fourth Floor — Lavatory and dressing room woodwork
painted.
Third Floor — Cafeteria steam room repainted.
Second Floor and Mezzanine — Woodwork repainted.
Lower Main Floor — Woodwork repainted.
Swimming Pool — Lower balcony, the showers, dressing
rooms, lavatories and ceilings repainted ; rubber matting
around runway of pool and wire inclosure for office.
Gymnasium — Three dressing rooms, cabinet bath, three
showers, an office, a new ventilating system, hardwood
floors installed, and woodwork repainted.
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\
IHE MOTHER," by Gra-
zia Deledda, has been
awarded the Nobel Prize for
literature for 1927. Grazia
Deledda is an Italian writer of great
distinction who is better known in
every European country than she is in
America. She has been writing stories
dealing with the folk ways of Sar-
dinia which is her home. Beside writ-
ing these stories that bring to light
the people of her native country she
edits a paper and is a woman of broad
vision interested in political and social
aspects of the ever changing Italian
situation.
"The Mother" is a book of extreme
simplicity. It deals with fundamental
things. It is as straightforward a
delineation of character as that "great
barge of a man" Knut Hamsun wrote
of in "The Growth of the Soil." The
story moves on to its tragic end with
something of the dramatic form the
Greeks used in their tragedies. The
figure of this peasant woman is drawn
with unerring skill — boldly like a
cliarcoal drawing of few lines. Every
descriptive sentence makes a picture
until you know "La Madre" inside
and out.
The story moves very swiftly cover-
ing a very short period of time as far
as the action of the story is concerned
but every human emotion is touched.
It is a story of Mother and Son, Paul,
the young priest who has fallen in
love with a girl who lives in the
village. There has probably never
been written anything more agonizing
than the description of the mother
sitting by her son's door waiting for
him to come home. The peasant
woman, inarticulate, submissive, yet
knowing that she somehow must save
her boy from this terrible temptation
that is overwhelming him. The son,
Paul, is not a weak figure in spite of
the situation in which he is placed and
the author by a most cleverly devised
method of writing gives you the inside,
first of the Mother's mind and then
of the son's. It is an epic story of a
Mother. It is a story that every
woman and every man can understand.
The peasant woman with her gnarled
and work worn hands, her bent back
and her weather beaten face rises to a
supreme dignity in the quality of her
love and sacrifice. It would be su-
preme tragedy if the son had not been
worthy of the sacrifice. It is so
dramatic that it will very likely reach
the stage in some form or another.
By Inglis Fletcher
The background of the story is
vivid and absorbing, the peasants with
their superstitions and their gaiety
are as litelike as the peasants in the
Hamsun book. Paul, the priest, with
his miracle working, forms a picture
that is intensely real. The young boy,
Antiochus' devotion to Paul and his
eagerness to follow in his footsteps is
an interesting contrast in his sincerity
and modesty to the girl who possessed
devils and was healed by Paul. The
style is so well thought out that it
moves with sureness of touch only
attained by great writers who are
absorbed in the story they are telling
and who have given themselves over
completely to its unfolding. There is
probably no woman writer of the cen-
tury who has done as superb a piece of
work as this Italian, Grazia Deledda.
it IS easy to be seen why the Nobel
Prize has been awarded to her for her
novel, "The Mother."
George Palmer Putnam talked
about explorers. He should be well
qualified to speak on the subject since
he is one himself, having gone both to
Greenland and Baffin Land at the
head of the American Museum s Ex-
pedition for the purpose of making
scientific study of the little known
islands of the Arctic. The object of
the Putnam Expedition was to map
the shore lines hitherto unrecorded.
The house of Putnam has long been
known as publishers very friendly to
explorers. They are responsible for
the books of some of our most famous
scientific explorers as well as the pub-
lishers of books of adventure.
Recently they brought out "We"
by Colonel Charles i^indbergh and
the success of that goes without sa}-
ing. Roy Chapman Andrews' "On
the Trail of Ancient Man" is their
publication, also books on the Arctic by
Knut Rasmussen, the great Danish
scientist. William Beebe's "Gala-
pagos" and "Jungle Days;" Martin
Johnson's books on Africa — the latest
of which is "Safari" and Commander
Byrd's book on his recent flight are all
on their list. They are also developing
two young explorers — the fourteen
year old son of George Palmer Put-
nam, David Putnam, is author of a
book on his experiences in the Arctic
and Deric Nusbaum, who went with
them on the Baffin Land Island Ex-
pedition, is also writing a book. It
is evident that the Putnams do not
intend to let the explorers vanish from
the earth.
When in San Francisco recently
Mr. Putnam said they were about to
bring out a book by that intrepid and
hard bitten mariner and explorer. Cap-
tain Traprock, who wrote the famous
book "The Cruise of the Kawa."
Captain Traprock has a great many
enemies among writers because after
his book came out stories of the South
Seas fell into disrepute. Before his
advent all a writer had to do was
to charter a boat, go down the South
Seas, write a few stories and be certain
of finding a publisher. Captain Trap-
rock's book changed all that, and now
the writers have had to find some other
far-off place to congregate. It is said
that Captain Traprock's new book is
to be written on his World Flight and
to be called "Me." I wonder whether
this is a wise step on the part of Cap-
tain Traprock and his publishers. The
American public loves its one Hero
so much that I doubt whether they
will be amused by any burlesquing-
even the title of his book.
[Editor's Note — Mrs Fletcher i^
leaving for Africa and before the next
issue of the City Club Magazine
will have sailed from England for the
eastern coast of "Trader Horn's"
country to explore into lands rarely
visited by women. She will send ac-
counts of her adventures from time to
time to the Magazine and upon her
return will resume her interesting
book reviews and other articles.]
Summer French Classes
Beginning April 15, Mme. Olivier
again will offer to members of the
Women's City Club a special summer
course in French. Twenty private les-
sons will be given for $16.00, to be
taken between April 15 and Septem-
ber 1. The number in the class will
be limited, so that members who wish
to take advantage of this special offer
are advised to register as early as pos-
sible and secure card of admission.
If two members (but not more)
wish to take instruction together, the
fee will be $12.50 each.
[Editor's Note: The annual re-
ports not published in this issue be-
cause of lack of space will appear in
the May number.]
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MEWSINGS
£>• Edith Bristol
You stretch and yawn in ennuied idleness
Upon your silken cushions in the sun,
Persian, or fluffed Angora, soft Maltese,
With fur of satin smoothness, thick and long.
You blink, beholding in a cat's eye view,
A world of luxury, maintained for you.
Serene, secure, well fed and well content.
You bask complacent, wrapped in self esteem.
Your rapier claws are sheathed and seldom drawn
In self defense.
What need for claws
Have you, who smugly doze, removed from harm.
So well your master guards you from alarm!
And yet . . .
You can not know
The taste of venturing beneath the stars.
The thrill of combat, nor the zest of flight;
You, safe and warm and sheltered through the night.
While we, who range at large.
And forage for our own, defend ourselves.
In shaggy coats, torn, rough, but weatherproof.
To Pahkt, great Cat-faced Goddess, purr a prayer:
We lowlv, unloved cats, have found life fair.
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women's city club MAGA?INE for APRIL
1928
Mary Austin and the Great American Rhythn
By Charles Caldwell Dobie
ON Wednesday evening, February the fif-
teenth, Mary Austin, in the Room of the
Dons at the Mark Hopkins, fought for
two hours with a jazz orchestra and won
the decision. The jazz orchestra was in the next
room but partitions count for nothing when saxo-
phones and percussion instruments are intent on
giving "Halleluiah" its full scope. Mary Austin was
talking on the art of the American Indian. The jazz
orchestra was burbling on the art of what Elmer
Davis calls the "age of impotence." No wonder the
art of the American Indian won hands down.
Mrs. Austin has a theory that different continents
have different rhythms. Which means that even if
you are the most ferocious blonde Nordic in captivity
you cannot escape the rhythm of America if you are
to America born. And in two or three generations
you will be so influenced by this rhythm that you
will have completely forgotten your original racial
rhythm and become a dyed-in-the-wool American.
You will have grown straight-backed, and lean-
flanked, and high of cheekbone, eschewing the lines
of suave rotundity that were your European in-
heritance. And you will have a dififerent set of
artistic rhythms, too. What is an American sky-
scraper, asks Mrs. Austin, but an extension of Indian
tepees, piled one on top of the other, as was the wont
of many Indian encampments? And what is the
American short story but an adaptation of the "one-
smoke" stories that used to go the rounds of the camp-
fires, timed to a nicety so that they did not last be-
yond the crude cigarette, wrapped in corn husk, that
the teller of the tale puffed upon? And, for that
matter, what are Rotan,- and Kiwanis clubs but a
survival of these same get-together meetings of the
tribe at the camp-fire and in the council chamber?
Mrs. Austin did not say whether the jazz orchestra
in the next room was a later flowering of the Amer-
ican rhythm, grafted upon the jungle-rhythm of
Africa. But since it was expressing itself so furioii>! .
it seemed reasonable to concede such a theory. T he
dancing she spoke of was of religious significanc. -
the desire of a primitive people to get into ace
with the gods through establishing the proper cur-
rents, or if you wish, the proper rhythms. All of
which is doubtless what the oriental philosophers call
vibrations. Establish the proper vibrations and rain
will fall and the corn will grow and the women will
be fruitful. One couldn't help wondering what vibra-
tions the jazz orchestra in the next room was estab-
lishing. But it appeared that one could overdue the
vibration business. A group of male dancers, carried
away with their zeal for corn-sprouting, might con-
tinue beyond the proper point and bring on a deluge
or an earthquake. That they did not was due to the
watchfulness of the women. It was the women on
the sidelines who stopped the show when it stepped
over the border that led to intemperance of vibration.
This, intimated Mrs. Austin, has always been the
function of women. Whether it has always been the
particular function of American women she did not
say. Probably. For there is no male under the sun
that is under female surveillance so conspicuously as
the American male.
Mrs. Austin is one of the most brilliant women
speakers in the country. And her "Land of Little
Rain" did more than anything else to interpret the
open spaces of California. In comparison, Bret Harte
is a mere puerility. Perhaps that was why the news-
papers were so completely silent over her sojourn in
San Francisco. A woman with a great book to her
credit suffers in competition with females who have
to do with murder, slickness and synthetic breath.
Someone said that one of the dailies gave her a line
in the social column. We can think of nothing
gayer. One would as soon look for word of Peggy
Joyce in the church news section.
What Our Friends Thin\ of Us
By H. S. B(5one
The anniversary of the Women's City Club elicited a number of congratulatory letters from local
people and from friends in different parts of the world. Following is a particularly graceful tribute from
H. S. Boone, Russ Building, San Francisco, who, evidently, has had his financier's eye upon us from the
beginning:
IT is always in piring to see great difficulties de-
velop into success; to witness the transforma-
tion of an idea into an institution of great civic
worth. Many years ago two ladies came into
the financial district with a firm determination to
secure a part of the necessary funds for the construc-
tion of the AVomen's City Club. They had to deal
with business men, and however meritorious their
project might be, the) had to show that it would
work out as a sound business enterprise. The laying
of these broad foundations in finance and general
policy required tenacity of purpose, business capa-
bility of high order and a real ability to coordinate
the activities of many people for a common end.
Mrs. Chapman, Miss Leale and Mrs. McDuffie
builded very wisely, surely and well as founders and
inspirers of the institution we have today, which
furnishes one of the most elevating influences in our
community life and lives daily its unwritten motto,
"Broad social contact, mutual help and freely offered
personal service."
I often wonder what this world would be like if
such a large number of its women were not actuated
by altruistic motives and were not willing to give up
so much of their time, energy and ability to works of
community benefit. Whenever I hear the argument
so freely advanced that this age is devoted largely to
selfish ends, I always think of the Women's City
Club with its founders and co-workers as a complete
refutation.
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CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for APRIL
928
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
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VOLUME II
MARCH / 1928
NUMBER 2
EDITORIAL
THE members of the Women's City Club who were
not present at the annual meeting March 12 missed
something infinitely more than the very excellent
luncheon which accompanied it.
For at that meeting there was astir something akin to
the ardor of the old war days in which the National
League for Woman's Service was born. Every member
of the Women's City Club knows that the National
League for Woman's Service was the forerunner of the
City Club and that the League was cradled in a spirit
of service.
It's a far cry from those days to the luncheon at which
the members met to hear heads of five departments and
eighteen committees render accounts of their stewardship.
In the interim the building in which it was held has taken
its place among the handsome structures of the city and
all obligations made before breaking ground have been
met as they became payable. But the most inspiring
thing — not surprising, really, to the older members — is
that Volunteer Service is just as much a factor as at the
beginning. Apparently there has been no letting down of
the impulse to serve and no diminution of enthusiasm.
"That they may live more abundantly" has not lost its
meaning. On the contrary, the Women's City Club's
growth in lumber, brick, steel and plaster has not exceeded
that of the fine spirit of democracy which engendered it.
The Volunteer Service Committee gave a thrilling
account of itself. Nine hundred and fifty volunteers, serv-
ing 28,611 hours, which, converted into eight-hour days,
means 3,801 days — more than ten years.
This is an instance when statistics become poetry with
ringing hexameters. The very simplicity of their utterance
by Mrs. Carl brought her audience to its feet. Those who
heard her knew instinctively that something epic, heroic
was filling their ears. Visitors to the Women's City Club
invariably say that the Volunteer Service aspect is the one
thing that differentiates it from any other club in theworld.
Men who accompany their wives or are guests of mem-
bers never cease to marvel at the fact that business women
as well as women of ease and affluence give their services
day after day, year in and year out, standing behind the
counters in the cafeteria, checking out books in the library,
arranging flowers, serving tea in the lounge, telling oft
dues, addressing envelopes and doing other routine duties.
Anyone can do a chore once or twice and do it graciously,
but it takes a splendid impulsion to strip that chore of
monotony when it has to be done over and over. That is
what the Women's City Club imparts, apparently — a
nobility of motivation.
And now there is another charge which is to be laid
upon the membership at large, assurance of the support
ot the Women's City Club Magazine. Patently, the
Magazine is expected to be as self-sustaining as any other
activity or department of the Club. There is no doubt
but that it can be. But \^olunteer Service may put its
shoulder to the wheel here as in the shop, the cafeteria or
the library. It is the advertising contracts which defray
the expenses of printing and distributing. If each member
were to constitute herself a volunteer to tell the people
from whom she purchases food, raiment, motors or what-
not that she "saw their ad in the Women's City Clur
M.AG.AZINE," this publication soon would build up a repu-
tation as an advertising medium that dealers could not
afford to overlook.
Here is a true story of what a member of the Magazine
Committee experienced last week. She had noted the ad
of a dry-cleaner in the City Club Magazine. Having a
dress to be cleaned in a hurry for a certain occasion, she
telephoned to him, "I am responding to an ad which you
have in the Women's City Club Magazine, I want
this garment returned by Saturday noon." That was about
six o'clock Thursday afternoon. At seven the driver
called and Saturday noon the garment was returned. Thus,
the work was expedited because the advertiser realized
that he had been challenged, the Magazine as an adver-
tising medium w.-,s fixed in the advertiser's mind and his
good-will strengthened and the customer given an oppor-
tunity to widen her "volunteer service." All three points
of the triangle has been made the ganglia of a current
ol reciprocity. This probably would not have transpired
if the advertiser had been a bigger institution, with an
employee perfunctorily answering the telephone. But
with the small dealer it worked like a charm.
The Magazine Committee has discussed many plans by
which the big dealer realization of the Magazine's value
may be captured. It has been suggested that members of
the Club, when remitting checks, write across the check
or the accompanying statement, "We read the City Club
Magazine ads." It is possible that the bookkeepers, or
whoever opens the mail, will call attention of the pro-
prietors to this slogan. Certainly, if it happened several
thousand times a month someone's attention would be
arrested.
This issue of tl;e Magazine has been devoted to pub-
lication of the reports of various committees. The reasons
are many. Firstly, those who were not present at the
annual meeting are entitled to know of the progress and
development of the City Club. Secondly, those reports
in the aggregate constitute a saga in service which the
Club would proudly proclaim to the community which,
after all, is its background.
The City Club has met all financial obligations, paid off
bonds in compliance with terms of contracts and is in a
healthy condition from any point of view. The member-
ship of seven thousand shows but a negligible fluctuation
and there is a waiting list of seventeen hundred. There
has been a steadily increasing use of the club in all its
departments. The bedrooms are all occupied, several
new features have been added and the programs are
enthusiastically followed. Golf practice courts, beauty
parlors and a gj'mnasium are well patronized and con-
ditions augur auspiciously for the future.
Four of the five past presidents were present at the
meeting — Mrs. William Palmer Lucas, Mrs. Harry Staats
Moore, Mrs. S. G. Chapman and Mrs. Cleaveland Forbes.
Mrs. Duncan McDuffie, the first president, sent a con-
gratulatory message.
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Exhibit of decorative and Applied Art at Qity Qluh
THE San Francisco Society of Women Artists and
the Women's City Club jointly will hold an exhibit
of applied and decorative art. The exhibit will be
held in the Auditorium of the Women's City Club April
2 to April 14 and the committee, of which Miss Alicia
Mosgrove is chairman, is making extensive preparations to
make it as representative as possible. That it will be an
interesting and illuminating display is foreordained.
The purpose of the exhibit is two-fold, to acquaint the
public with the large volume of beautiful and original
work being accomplished by California artists in the field
of applied art, and to stimulate that work by giving oppor-
tunity for it to be better known and appreciated.
Objects for the exhibit will be gathered from San Fran-
cisco and the Bay region and from Carmel to San Diego.
Textiles, murals, woodcarvings, metal work, tiles, lamps,
pottery, wall hangings, sculpture and kindred objects are
being assembled.
Among the exhibitors are Maynard Dixon, Ernest
Poole, Mrs. Arthur Bailhache, showing toiles peintes.
Gladding and McBean, Solon Schemmeck and others show-
ing tiles and pottery products, Ray Boynton with an en-
caustic painting and Harry Dixon and Ward Montague
with metal work.
One of the exhibits that is certain to elicit much com-
mendation is a map of San Francisco now being made for
the Young Women's Christian Association by Miss Helen
Forbes, Miss Leslie Simpson and Mrs. Florence Swift.
Miss Patterson will bring samples of work of the students
of the University of California.
Miss Helen Forbes is president of the Society of Women
Artists and secretary of the general committee in charge
of the exhibit.
The jury which will pass upon the exhibits and award
the prizes consists of Miss Forbes, Mrs. Florence Swift,
Lorenzo Avenali, Gottardo Piazzoni, Nelson Poole,
Jacques Schnier, Junius Cravens, Mr. and Mrs. Irving
Morrow, Ernest Weihe, Mrs. John Bakewell, Jr., Mrs.
Clara Huntington Perkins and Miss Mosgrove.
Shop Committee Report
By Miss Elisa M. Willard
The League Shop has gone through some vicissitudes
this last year, first in losing early in the year its experi-
enced and efficient executive. Miss Ethel Young, and
being nearly three months without a regular executive as
well as several months without an active Shop Committee.
In April, Mrs. Brothers was appointed shop executive,
bringing to the shop the advantage of her experience and
expert knowledge of antiques and prints.
Each executive naturally gives the flavor of her own
tastes to the shop, and during the period of her manage-
ment the shop, while still carrying the kind of stock it
had previously, received also on consignment interesting
old English and American silver and glassware, as well as
etchings, mezzotints and lithographs, attracting purchasers
for such things as fine old glass plates at $70.00, a piece
of Chinese porcelain at $70.00, English sporting prints at
$50.00, a mahogany table at $120.00, Chinese embroidered
shawls at from $73.00 to $100.00, all of which were sold
to the great advantage of the shop. The shop of course
continued to carry the usual inexpensive articles for which
there is always a steady sale.
Mrs. Brothers resigned in January, 1928, and was
succeeded immediately by the present executive, who
through her previous experience and connections has
brought in consignments of quite a new character — lovely
foreign pottery and glass, the newest thing in lamps and
lamp shades and hand-woven blankets, and some fine
batiks which you have all been noticing, I am sure. To
me the shop has now a fresh and youthful look, and I hope
you all like it.
As we spend not one cent in advertising and have no
shop windows to lure passersby on the street, the shop is
naturally known only to Club members. We are in keen
competition with the ever-increasing gift shops on the
street, and the one advantage we have over them lies in
the personal interest that our Club m.embers take in
the shop.
Considering our limited clientele, we are very glad to
be able to report that this last year, after covering all
expenses, including the shop executive's salary and an
additional assistant's salary for three months before Christ-
mas, and paying the monthly rent to the Club, which is
the shop's contribution to the Club's regular income, we
turned in addition about $400.00 into the Club treasury.
It is obvious that without our volunteer service the
shop could not be carried on — that the shop volunteers by
their faithful weekly service are contributing directly to
the financial success of the Club.
The shop has received some good donations during the
year, and we do enjoy selling such articles, which are all
clear profit. I must mention especially a shawl which was
embroidered by one of our members and given to the shop
and which sold for $35.00.
I want to say a word for the Economy Shop. The com-
mittee is anxious to keep up that feature of the shop, but
in spite of notices in the Club magazine and personal
appeals we have not received as many consignments of
articles as we could handle, and we take this means of
asking members to bring in things which they wish to sell.
Report of the Golf Committee
By Miss Evelyn Larkin
The Golf Section was inaugurated during the month
of August, 1927, and in September a Brun golf net was
installed in the penthouse on the roof of the Club build-
ing. This net registers the yardage of the players' strokes,
and is quite novel in its service, and the players who have
used it seem to think it has benefited them greatly. It has
filled a long-felt need as a place for members to practice
their golf strokes when they cannot go out on the golf
course.
The Golf Committee is planning to arrange a few
indoor games, and would also like to secure a team to
challenge other indoor golf teams.
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928
5Wu5ic in the Qity Qluh
IN presenting the Grace Becker
Trio Sunday evening, February
19, Mrs. Henry Charles Mar-
cus, hostess, achieved notable suc-
cess. As an ensemble and in their
individual art, these young women
who constitute the Trio are to be
safely commended for any occasion.
They are Dorothy Minty, violin ;
Bethel Stack, piano, and Grace
Becker, 'cello. The latter is also a
composer, and her "Second Suite"
aroused every respect. In three move-
ments there were imagination, good
construction and pleasing variety.
In addition to playing from Tschai-
kowsky, Rachmaninoff, Brahms and
Pierne, in ensemble, there were piano
works of Leginska, Torjussen and
Albeniz, played by Miss Stack with
fire and inspiring touch. Miss Minty's
violin numbers were from Sinigaglia
and Schubert, given with great charm
and excellent tone, while Miss Becker
again displayed herself well through
Sibelius and Saint-Saens. The large
audience in the Lounge would eagerly
have had the program doubled, such
attitude being praise sufficient.
Mrs. Sidney M. Van Wyck assem-
bled another group of artists who were
most cordially appreciated on the eve-
ning of March 4. They included
Alice Bacon Washington, pianist ;
Hother Wismer, violinist; William
Edwin Johnson, baritone ; Dinga Van
Den Berg, soprano, and Norman
Smith, pianist. Mrs. Washington,
serving this occasion as associate with
Mr. Wismer, proved, as ever, her
indispensability in the line of support,
pure tonality and phrasing. These
two played from Mondonville,
Tschaikowsky and Faure, Mr. Wis-
mer exhibiting his well-known facility.
Mr. Johnson vitalized his audience
at once ; he is in reality a basso can-
tniite, with powerful, resonant tones
of colorful beauty which showed to
advantage in Handel, Sinding and
Rubinstein. Mrs. V^an Den Berg, dra-
matic soprano, sang two pleasing
groups and Norman Smith played
skillfully from Chopin and Palmgren.
The Cultural Arts Center, of
which Mrs. A. W. Scott, Jr., is chair-
man, loaned a group of its members
to give the Sunday Evening Concerts
program at the Women's City Club
January 22. Mrs. Charles Christin
was hostess and introduced her guests
with a word concerning the ideals of
the Center and of the Music Com-
mittee of the Club.
The participants included Gastone
By Anna Cora Winchell
Usigli, an assistant conductor of the
San Francisco Opera Company ; Or-
ley See, violinist and member of the
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ;
Rosalind Borowski, pianist; Madeline
Butler O'Neill and Mrs. Carolyn
Gray, sopranos, and Harrison Ward,
baritone. Maestro Usigli presided at
the piano throughout the evening in
directorial capacity, presenting the
singers in operatic excerpts and in
songs.
Mr. See and Mme. Borowski were
heard in the Handel E major Sonata
for violin and piano, Mr. See also
playing the Wagner-Wilhelmj "Wal-
ther's Prize Song" from "Die Meis-
tersinger" and a "Spanish Dance" b\-
Rehfield. His work was accurate and
expressive, this player always giving
the impression of complete sincerity.
The Handel Sonata was excellently
achieved.
Mme. Borowski gave two Chopin
numbers, the B minor "Mazurka"
and C sharp minor "Fantasie Im-
promptu," and the Moszkowski E
major "V'alse." She is brilliant and
technically reliable and brought to
herself animated applause.
The singers showed advanced train-
ing and their groups encompassed
much musical territory, Mrs. O'Neill
singing from Saint Saens' "Sanson et
Dalila" and Puccini's "Madama But-
terfly." Mrs. Gray gave the Schu-
mann "Dein Angesicht," Scarlatti's
"Se Florinda me fedele" and "Depuis
le jour" from Charpentier's "Louise."
Mr. Ward was heard in "Avant de
quitter ces lieux" from Gounod's
"Faust" and in Horstman's "Bird of
the Wilderness."
The first of the February concerts,
on the fifth, was under the direction
of Mrs. Lillian Birmingham. She
offered much gratification in present-
ing Mrs. Leonard Woolams, pianist,
who is also chairman of the Music
Committee. Her training has been of
serious order, having been a student
abroad in opera and piano, and though
now confining her art to her home life
and the intimacy of friends, Mrs.
Woolams graciously comes forward,
as have other non-professionals, to
give excellent music to the Sunday
programs. She played fluently, with
a preference for Chopin, whose fasci-
nation never ceases and whose varietv
meets every taste.
iVIme. Samourakova, Russian dra-
matic soprano, is a recent addition to
San Francisco's music colonv. Her
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voice is rich and brilliant and exhibits
at once a singer of experience. Her
group was richly enjoyed and Mme.
Samourakova recalled more than once.
It was a pleasure to hear again the
young Eugene Fulton, baritone, whose
buoyant and flexible voice carries the
enthusiasm of youth.
The Symphonylogues by Victor
Lichtenstein continued every Friday
morning at eleven in the Auditorium
on the days of the San Francisco Sym-
phony Orchestra concerts. They
closed with the end of the Symphony
season March 30 and have been appre-
ciated and well attended, offering
much pleasure, besides enlightenment,
to those not heretofore acquainted
with symphonic scores.
The founders of the Young People's
Symphony Concerts, of which Wheel-
er Beckett is conductor, were honor
guests at a reception given Monday,
February 20, at the Women's City
Club. The executive committee mem-
bers were hostesses, also entertaining
the members of the general committee
whose energies have greatly aided the
founders.
The reception was held in the
American Room of the Club from 4
to 6 o'clock and those in the receiving
line were Mrs. George A. Gunn,
chairman; Mesdames William Bab-
cock, Leon Guggenhime, Wheeler
Beckett, Albert Schwabacher, Antoi-
nette Burk, Peyton W. iMetcalf.
Thomas Guy Haywood and Miss
Olga Meyer.
There are eighty founders and the
general committee comprises Mes-
dames Carlo Sutro Morbio, Horatio
F. Stoll, Baylies Clark, Alfred Hurt-
gen, J. E. Birmingham, Philip Bush,
Paul C. Butte, E. W. Currier, Henrv
Marcus, Marshall Dill, Frank B.
Wilson, Thomas Stoddard.
The Glowworm
O, what is this which shows so bright,
And in this lonely place
Hangs out his small, green lamp at
night,
The dewy bank to grace!
It is a glowworm, still and pale
It shines the whole night long.
When only stars, O nightingale,
Seem listening to thy song.
—ff'illiam Lisle Bo-,!.les
(1762-1850).
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1928
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and the only determining factor seems to be the length of
time that one can spare for play.
Californians are going to Europe in droves this year.
Many are making the journey to New York by water,
going through the Canal, stopping at Havana and New
Orleans and going from either of these two ports to Palm
Beach. But if time is the "essence of the contract," then
one would better go overland to New York, Boston or
whatever is the embarking point on the Atlantic side.
But in any event, reservations may be made here and
immediate connections made. Or one may linger on the
eastern coast for day or weeks before taking steamer for
England, France or elsewhere.
Honolulu continues as popular as ever, every steamer
carrying capacity to that land of enchantment. Much
interest is being shown in the tour being arranged for
members of the Women's City Club. This group will
sail from San Francisco April 21 and preparations are
being made for sixteen delightful days in the Islands.
Heavy reservations are being made for the several
attractive Alaskan tours, with stopovers at the northern
cities of note.
The coronation of the Japanese Emperor ne.xt Novem-
ber is already being made the motif of special tours. It
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will be a gala time in Japan and all steamship companies
are preparing for trips de luxe into the interior.
The railway route through the Canadian Rockies, with
stopovers at Banff and Lake Louise and embarkation at
Montreal is a route to Europe that is appealing to those
who have taken the overland and the Canal trip so often
that they want a change of scenery.
The shorter trips in America and, narrowing down, in
California are as numerous as they are attractive. The
Yosemite Valley will continue to awe and inspire visitors
as long as the Half Dome and Sentinel Rock stand
warders of the great cleft through which the Merced
River thrashes its tortuous way to the mouth of the
Valley. A recent gold stampede in Mariposa county has
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women's city club M a G a /. I N' li /or APRIL
1928
CRUISE to NEW YORK
■^\^C:A-1
uia Panama Canal
VISIT IN THE
Spanish Americas
EN ROUTE
Follow the path of the Spanish conquis-
ladorcs in Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador,
Nicaragua, Panama and Cuba. Visit the
colorful ports of Mazatlan, Cbamperico,
La Libertad and Corinto. Wander at
will through the centuries-old cities of
Guatemala and San Salvador. See rutive
life and customs at first hand — interest-
ing, colorful.
Interesting Native Life
No other trip like a Panama Mail cruise
from California to New York. Indolent,
restful days at sea, broken by the stops
ashore in eight foreign ports.
Through the Panama Canal by day
light. A schedule of three days and
two nights in the Canal Zone gives
time to see and do everything.
Two days in lovely Havana — and then
New York, thirty days from San Fran-
Cisco. All for less than $10.00 a day, on
comfortable ships specially built for
tropical service.
For full deta\\s about these cruises,
which sa\\ ynonthh,^hone or wrxtc
PANAMA MAIL
STEAMSHIP CO.
! Pine Street, San Francisco 548 S. Spring St., Los Angeles
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THE PLEASURE OF
THE VOYAGE ITSELF
. . 'when you sad on a Lassco luxury liner
over the smooth Southern Route, is one
of the most delightful features
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ou have a wide selection of outside state-
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them with private or connecting baths. An
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closed — provide every facility for a wide
variety of entertainment, and contribute
greatly towards that delightful atmosphere of
friendliness which is such a marked feature of
all Lassco liners.
All information at any authorized
Ira-vel agency . . . or
Los Angeles Steamship Co.
685 Market Street ■ Telephone Davenport 4210
Oakland: 412 13th St. Berkeley: 2148 Center
Telephone Oakland 1436 Telephone Thornwall 60
mst
as easy
(town town
Starting in San Francisco
the Santa Fe fully covers the
mid'Continent, extending to
Denver, to Galveston, to Kan-
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601 Market Street, San Francisco
Please send me free copy of Grand Canyon Outings.
Indian Detour, and Carlsbad Caverns folders
CITY AND STATE-
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'Vacation Time Approaches
(Continued from page 20)
taken many into the V^alley who would have waited,
perhaps, until the waterfalls were in fuller flow.
The California resorts are already taking reservations
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for the volume of travel which will begin in another
month, and from Ben Bow Hotel on the Redwood High-
way to Samarkand and Coronado in the South there will
be a gay and carefree vacation tide ebbing and flowing by
motor, train and boat. For California is truly the play-
ground of the world and the beauty spot of America.
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Members seeking infortnation about any of the trips
mentioned herein will find ready cooperation in making
plans and reservations through the Club's Travel Service.
Those of you who have been abroad recently are asked to
send in any bits of helpful information, either in regard to
hotels and pennons or out-of-the-way trips that proved
particularly delightful; and if you have especially enjoyed
any nearby summer resort, we shall be glad to have this
information as well. Will you write, telephone or stop
next time you are in the Club, at
The Women's City Club Tr.-\vel Service
Fourth Floor Kearny 8400
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City Planning Conference
On a Certain Anniversary , April 18
A CONFERENCE on the development and beautifi-
/\ cation of San Francisco will be held at the
^^y Women's City Club on Wednesday, April 18,
^ A. 1928, when the day will be devoted to a discus-
sion of many matters of great civic importance. No sub-
ject could be of more importance to a City Club than the
municipal and rej^ional development of its own city, and
the Board of Directors in sponsoring this conference are
justifying the very name of our organization. Invitations
are to be sent to other interested clubs, the best possible
speakers are to be obtained and there is to be frank and
full discussion. 1 he program is not yet completed, but ;
such topics as the following have already been suggested :
The Regional Plan; Billboards; Parks and Playgrounds;
More Trees — Why Not?; Is There a Boulevard System?;
Beauty Spots and How to Protect Them ; Ugly Spots and
How to Eliminate' Them; Must Architecture Run Mad?
Any suggestions will be carefully considered by the com-
mittee, headed by Airs. Parker Maddux, whose special
interest in these matters comes from her long service on
the City Planning Commission.
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WOMEN S
CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
for
192:
'Dinner for 'M.xss 'B^yden
A dinner party before the lecture
of Maude Royden, English preacher,
with Miss Royden as the guest of
honor, was one of the pleasant social
affairs of March 16 at the Club. The
tables were arranged in a hollow
square, with guests seated at both sides
of the oblongs, so that all were near
enough to the distinguished guest to
hear her conversation. She was seated
between Mrs. A. P. Black and Mrs.
William B. Hamilton and later at the
lecture in the Auditorium was intro-
duced b\- Mrs. Parker S. Maddux.
Some of the guests at the dinner
were Dr. and Mrs. Caleb S. S. Dut-
ton. Miss Elisa WiUard, Miss Mabel
Pierce, Mrs. Franklin Zane, Mrs.
Claire WoUcott, Mrs. A. G. Boggs,
Mrs. Ethel L. Maxwell, Mrs. Lillis
Brann. Miss Henrietta Moffat, Miss
Edith Treanor, Miss Johanna V^olk-
mann. Miss Anna Beaver, Miss Gil-
lespie, Mrs. Robert J. Davis, Mrs.
William P. Plummer, Mrs. Thomas
Stoddard, Mrs. N. P. Probasco, Miss
Probasco, Mrs. Phoebe Rockwell,
Mrs. W. C. Lynch, Miss Charlotte
Marsh, Miss Tecla Von Osten, Miss
Grace Roe, Mrs. Austin Lewis, Miss
ALarjorie Slate, Miss Ruth Prager,
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kattes, Mrs. S.
C. Carey. Miss A. M. Gifford, Miss
-Anne Page, Mrs. Page, Miss Amy
Cryan, \Irs. Stone, Miss Lita Lind-
say, Mrs. Guv Millberry, Mrs. Lora
Swasey. Mrs. J. U. Chase, Mrs. Syl-
van J. Lisberger, Mrs. Mabel John-
son, Mrs. H. Wheatley, Mrs. Wil-
liam French, Miss Ethel Whitmiri-
and Mrs. Beatrice Judd Ryan.
Miss J. P. Rettenninger was hostess
March 14 at a dinner for twenty-two
guests in the National Defenders'
Room. ^
Mrs. George Warren Pierce gave
a luncheon at the Women's City Club
in honor of Mrs. W. S. W. Kew on
Friday, IVLirch 30.
-Mrs. Kew is daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. P. Black of San Francisco
and is here from Los Angeles on a
visit with her parents and San Fran-
cisco friends.
Mrs. Pierce's other guests were:
Mrs. A. P. Black, Mrs. George Har-
lowe, Mrs. William Gay, Mrs. Ro-
land B. Oliver, Miss Olive Freuler,
Mrs. Addison Strong, Miss Lillian
Ahlers, Mrs. Ernest C. Brown, Mrs.
John Whelan, Mrs. Frank Hudson,
Mrs. Harold Black, Mrs. Shelby
Cummings, Mrs. W. Forester Booth,
Mrs. George L. Bell, Mrs. Robert
Graff, Miss Roberta Gilbert, Mrs.
Fred W. Boole.
Fares Cut
for summer-time travel
Again this year Southern Pacific of-
fers reduced roundtrip fares to the east.
Plan your summer trips now. Take ad-
vantage of the big savings in travel
costs. Any Southern Pacific agent will
gladly help you plan your itinerary.
to the East
May 22
opening sale date, and d
lily there-
after until Sep:. ^0. Retu
rn before
October 31.
For Example,
Roundtrips to . , .
Atlanta. Georgia . .
J113.60
Boston. Mass. . . .
157.76
CHICAGO ....
90.30
Cleveland, Ohio . . .
112.86
Dallas, Texas . . .
75.60
Denver. Colo.
67.20
Detroit, Mich. . . .
109.92
KANSAS CITY. MO.
-5.r>o
Louisville. Ki. . . .
105.88
Meinphis. Tenn. .
89.40
Minncapulis. Minn.
91.90
New OrIe.ins. La. . .
89.40
NEW YORK CITY. N. Y
151.^0
Niagara Falls. N.Y. .
124.92
Omaha. Neb
75.60
Pittsburgh. Pa. . . .
124.06
St. Louis. Mo. . .
85.60
St. Paul. Minn. . .
91.90
San Antonio. Texas .
75.60
WASHINGTON. D C
145.86
Four Great Routes
for transcontinental trauel
It costs no more to go one way, return an-
other except through the Pacific Northwest
(slightly more.) Only Southern Pacific offers
this choice.
Sunset Route: San Francisco via Los An-
geles and El Paso to New Orleans. "Sunset
Limited," famed round the world.
Overland Route, Lake Tahoe Line: San
Francisco via Ogden and Omaha to Chicago.
"San Francisco Overland Limited," 61%-
hour transcontinental aristocrat.
Golden State Route: Los Angeles via El
Paso to Kansas City and Chicago. "Golden
State Limited." 61 Vi-hour flyer.
Shasta Route : California to Pacific North-
west and east over Northern Lines. The
"Cascade" and 3 other trains.
GREAT CIRCLE TOUR
—around the United States for slightly higher
fare than via direct routes. Ask about this
greatest summer travel bargain.
Southeisn Pacific
F. S. McGINNIS,
Passenger Traffic Manager
San Francisco
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C L V B MAGAZINE for
192
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On the Course-
By Guy R. Kinsley
Vice-President, Peirce, Fair ^ Co.
TODAY'S styles in investments are extreme.
The spotlight during the last six months has
been turned away from bonds toward stocks. But
bonds continue to perform their heavy part in any
investment programme.
At the present time it seems probable that the offerings
of new securities throughout the country during 1928 will
establish a low record for recent years. During 1927, the
volume of $1,501,861,000 par value of bonds was possible
only because the year was a record one for refunding
issues. Approximately $700,000,000 more bonds were
issued in 1927 to replace bonds of higher coupon rate than
was true in any other recent year. The total of new
issues during 1928, known as refunding issues, gives little
hope of being as large as last year.
Throughout the nation, savings are piling up in the
countrv s reservoirs for money, and one of the principal
outlets — that of bonds — is temporarily greatly reduced in
size. Millions that usually are invested in bonds and
high-grade investment stocks are not being offered in the
usual amounts, and those wishing to make their money
work have been turning to the exchanges, where they are
fa\oring stocks.
The price of high-grade bonds has been advancing
steadily until the yield is lower than the country has
known since before the War. Many of our leading public
utilities are selling ^y2','( bonds at par, when the same
companies in 1921 and 1922 were selling the same type of
security on a basis to yield 7% and higher. The United
States Government is at this time issuing one-year secur-
ities to return as low as 35^ Cf to the investor.
Before considering the problem of the investor, let us
look for a moment at bonds and stocks. We are all
familiar with the fundamental difference between bondsi
and stocks. Bonds represent a secured indebtedness of a
borrowing company or corporation with a definite matur-
it\-. Stocks represent a partnership in such corporations or
companies with the attendant risks and with no maturity.
It is naturall} apparent that the investor — that is, one
that is attempting to secure his principal and obtain a fair
rate of interest for the use of his money — obtains this
security through bonds. It would be expected that the
return on bonds would be less than stocks because of this
security the investor obtains. We are, of course, speaking
of investments and not speculation.
It is a strange condition existing at the present time,
however, that bond prices, with the security they offer,
even at their low yields, are actually returning a greater
yield than stocks. The average of 40 industrial and
railroad stocks for the week ending March 19 presented a
\ ield of only 4.489'^, . Not included in such a group are
many stocks returning as low as 3',( and even 2'^7i . The
average for the same week of 40 selected bonds returns a
yield of 4.656'^c. This shows a difference of more than
;'4 of 1 9f yield in favor of bonds against stocks.
The real investor, therefore, is enjoying the peculiar
satisfaction of getting both security and greater return in
bonds than in stocks.
This, naturally, has no reference to speculation, and
must not be confused with those who purchase stocks
hoping that they will move higher rather than lower.
Such buying of securities is not a conservative protection
of principal, although it is quite proper to divide invest-
ments between bonds and stocks, according to many con-
siderations of varying importance.
\'ery few appreciate that today the investor who desires
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192
to protect his savings is faced with
more pitfalls than ever before in the
history of the country. Never before
has such responsibility been placed on
the investment house from whom
securities are purchased. The sponsor-
ship of new offerings has become an
element of the gravest import. The
reason for this situation may be
summed up in this manner:
A few years ago, in the early nine-
teen twenties, the best credit names in
the country offered bonds yielding as
high as 8%. The weaker, less worthy
and untried borrowers could not ob-
tain credit even at this price. For
them to have obtained money would
have meant coupons of 9%, 10% and
greater, which would have been pro-
hibitive, even granting that these
loans could have been made with
responsible bankers.
As interest rates have gone down
and money has become easier, bor-
rowers who issued securities bearing
8% coupons have replaced them with
lower interest securities and the 8%
bond of a few years ago becomes the
4>^% or 5% 'bond of today. But
many investors, not realizing the fun-
damental economic law which causes
this condition, reluctantly give up
their 8%, 7% and 6% bonds; and
instead of accepting the comparable
bond at today's lower return, are still
on the lookout for 63^2%. 7% and
8% returns. There may be a few
such bonds to be obtained because of
special conditions, but these condi-
tions the investor should know. It is
the obligation of the investigating
houses to explain these conditions
carefully. The investor who sets
about to find these securities without
careful and dependable advice from
an investment house of high character
is placing too much responsibility on
his own powers of analysis. Accord-
ingly, honest and intelligent advice is
more important to investors today
than ever before. Such advice should
be obtained before and not after the
investment is made ; and no matter
how small the investment problem,
your money deserves the best advice
obtainable.
The American Room
On the opening of the Club nearly
two years ago, the furnishing of the
American Room was not completed.
The furnishing committee has been
giving that Room its attention during
the last month and now hopes that it
has achieved a more comfortable room
where members may meet their
friends. Gentlemen may be received
in the American Room at any time.
Freeman, Smuth & Camp Co.
"I'M 80 HAPPY, NOW THAT JOHN HAS STARTED A SVSTEMATIC
SAVING PLAN THAT IS BRINGING REAL RESULTS."
"HOW IS HE DOING IT?"
"WELL. HE JUST BUYS BONDS ON THE PARTIAL PAYMENT PLAN
OF FREEMAN, SMITH A CAMP CO. AND PAYS A GIVEN AMOUNT
EACH MONTH."
'■THAT BEATS SPENDING ALL THE FAMILY EARNINGS, DOESN'T IT7"
"YES, IT CERTAINLY DOES, AND WE RECEIVE INTEREST ON THE
BONDS, TOO, WHILE WE ARE BUYING THEM."
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'Beauty demonstration
In answer to the request of several
members, the Beauty Salon Commit-
tee has arranged with Mrs. Russ, the
niiMiager of the department, for a sec-
ond demonstration to be held in April.
This second meeting will embrace
more fully the work of this depart-
ment of our Club and will include
demonstrations of hair work as well
as facial treatments. Those who at-
tended the first meeting were delighted
with Mrs. Russ's lecture, and this
second demonstration by request is set
at an evening hour so that all inter-
ested members and friends can attend.
The committee feels justified in urg-
ing each one to set aside this date —
Assembly Room, Wednesday, April
18, 1^128, 7:4.S o'clock.
'Poetry Qontest
Two hundred pieces of mail, con-
taining an unknown number of con-
tributions, were received by the
Women's City Club Magazine in
response to its poetry competition an-
nounced two months ago. The con-
test closed March 15 and the en-
velopes, unopened, have been delivered
to Professor Benjamin Lehman, chair-
man of the judges appointed by the
Magazine Committee. The other
judges are Ruth Comfort Mitchell,
writer, and Professor Edith R. Mir-
rielees, associate professor of English
literature at Stanford University.
'Distinguished Guests
Sir Neville Wilkinson and Lady
Beatri.x Wilkinson, who came to San
Francisco from England with the tiny
Titania's Palace, which was e.xhibited
for the benefit of a war fund for vet-
erans, were the guests of honor at a
luncheon in the National Defenders'
Room and Lounge during their stay
here. Both expressed themselves as
charmed with the Women's City Club
and both evinced a lively interest in
the "Volunteer Service" aspect of the
institution.
"Please 'Bs^memher the League
Shop W hen 'Buying 'Boo\s
The League Shop takes orders for
books — fiction and non-fiction — for
prompt delivery. You help the Club
every time >ou buy a book through the
Shop.
The Sage Circulating Library,
located in the main Arcade, is a con-
cession of the Club. It is well sup-
plied with recent fiction and one can
find there the latest novels which are
being discussed.
'Tuesday Luncheon Tja^s
It is the ideal of the Training and
Education Committee to provide ways
and means of getting close contact
with the individual members of the
Club. To this end study groups and
classes will be established as soon as
the members indicate their desires.
Registrations will be taken at the
Information Desk on the fourth floor,
and members are urged and invited to
sign their names for the following
study groups :
History of Philosophy.
History of Art.
Studies for the Mothers of Chil-
dren of Pre-school Age.
The Technique of Acting and
Voice Production.
Poetry.
Drama Reading.
Parliamentary Law.
French.
Spanish.
Of special interest is the announce-
ment that several series of Tuesday
noon luncheon talks will be given in
the Mural Room, beginning about
12:15 and continuing from half to
three-quarters of an hour. The mem-
bers may obtain their trays in the
cafeteria and take them into the
Mural Room and there enjoy the very
interesting talks while eating lunch-
eon.
The first series of talks will be on
"Studies in Economics," given by
Mrs. Herman Owen. The speakers
on all these occasions will be lecturers
who have a thorough understanding
of their subjects. The talks will be
entertaining and instructive.
The bulletin board will indicate
further announcements of the Tues-
day Luncheon Talks.
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The office of the Room Secretary of
the Club has been moved from the
fourth floor to the main arcade. This
change was made in order to provide
additional service and facilities for ,
members on that floor.
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Jittractive Qenterpiece
John Haack, steward, and Oscar
Parmentier, chef, received many com-
pliments upon the dispatch with which
they served the luncheon at the annual
meeting of the members of the
Women's City Club March 12. A
feature of the decorations was a replica
of the City Club done in frosting and
two birthday cakes, one for Mrs.
Black, the incoming president, and
Mrs. Forbes, the outgoing president.
The miniature of the City Club was
a clever piece of workmanship, with
the tiny lights inside to throw a glow
through the many mindows, giving the
effect that the Club has at night.
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192
Classes to he Formed
Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard has
assumed the chairmanship of the Com-
mittee on Education and Training.
Classes in drama reading, poetr\
reading, Spanish and parliamentary
law, are about to be formed and those
interested are asked to register at the
Information Desk on the fourth floor.
It is the endeavor of the Education
and Training Committee to form
reading and study groups especially
arranged for interested members of
the Club. Members may talk these
matters over with Mrs. Stoddard.
She has arranged to be at the west
end of the corridor on the third floor
1 1 :45 to 1 :30 o'clock and the west
end of the Hammon Gallery on the
fourth floor from I :30 to 2:30 o'clock
every Wednesday.
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Elevator Service
The Club has three elevators, two
of which are for passengers only. The
first elevator (the one nearest the
entrance corridor) is the only one
which goes above the fourth floor. As
the members in residence at the Club
can use only this elevator, above the
fourth floor, the elevator service can
be expedited if members going only to
the fourth floor will take the second
or third elevator.
The elevator service can also be
facilitated if members will co-operate
by having their membership cards
ready to show when they leave the
ele\ ator above the second floor.
It takes the first elevator only two
minutes to go from the lower main
floor to the seventh floor and return,
and the second elevator about one
minute to go from the lower main to
the fourth floor and return. Any
delay beyond this time is due to the
time it takes passengers to enter and
leave the elevators.
■f -f f
Restaurant Department
The Club has adequate facilities
for serving private luncheons, teas and
dinners. Hostesses arranging for
luncheons or dinners are requested to
specify the shape of table they prefer.
The Club has oval and round tables
in several sizes.
1 1 i
Unique Program
The chairman and committee of the
Vocational Information Bureau will
arrange the Club program for Thurs-
day evening, April 26, when "The
Evolution of a Department Store"
will be the subject. The speaker will
be a new arrival in San Francisco who
is an authority on the interesting mod-
ern methods employed in this field.
A DEPARTMENT OF THE WOMEN S CITY CLUB
eauty G^alon
Lower Mam Floor . . . Open to the Public
f * f
PERMANENT WAVING {Hestle Circuline}
Whole head, regardless of the number
of curls. Three settings free.
ns
HAIR CUTTINC-ChiUren, 50c.
Adults, 75c. XeckTrim, 35c
ENOCH A. SCOTT. Specialist m H^ir Cuitmg.
HAIR TINTING by Expert of many
years' experience.
Licensed operators in attendance for Manicuring,
Sh<im/-ooing, Curling and Marceling, Scalf> and
Facial Treatments.
The Beauty Salon is open to the public but depends primarily for
its support on the loyalty and interest of Club members. The charges
are moderate and there is no tipping. You can help the Club by
trying the Beauty Salon once. Your satisfaction with the service
will surely bring you back.
TELEPHONE KEARNY 84OO for A PPO I NTMENTS
PERSIAN ART GENTRE
FOUNDED
CYRUS THE GREAT
ALI-KULI KHAN. N. D.
f 50 EAST 57TH STREET. NEW YORK |[
PERSIAN FINE ARTS
FINE RUGS : TEXTILES : COTTON PRINTS
RARE PERFUME ■'MARJAN"
455-457 POST STREET. SAN FRANCISCO
15he Abode for 'T{est
ofM^nd and 'Body
y\. beautiful and comfortable Rest Home in the charming
Marin Hills, one hour from San Francisco. A pleasant
outdoor life is provided, and sun baths may be taken.
A specialty is made of serving deliciously-cooked
whole foods, fresh fruits and vegetables
Rates per wee\: $25.00
Box 433, Fairfax, California
Telephone San Anselmo 3334'W
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^ ^otel, pes!,
but.....
with no suggestion of commercialism.
Living at the beautifully located Hotel
El Drisco is like living in a home
of your own, operated by your own
carefuUy'trained servants. ((Standing
among stately homes and gardens on
the heights of Pacific Avenue, this
hotel of quiet charm and bounteous
good living overlooks the Bay and the
City. C[ Charming suites of many
sizes. American plan.
Telephone West 428
llotcl €1 ©ri^to
3901 PACIFIC AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO
i3ite League Shop
operated by the
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
Qarries a wide variety oj articles
suitable for Gifts and Prizes
SPODE CHINA
LAMPS : DANISH PEWTER
MATCH BOXES : : VASES
BOWLS : JAVANESE BATIKS
HOLLAND GLASS
Members and friends are invited to visit
The League Shop frequent />i to see the new
stoc\ which is constantly being displayed.
The Beauty Parlor
By Mrs. S. G. Chapman
THE operation of the Beauty Parlor was taken
over by the Club as one of its departmental activ-
ities last September. At that time the lease with
the City of Paris was vacated and the money ob-
tained from that settlement became the capital which
justified the decision to place this department directly
under Club management. Mrs. Minerva Russ, who has
had the very widest experience in this field, was engaged
as supervising manager, with Mrs. Cruse in charge of the
shop. The very best operators obtainable were engaged,
and it was hoped that a few months would put us on the
right side of the ledger. We knew at the outset that we
had a handicap in the very poor service given by the
former tenants, but with the optimism that has charac-
terized every undertaking of the Club we set about remov-
ing the bad impression which had been created. We
counted on Club loyalty to help us, and while we admit
that the patronage of this department has been growing,
the progress has been so slow as almost to -discourage the
management and your committee. While this department,
like our shop, is open to the public, its location is such that
transient trade cannot be counted on, and we must look
to our members and their friends for support. We know
we may not lightly ask you to change the hairdresser who
gives you a perfect marcel, and until the department has
merited your fullest confidence we only ask that you try
a manicure or a shampoo and that you remember that the
department has a full line of cold creams and other prep-
arations of the very highest grade for sale.
Here is a beauty parlor of quiet, restful charm, equipped
with the most modern appliances, manned by skillful
operators ready for your service. Will you not help us
make it a source of profit to your Club and a service to
the members?
Annual Report of the Restaurant Committee
By Mrs. Milton H. Esberg
In giving a report of the Restaurant Committee it seems
but right that the Club members should have the names of
the women who have given so generdusly of their time and
brains in trying to please everybody. They are: Miss
Elizabeth Achard, Mrs. J. J. Anderson, Mrs. LeRoy H.
Briggs, Mrs. Charles W. Cobb, Miss Irene Ferguson,
Mrs. H. K. Shaw and Mrs. H. S. Tittle.
The Restaurant Committee as a whole feels most grate-
ful to the volunteers, whose work was and is invaluable
and to the flower committee for the charm of its decora-
tions, which included greens, flowers and attractive favors.
People's ideas of good food and service are unlimited.
Realizing that, all suggestions have been welcomed and
acted upon whenever it was possible to do so. If those who
are satisfied and are seen regularly on the third floor would
interest others, it would mean much to the department.
Many private affairs, both large and small, have been
given. If letters received at the oflice prove anything, the
hostesses have been well pleased with our efforts.
The board of directors graciously extended an invitation
to workers of the Community Chest, inviting them to use
the restaurant for the time they occupied their campaign
headquarters. Many of them took advantage of this oppor-
tunity and were most grateful for the privilege. j
There were 92,582 people served in and from the |
restaurant bringing in $87,407.79 and 11 1,635 people were i
served in the cafeteria bringing in $63,031.68.
women's CIT-i- CLUB MAGAZINE for APRIL
1928
Keport of the Bridge Section
By Mrs. Pearl Baumann
THIS month completes the sixth year of the Bridge
Section of the Women's City Club. Every Tuesday
one finds new faces among the regular players, thus
bringing together new members with the old.
An average of twenty tables play eacli evening and six
or seven in the afternoon. Players furnish their own cards
and scores, the only fee is for those who wish instructions,
a small charge of twenty-five cents for members and fifty
cents for non-members. From one to three tables are
waiting the teacher, Mrs. Nettie Metzger, every Tuesday
evening, and usually one at least in the afternoon, so that
she usually has a very busy day, but is rhvays willing to
take another pupil.
This past year we followed a new plan. Our president,
Mrs. Forbes, called a meeting of some twenty members
who had shown mterest in the Tuesday evenings, and
from that group twelve promised to act as hostess, one
hostess for each month of the year. This plan proved a
very successful one in more ways than one. The following
"members served during the year:
Miss Henrietta Dodge, Miss Giles, Mrs. Ida Britt,
Mrs. Webber, Miss Gail Sheridan, Miss Clara Giles,
Mrs. Johnson, Miss Larkin, Miss Maloney, Miss Turn-
blad and Miss Miller.
The following took care of the afternoon players: Mrs.
Frances Musgrave, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Hilp, Mrs. Ste-
vens, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Sammis and Mrs. Davis.
We hope to follow this same plan next year.
Two annual parties were given, Valentine and Hallow-
e'en. Sub-committees worked diligently over the necessary
details, acting as the decoration committee, the prize com-
mittee and the refreshment committee. But after all is
said and done, our main standbys have been Miss Murphy,
with her interest in our decorations, and Mr. Hauck, with
his ability to serve us refreshments within our means,
having the Hallowe'en or Valentine motifs, and still
having them a surprise and delight to our guests as well
as members.
While this is one of the free activities of the Club, it
seems that the ready response to our sale of tickets twice
a year, even though we raised the price of the tables this
year to $4.00, somewhat repays the necessary expense
incurred on Tuesdays.
The first party cleared $68.70, selling eighty tables at
$3.00. The Valentine Party just held cleared $80.00,
selling fifty-seven tables at $4.00. This money has been
turned into the general fund of the Club. It is the
expressed wish of the majority of the players that the
money we turn in may be expended on a permanent card
A.T3.H0UGH
Decorator
FTIENGH AND ENGLISH
EigHTEENTH-CENTURY
INTERIORS
STUT)i;0:
.m 2I4Womerv'sGity Club'Butld.ing
465 Post Street, San Fi
Reciprocal Relations Committee
By Mrs. Edward Rainey
The policy of the Committee on Reciprocal Relations
during the year, as in the past, has been a conservative one.
We are no longer, as a club, an experiment, but we do feel
for a number of years to come, we must proceed slowly and
place this activit\' on a sound basis.
We would recommend in the future a closer bond exist
between our club and the clubs on our list; that we ex-
change opinions as to policies, experiences and plans for the
future, so that the clubs gain all the mutual benefits to be
derived from this relationship.
During the year we added four clubs to our list of
twenty, one at Providence, Rhode Island, the Themis
IClub of Montreal, the Illinois Women's Athletic Club of
I Chicago and the Pioneer Club of London.
aline BARRETT
CURRENT REVIEWS
With Reference to World Events, Eool{s, Plays, Music
SAN FRANCISCO:
Fairmont Hotel, II a. m.
. Friday, April 5th
G R E E N WOO D
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St. Francis Hotel, II a. m \ Thursday
Women's Building, 8 p. m / April I2th
OAKLAND: Ebell Club, 10:45 a. m. . . j Friday
BERKELEY: 20th Cent. Club, 2:30 p. m. ( April 13th
Tickets at doors of a'l halls, $1.00 (plus tax)
Management Alice Seckels
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W O -M E X S C I T Y
M A C. A / I N E
for
92
An Order
by telephone will bring
prompt delivery.
cp
Telephones;
Sutter 6654
Oakland 10 17
Education Committee Report
By Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
TIEDEMANN
6? McMORRAN
Wholesale Groceries
and Bakers' Supplies
Supplying
RESTAURANTS
CLUBS, HOTELS
BAKERIES
119 DAVIS STREET
Telephones .'
Garfield 21 Kearny 1672
THE Education Committee for
courses, lectures and training
begs leave to offer the following
report for the year February 19,
1927, to February 20, 1928:
1. Completion of Forum Course of
lectures of preceding Club year
brought out the following
financial success: $580.00 in
rentals; $291.50 in net profits.
Nevertheless, it was voted not
to run such a course again, but
to specialize on specific series
with local lecturers ; or upon
special lectures as occasion of-
fered (as, for example, Maude
Royden, this coming Friday),
with special chairmen.
2. Lectures for Fee.
Professor Bade on Archaeology.
J\Irs. Huter, Chairman. Very
successful.
Chester Rowell — Six talks on
current international topics,
China, Russia, et cetera. At-
tendance approximately 150;
great enthusiasm, with wide-
spread requests for further
lectures by Mr. Rowell.
Airs. Maddux, Chairman.
Brother Leo — Two courses on
literary criticism ; intellectu-
ally a treat, but with too
small an attendance. Mrs.
Chapman, Chairman.
Professor Lehmann — Three
courses, modern literature
and book criticisms; very
successful, a real clientele
building up. Mrs. Rainey.
Chairman.
?i. Classes {Language, et cetera)
with Payment of Fee.
Madame Olivier, successfully
carrying the French, as al-
ways.
Mrs. Durbrow, giving the fee
to the Club, German conver-
sation. Discontinued on Mrs.
Durbrow 's departure.
For Italian classes under Ala-
dame Alortani and Spanish
classes under Airs. Alorales.
there have not as yet been
sufficient enrollments to
start.
Parliamentary Law, two
courses under Airs. L. G.
Leonard, successfully com-
pleted last Spring; two more
planned, for beginners and
for advanced pupils, but not
sufficient enrollment as yet.
Phases of Home-making and
Cooking for Business ff om-
en, approved and planned
under the expert chairman-
30
ship of Aliss Helen Wills.
Not enough enrollments to
start. These courses necessi-
tate too much expense, if car-
ried on as they should be,
hence the lack of support.
The committee hopes to be
able to further such plans
later, and approves strongly
of this educational feature as
part of the work of the
Women's City Club.
4. Courses without Fee, free to mem-
bers and friends.
Current Events, every Wednes-
day morning ; fifty-one meet-
ings the past year, maximum
attendance one hundred sev-
enty-four.
First and third Monday
evenings, twenty-one meet-
ings, approximate attendance
seven t>-five.
Seventy-two meetings in
all, the past year. Airs. Par-
ker Aladdux, Leader.
Reading of Plays. Mrs. Stod-
dard, Leader. This was a
very successful activity, dis-
continued last September
only because of Mrs. Stod-
dard's illness. It is strongly
approved by the Education
Committee for continuance.
The Education Department
advertised a prize for an ,
original play written by any ;
member of the Women's
Cit}' Club, and has approved '•
a dramatic section, to be
placed under its own chair-
man and committee, to en- ]
courage all dramatic yearn- j
ings within the Club. This i
is not education, but Jrt, ,
hence the approval of a spe-
cial section.
Lectures on the Life of Christ, ]
now being given by Dean
Poivell, every Monday morn-
ing in Lent. Mrs. W . B.
Hamilton, Chairman.
5. Co-operation with International
House of San Francisco — a se-
ries of Friday evening talks,
followed by full discussion,
open to the public for fee, but
especially interesting to mem-
bers of the Women's City Club.
Nine talks have already been
given in the Auditorium, pre-
ceded by dinner in the Na-
tional Defenders' Room. Ap-
proved by Education Commit-
tee for co-operation, as satisfy-
ing the international interest of
the Women's City Club.
women's city c I, u b m a g a z I n' e for APRIL • 1928
BEST FOODS
GOLD MEDAL
MAYONNAISE
jor Perfect Salads
ONE OF THE
BEST FOODS
Write for the H"v Booklet
"Famous Tearoom Recipes"
HICKMAN PRODUCE CO.
DISTRIBUTORS
910 Harrison Street, San Francisco
Telephone Douglas 8355
NATHAN FERROGGIARO
Central California
Fruit Company.
Wholesale Produce
Cafes, Hotels, Restaurants, Hospitals
and Ships Supplied
-^^SIJ)
400 FRONT STREET
CORNER CLAY
SAN FRANCISCO
Teiephones ;
Sutter 596 ~ Sutter 597
The stone house
MANOR'
IN BEAUTIFUL
MARIN COUNTY
>/T. CHARMING REST HOME for busioess and
professional women who wish relaxation.
Supervised sun-baths . . . sleeping porch . . .
home cooking . . . home-grown vegetables.
Guests accommodated after April 15th.
rates: .$1.50 PER DAY
For further in/ormation or reser. ations, call Kearny 15 i i
Miss Margaret Johnson
17j6 STOCKTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
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I 9 2 1
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WITH MORE CREAM
DOYLFS and
SLEEPY HOLLOW
CERTIFIED MILK
A complete food for babies,
invalids and convalescents,
brought to your home under
a GUARANTEE of quality.
To order, delivered to your
door daily .... 'telephone
Valencia Ten Thousand
Burlingame 246O
Redwood City 91S
DAIRY DELIVERY CO.
Successors in San Francisco to
MILLBRAE DAIRY
Dairy Delivery Milk and Cream
are served exclusively in the
Women's City Cluh
SAN FRANCISCO
LAUNDRY
.'ACE CURTAINS
are laundered by us most
expertly. They are gently
washed in net bags to
avoid strain. Just enough
siz;ing is used. v^When
finished they hang square
like new ones. And the
price is very reasonable.
Telepiiones
West 793 . . . Burlingame 3478
You will find this one'
pound package of
Campfire Pure Lard
economical to buy and
very convenient
to use.
•^IRDEN
PACKING COMPANY
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BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY of CLUB MEMBERS
HERE, FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, IS PRINTED A CLASSIFIED
DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS WHO ARE PREPARED TO SERVE
YOU, EITHER IN A BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY
Attorneys
Insurance
Real Estate
SUZANNE VERVIN BOLLES
of Cormac Es'BoUes
Attorneys and Counsclors-at-Law
International Lawyers
Legal Advisors to British Consulate Genera
i Street, San
Camps
MISS M. PHILOMENE HAG AN
Director Camp Ph-Mar-Jan-E'
Tahoc ?^attonal Forest, Cal.
A supervised Summer Camp tor Giris. embracing
all types of outdcor recreation • Season June 27th
to Aug. 12th • Post Season Aug. 12th loSept. 12th
2034 Ellis Street, San Francisco
Phone Filbnore 1669
Employment Bureaus
MRS. M. S O'CONNOR, Mgr.
Community Placement Bureau, Inc.
438 Hunter-Dulin Building
This Bureau is acting in the capacity of
1 Employment Department for many of
III Sutter Street Plione Keamy z8oo
Home Dining-Room
MABEL B. WEBB
"A Himt Ml J. Aaav from Home"
All foods prepared under my
personal supervision
Formerly dietitian for St. Francis, St. Luke's
and French Hospitals.
519 Clement St.
near Sixth Ave. Plione Sayview nog
MRS. E
C. VOTAW
BESSIE BOYNTON BROWN
Supt. of Women'
s Department, Western
Housing Specialist
States Life insur
Income : Life Ins
ance Company : : Life
urance : Opportunities
Selling and Leasing of Exclusive Residential
Property . . . San Francisco and Suburbs
for Women in
Life Underwriting.
465 Post St., Women's City Club Bldg.
995 Market Street
Phone Sutter 545
Phones: Douglas 14 and 15
MRS. LELLE McREYNOLDS
Insurance of all kinds: Life, Fire,
Automobile, Furs.
It is my business to fit the policy
to your particular need.
660 Marl;ef Street Plicnie Doilglos 77OO
Notary Public
LAURA E. HUGHES
Notary Public, Shorthand Reporting
Multigraphing and Mimeographing
1204 Crocker First National Bank Bldg.
No. I Montgomery Street
Phone Douglas 439
Physicians
DR. PHILLIS W. PERILLAT
Physician and Surgeon
Ogicc Phone Atwatei 3564 Res. Phont Mission 26
I/\o Anmer, Call Market 21
Office Hours:
1*4 p. m. Except Wednesday
7' 8 p. m. Except Tuesday and Thursday
2489 Mission St., Cor. 21st. S.^n Fra.scis
School
EDITH STEVENS GILES
The Study Place . . . Courses in English,
Enunciation, Vocabulary, Public Speaking,
Social Culture, Memory Training, Con'
temporary Dramatic Events, History
26 Grenoble: 22ri California Street
Phobic Fillmore 1743
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EACH MONTH YOUR NAME
WILL BE ADDED TO THIS LIST
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MAGAZINE
of SAN FRANCISCO
^N EASTER PARTY
For children of members and their guests will be held in the Club Pool,
Saturday morning, April 7th at 11 A. M. '" Novelty-
events will feature the program.
Gome and Register J^ow
What a Difference I
N THE HOME
WHERE THERE'S A
GENERAL ® ELECTRIC
ALWAYS
READY . . .
Sweet, fresh,
u-holesotiie
milk or
delicious fruit
for your
children.
Pure, healthy
food . . . the
kind they fire
entitled to.
Cold and
crisp, yet free
front
moisture or
taint.
'-^ rll
Or when
guests are
hemy served
. . the General
Electric
Refrigerator
will give your
salad an
added
appetizing
appeal.
It will be a
delight
indeed to
entertain, if
\ou have a
General
Electric to
help you.
DISTINCTIVE GENERAL ELECTRIC FEATURES
EXTREMELY NEVER NEEDS COSTS LESS
SIMPLE
Here is a refrigerator
so simple that it hasn't
a single exposed mov-
ing part. There is
nothing to be done to it
or for it.
OILING
Inside the hermetically
sealed casing which
holds ALL the mechan-
ism of the refrigerator,
there is also a perma-
nent supply of oil.
TO RUN
A specially designed
motor of low horse-
power but high effi-
ciency . . uses very little
current. The expense
is of no concern.
UNUSUALLY
QUIET
Standards of quietness
vary so widely that we
can only invite you to
listen carefully to the
General Electric Re-
frigerator yourself.
A Model to Meet Tour Tweeds on Display Here
H. B. RECTOR COMPANY, Inc.
Phone Sutter 1831 318 STOCKTON STREET Phone Sutter 1831
L. H. BENNETT, 7<iorihern California Distributor
General Offices: RiALTO BUILDIXG • SaX FraXCISCO
RETAIL BRANCHES:
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C^enturies of refinement in furniture
design are expressed in the home-
furnishings displayed in the
W ^ J. Sloane store.
^JSL?
zK visit will give you many ideas for the
economical adornment of your home.
W. e^r* J. SLOANE
ORIENTAL RUGS - CARPETS - DRAPERIES - FURNITURE
SUTTER STREET NEAR GRANT AVENUE - SAN FRANCISCO
WOMEN- S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for MAY
1928
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB CALENDAR
MAY I — 31. 1928
CURRENT EVENTS
First and third Monday evenings, 7:30 o'clock. Wednesday mornings at 11 o'clock.
Auditorium. Mrs. Parker Maddux, Leader.
LEAGUE BRIDGE
Tuesdays, 2:00 P. M. and 7:30 P. M. Assembly Room.
PLAY READING
Wednesdays, 3:00 P. M. Board Room. Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard, Leader.
THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMS
Thursdays, 8:00 P. M. Assembly Room.
TUESDAY LUNCHEON TALKS
Tuesdays, 12:15 P. M. "Studies in Economics," by Mrs. Herman Owens of Mills College.
See Bulletin Board for Room.
May 3 — Thursday Evening Program
Speaker: W. C. Hayes, Professor of Architecture, Univer-
sity of California
Subject: Modern Gothic Architecture in San Francisco . . Assembly Room 8:00 P.M.
■1 — Parliamentary Law Class. Mrs. J. B. Leonard .... Board Room 7:00 P.M.
6— Sunday Evening Concert Auditorium 8:15 P.M.
8 — Day Restaurant Volunteers Tea Lounge 3:30 P.M.
10 — Thursday Evening Program
Speaker: Mr. David Anderson
Subject: The Newspaper and the Public Issembly Room 8:00 P.M.
11 — Parliamentary Law Class. Mrs. J. B. Leonard .... Board Room 7:00P.M.
21— New Members Tea Lounye 3 :00 P. M.
OTHER THAN CLUB EVENTS
Unity Temple, Sunday mornings, 11 A. M., Auditorium
Lecture by Mrs. Maule, Sunday mornings, 11 A. M.,
Assembly Room
May 8 — Business and Professional Women's Club Luncheon . . .
1- — American Association of University Women
Speaker: Dr. William Martin Proctor, Stanford University
Subject: The Junior College '. AssemblyRoom
18 — Recital. Professor Herman Genss Auditorium
Meeting of Camp Fire Girls Auditorium
21— China Society Board Room
22 — Needlework Guild Auditorium
Theatre Arts Performance Auditorium
26 — American Association of University Women
Speaker: Dr. Aurelia H. Reinhardt
Subject: The Freshman Year Assembly Room
Assembly Room 12:00 M.
15 P.M.
00 P. M.
00 P. M.
00 P. M.
00 P. M.
:00 P. M.
OFFICERS OF THE WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
OF SAN FRANCISCO
Mrs. a. p. Black
President
Mrs. Chari.es Miner Cooper
First Vice-President
Miss Marion W. Leale
Second Vice-President
Mrs. William B. Hamilton
Third Vice-President
Miss Mabel Pierce
Treasurer
Mrs. William F. Booth, Jr.
Recording Secretary
Mrs. Edward H. Clark, Jr.
Corresponding Secretary
Miss Carlie I. Tomlinson
Executive Secretary
women's city club magazine for MAY
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'iShe WOMEN'S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE
School Directory
GIRLS' SCHOOLS
La Atalaya
Boarding and Day Sdxool
Out-of-door living
Group Activ-ites Individual Instruction
Summer School Opens June First
ANNETTE HASKELL FLAGG, Director
Mill Valley, California
Telcphmi« M. V. 514
THE
MERRIMAN SCHOOL
( Accredited )
Health : Happiness : Scholarship
Mira C. Merriman, Ida Body
Principals
597 Eldorado Ave. : Oakland, Cal.
COACHING SCHOOL
DREW
»-Year High School
Course admits to college.
Crediu vahd in high school.
SCHOOL jccrediKd, saves half time'
Private Lessons, any hour. Ni^t, Day. Both sexes.
Annapolis, West Point, College Board tutoring.
Secretarial-Academic two-year course, entitles to High
School Diploma. Civil Service Coaching— all lines.
2901 California St.
Pho«« West 7069
GIRLS' AND BOYS' SCHOOL
NOB HILL SCHOOL
OF THE FAIRMONT HOTEL
announces the opening of a Sum-
mer Coaching School, June 18
to July 27, Primary and Gram-
mar Grades. Fee $5.00 per week
Mrs. nia B. Swindler, DirecUyr
833 Powell Street ; : San Francisco
Kearny 796 or Fillmore 6981
With the advance of Spring,
parents are thinking toward
Summer Schools and Camp-
Schools for their children
. . .and the majority are even
now making plans for the
coming year ■when their
children will enter boys' or
girls' schools for the first
time. If you have a school
problem, you will find the
schools represented in this
Directory each month well
worthy of your
attention.
NURSERY SCHOOL
PACIFIC HEIGHTS NURSERY
Mrs. Stanley Rypins, Director SCHOOL
A A.y school for supervised free play of normal
children between the ages of two and five years.
Open during the entire Summer.
Visitors welcome.
1900 Jackson Street, at Gough
Telephone Walnut 5998
ART SCHOOL
California School
of
Fine Arts
Chestnut and Jones Streets - San Francisco
SUMMER SESSION JUNE IS-JULY 28
Professional instruction in fine and applied arts; special
courses for teachers. Affiliated with the University of
California.
Splendid new buildings just opened.
Write for illustrated cdtdloguc
LEE F. RANDOLPH. Director
DRAMATIC SCHOOL
THE FINEST DRAMATIC
SCHOOL ON THE COAST
That was our ideal that is our reali
Classes pcrsonaly directed by Mr. Heyes,
whose distinguished stage and screen career
thorough professional training.
Information given upon request.
Herbert Heyes Studios
220 POST STREET SUTTER 4297
Wc direct professional performances, also amateur tfieatricali
for dubs, lodgCi, churches, etc.
SPECIAL SCHOOL
N
^^^H
Rwdv for PIjv
A SCHOOL FOR NERVOUS
AND RETARDED CHILDREN
THE CEDARS
CORA C. MYERS, Head
A School in a natural environment of
distinctive beauty " where children
develop latent talents.
Address
THE CEDARS
Ross, Marin County, California
DRESSMAKING SCHOOL
Emma F. Smith
Formerly of T^ew Tori; City
Wishes to announce the opening
of classes for the Instruction of
DRESSMAKING
in all its branches.
GOWNS
SUITS
COATS
For further information write or phxme
1245 Broderick Street
Phone Walnut 3643
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SAN FRANCISCO
Volume II MAY / 1928 Number 4
(SONTENTS
PAGE
Club Calendar 1
Frontispiece ; . . . . 6
Editorial 19
Articles
A Few Words by a V^isiting Member 7
Elizabeth Blossom Knox
Reminiscences of the Woman's Club of
Manila 10
Florence Forbes Brown
California's Host 12
The Present Trend in Art . 14
Beatrice Judd Ryan
City Planning Conference .... 13
Social Activities 21
Club Brevities 25
Monthly Departments
Travel Planning 22
Books of the Month 28
F.leanor Preston Ji'titkins
Music in the City Club 9
Anna Cora Winchell
Financial Article 26
Annual Reports
Hospitality Committee 17
Library 16
Magazine 16
Sewing Committee 18
House Rules 18
Furnishing . . . ._ 18
Thursday Evening 20
Flower Committee 20
Auditorium 16
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1928
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
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CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Anderson 5? Fox
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San Francisco
Telephone Davenport 9600
iff
New York Office : 43 Broad Street
follo^w roads to
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Straight out of the work-a-day
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Follow Jack and Ethyl, those lucky,
honeymooning Motormates. They're
telling you each Wednesday night, over
the Pacific Coast Network, of new places
to go and sights to see in this Pacific
Empire.
All along the way, Associated dealers
are waiting to give you detailed travel
and resort information. Stop at the red
and green and cream stations. Fill up
with Associated Gasoline and your car
wmU readily answer your urge to be going.
Know the surge of its eager power, its
quick acceleration and its ability to give
you long mileage. Then go!
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Refiners of Associated Gasoline, Associated
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MRS. ALEXANDER LILLEY
Listing For Sale
Monterey Peninsula Properties
$500 AN ACRE UP
Large Estate at Lake Tahoe
Various Country Lands and Ranches
Stanford Court Apartments Phone Kearny 235J
ALINE BARRETT
CURRENT REVIEWS
With Reference to World Events, Eool{s, Flays, Music
Final Talks of the Season
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SAN FRANCISCO:
Fairmont Hotel, 11 a. m.
Friday, May 4th
St. Francis Hotel, 11 a. m J Thursday
Women's Building, 8 p. m j May 10th
OAKLAND: Ebell Club, 10:45 a. m. .. \ Friday
BERKELEY: 20th Cent. Club, 2:30 p. m. / May 11th
Tickets at docxrs of a I halls, $1.00 (flus tax)
Management Alice Seckels
women's city club magazine for MAY
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\5o Tou who enjoy
the VYCagazine . . .
ISTED BELOW for your convenience are the names
of the advertisers represented in this issue of
the Women's Citv Club Magazine, with the num-
bers of the pages where you will find their
messages for you. From the schools, camps, and
summer resorts to household furnishings, wearing
apparel and financial services, each advertisement
holds decided interest. The fact that it appears
in the Magazine is your assurance of both quality
and service — and we ask that you take particular
note of the following names:
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
A. Anderson 30
Anderson & Fox 4
The Antlers 24
Associated Oil Company 4
H. J. Barneson & Co 26
Bartlett Springs _ 25
Beauty Salon — Women's City Club 25
John Bellis 30
O. M. Blair 25
Casa del Rey 4
The Courtyard 30
Dairy Delivery Company _ 32
Doctors' & Nurses' Outfitting Company 30
Hotel El Drisco 28
Paul Elder & Company 28
Feather River Inn '. 28
Foster & Orear _ 27
Hamburg-American Line 24
Hunter-Dulin Company 26
Ali Kuli Khan, N.D 29
Knight-Counihan Company 31
The League Shop 31
Mrs. Alexander Lilley 4
Marie Loffler 30
Los Angeles Steamship Company 23
Anita K. Mayer 30
Matson Line 5
Mercie O'Rourke 30
Panama Mail Steamship Company 23
Panama Pacific Line 22
Rhoda-on-the-Roof 30
Roos Bros 29
Samarkand 5
San Francisco Academy of Physical Culture 31
Santa Fe Railway Company 23
Santa Barbara Girls' Camp 25
Alice Seckels 4
W. & J. Sloane Inside Front Cover
Southern Pacific Company Back Cover
Stone House Manor 31
Virden Packing Company 32
Walk-Over Shoe Store 3
Mrs. Clare C. Young 29
School Directory 2
La Atalaya
California School of
Fine Arts
The Cedars
Drew School
Herbert Heyes Studic
School
Nob Hill School
Pacific Heights
Nursery School
Emma F. Smith
Business and Professional Directory of
Club Members Inside Back Cover
Miss Marv L. Barclay
Suzanne Vervin Bolles
Bessie Boynton Brown
Edith Stevens Giles
M. Philomene Hagan
Mrs. Catherine Morgan
Mrs. M. S. O'Connor
Mrs. J. C. Packard
Dr. Phillis W. Perillat
Mrs. Lelle McReynolt
G. A. Shaffer
Mabel B. Webb
August
is woynens month in
Hawaii - - =
Hawaii is delightful any time. But if you ever
visit these fairy isles plan to be there this
August. In addition to all the delights of the
cool summer season when the flowering trees are
in bloom — the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference
to be held in Honolulu, August 9 to 19 will bring
delegates from all parts of the great Pacific
region to exchange ideas on women's progress.
And then, August 15 to 20, there will be the
great celebration of the 150th anniversary of
Captain Cook's discovery of the Islands when
native pageants such as may never be seen again
will re-enact the colorful landing of the famous
explorer. The new Malolo takes you there in
only four days from San Francisco. Rates and
itineraries to suit your time and purse. In-
formation from Women's City Club
Travel Service or Matson Line,
215 Market St., San Francisco
^n Sarthly Taradise
In quaint ar\A cKarmlng Santa 'Barbara over-
looking tkejMountains and tke Sea on its own
Kill top of tkitHry acres oF gorgeous
gardens, serenely sits
{HEART'S DESIRE)
a n kotel of unusual beauty, wlxere tliere prevails
tKe atmospKere of a gentleman's Konae, guests
Kave tke privileges of tke La Gunibre and
Tvtontecito Sountry Clubs.
AMERICAN TLAN ■>- 3 Hours from Los Angeles
■ GKarlcs T5- Hetvey, Afgr-
Library nf (I onie/i's City Club, shuu'iiig table U'liiih is the gift of Airs. D. S. Lisberijer.
Lounge of JVomen's City Club, where tea is served ei'ery afternoon by members of the
Volunteer Service Group.
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
VOLUME II
SAN FRANCISCO ' MAY ' I928
NUMBER 4
A. Few V/ords b}' a Uisiting VYtemher
By Elizabeth Blossom Knox
{Mrs. Newton Booth Knox is the former Miss Elizabeth Blossom of Berkeley, ivhose
husband's profession, that of mining engineering, has taken them over the world in the
last twenty years. Their home has been in London where Airs. Knox has been a prom-
inent figure in English life and therefore is quite qualified to make comparisons and
comments u'ith the San Francisco IVomcn's Club as the basis. Newton B. Knox ivas
associated with Herbert Hoover in the Belgian Relief.)
WHEN my friend kindly presented me with a
card, giving me the privileges of your Club,
she said casually, "It was an outgrowth of the
war," and I was in such a state of amazement
and admiration at your very fine building, and beautiful
and practical interior, that I thought very little about it.
This dazed and satisfied condition continued in my fre-
quent use of your swimming pool, and in my luncheons in
your cafeteria, which are so enjoyable and so moderate in
price that I have never had the heart to desert it and try
your restaurant. This feeling of complete comfort con-
tinues when I write my letters in your lounge, it is so
quiet and restful ; only I do wish you would have good
pen nibs. Men always say that you never find a decent
pen nib in a woman's club, and I don't want one word of
criticism ever made about the Women's City Club. It is
too perfect.
It was only yesterday, in conversation with another
member of your Club, that I found what the war had to
do with it, or what it had to do with the war. To me
this is most interesting. It is most fitting that your
National League of Service, which was organized during
the war, and did such a practical and far-reaching work,
should have culminated in this fine and substantial build-
ing, where members still carry on their good work. You
are not allowing yourselves to grow stale, and you will
always find new reasons and outlets for 5-our activities.
With the exception of your swimming pool, every detail
of which delights me (I love those costumes), I have seen
very little of jour Club. I have only glanced at your fine
auditorium, which is the gathering place for so many
interesting and enjoyable hours. Like San Francisco air,
the whole place is so stimulating that it must be taken
quietly at first, that the equilibrium be maintained.
I don't see what you can possibly put in a club that you
have not accommodated at 465 Post Street. Why, you
can even play golf there! This interests me exceedingly.
I am desirous of spending as many hours as possible in the
lovely sunshine and bracing air of California, so I inquired
about golf facilities. Will I ever get used to America ! Why,
in England, golf is the most serious matter in the world.
You go miles in the country to a proper Golf Club. And
you wear golf clothes, and golf shoes, and you put on your
golf face, and you talk to golf people in golf language,' and
everything is golf ! Here you can make it one of many
things. It is the same way with bridge. It is as much as
your life is worth to speak even in a whisper at a bridge
table in England. That is why I never learned the game.
Here people seem to enjoy it.
As an outside observer, it appears to me you have four
or five clubs merged into one. This, in itself, speaks for
your wonderful organizing powers, and your capabilities
in maintaining in excellent running order this complicated
and very useful amalgamation. In so far as you make a
point of including in your membership and endeavoring to
help women connected with the professions, and of the
literary, artistic and theatrical world, you remind me of
the Lyceum Club in London, of which I am a member.
The Bath Club in London, where I have often been a
guest, is the only ladies' swimming club there. The social
side of your club is mirrored in all the English women's
clubs, which are quite a center for social life. But you
might as well try to compare our vast and wonderful and
impressive country with that beautiful and park-like
island over there, as to compare club life. We aren't a
bit alike. I said one day to Sir Sidney Lowe, one of the
best-known literary critics in London, "How different is
the English and American sense of humor!" And he said,
"Yes, it's a wonder we get along at all!" But we do get
along, and the way to get along is to be willing to learn
from each other. England can teach Americans many
things, and they can benefit by companionship with us.
We have so many bonds in common. We fought side by
side, and I am proud to count as one of my greatest and
most honored friends the General who received the Amer-
ican army when it came to England. Although he played
such a prominent part on this momentous occasion, he is
as modest and unassuming as a boy.
An Englishman, an admirer of American women, said
to me once: "A man should have two wives. He should
have an American wife to make him do things, and an
English wife to make him comfortable" I I have almost
concluded it is a reflection on both. And it draws our
attention to the egotism of man. I wonder whether a man
would rather be comfortable or be made to do things. Of
course he does like his creature comforts. At the same time
it is very stimulating to the intelligence and to his pride to
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be made to do things. I am afraid we American women are
a tantalizing lot.
Now your Club makes me want to do all sorts ot thmgs.
It makes me want to swim every day. It makes me want
to read all the books in your comfortable and luxurious
lounge. It makes me want to go to everything held m
your auditorium. It makes me want to play golf, and if
I had time and strength, it w^ould make me want to put
on one of your pretty uniforms and caps and join the
National League for Woman's Service. I am glad that
the war is responsible for your very fine building, and
that you have such an excellent reason for its existence.
The war has left no monument like this in England.
Lord Leconfield gave his town house at 9 Chesterfield
Gardens, Curzon Street W., for use as a club for Amer-
ican officers, and you will meet many of our men, who
enjoyed hospitality in that beautiful home. Lord Lecon-
field never occupied it again, and it is now the home of
"The Garden Club." This club was organized and is
managed by a woman, Mrs. Sutor, who has on her execu-
tive committee some of the best known names in England.
It is a club for both men and women, and its primary
reason for existence was to provide a home and meeting
place in London for garden lovers of Great Britain. They
come from Wales and Ireland and Scotland. They talk
gardening, they read gardening, they have garden lunch-
eons and garden dinners and garden dances. The rooms
are always full of beautiful flowers, w^ith names desig-
nated. During the spring and summer they organize
motor excursions, whereby English gardens, which are not
open to the public, may ht visited, and they are worth a
visit. The English have always taken their gardening
very seriously, with wonderful results. There are gardens
hundreds of years old. Magnificent trees and box hedges
and lovely flowers. They haven't our climate, but they
have a love of Nature and painstaking ambition, which
accomplishes much.
One relic of the war in London is Miss Marta Cun-
ningham's "Not Forgotten League," and the Lyceum
Club entertains every winter this band of men who are
still disabled and so vividly speak to us of the aftermath
of war. Miss Cunningham, I believe, is a Californian,
and she has carried on a most beautiful work among the
disabled soldiers in London, where she is greatly beloved.
138 Piccadilly, the present home of the Lyceum Club,
is famous as having had for an owner a Marquess of
Queensbury, familiarly known as "Old Q."
The drawing-room has a beautiful ceiling and panels,
painted by Angelica Kauifmann. The ballroom where the
club holds its lectures and meetings is small, but its octag-
onal shape makes it unique, and King Edward danced
there when he was Prince of Wales. The dining-room,
also small, is beautifully paneled in carved walnut, and
"Charles," who presides over this room, knows everybody
in London. Poitier, who presides at the desk at the door,
is a marvel. Every member is known by sight and by
name, and with every woman asking a different question,
his patience is inexhaustible.
Another famous London house taken over by a woman's
club is "Spencer House," St. James Square, which is now
the home of the "Ladies' Army and Navy Club." Its last
occupant before being taken over as a club was a famous
American hostess, who was said to have entertained five
thousand people in one season. What a record!
In Paris, there is one outgrowth of the war in the
"Interalliee Club." This club was formed as a meeting
place for the officers of the allied armies during their stay
in Paris. It occupies Rothschild's beautiful home on the
famous Faubourg St. Honore, between the Elysees Palace,
where the President of France is housed, and the British
Embassy. It has very fine gardens, and has been the
meeting place of many brilliant and interesting people.
It is still devoted to the same purpose, though not strictly
limited to allied guests. This club has a membership of
both sexes. The French women do not use clubs as
American women and English women do. They do not
understand the advantages of a club. The branch of the
Lyceum Club in Paris has French members, possibly
because the Duchesse d'Uzes, a brilliant and popular
woman, is the president. The American Woman's Club
in Paris, I believe, devotes itself to the interests of Amer-
ican women in that city.
I am so interested in your work in the "Beautification
of San Francisco," and I should think your influence will
be greatly felt. Might I suggest another thing very
closely related to this? It seems to me we Californians
have never properly appreciated the fact that before the
United States owned us we belonged to and were part of
Spain. We should remember that we have a right to draw
on a language so rich in meaning and sound as the Spanish
tongue, and I wish I could find apartment houses and
hotels and restaurants and everything else bearing those
lovely sounding Spanish names. It almost pains me to
hear of the "Park Lane Apartments" over on the Pacific
Coast. Why do we borrow from the English when we
could be so original, and with such happy results? There
is a reason for Park Lane in London as a thoroughfare
bordering Hyde Park, but there isn't any reason for it on
the heights of our beautiful city. I believe you will have
a remarkably fine cathedral crown Nob Hill, but before
it is even started there is a "Cathedral Apartment House,"
a Cathedral book shop, and, if you don't raise an arresting
hand, there will be a Cathedral cafeteria! I speak feel-
ingly, for I am always pleased that I was born on the
"Rancho de los Berendos" in the valley of the Sacramento.
Moreover, my first home was a proper Spanish one, made
of adobe, with walls several feet in thickness, an outside
stairway, and roses climbing all over it. So perhaps I am
justified in making a plea for Spanish nomenclature in
California.
The war shows results there in a different way.
Motor cars have been dispensed with by many people, and
one meets one's friends in the omnibus. As in the case of
Lord Leconfield and Lord Spencer, the town house has
been given up. They remain at home in the evening and
read, instead of seeing the newest play — a result of the
war; and I met a friend one day returning from the
payment of his income tax (that meant one-third of his
income) and he was as gay and smiling as ever. They
never complain and they never grumble. It's part of the
game, and they arc sports. Mr. Baldwin had his people
behind him when he went to Washington and arranged
for the payment of England's debts, and I never heard
any of my friends criticize him or this act. He has that
quality of honor which is prominent in the British char-
acter, and I never knew any of them to want to evade
anything.
I had almost forgotten how much I love San Francisco
and what a beautiful city it is. I am particularly fortunate
now, insomuch as I have such a charming and kindly
hostess. She explains to me very gently that I must say
"moving pictures" instead of "cinema," and I shall en-
deavor to do so. I am frightened to death to say "lift,"
and I won't say "elevator," so I just say nothing at all.
I say "up" and "down." I am only beginning to under-
stand what is meant by a "hop." We are all very quaint
in our point of view. An English friend of mine in
London, who hasn't changed her style of dress for the
last thirty years, eyed me disapprovingly in my frock
suitable for a girl of twelve years, and said: "My dear,
go to Worth, and mention my name, and he will give you
a waist!"
women's C I T V CLUB MAGAZINE for MAY
192:
VYiusic in the Qity Qluh
By Anna Cora Winchell
Mrs. Frank
Howard J lien,
member 0/
Music
Committee;
hostess of the
concert of
March 18 in the
lounge of the
City Cluh.
A NOTE of variation in the
/ \ Sunday Evening Musicales
^^^Y was given March 18 by pre-
■^ -^senting the artists in the
Club Auditorium on the main floor.
This was for the purpose of testing
the acoustics and the program proved
entirely enjoyable. Mrs. Frank
Howard Allen, hostess of the evening,
offered several musicians, the affair
taking on a brilliant aspect rather than
one of informality, which prevails in
the Lounge.
Esther Deiniger, pianist, opened
with a pleasing group — "Francesca,"
from Widor's "Carnival Suite," the
Liszt "Concert Etude," No. 1, and
two Chopin "Preludes," Nos. 11 and
16. She is one of the most secure and
arresting of our young musicians, with
poise, brilliance and intelligent expres-
sion. Miss Deiniger received every
encouragement to augment her list,
though declining.
Mrs. Allen, herself a participant,
sang four delightful songs, accom-
panied by her sister, Mrs. Uda
Waldrop. This ver>' pleasing Ivric
soprano was heard to advantage in
"La Fiancee du Soldat" (Chamin-
ade), "Winged Wishes" (Uda Wald-
rop), "Song of the Chimes" (Wor-
rell), "Ma Maison" (Fourdrain),
songs which gave Mrs. Allen oppor-
tunity to show flexibility and charm.
More than a word of praise is due
Mrs. Waldrop whose ease at the piano
is in keeping with her vocal gifts for
which she is widely appreciated.
Frances Wiener, violinist, has been
in the "child prodig)" class and is
happily developing into solid musician-
ship. Still a young girl, she exhibits
facility be\ond her jears and plays
with maturity of style. Miss Wiener
gave the Goldmark "Air," "La
Romanesca" (Gaillaide — 17th Cen-
tury) and the "Melodie Arabe" of
Glazounov, with Miss Margaret Cain
at the piano, the latter a player who
should not wholly restrict her work
to accompanying.
John Templeton Moss, baritone,
and Harry McKnight, tenor, were
heard in groups reflecting their nat-
ural individual tonalities. Mr. Mc-
Knight also sang with Miss Made-
laine O'Brien, soprano, in Verdi's
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"Parrigi, O Cara" and Puccini's "O
Soave Fanciulla." Mr. Moss was ac-
companied by Donald M. Adams in
"Le Cor" (Flegier), "Elegie" (Mas-
senet), "Invictus" (Huhn) and Mar-
getson's "Tommy Lad." The tenor
solos included Steinal's "My Heart is
a Haven," Clutsam's "Myrra,"
Barthelmy's "Triste Ritorna" and
"Chi senne scorda cchiu," with Elvira
Gomez Zink at the piano.
Lounge and Library were chosen
for the program of April 1 under the
direction of Mrs. Francis M. Shaw.
Her artists gave great pleasure and
comprised Mrs. Percy Goode, sopra-
no; Mr. Noel Sullivan, basso; Miss
Dorothy Labowitch and Mr. Norman
Smith in two-piano work.
Mrs. Goode sang two groups in
which the beauty of composers was
made even more evident through her
singing. She rose to dramatic warmth
and sang in joy and freedom. Her
songs were Mozart's "The Violet,"
Strauss' "All Souls' Day" and "De-
votion," Brahms' "The Vain Suit,"
Quilter's "Now Sleeps the Crimson
Petal," "Dunn's "The Bitterness of
Love," Ricciardi's "Amor Mio" and
Marchesi's "La Folletta." Mr. Al-
fred Hurtgen accompanied Mrs,
Goode, showing his own excellent
artistry.
Mr. Sullivan, whose voice has more
of melodiousness than is usually heard
in basso profunda^ sang contrasting
works, his first group containing
"Prayer To Our Lady" (Ford), "Sea
Fever" (Sabin), Branscomb's "Sere-
nade" and the lovely "Crying of
Water" of Campbell-Tipton. He sang
with notable sincerity the Negro
Spirituals of H. T. Burleigh and
Lawrence Brown, bringing their
depths to surface most impressively.
These included "Were You There?,"
"Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells," "Stand
Still, Jordan," "Every Time I Feel
the Spirit." Elizabeth Alexander's
accompaniments are all any artist may
ever desire, and Mr. Sullivan had her,
support.
Miss Labowitch and Mr. Smith
pleased the large audience with Saint
Saens' "Danse Macabre," Arensky's
"Valse" and "Romance," Raff's
"Gavotte Musette" and Duvernoy's
"Rolling Fire."
Two performances of "Hansel and
Gretel," the fairy opera by Engelbert
Humperdinck, were given in the main
auditorium late in March. These
musical events were surprising in their
excellence, given, as they were, by
children all under the age of 14 years.
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^Ps^minxscences of the Woman's Club of Manila
IT is a far cry — both in distance
and time — to Manila and the war
days, but a woman's club is a
woman's, club, no matter where
or when, and our San Francisco Club,
so well established and now in such
settled times, perhaps will be inter-
ested in the work of the Manila Club
— 8,000 miles across the Pacific and
during the excitement of war.
In 1910 the Woman's Club of Ma-
nila had been established at the insti-
gation of Carrie Chapman Catt. Its
membership was composed of English,
French, American and Filipino wom-
en, with a few of other nationalities.
Practically all the influential women
of the city were members, attended the
meetings and took an active part in
the work. The Club met in Columbia
Club Hall, owned by the Episcopal
Church.
The activities followed very much
the lines of similar clubs in America.
The Club established and maintained
four day nurseries in Manila ; it estab-
lished a flower market; it inaugurated
an industrial teacher for women pris-
oners in Bilibid; and one for women
patients of the insane hospital. Work
was also done for the lepers in Culion
Colony, and city beautifying, tree
planting and so on was carried along
in addition to the social activities of
the. Club.
During the war the women were
actively connected with Liberty Loan
campaigns and Red Cross work. By
this time the organization had ob-
tained such standing, both by reason
of its membership and achievements,
that it had the active support of the
Government in much of its work — to
a perfectly amazing extent from an
American point of view.
For instance, one day the chairman
of the Civic Committee, while riding
down town, read a letter from
"Home," telling of a preparedness pa-
rade. The club members in Manila
had long felt the danger of the lassi-
tude of the Filipino people. They
were living on islands, without a fleet
to protect them, largely dependent
upon China and Japan for their food
staples — rice and eggs. By a turn of
the hand of Fate, war might easily
break out in the Orient. We felt the
rich lands of the Philippines should
be much more widely used for rice and
poultry raising. The Filipinos were
using food that was needed elsewhere.
And, reading her letter, our chairman
thought that we too ought to have a
By Florence Forbes Brown
{Mrs. Levant Brown)
preparedness parade to help awaken
the natives to war conditions.
Without consulting the committee,
but feeling sure of its support, she
stopped at once at the Governor Gen-
eral's olBce, where she obtained his
hearty endorsement of her plan. She
then called on the heads of the various
departments of the Government, and
each Secretary ordered the various
Bureaus under his jurisdiction to turn
out en masse and take part in the
parade. She was asked to set the day,
time and line of march for the parade.
She then stopped at the Bureau of
Constabulary to see if the all-import-
ant Constabulary Band would be
available, found it would be, and
went on down town with the whole
project fairly under way. The parade
took place under the auspices of the
Club on the scheduled day and was
quite a success. Doesn't it seem almost
too good to be true to be able to do
club work with such hearty support
as that from one's Government?
Filipina women are the heads of
their households. This, as in Japan,
is a heritage from the time when it
was considered degrading and beneath
the dignity of a man to have anything
to do with commerce or with business
matters of any kind. Money was con-
sidered "filthy." A man to this day
earns his pay and turns it over to his
wife, who invests it, pays the house-
hold expenses and doles out small
amounts from time to time to her hus-
band for his personal expenses! This
custom of centuries has made the
women more intelligent, dependable
and capable than the men.
Realizing this fact. Miss Bessie
Dwyer, a resident of Manila for many
years, conceived the plan of organiz-
ing branch women's clubs for Filipina
women all through the provinces. She
took this matter up with the Civic
Committee of the Club. Again the
chairman went to the Governor Gen-
eral. He was much interested in the
plan and immediately turned over
thirty-five hundred pesos a year for
supplies. He provided our chairman
with an oflice in the Capitol Building,
the use of an automobile and the time
of five Filipino clerks. Next morning
she was installed at her desk and work
began. Of course our club members
gave their services to the cause.
From Senators and Filipinos of im-
portance connected with various de-
partments of the Government, a list
was obtained of the most influential
Filipina women in the cities, towns
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and largest barrios. Personal letters
were written to each woman asking
her to gather as large a group of
women as possible, with the idea of
forming a branch woman's club. As
the central club in Manila had a great
deal of prestige, this idea was greeted
with the greatest enthusiasm. At the
time I left Manila in 1918, four or
five months after work was first com-
menced, there were a hundred and
thirty-eight branch clubs in the prov-
inces working enthusiastically.
The Government realized the scope
of the work, and, as it grew, provided
further necessities. One of these was
transportation on the Government
inter-island boats. We sent out club
members to complete the organization
and instruct our branch clubs in the
rudiments of parliamentary law first.
The women were quick to grasp them,
and the formality of these regular
meetings made a tremendous appeal.
The activities started by our central
main branch spread out in three very
definite lines of domestic work, and
three lines of war work. Of the do-
mestic, first and foremost was the in-
fant mortality work, then came sani-
tation and town improvement; and
lastly, food production. Of the war
work, food production came first;
then Red Cross work ; and lastly. Lib-
erty Loan Campaign work.
To cope with the infant mortality
question, we worked in conjunction
with the Public Welfare Commis-
sioner and sent trained nurses to the
branch clubs to lecture on the care
and feeding of babies and young chil-
dren; and to hold baby clinics, and
prize contests for healthy infants.
These nurses were sent so frequently
that they came in close touch with the
various mothers, and the results of
their training have been tremendous
and far-reaching. As there were three
hundred and forty-two clubs with a
membership of 12,000 women by
1922, it may readily be imagined how
much good was done along this one
line, of checking infant mortality. In
the January 15, 1928, American
Trust Review of the Pacific is an
article that states that the Philippine
death rate has decreased 49 per cent
since 1918. This figure seems almost
incredible, but undoubtedly this result
is due to the education of the mothers
by the branch women's clubs formed
just at that time. They established
dispensaries and health centers at once.
If nothing else had been accomplished,
that one activity would make the work
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Episcopal Cathedral at
the IVomen's Club of
outstanding. I wish I had the figures
of the annual infant death rate prior
to 1918 at hand. They were terrific-
ally high — unbelievable.
Lectures on sanitation and town im-
provement also met with most encour-
aging results. Filipina women are
much more ambitious and energetic
than the men, as I have said, and as
soon as they learned how to better
local condition*, they set about doing
it. The women had always been
rather retiring and so the way they
entered into club work was nothing
short of amazing. The clubs were
federated in 1921 and a yearly con-
vention was held in Manila, so that
the delegates took back new ideas to
their home towns. The women estab-
lished schools, playgrounds and parks
and took a personal interest in keeping
their markets clean.
The domestic food production prob-
lem went hand in hand with general
health work. Heretofore men, women
and children lived very largely on a
diet of rice (not always sufficiently
cooked), fish, eggs and bananas. Our
problem was to interest the women in
planting many varieties of vegetables
and fruits in their home gardens. The
Bureau of Agriculture co-operated
with us in this matter and supplied
the necessary seed. By our putting a
well-balanced and more varied diet
Manila, Bishop Brent's Home, then the
Manila held its meetings. The arches to
mark the entrance.
literally at the doors of the people, we
raised the standard of health.
There were other domestic activi-
ties of the branch clubs of course. For
example, a petition was sent the legis-
lators to abolish cock pits completely,
and to establish athletic contests in-
stead of cock fighting. This is the
national sport of the Islands and the
cause of much gambling. That it took
considerable discussion in both houses
to kill this bill, was a most encourag-
ing sign.
Junior clubs for girls from twelve
to eighteen were also started and met
with great success.
As to the war work, the Armistice
came really too soon to show what had
been accomplished in food production
lines. There is no doubt that much
interest was aroused in the subject and
that much extra planting was done.
In Manila itself, school children were
drafted in by the Club to plant vege-
tables in all the vacant lots. An impe-
tus was given to planting, hog and
poultry raising, and so on, that has
lasted to the present day.
With Red Cross and Liberty Loan
work, results were most gratifying and
instantly discernible. Quantities of
bandages and supplies were sent to the
central office in Manila to be for-
warded to Europe. A huge Red Cross
parade was held by the women in
Manila.
Columbia Club where
the right of the trees
In the Manila Club we found our
new activities with our new branch
clubs more than fascinating. The
work had such instant success and
seemed to gather momentum as it went
so amazingly, that we had all we
could do to keep up with it. It was
reported at one of our meetings that
"the tail" seemed to be "wagging the
dog." We met with so few discour-
agements. The work of going around
to the various branches was arduous
to say the least, but it was so appre-
ciated that it seemed very worth while
indeed.
The late Governor-General Wood
was sent to the Philippines with the
former Governor-General Cameron
Forbes in 1922 to report conditions to
the President, through the Secretary
of War. In this report, dated Decem-
ber 31, 1922, he said:
"One of the strongest influences for
building up interest in proper munic-
ipal and provincial government comes
from the numerous women's clubs.
They have done excellent work, espe-
cially in behalf of child welfare, public
instruction, private and public moral-
ity, and in the stimulation of interest
in local government — municipal and
provincial. * * * I am convinced that
the extension of suffrage to women
* * * will be to the advantage of the
people of the Philippine Islands."
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women's city club magazine for MAY
192
Courtyard of
"Villa Montalvo,"
home of
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California s Host
SENATOR James D. Phelan's country home, "V^illa
Montalvo," near Saratoga, California, has come to
be known as the seat of Northern California hos-
pitality.
There the guest will find a gracious welcome and enter-
tainment typical of the West. Distinguished visitors in
San Francisco are certain to be invited to break bread
there if Senator Phelan is in this part of the world, and if
time and exigency permit they are certain to accept, for
the fame of V'illa Montalvo's charm, the beauty of its
setting and the graciousness of Senator Phelan have circled
the globe.
Does the English Ambassador at Washington choose to
come to California, he and his wife go to Montalvo.
Does the Prince of Sweden come to San Francisco, he
is driven over matchless roads to V^illa Montalvo.
Elsie Janis or Edith Wharton, Mary Austin or Mrs.
Coolidge would find no mellower tradition, no suaver
urbanity, no pleasanter reception in all the West than
that which nervades the home of a man whose social,
political and artistic contacts have been world-wide. Son
of one of the sturdy bonanza figures of California's pictur-
esque beginnings. Mayor of San Francisco in his earlier
life. United States Senator who entertained handsomely
during his residence in Washington, now, like Clncin-
natus, retired to his Sabine farm, patron of the arts, it
pleases him to be Maecenas to the State of his birth and
host to visitors from afar. The house and gardens are set
in a natural basin in the mountains commanding a view of
miles of rolling hills and valleys. The house is an adapta-
tion of Spanish and Italian architecture and is filled with
objects of art and virtu gathered by Senator Phelan from
all parts of the world. Priceless old pieces of oak and wal-
nut, treasures of the bookmaker's craft done in vellums,
marble benches from Greece, pictures chosen with authori-
tative discrimination, and all the comfort of modern life
combine to make this one of the most beautiful places in
the western world. It is there that Senator Phelan extends
typical western hospitality so splendidly that he has come
to be known as the Host of California.
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women's city club magazine for MAY • I92
View of yUla Montalvo, showing Senator Phelan in a moment of relaxation. As
chairman of the San Francisco Playground Commission Mr. Phelan is interested in the
City Club's co-operation with other bodies in the beautification of San Francisco.
Qity Qluh Sponsors Qity beautification
A PRIL 18, "a certain significant
/\ anniversary" was observed by
^^^ a day of discussion at the City
JL JLClub, with the theme "The
Development and Beautification of
San Francisco," approached from half
a dozen viewpoints.
Mrs. Parker S. Maddux presided.
Her committee consisted of Mrs.
Beatrice Judd Ryan, Mrs. James
Ellis Tucker, Mrs. Elizabeth Gerber-
ding, Mrs. Sigmund Stern, Mrs. Wil-
liam Hinckley Taylor and Miss Edith
Allyne.
Some of the subjects treated were:
"A Regional Plan," by Fred Dohr-
mann, president of the Regional Plan
Association and member of the San
Francisco Board of Education; "The
Importance of City and Regional
Planning," illustrated by charts. By
A. F. Lemburger, traffic expert ;
"Sewage Disposal : A Problem for the
Housewife"; "Beautification," by
Arthur Brown, Jr., who outlined some
of the major projects planned for San
Francisco ; "Organizing San Fran-
cisco's Art Interest," by Dr. Arthur
Upham Pope, honorary art adviser to
the Persian Government; "The Need
of an Art Commission," by Spencer
Macky, dean of the faculty of the
California School of Fine Arts and
secretary of the San Francisco Art
Association ; "What Can Be Done
with City Gardens," by Ernest Hig-
gins, garden architect, and "What Has
Been Done by the Preservation
League and the Garden Club," by
Mrs. Elizabeth Gerberding.
The necessity of planning now for
fifty years hence was the kernel of
Mrs. Muddux's foreword, which was
accompanied by commendation from
all the speakers upon the foresight of
the builders who erected the new San
Francisco after the fire of 1906. Mrs.
Gerberding told of the work of the
San Francisco Garden Club, which
has been largely responsible for the
beautification of the Marina and the
prevention of unsightly concessions
along the ocean beaches of San Fran-
cisco.
It is the hope of all concerned with
the development of San Francisco that
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as buildings are erected and parks laid
out there will be a central idea around
which architecture and landscaping
will crystallize, thus insuring uniform-
ity and symmetry. The speakers at
the conference cited the instance of
Santa Barbara's foresight in planning
for the future and the unanimity of
that city in all that pertains to its
aesthetic development. Mrs. Maddux
found an enthusiastic response to her
happy thought of celebrating April 18
with a constructive program for the
City that Is and Is to Be. The Garden
Club was commended for its policy of
the last two years in participating in
all movements looking toward a more
beautiful topography in San Francisco.
"Clearing House statistics, strides in
commerce or agriculture are nat
more important than planting seeds of
beauty" was the thought left by the
participants in the conference.
It was especially fitting that the
conference should have been held April
18, the anniversary of the partial de-
struction of the city by fire in 1906.
women's city CliUB MAGAZINE for MAY
192
The Present Trend in A.rt
By Beatrice Judd Ryan
(Tnlk given over KFRC March 17)
CALIFORNIA is the chosen spot of the country
that today leads the world. We have at hand
the facility for every physical comfort. We are
blest by fertile lands, sunshine and flowers — rich in com-
merce, industry and education, but in the midst of all
these super-advantages have we yet awakened to our
heritage through culture? Does the appreciation and love
of the arts play much of a part in the lives of most of us?
If not, it must be because as
a people we have not come to
realize our need or the tre-
mendous factor for content-
ment the arts can play in our
daily life.
Otto Kahn, New York
financier and patron of the
arts, who spoke last year on
this subject before the Com-
monwealth Club of San
Francisco, said ( I quote from
memory) : "When a nation
has reached the apex of its
commercial and industrial de-
velopment it must turn back
upon itself to find fulfillment
for its activity in culture."
And again Mr. Kahn writes
in his booklet, "Art and the
People," "The power of the
idea is, and always has been,
even in America's most ma-
terialistic day, far mightier
than the dollar." . . . "We
all, rich and poor alike, need
to be taken out of the routine
and grind of our daily lives
once in a while ; we all of us
are better for psychic change
once in a while, just as we
are better for physical change
of air and surroundings. A
sluggish soul needs stimulat-
ing just as much as a sluggish
liver. To feel, to appreciate,
to understand the beauty of
nature and art, is one of the
greatest gifts that can be
given to anyone on his way
through life."
Dr. Louis I. Newman, speaking only last week, before
the members of the Beaux Arts, said, "Art, like religion,
is an escape from the storm and stress of life." If, then,
this be so, if art enriches experience and sweetens living,
bringing to those who appreciate it a greater meaning and
contentment with life, why is it there seems to be so much
indifference in our community towards it? I speak now
especially of painting and sculpture, because for the last
four years we have been endeavoring to promote, through
the Galerie Beaux Arts, a greater art interest in San
Francisco, particularly for the work of the California
artist.
It takes faith, understanding and courage, on the part
of both artists and sponsors, to go steadily forward undis-
turbed in the face of indifference, misunderstanding and
"Ante Peccatuni" {Before the Fall)
Sculpture group in Senator Phelan's Gardens,
by Favi-Altini, recently brought front Rome.
sometimes ridicule; to hear people stand in a gallery and
question the sincerity of an artist who one knows has for-
saken popularity and monetary gain to paint as his convic-
tions dictate. "I know what I like," that tattered phrase,
should be "I like what I know," and when I know more
through seing progressive work my taste will have changed
materially.
I wish some of the critical ones would expend their
energy on the charlatan who
suddenly appears in our midst,
generally from abroad, and
paints with his tongue in his
cheek, knowingly trading on
the ignorance of art in our
community.
Twenty years ago there
was no need in San Francisco
to promote an interest in art.
It was an art center. Because
there was a lively group of
painters and sculptors, with
one point of view, working
according to a tradition the
public expected, consequently
understood, consequently
liked. The public responded
by its interest and support.
Then in 1915 there came to
the Exposition our first mod-
ern show of painting and that
left San Francisco's art
world, much as the Armory
exhibit in New York City
two years before had left her
art world, "a kingdom
divided against itself." Both
artist and public divided into
those who tenaciously clung
to the old ; those who, having
lost their zest for the old,
were not yet prepared to ac-
cept the new ; and a very few
who saw hope in the modern
movement. John Bright says,
"The minority report is
always right," and he points
to history to prove it. Wheth-
er the minority opinion be
right or not, it isn't a commercial asset. The architect
and decorator sensing this confusion in the public mind
towards art planned interiors banishing the picture alto-
gether. Such a state of affairs made exhibits hazardous for
the commercial dealer, and gradually in San Francisco
they, one by one, discontinued showing current work.
Four years ago the Palace of Fine Arts was closed, the
Legion of Honor was not finished, and the California
School of Fine Arts was housed in inadequate buildings,
and so the Galerie Beaux Arts was born out of a need.
The Beaux Arts is a non-profit association where the
artists can show their work and the public can view it.
Such an organization certainly has its place in civic life.
If in San Francisco a few men and women of wealth, with
large vision and thorough sympathy and understanding of
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the situation, men and women who are keenly interested in
art, would come forth and get squarely behind the pro-
motion of California art, San Francisco would again
become an art center.
It is quite logical that in a cosmopolitan center, like our
city, which prides itself on being abreast of the times, a
group of artists should arise who paint with all the impul-
sion of our modern life. Presumably artists are thinking
persons and the color of their thinking influences their
style. With the mental equipment of today, how possibly
can the artists paint in the same tradition of twent}' years
ago ? Could a San Francisco business man with a whole set
of 1928 ideas in his head do business just as it was done
t\venty years before, and if he thought in those terms would
he get away with it? He would not. Modern art may be
in a state of transition, experimentation, but that is in the
very nature of progress.
In the Architectural Record for February, Franklin
Lloyd Wright has an article on architecture which to my
mind also elucidates the modern viewpoint toward paint-
ing. He says, "Style once accomplished becomes yardsticks
for the blind, crutches for the lame. Standard is only
alive when it is capable of new forms." Mr. Wright goes
on to explain that to be insignificant is to be characterless,
and, contrariwise, character means individual significance,
a consistent expression of an organic entity. Character is
' the secret of st^le. The modern ideal therefore strives
for significant form, to paint the character of a thing, not
its exterior.
It is rather late to argue about modern art, when paint-
1 ings by its greatest exponents like Cezanne and Matisse
I are in the finest collections of art. We need to stop arguing
I about it and spend our time looking at pictures. If you
I don't like the first exhibit you visit, don't be discouraged,
but go until you find one you do like. I am sure of one
thing; if you view enough current work, you will learn to
distinguish dead bones from the past when you see them,
though they be gayly decorated with spring blossoms.
That the easel picture will remain altogether taboo is'
scarcely probable, but there is no doubt that there is at
present a decided rise in the interest in wall decoration.
After completing the murals in the Room of the Dons
at the Mark Hopkins, co-working with Frank Van Sloun,
Maynard Dixon has executed a decoration for the audi-,
torium of the Technical High School in Oakland, and h^
is now at work on a fresco for the Library in the Capitol
Building in Sacramento.
Helen Forbes, who is president of the Women Artists,'
is working with two young women from Berkeley, Flor-'
ence Alston Swift and Marian Simpson, on fresco. Their
recent decoration is in a home built on Tunnel Road,'
Berkeley. The architect is Roland Stringham. It is. in
the living room of the house and is a border to an archwav.
Around this arch they have designed a decoration of mag-
nolia blossoms and leaves, with birds between, in blues,,
greens and siennas. As this archway is opposite a group of.
large windows, the color in the decoration will balance the.
color in the drapery at the window and also make an
interesting frame through which one looks into the hall.'
This decoration has been painted directly on the wall.
This same group of artists is at present at work on a map
of San Francisco for the Young Women's Christian Asso-'
ciation which will be exhibited at the Decorative Art Ex-
hibition to be held at the Women's City Club.
Arthur Mathews has a decoration in the State Building
at Civic Center and has recently finished three mui;als'
for the lobby of the Hotel St. Francis.
For the auditorium of the new building at Mills, which is to
house the musical activities of the College, Ray Boynton is' at
work on a decoration.
The students of the California School of Fine Arts, working
under the direction of Nelson Poole, have just finished an.
amusing and whimsical wall hanging for the San Mateo-
Burlingame Polo Club. This decoration has been painted on'
burlap, bits of which are reproduced on this page.
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Qommittee ^^{eports
Herewith are given reports of committees read at the annual meeting of March and which were omitted from the April
number of the Women's City Club Magazine because of lack of space.
Library Committee
By Miss Elisa M. Willard
WHEN the library of the Club was moved from
the Kearny Street quarters to the new building
there was some comment because so much shelf
room had been provided for books. But less than two years
bter — eighteen months, to be exact — the library shelves
were filled, the shelves in the Committee room where we
put the overflow could no longer hold any more books,
and between two hundred and three hundred duplicates
and worn copies were pulled out of the library and sold to
make room for newer books.
Perhaps the quickest way to show the growth of our
library is in the story of figures. From April, 1925, to
February, 1926, before we moved over here, the Club
library purchased a total of 38 books. In 1927 — February
1 to February 1, 1928 — the library bought 345 books.
Of the 345 books bought, 147 were non-fiction, about
40 of the non-fiction being biography and letters and
memoirs, with 70 devoted to travel subjects. Many inter-
esting subjects were included in the remaining number of
non-fiction purchases, including the modest beginning of
a collection on interior decoration, landscape design and
gardening.
The library spent in the course of the year just ended
about $625 for books.
The library income, with which are bought books,
magazines and library supplies, comes from three sources
at present, as follows: $10.00 per month allowance from
the Club; the interest on the Hilda R. Nuttall endowment,
which amounts to $11.46 monthly, and library fines. The
increase in fines received each month is an excellent illus-
tration of the growth in the use of the library. In June,
1926, fines received amounted to $10.23. For June, 1927,
fines made a total of $52.15. For the past year our total
income in fines amounted to $563.23.
In only one way has the library progress been slower
than the year previous, and that was in the donation of
books. In 1926 the members donated about 1,800 volumes,
but in 1927 the number fell off to 720. Although our
shelves are rapidly filling, even after disposing of old
copies, there are certain types of books which we should
be glad to receive. We do not happen to have a complete
set of Charles Dickens' works, and we want more good
collections of poetry, as well as duplicate copies of new
popular books. A rough estimate of our library collection
reveals about 1200 volumes of non-fiction and 2500 books
of fiction.
With the addition of the Hilda R. Nuttall fund to the
library income, the department has been able to realize its
aim of putting some of the best non-fiction into the library.
This fund of $2500 was given by Mrs. Sarah Rosenstock
in memory of her daughter, Hilda R. Nuttall, the interest
to be spent on books. To date, the committee has been
careful to spend this income on non-fiction exclusively.
Members may ask, "Is the library a sufficiently active
department to justify these expenditures?" That is best
answered by calling attention to the number of members
using this one department of the Club.
A year ago an average of 105 persons borrowed books
each day. This month the daily average has been 189
borrowers. The librarians find that an average of three
Club members become active library users every day; in
other words, three members who never used the library
before now come in each day to obtain a library card and
borrow books for the first time. On December 15, 1927,
a count of the readers' cards in active use showed that 927
members had books out on that day. On February 1,
1928, the names of 2894 members of the Club were in our
file as users of the library ; that is, nearly 3000 of our 7000
members are appreciating and using the library,
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Auditorium Committee
By Mrs. James T. Wood, Jr.
A report of the present chairman of the Auditorium
Committee must necessarily be brief, in that most of the
recent activities taking place in the Auditorium have been
under supervision of special committees and reports of
those events are given elsewhere. There is, however, an
important announcement to make concerning the Audi-
torium. During the past few months, under the careful
supervision of Mrs. Cleaveland Forbes, a thorough study
of the acoustics of the Auditorium has been made by
experts. This investigation has resulted in definite plans
for making the Auditorium adaptable for all purposes.
When this work is completed in April the committee will
start work with enthusiasm to make the Auditorium a
center of activity and a real source of income to the Club.
Members can aid greatly in this by informing their friends
and the public generally of the many uses for which the
Auditorium is suitable.
Magazine Committee
By Mrs. William Palmer Lucas
The tangible report of the Magazine Committee con-
sists of the twelve issues of the Magazine during the year,
always remembering that the editor and the advertising
manager are most important members of the committee.
To produce those twelve Magazines has meant a great deal
of work and great deal of worry for all. The Magazine
has not been an easy task because, being a new prqject,
those responsible for it have had to feel the way, evolve a
sound policy and make a herculean effort toward self-
support. To have the Magazine, first of all, express the
life and activities of the City Club satisfactorily to all the
seven thousand members has been a goal achieved in some
issues and lost in others. To have interesting, challenging
articles for which we are as yet unable to pay has been a
goal achieved many more times than even the committee
expected. The Education Number in August and the
Institute of Pacific Relations Number in September are
at least two of the outstanding achievements. To have
the form and layout of the Magazine meet all the desires
of those most truly interested and at the same time satisfy
our advertisers and attract others has been the most diffi-
cult goal to reach. For four months the committee worked
on the change of size, hoping that some fairy will make a
lower postage rate possible so that the Magazine may be
printed on heavier paper. The March issue shows the
advantage of the larger size in the increase in the number
of advertisements. The Club owes a great debt of gratitude
to the editor, the advertising manager, to Inglis Fletcher,
Beatrice Judd Ryan and Anna Cora Winchell for their
generous help, and specially to Mrs. Forbes, who has really
been the guiding spirit of the Magazine Committee during
the past year, for the splendid degree of self-support the
Magazine has achieved in one year.
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Report of the Hospitality Committee
By Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper
THE annual report of the Hospitality Committee for
1926 brought us up to February 28, 1927, which
was the date of the dinner given in honor of Mr.
Leo Katz, who was the Forum speaker for the evening.
The president and a number of directors were present,
with several invited guests, both men and women.
March 7th, tea in the Lounge for Miss Nina Arkina,
noted journalist of the Scandinavian countries. She sent
to her papers a fine article describing women's clubs in
San Francisco in which the Women's City Club was given
a prominent place, with illustrations.
Friday, April 1st, tea in the American Room for Miss
Lucille La Verne, who was here with her remarkable
play, "Sun Up," which has brought to the attention of the
public the mountain schools of North Carolina. She gave
a brief but eloquent talk on the subject.
Tea in the American Room on April 7th for Miss Michi
Kawai, a graduate of Bryn Mawr and formerly National
Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association of
Japan, now one of her country's foremost educators, espe-
cially interested in girls.
During the months of May, June and July there was no
formal entertaining by the Hospitalit)' Committee.
August 1st, luncheon and tea in honor of Mrs. Coffin
Van Rensselaer of New York, vice-president and regional
director of the National League for Woman's Service.
About forty were present at luncheon, including members
of the original League, and many more old members came
in the afternoon to greet her. She gave a very impressive
talk, first to the volunteers and later to the larger group
in the Lounge.
August 18th, tea in the Lounge for Miss Gail Laughlin,
one of the pioneers in the National League for Woman's
Service, now a valued member of the Legislature of the
State of Maine. She gave an interesting outline of her
political work since leaving California. Mrs. Parker
Maddux acted as chairman.
August 24th, tea in the Lounge for Miss Lena Hitch-
cock, newly elected national president of the American
Women's Overseas League. Members of the Bay Cities
Chapter of the Overseas League were invited to join us.
Miss Hitchcock spoke of the work, stressing particularly
the responsibility their League has assumed since the War
for those women who were wounded or otherwise incapac-
itated in giving their services to the war work. Among
those who called during the afternoon was Miss Shizuko
Takeda, professor of languages in the School of Peeresses
in Tokyo, with her interpreter. Miss Togasaki.
October 11th, luncheon in the Defenders' Room for
Professor Lehman. It was the beginning of his fall series
of lectures, which have been so very successful. Mrs.
Edward Rainey was hostess.
October 12th, tea in the Lounge for Mme. Thora
Daugaard of Denmark. She is also a well-known Scandi-
navian journalist and a great peace-worker. Among the
callers was the Baroness de Ropp, exiled from Russia, who
has been lecturing for some time in this country.
November 21st, tea for our own Miss Marion Leale,
arranged by the Board of Directors, in order that the
members might have the opportunity to hear her splendid
report on the Conference of City Club Presidents. This
conference took place in Boston, and Miss Leale was the
delegate from San Francisco.
November 28th, tea in the Lounge for Miss Sushama
Tagore, niece of Sir Rabindranath Tagore of India. In
the United States she was not only lecturing, but also
studying educational matters with special reference to the
children of her country. She was a charming and beautiful
type of the high-caste woman of India.
On December 7th, tea in the Lounge in honor of two
prominent women of Australia, Miss Harriet Dumolo,
head of the College for Kindergarten Training, and Miss
Rosner, active in the University Women's Association of
Sydney. Both were keenly appreciative of our hospitality
and of all that our Club stands for.
Tea in the Lounge on January 18th in honor of two
interesting women from different parts of the world. One
was Miss Caroline King, domestic science expert, writer
and lecturer, the other, Mme. Bjorner, journalist and
educator of Denmark, long a resident of the United States,
whose English, spoken without accent, was a model for
most of us.
February 16th, a small luncheon for Miss Mary Austin,
American author and archaeologist, of whom we all are
proud. In our guest book she wrote three Indian char-
acters, signifying her estimate of our Club and its ideals.
Following is the meaning of these poetic symbols: The
pool of clear fresh water; the tree of shelter; the shrine
dedicated to the welfare of the city.
February 18th, tea in the Lounge for Mrs. Garvin,
whose pen name is Katherine Hale, erstwhile president of
the Canadian Women's Club of Toronto, also a poet and
writer. She entertained us with a short program of reading
from her published and unpublished poems.
February 24th, luncheon in the Defenders' Room for
Sir Nevile and Lady Beatrix Wilkinson, and a talk in the
Lounge directly after to the Club members. Both of them
spoke of their work among the crippled children in Eng-
land, and Sir Nevile described in a delightful manner the
buildmg of "Titania's Palace" and the splendid philan-
thropy it supports.
In addition to this entertaining by the Club, guest cards
were sent to a number of visitors to San Francisco for
whom, owing to lack of time, we were iinable to arrange
any special function :
Lady McCormick, wife of Sir Alexander McCormick
of Australia, who is president of the English-Speaking
Branch in Sydney.
Mrs. and Miss Pinckard of Surrey, England, friends of
Miss Amy Cryan, who were moving to Southern Cali-
fornia to live.
Mile. Reine Claudel, daughter of M. Paul Claudel,
French Ambassador to Washington.
Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, who was en route to
Honolulu.
Dr. Bacon.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Guedalla.
Miss Tomo Murai, talented daughter of a brilliant
father. Professor Tomoyoshi Murai, and teacher in the
School of Peeresses in Tokyo. Both are fine speakers and
have made a great impression wherever they have lectured
on the ideals of Japanese life.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Albert Spender, he being a distin-
guished London editor. Although Mrs. Spender was not
able to give the time, Mr. Spender came for a brief inspec-
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tion of the Club and to learn something of our unique
organization.
Mrs. Hewitt-Myring, whose son was the Walter Hines
Page exchange journalist.
Mrs. Henry L. Stimson, wife of the Governor-General
of the Philippines.
Mrs. George W. Coleman and her traveling companion,
Miss Smith, who were staying in the Club, were specially
invited to the tea on January 18th. Mrs. Coleman was
one of the first presidents of the Women's City Club of
Boston.
Mrs. A. Ross Hill, national treasurer of the American
Association of University Women, who was visiting Dr.
Reinhardt at Mills College.
When the Institute of Pacific Relations was planned to
take place in Honolulu in July, invitations were sent to
the women delegates to be our guests at the Club on their
way to and from the Islands. Unfortunately, they were
unable to accept our hospitality, with the exception of
Miss Mary Wooley, president of Mt. Holyoke, and Mrs.
Carter, wife of the secretary of the American delegation
and sister of Miss Ruth Draper, who lemained with us
some days upon her return from the Conference. IVIrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt wrote from Honolulu promising to
come to the Club for a luncheon if possible, but as her
dates for returning East were suddenly changed, all her
plans had to be cancelled, much to our regret.
Some informal entertaining was done by individuals,
and members of the Hospitality Committee invited to
participate.
A dinner for Dr. Ali-Kuli Khan was arranged by Mrs.
Black, who always so delightfully looks out for her speaker
every Thursday evening.
One afternoon a very brief visit was made by Lady
Isabella Howard, wife of the British Ambassador, escorted
by Miss Laura McKinstry.
Miss Ruth Draper came one day after her performance
for a late cup of tea and a glimpse of the building.
Mrs. Macgregor Mills, sister of Sir Frederick Whyte,
of the British delegation to the Institute of Pacific Rela-
tions, came to see the club house and to learn something
of our organization.
Mme. Henri Caro-Delvaille, wife of the famous French
painter, member of the Expansion Universitaire et Scien-
tifique a I'Etranger, and who was in this country as a
representative of the French Government to interest
Americans in France, was taken for a drive one day and
later to the Club for tea.
You may be interested to know that an effort was made
by the committee to entertain Colonel Lindbergh. As
early as April, .1 letter was dispatched to his mother
extending to her the hospitality of the Club in case she
should accompany her distinguished son upon a Western
tour. Needless to say, it was quite impossible for either
of them to accept. The same was true cf the stars of the
opera company. We ascertained that they would not be
able to accept hospitality, owing to lack of time and many
rehearsals.
Members of the House Staff have been vigilant and
thoughtful in bringing to our attention guests staying in
the Club. Messages of welcome or "bon voyage" or
flowers have been sent by the committee, and nearly always
appreciative notes have been received in leturn.
In closing, may I say that our endeavor has been to
honor women of distinction in every field whenever pos-
sible for us to reach them. As California grows in popu-
larity not only as a Convention State, but also in attrac-
tion to many types of visitors, we hope our City Club will
also become widely known as a true hospitality center in
the "city that knows how."
Report of Seizing Committee
By Mrs. Frederick C. Porter
The committee held forty meetings with an average
attendance of between nine and ten, giving in all one
hundred and fifty and one-half hours of service.
The finished work follows :
Sixty-five sets of waitress' aprons, collars and cufifs
(rick-rack).
Twelve sets of waitress' aprons, collars and cufifs, new
style.
Eleven organdie collar and cuff sets for dining room
captains.
Sixty head bands for waitresses.
Fourteen ribbons hemmed.
One hundred ninety-three dish towels hemmed.
Twelve aprons for chambermaids.
Seven colored spreads for day beds.
Thirteen pillow cases to match.
Twenty-four breakfast mats hemmed.
Twenty table-cloths hemmed.
Twenty-four tea cloths.
Thirteen silence pads hemmed.
Fourteen dusters for club use.
Mending:
Club flag mended by Mrs. Austin.
Eight napkins re-hemmed by hand.
Sixteen table-cloths re-hemmed.
Two sheets patched.
Nine pillow cases.
For the League Shop :
One Flapper doll dressed.
One clothespin apron.
Four clothespin bags — three donated by a member.
Seven yardstick cases — three donated by member.
One wall pocket for shoes.
One embroidered card-table cover.
Forty-two bundles of dusters (five in each bundle).
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Wouse Rules Committee Report
By Mrs. James T. Wood, Jr.
Under date of January, 1928, the booklet containing
the House Rules was issued. It represents a revision of the
old rules, with the necessary changes and additions and
such new rules as have been made. In the careful study
made of the old rules and their application, Mrs. Perry
Eyre, as chairman of the House Committee, and Miss Gail
Sheridan, as a resident member of the Club, aided greatly,
by bringing to the committee their actual experience in
interpreting the rules.
One discouraging aspect of the committee's work is that
with the constant changing of conditions it seems impos-
sible to ever have the rules entirely up to date. However,
this is also an encouraging sign of development and growth,
so the committee simply reminds the members that all
House Rules may be changed upon recommendation of the
House Committee. Copies of the new rules may be secured
at the Executive Office.
Report of Furnishing Committee
By Miss Henrietta Moffat
With the steadily increasing use of the Club by members
and their friends, the demand for a better meeting place
has arisen. The Furnishing Committee, therefore, have
made another start on the American Room, and hope that,
when furnished, Club members will have a more comfort-
able room in which to meet and visit with their friends.
We hope next to turn our attention to the card room,
and to do what is necessary to freshen up the bedrooms.
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WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
Pub/ished Monthly at San Francisco
465 Post Street
Telephone Kearny 8400
MAGAZINE COMMITTEF
MRS. HARRY STAATS MOORE C'=airman
MRS. GEORGE OSBORNE WILSON
MRS. FREDERICK FAULKNER
MRS. FREDERICK W. KROLL
MARIE HICKS DAVIDSON, fd.tor
RUTH CALLAHAN, Advertising Manager
VOLUME II
MAY
1928
EDITORIAL
UNDER the feudal regime of the so-called Dark Ages
in Europe the castle was the safety zone sought by
all the countryside when peril threatened. There
serf and vassal, yeoman and lord of the realm found com-
mon refuge and comfort.
Then in the less parlous times which ensued the indivi-
dual residence was possible. Cotter's hut or baronial hall,
every man wanted his own hearthstone.
Comes now the era when e.xpediency is governed neither
by necessity nor menace, and thus liberated from want
and danger mankind has set its ingenuity to the business
of deriving the uttermost out of life. Materially and
spiritually, the summum bonum is from the center outward
as opposed to the old order when warding off harm was
the highest duty to self and state.
The individual residence survives, certainly, and the
sentiment "every man's house is his castle" is as fiercely
cherished as in the day it was coined, in that the home must
be inviolate. But the gregarious instinct must be reckoned
with, and there intrudes also a deep-seated desire to share
the largess which appears to be the heritage of the period
rather than something earned by conscious effort. From
this seed germinated the club idea. The best attributes of
homes were pooled into one unit which is assumed to
be an institution representing the advantages of the com-
ponent elements.
If that be true the club then is the crystallization of
the superior phases of home life, with the minimum con-
versely, of disadvantages, because the pooling process does
not apply negatively.
The Women's City Club of San Francisco has the same
attributes as a thousand other clubs the world over, and
to it has accrued the benefit of their experiences. That
which is builded into the fabric of modern life is pre-
sumably by accretion of wisdom and ingenuity. But the
City Club has one unique feature, the gratuitous assist-
ance of hundreds of women who daily make the premises
a Temple of Service.
Membership in such a club, therefore, imposes certain
responsibilities. Upon each member devolves the challenge
to use the club intelligently — to the greatest benefit to
herself and the gratification of the hostess-ship of the
women who "also serve who only stand and wait."
One could spend an entire day there without waste of a
minute and yet without consciousness of adhering to
routine.
To take any Tuesday, for instance : One could breakfast
after an exhilarating swim in the pool beneath the first
floor, or breakfast first, write letters for an hour in the
library and then swim, listen to a lecture in the auditorium,
view an art exhibit or shop on the second floor until
luncheon time. There are "Tuesday Luncheon Talks" by
Mrs. Herman Owens of Mills College, after which the
member may read the recent books or one of the classics
in the library until tea time. Or she may find a foursome
in the Assembly room and there while away an hour or so
at the bridge table until tea time, when she may assemble
guests in the lounge, where tea and cake are served daily
by several of the Volunteers at fifteen cents per service.
One could spend several hours or a half hour in the
Beauty Salon, one of the most modernly equipped in
the city, restful and attractive in furnishing and equip-
ment. For dinner she meets her friends, men or women, in
the American room, and dines wherever she pleases. But
if she dines at the Club she will be certain that nowhere
else in the city is there such a delicious dinner so quietly
and deftly served as in the restaurant overlooking Post
Street. Or she may dine informally in the cafeteria,
where the V'olunteer group, ten or twelve nightly, stand
behind the long counters and assist in serving the viands.
The Beauty Salon, set as it is on the same floor as the
swimming pool, is particularly convenient to pool patrons
as well as accessible to those who have not had a swim.
Cool, beautifully appointed, modern in equipment and
efficient as to stafif, it is one of the most attractive spots in
the City Club. Mrs. S. G. Chapman, Chairman of the
Beauty Salon Committee, has spared no effort in making it
one of the outstanding features of the Club.
One who has been a member of the City Club since its
organization recently had an experience which brought
home with definite realization the worth of the club to her
in a material way. "I suddenly became ill on Post Street,
near Grant Avenue. I bethought me of the rest room on
the fifth floor of the club, and I was hurrying as quickly
as possible to lie there until I should feel better. But
before I got to the fifth floor I was all but fainting.
Fortunately I met a friend in the corridor. She accom-
panied me to the rest room where I threw mj'self on a
couch. She went to bring me a drink of water, as I
supposed. Presently she returned and said that she had
engaged a bedroom on the same floor, and in a trice I was
undressed and comfortable. Late in the afternoon I was
well enough to go home. When I asked for my bill the
next day I found that the bed and ministration had cost
but a dollar and a half. If ever I got my money's worth it
was that day, and if ever I appreciated the club it was
then."
Members perhaps are not aware of the convenience of
"putting up " their house guests at the club, of arranging
luncheon or dinner parties there, of taking advantage of
the lecture courses, swimming pool, concerts on Sunday
evenings, of meeting friends in any of several rooms, of
the bargains in the League Shop itself as well as in the
places rented to dealers, of the captivating books in the
library which the club maintains on the fourth floor or in
the Sage Library on the ground floor. It is the desire of
the administration of the club to see its facilities and
conveniences used and enjoyed to maximum capacity.
Poetry Contest
The judges of the Poetry Contest of the Women's
City Club M.-^gazine have not as yet arrived at a
decision in the competition, owing to the extraordinarily
large amount of material submitted. By a process of
elimination agreed upon by the tribunal in charge, the
number of manuscripts is now reduced to about thirty
poems. The best of this group will have been selected
by next month and the name of the author revealed.
Announcement of the winner will be made in the June
number of the magazine.
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Thursday Evening Lectures
By Mrs. A. P. Black
BELOW are some of the speakers who appeared
before the City Club at its Thursday Evening Pro-
grams, and the subjects with which they dealt.
Art — Seven Lectures
Persia and Its Art— Dr. AH Kuli Khan.
Color in Everyday Life — Mr. Rudolph SchaeflFer.
Chinese Art, What It Has Given and Taken from
Europe — Mr. Martin A. Rosenblatt.
Art Treasures of the De Young Museum — Miss
Helen Barker.
America's Debt to the Orient in Art — Dr. Arthur
Pope.
Japanese Prints — Miss Katherine Ball.
Old Tapestries — Miss EVelyn Ellsworth.
Literature — Five Lectures
English Literature — Mr. George Douglas.
The Romantic Escape in Literature — Mr. Charles
C. Dobie.
Books and Experience — Dr. J. Duncan Spaeth.
Book Review of Emil Ludvvig's "Napoleon" — Miss
Marian Delaney.
Readings from Well-known Authors — Mr. Arthur
Stanley.
Drama — Two Programs
Reading, "The Plav's the Thing" — Miss Lillian
O'Neill.
Two plays, "As I Remember You" and "The Ter-
rible Woman," presented by the Theatre Arts,
Inc., Talma Zetta Wilbur, director, with choral
numbers by the Choral Section of the Business and
Professional Women's Club, Mrs. Florence Drake
Le Roy, conductor.
Estimates of Persons and Events — Three Programs
Character and Influence of Colonel Tom Lawrence —
Mr. Maxwell Pierce.
The Institute of Pacific Relations — Mrs. Alfred
McLaughlin.
The Conference of Presidents of City Clubs at Bos-
ton— Miss Marion Leale.
Present Day Topics and Movements — Sei'enteen Lec-
tures
The Woman Movement — Miss Anne Martin.
An Inside View of Motion Pictures — Mrs. Walter
McGinn.
Uniform Marriage and Divorce Laws — Mrs. Gene-
vieve Parkhurst.
The Wonders of Radio — Mr. Hugh Barrett Dobbs
and Mr. W. H. Hancock.
-Dr. Agnes Morgan.
, Jazz Age — Alice
-Dr.
Modern Theories of Nutrition-
The Newspaper Mother in
Elinor of the Examiner.
The Debt of the Adult to Modern Youth-
George O. Jarvis.
The Modern Woman — Dr. Daisy A. Hetherington.
Talking of San Francisco— Mr. H. Clay Miller.
Making History — Mr. Edward Berwick.
Glimpses of Chinese Life in San Francisco — Miss
Donaldina Cameron.
Modern Education of the Child — Mr. W. J. Sher-
man.
The Juvenile Court — Dr. Olga Bridgman.
Creative Treatment of the Eye — Dr. Sidney Talbot.
Ready for the Scrap Heap at Forty — Professor
Mazain.
Mussolini and the Fascist! Movement — Dr. Walter
Morritt.
Telephone Demonstration — Pacific Telephone Com-
pany.
Financial Topics — Tu>o Lectures
Investments for Women — Miss Carlie I. Tomlinson.
Human Sidelights of the Trust Business — Mr. Law-
rence Tharp.
Travel — Thirteen Lectures
Seeing Mexico Through Thirty Pairs of Eyes — Dr.
Sidney Strong.
A Trip to Hawaii (illustrated) — Mr. Roy A.
Murray.
A Trip to the National Parks (illustrated) — Mr.
G. C. Judah.
Around the World in Sixty Minutes (illustrated) —
Mr. Dean A. Dickenson.
Spain and the Moors — Mrs. Herbert Stanley Boone.
Three Talks on a World Tour — Dr. Adelaide
Brown.
Observations in Europe from a Dentist's Standpoint
—Dr. Guy S. Millberry.
Travels Abroad with Special Reference to the Con-
gress of the International Chamber of Commerce
at Stockholm — Mr. C. E. Grunsky.
European Observations — Mr. E. G. Freyer.
Incidents of a Trip Abroad — Mrs. Marcus Koshland.
Adventuring on the Adriatic — Mr. Newton Bell.
The committee wishes to express its appreciation and
indebtedness to all the men and women who have so gen-
erously given their time and knowledge for our pleasure
and instruction in these programs.
Flower Committee Report
By Miss Ruth Gedney
Another year of perfect service from our many generous
contributors, who keep us most bountifully supplied with
seasonal flowers and foliage on their regular days, also
meeting the many emergencies on the Club social calendar,
requiring large quantities of flowers to decorate properly
the auditorium, dining rooms or cafeteria.
The members with gardens in the country have been
most thoughtful in offering them if we would come and
pick what was needed. Machines have been donated on
numerous occasions for the day's trip.
The Flower Committee's most useful gift was a meat
saw, which is invaluable in the flower room. The members
and their guests seemed unusually interested in the Christ-
mas decorations, many coming from far and near to enjoy
this special feature. An army of volunteer workers spent
days creating a holiday atmosphere. The tree in the lounge
is annually decorated and donated by a most faithful
member. Third floor wreaths were donated and many
were made by loyal volunteers. We had need of a truck
to procure a quantity of greens and Yule logs, and this
was lent with two men for the day. Red berries and
Christmas trees galore were sent in from everywhere.
The volunteers who arrange the flowers wish you to
remember they can use anything you have to donate.
Everything is utilized and welcomed from small to large,
as the dining rooms call for short stems, while elsewhere
in the Club long stems and branches are needed. Don't
hesitate to send them in.
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Social Activities in the Qity Qluh
A.s\ ^luestions
MRS. E. C. Weber and Miss
Evelyn Larkin were joint
hostesses at a bridge dinner
given in the National Defenders
Room, April 19. After dinner the eve-
ning was devoted to bridge.
Among the guests were:
Miss Etta Lorich
Miss Emma Lorich
Miss May Turnblad
Miss Bertha McCarthy
Mrs. Leon Guggenhime
Miss Erin McCarthy
Mrs. Joseph Ford
Mrs. Edwin Larkin
Miss Adele Godfrey
Mrs. May Maloney
Miss Dorothy Ratto
Mrs. Georgia Leist-Ditzler
Miss Belle Goldman
Miss Ella Concannon
Miss Sadie Concannon
Miss Lucy Finley
Miss Florence Locke
Miss Jean Doub
Miss Harriett Adams
Miss Maude Clay
Miss Julia Sharpe
Miss Bertha Earll
Mrs. Pearl Baumann
Miss Grace Bergman
Miss Christine Ramsey
Mrs. Blanche Hamilton
Mrs. Nettie Metzger
Miss Gail Sheridan
Mrs. Katherine Cassidy
Mrs. John Du Mont
Miss Margaret Du Mont
Mrs. Oneida Austin
Mrs. H. Houseworth
Miss Bess Mansell
Miss Lydia Johnson
Miss Ida Lord
Mrs. Katherine Pickett
Miss Edwarda Pickett
Mrs. Ackerman
Miss May Harrington
Miss Beatrice Pinkiert
Miss Helen Raggsdale
Miss Sadie Kuklinski
Miss Ethel Young
Mrs. Clara Howe
Mrs. Frank Worrall
Mrs. H. L. Alves
Mrs. Wm. A. Sperry, Jr.
Mrs. Robert Marple
Miss Lucile Crozier
Miss Inez Vincent
Mrs. J. F. Clay
Miss Nina Rea
Mrs. Walter
Miss Alice Reilly
Mrs. Emma Hilp
Miss Florence McCoy
Miss Mary Hoster
Miss Anna Knief
Miss Daisy Dimmock
Miss Vivien Warren
Miss Tillie Henrickson
Mrs. Laura Stephens
Miss Agnes Cassidy
Miss Martha Lovey
Miss Lillian Prien
Mrs. George Kreplin
Miss Mary Devaney
/ y y
Mrs. Milton F. Gabbs was hostess
at a bridge luncheon in the National
Defenders' Room at the Women's
City Club Thursday, April 12, when
her guests were Mesdames E. E. Park,
A. P. Black, H. S. Tittle, Albert
Mortenson, J. Hasbrouck, C. H.
Wilson, M. E. Unger, W. H. Sneda-
ker, H. C. Tudson, W. C. Cashman,
H. McGee, R. Athen, S. L. Braver-
man, G. R. Gav, A. G. McFarland,
L. Robinson, W. W. Rednall, J.
Campbell, E. B. Carson, Charles W.
Gompertz, George Sneath, J. T.
Scott, H. Quinn, E. T. Osborn, J. N.
Borgen, D. C. Heger, R. W. Osborn,
M. Reddin, Peter turn Suden, George
Crawford, W. G. Anderson, Charles
Hutchinson, T. B. Dozier, George
W. Turner, W. R. Lovegrove,
Charles Wood, M. O'Brien, Whet-
ston, B. Brisbee, E. H. Walter, C.
Wolford, Hans Lisser, R. Lynch;
Misses Moyle, Edna Osborne, J.
Jones and Nell Taggard.
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Mrs. Frank J. Devlin was hostess
April 5 at a luncheon at the Women's
City Club in honor of Miss Katherine
Deitz.
Other guests were Mrs. William
Beebe, Mrs. Frederick Hall Fowler,
Mrs. W. T. Willard, Mrs. Di.xwell
Davenport, Mrs. Efifingham Fulton,
Mrs. Horace B. Clifton, Mrs. Noel
Jurand, Mrs. Malcom Brown, Mrs.
LeRoy Briggs, Miss Johanna Volk-
man, Mrs. Wentworth Hare and Mrs.
William Roth.
1 i i
Miss Anne Martin, the regional
director of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom, gave
a dinner in honor of Miss Edith Pye
of Great Britain and Madame Camille
Drevet of France, Saturday, April 14.
Miss Pye and Madame Drevet are mem-
bers of the mission of good will sent
by the Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom, of which Jane
Addams is international president, to
the women of China. Miss Pye is a
member of a well-known English
Quaker family and did notable relief
work in France and Austria during
and following the war. She will be
able to make only three speeches in
the United States during her stay in
this country.
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MEMBERS are invited to ask
questions with regard to any
matter affecting the rules or
operations of the club about which
they wish information. Members
recently have asked why the exit
at the east end of the building
cannot also be used as an entrance.
The Building Committee gave careful
thought to the entrance and acting
upon the advice of real estate men de-
termined upon one entrance in order
to increase the rental value of the
stores and show-cases in the lobby,
from which the club derives a con-
siderable revenue. Therefore, the
door nearest Powell Street may not
be used as an entrance as well as an
exit. Business reasons make it neces-
sary to have only one entrance to the
building.
Members are asked to return to the
club copies of the magazine for which
they have no use. Extra copies of all
issues of the magazine are in demand.
If members who have finished with
them will return them to the club it
will be much appreciated.
Unclaimed Articles in the Check
Room
There is a number of articles in the
check room which have been there for
some time and apparently have been
forgotten. Unless the owners claim
them by June 1 they will be sent to
the Good-Will Industries.
As the checking facilities are very
limited, members are asked to co-op-
erate by removing from the check
room articles which have been there
over a week. . The checking facilities
are provided for the checking of
articles for brief periods only.
Signature Cards
It is very desirable that the club
have a specimen signature of every
member. In order to avoid confusion
it is also desirable that the club have
a file also of both the legal signature
(or the signature which member ordi-
narily uses on her checks) as well as
thehusband'sname. In connection with
the payment of dues it is particularly
necessary to have the Christian name
of the member as well as her husband's
name if the signature on the check is
different from the name on the mem-
bership roll. A specimen signature is
also a means of identification.
As the postage on communications
to members is a considerable item of
expense to the club, members are asked
to co-operate in the building up of a
file of specimen signatures by asking
at the Information Desk on the fourth
floor for cards, fill them and leave
them at the desk.
women's city club magazine for MAY
19 2
UNSURPASSED
LUXURY
] The Recreation Route
New York
via Panama Canal and Havana
to
Now you can enjoy standards of ocean travel
that are unsurpassed anywhere on the seas.
THE NEW
S. S. California
LARGEST STEAMER EVER BUILT UNDER
THE AMERICAN FLAG
Evejy room an outside room, many with
private bath. Elegant public rooms. Two
open air, built-in deck swimming pools.
Children's playroom. Gymnasium. Decks
of unusual width with every provision for
outdoor recreation. 32,450 tons displace-
ment, 601 feet long, 80 feet wide. Operating
regularly with the popular Manchuria and
Mongolia in a semi-monthly service. Carry-
ing First Cabin and Tourist passengers.
Send for attractive, illustrated booklet describing in detail thii
greatest achievement in American steamship building.
fa noma Jacific Jxpe
INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE COMPANY
460 Market Street, San Francisco
or your local Railway or Steamship Agent
Intensive Travel Begins
MAY marks the beginning of the intensive tourist
season. The number of those who are going to
Europe is increasing in volume until one wonders
who will keep the home fires burning.
The country must be in prosperous circumstances indeed
if the volume of overseas travel is indicative. Steamship
and railroad offices are crowded with inquirers as to
itinerary and accommodations.
Hawaii continues to be a lodestar, a glamorous, luminous
green star set in azure, and every steamer carries a capa-
city passenger list to these enchanted regions.
Alaska calls at this time of the year with a siren voice,
and reservations augur that the northern water lanes are
to be plowed by the finest craft that leave San Francisco
throughout the summer.
Many of these trips are made by rail to Seattle or even
farther north, and steamers from those ports. This same
rail route takes the traveler through the Shasta Mountain
country and skirts the Klamath Lake and Basin region
with titanic settings, quite as overwhelming in many ways
as the Yosemite Valley and Sierras.
The Tioga Road, that skyline thoroughfare atop the
mountains from Lake Tahoe to the Yosemite, will soon
be at the height of its traffic. Feather River, too, finds May
a month for opening the quaint little inns and hospices
which are closed in winter, and soon railroad maps will be
traced in that direction by those who want wild and
picturesque beauty of scenery.
Lake Tahoe cannot be said to have abated in popularity
throughout the winter. It has a perennial lure, but sum-
mer subtly enhances its charm. The hotels there are pre-
paring for a record season, as are all the mountain resorts.
The Sierras have so much more to offer as a playground
than the Adirondacks that it is difficult to understand why
the whole world does not come to California's highlands
when it wants to enjoy a vacation.
The coast towns, naturally, will be filled with those from
the interior who want the tang of the sea with their sum-
mer relaxation. From Santa Cruz up and down the shore
line of California there is an awakening to the joy of the
summer's approach. Nowhere in the world are ther€ such
highways for automobile travel and the facilities for rail
leave nothing to be desired. Santa Barbara, like Lake
Tahoe, seems to have passed the period when it had one
season of the year that was any more brilliant than an-
other. Either as a wintering or a summering place it is a
pearl of beauty and the epitome of comfort as to hotels and
other accommodations. The climate is so equable that
winter and summer meet each other as they follow the
calendar.
Ocean travel, however, seems to belong preeminently to
summer. Tours through the Canal take the passenger to
Palm Beach and Cuba, New Orleans and New York in
such comfort that even the tropic sun does not discommode.
And while the exodus to alien lands is going on there is
the converse tide of travel bringing visitors to San
Francisco.
Cool seabreezes, summer sun strained through cloud-
banks which hang over the Golden Gate, restaurants which
cater to the most fastidious epicurean tastes, theaters with
productions fresh from New York, summer symphonies and
concerts, delightful drives radiating to a hundred suburban
attractions, teeming with the various national expressions
that have made it the most cosmopolitan city west of
Chicago, San Francisco may be said to be all things to all
people. The summer symphony season in town and the
Philharmonic series down the peninsula provide esthetic
(Continued on page 24)
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women's city club magazine for MAY • I928
Cruise A^vay to New
Vacation Scenes
See the Romantic Spanish
i^mericas and ^f^lew York
T/ri5 Summer
It's the vacation trip of a lifetime . . .
thirty- one carefree, happy play days,
eighteen of them at sea on broad, cool
decks, thirteen in the lazy, sun -kissed
ports of Mexico, Guatemala. Salvador,
Nicaragua.Panama.CoIombia and Cuba.
You vi.eit inland capitals of Guatemala
;nd Salvador. You make the thrilling
Panama Canal trip by daylight.
Luxurious Travel at
Low Cost
You travel first-class on a ship built
specially for tropical service. Every
cabin has a Simmons bed instead of a
berth. All rooms have electric fans and
running water ... are comfortable and
well ventilated. Music and food is of
the best. A swimming tank supple-
ments breere-swept decks for coolness.
The cost is low ... less than $10.00 a
day to New York. If you wish you can
go to New York by rail and return by
water. Steamers sail every three weeks
on this delightful cruise of romance and
education.
Fhone or write todav for /u I
information
PANAMA MAIL
STEAMSHIP CO.
2 Pine Street, San Francisco 548 S. Spring St., Los Angeles
10 Hanover Square, New York
A Voyage that Ends
All too Soon!
. . . whtn yju sail the "Lassco luxury way"
over the Southern Route
to enchanting —
HAWAH
"VERY arrangement for your comfort and con-
venience ! You have a wide choice of out-
side staterooms — most of them with beds and private
or connecting baths. Hot and cold running water —
telephone connections — electric heaters in every
room. Broad, airy, inviting decks, both open and
glass-enclosed, are ideal for promenades, games or
deck chair lounging. A sea trip of constant enjoy-
ment which with LASSCO'S famous service assures
an irresistible atmosphere of friendliness and
healthful relaxation.
For full information apply
Los Angeles Steamship Co.
R. V. Cro\mjer, Passenger Traffic Manager
685 Market Street • Telephone Davenport 4210
O.-vkland: 412 13th St. Berkeley: 2148 Center
Telephone Oakland 1436 Telephone Thornwall 60
Reduced fare
round trip tickets
for sununer travel
forme starting
jretmnlimitOctSl^
For ready reference
Albany, N.Y. .
Ashevilie, N.C .
Atlanu, Ga. .
Baltimore. Md< .
Birmingham, Ala.
Bofton, Mass. .
Buffalo, N.Y. .
Cedar Rapids, la.
Chattanooga, Teoo.
Chicago, 111. . .
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Colo. Springs, Colo.
Columbus, Ohio .
Dallas Tex. . .
Denver, Colo. . .
Des Moines, la. •
Detroit, Mich. . .
Evansville, Ind. .
Fort Worth, Tex. .
Galveston, Tex. .
Hot Springs, Ark.
Houston, Tex. .
Indianapolis, Ind.
Jacksonville, Ha.
$146.30
. 121.34
113.60
. 145.86
102.86
. 157.76
124.92
. 85.95
107.48
. 90.30
110.40
112.86
. 67.20
112.80
. 75.60
67.20
. 81.55
109.92
. 97.90
75.60
. 78.00
86.90
. 75.60
103.34
. 124.68
Kansas City, Mo. ,
Louisville, Ky. . •
Memphis, Tenn.
Milwaukee, Wis. .
Minneapolis, Minn.
Montreal, Que.
Nashville, Tenn. .
New Orleans, La.
New York City, U. Y.
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Omaha, Nebr. . . ,
Philadelphia, Pa. .
Pittsburgh, Pa. .
Providence, R. L .
Rochester, Minn.
St. Louis, Mo. . .
St. Paul, Minn. .
Savannah, Ga. . .
Sioux City, la. .
Superior, Wis. . .
Toronto, Ont. .
Tulsa, Okla. . .
Washington. D. C.
Waterloo, la. . .
Youngslown, Ohio
and many
fAAt
, $ 75.60
105.88
89.40
93.90
91.90
148.72
102.86
89.40
151.70
75.60
75.60
149.22
124.06
157.76
88.65
85.60
91.90
127.24
79.80
99.00
125.72
75.60
145.86
85.95
119.54
otliers
Make Pullman reservations now to
insure getting just the accotnmo>
datiotis you want. Eti route, stop off at
Grand Canyon National Park
'*' Santa Fe is the only railroad
to the rinj.'^Representative
will call & help you plan
your trip, upon request
SANTA FE TICKET OFFICES
and TRAVEL BUREAUX
6oi Market Street
Telephone Sutter 7600
FERRY STATION ^. SAN FRANCISCO
434 13th Street
Telephone Hutnboldt 9780
SANTA FE STATION ■^^ OAKLAND
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women's city club magazine for MAY
192:
Tou are Invited
TO INSPECT
The Queen of Cruising Steamers
'i^ESOLUTE
in port on her World Cruise on
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9th
Cards of admission may be had on
application to the Company's office.
The Sixth Cruise Around the
World of the "Resolute" leaves
New York January 7, 1929.
Litaature on request.
Hamburg -American Line
574 MARKET STREET
SAN FRANCISCO
Initial Opening of
THE ANTLERS
A SIERRA SUMMER LODGE
^?2_>'ELiGHTFULLy situated in Bear
Valley, Placer County, three miles
from Southern Pacific main line and
Lincoln Highway stage. >«5>- Quiet
seclusion . . . home cooking . . . home
atmosphere. . .excellent fishing and
deer hunting . . . horse-back riding . . .
hiking. ..boating. 25 lakes within 15
miles. A botanist's paradise. -^
Weekly rates include motor trips
personally conducted by
the hostess.
Rates moderate — jar foider and /urther
information, address
MRS. JAMES STRONER
430 KIPLING STREET, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
After May 1st, address
EMIGRANT GAP. PLACER COUNTY, CALIF.
Intensive Travel Begins
(Continued from page 22)
entertainment to hundreds who come here for the summer
and are unable to avail themselves of the winter music
which is one of the city's cultural assets.
Thus the changeless tides of the seasons ebb and flow ;
the country goes to the city and the city goes to the
country, and each finds favor in what the other has to offer,
and the going from one to the other provides outlet for the
urge to travel.
Funahou S hool, Honolu'u
I Courtesy Matson Line I
Members seeking information about any of the trips
mentioned herein will find ready cooperation in making
plans and reservations through the Club's Travel Service.
If you have especially enjoyed any summer resort, we shall
be glad to have you tell us so. Will you write, telephone
or stop next time you are in the Club, at
The Women's City Club Travel Service
Fourth Floor Kearny 8400
l^qutem for ^Rjxpert ^roo\e
By Ronald Walker Barr
There is rich dust beneath the olive trees
At Scyros, where, wrapped in his martial cloak.
Forever lies the gay young heart that broke
For England, far from English fields and seas.
His voyage ended while the wind still filled
The snowy sails, and storms had not yet risen;
On seas of song he was a mariner skilled.
And it is sad to find him in this prison.
An island vault enfolds what England gai'e —
The body of her bold brown singing lad;
But song is too elusive for the grave;
He left behind, alii'e, the best he had.
Although his laughing's over, singing done,
I think his name shall be the spark to light
The torch of those who wander through the night.
And guided thus, drop anchor in the sun.
— From Literary Digest
I
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WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for MAY
1 9 2
How UYtany Prunes 1
Mrs. Roland G. Hopkins, 142
Crafts Road, Chestnut Hill, Massa-
chusetts, sends a query to the editor.
It is more than a query. It is an in-
dictment, one might say. Anyway, it's
querulous.
Mrs. Hopkins enclosed a recipe
which she had clipped from the
Women's City Club Magazine,
apparently from the Christmas num-
ber, for the heading read, "Steamed
Prune Christmas Pudding," and ac-
companied it with a crvptic line, "It
might be good— but HOW MANY
prunes?"
Which proves that we are adver-
tised even by our omissions. The
recipe did NOT mention the number,
and no one knows, probably, but Mrs.
Reynolds, who is responsible for
"Martha Jane's Rhymed Recipes,"
how many are needed.
The point is — The Women's City
Club Magazine has invaded Massa-
chusetts. ^ y y
Tsjeedletuorl^ Guild Meeting
Miss Maria Halsey Stryker, na-
tional director of Junior Work of the
Needlework Guild of America, is a
guest at the Women's City Club.
A luncheon for the board of direc-
tors and presidents of the California
branches will be held at the Cit>'
Club at one o'clock. May 23. A gen-
eral meeting will be held at 3 o'clock
in the auditorium of the Club.
'Rest
Give me a sea, just a movin* green sea
At the end of a wearyin' day.
And give me a boat, oh, just a small
boat.
And let me sail out and away.
Let me sail, as the sun goes down.
And the stars start shinin' through —
And hear the waves' lays and feel the
waves roll,
As they darken and slowly turn blue.
Then let me drift, as I like to drift.
As night comes over the sea.
And out there alone where it all seems
my own
Let me be happy and free.
Then let me come in when I want to
come in.
Back to my home for a stay ;
For my time on the sea always does
this for me,
I can stand once more a wearyin' day!
Marian Clark.
{Affe /S) grandniece of Mrs.
Phoebe Rockwell, resident
member of the Women's City
Club.
A DEPARTMENT OF THE WOMEN S CITY CLUB
'MlJiEKVA
Facial treatments
given exclusively
with the
Minerva Rubs
Preparations
Single treatments or courses
of 6 treatments at special rates
PERMANENT WAVING {Hestle Cnculme\
Who/e head, regardless of the ixwnher
of curls. Three settings free.
ns
Licensed operators in attendance for Manicunng,
Sfiamf ooing. Curling and Marcelmg, Scalp and
Facml Treatments.
a
Ion
eauty
Lower Mam Floor . . . Open to the Public
TELEPHONE KEARNY 84OO /OT APPOINTMENTS
^he Spirit of ]oy and Youth
GOLF
DANCING ' SWIMMING ' TENNIS
BARTLETT SPRINGS
"health in EVERY DROP''
An attractive up-tO'date Pleasure Resort in Lake County
Fifty-fifth Season Opens MAY 26, 1928
DescTif tire folder with full information
71 BLUXOME street Phone KEARNY 34
Mention Women's City CLib Magazine
HADDON HILL ORCHARD CAMP
For Boys 6 to 1 1
In the Sierra Foothills near Auburn. Supervised
sports, swimming, sun baths, nature study — an
opportunity for your boy's sturdy growth and
character development. Fresh vegetables,
fruit, milk.
Under the supervision of a mother of boys.
$25. no per week — Open all year.
Write
MRS. ALBERTA S. McDONALD
Newcastle. California
San Francisco telephone Fillmore 495
BLAIR'S
Cleaners of Fine garments
Quick and 'pliable
629 Taylor Street : Phone Franklin 4667
SANTA BARBARA
GIRLS' CAMP
Affiliated with Bey\eley Hall School
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.
A small, exclusive camp, to which girls return
year after year. Ninth season on the shore of
the Pacific. Send for pictorial " Camp CaW"
published by the girls last season. Director,
Miss Anna Merritt East, care Berkeley Hall
School, of Beverly Hills. California.
Telephone Oxford 6814.
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women's city club magazine for MAY
192:
H'J'Barneson
&Co.
Members 0/
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
San Francisco Stock Exchange
San Francisco Curb Exchange
Los Angeles Stock Exchange
DireS Wires to NewYork, Chicago
and Los Angeles
SAN FRANCISCO
Bameson Buildlne
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Telephone Sutter 4500
LOS ANGELES
Board oE Trade Building
111 West Seventh St.
TRinity 6181
SPECIAL
MARKET LETT;ERS
of timely interest
sent regularly
on request
DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES TO
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
Conservative "Margin
Accounts Solicited
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633 Market Street •» Telephone Sutter 7676
Branch: Financial Center Building
OAKLAND
436 Seventeenth St. •» Telephone Glencort 8161
Nc-w York Office: 120 Broadivay
V^here to See\ Investment
Advice
By Howard C. Price, of Hunter^ Dulin £3' Co.
ARE you guiding your own investment course, or
A^ have you a financial pilot? It is the hope of all
-*■ J^ of us to ride safely into the harbor of ease and
comfort, yet what risks we run, sometimes, in trying to
reach it by what may seem a shorter route.
During the last two years or so we have seen an un-
precedented bull market, borne on a surging wave of
speculation, carried to unexpected heights. Chance suc-
cess of innumerable new-comers to "the market" has led
many to believe that they had discovered qualifications
that they did not know they possessed and that should
have been given expression long before. "Really, making
money in the stock market is quite a simple matter pro-
vided one is equipped so that he may select the right one
and know when to sell." When people feel that way
about handling their money, it's quite possible that they
might lose some of it ; because, strange as it may seem
today, we do not always have bull markets and there
are times when "what to buy" is not determined quite so
easily.
It might not be so bad, perhaps, if the results of errors
in judgment were confined to the individual who mis-
judged— it might be a slap at his egotism that really
would benefit him- — but, unfortunately, there are the
credulous and impulsive friends who have followed his
advice.
Actually, this business of investing — or speculating —
is quite complex, especially today; just how much so
one does not realize until coming close to the picture. To
the uninitiated it is bewildering. The more an investor
knows about the details the more he is inclined to seek
advice of those who make it their business to know.
To whom, then, should an investor go for advice.
Several sources of varying degrees of dependability are
available. There is the bond department or the trust
department of a commercial bank. It is incumbent upon
the trust department, in the important function of in-
vesting and safeguarding funds placed in trust with it,
to keep informed in order to correctly judge securities
in which to place its funds. It is the bond department of
the bank however, that ordinarily, offers its services in
an advisor^ capacity to bank customers unless the cus-
tomer desires to employ the particular facilities that the
trust department offers. Statistical organizations, gen-
erally, have departments serving the individual investor
by means of individual analyses followed by periodical
bulletins and recommendations. This service, except
to investors commanding large sums, is usually con-
sidered quite costly. There is, also, the "Investment
Counselor" — a new type of business specialist who, in
some cases, is no doubt well equipped to advise and recom-
mend. It should be borne in mind, however, that these
specialists have come into being largely as a result of the
speculative wave of the recent past. It has not been a
difficult matter for them to choose a list of successful
recommendations while "the whole list" was booming.
The real test of their ability will come when the pendu-
lum swings the other way — with prices downward rather
than upward.
Until comparatively recently, investment bankers — and
their related bank bond departments, those who originate
offers of stocks and bonds — confined their service of in-
formation and advice to their own issues or those in
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WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for MAY
1928
which they participated. Now, prop-
erly equipped organizations have well
developed statistical and analytical de-
parments, designed to provide clients
with impartial information and
advice. It is obvious that since he
first invests his own money in a secur-
ity that is later resold to investors, the
investment banker must make an ex-
haustive investigation of the propert)'
underlying the security and its rela-
tion to current and possible future con-
ditions. He must have available in-
formation pertaining to industry and
commerce at home and abroad ; he
must be familiar with changing politi-
cal situations and with international
relations. All this information — and
more — he must have to be able to make
deductions that are correct.
The key position held by the invest-
ment banker in the economic structure
of our modern industrial world, the
important place that he occupies as
contact between investor and industry
commends his institution to those
seeking the safe course.
'Decorative ^rts Sxhibition
The Decorative Arts Exhibition
which was held in the Auditorium of
the Women's City Club April 2 to
14 under the joint auspices of the
San Francisco Society of Women
Artists and the City Club, was at-
tended by 500 interested visitors a
day. The auditorium, which was
donated by the City Club, was trans-
formed into a radiant glow of light
and color.
The work of organizing the ex-
hibit was ably done by the Women
Artists, headed by Helen Forbes,
president of the society, and Alicia
Musgrove, chairman of the committee
on arrangements. Mrs. Lovell Lang-
stroth, chairman of the jury, was
assisted in hanging the show by Giot-
tardo Piazzoni, Jacques Schneir,
Florence Swift, Alicia Musgrove and
Irving Morrow. Textiles, woven,
batiked and painted, for wall decora-
tions; wrought iron, bronze, pottery,
sculpture, decorative tile, and modern
furniture, demonstrated the skill and
creative originality of local craftsmen.
It is hoped this exhibit will be held
annually.
Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland spoke on
"High and Low Lights of a Trip
Abroad" at the luncheon, April 10, of
the Business and Professional Wom-
en's Club of San Francisco, Incor-
porated. The luncheon was held at
the City Club and Miss Johanna
Heim presided.
erving Investors
. . .increasing numbers of investors are constantly taking
advantage of our ability and willingness to serve . . . they
are deriving the benefits of advice and counsel of a con'
servative institution commanding complete faciHties,
experienced judgment and trained personnel.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
HONTER.DULfN£.CO.
HUNTER'DULIN BUILDING ' SAN FRANCISCO
^£OTHER'S S3AY
Remember her always < — most of all on this day of days
CANDY IS IDEAL
FOSTER &OREAR
San Francisco Stores :
137 Grant Avenue : Arcade, Russ Building : Citv of Paris : Ferry BuaDiNG
Oakland Store: B. F. Schlesinger
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WOMEN S
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for MAY ■ I928
Goid^
^oo\s of the 'Month
Reviewed b\- Eleanor Preston Watkins
When the freshness of June is in
the woods, and mountain fair-
ways are vivid green . . . then
is the perfect time for an outing
at Feather River Inn.
Here are Sierra delights and urban
comforts. Here are invigorating rec-
reations and leisurely diversions. Here
is informality that favors sports
clothes for day and evening wear.
For reser\-ations and folder, write to
Walter Rounsevel, St. Francis Hotel,
San Francisco.
A mile from the /mi is Feather
River Camp for Bovs. Write
for a folder.
Feather
[River
IRS b E N^^-,^;^
M A'S~^CO;:r_^
t pacific ^bcnues
stands El Drisco ... a Hotel of
quiet charm and rare good
living. Its beautiful suites overlook
the Bay or command a magnificent
view of the city. Accommodations
for families of any size.
American plan.
West 428
2901 PACIFIC AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO
LOVE AND I. Bv Ednah Aiken. (New
York: Dodd, Mead; $2.)
Mrs. .iiken has been a member of the
tinmen's City Cliih sime its beginning and
before that, of the National League for
Woman's Service. "Loi'e and I" has been
placed in the City Club Library.
TO my mind, the usual mystery
or detecti\e story leaves one
cold, barren of excitement, be-
cause the answer to "Who killed Cock
Robin ?" looms clear before the end of
the first chapter.
This is not true of Ednah Aiken's
latest novel, "Love and I," just re-
leased by her publishers. The first
chapter plunges us into the heart of
the mystery. At least five paths lead
into the maze, for curious feet to fol-
low. And the author keeps one guess-
ing to the very end.
Eric Howard, critic, writer, teacher,
says that The Bellamy Trial owed its
amazing success not only to the mys-
tery interest, but quite as much to the
color and charm of atmosphere, the
cameo clearness of its character draw-
ing. Mrs. Aiken, too, subordinates the
detective story to skillful delineation
of marked and contrasting personal-
ities, and the interplay of character
upon character, life upon life, placed
in an intolerable situation.
The solution is held in re.serve,
while the characters develop before
our eyes, one by one, as the players in
a Greek drama introduce themselves
on the stage. This is the best charac-
ter-drawing that Ednah Aiken has
done, — better, even, than in "Hinges
of Custom," where the South African
slattern and the London dreamer and
the rose woman were markedly in-
dividual. After reading "Love and
1," one remembers Marcia and Crys-
tal, Hannah and Happy, Jack and Jill,
as real people, having three dimen-
sions. Gaunt, the protector, the solver
of mysteries, is less solid, at first, more
a two-dimensional citizen of Flatland,
until he acquires vividness through the
late development of his real love-story.
Mrs. Aiken deals with the fourth
dimension, also. There are debatable
philosophies in her book. But the
author discreetly refuses to commit
herself, presenting both sides of her
questions, showing the inner conscious-
ness of the dreamers who tune in with
the overtones of life, and of the af-
fectionately impatient, practical per-
sons who keep the machinery going.
She leaves us with a rather wistful
affection for ALarcia the magnificent,
"Marcia could see a thing as it ought
to be, and to her it was even then so,
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in actuality." And for "Happy," —
Pietro Martino, Italian adventurer,
trained by the ambition of a peasant
mother to be an artist, — now an ec-
centric odd-job man in the Woodside
home, drawing mental pictures of
spiritual development in his wild and
ungrateful family for whom he slaves.
A humble Coue!
The unfolding story shows how far
Marcia's faith and Happy's pictures
come true. "Everything can be as we
want it to be, if we want it hard
enough — but sometimes when we have
ceased to want it. Who was it said,
'God thrusts the thing we asked for in
our hands, a gauntlet with a glove
in it'?"
There is a fascination in local color,
in reading of one's home places. The
unraveling of the murder mystery
leads up and down California, and San
Franciscans will find pictures of Cali-
fornia life — Russian Hill, down the
Peninsula, the flowering valleys, Santa
Barbara, Pasadena. Ednah Aiken can
paint pictures, too.
Happy's philosophy, and the explan-
ation of the title, are in Markham's
quatrain :
"He drew a circle that shut me out.
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win.
We drew a circle that took him
in!"
And Jessie Rittenhouse's wistful
1\ ric is the end and the soul of the
book:
"I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more.
However I begged at evening
^Vhen I counted mj- scanty store.
"I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed.
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid."
Electric Machine T^eeded
The Sewing Committee, which
meets regularly every Alonday, is
greatly in need of another electric
sewing machine. If any member has
one which she is not using we will
appreciate her lending or giving it to
the club.
nWILELDEI^S
239 Posh Sh-eeh San Francisco
W O M E X ' S CI 1 Y C L U B M A G A Z I N E for M A Y
1928
Swimming T^otes
MRS. Rex Mason and Miss
Alma C. Bennett have been
appointed swimming host-
esses, the purpose being to promote
friendship among the members who
swim.
Every Thursday evening from 5 :30
to 6:30 o'clock has been chosen as the
get-together hour, commencing the
first Thursday in May.
A class in elementary diving is be-
ing formed for members and their
guests.
For this particular course a special
rate of $5.00 for ten lessons has been
arranged. This does not include the
swim, which is 35 cents for members
and 50 cents for guests.
The class will meet everv Friday at
5 :30 o'clock.
A class in life-saving will begin
Wednesday evening, May 9. at 6
o'clock. To enter this class swimmers
must be able to swim two lengths of
the pool, crawl or side stroke; float
one minute; tread water one minute;
enter pool in nine feet either by dive
or jump.
1 i i
Tea in Honor of J^ew
Members
There will be tea in the lounge,
Monday. May 21, at 3 o'clock, in
honor of the new members who are be-
ing invited to join the club to fill the
vacancies caused by resignations and
deaths. The directors hope that many
of the old members will be present to
meet and welcome into the club the
new members who have been waiting
patiently for some months for an op-
portunity to join.
f f Y
"Merchandising and Opportunities
in a Department Store" was the sub-
ject discussed April 19 at the regular
weekly Thursday Evening Program.
The meeting was under the direction
of the V^ocational Information Bureau
and the speakers were Richard M.
Neustadt of the Retail Merchants'
Association and Miss Mary Cantor,
chairman of Business ^Vomen's ^V'eek.
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, chair-
man of the City Club's "Vocational
Information Bureau," was out of the
cit}% but sent a telegram of greeting.
1 i i
Diuing Cours.es,
A course in elementary diving is
being formed for members and their
guests. For this particular course a
special rate of $5.00 for ten lessons has
been arranged.
Further inforjnation may be had at
the office of the swimming pool.
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trim . . . well-made . . . correct
in a wide variety of shades to
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And ice "Service" these
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STRAWS AND FELTS
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Telephone Douglas 8476
When buying Smocks, Service Aprons,
House Dresses or Uniforms, remember
Doctors' & Nurses' Outfitting Co., Inc.
(a.s. w.grundy)
970 a^id 1214 Sutter Street, San Francisco
also . . . 2034 Broadway, Oakland
Restaurant Department
THE menu in the club dining
room, for both luncheon and
dinner, is planned especially
with the idea of including dishes
which will appeal to hostesses. Chicken
in some form is on every luncheon and
dinner menu. A new feature of the
menu is the ice cream brick in three
or more flavors. There is alwaj's a
goodly choice of vegetables, and an-
other vegetable may be substituted for
potatoes.
Each Sunday morning there is a
special menu for those who like a
course breakfast or wish to combine
breakfast and luncheon. The price is
seventy-five cents per cover, and the
menu always offers pleasing choice.
Many members find the Sunday morn-
ing breakfast a pleasant occasion on
which to entertain.
In the cafeteria, in addition to the
wide variety of dishes, there is some
specialty every day. The waffles,
which are served on Friday, are prov-
ing very popular.
Dinner parties in the private rooms
are becoming vogue among the mem-
bers, the catering of the club steward
proving satisfactory to the most fas-
tidious tastes. The host and hostess
have all the privacy of a home dinner
with the conveniences of the club's
cuisine and facilities for serving. This
is especially true of dinners before the
theater, where expedition is the "es-
sence of the contract" so that diners
may be in their seats at the theater
when the curtain goes up.
Scrip for Use in All
Departments of the Club
Members will be interested to know
that there are obtainable at the In-
formation Desk on the Fourth Floor
and at the Room Secretary's ofKce on
the Main Arcade Scrip Books in de-
nominations of $1.00, $5.00 and
$10.00, good for use in any of the de-
partments of the club.
The Scrip Books are a convenience,
particularly in cases where members
are entertaining gentlemen guests.
The Scrip Books also are very ac-
ceptable prizes and gifts.
Subscriptions to the Magazine
Non-members of the club may sub-
scribe to the Women's City Club
Magazine, the subscription price be-
ing $1.00 a year. Many whose names
are on the waiting list subscribed to
the magazine and find it an excellent
means of keeping in touch with the
activities of the club.
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of (Drouth
Girdles
Corselets
Stepins . . . Bandeaux
Brassieres
Maiden Form Uplifts
ANITA K. MAYER
Expert Corsetier
362 Geary Street Garfield 1638
Just around [he comer /rom the Women's City Club
10% Discount to Club Members
A Selected Stoc\of
MAT S
for Spring and Summer
Mode's made on the head
and hats made over. .given
the personal attention of...
MERCIE O'ROURKE
Second Floor
Women's City Club Building
Telephone Garfield 4577
(Open 10 ihePubfa)
^Ke Qourtyard
Lunclteon : Tea : Dinner
Let us serve you by a friendly
fire or in the sunny courtyard.
fl^Private Studio for Parties.
In Chinatown but not Chinese.
450 Grant Avenue
above BtwH
Sports and Afternoon
DRESSES and ENSEMBLES
. . . made to your individual
measurement in Jersey-
knitted Silks . . . Silk Crepes
direct from factory
Fo7 in/ormii[ion or appomtment
Telephone Douglas aaoo
MARIE LOFFLER, Representative
Hotel Franciscan San Francisco
The Woman Wc Want
. . . may have had some business experience, but
has not yet found the work which will offer her
sufficient opportunity — or, being without expe-
rience, has ambition and the qualities which make
for success; she is, perhaps, a college graduate
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and the ability to carry thru.
If you are a high-grade woman who is willing to
learn a substantial business in a substantial way,
under competent instruction and intelligent super-
vision— if you are ambitious — if you want a
position in which your income is in direct pro-
portion to the effort you expend, write us, giving
complete personal information and your phone
number. Your application will be held in con-
fidence. Afldress Superintendent,
P. O. Box 927, San Francisco.
women's city club magazine for MAY • I928
Copperplate Engraved
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attcl
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in keeping with today's vogue
Samples on re(^uegt
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The stone HOUSE
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.XT. CHARMING REST HOME for busifiess and
professional women who wish relaxation.
Supervised sun-baths . . . sleeping porch . . .
home cooking . . . home-grown vegetables.
Guests accommodated after April 15th.
rates: $1.50 PER DAY
For further mforynatior\ or reservations, call Kearnv 25 i i
Miss Margaret Johnson
17 j6 STOCKTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
HEALTH
GYMNASTICS
Body Building ' and Reducing
\jF you are run-down and
under-weight or uncomfortably over-
weight, we can help you regain your
health and figure.
"I have been a member of Mr. Nier's
class for weigtit reducing and have
reduced twenty-five pounds in two
months. I will say that his method
of weight reducing is second to none."
States Miss G. R.
Instruction given individually if preferred.
Special classes for Business Women in the
evening and for Housewives morning and
afternoon.
Swedish Massage, Cabinet Baths, Hydro-
therapy, Sun-ray Treatments. Nurse always
in attendance.
With gratitude to and for the benefit of all
the Club members, my massage treatment
will be reduced forty per cent from May
25 to June 25, 1928.
H. N I ER, Director
SAN FRANCISCO ACADEMY
OF PHYSICAL CULTURE
"At the Women's City Club"
Telefhoties Kearn> 8400 and Kearny Sl70
15he
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Offers a wide choice in Imported
Italian lamps at moderate
prices. ' Bottle lamps
complete with
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Tou are invitei to see our new stoc}{ of
Spode China
recently imported from England
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I 9 2
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are served exclusively in the
Women's City C/ub
Special Club Luncheons
and Dinners
Served hi the
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
DINING ROOM
Luncheon 11 :30 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.
Dinner 5:30 p. m. to 8:00 p. m.
A typical Club Luncheon Menu:
Club Luncheon
Hearts of Artichoke a la Pershing
Cream of Asparagus, Puffed Rice or Consomme Julienne
Flaked Crab and Abalone Patty, Newburg
Braised Veal Chop, Zingara
Half Broiled Spring Chicken, Maitre d'Hotel on Toast
Rosette Potatoes Zucchini, Provencale
Home-made Apple Pie and Cheese
Pineapple Cake Chocolate Nut Pudding
Today's Special: Mocha and Fruit Salad Brick
Choice of Beverage
Sunday Club Breakfast-Luncheon
8:00 a. M. to 2 :00 p.m.
Telephone Kearny 8400 for party reservations
Fried, Broiled or Ba\ed
Camp Fire Ham Maintains its
delicious flavor
Made
from
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Cured and
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women's CITY' CLUB MAGAZINE for JUNE
1928
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB CALENDAR
JUNE 1 — 30. 1928
CURRENT EVENTS
First and third Monday evenings, 7:30 o'clock. Wednesday mornings at 11 o'clock.
Auditorium. Mrs. Parker Maddux, Leader.
LEAGUE BRIDGE
Tuesdays, 2:00 P. M. and 7:30 P. M. Assembly Room.
PLAY READING
Wednesdays, 3:00 P. M. Board Room. Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard, Leader.
THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMS
Thursdays, 8 ;00 P. M. Assembly Room.
June 7 — Mrs. William Palmer Lucas, Dissertation on "Modern Poetry," 8:00 P. M.
June I'l — Speaker, C. B. Lastreto ; subject, "Bird Life in California"; 8:00 P. M.
June 21 — Miss Florence Locke, Dramatic Reading of "Blood Red and Sea Blue," 8:00 P.M.
LUNCHEONS
June •I — Luncheon for Edward H. Lemare, 12:30 P. M.
June 5 — Luncheon for Mrs. Elizabeth Stone Macdonald, Professor Home Economics,
Boston University, 12:30 P. M.
OFFICERS OF THE WOMEN'S CITY CLUB OF SAX FRANCISCO
Mrs. a. p. Black, President Miss Mabel Pierce, Treasurer
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, First Vice-President Mrs. William F. Booth, Jr., Recording Secretary
Miss Marion W. Leale, Second Vice-President Mrs. Edward H. Clark, Jr., Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. William B. Hamilton, Third Vice-President Miss Carlie I. Tomlinson, Executive Secretary
HOSPITALITY
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, Chairman
Mrs. Philip King Brown
Mrs. Henry J. Crocker
Mrs. Charles E. Curry
Miss Elsa Garrett
Mrs. Joseph D. Grant
Mrs. William B. Hamilton
Mrs. Marcus Koshland
Miss Laura McKinstry
Mrs. Alexander McCrackin
Mrs. Harry Mann
Mrs. Louis F. Monteagle
Mrs. Howard Park
Mrs. Matteo Sandona
Mrs. Paul Shoup
Mrs. John J. Valentine
Mrs. Willis Walker
Mrs. Willard O. Wayraan
FINANCE
Miss Emma Noonan, Chairman
Mrs. S. G. Chapman
Miss Mabel Pierce
Mrs. Milton Esberg
Mrs. H. L. Terwilliger
VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Mrs. Louis J. Carl, Chairman
Mrs. S. G. Chapman
Miss Marion W. Leale
Mrs. Drummond MacGavin
RESTAURANT
Mrs. Milton H. Esberg, Chairman
Mrs. H.K.Shaw
Mrs. Le Roy Briggs
Miss Elizabeth Achard
Mrs. Jesse J. Anderson
Miss Helen Wells
Mrs. Oscar T. Weber
Mrs. William F. Booth, Jr.
Mrs. Edward H. Clark, Jr.
EDUCATION AND TR.'^INING
Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard, Chairman
Mrs. Herman Owen
Miss Ida Lord
Mrs. Edgar N. Kierulff
Miss Lillian O'Neil
Mrs. Henry B. Stearns
HOUSE
Mrs. William B. Hamilton, Chairman
Mrs. Milton H. Esberg
Mrs. Ethel Maxwell
STANDING COMMITTEES
MUSIC
Mrs. Leonard A. Woolaras, Chairman
Mrs. Paul C. Butte, Vice-Chairman
Mrs. Frank Howard Allen
Mrs. Lillian Birmingham
Mrs. M. E. Blanchard
Mrs. Charles Christin
Mrs. Marie Hicks Davidson
.Mrs. Winfield Scott Davis
Miss Ruth Viola Davis
Miss Ruth Davis
Mrs. Perc^■ Goode
Mrs. Alan'P. Cline
Mrs. Charles H. Holbrook, Jr.
Mrs. Alfred Hurtgen
Mrs. William Kent, Jr.
Mrs. Henry C. Marcus
Mrs. Carlo Morbio
Mrs. C. M. Reynolds
Mrs. Romolo A. Sbarboro
Mrs. Francis M. Shaw
Mrs. Horatio F. Stoll
.Mrs. Richard turn Suden
Mrs. John A. Traina
Mrs. Shirley Walker
Mrs. Sidney Van Wyck, Jr.
TUESDAY NIGHT BRIDGE
Mrs. Pearl Baumann, Chairman
Mrs. Ida Britt
Miss Henrietta Dodge
.Miss Clara G. Giles
Miss Edith Giles
Miss Edith Black
Mrs. Mabel A. Clay
Mrs. E. A. Hables
Mrs. H. Hayes
Miss Evelyn Larkin
Mrs. Marie G. Maloney
Miss Vivien Miller
Miss May Turnblad
SWIMMING
Mrs. H. A. Stephenson, Chairman
Mrs. Alfred Hurtgen
Miss Alma Bennett
Mrs. Rex E. Mason
SEWING
Mrs. F. C. Porter, Chairman
Mrs. William H. Middleton
Mrs. Cora Chapman
Mrs. J. E. Brandon
Mrs. Bruce Lloyd
Mrs. Frank Werner
LIBRARY
Miss Elisa May Willard, Chairman
Mrs. Charles F. Sage
Mrs. William B. Hamilton
Mrs. Claire Wolcott
Mrs.J.R. McDonald
HOUSE RULES
Mrs. James T. Wood, Jr., Chairman
Mrs. Perry Eyre
Miss Gail Sheridan
LEAGUE SHOP
Miss Ethel Young, Chairman
Miss Edith Allyne
Mrs. Paul Von Ettner
Mrs. E. H. Lauer
Mrs. W.W.Phillips
Miss Ruth Gedney
Mrs. Alfred Sutro
GOLF
Miss Evelyn Larkin, Chairman
Miss Harriett Adams
Mrs. Henry L. Alves
Mrs. William Johnstone
Mrs. George Kreplin
Miss Sadie Kuklinski
Mrs. M. K. Lindner
Mrs. Marie Maloney
Miss Helen Raggsdale
Miss Christine Ramsey
Mrs. William A. Sperrv', Jr.
Mrs. E. C. Weber
AUDITORIUM
Mrs. James T. Wood, Jr., Chairman
Mrs. Harry Staats Moore
Mrs. Edward W. Currier
Mrs. Arthur B. Dunne
Mrs. Horatio Stoll
Mrs. Edwin R. Sheldon
Mrs. William Woods Adams
FLOWER
Mrs. M. Lyle Britt, Chairman
FURNISHING
Miss Henrietta Moffat, Chairman
Mrs. Frederick Mead
Miss Ruth Gedney
Miss Mary C. Dunham
VOCATIONAL INFORMATION
BUREAU
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, Chairman
Dr. Adelaide Brown
Miss Emma Noonan
Dr. M. A. Graham
Miss May Preuss
MAGAZINE
Mrs. Harry Staats Moore, Chairman
Mrs. George Osborne Wilson
Mrs. Frederick Faulkner
Mrs. Frederick W.KrolI
Mrs. Marie Hicks Davidson
THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMS
Mrs. A. P. Black, Chairman
RECIPROCAL RELATIONS
Mrs. Edward Rainey, Chairman
Mrs. Edmund Butler
WOMEN S C I T ^' CLUB MAGAZINE for JUNE
I 9 2
-Gfie WOMEN'S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE
School Directory
GIRLS' SCHOOLS
La Atailaya
Boarding and Day School
Out-of-door living
Group Activites Individual Instruction
Summer School Opens June First
ANNETTE HASKELL FLAGG, Director
Mill Valley, California
Telephone M. V. 524
THE
MERRIMAN SCHOOL
(Accredited)
Health : Happiness : Scholarship
Mira C. Merriman, Ida Body
Principals
597 Eldorado Ave . : Oakland, Cal.
The Sarah Dix Hamlin School
Thirty-fourth year
Will open the Fall term in its new home
— formerly the Flood home —
at 2120 Broadway,
San Francisco.
A booklet of information will be furnished
upon request,
Mrs. Edward K.Stanv/ooA, Principal
Telephone West 2211
COACHING SCHOOL
DREW ^
school accredited,
a 'Year High School
Course admits to college.
Credits valid in high school.
Private Lessons, any hour. Night, Day. Both sexes.
Annapolis, West Point, College Board tutoring.
Secretarial'Academic two-year course, entitles to High
School Diploma. Civil Service Coaching — all Itnca.
2901 California St.
Phone West 7069
GIRLS' AND BOYS' SCHOOL
NOB HILL SCHOOL
OF THE FAIRMONT HOTEL
announces the opening of a Sum-
mer Coaching School, June 18
to July 27, Primary and Gram-
mar Grades. Fee $5.00 per week
Mrs. nia B. Swindler, Director
833 Po^vell Street : : San Francisco
Kearny 796 or Fillmore 698 1
"^r/^\"\ 7" is the time to choose
i.N \^ W the school for your boy
or girl. In the Fall there may not be
vacancies in the school of your choice,
and you may have to decide upon a
substitute. Each month in this Direc-
tory you will find an excellent list of
schools, where your children will be
happy and receive careful instruction.
You will find here also courses that
will interest you personally — -and com-
plete information will be gladly sent
you upon request.
tART SCHOOL
RUDOLPH SCHAEFFER
SUMMER €LAf SES
RHYTHMO-CHROMATIC
DESIGN
JULYS TO AUGUST II
Rose Bosdonolf/ Assistins
Color, Design, Plastic Form,
Interior Decoration, Stagecraft
127 6RANT AVE«
SAN FRANCISCO
Fashion oArt School
Seottish Rite Temfli
Sutter and Van N
Ave
June 18th... \
Advanced Class In
POSTER PAINTING
LETTERING AND
LAYOUTS
COMMERCIAL ART
LIFE
Instructors
Heribert and Maria
Von Ridelstein
-1:30 to 4:30—7:00 to 9:00
SECRETARIAL SCHOOL
Do You Need?
Intensive Individual
Teaching
Shorthand,
Secretarial Training,
Accounting, Bookkeeping,
Typing, Calculating Machines
Come to
MacAleer School for
Private Secretaries
423 Foxcroft Building
68 POST STREET
Telephone Davenport 6473
SPECIAL SCHOOL
Ready fmPUiy
A SCHOOL FOR NERVOUS
AND RETARDED CHILDREN
THE CEDARS
CORA C. MYERS, Head
A School in a natural environment of
distinctive beauty -- where children
develop latent talents.
Address
THE CEDARS
Ross, Marin County, California
DRAMATIC SCHOOL
The Herbert Heyes
Studios
WILL ACCEPT A LIMITED
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
FOR INTENSIVE TRAINING
IN DRAMATIC ART DURING
THE SUMMER MONTHS AT
A GREATLY REDUCED
TUITION FEE
220PostSt. Sutter 4297
SUMMUM IN HISTRIONIIS
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Women's City Club Magazine
when writing to the schools in
this Directory.
women's C I T 'i- CLUB MAGAZINE for JUNE • I 9 2
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agazme
Published MoTttWy at
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Teltbhone
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EnKrea HI ieccmi-clisi matur April 14, 1928, HI tlit Post 0|icc at San ?n
Cdli/ornio. umfcr the ca of Marcli 3, 1879.
SAN FRANCISCO
Volume II
JUNE / 1928
Number 5
(20NTENTS
PAGE
Club Calendar 1
Standing Committees 1
Frontispiece 6
Editorial 18
Articles
Vacation Time 7
Neill Wilson
A Visitor in China 9
Marcella H. Kartheiser
American Women's Club of London 12
Mrs. Joseph A. Folsom
El Camino Real 14
Poetry Contest Announcement . . 16-17
Swim for Your Life 28
George F. Lineer
Club Brevities 25
Monthly Departments
Travel Planning 20
Music in the City Club 13
Anna Cora Winchell
Financial Article li
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MAGAZINE
VOLU ME II
SAN FRANCISCO ' JUNE ' I928
NUMBER 5
Uacation ^ime and 'iDfCid- Summer Send thousands
Upon Annual Qjxest for Qhange of Qlimate
By Neill Wilson
(Once again vacation and playtime have come. If California is the playground of
America, as has been acclaimed, then San Francisco is the logical starting point for
wonder tours that lead as many directions as there are points of the compass.)
CHILD of Old Spain, child of the Argonauts of '49
and the Vigilantes of '56, child of the mines, the
orchards, the mountains and the seven seas, a city
of romantic interest is San Francisco. She belongs not only
to America, but to all the world. The eyes of the nation
have been lovingly on San Francisco for seventy-eight years
— on San Francisco, young and beautiful as ever, of whom
Irvin S. Cobb has said: "If I could start in all over again
I should choose for my earthly abiding place, some spot
within a hundred-mile radius of San Francisco," adding
in lyric outburst, "She is the poppy in California's hair!"
The very air of San Francisco is "Nature's own rouge,"
and her women are said to be among the fairest in the land.
The temperature is mild and cool. The great Japan Cur-
rent, sweeping down the coast with its warm waters, fore-
stalls forever the chill grip of winter. Trade breezes and
exhilarating fogs keep the summers crisp. Tens of thousands
come to San Francisco in summer to cool off, just as tens
of thousands come in winter to escape the cold.
The same medium-weight clothing is worn the year
around, with light overcoats in the evening. Sunstroke is
never known. From June until September days are so
generally rainless that it causes astonishment and merriment
to see anyone with an umbrella. Thunder and electric dis-
turbances are almost non-existent. Snow is such a rarity
that thousands of people visit Mount Tamalpais in curiosity
when there is a light powdering, and many children grow
up without ever seeing or feeling snow at all.
Visitors to San Francisco journey hither by a storied
route. If they come by train or motor car, prairie and moun-
tain and purple desert unfold before them. If they come
by sea, sunny, magic lands are touched. In either case
they are prepared for an exotic city at their journey's end.
And the very first glimpse is a surprise. The overland
or oversea traveler beholds San Francisco from across the
harbor — sees the tumbled hills, the soaring skyline in
radiant perspective. Up and down her hills the city
clambers, as if her very structures were eager to climb
as high as possible and hail the visitor.
And though its great hotels, its sparkling cafes, its
mighty convention halls are pulsing with activit}', remem-
ber that in a hundred byways and corners of this odd
city are scenes that you have come miles to know: bits of
old China, ships at dock from all the sea lanes, Naples in
sharp focus at Fisherman's Wharf, shops and bazaars
that rival Paris and Tokio, golf courses that literally hang
out over the sea, the Golden Gate, and — but a few hours
farther afield — Del Monte's miles of lawn, the snowy
beaches of Carmel, Lake Tahoe, the Redwood Highway,
Yosemite, stupendous mountains, and the world's oldest,
largest living trees.
San Francisco proper is surrounded on east and north
by the Bay waters, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
To the south, beyond encircling hills, are flower-embow-
ered residence communities and the great deciduous fruit
center, San Jose, beyond which lies a succession of or-
chards and gardens leading down to gay Santa Cruz,
historic Monterey, famed Hotel Del Monte, the Seven-
teen-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, and Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Blossom time in Santa Clara Valley en route to Monterey
is one of the never-to-be-forgotten sights of a lifetime. Gay
fiestas are held in San Jose and Saratoga every year. The
great Lick Observatory, on Mount Hamilton, is a few
hours from San Jose by automobile.
The city of San Francisco proper covers the northern
end of its peninsula in a rough square of 7x7 miles. The
population of this city proper is approximately 750,000.
But, how tell of San Francisco's points of interest, when
you will want to spend days hunting them out — and never
really know one-tenth of them ! Portsmouth Square, for
instance, with its little shrine of Robert Louis Stevenson
— the square that was one the Plaza of Vigilante days, in
sight of which men were hanged, and in sound of which
the boisterous dance halls of bygone years jangled and
dinned the hours away. In olden days the Bay waters
came within a block of Portsmouth Square, and excavators
still find the bones of solid ships deep in the sands of fifty
years.
Or, Mission Dolores, that wistful little adobe structure
that has come down through a century and a half to
remind us that Spain once held this land.
And the caies ! The gay cabarets, the restaurants unique,
the quaint places where viands of every race are a specialty
and a rite ! Since the earliest days, dining has been an
art in San Francisco. Her culinary renown has gone
around the world no less than her achievements in paint-
ing, in letters, and in the joy of living. Restaurants
Spanish, Chinese, French, Mexican, Italian, Filipino,
Gautemalan, Japanese and Russian, as well as restaurants
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characteristically western and American, will intrigue
your too few evenings.
In the hotel dining-rooms patrons may dance to the
music of famous orchestras amidst beautiful and novel
decorations. Being a city of the sea, San Francisco visitors
are served the choicest seafood specialties, such as abalone,
baked oysters and all varieties of fish.
Italian cafes are found in the Latin Quarter, many of
them being rendezvous of the artists' and writers' colony
on Russian Hill just above. Chinese cafes, with their
ornate Eastern decorations, are in Chinatown. French
restaurants are numerous, some serving delicious dinners
bourgeoisie stj'le with spotless sanded floors. There is a
fascination in searching out these quaint eating places, and
always you'll find delicious food, for San Franciscans since
the day of the Argonauts have demanded it.
Hostess to the merchant marines and battle fleets of
every nation, San Francisco is one of the great ports of
the globe. Steamers of 116 lines make this their regular
port of call.
Depending upon steamship chosen, Hawaii is but four
to six days' distance over calm seas. For $400 or $500
you can extend your holiday by a full month, enjoying
first-class round-trip passage and all accommodations at
Hawaii's magnificent resort hotels. New, very fast yacht-
like liners, very luxurious, have reduced the running time
between San Francisco and Honolulu by nearly two full
days.
Japan, China, the Philippines, Australia and New Zea-
land, Central and South America are San Francisco's
"neighbors." Their trade and the vast Panama Canal
and coastal commerce make her America's third largest
port.
Seven gleaming highways lead from San Francisco into
the California of your fancy. Lovely Lake Tahoe, a mile
above the sea, and many other alpine lakes; four national
parks; big trees older than Rome; the Redwood Empire;
the Monterey Bay region, including Carmel-by-the-Sea,
where the 1929 national amateur golf tournament will be
held at Pebble Beach ; historic Monterey ; and Santa Cruz
— all are within reach.
San Francisco is the capital of vacationland, and a con-
venient base of operations for excursions by water, auto-
mobile, air or rail to any place in the world.
Where
Occident
and Orient
meet in
San Francisco.
Old St. Mary's
at Grant Avenue
and California
Street.
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A. Uisitor in Qhina
By Marcei.la H. Kartheiser
The Harbor of Hong Kong
THE most beautiful harbor in the world: that is
Hong Kong. Bursting full on the view of the trav-
eler who rises just as the ship begins to dock at
Kowloon, and who curses his sleepiness at allowing him to
lie abed until six o'clock when so glorious a sight lies un-
rolled before his eyes, it impresses, it renders the onlooker
breathless with wonder and admiration that anything out-
side of the pages of fiction could be so majestically, so
almost impossibly beautiful.
Hong Kong, the island city, rises within a few blocks
from the water's edge to a towering f)eak 1800 feet above
the sea. This great and commanding height, surmounted
by a flagstaff on which will float at sunrise the Union Jack,
is the headland pointing inward of the range that forms the
mountainous island. Its beetling slopes, and summits
scarcely less lofty than the peak itself, are set with mag-
nificent homes and gleaming buildings whose scintillating
lights twinkle across the soft gray twilight of the March
morning. Atop one peak and capping it perches a beautiful
white structure that must be a very large edifice, it looms
so great from here below. One cannot imagine any poverty
or unhappiness in a city so beautiful and shining. But the
guide book tells us that it stalks gauntly through the teem-
ing streets of the Chinese sections.
The tall height of Victoria Peak signals across the har-
bor to dozens of other headlands and mountains tumbled
dimly blue and gray down to the sea, or silhouetted in
indigo profile against the pearly morning sky. Kowloon
stretches out the fingers of its many wharves to entice the
hesitating ship, and ofifers the attraction of a long white
building with a clock "tower — the ferry building of Kow-
loon— to welcome the visiting vessel.
And the bay or river mouth itself. It evades description.
Imagine, at break of day, a soft gray satin sea, quiet and
luminous, upon whose bosom rest or ride a thousand craft
of every tiipe known to the ingenuity of man from his
earliest seafaring attempts represented by rude sampans or
unwieldy junks, to science's latest triumph of slim, grim,
gray steel battleship or great, white, many-decked ocean
liner. The ships like those in which Columbus sailed the
Spanish Main are there, with their elevated rear decks
and deck house, and their beautiful sails folded from the
night's rest. Carved wood rails adorn their poops, and
figureheads snarl from the prows. Truly, these are the
ships pictured across the pages of romance.
But the keynote of the seascape is the
picturesque Chinese junk with its great
square sails of dark-colored, many-patched
material, swimming slowly across the plastic
surface, or resting idly by, sail furled and
the mariner asleep beneath a matting cover
in the scooped-out hold. Fat ferry boats
waddle back and forth across the gleaming
water to the gray granite of Hong Kong.
A great war vessel with absolutely flat top,
so constructed as a landing and take-off
plane for aircraft, has anchored its squat,
unlovely bulk directly in the center of the
channel of entry. A great freighter with
loading arms pointing sknvard lies anchored
quietly off the shore. Fat little launches
dart about like waterbugs. As we tie up at
the wharf, the sampans which had been
resting quietly spring to nervous and excited
life, propelled in frantic haste by their
occupants toward our ship. Once within shouting distance
their cries ring out. Long poles are thrust toward the
portholes. These poles have nets at the end into which
apples, biscuits, or even the ship's garbage are carefully
caught and salvaged by the hungry sampan citizens.
Soon, across the harbor we go in a small tender loaded
to the danger point with pop-eyed tourists. We are em-
barking on the great adventure of a trip up the river, the
sampan-crowded Pearl River of China, to Canton.
Now we are aboard the river steamer bound for the
ancient walled city that was a famous center of culture a
thousand years and more before Caesar called the world
his apple. We turn the prow toward the manifold bare
hills to the north of Hong Kong. It is hard to imagine
that one is in the same country as Shanghai, for there the
land was as flat as your hand, and here all is tumultuous
ranges of steep mountains, making a harbor the beauty of
which can scarcely be described. Who can picture with
mere words the majesty of that horizon of serrated peaks
rising sheer from the water where low yellow cliffs are
washed by the green waters of the bay? What a great
harbor is this, what a perfect setting for a gigantic city
when China's teeming millions have been taught once
more the civilization which ages of oppression has crushed
out of them.
A few brown-sailed junks skim across the rippling
water. Far away a one-stack white steamer plies sturdily
across the hill-fretted horizon. About an hour later we
arri\ e at the point where the green water of the bay begins
to be murky and yellow from the discharged waters of a
turbid Chinese river. We must be nearing the mouth of
the Pearl River. We have been sailing all this time across
a green harbor entirely surrounded by barren, rocky moun-
tains rising from the water, a sturdy horizon against the
clouded sky. It is cold, very cold to trusting tourists who
wore spring clothes in obedience to instructions on the
day's program. We lie shivering in deck chairs, wrapped
in scanty blankets of doubtful sanitation, imagining that
we feel queer itchings and crawlings of creatures foreign
to our experience but of which we have been warned
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through the pages of travel books which describe only too
vividly.
The brown-sailed junks are becoming more numerous
on the murky bosom of the wind-fanned water.
Several hours later, cold hours upon the gusty deck
— there is no cabin on river steamers, no relief but to sit in
a stateroom which has too suggestive associations for ver-
min-hating Americans. We prefer to freeze, sitting two
in a deck chair trying to keep warm. Then comes lunch
in the dining saloon, at which our passenger list is divided
up into four or five sittings, and one lines up with others
in the narrow corridor to wait his turn. When you reach
the table finally, you find on the tablecloth mementos of the
bill of fare of those who were fortunate enough to get in
on the earlier sittings. You can read the menu from the
spots on the cloth. Cranky schoolmarms of a certain age
touch gingerly the murky knives and forks thick with
finger prints which would have been sufficiently complete
and legible to convict the criminal. The food was sur-
prisingly eatable to those who were not thinking overmuch
about the probable appearance of the kitchen where it was
cooked or the people by whom it had been handled. Of
course, water and uncooked vegetables were eschewed by
all but the idiot.
By the time lunch is over we have reached to within
half an hour of Canton. I sit back and observe the
panorama of China passing by on both sides of the steamer.
Sampans and junks grow thicker upon the muddy water.
Low thatched huts and higher plaster mud houses huddle
together on the flat land near the river; but in the back-
ground all around rise the bleak mountains of barren
stone. Green trees dot the landscape, and China looks fair
indeed. One really ought not to read a guide book at all
before coming to China. It prejudices him so unfavorably.
I am within ten minutes of Canton, and, contrary to all
reports, I cannot yet smell it. Of course, I am in the
saloon ; perhaps if I were on deck it would be noticeable.
I can only wonder why the Chinese choose to crowd and
die of starvation in Canton's filthy streets when there is so
much lovely green country in which to starve more hy-
gienically.
Canton now approaches on both sides, what seems to be
the major portion on the right. Just at the water's edge
are wooden buildings standing on tall stilts in the muddy
water, looking like ragamuffins wading in the gutter with
their tattered pants rolled up. Farther back are visible the
ragged ruins of what once were brick buildings and stores,
wrecked a few months ago by the Bolshevik-maddened
Reds when they swept over the city pillaging, robbing, and
murdering. The counter raids of the White army in oust-
ing the Reds finished what buildings the Bolsheviks had
left undemolished. Now it is directly along the bund —
the waterfront avenue — that we see what were once apart-
ment houses, now laid in ruins. The river on either side is
packed thick with the famous "floating population" of
Canton, those poor Chinese who are born, reared, and die
on those tiny, dirty sampans. Some of them, they say,
never set foot ashore. That seems extravagant, but it is
true that they are discouraged from intermarrying with
shore people. Sampaners are thought to be even a step
below the misery of poverty-damned street dwellers.
Canton looks like — well, like endless blocks of a city
built for an exposition and left to be inhabited by all the
filthy wretches from the four corners of the world. The
famous rancid odor of Canton is now clearly discernible
in the wind that blows from off shore. There rise the lacy
twin spires of a Catholic cathedral — the "horns" of the
City of the Ram, as the builder of the cathedral so cleverly
put it to the objecting and superstitious Chinese authorities.
These steeples, topped each by a cross, are strange symbols
of western faith in this age-steeped Oriental world which
is now forced to live so desperately for bread alone.
It is a vast city. We glide on and on up the river,
passing endless blocks of brick and concrete buildings, and
the bund is crowded with people, perhaps in celebration of
the ceremonial visit of the Governor General from Hong
Kong which takes place today, perhaps because there is
nothing else to do for the vast majority of those teeming
souls.
From the vantage point of the river, the city looks very
picturesque and romantic; but we are prejudiced with the
printed truth from guide books, so we miss the pleasure of
being misled and the disappointment of disillusionment. A
circus day crowd mills about the wharf where we are to
disembark. It grows thicker as it is swelled by the idlers
from both directions along the Bund, coming to gaze on
those strange folk who, having the privilege of living else-
where, are foolish enough to come to Canton to breathe its
filth and pity its denizens — only they would not under-
stand that latter. Timid tourists draw back and wonder
where the promised military escort is secreting itself. All
are uneasy.
Strange shouts in nasal sing song jargon rend the air,
voiced by the uniformed coolies who assist from the shore
in the mooring of the steamer. But the watching throng is
strangely quiet. They get so little to eat from which to
generate energy that they cannot afford to waste that
energy in vain gesticulation or shouting. However, busi-
ness and traffic is suspended to watch us disembark. The
throngs of 800 steerage passengers who had been aboard
our boat in the reeking confinement of the third-class
saloon, are getting of? at the rear. They attract no atten-
tion. One would think that we had come to Canton for
the express amusement of its citizens rather than for our
own gratification.
Upon arriving ashore we were hurriedly bundled into
waiting automobiles which immediately began their shrilly
honking progress down the Bund. It would not do to keep
such prosperous looking, dollar-bill bristling Americans
close to a hungry throng of onlookers. As we rode past, it
seemed that most of the better-looking buildings were
banks, exporting companies, or hotels. The others were
probably Chinese lodging houses. There were enough
Chinese in the streets to fill many such buildings.
Our first treat was the world-known Chamber of Hor-
rors, or City of the Dead. This is a building in which the
bodies of Chinese dead are kept for a length of time after
their demise. The duration of their stay here depends
entirely upon the financial ability of the relatives and their
devotion. The building is divided into corridors, off of
which are one room cells divided by a hanging curtain at
the center. Behind the curtain is the body in a sealed
coffin made frequently of a hewn-out log, or the four sec-
tions of a cypress tree cleverly cemented back together
again with the body enclosed in the hollowed out center.
This coffin is set up on logs of wood surrounded by lime
to kill any insects which might otherwise crawl upon the
casket.
The anteroom of this cell is hung with banners in-
scribed with remarks complimentary to the dead. Paf)er
lanterns hang from the ceiling. A huge spiral punk stick
burns and fills the air with pungent fragrance. A table is
set with artificial fruit, glazed pottery vases into which
are thrust joss sticks. A light is burning in a glass tumbler
of oil hung from the ceiling.
One of the bodies enthroned in this City of the Dead is
that of a great general just recently killed in the battles
being waged between the White and Red armies. His cell
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was graced with huge floral pieces similar to our own
funeral offerings. Teakwood furniture was in the room,
jade trees on the table.
Behind, where the body lies in state, are paper copies of
the furniture the deceased was accustomed to use in life.
The Chinese believe in furnishing very comfort for the
spirit inhabiting there. Some of the cells had life size
figures of girls who were probably there to wait upon the
needs of the resident dead. After a period of months,
sometimes even years, the body is taken away and buried,
Chinese fashion, by being carted out into a field and hav-
ing a few shovels full of dirt thrown over it. All the time
that the body is in the City of the Dead, rent must be
paid by the relatives. Naturally, the bodies of the poor
are denied the luxury of this sojourn on earth after death.
They are taken to the fields immediately if they can afford
the necessary coffin. I wonder what becomes of those who
cannot. Once a coffin is deposited in a field, that is a
Chinese grave, and it can never be desecrated. The build-
ing of highways and the cultivation of fields in China is a
ticklish proposition. One is bound to respect cemeteries.
After visiting this City of the Dead, the only place in
all Canton where the smell was really as bad as we ex-
pected— and that was caused by the use of human fertilizer
in the nearby fields — we drove about through the de-
vastated area. It is comparable only to the war-torn cities
of France, so far as the looks of the buildings are concerned
— heaps of bricks and mortar, the masonry of centuries
laid low by the sword of Bolshevism and vandalism.
The people of Canton were absolutely under control.
We suffered no indignities from anyone. But such a quiet,
cowed lot. Soldiers and police were everywhere holding
back the crowds, keeping them silent and in check upon
the sidewalks. They regarded us owlishly, as beings from
another planet, which we really are, if you are to com-
pare living conditions. The children sometimes waved a
smiling greeting, but they had evidently been strictly for-
bidden to beg, as those that did say "Cumshaw," softly
and surreptitiously, slipped quickly away at a guttural
command from the guide. All along the route soldiers
and guards were posted every few yards. They evidently
thought that we were a part of the Governor-General's
cortege, for they all stood at salute as we passed.
One of the most interesting sights along the route was
the remnant of the old wall of Canton. It rose about
thirty to fifti,' feet high along the top of a long hill. It
was of stone at the bottom where it seemed to grow from
the soil which the ages had blown and heaped up against
it. Above that it was brick, to where it crumbled in ruin
at the high top where sentries of the Cantonese army,
proud and bare-foot, paced back and forth — modern
savagery atop the symbol of the high civilization of ages
agone.
The Flower Pagoda, a nine-story pagoda of beautifully
carved wood, in which openwork brass bells and other
brass carvings appear on the carved eaves whose sharp
edges turn up toward the sky, is so closely surrounded by
buildings filled with grimacing gods that one cannot get a
satisfactory impression of the majesty of the pagoda. One
goes along a very narrow street to read it, past the dwell-
ing places of hundreds of Chinese, their filth in the street.
It was at the Pagoda that we changed from auto riding to
sedan-chair locomotion.
A sedan-chair, swung upon long poles, is lifted to the
bare brown shoulders of the miserable coolies who are the
bearers. There is one behind and two before. You can
see the strap cutting deep into the fleshless skin stretched
parchment-like over their hungry bones. You do not
enjoy your ride in a sedan-chair, but one must be borne
thus if he is to visit Jade street and other shopping centers,
for the streets are too narrow to admit even a ricksha.
The entrance to one street is so narrow that the sedan-
chair comes within an inch of touching on both sides where
the damp brick walls rise from the gloom.
Great banners hang downward along the front of
buildings to remind us that the Chinese language is read
perpendicularly. These banners are all covered with
characters advertising perhaps the name of the store or the
merchandise sold within — or rather in full view. But the
number of the signs defeats this purpose for they so dim
the little light that filters down the narrow street that one
can scarcely see the characters on the lurid cloth signs.
The Chinese meat markets are the most revolting sight
of all. Dark, liver-colored meats hang on hooks out to
catch all the dust and germs of the teeming street. There
are all the odd parts of the carcass there to buy, almost to
the entrails. The customer's meat is not wrapped up at all,
only tied with a sort of slip knot of grass, and he trots
home through the filthy streets dangling his bloody bit of
meat in company perhaps with a bunch of curiously fresh-
looking spinach or lettuce, and a bunch of bean sprouts also
deftly tied by a slip knot. This is the custom throughout
the east. Paper must be expensive, or just too much of a
bother.
And then we arrive at the shawl stores. American mer-
chants would certainly not call this a desirable location for
the \ending of such rare treasures as are these exquisitely
embroidered shawls. The women bargain madly and
carry away treasures that will one day make them the
envy of their friends in the ballrooms of American hotels.
I seemed to have made a strong hit with the guide, for he
helped me along all day, and he personally conducted me
alone blocks along the narrow Jade street to select a
carved ivory pendant in a tiny factory where we watched
them drilling away at the great tusks to make the familiar
group of elephants wending their way across a curving
bridge.
And what a wail went up from the shawl purchasers
when, on arrival at the dock to board the river steamer
back to Hong Kong, we were all stopped by the Customs
men and required to pay a S'^lo export duty on whatever
we had bought, and in addition a surtax of a nearly similar
amount. Astonishing feats of smuggling were performed
right there by individuals who would scorn to tell a lie or
steal under ordinary circumstances. Customs and the pro-
hibition law make criminals of us all. We know now why
we can buy shawls cheaper in Canton than anywhere else.
The Scotch girls aboard ship fared better. One came
aboard with two shawls under her coat in avoirdupois
effect, and Miss MacCullough succeeded in getting the
surtax collector so mixed up with her English money that
he gave her back more value in Chinese money than she
had given him in English silver.
The trip back on the boat was a long and tiresome ride.
A wretched inedible dinner was served. We subsisted on
crackers and bananas. It was bitter cold on deck and
stuffy in the saloon. We were all frightfully dirty and
there was no way of getting clean. Rancid smoke filled the
air and smarted in the sleepy eyes of the travelers who had
risen at six a. m. for an early landing. Even the spectacle
of Hong Kong rising, adorned by myriad electric jewels,
from the inky black harbor which mirrored every light
upon its surface failed to rouse the irritable passengers.
Nothing looked good but the clean haven of the white ship
we call home. The only sound there from the returned
pilgrims to the City of the Ram was the rush of bathwater
in every basin the ship afforded.
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women's city club magazine for JUNE
192
^he yimerican V/omens Qluh of London
AN interesting experience during
my last trip abroad, which was
k-of nearly three years' duration,
was my sojourn of several weeks in
the beautiful American Women's
Club in London.
The present club is the third house
occupied by the American Women's
Club since I have known the organ-
ization, but the onlv one I have re-
sided in, as the other two had no
elevator. It is located in aristocratic
Mayfair, just off Grosvenor Square,
and is a short distance from Hyde
Park, Park Lane and many most in-
teresting places. Princess Mary's
home, Devonshire House, and the
Duke of Westminster's two houses,
are quite near. Alost of the ground in
that locality for almost a mile square,
I was informed, is really owned by
the Duke of Westminster and at the
expiration of the ninety-nine year
lease, reverts to his estate — carrying,
of course, the improvements.
The club house was originally two
residences which Sir Edgar Speyer, a
German banker, bought and re-
modeled into one house, putting in
some carved wooden panels and a
handsome staircase decorated deli-
cately with palest rose and faint green,
on the under side, and the small ro<5m
on the second floor has open grille and
carvings to match, at the head of the
stairs. All this woodwork and the ex-
quisitely carved panels in the dining-
By Mrs. Joseph A. Folsom
room were brought from a palace in
Venice, which Sir Edgar bought and
demolished to decorate his London
house, I was told by a member of the
Club. The panels in the dining-room
have his monogram in the centre of
each, an idea which he must have
copied from the panels of the chateau
of Francois Premier!
Sir Edgar was knighted bv King
Edward in recognition of much finan-
cial assistance, and was a friend in
need. During the late war, he was
banished from England under sus-
picion of being a spy. He refused two
very substantial offers from English-
men for the house after coming to
America — and then sold it to the
American Women's Club at a reduced
price, nil the negotiations being con-
ducted by writing, as I believe he has
never been able to return to England.
The dining-room is very handsome
and has French windows opening into
the square court, with a fountain in
the centre, encircled with fine old
Spanish tiles. Across the court, direct-
ly opposite the dining-room, is the at-
tractive library, with a card room ad-
joining. Over these rooms are cham-
bers and baths. This building is con-
nected with the house proper by two
covered pergolas which form the other
two sides of the court. Tea is served
here, as well as in the library and
dining-room. The beautiful ballroom
is over the dining-room and has a pipe
organ and a grand piano, and is used
for large card parties, receptions and
concerts.
Lady Speyer's bedroom is large, and
the connecting bathroom has a sunken
tub of solid silver, with wide steps in-
side that may be used for a seat. Hol-
low silver pipes that extend partly
around the room are filled with hot
water to heat the room, and the towels
hung on them.
The foyer extends across the front
of the house and is used as a reception
room. The staircase, already de-
scribed, is at the entrance, where also
a small open office is located, and at
the opposite side of this large room is
another fine staircase which leads to
the ballroom. A board-room, dressing-
room, dining-room and the elevator
lead from this foyer.
Under the house proper, the court
and the library, are the kitchens, store-
rooms and various offices pertaining to
the running of the establishment, a
really amazing number of rooms, all
of which were intensely interesting
to me.
The club is very small compared
with ours, and gives one the feeling of
being entertained in a charming pri-
vate home, no larger than many
chateaux and country houses I have
visited. The experience was interest-
ing and enjoyable.
Courtyard of American Women's Club of Londori
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I 9 2
Music in the Qity Qluh
THE Music Committee extends
its benefits beyond that solely of
entertaining the members of the
Club and their guests, even though
that design has much of importance.
Noteworthy students, those whose at-
tainments are such as to please aud-
iences of mature judgment, are en-
couraged to appear before the Club,
and the advent of advanced musicians
of the San Francisco Conservatory of
Music gave pleasure Sundav evening,
April 15.
Under the direction of Ernest
Bloch, Ada Clement and Lillian
Hodghead, the following were heard:
Ruth Meredith, Lawrence Hahn,
piano; Paul Elder, Jr., cello; Carl
Kalash, violin ; Eugene Fulton, Sal-
vatore Messina, vocalists.
Miss Meredith gave the Beetho\en
Sonata, op. 31, No. 2, the Liszt D flat
Etude and the Chopin F major
"Nocturne," Mr. Hahn being heard
in the Mendelssohn "Scherzo." Mr.
Elder gave the Bach "Adagio," and
-Mr. Kalash performed two violin
favorites in the Kreisler "Caprice
Viennois"and"SchonRosmarin." Mr.
Fulton sang from Verdi's "Macbeth"
— the "Pieta, rispetto, onore," Mr.
Messina giving the Donizetti "Una
furtiva lagrima."
Those not closely following the
trend of music study today expressed
themselves surprised that a group of
young people were able to give so ex-
cellent a program in so acceptable a
manner. Standards of technique and
interpretation constantly become more
exacting through each decade, and
those in their "teens " today execute
in a manner not believed to be possible
in the corresponding years of their
parents. So, this occasion provided real
satisfaction, and encores were re-
quested.
On May 6, the San Francisco
Musical Club played a prominent
part in the program under the hostess-
ing of Mrs. Horatio Stoll, with Mrs.
Carlo Morbio, president of that club,
assisting. A young French violinist
also made his California debut that
evening — Mr. Alberto Bolet, who
played from Kreisler, Rimsky-Kor-
sakoff and Wieniawski. He displayed
facility with an evident love for his
instrument and was asked to repeat.
Mrs. Harry Haley, soprano, sang two
groups, giving her audience delight,
for it demanded extra numbers even
after a generous list. Mrs. Haley
sang "The Pool of Quietness"
(Cator), "By a Lonely Forest Path-
By Anna Cora Winch eli.
way" (Griffes), "Rose Leaves Are
Failing Like Rain" (Hadley), "Daf-
fodil Comes Home Today" (Dens-
more), "Blackbird's Song" (Cyril
Scott), "Minor and Major" (Spross),
"Ho, Mr. Piper" (Pearl Curran).
Mrs. Stoll accompanied both Mrs.
Haley and Mr. Bolet, and is an in-
valuable member of both clubs.
The novelty of the evening was the
presentation of the San Francisco
Musical Club Choral, organized but
a short time ago and even now doing
praiseworthy work under its director,
Wallace A. Sabin. The twelve
women's voices sang effectively
"Three Shakespearean Songs," com-
prising Augustus Barratt's "It Was a
Lover and His Lass," from "As You
Like It"; "Orpheus With His Lute,"
from "King Henry the Eighth," and
Thomas A. Arne's "\Vhere the Bee
Sucks," from "The Tempest." The
songs were charming and were given
spiritedly, their texts and tunes being
invested with a freshness that ap-
pealed, and though the hour was late
Mr. Sabin and singers were demanded
to repeat the last song. Miss Esther
Sittig accompanied the choral. Miss
Frances Bliven was at the piano for
Eugene Fulton who again lent his
happy young voice during the evening.
Mrs. A. P. Black, president of the
Club, received a warm welcome when
she stepped forward to say a few
words to the audience. She expressed
her admiration of the results being ac-
complished by the Music Committee
under its able chairman, Mrs. Leon-
ard A. Woolams, and announced her
own sincere co-operation with the
ideals which have inspired this com-
mittee along the line of service richly
disbursed during the past sixteen
months, or since its inception.
Mrs. Woolams has been reap-
pointed chairman of the Music Com-
mittee and most of her members will
continue with her.
J charming
detail
of the
American
Women's Club
of London,
showing bit
of staircase
and carvings
on second floor.
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9 2
EL Cainino Real. The King's
Highwaj'. Named in the days
of Conquistadors (when ro-
mance rode on chargers instead of in
automobiles), to designate the govern-
ment trail that connected the mission
stations established by the Franciscan
Fathers in California from Sonoma
on the north to Mexico on the south.
It was a glorious trail then, and,
though so diiiferent that the most fore-
E\ Qamino ^al
sighted of the padres could not have
looked far enough into the future to
vision it as it is now, it is still glorious.
It was the route chosen as the most
direct and practicable highway to con-
nect the four presidios or forts, three
pueblos and twenty-one missions of
California.
It was a dirt road then, with wild-
flowers, ferns and trees on either side.
It is paved now, smooth as a polished
table, and the wildwood on either side
has been supplanted with shops and
taverns, gas stations, tea rooms, curio
stores, beautiful dwellings surrounded
by terraced lawns, knowing inns that
fit into the landscape, and over the
surface where walked the Franciscans
in brown robes and leather sandals,
rakish roadsters and nifty touring
cars, limousines and sedans carry an-
other message. It is a less somber
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women's city club magazine for JUNE
.•( bit of ocean-shore near the famous 17-mile
Drive that includes Del .Monte, Monterey,
anil Carmel
world. Life is more joyous now.
Frontiers have been scaled, and ro-
mance is spelled another way.
Where Junipero Serra and his
weary band bivouaced for the ni^ht,
hewed trees for their evening fires
and killed rabbits or deer for their
supper, are pavilions where the motor-
ist can have a half chicken on toast at
a moment's notice, served with a salad
such as those wayfarers never saw
after they left Spain.
Lake Merrill is in Ihe heart of Oakland.
California
Where they of the Church Militant
wrapped themselves in their camping
blankets and lay them down at the
mercy of coyotes and lizards, snakes
and bears the motorist spends the
night between snowy sheets and fleecy
blankets and in the morning has a
shower bath in the most modern of
bathrooms.
Smiling orchards along the route,
golf links here and there, with luxur-
iously appointed club houses at inter-
vals, are just back of the shops and
hostelries. Never a hospice could the
missionaries hope to find as night over-
took them. The motorist knows full
well that every comfort devised by
man is his at a reasonable price.
Curios did not interest that conse-
crated band, for they were figures in
a grim pageant, for all its romance,
and they had no money or inclination
for else than necessity.
Now one may purchase relics of all
the years since that time, things that
have made life comfortable for the
generations between them and us.
Colonial furniture, laces from Europe
and Asia, carvings and beads from all
over the world, handiwork of ab-
origine or sophisticate, are ranged in
shops and bazaars that dot the road
every few miles.
The paved concrete road that fol-
lows this historic route o\ er which
marched cavalcades making histor>
are now skimmed by "rubber-neck"
wagons on balloon tires.
Of the twent\-one mission stations
! 4^ /• -
\ ^r ^ \
More than 1,000 different plants of llic lr,>fu-<.
semi-tropics and the temperate zone flourish in
the State Capitol qrounds at Sacramento,
California
in California, twelve are in central
California, and nine of the twelve are
included in the San Francisco district.
Two, Sonoma and San Rafael, lie
across the Bay from San Francisco
while the other seven are situated on
the San Francisco peninsula and the
district immediately contiguous. Thei,-
include San Jose, Santa Cruz, Carmel,
Soledad, San Juan Bautista, San An-
tonio and San .Miguel.
The excursion over the El Camino
Real country may be made by rail, by
motor stage or by pri\ate motor car.
It carries you through the rich valle>'
of Santa Clara, by the campus of Le-
land Stanford Jr. University, Mount
Hamilton and Lick Observatory and
on to historic Monterey, first capital
of California. Then it carries you
through the great cattle ranches of the
Salinas Valley, and on to Paso Robles
Hot Springs, thence to old San Luis
Obispo, the half-way point on the 500
mile stretch of seacoast between San
Francisco and San Diego. A few
miles west of the mission at San Luis
is Morro Rock, a great cliff that rises
out of the waves of the ocean a few
hundred feet from the shore.
El Camino Real is connected with
the San Joaquin \'alley b\ the newly
opened Pacheco Pass route, which
turns off the coast road at the town of
Gilroy and travels over a pass in the
coast range mountains into the fertile
valley of the San Joaquin, itself, a
portion of the Great Valley.
Connecting with the Coast High-
way at the mission town of San Juan
is the road to the Pinnacles National
Monument. Here are weird caves,
domes, and towers formed of igneous
rock. Huge needle-like projections
rise L500 feet into the air. Some are
split by deeply carved canyons in
which gigantic boulders have rolled
from the mountain tops and hang sus-
pended between the walls. These
peculiar formations nature has fash-
ioned into turrets, spires and multi-
colored facades. This monument com-
prises several thousand acres sur-
rounded bv a forest reserve.
Winter and summer, San Francisco street corners
are colorful with banks of fresh flowers
ferry Buildlmi Tow.
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AWARDS MADE IN WOMEN'S C
George 'Dyer V/ins 'Poetry 'Prize
George Bell Dyer
HERETIC
By George Beu. Dyer
Beauty is not the end of the earth's striving;
It is a negligible residue of the importancies ;
It is the little mitigation for weak men ;
The iridescent scum upon the truth of bitterness.
Beauty has little import:
The element of consequence is. has been, will be
Ugly strength,
That strength needed to crush downward,
To kill men.
To break faiths.
To lay waste land
In relentless rooting after iron ;
To spout up the cancerous growths of cities,
To scream blood in black ink
Upon the pulped trunks of forests.
To shatter the silences.
To fire lust.
Beauty serves none of these ends.
Beauty will not gird a river with dams
Or lance the stacked strata swollen with oil,
That man may go yet faster
And faster and faster
In his triumphant pursuit of . . . death.
Beauty is not the end of the earth's striving.
Beauty is the caput mortuum of her so magnificent
progress.
Judges '¥^ach 'Decision
A FTER much consideration in what the editor and
A^ magazine committee deem an eminently fair
-^ A- tribunal, the prize for the best poem of the poetry
contest of the Women's City Club Magazine, launched
last January, has been awarded to George Bell Dyer,
Silverado, Calistoga, California, for his vers libre,
"Heretic."
The judges were Professor Benjamin Lehman of the
Department of English, University of California, Pro-
fessor Edith R. Mirrielees of the Department of English,
Stanford University, and Ruth Comfort Mitchell, essayist
and novelist, Los Gatos, California.
"Heretic" was the only poem of the one hundred and
ninety-one submitted in the contest to be mentioned by each
one of the judges.
The second choice was "Three Sonnets from 'An Ulti-
mate Dawn'," by Georgena Foote Keller, 2030 Franklin
street, San Francisco, and the third choice was "October
in Nevada," by Josephine W. Duveneck, Palo Alto.
Honorable mention was given "Eternity," by Frances
Storer Montgomery, Oakland Tribune; "Storm," by
Mabel Ames Wastie, Abbey Inn, Los Gatos ; "January
Storm," by Rachel Thayer Dunlop, Monterey; and "Lines
to a Collection of Ship Models," by Gladys Eugenie
Davies, 1496 Fulton street, San Francisco.
The judges, magazine committee and editor consider the
responses to the competition a remarkable output of literary
largess.
The first sifting was done by a group consisting of Ethel
Malone Brown, Marian Delany, Madge Wilson Moore,
Amy Cryan and June Lucas. Amy Cryan and June Lucas
read the entire one hundred and ninety-one poems a
second time. Ethel Malone Brown, June Lucas, Madge
Wilson Moore and Marian Delany read those of the
second sifting, sixty-eight in number.
The marking was from one to five, the readers keeping
in mind form, content, vitality, freshness of diction and
originality. Forty poems were then sent to the three
judges. The highest group contained nine poems and
seven of those nine received the highest rating from each
of the readers. Then the judges began, with the result
as announced. The prize is twenty-five dollars in cash.
First, second and third choices are published in this issue
of the magazine. The others will follow from time to time.
■f -f -f
Is Tale Graduate
George Bell Dyer, winner of the Women's City Club
Poetry Contest, is a Yale graduate, twenty-five years old,
and grandson of Mrs. Joseph Bell, who lives at the
Women's City Club. His mother and sister also are
members of the Women's City Club.
None of these things were known, however, by the
tribunal which awarded the prize to Dyer's poem,
"Heretic," for to the judges the author of "Heretic" was
simply "162," the number placed after his name when the
name and the poem were separated.
Young Dyer lives at the famous old Silverado Ranch,
Calistoga, and is the son of Captain and Mrs. George
Palmer Dyer, U. S. N., now in Paris. While at Yale he
won a number of prizes in academic competition and has
written a deal of material for current publications. He is
a grandson of the late Judge Joseph Bell of New York
City. He graduated two years ago.
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FY CLUB VERSE COMPETITION
SECOND PRIZE POEM
Three Sonnets from "A.n Ultimate Dawn"
By Georgena Foote Keller
They said that there was no light within the room
Wherein you lay ; and so I dared to creep
Thru halls that chilled me with their massive gloom
Until I found you — not long hours asleep.
It was not you, imperious and proud,
That lay so quietly with folded hands.
Yet strangely you — I tried to speak aloud
Your name, but no sound fell. "God understands
What's right," they said, but who is God that He
Should claim you now, among His quiet dead,
Whose precious life was all of life to me.
To have your lips . . . your arms ... to stroke your head —
The walls drew close — 1 sank upon the floor,
Nor knew when someone came and closed the door.
Nor yet next morning when they came to say
That I should rise and dress myself in black
And go with them. Go where ? . . . No, not today —
To bury him? . . . Oh, yes . . . and then come back
In silence to his house. Oh, yes ... I know,
He died last night, last week, last year.
It's all the same . . . he's gone . . . time can be slow
Or fast, or even stop. There is no tear.
Only a hollow numbness and bleak skies
Gone dead of all their light; a dull refrain
That follows on crescendo as it dies.
Ever reminding me of late spring rain.
My hat? . . . what for? . . . Oh, yes ... I know.
No, not the black ... the blue ... he loved it so.
We shall keep tryst again ! For they are gone
Forgetful to their homes; their sudden tears
Will go as quickly as they came. Dear One,
We shall keep tryst — tonight, and thru the years
That may elapse before I find a place
Beside you in the moonlight and the rain,
Before my tired form will lose all trace
And mingle with the soil where you have lain.
'Till then I'll watch by you the dark night long,
Nor cry to God, nor pray, nor curse, nor weep,
Humming the fragments of diminished song,
That you may not be lonely in your sleep.
And you beside me will not wake to see
The dawn sweep down the sky in minor key.
Contest Judges
The Poetry Contest Judges who named the winning
compositions were:
Professor Benjamin Lehman, Associate Professor of
English Literature at the University of California,
author of "Wild Marriage" and "The Lordly Ones,"
two of the outstanding novels of the last few years,
lecturer and commentator.
Professor Edith R. Mirrielees, Associate Professor of
English Literature at Stanford University, and writer
of graceful verse which has appeared in Eastern mag-
azines in the last year.
Ruth Comfort Mitchell, Carmel and San Francisco
writer of both prose and poetry.
THIRD CHOICE
October in l\[evada
By Josephine W. Duveneck
The flowers are all done ; with ruthless hands,
Summer has packed her dear delights away
And left the desert more than ever gray
With dusty sage brush and with errant bands
Of dusty, dark-eared sheep who roam the lands
In search of some last wisp of withered grass.
What wonder, then, to come upon a mass
Of living gold here on these ashen sands!
A grove of aspens by a little stream —
Full twenty trees all dancing in the light —
A thousand leaves a-quiver in one stream
Of golden music, visible to sight!
If tiny twigs thus have the power to hold
Within themselves the sunshine's burning gold.
Then whv not \ ou and I as we grow old ?
Georgena Foote Keller, whose
poem "An Ultimate Dawn"
was the second choice
of the
City Club Magazine
Poetry Contest.
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EDITORIAL
THERE appears to be a misapprehension as to the
status of several departments of the Women's City
Club in their relation to the Club. There is an
impression abroad among some of the members, perhaps a
comparative few, that the restaurant, for instance, is a
concession in which the Club shares but part of the
increment.
In the interest of accuracy the directors herewith state
that there is but one concession in the City Club, the Sage
Library, and that not in the literal interpretation of the
word. That is, the Club shares certain of the revenues of
the Sage Library.
In several of the large clubs of San Francisco, men's
clubs and women's, the restaurant department, or dining
room, is leased to individuals or companies for a stated
price per month or annum, and the lessee is entitled to all
income after he has paid his fee to the club. Whether he
loses or has a large balance after he pays for his lease is no
concern of the institution for which he conducts his
business.
But this is not the case with the Women's City Club in
any department, as stated above, except that of the Sage
Library. The library on the fourth floor is conducted for,
by and of the City Club, with Volunteer Service attend-
ants at the desk.
The restaurant and the cafeteria are entirely the Club's
business, and "win, lose or draw," it is the Club's concern.
The Club does its own buying, planning of menus, cook-
ing and serving. It is just as important that the com-
mittee and steward buy on a rising market as if they were
buying for their individual uses. Patronage of the dining
room and cafeteria is not, therefore, to the profit of any but
the Club.
And the same truth applies to the swimming pool, the
beauty salon and other departments. The attendants
there, when they are not "manned" by volunteer service,
are remunerated by the Club and the Club takes the
profits, or the losses. It has eventuated at times that there
were losses. But that was in the early days of the Club,
and they have been absorbed. The same facts apply also
to the City Club Magazine. It is tiot a concession, but an
enterprise of the City Club, one which the Club expects to
grow with the years. The League Shop comes under the
same category. Every time a member has a haircut or a
marcel or a facial or manicure she is, in ratio, putting a
match to the paper on which is written the Club in-
debtedness.
There are lessees in the building, to be sure. But they
are not considered or listed as departments of the Club.
There are millinery shops, an automobile salesroom, a
physical culture establishment, dress shops, realty rooms,
decorators and others. But these all definitely advertise in
the names of their proprietors.
i i i
THE Women's City Club of San Francisco has been
asked to assist in a campaign to bring out a more
representative vote upon the part of San Francisco
women.
This does not imply that any specific man or measure
is to be supported or benefited. The City Club is not a
political organization. But it agrees with the civic units
that have solicited its help that women should perform
their duty at the polls and that the right to vote is more of
an obligation than a privilege. If woman suffrage be a
privilege then it is one to be as jealously cherished as it
was zealously sought. And many splendid women, and
men too, grew gray in the seeking.
In the last San Francisco election the number of women
voting was 41,690, as opposed to 75,152 men voting.
As a matter of fact and fairness, the number of either
was not suflEciently large as compared to the total popula-
tion. But regardless of the proportion of men voting, the
civic organizations of San Francisco women are desirous
of bringing out an appreciable registration and vote upon
the part of women.
It is a pity for women to lay themselves open to the
charge of being civic slackers. Registering is such a small
duty, requiring but a few minutes to do, that there seems
to be little excuse for not conforming. There may be
conscientious grounds for not voting. Insufficient informa-
tion upon the issues at stake is a reason often advanced.
Or so little difference between the merits of election
opponents that there seems no point in making a choice.
Both reasons are fallacious, say those who would have this
in fact as in name a government of and by the people.
Defection at voting in the recent primary election has
called forth comment that reflects upon women's civic
pride and enterprise. Hence the appeal to the City Club.
Florence Loc\e in Reading
Miss Florence Locke, distinguished dramatic reader,
will give a presentation of Amy Lowell's vivid "Sea Blue
and Blood Red" at the Thursday Evening Program of
June 21. The poem is the story of Lady Hamilton and
Lord Nelson, one of the romances of English history.
Miss Locke is a member of the faculty of Miss Ran-
som's School and Miss Bridges' School in Piedmont. She
is a Californian who received her dramatic training in
England, studying for the stage under many famous
artists. She has had the leading roles in plays produced
by Sam Hume and Irving Pichel and has delighted Cali-
fornia audiences in such modern works as Shaw's "Captain
Brassbound" and A. A. Milne's "Belinda."
Each year she gives a Shakespeare play in which she
takes a lead and directs with Garnet Holme.
The Thursday Evening Program Committee considers
the City Club fortunate in being able to present Miss
Locke at this time.
The Dining Room of the City Club announces a seventy-five-
cent "plate luncheon," a departure which is meeting the enthu-
siastic approval of patrons. There is also a special "club"
breakfast for sixty-five cents, which is quite apart from the
regular thirty, thirty-five, forty or fifty cent breakfasts.
WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for JUNE
1928
Opening Days at the Fashion Resorts
By W. J. Wilkin
A LREADY the exodus has started — the Big Parade
r"^^ to California's summer havens is well under way.
■^ •*■ And a fashion parade it is. It is our first oppor-
tunity to ascertain just how much of fashion's forecast the
smartly dressed woman has accepted.
She is apparently unanimous for the knitted garments
and the printed silks, favoring the joyful bright and pastel
shades, and shows a leaning toward the loose tweed top-
coat. One costume that particularly caught our fancy and
seemed most representative of the vogue was a two-piece
frock of fine zephyr jersey. Unusual chic is achieved by
•long pointed insertions of plain jersey, matching the box-
pleated skirt, in the novelty jersey blouse. The vestee
resembles a third insertion, while the reveres of the turn-
back collar taper to a point at the belt. A small brimmed
plain trimmed hat of natural ballibuntl is a perfect com-
plement to this costume. The trend is definitely toward
utility — the spectator, semi-sports influence being particu-
larly noticeable.
Cardigan coats and also the smart slip-ons of zephyr
are very popular worn with the pleated skirt of printed
silk or crepella for brisk, active sports. The ever popular
tweed costume is of course still in great evidence, as are
the simple one-piece polka-dotted frocks of silk. And the
close-fitting soleil felt hats have returned in a gala array
of new light colors.
But the bathing suits! Here is the real thrill. What
Paris has done for the frock style, California has done for
the swimming style, for right here in San Francisco, if
you will remember, is the birth-place of the one-piece
swim suit. And proud of her creation, San Francisco has
maintained the vogue of bathing apparel throughout the
world.
The styles are varied and colorful, with many new
developments which add to the ease and joy of swimming.
Two particularly noteworthy features of recent creation
are the new rib-elastic stitch in an all pure wool suit,
which actually assures perfect form-fitting (wet or dry)
and yet allows for the maximum swimming freedom due
to unusually great elasticity; and a new flexible back stitch
which allows for a vertical as well as a horizontal stretch
in this wool suit. Form-fitting, the most essential element
in the smart appearance of a swim suit is wholly perfected
by these new improvements.
The styles generally show deeper cut necks and arm-
holes, with some novelties with V-neck effects. Most
striking, however, are the new novelties with the high
buttoned collars about the neck, or the chic collarette
models with glass buttons down the front. These styles
in dashing two and three joyful color combinations are to
be seen at every popular resort. Some of these styles have
a set-in vest effect of contrasting color, others make their
bid for smartness with novel stripings in the upper, and
solid colored lower. The thighs are cut high and sloped.
Two-piece styles are winning much favor this season,
too. A very striking combination is achieved with the life-
guard shirt of white pure wool, with the V-neck smartly
trimmed with blue and orange ; the chic shorts are of
orange flannel, striped at the sides with blue and white,
and made with a flapped and buttoned pocket for lipstick,
etc. A white belt is worn with this model.
Other favorite models show the horizontally striped and
diagonally striped life-guard shirt, with the shorts of plain
blue or red flannel or rib-stitch wool knit.
A new idea in rubber bathing shoes has a Cuban heel,
and comes in colors to match the costume. The full knitted
cape to match the suit is much in evidence and very smart.
Grant Avenue at Geary Street
t
Qanlner
ii/f new styles
in Qantner Swim Suits
to select from
. . . chic, novelty styles with high
buttoned collars, or the smart racing
models . . . worn by such celebrated
Parisian fashion leaders as Madame
Coty, Pateau, and others whose
names lead the world in chic. These
new Gantner rib-elastic, pure wool
Swim Suits feature the exclusive
Flexible Back which allows vertical
as well as horizontal elasticity, assur-
ing perfect form-fit, wet or dry.
Headquarters for
GANTNER SWIM SUITS
SPORTS WEAR
KNIT APPAREL
for Women, Men and Children
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Follow^ the Fashion
in Travel
Just a suggestion regarding what is really "being
done" this season, by travelers from
San Francisco —
TEMPLE TOURS around the
world, sailing from San Francisco
October 12, 1928.
TEMPLE TOURS to the
Orient, including the Coronation
celebrations of the new Japanese
Emperor, Fall months, 1928.
TEMPLE TOURS to the Med-
iterranean, Winter 1929.
All groups limited in membership so that
early enrollment is necessary.
Send or telephone for descriptive literature
TEMPLE TOURS Inc.
620 Market Street Telephone Karny 6013
SAN FRANCISCO
The STONE HOUSE
MANOR'
IN BEAUTIFUL
MARIN COUNTY
A
CHARMING REST HOME for busioess and
professional women who wish relaxation.
Supervised sun-baths . . . sleeping porch . . .
home cooking . . . home-grown vegetables.
rates: $1.50 PER DAY
For further information or reset: ations, call Kearny 25 i i
Miss Margaret Johnson
1736 STOCKTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
Seven Seas and Thousand Ports
Lure Summer V^acationist
THIS is the time of year when the most matter-of-
fact person becomes a potential Marco Polo. He
wants to "get away from here" and the call comes
in as many languages as there are temperaments.
In the advertising pages of this number are alluring trips,
short or long, suggested for the vacationist. To paraphrase
Kipling's old sea captain, "Great steamers white and gold,
Go rolling down to Rio, Roll down, roll down to Rio."
They roll the seven seas on the out trail, the trail that
is always new. Never a day fades but a steamer fares'
out the Golden Gate laden with passengers for far or near.
Like Marco Polo they are going to see and experience
much, but unlike him, they are going in comfort and
luxuries he would not have known how to enjoy.
The City Club is fostering several tours for its mem-
bers. That is, parties are being arranged so that groups
may share the benefits which accrue from a number travel-
ing as a unit. The Club derives no profit and takes the
trouble to arrange the tours only as a service to its mem-
bers.
There are trips through the Canal to New York, with
stop-overs at interesting points en route and there are
round-the-world trips in steamers de luxe.
The Alaska cruise is more popular than ever, interest
in the far north apparently having been revivified by the
recent exploits of Captain George Wilkins and others
who have flown over the north pole or around it.
The Canadian resorts have a perennial charm and
Lake Louise and Banff promise to be gayer than ever
before in the history of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
The route northward, past Shasta, via Seattle, Vancouver,
with stop-over in delightful Victoria is a summer jaunt in
itself.
Lake Tahoe and the Yosemite Valley trails, all along
the Sierra summit, in fact, and the Feather River country
are preparing for a gala season. Many San Franciscans
are going to Santa Barbara this summer. Those who
want less urban surroundings are going back into the
mountains in the Kings River Canyon and the redwood
groves that abound around Mount Whitney, in Central
California.
It is quite a fad to sail on freighters, but this is possible
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Automobile trips are so comfortable that inroads upon
train travel are not inconsequential. A caravansary by motor
cars has no end of possibilities in the way of relaxation
and sight-seeing. All along the paved roads are inns and
hotels that cater to every need of the motorist and the
Automobile Association has penetrated to the farthest
outpost in placing signs and directions for drivers.
New York, Washington and other eastern cities attract
many from San Francisco who feel the need of a drastic
change of climate in the summer months, and are willing
to exchange a few weeks of humidity for the fogs and
trade winds of a San Francisco summer. Railroads are
offering attractive rates for transcontinental summer
travel.
If you have particularly enjoyed any out-of-the-way inn,
found a trip from the beaten path an unexpected delight,
or know of some special service for the traveler either at
home or abroad, we shall appreciate your telling us so that
we may recommend it to others. You as a member and
your friends — or any reader of the Magazine — seeking
information about a trip in which you may be interested,
will find ready cooperation in making plans and reserva-
tions through the Club's Travel Service — without obliga-
tion on your part. Will you write, telephone or stop next
time you are in the Club at
The Women's City Club Travel Service
Main Lobby Kearny 8400
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Oriental fountain gives Moorish atmosphere to the
famous Bartlett Spring
women's city club magazine for JUNE • 192
Wormin in the Money Mart
By Julie A. Duce
A HUNDRED million dollars
worth of bonds alone were
taken by women in the invest-
ment market of a recent month. This
item in itself — to say nothing of large
investments in stocks — indicates that
woman is a factor to be reckoned with
in today's money mart.
Astonishing information is disclos-
ed by a brief survey of statistics avail-
able on woman investment. Neatly
tabulated in "total" and "percent"
columns and classified as "women
holders," these figures emphatically
register the fact that through her
growing economic independence, wom-
an is filling a definite and important
place in the financial scheme of things.
Beyond cavil, proof is established that
she is no longer the peculiar prey of
sellers of "wild-cat" securities. Rath-
er, she puts her money to work for her
in companies sure to pay her good
wages for its use. Indeed, statistics
show that she selects companies recog-
nized as leaders in the investment
mart, favoring the stocks and bonds
of seasoned public utilities, rails and
industrials and in many cases exceed-
ing men in point of numerical owner-
ship.
No less an authority than the Wall
Street Journal, under the caption of
"Woman's Investment Invasion"
states that the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company sent in the
past year around a million dividend
checks to women stockholders. This
company reported 219,852 stock cer-
tificates in the names of women as
against a total of 399,121 share-
holders. A few months ago its woman
ownership amounted to around six
I hundred eighty millions in dollars.
Consider the Pacific Gas & Electric
' and Cities Service Companies, both
widely known to San Francisco in-
, vestors. The transfer books of these
I companies show a large percentage of
'• securities as held by women. In Gen-
eral Electric, women hold 47% of the
shares. About half the stock of New
Jersey Public Service is held by
i women.
It is not surprising that women
', prefer this type of security since no
i form of corporate enterprise has
proven more sound than that of the
public utility over the past twenty-five
years. The record and performance
of public utility bonds and preferred
stocks prior, during and following the
world war was practically 100%. The
i activities of these companies in serving
public necessities has become so inter-
woven in the business and domestic
"It really is easy to select sound securities
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This statement, made recently
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the question so many women
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sure of placing my money in
sound securities?" The well-
considered advice of this firm,
established for many years,
is assisting many thou-
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There is no obligation
in consulting with us.
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La\e County
California
Golf, Swim, Hi\e, Dance
and
at Bartlett Springs
for your vacation this year. You will enjoy
the diversions of this famous pleasure resort
now in its fifty-fifth season. Or, if you want
to laze away the days in the caressing moun-
tain air, here is the spot to
"RESr
Yours is the choice of the best hotel accom-
modations, guest cottage or tent — all
charmingly situated — for yourself alone, or
for family and friends.
You may revel in sun baths on the spacious
verandahs — enjoy the exhilarating soft
waters of the pool — the Hot Magnesia Soda
Baths — and the ministrations of expert mas-
seurs in constant attendance.
Bartlett Springs cuisine is excellent, featur-
ing daily fresh fruits and vegetables — a con-
stantly varying menu. Then, too, there are
the curative features of the famous Bartlett
Water — cool, sparkling, health-giving.
Whether you anticipate a trip to the moun-
tains for a week-end, a month, or the entire
season, inquire first about Bartlett Springs
and . . .
QOMEl!
Reservations may be written or wired to
BARTLETT SPRINGS HOTEL
Bartlett Springs Lake County, California
Folders and rates on application at the
San Francisco Office, 71 BLUXOME ST.
Telephone Karny 34
or at the tl'omen's City Club Travel Service
life of our country that the failure of
these concerns is almost inconceivable.
Those of the thrifty sex, therefore,
who are not attracted by the higher
return and proportionally greater risk
of industrial securities, prefer the pub-
lic utility bond and preferred stock.
But to resume our figures:
In the realm of rails women are said
to hold forty-three per cent of the
shares of the Union Pacific. Half the
stockholders in the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company are women, and their
numbers have doubled in the last ten
years. Over the same period the
United States Steel Corporation
shows a twenty-five per cent increase
in women investors ; their figures
available for 1927 indicated 54,000
women stockholders.
Feminine taste runs to established
industrials, including among others.
National Biscuit, fifty f>er cent owner-
ship ; American Sugar, forty-seven per
cent ; Eastman Kodak, forty-eight per
cent; Pullman, forty-six per cent;
Westinghouse Brake, fifty-two per
cent.
Mrs. Victoria Woodhull, pioneer
woman investment counselor in New
York, who established her business in
or about 1865, wrote on her ninetieth
birthday, last year:
"\Vhen I first came to Wall Street
not one hundred women in the whole
of the United States owned stocks or
dared to show independence in prop-
erty ownership. Highest positioned
men scowled at any thought of woman
investment. For a woman to consider
a financial question was shuddered
over as a profanity."
The feminist who knows the his-
tory of her cause will recall that Mrs.
Woodhull was among the first to fight
against the laws which denied to a
married woman the right to own prop-
erty independent of her husband. To-
day, married women may put half the
family investments in a separate in-
come tax schedule, and this privilege
which helps to keep down the size of
the supertax, may account for the gen-
erosity of some husbands.
What with old and established in-
vestment houses offering the expert
services of women investment coun-
selors and the quick response this
service is meeting with, more and more
women will become investors in 1928,
therefore, women as a group have in-
deed become a factor in the money
mart. They have demonstrated the
fact that they are quite as capable of
investing and husbanding the fruits of
their industry as of garnering them.
Editor's Note — Mrs. Duce died sud-
denly a few weeks ago and her untimely
demise was a shock to many friends in the
financial world and in the Women's City
Club, of which she was a member.
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Signature Cards
It is very desirable that the club
have a specimen signature of every
member. In order to avoid confusion
it is also desirable that the club have
a file also of both the legal signature
(or the signature which member ordi-
narily uses on her checks) as well as
thehusband's name. In connectionwith
the payment of dues it is particularly
necessary to have the Christian name
of the member as well as her husband's
name if the signature on the check is
diflFerent from the name on the mem-
bership roll. A specimen signature is
also a means of identification.
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Golf Practice Court
Arrangements have been made with
Ted Robbins, the well-known golf
professional, to give lessons at the
Women's City Club on Tuesdays and
Thursdays between the hours of three
and eight o'clock, beginning Tuesday,
June 5. The special rates for lessons
to members of the Club are as fol-
lows :
14 one hour lessons $30.00
7 one hour lessons 16.00
Single hour lessons 3.00
12 one-half hour lessons 15.00
6 one-half hour lessons 8.00
Single one-half hour lessons 1.50
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Interesting Luncheon
The Business and Professional
Women's Club of San Francisco, In-
corporated, was addressed at its
luncheon of May 8, held at the Wom-
en's City Club, by Anita Carolyn
Rouse, short-story and newspaper
writer, on the book, "Mother India."
by Katherine Mayo.
At the luncheon of May 22 Augus-
tin C. Keane, San Francisco attorney,
spoke on "America In and Out of the
League of Nations." Johanna Heim,
president of the Business and Profes-
sional Women's Club, presided.
Y Y Y
Short Story Contest
So splendid was the response to the
poetry contest of the CityClubM.^g-
AZINE that the committee and editor
have decided to hold a short story con-
test, the terms and prizes of which
will be announced next month. The
Magazine Committee is convinced
that there is a wealth of talent among
the readers of the magazine and is
eager to publish its flowering.
Y Y Y
There will be a luncheon at the
City Club in honor of Mrs. Elizabeth
Stone Macdonald, Professor of Home
Economics of Boston University, Bos-
ton, Massachusetts, Tuesdav, June 5
at 12:30 o'clock.
I
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A small, exclusive camp, to which girls return
year after year. Ninth season on the shore of
the Pacific. Send for pictorial " Camp Call"
published by the girU last season. Director,
Miss Anna Merritt East, care Berkeley Hall
School, of Beverly HiUs, Califorrua.
Telephone Oxford 6814.
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Mountain
Know the exhilaration of
"par"ing a course 4400
feet above the sea, where
the top of your swing is
the top of the world.
There's unlimited diversion
at Feather River Inn ; swim-
ming, fishing, tennis, riding
. . . and more leisurely pur-
suits. Here one enjoys the
delights of the Sierra with
the urban comforts of the
Inn. Come while the Feather
River country is at its best,
during the perfect days of
June. Season opens June 15.
A mile jrom the Inn is the Feather
River Camp for Boys. Write for
folders on Inn and Camp and for
reservations to Walter Rounsevel,
St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco.
^foay from
Hotel El Drisco is individual
. . . charming . . . utterly un-
like the standardized hotels.
Standing among Pacific Avenue's
homes and gardens, its windows
look out on the Bay or on beau-
tiful vistas of the city. An invit-
ing home of bounteous good liv-
ing. Suites to accommodate any
family. American plan.
West 428
2901 PACIFIC AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO
To Honor Lemare
Dr. Edwin H. Lemare, former
municipal organist of San Francisco,
will be the guest of honor at a lunch-
eon at the Women's City Club June
4, after which there will be an in-
formal reception for the distinguished
guest. The luncheon will be given by
the directors of the City Club.
Dr. Lemare came to San Francisco
during the Panama-Pacific Exposition
and was the first to give a concert
upon the Exposition organ, now estab-
lished in the Civic Auditorium, at
that time installed in Festival Hall,
where hundreds of thousands were
thrilled by the programs.
Dr. Lemare is now living in Ten-
nessee. He left here several years ago
to accept a flattering offer in Maine.
Directors Are Hostesses
Whether it was the makers of the
calendar, who decreed thirty-one days
to the month — that is, alternate
months — or whether it was the mak-
ers of the City Club constitution and
by-laws, the fact remains that it is a
happy coincidence that the number of
directors of the City Club are thirty-
one, a director a day, as it were.
Each day one of the board is at the
club, clad in the uniform of service,
acting as hostess. Now the duties of
a hostess are manifold and of varied
character, as any housewife knows.
She may be called upon to pour tea in
the lounge, meet a delegation of sight-
seers from out-of-town, greet a prin-
cess, introduce a speaker, or merely
keep in mind the line, "they also serve
who only stand and wait."
She will even listen to indictments
and comments, if any there be who
would voice them. She is happy to re-
ceive suggestions and she regards it
her privilege to meet the members who
wish to introduce themselves to her.
League Shop Sells Auction
Bridge Outline
"Auction Bridge Outline" by Paul
W. Black, is another book on that
fascinating game. It is on sale at the
League Shop, in the corridor on the
first floor. The little book, in stout
paper cover, gives an understanding
of quick trick valuation and approved
conventions of bidding and play.
The book makes a most acceptable
gift to "fans" and many have pur-
chased copies to use as prizes at bridge
parties. Black, who lives at 83 Euca-
lyptus Road, Berkeley, also gives les-
sons in auction bridge.
26"
TJip crowning iouch
io dinner-
An order by telephone
will bring prompt delivery
Telephone
Sutter 6654 Oakland 1017
1,800.000 cup* were served
3ftAe PANA>\A-PACIFIC
Ittteraationa/ EXPOSITION
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By GIRARD HALE
Reproductions on Display
S. & G. GUMP
250 Post Street
ECCLESIASTICAL SUPPLY CO.
330 Stockton Street
Published by
JEROME A. CAREW
41 Sutter Street - Garfield 4274
San Francisco
'^he Qourtyard
Luncheon : Tea : Dinner
Let us serve you by a friendly
fire or in the sunny courtyard,
(f Private Studio for Parties.
In Chinatown but not Chinese.
450 Grant Avenue, above Bush
WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZIXK for JU
928
City Club Members As\ed to
Consider Immigration Bill
THE City Club has been memo-
rialized by the International
Institute of the Young Wom-
en's Christian Association, calling at-
tention to a bill before Congress
which, if enacted, will ameliorate
hardships now endured by immigrants
to the United States because of an act
of 1924 which separates families of
alien residents.
The bill is House Joint Resolution
No. 234, introduced March 12, this
year, by Representative AlacGregor
of New \'ork, and sponsored by Mrs.
Bremer of the Department of Immi-
gration, National Board of the Young
Women's Christian Association.
IVIrs. Bremer says "This is the bill
we have been hoping for. Your first
move should be a letter to your Con-
gressman requesting to have this bill
sent to you, saying you are interested
in separated families and we under-
stand this is a good bill which we hope
to be able to support.
"The Congressmen for this district
are Mrs. Florence P. Kahn and Rich-
ard Welsh. Will you write letters to
them ?
"That many residents of the United
States have been separated from their
families and deprived of home life in
consequence of the present immigra-
tion law. When, suddenly and with-
out warning, the so-called quota law
went into effect July 1, 1924, it be-
came impossible for resident aliens
previously legally admitted to this
country, to bring their wives and chil-
dren to join them. The plight of these
men is tragic for them and bad for the
community.
"There is a remedy, (House Joint
Resolution No. 234) : Divide the
quota for all countries into two equal
parts; administer one-half just as the
entire number is now administered ;
let the other fifty per centum be
thrown into a common quota fund,
from which, for a period of two years,
quota numbers will be given only to
families of alien residents who were
in the United States before July 1,
1924, numbers to be given according
to priority of applications, and only
upon petition of relatives here.
'This will not break down our re-
strictive policy, add a single individual
to the present annual immigration,
add to the class of 'non-quota immi-
grants,' or require new administrative
machinery.
"It will make it possible for all fam-
ilies to be re-united within two years."
What of your reputation as
a Hostess?
Do you operate vour home by
the NEW STANDARD of
LIVING? Is your food
constantly protected against
bacterial growth and kept
spotlessly clean ? Are you
able to serve new-day dainties
— chilled, crisp salads, lusc-
ious frozen desserts, ice-
sparkling drinks? Why not
visit our showrooms
and learn about the
SIMPLIFIED
General
Electric
REFRIGERATOR
H. B. Rector Company, Inc.
318 Stockton St. . Sutter 1831
BURLINGAME SAN RAFAEL
Buy out of income by Deferred Piiyment Plan.
|a department of the women's city CLU
^he <^eauty G^alon
Lo-c^er Main Floor . . . Open to llie Public
Offers Summer Vacation Specials
WEDNESDAYS and THURSDAYS
For a limited time only
PERMANENT WAVING (A^*-^//^ and Circuline Methods) d?-|/*\
If hole head, regardless of number of curls. Three settings free. Cp -Lv/
Paper Curl $i.oo
Marcel .75
Finger Wave or Comb Wave 75
Shampoo, Plain 50
Shampoo, Plain — Long Hair 75
Manicure — Hot Oil or Plain 35
Facial Treatments 2.00-2.50
Hair Cutting — Adults and Children . .35, .50 k .75
NO TIPPING
Watch Display Case in Foyer for Daily Specials
While the Beautj- Salon is open to the public, it is interested primarily in
serving you, as a member. If you have not been in recently, make an ap-
pointment the next time you come to the Club for any one
of the above services . . . and you will come
back again and again.
TELEPHONE KEARNY 84OO /or APPOI NTMENTS
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W O M E N
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for JUNE
192
Swim for Tour Lifei
By George F. Lineer
The Sivimming Committee desires to interest an additional number of members in the swimming activities of the Club.
Our pool is a very attractive one and is conceded to be one of the finest in the city. Further than this, we are fortunate
in having as sivimming teachers some of the best on the Pacific Coast. They have accomplished a great deal with and
for the members and guests, who have availed themselves of their services. This department is particularly enjoyed by
our young daughters. Mr. George F. Lineer of the San Francisco Chronicle, prominent in aquatics on the Pacific
Coast, and an authority in this field of athletics, has been kind enough to let us have his
ideas on swimming from a recreational standpoint.
^iriM for your life! This is the
X cry that stirs people to dynamic
i^^ action in the shark-infested
waters of the tropics and could be
hurled at you in the streets of San
Francisco, in the lobby of your club,
or any place in the world and still
carry a message that would mean
August
15 women's month in
Hawaii « « «
Hawaii is delightful any time. But if you ever visit
these fairy isles plan to be there this August. In ad-
dition to all the delights of the cool summer season
when the flowering trees are in bloom — the Pan-
Pacific Women's Conference to be held in Honolulu,
August 9 to 19 will bring delegates from all parts
of the great Pacific region to exchange ideas on
women's progress. And then, August 15 to 20, there
will be the great celebration of the 150th anniver-
sary of Captain Cook's discovery of the Islands
when native pageants such as may never be seen
again will re-enact the colorful landing of the fa-
mous explorer. The new Malolo takes you there in
only four days from San Francisco. Rates and
itineraries to suit your time and purse. In-
formation from Women's City Club
Travel Service or Matson Line,
2 1 5 MarketSt., San Francisco
longer life. Unfortunately, in most
cases, it would not stir people to ac-
tion unless disaster was close at hand.
Today, thinking people everywhere,
are making an effort to regain or
maintain their health, through exer-
cise or diet. Golf courses flourish.
Athletic clubs increase in number.
Competitive sports have developed by
leaps and bounds until today they are
a vital part in the world's program.
Swimming is the shortest, easiest and
most delightful way to better health.
Recreation, according to Webster,
means "Refreshment after toil ; amuse-
ment." A simple enough requirement!
Amusement, yes, we can obtain that
in many ways and manners, but com-
bined with refreshment, it is not so
easily obtainable. Are you one of the
fortunates who are blessed with that
feeling of physical fitness, whose
springy, peppy step, tells a story of
perfect health and abundant vitality?
Would you like to be? Treat your-
self to a series of regular visits to your
club pool and get that much needed
and highly desirable combination of
exercise, relaxation and amusement
and note the improvement in your
health. Swimming is a wonderful aid
in the cure of mental fatigue, as it
affords absolute relaxation, for good
swimming is primarily achieved with
relaxed muscles.
Recreation and exercise are neces-
sary to perfect health. Swimming is
the perfect exercise, bringing into play
all muscles.
Several years ago a woman came to
California from the East, after the
doctors there had told her she might
live a year in the mild climate of Cali-
fornia. Upon arriving here she took
up swimming. At first her swims were
nothing more than baths. Gradually
she increased the distance, building
muscle and tissue as she went along.
For the past four years this lady has
celebrated her birthdays by swimming
ten miles in the ocean. She is now
nearly 70 years of age. Her reason for
doing this, so she tells the gentlemen
of the press, is to pass along the word
to the world, by this most unusual
feat, that swimming is the finest form
of exercise. It brought her back from
the shadow of the grave.
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women's city club magazine for JUNE
1928
Hawaii Tour Party Happy
{By Radio from S. S. Malolo)
At Sea, April 24. — "Wonderful
trip. Wonderful ship. Everyone
happy."
This is the radiogram that reached
San Francisco from the Women's
Club tour party on board the de luxe
Matson liner S. S. Malolo (Flying
Fish), bound for Honolulu. Among
the passengers who helped to enliven
the voyage were Mr. and Mrs. Rich-
ard Barthelmess, Lottie Pickford,
Colleen Moore and others of the
Hollywood movie colony. The con-
tacts made by the party of Women's
City Club members and friends now
in Hawaii will add to the enjoyment
of those who are planning to join the
second Malolo Hawaiian tour party
which sails in August to attend the
Pan-Pacific Women's Conference in
Honolulu and the celebration of the
150th anniversary of the landing of
Captain Cook, discoverer of Hawaii.
Ill
P>tauly So\on Popular
The Beauty Salon is becoming one
of the busiest and most popular de-
partments of the City Club.
The charm of the furnishings and
fittings, the quiet efficiency of the
operators, the courtesy of the attend-
ants, the proximity to the swimming
pool and physical culture classes and
the fame of the results achieved have
brought a clientele that make the
Salon a rendezvous quite as active as
the lounge or any other department.
Mrs. S. G. Chapman, chairman of
the Beauty Salon Committee, is plan-
ning a number of features to further
increase the business of the depart-
ment. She is confident that any mem-
ber of the City Club who gives it a
trial will give it all her patronage,
from shampoos and haircuts to facial
and manicure.
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The Book Review Group, under
the direction of Mrs. Thomas A.
Stoddard, chairman of the education
committee, will hold its first meeting
for organization June 6. This meet-
ing will be a dinner in the Mural
Room of the Women's City Club, be-
ginning at six o'clock. The review
and study of "The Bridge of San Luis
Rey" will begin at seven o'clock and
close at eight. It is the plan to hold
these meetings every two weeks on
alternate Wednesday evenings. As
soon as the group is thoroughly organ-
ized, the meetings will be held in the
lounge around the fire. A special
speaker will be arranged for each
meeting. This promises to be a very
interesting and entertaining course and
will be open to all members and their
guests.
Vacation Trips
ISlgw at low fares
This Pacific play-land is yours— just a few hours
away. By train you can reach its world-famous resorts
quickly, saving vacation days. Go now, at low cost. For
example, 16 day limit roundtrip from San Francisco to:
Los Angeles .
$22.75
Santa Barbara
$17.75
San Diego
28.75
Lake Tahoe .
13.25
Del Monte
6.00
Portland . .
36.00
Santa Cruz
4.00
Seartle . . .
46.75
Yosemite . .
17.00
Vancouver, B.C.
56.25
North, south, or east. Southern Pacific's network of
lines intimately explores the Pacific Coast. Stopover
anywhere. Let your agent help you plan your trip.
Your vacation starts when you board the train.
"B^laxed, carefree, you're on your way to play,
Soutj^m Pacific
F. S. McGINNIS
Passenger Traffic Manager
San Francisco, Calif.
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W O M E N
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for JUNE
1928
GRAY LINE
LIMOUSINE
SERVICE
Offers for your approval
custom-built Lincoln,
Pierce-Arrow and Cad-
illac limousines for
country trips, shopping,
theatre parties and
all other occasions.
Telephone Garfield 500
515 POWELL STREET
SAN FRANCISCO
IFTS
for
THE BRIDE
THE GRADUATE
ANNIVERSARIES
Sil<vemvare made to order
— missing pieces matched.
Repairing and refinishing
of Silverware, Jewelry,
IVatches and Clocks
JOHN O. BELLIS
55 Geary Street Fhone Kearny 950
BLAIR'S
Cleaners of Fine garments
Quick and 'Reliable
629 Taylor Street
Phone Franklin 4667
y^
6
The best families in
the Bay districts and on
the Peninsula are asking
us to stock their cellars
with Asti Colony pure,
unfermented ]u\ce of the
Grape of such types as
Tipo, Burgundy, Ries-
ling, Port, Sherry, An-
gelica or Muscatel.
Why not surprise your
guests with some of this
wholesome and refreshing
beverage reminiscent of
tlie "Good Old Days?"
t)rder your supply now, and
have your friends compliment
you on the excellent quality
of your "vintage."
Italian Swiss Colony - 51 Broadway - San Francisco
Q] Please have your representative call ; no obligation, of course.
Q Please send me free your unique booklet — "Is Entertaining a Lost Art?
Name
(wM-i) Address
^omens City Club
Swimming Pool
Private Lessons {Half-hour lessons)
Members (single lesson) $1.00
Members (course of ten lessons).. 7.50
Double lesson (two members
simultaneously) 1.50
Guests (course of ten lessons) 10.00
Class Lessons {Half-hour lessons)
Class for members (four or more
persons) (ten lessons) $5.00
Guests (joining members class)
(each time) 75
Two members taking lessons
simultaneously (per person) 75
Fifteen-minute lessons (members) .50
Fifteen-minute lessons (guests) 65
Swimming Rates
Members $ .35
Members' dip tickets (ten on
tickets) - 3.00
Daughters' and wards' dip tickets
(ten on tickets) 2.50
Daughters and wards of members
under 18 years of age 35
Sons under 8 years of age 35
Guests 50
A Member may bring any number
of Guests at this rate.
Members may purchase Courtesy
Cards for guests at the Swimming
Office. Daughters and wards of
Members must be accompanied by the
member or must have a letter on file
in swimming office.
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Evening of Poetry
Mrs. William Palmer Lucas will
give an evening of "Modern Poetry"
at the regular Thursday Evening Pro-
gram of June 7. A number of the
contributions to the City Club Mag-
azine poetry contest, just closed, will
be read, including the prize poem and
the second and third choices of the
judges.
A group of volunteers is addressing
envelopes on Monday afternoons from
one to four o'clock, in the Golf Room
on the roof. Another group meets on
the second Monday evening of each
month. We need your help, come and
join us.
A Large Corporation has an opening for
a high-grade woman with selling ability.
Write full particulars, giving
telephone number, to
Box 25
Women's City Club M.'Vc.^zine
Children Cared for by tlie Hour
Afternoons from 1 to 6 ' 35 cents per hour
Sunny yard. Best of references.
MRS. JOHN ALLEN
No. 5 Torrens Court (Clay St. near Hyde)
TcUphonc Graystonc 8954
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women's C 1 T ^- CLUB MAGAZINE for JUNE • I 9 2
PARKING SPOT
Nearest your Club and favorite shops —
Post-M.ason Service Station
520 Post Street, just above Mason
Post-Taylor Garage^ Inc.
569 Post Street, in the next block
Handiest to the Orpheum, Al-
cazar or Columbia Theatres
is the
Gray Dawn Garage
235 Mason Street
And we can save you time, while your car
is parked, by doing your
WASHIXG-GREASING-REPAIRS
i^lWouIcl you leave
you r cmtafjf in care
o^yonx cat. ^^
Then why trust to luck for the safekeeping
of your prized possessions?
Store your valuables in a Bekins fireproof con-
structed depository — Then You Know They Are Safe.
The cost of storage is small compared with the great
advantage of your peace of mind while away, since
your vacation, to be enjoyed, must be free from worry.
We have modern facilities for Storage
of — all household goods, automobiles.
pian
etc.
Phone MARKET IS
and we will gladly explain in detail.
ASK ABOUT MOTHPROOFING
— At our Depositories — In your Home
Cas fumigant used, destroys all moth-life without
injury to even the most delicate fabrics.
Offices and Deposi
13th and Mission
Geary at Masor
'•^-[ Fitsno ■ S^t
Oakland - Bef^ele^ - SacrametUo
,^»ijl.-l.Mi;M.j.<lM'.';.i.ii.^
Summer Frocks ' Wraps ' Fur Coats ' Scarfs
Golf Togs ' Woolens ' Draperies ' Rugs
Overstuffed Furniture
TTioroughly dry cleaned and freshened by the
Special Thcrmas Frocess
Call HemlocX i8o today
F. THOMAS
Parisian Dyeing and Cleaning V/or\s
27 Tenth Street
San Francisco
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P o
I EXPERT BEAD STRINGING °
If your necklace breaks or you wish to o
have your beads restrung, bring them to °
us next time you are in the Club o
o
Plain Stringing, according to length — q
16 inches to 60 inches — 50c to $1.50 o
o Knotted Stringing — $1.00 to $2.50 o
i THE LEAGUE SHOP i
Q A Department of the Women's Citj- Club °
o Main Floor o
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for the
BRIDAL SHOWER
^/7^ WEDDING
PARTY
DELICIOUS ICE CRE.AM
in indiividual moulds that lend
color and distinction ... in
Engagement Rings, Cupids,
Hearts, Bells, Bride andGroom,
Good Luck Slipper, Flower
Baskets, Assorted Fruits
and Flowers.
. . . and each Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday 3'ou can relv upon
National Surprise Specials for
that "different" dessert for
your week-end dinners.
366 Gu
I Street
Phone Hemlock 6000
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women's city club magazine for JUNE
I 9 2
FER^MILLAC
'^he Health Drin\
delicious, refreshing,
wholesome
Try a glass of
Fer'MiL'Lac the
next time you
lunch or dine at
theWomen's City
Club — or order
direct
'telephones
Valencia Ten Thousand
Burlingame 2460
Red-wood City 91S
DAIRY DELIVERY CO.
Successors in San Francisco to
MILLBRAE DAIRY
Dairy Delivery Milk and Cream
are served exclusively in the
Women's City Club
Women's City Club
estaurant
Department
Dining Room
Table d'hote and a la carte service
Both luncheon and dinner $1.00 per cover
Plate luncheon 75 cents per cover
A Typical Plate Luncheon Alenu:
Grilled Veal Chop, Queen Style, Glaced Apricots
Half Fried Spring Chicken, Country Gravy
Demi French Fried Potatoes New Garden Peas
Hot Rolls and Muffins
Banana Fruit Salad Brick and Home-made Cookies
Maple Cake
Choice of Beverage
Sunday Club Breakfast-Luncheon
II :30 A. M. to 2:30 P. M.— 75 Cents per Cover
Breakfast 8:00 to 11:30 A. M.
No charge for reservations — No tipping
Cafeteria
open daily except Sundays and holidays
Luncheon 11 :30 A. M. to 1 :30 P. M.
Dinner 5:30 P. M. to 7:00 P. M.
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",Youll note the
^J^^^^'^-'^^^'^^r- ■ t^.'j;^^^j^^^
.Jjercnc,
Fried, Broiled or Bak^d
Camp Fire Ham Maintains its
delicious flavor
Made
from
selected
Eastern
cornfed
hogs
VIRDEN PACKING COMPANY
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
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i
Tublished rJMonthly
by the
Women's City Club
465 Tost Street
San Francisco
Volume II, Number 6
Subscription $1.00 a Year
1 5 Cents a Copy
JULY .1928
^he House and Its faster
In the Middle Ages, trophies and banners were hung in the
great halls to tell of the achievements of the lord of the
castle. "#• Today, in a less ostentatious way, the home
reflects the accomplishments and culture of its
owner. Our decorators have at their
command rarely fine collections of
furnishings from which selec-
tions may be made, and
the skill and taste to
give individuality
to the decorative scheme.
ORIENTAL RUGS ' CARPETS - DRAPERIES ' FURNITURE
W. SL J. /LCANC
SUTTER STREET NEAR GRANT AVENUE ' SAN FRANCISCO
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WOMEN'S CITY CLUB CALENDAR
JULY 1 — 31. 1928
CURRENT EVENTS
First and third Monday evenings, 7:30 o'clock. Wc(lne>day mornings (except July 4) at
II o'clock. Auditorium. Mrs. Parker Maddux, Leader.
LEAGUE BRIDGE
Tuesdays, 2:00 P. M. and 7:30 P. M. Assembly Room.
PLAY READING
Wednesdays, 3:00 P. M. Board Room. Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard, Leader.
THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMS
July 26 — Winfield M. Thompson on "The Path of Cold," through the Panama Canal, with
illustrations. 8;00 P. M. Assembly Room.
OFFICERS OF THE WOMEN'S CITY CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
Mrs. A. P. Bl.^ck, President
Mrs. Ch.arles Miner Cooper, First lice-President
Miss M.ariov \V. Leale, Second I'ice-President
Mrs. Wii-LUM B. H.amilton, Third Vice-President
Miss Mabel Pierce, Treasurer
Mrs. William F. Booth, Jr., Recording Secretary
Mrs. Edward H. Clark, Jr., Corresponding Secretary
Miss Carlie I. To.vilinson, Executive Secretary
HOSPITALITY
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, Chairman
Miss Ella M.Bailey
Mrs. Philip King Brown
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Volume II
JULY / 1928
Number 6
GONTENTS
PAGE
Club Calendar 1
Standing Committees 1
Frontispiece 6
Editorial 19
Articles
San Francisco's Opera Outlook .
Isabel Stine Lets
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
/. B. Levison
Alfred Hertz Talks with a Stranger
C. Virginia R. Leach
Leisure Classes
Mrs. Parker Aladdux
Short Story Contest Announcement
Craig's Wife
Georgena Foote Keller
The Yosemite Conference
/. L. Alacrae
What is the California Bird?
"I Dare to Hope" ....
Elsie Robinson
By W^ay of Henrietta Shore .
Beatrice Judd Ryan
Club Brevities
Monthly Departments
Travel Planning
Music in the City Club
Anna Cora ff'inchell
Financial Article ....
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who will appear in
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at Dreamland Auditorium September 15. Lejt, standing, Madame
Maria Jeritza as" Carmen" which role she will sing the night of
October I; top center, Edward Johnson, tenor, as"Canio" in
I Pagliacci; lower center, Gennaro Barra, an artist new to
San Francisco, but a favorite in New York, who will
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WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
VOLU ME II
SAN FRANCISCO
1928
NUMBER 6
San Francisco's Opera Outloo\
Grand Opera, Symphony and Concerts of the Forthcoming Season Are Engaging the
Attention of Music Lovers
Mrs. Francis W. Leis, One of the Organizers of the Say% Francisco Opera Association,
Patron of Music, Writes of the 1928 Prospect
By Isabel Stine Leis
IT IS difficult to realize that San F"rancisco is shortly
entering upon the sixth season of its own opera. In
looking back over the past seasons' beautiful perform-
ances the great dreams realized stand forth before one's
vision. All that seemed impossible has taken place, even
as in other paths of human activity. There can never be
any going back or lessening of a great thing begun, even
if assailed by self-interest or ignorance.
The Opera Association was started with such self-
sacrifice and untold labor by Gaetano Merola and a most
devoted group of friends who were willing to give of their
purse, time, strength, and at times almost their all, that no
careless, thoughtless criticism or selfish ends can overthrow
anything as big and noble as this organization with a
history that has no parallel in the history of music.
The San Francisco Opera Association has in these si.x
short years given 30 operas in 68 performances, a stupen-
dous task making almost every night a gala night.
Every performance was not as perfect as Maestro Mer-
ola planned, but every opera house has its disappointments.
The change of bill, though, has been so infrequent, the
disappointments in artists so few, and considering the
inadequacy of the hall, the dressing rooms, the stage.
the lack of money for rehearsals, and many more great
and small items of the giving of grand opera, it is indeed
marvelous what has been done in the way of opera both here
and in Los Angeles by our sister organization, the Los
Angeles Opera Association.
With one or two exceptions every artist visiting here has
been loud in his or her praise of the conduct of the man-
agement of the association. They have all said that they
have never been in an organization where there is so much
harmony expressed, and such good feeling "back stage"
as here in the San Francisco Opiera Association.
In our performances we have seen the greatest living
Falstajf , Antonio Scotti, the greatest living "Barber," Ric-
cardo Stracciari, the most loved and famous basso. Marcel
Journet, the greatest living dramatic soprano (according
to many), Claudia Muzio, the three greatest living Italian
tenors, Martinelli, Gigli, and Schipa, and the greatest
Scarpia of the day, Antonio Scotti. One could go on almost
indefinitely counting the many great things in the opera
line that have been laid at our very front door.
We were the second company in the United States to
produce the last opera written by Puccini, Turandot ^Ve
ha\e had the "Trilog)" by Puccini (not often given prin-
cipally because of the large royalty and the two sets of
casts it requires) thought by many to be Puccini's best
and most lasting work.
We have given the greatest impetus to young students
b\ the wonderful opportunity afforded them by experi-
ence in the chorus and all of its activities.
On looking over the history of opera planning we are
quite astounded at what San Francisco has done. It is
only second to the building of the new city. The opera
has just sprung up through sheer joy at battling obstacles
and the joy of self-sacrifice for a great ideal.
The inspiration of the workers has been the impersonal
leadership of Gaetano Merola, who has done most of the
work himself and who has had no thought but for the great
thing before him, and never for any personalities, least
of all his own.
The spirit still goes on with the outside world little un-
derstanding or appreciating all that goes to make a success-
ful opera season.
For the coming season there is one novelty "Fedora."
written by Giordano, the composer who wrote "Andrea
Chenier" and "La Cena Delle Beffe" (The Jest). This
performance contains Maria Jeritza in a charming Russian
setting. It is the Fedora beloved of Bernhardt with a
great deal of beauty and color. Every one is gratified to
see that "La Cena Delle Beffe" and "Andrea Chenier" are
on the bill again this year.
The cast of "La Cena Delle Beffe" will be the same as
last year with the exception of the role of Genevra which
will be taken by the beautiful American-born Italian girl,
Elda Vettori — new to us all.
Elda Vettori made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera
House in November, 1926. Two of the criticisms are
here quoted in brief:
.Vm' York Times, Nov. 21, 1926:—
. . . "She stepped into the great stage of the Metropoli-
tan, sang into the greatest spaces of that premier lyric thea-
ter with the complete success of natural endowment,
adequate preparation, and known experience of other stages,
both here and in her own home. How much better she
proved than half the drummed-up debutantes with
trumped-up European reputations, in the old days of ex-
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clusively imported grand opera, last
night's audience on Broadway was
quick to show
"... As she was the first of this
season's opera debutantes to be en-
trusted with a leading role, so was she
also the one to furnish the justification
for that choice. . . .
"... IVIiss Vettori early won the
house with a voice of dramatic expres-
siveness, womanly in its note of pathos,
powerful in appeal. It held its own
over the choral climaxes, where sheer
power counted for more than musical
tone, but its beauty was notable in
darker passages, its expressiveness sug-
gesting the play of sun and shadow in
the quick give and take of operatic dia-
logue."
Evening World, Nov. 21, 1926—
"On Saturday evening Miss Elda
Vettori of St. Louis packed costume
and make-up in a paste board box,
tucked it under her arm, and rode
alone on the subway to the Opera
House where, without the heralding
trumpet, she essayed her Metropolitan
debut as Santuzza in 'Cavalleria" —
the only American debut of the season.
"If a single member of the St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce was present, he
proclaimed the fact neither in badge,
banner nor outcry. If there was a
Mound City Rotarian in the house he
failed to emit a yawp. Miss Vettori had
the satisfaction of knowing that her
cordial welcome and number of curtain
calls were earned entirely on merit.
In fact the principal reminder of her
home town was a box of flowers from
a Washington Street Millinery house
where she worked a few years ago as
an apprentice."
Miss Vettori was a St. Louis girl.
who was the sole support of her mother
and little brothers and sisters until
her debut at the Metropolitan.
It is gratifying to read in the Times
criticism that she has had "adequate
preparation. "
Miss Vettori sings Finra in "L'-
Amore Dei Tre Re" with Edward
Johnson as Avito, and Danise as Man-
jredo. This is the first time Danise
has been seen in opera in San Fran-
cisco. He is perhaps now the leading
baritone at the Metropolitan, and the
role of Manfredo is one of his best
roles.
Edward Johnson as far as America
goes is the best known and best liked
Avito. Danise, the Manfredo of the
cast is equally famous in his role.
Johnson sang Avito to first Mary
Garden's and then Edith Mason's
Fiora in the seasons of 1921 and 1922
that were given here when the Chicago
Opera visited us. Pinza will be mag-
nificent as Archibaldo, the greatest of
modern basso roles. Marcel Journet
was the Archibaldo in our season three
years ago.
Miss Vettori will sing Santuzza in
Cavalleria — the role in which shemade
her Metropolitan debut.
Gennaro Barra is another newcomer
to San Francisco audiences. He comes
straight from Italy for this season and
sings Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly,
Andrea Chenier. Lcris in Fedora, and
Cavaradossi in Tosca.
It is very gratifying to the man-
agement that there is just as great a
seat sale for the second performance
of Tosca as for the first, showing how
interested the public is in seeing Jer-
itza in her most famous role, as well
as witnessing Lawrence Tibbett's first
time in this opera as Scarpia. The
Jeritza debut to San Francisco will be
in Tosca on the evening of September
19th. Danise will be Scarpia. It will
be the first time for our audiences to
see Tokatyan as Cavaradossi and the
debut to San Francisco of a very noted
artist, Malatesta, who will play the
role of the Sacristan.
The performance of Madame But-
terfly is interesting as it will be Mad-
ame Rethberg's debut to San Francisco.
She is a bit of a rival now of Madame
Jeritza's, not only in this country but
also in Europe. Many have been
interested in reading the accounts in
the newspapers of the little operatic
war between Rethberg and Jeritza
over the premier of Richard Strauss's
new opera "Egyptian Helena," both
of these artists claiming the role of
Helena.
They are making their debut here
in opera this fall (they have both sung
here at different times in concert),
and the reputation of the two great
divas will make our season quite ex-
citing, almost as much so as our first
season, 1923, when Martinelli and
Gigli were trying to outdo each other,
and the same thing occurring the next
season with Gigli and Schipa, when
they were playing for place and honor.
In the Italian quarter there was al-
most a war over the Martinelli-GigH
season, even brother against brother
(this is absolutely true), and the most
lasting of memories will be the testi-
monial performance given Maestro
Merola, when Gigli and Schipa were
running neck and neck all evening,
the audience finally demanding a repe-
tition of the "Dream Song" from
"Manon" for Schipa, forcing Mr.
Merola to give Gigli an encore to his
rendering of the "stars were brightly
shining" from Tosca. This is the
(5nly time we have ever had encores.
We were benefited by these little
rivalries in more ways than one —
better performances, stimulated inter-
est, and the education of our young
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people so that we will never hear them
say what many of their elders do, "I
do not care to see that opera again.
I have seen it before." Can we say
that we are an opera-loving people
when we hear remarks like that? We
often do.
We want to see performances as
many times as it is possible, to see as
many different artists as we can in
the same role. We will never have
the long seasons of opera that we
should have unless the audiences want
to see the beautiful works over and
over again. They will soon see that
the more they see the same opera the
more they will love it, and know it
as one would want.
If there are complaints heard be-
cause of a performance again this year
of Aida, we can all answer that as
San Francisco wants to hear Madame
Rethberg in opera, we must give her
what she wants to sing, and Aida is
one of her favorite roles.
Some say that they are bored at
hearing Cavalleria and Pagliacci again,
but as ever this duo is the best of
money getters and there is never any
doubt as to a capacity house.
We hope that in our opera house
of the future there will be honor and
space given to the "standees," who are
so vital a part of an opera season,
and always the music lovers who flock
to Rigoletto and Cavalleria.
Perhaps there is more curiosity
about the performance of Carmen
this year than any other performance.
Many have doubtless read the various
and virulent criticisms written after
Jeritza's first performance of Carmen
at the Metropolitan last fall. Wise-
acres shook their heads, wondered
why she had attempted it. Wasn't it
going to be her ruin ? Was she try-
ing for a sensation ? And every other
question came up that a curious opera-
goer would think to ask.
The fuss died out and the shocked
attitude of the critics changed, or if
they did not change they have kept
fairly quiet, and now we can see for
ourselves just what Jeritza has done
to this role.
Our traditions are worth something,
and we who have not seen her at the
Metropolitan may experience the same
strong feelings that the New Yorkers
did when they heard her commence
"Vissi d'Arte" lying on her back, or
witness the singing of the Habanera
in same position on a table.
Maybe like many artists that come
here, and are afraid of our too critical
audiences she may leave her bag
of tricks at home with her fur coat
and other things that are thought to
be not needed in San Francisco's gay
climate.
W O M E N
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for JULY
1928
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
By J. B. Levisox
President Sfiii Francisco Symphony Association
EVEN seventeen years ago, when the San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra was founded, it was not an
experiment. There has always been a demand in San
Francisco for the very best music that could be had. The
orchestra has always existed because of this demand, and
not to create it.
Yet today, after seventeen consecutive symphony seasons,
few people realize what a tremendous force the Symphony
Orchestra has become in our community life. Our Orches-
tra is almost like our public libraries, or Golden Gate Park
— an institution so natural, no necessary to San Francisco
that we simply cannot vision our community life without
it.
If there be any remaining who think that symphony
music is "high brow" music, and that symphony concert
attendance is limited to those who can read the score of a
difficult concerto, we should like to have them with us as
the doors open for each concert. There they would see
all manner of persons — a true cross-section of San Fran-
cisco's people — attracted by the power of good music. Last
year 140,000 people streamed through the doors to hear our
Symphony Orchestra in local concerts.
The demand is not entirely local. Some 40,000 more
persons heard the orchestra last season as it played in
special concerts at the request of near-by communities.
Such magnificent patronage is certainly justification
enough for the existence of the Symphony, if justification
were needed. But the actual use of the orchestra, as such,
by the mass of the people, is only a portion of what sym-
phony gives to San Francisco. For the orchestra main-
tains here a groupof eighty-five skilled artists, each a master
of his instrument, who throughout the year are contribut-
ing to the excellence of our musical life. These artists
make grand opera possible ; they form the Summer Sym-
phony orchestras ; they give us splendid theatre orchestras ;
they provide exceptional radio entertainment ; they form
the necessary base for staging our Spring Music Festival ;
they give us excellent private concerts ; they give the finest
possible instruction to those seeking the elements of musi-
cal education in our city.
Among auditors of the Symphony last year were some
23,000 school children. There is no claim that because
these children heard symphonic music, each will become a
musical genius. But it is certamlv quite true that some of
the group will be stimulated to an appreciation of musical
beauty that, otherwise, they would live a lifetime without.
Recent inquiry at the Chamber of Commerce brought
forth the fact that symphony concerts attract more visitors
to San Francisco than any other single activity of the com-
munity which is established on anything like a permanent
basis. Fifty-two thousand out-of-town people purchased
their concert tickets by mail last year. Commercially, this
means that San Francisco business profits to the extent
of a half million dollars or more. Aside from its com-
mercial aspect, it means that 50,000 people have come to a
new appreciation of San Francisco because it; cultural
leadership brought them here. They instantly recognize
the fact that a city where cultural forces are so universally
supported and used must be a good city in which to live.
^Vith all of the fine support that the Symphony Orches-
tra gets from the people of San Francisco and surrounding
communities, it is perfectly natural that some should in-
quire why the orchestra is not a money-making, or at least,
a self-supporting institution.
No symphony orchestra is, or ever can be. The num-
ber of performances that an orchestra may give during a
season is so limited, good talent so costly, expense of re-
hearsals and general expenses so great, that the "gate
receipts" just do not suffice.
In Europe, symphonies are subsidized, like schools and
hospitals, by governmental taxation. Our bigger orches^
tras in the east are heavily endowed. The Boston sym-
phony, for instance, was created by the generosity of
one man — Col. Henry Lee Higginson.
In San Francisco, we have been most fortunate, in one
respect at least. So far as can be learned, there is no sym-
phony orchestra more economically and efficiently operated
than our own. Our orchestra like all the rest, has an
annual deficit. This deficit, however, is as low as that of
any symphony orchestra in the country, and far lower
than the deficit of most.
Naturally, the bill has had to be paid here, as elsewhere.
It has been paid by the generosity of a few hundred persons,
practically all of whom are continuing their support by
recent additional subscriptions to the orchestra's support-
ing fund.
If it were possible to stop here, with the story of our
orchestra's evident worth to San Francisco, an explanation
of its economic management, and simply say that this con-
dition will prevail in the future, all would be most happily
arranged. But symphonies do not differ from individuals
or other institutions in the fact that they must either ad-
vance or rapidly become useless and unappreciated.
For this reason, we plan greater things for San Fran-
ci.sco's fine orchestra. We would increase its personnel.
We now have eighty-five musicians. The Philadelphia
orchestra, for instance, has one hundred and twenty-five.
The larger number is really essential, so that full sections
of the orchestra will be guaranteed for every concert.
We have been handicapped, in the past, because of our
inability to have guest conductors come to San Francisco.
AVe hope, in the future, it will be possible to bring the
world's greatest conductors here. A conductor plays upon
an orchestra, as a musician plays upon his single instrument.
The beauties of varied interpretation, contrasts of form
and technique, give symphonv audiences much pleasure
and actually help the orchestra itself.
In addition, it is our hope that we may have many more
world-renowned soloists appearing with our orchestra in
its regular concerts. This one feature alone, although
expensive, is probably the most worthwhile single improve-
ment to be made in our symphony program.
For all of these things, the orchestra is appealing to San
Francisco for increased financial support — financial sup-
port in full keeping with the magnificent appreciation the
city has always shown the orchestra's music.
In my own mind there is no question, not only that this
support will be forthcoming, but that ne.xt year and through
all the years to come, symphony music and our Symphony
Orchestra will continue to dominate the cultural life
of our tommunitv.
VV OMEN'
C I T -i- CLUB M A C. A Z 1 N E far J U 1. V
1928
Jilfred Hertz Tal\s with a Stranger
By C. Virginia R. Leach
{Member H omen's City Club)
IN this impromptu interview, unpremeditated on
the writer's part, and unsuspected by the "inter-
viewed," Alfred Hertz speaks unreservedly and
manifests keen interest in his audience.
He says that "children's" music is not simple and
■was composed for adults — that music is written for
the audience, instead of musicians — that composers
are not always best at conducting their own works.
(You who feel acquainted with the lecturer
or minister or public official because you are one
of his followers will understand how the writer
of this article felt upon seeing Dr. Hertz with-
out his baton.)
The famous beard of the director of the San Fran-
cisco Symphony Orchestra appeared on the upper
deck of a Sausalito-bound ferry, and the well-known
figure of Alfred Hertz took a seat opposite the only
other passenger at that time — a woman. Of course
she recognized him immediately, seeing him about
once a week as the pivotal point between audience
and orchestra^and she almost involuntarily spoke.
Then she decided that he was entitled to sit there
and enjoy the peace and beauty of the bay, the same
as any other human, without having his thoughts
intruded upon. Presently her distinguished fellow
passenger got up and started tramping around ; it
was a nippy morning, and his observer supposed he
was taking a little exercise to keep warm.
"It's quite chill on the water, today," she re-
marked, as a turn brought him near her. One cannot
feign to ignore such a personality — to sit by reading
a book seemed positively impolite, she thought. So
she used a woman's prerogative — feeling that not to
speak would be like discourtesy to an old friend one
encounters by chance.
"Oh, it's great; I like it," he replied convincingly,
looking for the first time at his unknown companion.
He came over and sat down by her, commenting on
the satisfying scene — the enjoyment one always gets
out of a trip on the bay. While they were looking
out over the water, a large, black, rolling body was
seen cutting across the wake of the boat. Dr. Hertz
said that once Mis. Hertz had quite a scare when a
seal came up near the boat and bellowed at them.
Celebrities are sometimes "high hat," especially
with one who presumes to dispense with an intro-
duction, but the maestro seems to enjoy being nat-
ural and showed as much consideration to a mis-
guided music lover as he would to a professional
musician.
"I should apologize for addressing you. Dr. Hertz,
but having strangers speak to you is the penalty of
being a public favorite. However, you do not seem
a stranger to any member of your audience, and I
have been a quite regular attendant for the past
three years."
"Do you attend the populars or the others?" he
asked, endeavoring to classify his companion, mu-
sically.
"I go to any and all every time I can. I enjoyed
the Friday concerts very much, especially the
selections from 'Hansel and Gretel' and the 'Nut-
cracker' Suite — betraying my immature taste. I
wished that all the children in San Francisco could
have heard those entrancing melodies — many chil-
dren were present."
"I am glad to hear you say that. A member of
the Music Committee, commenting on the pro-
grammes, thinks such music is not best for children
— too sweet — that they should be started on more
exalted or abstract studies to foster higher musical
foundation. He says it is all right for grown-ups
whose taste is less likely to be undermined. I tell
him I think it should be the other way. Give the
children what they can comprehend — one does not
start to play the piano with difficult exercises. The
movies are greatly to blame for perverting musical
taste — I think it is a crime for children to be allowed
to listen to such travesties."
"It is surprising that you go, Dr. Hertz. How
can you endure them? I must confess that since
hearing your orchestra for the past three years, the
movie orchestras sound most banal to me. I know
that my taste has improved. But, please tell me,
were not those two holiday numbers composed for
children?"
"Indeed not; they were written for adults — the
musicians and I always enjoy playing them. They
sound delightfully simple, but are not."
"Well, every adult in the audience enjoyed them,
I assure you — but I suspected we were indulging in
childish enthusiasm, of which we should really be
ashamed."
It appeared to the writer that the director of the
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra was just as
keen to get the " reaction" of an average concert
goer as she was to be put right about certain mis-
taken notions she held regarding music. He asked
if she had heard Leone Nesbit play and how she
liked her.
"Her memory is uncanny, her endurance superb,
but I am not competent to judge her performance,
knowing nothing about music. I supposed only musi-
cians and critics had a right to voice an opinion."
"You are entirely too modest," said Alfred Hertz,
emphatically. "That's a mistake of many people —
thinking music was written for musicians! Music
is composed for you, for the public ; likewise, every
one has a right to his personal opinion of composer
and performer."
"But the lay person is too often apt to be unreason-
able— say expect a performer to give as good a rendi-
tion as the composer."
"Sometimes they give a better interpretation,"
was the amazing rejoinder. "Take Richard Strauss,
for instance. I've heard him conduct his 'Don Juan'
not at all well. I got more out of it with our Sym-
phony than the composer did." This was not said
in egotism, but as a simple statement of fact. (When
a man becomes an authority in any line, he is not
afraid to speak the truth — even at the risk of being
misunderstood.)
Just then his chauffeur came up, as the boat was
nearly to the pier.
"I'm going to Mill Valley; can I give you a lift?"
asked Alfred Hertz, hospitably.
"Thanks, but this is my destination," which she
regretted, and there she left him.
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women's city CI, UB MACAZIVE for JULY
1928
VYiusxc in the Qity Qluh
By Anna Cora Winchell
THE return of Edwin Lemare
to San Francisco, as he passed
on tour, revived memories to
those who knew him some years ago
in his capacity of organist at the
Panama-Pacific International Expo-
sition. It was the pleasure of the
Women's City Club Music Commit-
tee to honor him at a luncheon June 4,
where he was greeted by a large rep-
resentation of the committee, with
Mrs. A. P. Black, president of the
Club, welcoming him.
On luncheon adjournment, Mr. Le-
mare spoke for a quarter of an hour
in the Lounge to the general member-
ship. His remarks were terse but en-
lightening and, as his name is inter-
national, Mr. Lemare's viewpoints
were engaging from varied angles. He
referred to his ever-sustained pleasure
in the thought of San Francisco and
in his presence here, while his ex-
perience as an organist allowed him to
remark pertinently.
The prospect of the new Opera
House gave Mr. Lemare opportunity
to advise the need of an organ there.
Frequently operas are scored for the
inclusion of an organ, participating in
long phrases with orchestra and in
incidental moments.
"It is not necessary to have a very
large instrument," Mr. Lemare said,
"but one of finest quality that may
reveal the organ for the noble instru-
ment it is and restore its dignity to
those who have heard its virgin tones
dulled by 'jazz'; perhaps leading
younger ears to knowledge of what
an organ really is. Recitals, too, of
high order, may properly be part of
the function of an opera auditorium,
and through such programs music in
San Francisco will be expanded in
rightful vent.
"The organ in the Civic Auditorium
is a very fine instrument but not placed
to best advantage ; also, there is too
little opportunity for the citizenry to
hear it; it lies idle when it should be
in action."
Mr. Lemare's words left serious
impression on his hearers, most of
whom were musicianly to the extent
of appreciating his convictions, and
many rliib members attended the re-
cital given by Mr. Lemqre the fol-
lowing evening. Since that date h^
has gained the attention of Mr. John
Drum, chairman of the Opera House
Committee, who, with the architect,
is giving some consideration to Mr.
Lemare's suggestion.
The Music Committee of this Club
closed its activities for the season 1927-
28, May 20, with a proy:ram in Library
and Lounge by the Junior Pacific
Musical Society. Mrs. Leonard Wool-
ams, chairman, presented Mrs. Shirley
Walker, hostess of the evening, and
Mrs. Jessie Wilson Taylor, guest
chairman, who explained that her
young participants were sons and
daughters of the senior organization.
The poise and security of today's
juvenile is something to marvel at and
while it is necessary to add years for
mellowness and finesse, these boys and
girls give intelligent readings with
pleasing result.
Two young pianists. Evelyn Dodd
Merrell and Robert Turner, are re-
markably gifted. The former showed
brilliance and good taste in her play-
ing of the Chopin "V'alse" and G
minor "Ballade." Robert, scarcely
18, gave two movements of the Beet-
hoven "Sonata Pathetique," Chopin's
F sharp major "Nocturne" and "Re-
volutionary" Etude. His work is
impressive, notably for extreme refine-
ment of interpretation, which takes
nothing from vigor when required, and
his musical sense is very marked. Both
these children were insistently ap-
plauded, by an audience of adults.
Stewart Brady, boy soprano, achiev-
ed his usual success through the charm
of his pure tones and instinctive ex-
pression. Eleven years of age, Stewart
sang Gounod's "Ave Maria," Mas-
senet's "Elegie," Roger's "Star" and
"La Reve" from Massenet's "Man-
on." Unspoiled, in the face of con-
tinued adulation, this child continues
to inspire large audiences. He was ac-
companied by Mrs. Catherine Swint
and had the violin obbligato in one
number of C. William Fredericks, Jr.
The latter was heard in the first move-
ment of the Wieniawski G minor
"Concerto," with Evelyn Merrell at
the piano, playing with freedom and
good form.
Mrs. Woolams announced that the
third season of the Sunday Evening
Musicals will open September 16. The
setting will be removed to the Club
Auditorium on the main floor, where
remodelling has achieved further de-
sirable effects, acoustically and scenic-
ally. A concert given there June 5
by a gioup of well known resident ar-
tists for the benefit of Russian war
invalids was very excellent and well
attended.
Successful Uenture
On Wednesday, June 6, from six
to eight o'clock in the Mural Room,
forty-three members of this Club and
their guests enjoyed a delicious din-
ner, and an entertaining evening. It
was in this very pleasing atmosphere
that the Book Review Group began
its existence. Mrs. Thomas A. Stod-
dard gave an excellent review <if
Thornton Wilder's "The Bridge of
San Luis Rey," after which the fol-
lowing plans were adopted : Book re-
view meetings are to be held from six
to eight o'clock on the first Wednes-
day evening of each month in the De-
fenders' Room. Those who are not
able to come for the dinner may come
at seven o'clock for the book review.
Members are allowed to bring guests.
Reservations may be made by tele-
phoning to Miss Ida Lord, of the
Education Committee, Douglas 7430.
The Fourth of July falling on the
first Wednesday, the July meeting
will be held on the evening of the
second Wednesday of the month, July
11. Mrs. Stoddard will review the
books for the next four months, and
will speak about Elizabeth Bowen's
"The Hotel." at the next meeting.
Y Y Y
Scrip for Use in Qluh
Members will be interested to know
that there are obtainable at the In-
formation Desk on the Fourth Floor
and at the Room Secretary's office on
the Main Arcade Scrip Books in de-
nominations of $1.00, $5.00 and
$10.00, good for use in any of the de-
partments of the club.
The Scrip Books are a convenience,
particularly in cases where members
are entertaining gentlemen guests.
The Scrip Books also are very ac-
ceptable prizes and gifts.
Y Y Y
"iMusic Literature
The following standard books se-
lected from the music section of Paul
Elder's are of important interest in
connection with the symphony opera
and orchestral music season.
Complete Opera Book. By Gustav
Kohbc.
The Standard Operas. By G. P. Up-
ton.
A Thousand and One Nights of
Opera. By Frederick H. Martens.
The Simple Story of Music. By C. D.
Isaacson.
Music — A Science and an Art. By
John Red field.
The American Orchestra and Theo-
dore Thomas. By C. E. Russell.
Symphonies and Their Meaning. By
Philip Goepp. 3 Vols.
M^onsieur Croche. J5>' Claude Debussy.
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women's city club magazine for JULY
I 9 2
Leisure (glasses'
By Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
WE HEAR a great deal nowadays about adult edu-
cation, which is a rather forbidding term for a
very stimulating movement. I propose to use
a different phraseology in the hope that a new connota-
tion may excite an interest, and I have chosen my caption
of "leisure classes," knowing full well that it is un-
American to talk of "classes" at all in their historic sense,
but hastening to add that I am assuming a new and quite
democratic definition. Incidentally there is no more fascin-
ating service than the attempt to reinstate good words to
their honest meaning.
It must be conceded that there is more leisure in the
United States of America today than ever before and that
this is the luxury which modern civilization has bestowed
upon a greater number of people than have ever before
enjoyed it. Through the beneficence of labor laws wage-
earners have their hours of work legally limited ; through
the insistence of health propaganda bigger business lights
flicker on the golf links definite hours weekly ; through the
enforcement of school-laws children are encouraged to play,
as well as prepare, until they are sixteen, seventeen, eight-
een years of age ; and through the mechanical inventions of
man, women have been released from all kinds of drudgery.
(And every country has its unemployed) ! I speak in gen-
eralizations; there are of course exceptions. There is still
work for the avid agitators and legislators, but the fact
remains that most people in this country today have more
spare time than they have learned to utilize. "And Satan
finds some mischief still — "
There is nothing complete, as yet, in this land of statis-
tical research concerning the utilization of these extra
hours, and I doubt if anyone has ever used his spare time
to attempt to get such statistics. On the devices for recrea-
tion, however, there is plenty of literature, and we can and
probably do read volumes of theories, yards of programs,
and reams of paper-plans, to say nothing of university ex-
tension courses, camp advertisements, golf tournaments,
tennis matches, summer institutes, conducted tours, auto-
trips, swimming meets, evening classes, free lectures, club
programs, for all ages, sizes and sexes. There are obviously
plentiful devices for physical and mental improvement ;
and if there appears to be a lack on the spiritual side we
may assume that this signifies the reaction from the puri-
tanical monopoly of the church in an earlier period when
spare time only existed for mankind on Sunday.
Seriously, a problem confronts us. In the midst of a
cycle of great prosperity and attendant leisure, with a
scientific elimination of waste in our industrial life, we
have come upon a realization of appalling waste in our
social and intellectual life. Re-creation is a necessity for
every human being, but it must be real re-creation.
Futile activity, dissipated energy, stultifying inactivity
are in no sense recreative. Granting that the problem
is a personal one and demands individual diagnosis and
solution, there are fortunately complete and exhaustive
plans so carefully thought out that every individual may
hope to find his regenerative recreational solution. For
example, such an organization as our Women's City Club
is fitted primarily to supply ideal recreation for every
woman of its membership, and all her children. From the
swimming pool to the roof the building teems with rec-
reational facilities, physical, intellectual and spiritual. Are
these facilities used by every individual member? Ob-
viously not. And yet in the complicated life of a big city,
amid the disorganized (and organized) demands ever-
lastingly made upon the leisure of the modern woman, ihis
downtown building is a refuge for lif e-ren^" ing recreation.
What are some of the leisure clna^cb already ofifered ? Swim-
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ming, gymnasium work, golf instruction, folk dancing;
book reviews and enjoyment and study of modern poetry,
current topics in weekly review, parliamentary law, voca-
tional discussions, languages, card-playing, weekly lectures
on stimulatingly varied subjects ; to say nothing of the social
intercourse through the evenings of card games, the hospi-
table cup of tea, the friendly discussion at lunch, the courses
of reading possible through the facilities of the bookshelves
and the circulating library. Moreover, from the very be-
ginning of the club, every member has been urged to make
her needs known so that the plan of recreation mav be even
more inclusive. There are two personal questions that
every member of the Women's City Club should ask herself
and answer : Am I using my snare time to constructive rec-
reational advantage ? Am I taking advantage of the almost
unlimited facilities of my club for leisure classes?
To go outside the club walls, the recreational problems
of the big city seem limitless, yet all the more the responsi-
bility of the intelligent woman with spare time. For
example, the play problem of the city child. Must he play
in the streets? Do you know the constructive plan of the
Playground Commission and the Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion ? Have you any definite knowledge of the facilities
and deficiencies of San Francisco, for the wise use of the
spare time of the school child ? I need not waste words in
enlarging upon the supreme importance of this question and
its appeal to every intelligent woman. Again, the social
problem of the adolescent boys and girls. Must they,
hundreds of them, turn solely to commercial amusements,
the moving pictures, the public dances, the restaurants and
hotels, in lieu of any other opportunities for the satisfac-
tion of their normal social instincts in their spare time?
Do you know the reports of the Public Dance Hall Com-
mittee of the San Francisco Center? Or the constructive
programs of the Community Centers under the Community
Chest? Do you know how many Centers there are? What
their leisure classes are? How many young people belong
to such classes and what proportion this is of the vital
young human beings in this big city of ours, all yearning
for but not always finding a recreation that recreates?
And again, the cosmopolitan and international composi-
tion of this coast city. Have you ever aided in any way
the social groups in San Francisco who are struggling with
the handicaps of economic, linguistic and social adjust-
ment ? They, too, have some spare time, even as the child-
ren have. Are there any plans for leisure classes for these
adopted Americans? Are the plans adequate? Can you
not lend some of your spare time to the aid of these new-
comers?
Perhaps you are avowedly devoted to the cause of Inter-
national friendship. Do you know the international clubs
of San Francisco ? Are they coodinated ? Is there a possi-
bility of cooperation which would not only eliminate waste
effort and isolated endeavor, but fuse a genuine American
social group for the delights of inter-racial social exchange?
Could any leisure classes be more stimulating and cultural
than such first-hand studies of mankind?
The significant point of these questions is the appeal to
the intelligent members of the Women's City Club to in
crease the leisure classes under its rnn{ lo mclude a com-
prehensive interest in the genuine study of the modern
recreational problem. We have concluded by our very
creation of the Women's City Club that the new science
of life transcends the making of a living. Can we not com-
plete our program by an amplification of our leisure classes
to include the modern application of the responsibility
enjoined by our luxury of leisure?
WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for JULY
I 9 2
Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
Mrs. Parker S. Maddux, whose article "Leisure Classes" appears on the
opposite page, is eminently qualified to discuss the disposition of the average
woman's leisure for she was for several years chairman of the fVomen's City
Club Committee on education, classes and forum, and is now giving Wednesday
morning talks on current world political events. She also leads discussion the
first and third Monday evenings on world events in their political and economic
relationships. She was a Vice-President of the City Club the year it began in its
present quarters and was unflagging in her zeal that year to establish a precedent
of high standards and ideals for succeeding groups to follow and emulate. She
is a director in the present board of the Women's City Club.
Pan^Pacific V\/omens
Conference
A DISTINCTLY forward step
in the continued progress of
organized women is in the Pan-
Pacific Women's Conference to be
held in Honolulu, August 9 to 19,
under the auspices of the Pan-Pacific
Union, which has earned an unques-
tioned standing in international af-
fairs.
Leaders in women's work from all
countries bordering the Pacific Ocean
will be present to exchange ideas on
health, education, women in industry
and professions, social service, women
in government.
In addition to the delegates from
the United States and the representa-
tives of the various races in Hawaii,
there will be visitors from Japan,
China, Java, the Philippines, Indo-
China, India, Siam, Straits Settle-
ments, Latin-America, the South Seas,
Australia, New Zealand and Tas-
mania.
Among the many famous leaders in
women's work who are planning to
be present are Miss Jane Addams, na-
tional chairman ; Miss Mary Ander-
son, Director of Industry, Women's
Bureau, Department of Labor, Wash-
ington ; Dr. Valeria Parker, New
York, Temporary Chairman of the
American Delegation ; Dr. Louise
Stanley, Chief of the Bureau of Home
Economics, Washington ; Major Julia
Stimson, Director of United States
Army Nurses; Dr. Elizabeth Stadt-
muller, California State Board of
Health; Dr. Bessie Lee Gambrill,
Yale University; Miss Julia Lathrop,
Hull House, Chicago; Dr. Catherine
M. Cox, psychologist. Central Clinic
and Council of Social Agencies, Cin-
cinnati; Miss Charlotte Whitton, Ex-
ecutive Secretary of Canadian Council
on Child Welfare ; Mrs. S. D. Scott,
of the National Council of Women of
Canada ; Airs. Emily F. Murphy,
Police Magistrate, Edmonton, Can-
ada; Miss Ruth Beale, Sydney Ly-
ceum Club, Sydney, Australia; Dr.
Georgina Sweet, Melbourne, Aus-
tralia ; Mrs. Henry Dobson, Presi-
dent, National Council of Women of
Tasmania; Mrs. Denton Leech, J. P.,
Dominion Secretary of League of Na-
tions Union, New Zealand; Miss M.
Emerson, Inspector of Factories, New
Zealand.
Japan will send a large delegation.
In Shanghai, a Pan-Pacific Women's
Conference Committee has been ac-
tive for several months. Other com-
mittees are busy in North and South
China.
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women's city club magazine for JULY
1928
^yWay of Henrietta Shore
By Beatrice Judd Ryan
TO us so precious is a spark of
creative genius that the ready
and ruthless vivisection by
those erudite ones who rush into criti-
cism seems as heinous a crime as the
devastation of a child's enthusiasm.
Too well we remember our bewilder-
ed antagonism after fashioning a thing,
to us of infinite beauty, on seeing the
careless hand of a grownup sweep it
away with the assertion of improved
appearances.
Moreover, the more we listen in on
the discussions of those learned Doc-
tors who diagnose what is good and
bad in art, the more crystalline be-
comes the fact that, for us, our
own judgment is as good as any, and
that hereafter it will have to stand,
for want of better, as the Court of
Last Appeal in any final decision on
art. Likewise the truth has been
forced upon us that an artist's work
can be no greater and no less than
his thinking, or his personal attitude
toward his subject. A man, therefore,
of limited mind toward life in general
perforce is trivial in his creation. We
can hear in certain quarters that the
"Nos" have it but persist in our ideas
nevertheless.
Pierpont Morgan used to respond,
when a man was recommended for his
consideration, "Don't tell me how
than those who have learned their
limited lesson perfectly.
In a sense this is an apology. So far
we have sidestepped art criticism in
these pages and we are about to take
ofi by way of Henrietta Shore, which
is close to being a pun and holds no
place in serious discussion.
Miss Shore, whose exhibit came to
the Palace of the Legion of Honor
this month, is showing in San Fran-
The Bathers
hy Henrietta Shore
much money he has, show me the
man." One can't e.xpect a great work
in any field from one of a narrow point
of view, and yet the limited man may
do what he attempts better than his
colleague who is of larger vision and
obviously is striving for something
greater, and, perforce, falls short of
his job. Which is to say, our judg-
ment must be at all times relative and
those artists in whom we find a fault
may be making a greater contribution
Flower Interpretation
by Henrietta Shore
cisco for the first time through the
initiative of Miss Helen Forbes and
the Women Artists of San Francisco,
who co-operated with Mrs. Quinton,
Director of the Legion of Honor,
to bring the Cornelia Sage exhibit from
Los Angeles. Miss Shore has studied
in London and Paris, has exhibited at
home and abroad, and has dwelt in
Los Angeles for a number of years
without becoming a booster of its
virtues. This mildly indicates what
one feels strongly on first meeting with
the artist. She is free of the herd
complex. Although informed of her
British heritage one feels there must
be something else — it is Irish leaven.
We all know how dangerous it is
to hear the praises of someone before
meeting up with them and a paean of
praise preceded the coming of Miss
Shore's exhibition. And yet, on our
first visit to the Legion, we were not
disappointed. As a whole the exhibi-
tion is arresting, it is never trite or
dull, and her flower paintings have
style entirely her own, and God be
praised, good taste. There may be
coldness in the color, in spite of its
brilliancy, it is more akin to the elec-
tric spark than the wood ember. There
may be a feeling that the canvases
are a bit too clean cut, the backgrounds
a bit empty of tonal quality, but any
one who loves flowers, either from the
sentimental association viewpoint or
for their value in pattern and design,
or from both, gets a real thrill. Still
life? Not a bit of it. The sap is
running and the stems, flowers and
leaves are more alive than in any gar-
den. There is a living line, if you
know what I mean, an upward flame-
like movement in the foliage. Under
the hand of this interesting artist
Still Life becomes animate. Miss
Shore's .flower canvases are delight-
ful decoration.
The "Bull Fight" is one of the
Mexican compositions in the show we
liked best, although after seeing the
reproduction we had expected a larger
canvas.
Miss Shore is thinking out some-
thing different and although she may
not have left all old landmarks be-
hind her, while she experiments she
preserves a poise which acclaims her
training and craftsmanship, plus a
promise in individuality'. We have
put her name down in the Book along
with two other women of the Califor-
nia Modern Group.
1 i i
An exhibition of C. A. Seward's
lithographs, wood blocks and etchings
will be held at the Paul Elder Gal-
lery July 2 to July 28, to which visit-
ors are welcome except during the
hours reserved for lectures.
One critic has questioned whether
anyone else makes more characteristic
trees. Whether he depicts the cotton-
wood on the prairie, the "Two Elms"
in the Wichita Park, Lombardy pop-
lars piercing the sky or aspens full
of quivering music, his decorative feel-
ing is strong and poetic, he shows a
mastery of line and contour, and
rhythm, variety of treatment and in-
finite study, exquisite understanding
and sympathy.
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Qandidate for 'Poet Laureate
The name of Professor Henry
Meade Bland, teacher of English at
the State Teachers' College at San
Jose, and well-known California poet,
is to be submitted to the next legis-
lature of California as the state's poet
laureate.
Professor Bland's friends are urging
him as successor to the late Ina Cool-
brith as California laureate.
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W O M E N
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for J U L Y
1928
D'
jON'T keep your house too
clean, I suppose is the moral
of the play" was a remark
made at the final curtain of a matinee
performance of "Craig's Wife" at the
Community Playhouse. At first I
thought that the person uho made that
remark had missed the whole point of
the play. Later I decided that she
had merely reduced my reaction to a
less complex form — had reached a de-
cision in a simpler way. The audience
was almost wholly made up of women,
and strangely enough, none of them
seemed to be in sympathy with Craig's
wife.
"Craig's Wife" concerns a woman
who places material objects above all
concepts, whose life is made up of
false values, and of others who suffer
because of her behavior. She con-
siders marriage only a means to an
end — freedom, and in her ruthless pro-
Qraigs V/ife
By Georgena Foote Keller
cession she carves a definite path to un-
happiness. Her home is not a home,
but a temple of worship for house
furnishings, and everything else is
subordinate. Her husband is blind
to it until his maiden aunt calls his
attention to it. She tries to explain
the misery in the house created by his
wife's cold, shrewd nature. W'alter
Craig is in love with his wife and it
is hard for him to realize the situation.
The crisis of the play is a crisis of
human emotion, when the husband
awakens to the situation and takes
possession of his own soul. He
smashes a costly vase which she prizes
highly, into a thousand bits. The
end of the play finds her alone in her
house. It is no longer a sanctuary, a
temple of idolatry. It is merely a
house and she is left in it alone.
The play was written by George
Kellv and won a recent Pulitzer
Prize. It has been playing to filled
houses since its opening at the Com-
munity Playhouse on May twenty-
eighth. The strength of the play
lies in the depicting of an unusual
slant of human nature, and the con-
sequences of such behavior.
Alildred von HoUen who plays the
part of Mrs. Craig, gives a vivid por-
trayal of a woman who weaves a net-
work of motives to gain her ends.
Mrs. Craig might be compared with
Katherine, a modern Katherine how-
ever, quiet and subtle in her business
of destruction. Herbert Heyes who
takes the part of AValter Craig, plays
with even tempo and rises to the cli-
max with the same dependable quality.
Emelie Melville, as usual, dainty as a
piece of Dresden China, plays the
maiden aunt with delicacy and a
charming finesse.
The Lagoox — By Charles Stafford Duncan
Purchased by Senatcr James D. Phelan
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women's C 1 T \- C [. U B MAGAZINE for J U I. Y
1928
^he Tosemite Conference
By I. L. Macrae
Executive Secretary of the Vocational Guidance Bureau of the Women's
City Club, of which Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper is Chairman
Mrs. Herbert Hoover
Member of Women's City Club of
San Francisco
Congratulations
Mrs. A. p. Black, president of the
Women's City Club, sent the follow-
ing message to Mrs. Herbert Hoover
in Washington, D. C, June 16, the
day following her husband's nomi-
nation as candidate for the presidency
of the United States:
"On behalf of the Women's City
Club of San Francisco, I extend to
you, our fellow member, our heartiest
congratulations on the honor which
has come to Mr. Hoover."
Mrs. Hoover joined the National
League for Woman's Service in 1919,
before the organization became the
Women's City Club, and is, therefore,
one of the earliest members of the
City Club, since all members of the
National League automatically be-
came members of the City Club. She
has continued her membership and
when she comes to San Francisco visits
the City Club.
Helped T^ominate Mr. Hoover
On Wednesday, June 6, Mrs. O.
P. Clark of Los Angeles, Republican
National Committeewoman from Cal-
ifornia, and formerly president of the
Friday Morning Club called to in-
spect the San Francisco City Club
and to attend the current events talks
given by Mrs. Parker S. Maddux.
Mrs. Clark was accompanied by Miss
Nellie Kelly, Publicity Chairman of
the Republican Women's Federation,
Southern District.
Mrs. Clark and Miss Kelly were
on their way to the Republican Con-
vention in Kansas City and had but
one day in San Francisco but took the
time to visit the City Club.
JUST why a short article written
for the Vocational Information
Bureau of the Women's City
Club should bear this alluring title
does require some explanation. Yose-
mite, the grand perfect achievement
of Nature, and this Bureau, the in-
complete but growing offering of the
National League for Woman's Ser-
vice, what possible connection be-
tween these two ! No words can con-
vey what the name Yosemite will al-
ways mean to the director of this
Bureau, who as your representative at
the 1928 Conference for Social Work,
saw for the first time this awe inspir-
ing V^alley.
The Quarterly Bulletin of the Cal-
ifornia Conference of Social Work
will publish a detailed report of the
meeting of the Pacific Coast Confer-
ence of Social Work which was held
from May 22 to 26, with headquarters
at Yosemite Lodge. To most of the
officers this was not a first visit, so
their account of proceedings will be
much more accurate than any re-
marks written by one who could con-
centrate when between four walls, and
take notes, and be much impressed by
the wisdom of men and women in
their solving of the world's ills. Then,
out into the glorious sunshine to meet
nature in all the beauty of spring and
in the grandeur of waterfall and cliffs,
discussions, notes, people were for-
gotten, until one was again within
four walls.
The great value of a gathering such
as this, is that it enables one in a short
time to get a very fair idea of what
other people are doing in all lines of
social work. That "the world is so
full of a number of things" is cer-
tainly brought home to one when
listening to speeches telling of the
work being done in the field of in-
dustry alone. This section naturally
held much that was of interest in our
work. To sum up impressions, the
subject of unemployment and the wel-
fare of workers is being worked upon
in a most thorough and scientific way.
The present is a huge laboratory for
the testing out of theories which if
proven will benefit the future and so
minimize unemployment. But the im-
mediate present must patiently muddle
along and not expect much change in
conditions for some time to come.
Sessions in various other sections
were attended, and in all were again
noted that spirit of experiment, that
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striving for the best way of coping
with life's growing complications, of
making an adjustment to conditions,
of "choosing between truth and re-
pose."
The last session, attended just be-
fore leaving the Valley, concluded
with these thoughts delivered in a de-
lightful way by one of San Francisco's
well known men who will please par-
don this repeating of his message with-
out the use of his own words. "Yester-
day is valuable only for the lessons it
has taught. Place a valuation on
yourself. Take daily stock of assets,
liabilities and potentialities. Then
step out and face the world unflinch-
ingly."
Apart from the daily sessions were
the meetings with strangers and others
interested in your work or your city
or common acquaintances. It was
pleasant for instance to be introduced
to a group of Los Angeles people by
the director of the Los Angeles Voca-
tional Service Bureau, as the repre-
sentative of the Bureau which is our
standby in San Francisco — to meet
San Franciscans who spoke about our
course for Volunteers in Social Ser-
vice and wondered if we could or-
ganize one this year — to have the op-
portunity of talking with some of the
people whose very conversation is in-
spiring.
Then, as play is such a necessary
part of successful work, so there was
time that was devoted to play. Ex-
cursions to the various scenic wonders
that could be reached on foot, an hour
or two spent in relaxation in some
quiet spot, a dinner at the Ahwahnee
Hotel, the Conference Frolic which
lasted into the next morning — all these
rounded out a delightful programme.
Everywhere were met members of
our Women's City Club. The Chair-
man of our Finance Committee in the
Yosemite was a most delightful com-
panion. No article written 'round this
conference would be complete with-
out mention of its most efficient Execi
tive Secretary who is also a Club
member, Anita Eldridge. The an-
nouncement of her well-earned leave
of absence for three months, with a
substantial check and a trip to Europe
as California Representative at the
International Conference for Social
Work to be held in Paris in July
aroused much enthusiasm among the
members, and was a fitting ending to
the Conference of 1928.
\v o \r E N
C I T 1i' C I. U B M A G A /. I N E far JULY
I 9 2
SHORT STORY CONTEST
BEGINNING at this time and continu-
ing to and including August 1 5, any per-
son, whether or not a member of the
Women's City Club, may compete in a short
story contest, the prize of which is twenty-five
dollars.
Manuscripts must be typewritten and on but
one side of paper.
Stories will not e.xceed eight thousand words
in length.
No restriction is placed upon subject mat-
ter, but propaganda and indelicacy will be
ruled out.
The judges will be Charles Caldwell Dobie,
George Douglas and Mrs. William Palmer
Lucas.
The prize-winning story will be published
in the Women's City Club M.agazixe as soon
as it is chosen.
All three of the judges are writers and all
live in San Francisco.
Mrs. Lucas is a contributor to current maga-
zines. Charles Caldwell Dobie is one of Am-
erica's leading short story writers and has
written several novels, of which "Less than
Kin" is the latest. His booii. of short stories,
"The Arrested Moment," was a best seller last
winter. George Douglas is the editorial writer
of the San Francisco Bulletin and conducts
the book reviews of that publication. He is a
well known commentator and lecturer on liter-
ary topics.
Only the title of the story will appear on the
face of the manuscript. In an accompanying
sealed envelope the name of the writer and
title of the story will appear on the same sheet
of paper.
Address manuscripts "Short Story Contest,"
Women's City Club, 465 Post Street, San
Francisco.
^arrymore Luncheon
MISS Ethel Barrymore was
guest of honor at a luncheon
given June 19 in the Na-
tional Defenders' Room of the
Women's City Club. After luncheon
Miss Barrymore spoke informally in
the Lounge, being introduced by Mrs.
A. P. Black, president of the Citv
Club.
Others at the luncheon were Mrs.
Charles Miner Cooper, Mrs. L/Ouis
J. Carl, Miss Hazel McKinnon, Miss
Maena Montgomery, Mrs. Horatio
Stoll, Mrs. Lyle Britt, Miss Elsa Gar-
rett, Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard, Mrs.
Harry Stearns, Mrs. Edgar Kierulff,
Miss E. M. Bailey, Mrs. J. J. Valen-
tine, Mrs. Harry Mann, Miss Anna
Knox, Miss Lucy Kno.x, Miss Maude
Knox, Miss Helen Bristol, Mrs. R.
D. Bristol, Mrs. H. L. Frank,
Mrs. Leroy Briggs, Mrs. J.
Victor Beckman, Miss Grace Smith,
Miss May Harrington, Mrs. Mateo
Sandona, Mrs. Edward J. Clark Jr.,
Mrs. Paul Butte, Miss Ethel Young,
Mrs. William Palmer Lucas, Mrs.
Paul Shoup, Mrs. Leonard Woolams,
Mrs. Harry King, Mrs. Alexander
McCrackin, Mrs. William Fitzhugh,
Mrs. M. V. Himes, Mrs. William B.
Firsl Lady oj American Stage
Hamilton, Mrs. J. C. Crawford, Mrs.
Mary Holland Kincaid, Mrs. D. W.
Freer, Mrs. W. B. Fielding, Mrs.
E. B. Baldwin, Mrs. Charles Sage,
Mrs. Russell Selfridge, Mrs. A. M.
Peckham, Miss Katherine Chandler,
Miss Cora Winchell, Mrs. Julian
Boylan, Miss Mary L. McCormick,
Mrs. B. Y. Kron, Mrs. W. C. Mor-
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row, Mrs. L. S. Bejean,. Mrs. Helen
Dodds, Miss Lois Clack, Miss Phyllis
Simon, Mrs. W. S. Breeze, Mrs.
Lane Leonard, Miss A. S. Wirtner
and Mrs. R. Wolden.
"Bhe Whip
By George Pebble
What is this success I crave
That drives me on and makes me slave
O'er tasks that break and weaken me;
What can it give me in return
For hours spent when my heart yearns
To be out and away in the sunlit air;
What recompense can it make to me
For a youth that is gone and eyes that
see
Now dimly the world around.
I do not know but this I do
That I have naught but little to do
With this thing that has shaped my
destiny.
When I want to stop and linger
awhile
It drives me on somehow until
My back o'er a new task bends ;
I cannot stop — it won't let me rest
This inner yearning, craving for
success —
It drives me on — it drives me on.
WOMEN S
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for JULY
I 9 2
What Is the California Bird ?
Members of the Women's City Club are asked to express a voice in the choi
being conducted as outlined below:
VACATIONISTS and motor-
ists who have enjoyed the
songs of birds or the flash of
brilliant plumage as they browsed over
the country during summer will be
interested in the project of the Cali-
fornia Audubon Society to select a
"state bird."
What bird is most typical of Cali-
fornia?
The Audubon Association of the
Pacific in co-operation with the Cali-
fornia Audubon Society is conducting
a campaign which will result in the
choosing for California a state bird.
Such a campaign has large educational
value and is meeting with hearty re-
sponse from schools, clubs, Boy Scouts,
Campfire Girls, and similar organiza-
tions.
Before anyone can vote intelligently
for his choice it will be necessary for
him to know something of the bird
life of California. The study of birds
for this purpose by a larger proportion
of our people and especially of our
children will result in an increased in-
terest in the conservation of wild life.
Recognizing the possibilities of this
campaign many organizations are ask-
ing how they can participate and co-
operate.
This campaign is open to all organ-
izations and individual votes are to be
polled. Every vote will be counted.
The bird receiving the largest number
of votes at the close of the state-wide
contest will be presented to the legis-
lature with the request that it be offi-
cially adopted as our state bird.
The California Audubon Society is
conducting this campaign under the
direction of Mrs. F. T. Bicknell,
chairman of the State Bird Commit-
tee. That organization will handle
southern California. The Audubon
Association of the Pacific is co-operat-
ing by conducting the contest in the
northern part of the State.
It is the hope that sub-committees
may be formed in various centers of
our northern section of the State in
order that the campaign can be car-
ried on with enthusiasm. Many or-
ganizations are already co-operating.
Dr. Harold C. Bryant of the Division
of Fish and Game is a member of the
committee. The schools of Oakland,
under the direction of Mr. Harold
Cozens, and the schools of Berkeley,
under the direction of Miss Clelia
Paroni, are carrying on a campaign to
acquaint the students with the birds
listed as eligible; the Oakland Mu-
seum has a special exhibit set on the
state bird, and the Chamber of Com-
merce of San Francisco is actively in-
terested.
Individuals, schools and organiza-
tions are urged to make a careful
study of the following selected list of
California birds, which have been sug-
gested by committees of the Cooper
Ornithological Club as fitting candi-
dates for state bird. Beauty of plum-
age, beauty of song, friendly spirit,
value and interest of life habits, distri-
bution throughout the State and popu-
larity were the principal factors con-
sidered in making this list.
Suggested List of California Birds
California Condor
Desert Sparrow Hawk
California Quail
California Gull
Road-runner
Anna Hummingbird
California Woodpecker
Red-shafted Flicker
Western Kingbird
Bush-tit
Wren-tit
Canyon Wren
Water Ouzel
California Thrasher
Russet-backed Thrush
Western Bluebird
Audubon Warbler
Bullock Oriole
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
California Purple Finch
Green-backed Goldfinch
California Brown Towhee
Thirteen States and the District of
Columbia have already chosen state
birds as follows:
District of Columbia — Wood
Thrush
Florida — Mockingbird
Kansas — Eastern Meadowlark
Kentucky — Cardinal
Louisiana — Pelican
Maine — Black-capped Chickadee
Maryland — Baltimore Oriole
Missouri — Bluebird
Nebraska — Western Meadowlark
New York — Bluebird
Oregon — Western Meadowlark
Texas— Mockingbird
Virginia — Robin
Wisconsin — Robin
Votes may be sent to Dr. Frederick
W. D'Evelyn, Phelan Building, San
Francisco.
The closing date of the campaign
has not been set. It will probably be
some time in 1929.
C. A. Harwell is chairman of the
"Committee on State Bird."
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Sewing Committee
The Sewing Committee, Mrs. F.
C. Porter, chairman, now boasts an-
other sewing machine and the plans
for the future will call for a very
complete attendance of its members
who have given such splendid service
in the last two years.
Mrs. Brandon, who so faithfully
keeps the records and Mrs. Lloyd who
excels at the machine could not make
such a splendid showing except for the
help of those who baste and do the
hand work.
Mrs. Paul Austin, Mrs. Albert
Boyanton, Mrs. Chester Brown, Mrs.
C. D. Clark, Mrs. Cora Chapman,
Mrs. Gano Colman, Mrs. C. A. Frost,
Mrs. Frank Hennessy, Mrs. C. B.
Joseph, Mrs. M. K. Lindner, Mrs.
Cora May, Mrs. David Martin, Mrs.
W. H.' Middleton, Mrs. Alma
Scoones, Mrs. Frank Werner, Mrs.
Alice Stauf, Mrs. Wm. Lawrence
and Miss Marie Louise Thompson
are some of the members who are
present at these Monday meetings.
Voetry Study
Mrs. William Palmer Lucas will
conduct a study group in the con-
sideration of modern poetry, the
course to begin in September. All
who are interested in joining the
group may register at the informa-
tion desk on the fourth floor, where
further information will be given as
the plans are outlined.
Economy Shop
The Economy Shop, operated by
the City Club, in connection with the
League Shop, invites members to con-
sign to it for sale on a commission basis
worn articles of clothing of good
style, such as dresses and coats. Dona-
tions of good, used clothing are also
solicited. The Shop has developed
a demand for such articles and it is
necessary to increase the supply.
Investment Tai]{s
The Education Committee of the
Women's City Club is planning a
series of talks by acknowledged ex-
perts on investment securities. Since
the authorities who will be asked to
speak are busy men and women, the
Education Committee will not take
their time and attention unless at
least two hundred and fifty persons
enlist for the series.
An expression of opinion from mem-
bers as to the advisability of under-
taking the course is asked by the Edu-
cation Committee.
women's C 1 T \- CLUB MAGAZINE for JULY
I 9 2
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VOLUME II
JULY ' 1928
EDITORIAL
SOME one has said that in the Women's City Club
are uses and inspiration for any talent which any
member may possess.
Which at first blush would seem to be a glittering gen-
erality. However, it is almost true. Probably as entirely
true as any declaration can be when it is governed by con-
ditions as manifold as those which obtain at the Women's
City Club.
The poetry contest which resulted in the writing of
"Heretic" by George Bell Dyer, "Three Sonnets from
'An Ultimate Dawn' " by Georgena Foote Keller and
"October in Nevada" by Mrs. Duvenecic, all published in
last month's issue of the City Club Magazine, revealed
that there is a wealth of creative force in the Club's
membership that needs but to be directed to be a power
redounding to the fame of the Club and the satisfaction of
the individual.
In the more practical realm the Volunteer Service Com-
mittee has always afforded various channels for the skill
and graces of many members. Does a woman e.\cel in
salesmanship? There is the shop where she may prove her
ability. Does another enjoy arranging flowers in vases and
decorating tables for functions? The flower committee
is only too eager to enroll her and impress her into that
service. Is there one with a flair for sewing? There is
no busier committee in the club than Mrs. Porter's group,
which makes curtains, drapes and other equipment for the
Club, mends linens or "builds" the uniforms by which the
\olunteers are distinguished. Is there a business wizard
with some extra time on her hands? There is a deal of
clerical work if she wants routine employment or there
is a field for initiation and resourcefulness in the committees
which steer the club through the intricate mazes of credit
and debit.
There is library work, a cafeteria where dozens are
daily needed to help others help themselves, study periods,
music and lecture courses to be directed and sustained,
tea to be served in the lounge by several hostesses every
afternoon or the restaurant to be kept at a high standard
of excellence. The wonder grows that so many activities
function, each in its own orbit, so smoothly and noiselessly
under conditions which are unique to the San Francisco
City Club. To the casual observer the various departments
would seem to be automatic in their accommodation to
each other and to the City Club.
All these kinds of service have to do with the develop-
ment of the Club, with the individual benefiting only in
the spiritual way in which one is enriched when one dis-
penses, drawing profits and advantages which, in the final
summation, are precious but intangible.
Comes now another field of activity, one which offers
opportunity for personal aggrandizement as well as for the
good of the Club, the discovering and developing of
literary gifts. It is probable that many who participated in
the poetry contest did not know until they tried their
capacities that they were endowed with felicity along
that line. That mute inglorious Miltons may be dis-
covered and made articulate is always the chance and hope
of any institution or publication which launches com-
petitions like the recent poetry contest.
On another page of this issue of the magazine may be
found terms and conditions of a short story contest which
the Magazine Committee and City Club directors expect,
will result in a harvest of splendid offerings which will be
a usufruct to the Magazine and an impetus and inspira-
tion to the contributors.
■/ -f -f
What and Why Is a Qluh 1
By Mrs. A. P. Black, President ff omen's City Club
WE who are concerned with the functioning of our
organization may pause to ask: What is a
women's club such as ours, and what does club
membership involve ? These may seem superficial questions
with answers patent to the most casual observer, and yet,
upon the clear understanding and disinterested concep-
tion of them, depend the successful operation of the club.
A club is a voluntary association of persons for a com-
mon object, generally social intercourse and mutual benefit.
There is no compulsion in its formation. No outside in-
terest is exerted to increase its membership. No one is
compelled to join against her own desire. Women are
allured to ally themselves with it by the belief and con-
sideration of advantages to be obtained individually and
collectively. This free will involves in the membership
certain duties and obligations expressed or understood.
It is related of a former president of these United
States, that whatever position he was called upon to hold,
he sought not merely to possess the office, but to become in
every sense a fitting incumbent, to assume its responsibili-
ties, to perform its duties and to hold it to its highest stand-
ard of efficiency and usefulness. The same thought ap-
plies to places of less distinction and generally responsibility
follows possession, but there is a difference in possessing a
membership and in becoming a member of a club. Posses-
sing a membership may be a passive condition, but becoming
a member involves the responsibility of providing a share
of service, of good feeling, of patience, of helpfulness and
general progress to the club. It involves a real desire
and effort to preserve a friendly harmonious atmosphere
and to have at heart always the best interests of the or-
ganization. It embodies too, the confidence that these
ideals pervade the whole fabric and that no obstruction to
them exists in officers, staff or membership.
We are proud of the home-like congenial atmosphere
that prevails in our Club, but always we must remember
that we are still "The National League for Woman's
Service" and that service and helpfulness are necessary
in every possible direction. Service may be only a smile
at the friendly faces behind the steam table ; it may be
in the careful handling of magazines and books in the
library; in the use of the various departments; in joining
the ranks of the volunteers; in obedience to established
house rules; in refraining from requests that are in any
way unjust or particular; in having a share in maintaining
throughout the organization that intangible thing, a feel-
ing of satisfaction and contentment. It is on such a mem-
bership that we build our hopes of usefulness.
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women's city club magazine for JULY
928
J\iotcs from the Sage Circulating Library
SUMMER is here and the Spring
books have been published so it
seems an opportune time in this
brief interlude of "vacationing," on
the part of the publishers, to look
back over the Library field for the
past few months. At the beginning of
the year, a study of the Spring an-
nouncements promised an unusual
number of potential "best sellers," a
"dark horse" or two and some out-
standing titles of non-fiction.
The list of best sellers from Janu-
ary 16th to February 14th was as
follows :
FICTION
The Bridge of San Luis Rev
Thornton Wilder
Claire Ambler Booth Tarkington
Pegg>- By Request Ethel M. Dell
Iron and Smoke Sheila Kaye Smith
The Ugly Duchess Lion Feuchtwanger
Jalna Mazo de la Roche
A President is Born Fannie Hurst
The Light Beyond ..E. Phillips Oppenheim
November Night Anonymous
Kitty Warwick Deeping
NON-FICTION
Mother India Katherine Mayo
"We" Charles Lindbergh
Disraeli Andre Maurois
Trader Horn Alfred A. Horn
Napoleon Emil Ludwig
Count Luckner the Sea Devil
Lowell Thomas
Son of Mother India Answers
D. G. Nulkeyi
The list of best sellers from April
16th to May 14th was as follows:
FICTION
Bad Girl Vera Delmar
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
The Plains of Abraham
James Oliver Curvvood
Winter's Moon Hugh Walpole
Behind the Curtain Earl Biggers
The Greene Murder Case....S. S. Van Dine
The Island Within Ludwig Lewisohn
The Closed Garden Julian Green
Beauty and the Beast Kathleen Norris
Sheaves Marie Demler
NON-FICTION
Strange Interlude Eugene O'Neill
Trader Horn .'\lfred A. Horn
Skv'ward Richard E. Byrd
Disraeli Andre Maurois
"We" Charles A. Lindbergh
Mother India Katherine Mayo
Napoleon Emil Ludwig
It is an interesting fact that "The
Bridge of San Luis Rey" is the only
novel appearing in both lists while the
non-fiction titles — "Mother India;"
"We ;" "Disraeli ;" "Trader Horn ;"
and "Napoleon" appear in both.
This month, "Bad Girl" by Vera
Delmar stands first. It was one of the
"dark horses" at the beginning of the
season and whether the fact that it
was banned in Boston has had any-
thing to do with its popularity or not
we cannot say, but the fact remains
that for one reason or an-
other," Bad Girl" has doubled
its sales for the past month
and has even passed "The
Bridge of San Luis Rev."
In the period between the
compiling of these two lists
"Ambition" by Arthur Train ;
"Red Rust" by Cornelia Can-
non ; "Meat" b\- Wilbur
Steele; "Deluge" bv B. Fow-
ler Wright; "Pluck" by Basil
King; "Sergeant Edie" by
Leonard Nason; "The Old
Dark House" by J. B.
Priestly; "Nevada" by Zane
Grey; "Crimson Roses" by
Grace Livingston ; "The
Hotel" by Elizabeth Bowen ;
and "Debonair" by G. B.
Stern all held a brief space, at
times, ^ "best sellers."
The Sage Circulating Library
has all of these in circulation and
will supply more copies of a popu-
lar title to meet the demand for it.
Its aim is to supplement the Women's
City Club Library, where the supply
of new books is necessarily a limited
one, with a circulating Library where,
for a small daily fee, a quarterly, semi-
yearly, or yearly subscription, one may
read the new books as soon as they are
published.
The Sage Library is a Club activity
and the Club is interested in it to
the degree that as the Library mem-
bership grows, the Women's City
Club benefits in proportion to the in-
crease in income. It has the possibility
of being one of the largest Circulating
Libraries in San Francisco and if
even one-third of the members of the
Club would make use of it when they
want to read a new book, the possi-
bility would become a fact. An in-
crease in membership would imme-
diately put more copies of new books
into circulation and the Women's
City Club hopes that, this Fall, the
membership will grow in such num-
bers that when a new book appears
the Circulating Library will have to
have many copies of that book.
A word may be said in explanation
of the reading fee of fifty cents which
was introduced in April. In the
early Spring, Mr. Paul Elder, Presi-
dent of The Booksellers Association
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called a meeting of the owners of all
the Circulating Libraries in San Fran-
cisco. There were forty present and
an association was formed in connec-
tion with The Booksel ers Association
to be known as the Circulating Li-
Sage Library at City Club
brary Association of San Francisco.
David Newberry, of the Emporium
Book Department, was elected chair-
man. Problems vital to all are dis-
cussed at the meetings with the object
in view that unity begets strength and
service to the public.
At one of the first meetings, it was
agreed to charge a fifty cent initiation
fee to go into effect April 11th. On
and after that date, any person join-
ing an Association Library would pay
fifty cents for the privilege of reading.
The Circulating Library in The Em-
porium, The White House, The City
of Paris, O'Connor, Moffatt & Co..
Livingston Bros., Paul Elder & Co.,
all of the Sage Libraries in San Fran-
cisco, and many individual libraries
are now following this policy. This
membership fee may be applied at any
time on a quarterly, semi-yearly, or
yearly subscription which entitles the
reader to unlimited change of books at '
a reduced rate.
During July, several heralded
novels will appear — "Beau Ideal" by
Percival Wren; "Bitter Heritage"
by Margaret Pedler; "The Foolish
Virgin" by Kathleen Norris; "Fare-
well to Youth" by Storm Jameson;
"Penelope's Web"by Harriet T. Corn-
stock; and "The Yellow House" by
Beatrice Burton.
The Sage Circulating Library will
have these on publishing day.
WOMEN S
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for JULY
1928
Summer Symphony
Aside and quite apart from its regu-
lar winter symphony concerts, San
Francisco has again this year a summer
symphony series which began Tuesday
evening, June 26.
The first two are directed by Albert
Coates, London conductor, who is as
renowned in Russia as in his own
country.
The next three, always on Tuesday
evenings, are to be conducted by
Bernardino Molinari, maestro of the
Augusteum Orchestra. Rome, re-
garded by the Italians as next after
Toscanini in distinction and musician-
ship.
The next three will be given by
Ossip Gabrilowitsch of Detroit, who
needs no introduction to San Fran-
cisco, or, indeed, in America. Or in
any city of the world, for that matter.
The next concert will be given by
Mishel Piastre, San Franciscan, and
the last by Dr. Hans Leschke, also of
San Francisco.
The musicians are eighty-five men
and women of sound ability, most of
whom play with the San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra in the winter.
On the evening of July 3, which is
Monday, there will be three tenor
solos by Henri Pontbriand, French'
tenor, who came to San Francisco with
Coates. This is the only concert of the
series not given on Tuesday, because
of the Fourth of July falling on
Tuesday. f ^ ^
Beauty Salon
Recently there has been installed in
the Beauty Salon a Duart Permanent
Wave Machine, which produces the
much desired loose, natural wave with
curly ringlet ends.
During the summer months, on
Wednesday and Thursday of each
week there will be various specials at
reduced prices. Please telephone
Kearny 8400 early on the mornings
of those days for details as to the
specials and for appointments. On
some days a paper curl will be given
for $1.00; marcel, finger wave and
comb wave for 75c ; plain shampoo,
bobbed hair, 50c; and long hair 75c;
manicure 35c; facial treatments $2.00
and $2.50. The reduced prices on all
of the services mentioned do not apply
every Wednesday and Thursday, and
from week to week the specials will
vary. ^ ^ ^
Bedrooms
Many members take advantage of
the privilege of having their out-of-
town guests occupy bedrooms at the
Club. The rates are very reasonable
for the comfortable and delightful ac-
commodations afforded by the Club.
1928 : Third Season : 1928
SUMMER
•pmpf)onp Concerts
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
WITH FAMOUS GUEST CONDUCTORS
Dates Conductors
July 10 BERNARDINO MOLINARI
Dreamland Auditorium
July 17 BERNARDINO MOLINARI
Civic Auditorium
July 24 BERNARDINO MOLINARI
Civic Auditorium
July 31 OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH
Civic Auditorium
Aug. 7 OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH
Dreamland Auditorium
Aug. 14 OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH
Civic Auditorium
Aug. 21 MISHEL PIASTRO
Dreamland Auditorium
Aug. 28 DR. HANS LESCHKE
Civic Auditorium
Coupon Books containing Twenty One-Dollar Coupons —
Ten Dollars. Coupons are exchangeable as desired for best
reserved seats. Now on sale.
Single Tickets 50 Cents and $1.00 on sale Monday, June 18.
Tickets on Sale Sherman, Clay & Co.
San Francisco - Oakland - Burlingame - Palo Alto - Vallejo
and Miss Ball's Office, University of California
Auspices: Summer Symphony Association
Tom C. Girton, Manager
SEASON 1928-1929
WOLFSOHN CONCERT SERIES
(Formerly ELWYX ART1.ST SERIES)
10— SUPERIOR EVENTS— 10
SCOTTISH RITE AUDITORIUM
REINALD WERRENRATH, Bariton.
DUDLEY BUCK SINGERS, Cele
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ITO DANCERS. Internationally Fa
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ALBERT SPALDING, VioUnist
KATHRYN MEISLE. Contralto, Chi
cage Opera
SEASON TICKETS— $5
On Sale Now— WOLFSOHN BOX O
A deposit of $1.00 holds exa
5 LONDON STRING QUARTET. Noted
Chamber Music Ensemble
ROLAND HAYES, Celebrated Tenor
ALEXANDER BRAILOWSKY, Pian-
ist
CARMELA PONSELLE, Soprano.
Metropolitan Opera
RICHARD BONELLI, Baritone, Chi-
cago Opera
.00, $7.50, $10.00— SAVE 50%
FFICE, SHERMAN CLAY & COMPANY
ct reservation until September 15
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W O M E N
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for JULY
1928
Follow^ the Fashion
in Travel
Just a suggestion regarding what is really "being
done" this season, by travelers from
San Francisco —
TEMPLE TOURS around the
world, sailing from San Francisco
October 12, 1928.
TEMPLE TOURS to the
Orient, including the Coronation
celebrations of the new Japanese
Emperor, Fall months, 1928.
TEMPLE TOURS to the Med-
iterranean, Winter 1929.
All groups limited in membership so that
early enrollment is necessary.
Ask anyone ii-lio has traveled with
us during the last thirty years
TEMPLE TOURS Inc.
620 Market Street Telephone Karny 6013
SAN FRANCISCO
Then why trust to luck
for the safekeeping of
your prized posses-
Store your valuable
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Then You Know They
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small
the great
e of your
mind while
Sa(equard yoxxx valuables
We have mode
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for
of all household goods,
Phone MARKET 15
and we will gladly explain in detail.
ASK ABOUT MOTHPROOFING— At our Depositories— In your
Gas fumigant used, destroys all moth-life without injury to
even the most delicate fabrics.
Offices and Depositories
13th and Mission Sts.
Geary at Masonic
San Francisco
Ground and yicross yimerica
THE rhythm of whirring wheels is tonic to tired
nerves that grow tauter and tenser as the summer
advances to its solstice.
They may be the wheels of an old family carrvall, or
the electrically driven gear of a floating palace, but the
solace is there, and one who is not stabilized by a vacation
is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils.
It has been said that one needs a vacation when one be-
gins to unduly resent.
Do you resent your family ? Your work ? Your social
obligations? Your lot generally? Then buy a ticket and
go. Go to the end of the earth if you want to and can
afford it. Or lie in a canvas chair at the. nearest beach
or climb the most rugged hill you can find.
Wheels seem to say as they vibrate under your Pullman
or thrash through the sea, "It doesn't matter. Doesn't mat-
ter. Doesn't matter."
Tall ships of stately mien and trains of "streamline
model" are daily putting out from sea and rail ports
laden with pleasure seekers, health and rest hunters, lotus
eaters who would forget the commonplace.
Across or around America. It is a choice between two
kinds of travel, with steamers crowded to the gunwales
and trains bulging at the windows.
South America calls many to lands of romance, not-
withstanding the attractions of the Orient and the urban
fascinations of Europe. The ports of call of a steamer
cruise to South America include some of the storied
cities of history.
Callao, is the chief port of Peru, with one of the finest
harbors on the Pacific Coast and forms the main approach to
Lima, the capital of the country. The distant view of
Lima's churches and hills is exceptionally appealing.
^sAnselcsHoIhijMoitBcvaliiHiJlT ^'^^i Fnsno-SimFrm
Oakland - Beyhelai - SacrametUo
"Pliantnm Ship," Crater Lake
Lima at one time was the capital of all Spanish America
and still is permeated with romance and old world charm.
Picturesque Spanish homes and buildings, convents and
churches, the sixteenth century cathedral, and the Arch-
bishop's and Government Palaces, offer delightful contrasts
with the imposing boulevards, inviting plazas, and teeming
life of a modern metropolis.
Santiago is the fourth largest city of South America,
and the capital of the Chilean Government — beautifully
situated on a wide plain 1,706 feet above the sea, and inter-
sected by the Mapocho River. The snow-clad peaks of the
Andes are in full view the greater part of the year, some
of them rising as high as 13,000 feet.
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WOMEN S CITY C L U
MAGAZINE for JUL'i'
1 9.2 8
Valparaiso, "Pearl of the South Pacific," is the largest
commercial city on South America's western coast. Built
around a semi-circular bay, with a foreground of pictur-
esque homes on terraced hills, it forms a veritable "Vale of
Paradise," the name won from its discoverer in 1536. The
historic fortifications, the ancient Matriz Church, imposing
buildings, well-lighted thoroughfares, and varied industrial
interests make it an unusually interesting port of call.
Punta Arenas, or "Sandy Point," on the Straits of
Magellan, is an active town with a 27,000 population made
up of a surprising number of nationalities. The one-storied
homes, the stores, schools and hotels, and the spacious
tropical plaza, give this progressive Chilean port a touch
of compelling interest.
Argentina's flourishing capital, Buenos Aires, is the
largest metropolitan center in all the South Americas, and
the second largest Latin city^ in the world, with one-fourth
of the entire nation's population. The railways of the in-
terior converge directly upon it, its location a hundred miles
up the Rio de la Plata, "The River of Silver," allowing it
to dominate the traffic of the Parana and Uruguay rivers.
With its imposing Teatro Colon ; its zoological garden ;
museums, art galleries, and hundreds of plazas and parks;
its picturesque Palermo on the river; its beautiful Parque
Lezama and lovely rose garden, this exotic Argentinian
capital holds endless charm for the most sophisticated
traveler.
Montevideo, Uruguay, "City of Roses," with a popula-
tion of over 400,000, is singularly alluring with its quaint,
one-storied, flat-roofed homes, barred windows and seduc-
tive patios. Climatic conditions and natural advantages
make the Montevidean Coast one of Latin America's
favored resorts, enjoying a patronage from Brazil, Para-
guay, Argentina, as well as distant Chile. The towering
Palacio Salvo, visible for miles, and the turreted Cathedral,
133 feet high, are points of interest.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian capital, is South America's sec-
ond largest citi,-.
The white marble five-mile promenade, palatial buildings
and tinted villas vie with the splendor of palm-lined thor-
oughfares and entrancing sea and mountain views.
Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad, gem of the Carib-
bean discovered in 1498 by Columbus, is known the world
over for its hundred-acre Pitch Lake at LaBrea, 60 miles
from Port of Spain. Although the natural asphalt from this
marvelous lake has long been in world-wide use, it still re-
mains a seemingly inexhaustible source of supply.
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WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for JULY
1928
In Hawaii mxt month
Pageantry, Conferences,
Recreation, Rest
Hawaii is delightful any time. But if you ever visit
these fairy isles plan to be there next month. In ad-
dition to all the delights of the cool summer season
when the flowering trees are in bloom, the Pan-
PacificWomen's Conference to be held in Honolulu,
August 9 to 19 will bring delegates from all parts
of the great Pacific region to exchange ideas on
women's progress. And then, August 15 to 20, there
will be the great celebration of the 150th anniver-
sary of Captain Cook's discovery of the Islands
when native pageants such as may never be seen
again will re-enact the colorful landing of the fa-
mous explorer. The new Malolo takes you there in
only four days from San Francisco. Rates and
itineraries to suit your time and purse. In-
formation from Women's City Club
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San Jose de Guatemala, on the Pa-
cific Coast, is the chief port of Central
America's leading commercial country,
a motor road and a 75-mile narrow-
gauge rail service connecting San Jose
with the capital. It enjoys extensive
importing and shipping facilities, the
principal exports including food prod-
ucts, hides, mahogany, cedar and
grass.
Guatemala City has the largest as
well as the most unique market in all
Central America. It is located on a
plateau 4,880 feet above sea-level —
with centuries-old Spanish architec-
ture, historic and romantic environ-
ments. Its thoroughfares are un-
usually spacious, while the Cathedral,
Palace and Government Office, muse-
um. University and Temple of Min-
erva hold rare charms for tourists.
Mazatlan is an active, cosmopolitan
city, forming one of the Republic's
leading ports, beautifully situated in
the midst of cocoanut groves. A popu-
lar resort, the traditional carnival
event proves a magnet for merry-
makers. With a population of over
30,000, Mazatlan is Western Mexi-
co's principal industrial and commer-
cial center, innumerable products be-
ing exported to many parts of the
world.
The Women's City Club tour
"around and across America" is
eliciting inquiries from many who wish
to defer their summer vacations or
outings until later in the season. The
tour begins September 15 by steamer,
and ends October 15 by train. In the
interim the traveler visits New York,
many cities of Canada, Chicago, the
Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, and has
all the luxuries of first class service the
entire distance. The start is made on
the super steamer "California," via
the Panama Canal and Havana, and
the close of the journey on a train de
luxe that arrives in San Francisco in
the morning. High grade hotels are
provided at all stopping points. Win-
field M. Thompson will give an illus-
trated talk July 26 at the City Club
on "The Path of Gold" through the
Panama Canal.
If you have particularly enjoyed any
out-of-the-way inn, found a trip from the
beaten path an unexpected delight, or
know of some special service for the trav-
eler either at home or abroad, we shall
appreciate your telling us so that we may
recommend it to others. You as a member
and your friends — or any reader of the
Magazine — seeking information about a
trip in which you may be interested, will
find ready cooperation in making plans
and reservations through the Club's
Travel Service — without obligation on
your part. Will you write, telephone or
stop next time you are in the Club at
The Women's City Club Travel Service
Main Lobby Kearnv 8400
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W O M E X
CITY CLUB M A G A /. 1 N E ) 0 r JULY
I 9 2
I Oare to Hope
By Elsie Robixson
I dare to hope that things aren't what
they seem.
That life is more than this brief tragic
dream.
This stumbh'ng race between our birth
and death.
I dare to hope life has an aim and plan.
A purpose which pervades each
smallest act,
And that there is a meaning to our
pain,
-A. reason for our blind, dumb agony.
I dare to hope there is a God above.
I dare to hope He made me, for His
child
And set within the poor clay of my
heart
A spark of His own beauty and His
power,
His will to grow, His hunger for tile
right.
I dare to hope this struggle in the
night
Is but that spark's fierce struggle to
be free
And cleansed of all the dross that
binds it now.
So daring, I go on, though all is lost
That once, I thought, made my poor
life worth while.
And in the darkness I now set my
faith
Like a bright shield before my bleeding
heart
And cry, "Come on! I'm ready! Bring
\our doubt!
"Vour sneering proofs, your bitter
questioning,
I will not fear! One ray of human
hope
Confounds all questioning and sets to
naught
Your claim that man is only made of
mud
And that his life is but a mocking
dream.
As long as morn shall follow after
night,
As long as winter shall give way to
spring.
As long as love shall conquer selfish-
ness.
And courage triumph over our brute
fear.
So long shall I believe in God and
Man.
And to the darkness cry, I DARE TO
HOPE!"
Dining Koom
Beginning July 1 a different kind of
hot bread will be ser\ed in the Main
Dining Room at dinner every evening
during the week. The varieties will
include: Monday, Egg Muffins;
Tuesday, Corn Bread ; Wednesday,
Raisin Rolls; Thursday, Ginger
Bread; Friday, Raisin Muffins; Satur-
day, Bran Muffins; Sunday, Assorted
Rolls.
The 75c plate luncheon which is
served in the Dining Room is prov-
ing very popular. The Sunday morn-
ing breakfast-luncheon, 75c per cover,
provides an occasion for delightful en-
tertainment. Some members enjoy it
especially after their swim.
The Restaurant Department is re-
ceiving many compliments upon the
efficient manner in which it handles
the many private luncheons and din-
ners which are being given at the Club.
> > /
Swimming Pool
Miss Edith Hurtgen, daughter of
Mrs. Alfred Hurtgen and our most
prominent junior swimmer, brought
honor to our Club when she won the
100 yard Pacific Association junior
back stroke championship at Idora
Park on April 29th.
This is quite remarkable, inasmuch
as this is her first year of competitive
swimming.
The swimming authorities have pro-
nounced her a coming star who will
go far in this style of swimming.
Miss Lucy Soule entertained eight-
een juniors and seniors from the Mar-
garet Bentley School at a swimming
party given in the Club Pool recenth-.
Impromptu races and water games
were much enjoyed.
> > >
League Shop
The League Shop, from the time it
was opened, has done a considerable
business in good, used clothing. With
the co-operation of the members in
consigning to the Shop or donating to
it, used clothing of good style, the
existing business can be developed to
the profit of the Club. Consignments
are accepted not only from members
but from any responsible persons.
> > /
Coo\ery
Beginning with the August issue of
the WoMEx's City Club Magazixe
favorite recipes of City Club members
will be published, a page or so each
month. The member's name will be
printed with the formula of the dish
for which she vouches. Please send in
recipes to the editor. Salads, desserts,
meats, entrees or novelties will be wel-
comed for the magazine.
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Sid^ia. 'Brails
August days are glori-
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Spend them at Feather
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find endless recreation
... or relaxation.
Here you can enjoy unwor-
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attendants take care of the
children and arrange delight-
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They will be safe and happy
while you ride with guides
over romantic trails, go on
moonlight picnics in the
woods, fish, swim, play water
polo and tennis, or golf on a
mountain course.
There are no dull moments
at Feather River Inn . . . and
August weather is perfect.
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\o subject is of more intense interest in these days of a
spectacular market than that of speculation, the rock upon
which many financial barques have crashed in the last
month. Experts advise investors to keep their heads.
By Harold L. Mack
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I WONDER if the public ever stops to think that
stocks never sell for their true value. This may
sound paradoxical, but if stocks sold for their
true value no one could ever make any money by buying
them. It is only because stocks either sell below or above
their true value that the opportunity is presented to either
buy them for less than they are worth, or sell them for
more than they are worth.
All those who are holders of stocks today expect to sell
them at an advance in price. All those who are not owners
of stocks today would like to buy them at a decline in price.
They are both dealing in futures, and the man who is
able to make the best estimate of the future is the man
who is going to make the money. In making an estimate
of the future, a man must project his mind toward a great
many possible events. He must not only correctly judge
the events, but he must form a proper judgment as to their
effect if they should occur as he foresees them. One doctor,
in examining a patient, diagnoses the case and comes to the
conclusion that if the man does not get a high fever in a
few days, he will live. Another doctor examining the
same patient, concludes that if he does get a high fever
in the next few days, he will live. They both cannot be
right. The first doctor bases his opinion on the idea that
the fever will weaken the vital organs of the patient and
kill him. The other doctor bases his opinion on the idea
that the fe\er will burn up the poison in the patient's sys-
tem and enable him to get well.
Interesting Analogy
And so it is in the Stock Market. Take the motors for
instance. Looking to the future, we see a constantly increas-
ing use of automobiles. We see our motor companies well-
financed with ample brains in back of them. We see new
roads being built all over the country. We see comparatively
few automobiles per capita of population outside of the United
States. We see that the airplane has strict limitations
and can never replace the automobile for family use. And
so, estimating all these factors, we come to the conclusion
that the motor industry' is sound ; that its future is bright;
and that investment in motor shares should be profitable.
However, before we come to a final conclusion, a further
study must be made. At what price are motor shares sell-
ing? Does the price at which they are at present selling
discount these favorable conditions? Given all these favor-
able factors, will the motor shares at present prices pay
an increasingly large return from year to year, or does the
price at which they are selling make it possible for a man
to receive anything but a small return ? We are of the
opinion that some motor shares are not priced too high, but
we do think some of the specialty motors have discounted
the future and have not a sufficiently broad outlook to war-
rant making an investment at this level.
Vagaries of Fluctuation
The other day a man asked about a certain bank stock
that has had a phenomenal rise. He had just bought it
and he told us he bought it because he had heard that they
were buying a large number of other banks and that, when
this announcement was made, it should go higher. We said
to him : "This stock has advanced 500 per cent since the
new owners went into the bank. It advanced the 500 per
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cent because the buyers of the stock ex-
pected the new management to do just
what they are doing. If you tell a man
that if he jumps off a cliff, he will be
killed, and he makes the jump and is
killed, it is silly to tell this dead man
that if he makes another jump, he will
be killed over again. As far as he is
concerned, his jumping days are over.
Therefore, why expect a stock to ad-
vance twice for the one reason? If it
is going to make a second advance,
there must be a new reason for its
doing so." This same advice applies
to stocks that have gone down. Stocks
go down because bad news is expected ;
after they have gone down and the bad
news is published, do not expect them
to go down again unless new and fur-
ther bad news comes out unexpectedly.
These hints may seem childish ;but if
they are childish, we must say that the
majority of those who are risking their
life savings show every evidence of a
childish understanding by what th(
are doing.
1 believe that the Market will offer
opportunities to make purchases with-
in a short time. These opportunities
will be available because many who are
holding stocks today have not the
judgment to correctly gauge the future
and also have not the means to pro-
tect their holdings over a period of
uncertainty.
I believe that the prosperity
throughout the world will continue
for many years; I believe American
genius for industrial development is
unequalled ; I do not believe that every
industry in the United States is going
to prosper evenly and equally ; I be-
lieve that the banking business is sound
and profitable ; that the West is going
to grow ; I do not believe that by put-
ting two weak companies together,
neither of which separately has ever
made a great success, is going to prove
sound and profitable, and by this I
mean that there have been a good many
combinations of late promoted, sold,
and skyrocketed in price that will
cause sorrow and grief to those who
are buying them at this level.
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^he bridge of San Luis ^y
By Thornton Wilder
Revieived by Eleanor Preston Watkins
(Albert and Charles Boni, New York; $2.50.)
IF the readers who are on the wait-
ing-lists for "The Bridge of San
Luis Rey" were laid end to end,
they would reach from New York to
San Francisco — possibly to China !
The popular judgment is not at fault.
In spite of his youth, Thornton Wild-
er is an unquestioned artist. William
Lyon Phelps calls "The Bridge of San
Luis Rey" "the most important book
of the year — a work of genius." He
"regards Wilder as having already
attained to the front rank of living
novelists." Arnold Bennett, captious
critic, chary of praise, says, "The writ-
ing has not been surpassed in the
present epoch. It dazzles me by its
accomplishment."
Thornton Wilder was born April
1/th, IS*)/, in Madison, Wisconsin,
He spent his early years in China
where his father was Consul General,
and later prepared for college in
California. He was graduated from
Yale in 1*520, and spent two years at
the American Academy at Rome.
After this he taught at Lawrenceyille,
and spent some time at the Princeton
Graduate College. He then went to
Europe, where he started "The
Bridge," and now he is back again
at the scene of his college days.
Wilder's former book, "The Cab-
ala," was a forerunner which prepared
us somewhat for the cameo-quality
of "The Bridge of San Luis Rey." An
austerity of restraint carries the illu-
sion of translation from the classics
of another tongue. In "The Cabala,"
a story of modern Rome, the atmos-
phere, the twist of phrase, is pure
Italian. In the later book, the five
Peruvian character-sketches suggest
the erudite young scholar delving in
old Spanish manuscripts. But I sus-
pect that the illusion is due to the
crystal clearness of tills young man's
command of English, and his joy in
playing with words.
A story, a question, a philosophy!
"A search for an answer to the riddle
of the universe."
The story. "On Friday noon, July
the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge
in all Peru broke and precipitated
five travellers into the gulf below. —
It had been woven of osires by the
Incas more than a century before. —
St. Louis of France himself protected
it. — The bridge seemed to be among
the things that last forever ; it was
unthinkable that it should break. The
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moment a Peruvian heard of the acci-
dent he signed himself, and made a
mental calculation as to how recently
he had crossed by it. . .
"Only one person did anything
about it, and that was Brother Juni-
per" who witnessed the accident.
"Anyone else would have said to him-
self with secret joy: 'Within ten
minutes myself!' But it was another
thought that visited Brother Juniper:
'Why did this happen to those five?
If there were any plan in the universe
at all, if there were any pattern in a
human life, surely it could be dis-
covered mysteriously latent in those
lives so suddenly cut of?. Either we
live by accident and die by accident,
or we live by plan and die by plan.
And on that instant Brother Juniper
made the resolve to inquire into the
lives of those five persons that moment
falling through the air, and to surprise
the reason of that taking off."
"This collapse of the bridge of San
Luis Rey was a sheer act of God. It
afforded a perfect laboratory. Here at
last one could surprise His intentions
in a pure state."
"You and I can see that coming
from anyone but Brother Juniper this
plan would be the flower of a perfect
skepticism. It resembled the effort
of those presumptuous souls who want-
ed to walk on the pavement of Heaven,
and built the Tower of Babel to get
there. But to our Franciscan there
was no element of doubt in the experi-
ment. He knew the answer."
"The result of all this diligence was
an enormous book, which as we shall
see later, was publicly burned on a
beautiful Spring morning in the great
square. But there was a secret copy.
There it lies between two great wood-
en covers, collecting dust in a cup-
board. . . . Yet for all his diligence
Brother Juniper never knew the cen-
tral passion of Dofia Maria's life;
nor of Uncle Pio's; not even of Este-
ban's. And I who claim to know so
much more, isn't it possible that even
I have missed a very spring within the
spring?
"Some say that we shall never know,
and that to the gods we are like the
flies that the boys kill on a summer
day, and some say, on the contrary, that
the very sparrows do not lose a feather
that has not been brushed away by the
finger of God."
'Terhaps by accident!" The Mar-
WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE/or JULY
I 9 2
(|uesa de Montemayor and her daugh-
ter Clara ; little Pepita and the Ab-
bess, Madre Maria del Pilar; Esteban
and his beloved twin, Manuel ; Camila
the beautiful with her scarred face;
Captain Alvarado the traveller, who
was "blackened and cured by all
weathers — whose eyes were strange,
unaccustomed to the shorter range, too
used to seize the appearances of a con-
>tellation between a cloud and a cloud,
and the outline of a cape;" Don
Jaime, who "at seven years — bore
his pain with the silent bewilderment
of an animal, and like an animal was
mortally ashamed when any evidence
of it appeared in public; ... so
beautiful that the mere trivial forms
(if pity were hushed in his presence
and his long thoughts about his diffi-
culties had given his face a patient
and startling dignity." Don Andres
de Ribera, the Viceroy of Peru, "the
remnant of a delightful man ;" and
Uncle Pio, with his "passion for over-
seeing the lives of others," ... all
these walk through their dramatic
lives to the day of the Bridge of San
Luis Rey, under our e\es and the eyes
of Brother Juniper.
There are passages of startling sim-
plicity and beauty. "Pepita frowned,
hunting for a word that would close
the matter. 'It wasn't — it wasn't —
brave,' she said. And then she would
say no more. . . . And Dona Maria
sat down to her dish amazed.
"She had never brought courage to
either life or love. Her eyes ran-
sacked her heart. . . . 'But it's not
my fault,' she cried. 'It was circum-
stance. It was the way I was brought
up. Tomorrow I begin a new life.
Wait and see!' Sitting down she wrote
what she called her first letter, her
first stumbling, misspelled letter in
courage. ... It was almost dawn
when she finished the letter. She
opened the door upon her balcony, and
looked at the great tiers of stars
that glittered above the Andes.
Throughout the hours of the night,
though there had been few to hear it,
the whole sky had been loud with the
singing of those constellations. 'Let
me live now,' she whispered. 'Let
me begin again.' . . . Two days later
they started back to Lima, and while
crossing the Bridge of San Luis Rey
the accident which we know befell
them."
The IVIarquesa had written of the
Captain Alvarado: "I found out from
my laundress what I think is the
reason of his wanderings: My child,
he had a child. . . . She was just
old enough to cook a holiday meal, and
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do a little sewing for him. . . . We
have no way of knowing whether she
was more beautiful or intelligent than
the thousands of other girls who lived
about him, but she was his. I sup-
pose it seems ignoble to you that a
great oak of a man should go about
the world like a blind man about an
empty house simply because a chit
of a girl has been withdrawn from it.
No, no, you cannot understand this,
my adored one, but I understand. . . .
You will laugh at me, but I think he
goes about the hemispheres to pass the
time between now and his old age."
All these met at the Bridge of San
Luis Rey: the Marquesa de Monte-
mayor ; the little Pepita, who knew
what "was brave ;" Esteban, and
Uncle Pio, and little Don Jaime.
"Uncle Pio said that when they had
crossed the bridge they would sit
down and rest, but it turned out not
to be necessary."
"Perhaps by intention!" Pepita's
"simplicity of love," held forever un-
spoiled, in amber. The Marquesa's
life crystallized at its spiritual acme,
when it rose once, at last, to selflessness.
A period placed to Esteban's pain.
And to Jaime and Uncle Pio, the
weary, rest. Perhaps by intention !
"But Brother Juniper was not satis-
fied. It was just possible that the
Marquesa of Montemayor was not a
monster of avarice, and Uncle Pio
of self-indulgence.
"The book being done fell under the
eyes of some judges and was suddenly
pronounced heretical. It was ordered
to be burned with its author. . . .
Even then, even then, there remained
in his heart an obstinate nerve insist-
ing that at least St. Francis would not
utterly have condemned him, and (not
daring to call upon a greater name,
since beseemed so open toerror in these
matters), he called twice upon St.
Francis, and leaning upon a flame he
smiled and died."
S'yfiss 6lias Spea\s
Miss Lillian Elias, who has re-
cently returned from a five months
trip to Europe, spoke before the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's Club,
June 12, on "Through Europe by Air,
Rail and Water." Johanna Heim,
president, presided.
Winfield Scott, of the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association,
spoke, June 26, at the luncheon on
"The State Park Project and Its
Significance." He also told about
the Giant Forest where the conven-
tion of the Business and Professional
Women's Club will take place in Sep-
tember.
VV O M E S S C I T V C I, U B MAGAZINE for JULY
1928
y/olunteers J^eeded
V^olunteers are needed to address
envelopes in the golf room on the roof
Monday afternoons from one to four
o'clock and ever\- second Monday eve-
ning. All who can give the time for
this service are requested to communi-
cate with Mrs. Carl of the Volunteer
Service Committee.
Something J^ew
The Board of Directors of the
Women's City Club accepted unani-
mously the plan presented at its last
meeting, June 18, to offer the club
membership opportunit\- for a modern
health examination at the club.
The August Magazine will present
the value of this type of health review.
Meanwhile members may consider
the value of knowing how they "assay"
in health.
In September, the who, when and
how will be presented.
The Committee on
Periodic Health Examinations
Blood Red and Sea Blue
Miss Florence Locke's presentation
of Amy Lowell's "Blood Red and Sea
Blue" at the City Club the evening
of June 21 was a joy to the eye, a
delight to the ear and a complete satis-
faction to the esthetic sensibilities of
the large audience which assembled in
the auditorium of the club. The setting
of the stage, the lyric beauty of the
poem, dramatic though it is. Miss
Locke's personalit)' and her costume
contributed to make the evening out-
standing among Thursday evening
programs. Miss Locke wore a period
costume of pale orchid brocade and
silver lace, with a tri-cornered hat of
the same color, Neapolitan earrings
and a large brooch of medieval design.
The stage was set with a tall wrought
iron stand on either side, one bearing
a stately ship and the other a lamp.
A large chest, draped with rich em-
broidery in red, was the only other
piece of furniture on the stage.
( T/ie poem is an epic of the romance of
Lord Nelson, Britain's sea hero, and Lady
Emma Hamilton.)
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Volume II AUGUST < 1928 Number 7
Contents
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PAGE II
2
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Officers of the Women's City Club
Frontispiece
8
17
Articles
Reorganizing California's Department
of Education
9
Hazel Pedlar Faulkner
Adult Education
11
Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt
Have We Progressed in the Social
Sciences?
12
Dr. Glenn E. Hoover
The Junior College Justifies Itself .
U
Jfill C. Wood
International Relations in the American
Association of University Women .
14
Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt
Periodic Medical Examination — Whv?
15
ir. p. Shepard. M. D.
Is the Study of Art Worth While ? . .
18
Lee F. Randolph
The American Association of University
Women
19
Edna U'emple McDonald
The University Degree — Afterwards
20
Mrs. Harry Kluegel
Club Brevities
21
Travel Planning
22
Financial Article
25
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WOMEN'S CITY CLUB CALENDAR
AUGUST I — SEPTEMBER 6. 1928
CURRENT EVENTS
First and third Monday evenings, 7;30 o'clock. Wednesday mornings at U o'clock.
Auditorium. Mrs. Parker Maddux, Leader.
LEAGUE BRIDGE
Tuesdays, 2:00 P. M. and 7:30 P. M. Assembly Room.
DRAMA READING GROUPS
Wednesdays at 3:00 and 7:30 P. M. Committee Room.
THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMS
August 2 — Cieorge C. Warren, of the San Francisco Chronicle
Subject: The Theatre ^udilnrlum 8:00P.M.
8 — Book Review and Dinner
Book: "The Swan Song," by Galsworthy
Speaker: Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard Issembly Room 6:00P.M.
8 — San Francisco County Nurses Association Iiiditoriiim 8:00 P.M.
9 — Tea in honor of representatives to the Occupational
Therapy Branch of the Medical Convention 1 meiican Room 4:00 P.M.
9 — Mr. Osborne McConathy, of New York City, visiting
professor at the Summer Session of the University of
California, formerly on the faculty of Northwestern Uni-
versity, on "Our Need for Musical Expression" . . . Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
16 — Vivian E. Warren — "Korean Life and Customs" . . . Assembly Room 8:00 P.M.
30 — "Two Years in the Jungles of the East Indies," bv Hazel
Boenicke Hull '. . . Auditorium 8:00P.M.
September 6 — Dr. W. P. Shepard — Periodic Health Examinations . Assembly Room 8:00 P.M.
OFFICERS OF THE WOMEN'S CITY CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
Mrs. a. P. BL.ACK, President Miss M.abei. Pierce, Treasurer
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, First Vice-President Mrs. Willi.am F. Booth, Jr., Recording Secretary
Miss Marion W. Leale, Second Vice-President Mrs. Edward H. Clark, Jr., Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. William B. Hamilton, Third Vice-President Miss Carlie I. Tomlinson, Executive Secretary
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SPECIAL SCHOOL
Menlo School
and Menlo Junior
College
Carry the boy from Grade Five
through two years of college work.
College Department separate
from preparatory.
For nformation regarding
Menlo System, address:
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Box C. Menlo Part, California
THE
POTTER SCHOOL
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Primar\', Grammar and High
School Departments . . . featur-
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instruction. Prepares for all
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Seventeenth year opens
September 5.
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A School in a natural environment of
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Address
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Ross, Marin County, California
1899 Pacific Ave.
Telephone West 711
GIRLS' SCHOOLS
CASTILLEJA SCHOOL for Girls
PALO ALTO
CALIFORNIA
HOMK AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Prepares for Stanford, University
of California, Mills, and Eastern Colleges. Particular attention paid to College
Entrance Board Examinations. Grammar, Primary, and Pre-primary Departments.
Eight buildings; residence for sixty boarding pupils; Recitation Hall, 21 rooms;
Gymnasium and Auditorium; Chapel with Pipe Organ; Household Arts Bungalow;
Teachers' Dormitory; special building for Art and Music studios and practice
rooms; new Chemistry and Physics Laboratory; Dramatic Workshop.
Beautiful gardens. Open-air swimming pool. Six-acre wooded tract in Santa
Cruz .Mountains, on La Honda Creek, for picnics and week-end camping.
OPENING OF FALL TERM
SEPTEMBER 17, 1928
For illustrated book of information address
the Principal, MARY I. LOCKEY, A. B.
MISS HARKERS SCHOOL
PALO ALTO, CALIFOR.N'IA
UPPER SCHOOL— Prepares for all colleges East and West.
Also Post-Graduate and General Courses. Special advan-
tages in Music, Art, Home Economics, and Secretarial
Training.
LOWER SCHOOL— Pre-primary, Primary and Intermediate
Grades. Classrooms limited to fifteen. Individual instruction.
A separate residence building for girls from 5 to 14 years
of age.
CATHERINE HARKER, A. B. (Vassar)
SARA D. HARKER
Principals
27th year begins Monday, September 10. 1928
GIRLS' SCHOOLS
The Is/Largaret Bentley
School [Accredited]
LUCY L. SOULE, Principal
High School, Intermediate and
Primary Grades
Home department limited
2722 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.
Telephone Berkeley 3205 J
The Sarah Dix Hamlin School
Thirty-fourth year
For girls of all ages.
CullcKe preparatory.
Will open the Fall term September 11 in
its new home— formerly the Flood
home — at 2120 Broadway,
San Francisco.
A booklet of info
lation will be furnished
request.
Mrs. Edward B. Slanwood, B.l... Principal
Telephone West 221 1
Tfre MERRIMAN SCHOOL
(Accredited)
Resident and Day for Girls
School year opens Tuesday, August 28
If you are interested in a
school of accomplishment,
ideals and educational
standards, send for cata-
logue just issued in cele-
bration of our 25th anni-
versary.
Mira C. Merriman, Ida Body, Principals
597 Eldorado Ave. Oakland, Calif.
MISS WALLACE'S SCHOOL
FOR GIRLS
[Accredited]
PIEDMONT, CALIFORNIA
Every class held out-of-doors
Resident and Day Scholars
The younger boy accepted in the day school
English Diploma and College Preparatory
Fall Term commences September 12, 1928
I.A Atalaya
Boarding and Day Scliool
Out-of-door living
Group Activites Individual Instruction
Summer School Opens June First
ANNETTE HASKELL FLAGG. Director
Mill Valley, California
TeUpHone M. V. 514
BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOL
LONA HAZZARD SCHOOL
Kindergarten through Junior High
Catalogue on request
1724-1738 Santa Clara Avenue
Alameda, California
Telephone Alameda 0750
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BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS
The ALICE B. CANFIELD SCHOOL
[ESTABLISHED 1925]
FOURTH YEAR OPENS September ii, 1928
Educational Aim: To see the whole child; to practice the newer meanings of
discipline; to help parents perceive the changing education.
The Method: Special guidance procedures.
Morning: Nine to twelve o'clock, for little children three to eight years of age.
Nursery school and primary grades.
Afternoon: One to six o'clock on school days, and nine to twelve o'clock on
Saturdays. For older children.
Music: Fundamental training for piano.
Manual Arts — French.
Mrs. Alice B. Canfield, Director
2653 Steiner Street, between Pacific Avenue and Broadway, San Francisco
Telephone Fillmore 7625
The PRESIDIO OPEN AIR SCHOOL
3839 WASHINGTON STREET
Marion E. Turner, Frxnapal
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NOB HILL SCHOOL
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Fall term will open September 4th.
First six grades — group work and indi-
vidual instruction. French, drawing,
weaving and paper work. Children
taken to Huntington Park at 10 :J0 a. m.
for directed play.
Mrs. nia B. S^vindler, DirecUyr
833 Powell Street : : San Francisco
Kearny 796 or Fillmore 698 1
WILLIAMS INSTITUTE
ProgrcMivc Schoolj for Boyi and Girlj o/ a\\ ages
Junior College and Accredited High School
Creative and Recreational Activities
A Staff of Thirty Carefully Selected and
Specially Trained Teachers
Phone Ashberry 1994
Berkeley, Calif.
SCHOOLS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN
An Acre of Sun
for Tour Little One!
A faculty of eminent child
specialists from Oxford and
Columbia Universities.
CHARING CROSS
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KINDERGARTEN
CoRABEL Clsh.\ian Stone, DirectoT
Parker Avenue at Turk Street
Telephone Pacific 2714
COOKING SCHOOL
MARY LEWIS HAINES
LESSONS IN COOKING
Private or Class
Established Ten Years
Special Evening Classes
357 Presidio Avenue Corner Sacramento
Telephone Fillmore 5618
The Juvenile Conservatory
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
USING INDIVIDUAL METHODS
Receives children over two years of age, whole
or part time. Expert coaching, scientific habit
training, supervised play. Open all summer.
Every sunny hour outdoors. A few rooms for
parents in residence.
MRS. S. R. H. MARSHALL, Director.
3329 Washington Street, near Presidio Avenue
San Francisco
Phone Walnut 5S45 for rates Car Xo. 3
PACIFIC HEIGHTS NURSERY
SCHOOL and KINDERGARTEN
Mrs. Stanley Rypins, Director
All activities, naps, hot dinners, out-of-doors.
Daily medical inspection.
Kindergarten rate $30.00; nursery school $50.00.
1900 Jackson Street, at Gough
Telephone Walnut 5998
DRAMATIC SCHOOL
DRAMATIC STUDIOS
Ton
TALMA-ZETTA WILBUR, President
(Director, Theatre Arts, Inc.)
EVELYN EDNA HIXES, of the Faculty
Child Training— Private and Class
Preparatory for Child Players
150 POWELL STREET— Elevated Shops
Telephone Garfield 4472
COACHING SCHOOLS
MISS OWEN'S
School for Private
Instruction
Day and Erening
Prepares for University,
West Point, Annapolis, Fly-
ing Cadets and Commissioned
Officers' E.xaminations.
This school aims specifically
to meet the needs of those who
desire to study for cultural pur-
poses; those who wish to study in
order to advance in their chosen
professions; and those who de-
sire to make up credits or to ob-
tain a better understanding of
their subjects.
SPECIAL TEACHERS for
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
There is no doubt but that tutor-
ing under specialists shortens
required time by half.
Pleasant, quiet surroundings en-
able the students to concentrate.
Bulletin of information sent
upon request.
112 Lyon Street Hemlock 921+
DREW
SCHOOL
»-Year High School
Course admits to college.
Credits valid in high school.
accredited, a
Private Lessons, any hour. Night, Day. Both seies.
Annapolis, West Point, College Board tutoring.
Secretarial-Academic two-year course, entitles to High
School Dipbma. Civil Service Coaching— all lines.
agoi Califomia St. Phone West 7069
SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC
Sckool of Popular Music
MoJern J^^Z
Eslahhshci 1903
Rapid Method
Beginners and
Advanced
Pupils
Individual
Instruction
Elevated Shom
150 Powell Street
Phone Garfield -(079
Pia
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MUSIC SCHOOL
The most adi'anced moi-ement in the field oj piano teaching
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Aeolian Hall School for Music Research
Bert Farjeon, Manager
1355 Taylor Street, San Francisco Telephone Prospect 2373
"/ recommend it to all serious teachers oJ the piano" — Josef Hof.mann.
BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCHOOLS
College Degree in
Two Years
You can now secure a college degree in half the time usually
required.
University-grade courses, following the Harvard "case
method" of instruction, are, for the first time, made available to
Western women at Heald College.
Degree of Bachelor of Secretarial Science (B.S.S.) leads to
preferred business positions. State authorized, and approved by
business leaders.
Write, or telephone Prospect 1540, for latest prospectus.
Day and
Night
Classes
A. L. LESSEMAN, Manager
HEALD COLLEGE
Van Ness at Post
San Francisco
Secretarial School
Stephen T. Willis, President=
A select school devoted exclusively
to high, grade secretarial training.
Intensive individual instruction . . . efEcient teachers . . . mod'
em methods . . . unique equipment . . . refined enviroment.
Euiletin on request
Willis Building - - 19th and Webster Streets - - Oakland, Calif.
Telephone Glencourt 0437
iWi
MacALEER SCHOOL
For Private Secretaries
struction.
Each student receives individual
A booklet of information will be
furnished upon request.
Mary Genevieve MacAleer. Principal
68 Post Street Telephone Davenport 6473
California Secretarial School
Benj. F. Priest, President
. . . opens in the Russ Building August 4.
Our friends are invited to visit our new
school home.
Indii'idual Instruction
for Individual Needs
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MUSIC SCHOOL
The
SAN FRANCIS(X)
CONSERVATORY
of MUSIC
under the
direction of
ERNEST
BLOCH
Associate Directors:
ADA CLEMENT and
LILLLAN HODGHEAD
FALL TERM OPENS
August 20th
CATALOGUE ON REQLEST
3435-3445 Sacramento Street
Telephone Walnut 3496
ACCOUNTANCY SCHOOL
"Study
Pace Courses
in Accountancy
akes
all for the
Mudern business daily
ices of accountancy-trained women. Prepare your-
self tfirough the medium of the Pace Courses in
Accountancy to accept and properly discharge the
responsibilities incident to important positions.
Resident instruction in the Pace Courses is
available at .'^an Francisco Institute in both day
and evening classes.
Registration may now be made tor beginning
fall classes. Call at the administrative offices of
the Institute or telephone Douglas 4613 for de-
tailed information.
San Francisco
Institute of Accountancy
Conducting Pace Courses in Residence in Day
and Evening Classes :
38 Sansome Street
responden
Douglas 4613
SEWING SCHOOL
LILY BARRON
SEWING STUDIO
Experts on Personality in Clothes
Individual lessons in sewing, by appointment
onlv. Two hours, $1.50.
Materials cut, fitted and marked — can be
finished at home. Coats. $7.50: frocks, $5.50.
Patterns cut to measure. Ladies' material cut
to measure, any style, $1.50.
683 Sutter Street TelephoTie Prospect 9264
Booklets for the schools repre-
sented in this Directory may be
secured also from the Information
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY — Continued
California ^cf)ooI of Jf ine ^rtg
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Fall Term opensThursday, Aagusl 16, 1928
Projessional and Teachers' Courses of Study in the
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Courses I n Costume Design
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Fashion Illustration
Commercial Art
Foremost School oj Costume Design and
Illustration in the West
LuciEN Labaudi
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off Coitume Design
Classes Begin September 17th
Enrollment Limited to 15
Reservations Now
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WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for AUGUST • 192
-'AMPANII.Eon University oj
Calijornia Campus ai Berkeley, Calijornia . . . seen across the swimming pool of the
Phoebe Hears! JJemorial Gymnasium Jor Women . . , The monolith is the
dominant note oj architecture on the campus and is crowned
with a carillon which chimes the hours
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE ^
VOLU ME II
SAN FRANCISCO ' AUGUST ' I92<:
NUMBER 7
EOK©A!\!IZIMG ^LALHrORMIA'S
DEPAKTMEr^T of E-DUCATICW
( Fresenting Senate Coiistitutioiial A iitendmeiit Ac. 26^
By Hazki. Pedlar Fali.kner
THE Educational Number of our Magazine offers a
timely place \\herein to present for consideration
the proposed Senate Constitutional amendment
Number 26, (reorganizing California's State Department
of Education) which will appear as Amendment Number
6 on the November ballot.
In an organization such as the Women's City Club, with
its motto "Service," such a presentation ofifers an oppor-
tunity for that greatest of all services, that of being intelli-
gent upon matters which affect our city, state and nation.
It is not necessary, or desirable, always, to "endorse " such
matters. But it is obligatory upon us, if we would live up
to our pledge of service, that we know what changes in our
government are proposed, and the reasons which make such
changes seem advisable.
It is in that spirit that the following summary of
Senate Amendment Number 26 (to be known in the bal-
lot as Number 6) providing for a re-organization of Cali-
fornia's Department of Education, is included in this spe-
cial Educational Number of our Women's City Club
M.AG.AZINE.
In November of this year the voters of the State will
be asked to pass upon a measure designed to effect re-
organization of the State Department of Education. The
Amendment (Number 6 on the ballot), directs the Legis-
lature to provide for a State Board of Education of ten
members, who, after the first board has been selected, will
have ten. year terms of office. Not more than six of the
members may be of the same sex, and all appointees must
be confirmed by a two-thirds vote of the Senate. In order
that confirmation may be accomplished before a member is
seated, the terms of members begin on March first of odd
numbered years, when the Senate is in session.
The elective superintendency, now existent, is not abo-
lished, but the legislature is given power to provide for an
appointed Director of Education and in due course to trans-
fer to this officer the duties, powers and responsibilities of
the Superintendent of Public Instruction, at which time
the latter office may be suspended and remain vacant.
Incidentally, provision governing county superinten-
dents and count\ Boards of Education are being better
organized, and the position of County Superintendents
serving under county charter provisions is made clear.
It is also made possible for county boards to register state
credentials instead of issuing county certificates to each
holder of a state credential. This should effect a saving of
clerical help in some larger counties.
The question naturally arises, why the change ? What
are the reasons back of such a proposed amendment ?
The answer is an interesting and enlightening one to
the voter who will take time to look a bit into the educa-
tional organization of our state.
In 1921, a Special Legislative Committee on Education
reported to the California Legislature that "the present
California educational organization must be regarded as
temporary and transitional, and dangerous for the future,
and it should be superseded at the earliest opportunity by
a more rational form of state educational organization."
It reported further that "we find in California . . .
a double-headed form of state educational organization. . .
The system is fraught with danger and sooner or later is
destined to cause trouble."
What was the situation which the Legislative Com-
mittee felt was fraught with danger to the schools of Cali-
fornia?
It was the system, made possible by the Legislature of
1913, which provided for appointment by the Governor of
a State Board of Education of seven members, none of
whom should be actively engaged in educational work. The
term of office was to be four years (due to constitutional re-
strictions which had not been taken into account when
the 1912 amendment reorganizing the Department of Pub-
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lie Instruction had been submitted to the voters). The
elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction, pro-
vided for in California's first Constitution, 1850, still
figured in the sjstem.
In view of the fact that the members of the new board
had terms of the same length as the Governor's, and were
appwinted by the Governor without any check whatever,
it became possible from this time for the Grovernor to re-
gard the State Board of Education as he might any other
executive commission.
This made possible the reflecting in the state school
system the political attitude of the Governor's office.
The Legislature of 1913 also empowered the newly
appointed Board of Education to employ three "commis-
sioners," one for elementary schools, one for secondary
schools, and one for vocational education. With the estab-
lishment of these three executives, responsible directly to
the State Board of Education, California's system became
double-headed.
It was this condition which the Legislative Committee
of 1921 had in mind when it reported that "the present
system is fraught with danger, and sooner or later is
destined to cause trouble."
The system which the proposed constitutional amend-
ment seeks to change has part of the state educational
organization — represented h\ the State Board of Education
— clearly responsible to the Governor and the Legislature
for its acts, while that part represented by the State Super-
intendent of Public Instruction remains independent of
both the State Board of Education and Governor, and
largely independent of the Legislature as well.
Thus the State Superintendent of Education may
work with the State Board of Education or against it. Only
a policy of friendly co-operation between the State Board of
Education and the Superintendent, or, where that is not
possible, a policy of inactivity or resignation on the part
of either the State Board nr Superintendent can prevent
friction, to the disadvantage of the school system, with the
state school office organized as it now is in California. The
temptation of a weak state superintendent to play politics
against the State Board of Education, and seek for cheap
public notoriety to secure re-election, would be both pos-
sible and natural. Over such a superintendent the state
board could exercise no control whatever.
So reported the 1921 Legislative Committee on Edu-
cation which was looking deeply into the question of what
California's educational system needed.
The Legislature of 1921 , however, not only took no steps
to remedy the double-headed system, but it added to its
risks by creating a State Department of Education, to be
conducted under the control of a Director of Education,
and by providing further that the "State Superintendent
of Public Instruction shall be ex-officio Director of Edu-
cation."
It created a division of this new department called the
Division of Normal and Special Schools, to be "in charge
of the Director of Education for purposes of administra-
tion, provided, however, that the principal or president of
the faculty of each such school shall be appointed by the
Director of Education subject to the approval of the State
Board of Education."
During the administration which opened January 8,
1923, the situation foreseen by the Legislative Committee
of 1921 came to exist in fact. At the very opening of
his administration, the Governor of the State indicated
dissatisfaction with the educational policies then in effect.
He and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction had
different views regarding certain policies with regard to
the schools and financing of education. By October, 1924,
the incumbent Governor had appointed a majority of the
State Board of Education, and between that date and the
close of the administration, it appeared impossible for the
State Director of Education and the State Board of Edu-
cation to agree on matters of highest importance. The
Governor's four appointees always voted together against
the Director of Education's proposals.
So critical had the situation become that certain definite
demands were being voiced by educators and interested lay-
men for changes in the existing organization which would
make impossible in the future a repetition of such a situa-
tion.
The proposed Amendment, Number 6 on the ballot,
upon which each of us will be asked to vote next November,
is the answer of some of the best minds to the question of
needed changes.
The amendment calls for the appointment of a State
Board of Education, outstanding in character, because of
the necessary two-thirds vote of the Senate for confirma-
tion. No Governor will risk submitting the name of a
member against whom there is serious opposition.
It calls for the appointment by the State Board of Edu-
cation of a State Director of Education, answerable to that
Board, thus removing the present double-headed control
of California's school system.
It provides a ten year term of office for members of the
State Board of Education, the expiration term on March
1st of odd-numbered years preventing a radical administra-
tion from changing more than a majority of the Board. If
liowever, such an administration, is returned to oflSce by
the people, it obtains a majority of the board within two
months. So the people really control the department.
Finally, it removes from political activity the State Di-
rector of Education since his tenure will depend upon the
cf+ective discharge of professional duties under the direc-
tion of the State Board of Education.
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Adult Educathcm
By AuREUA Henry Reinhardt, ph.d., ll.d., litt.d.
President of Mills College, California
w
HAT'S this neiu kind of education that we
hear you are trying out at your college?" asked
a friend not many weeks ago.
"New kind of education?" was my Yankee reply.
"Yes. adult education."
"Your inquiry reminds me of an older one, 'What's the
new news from the new court?' "
There is no new kind of education. There are many
new approaches to the disciplines and
knowledges necessary to intelligent
living. At times, when we think we
have found a new approach or a new
method, we find we are re-staking an
ancient and excellently paying claim.
Adult education is a phrase in many
mouths, and is the subject of numer-
ous articles and some volumes. That
it is so is highly significant. Its new-
ness is inconsequential. Cato studied
Greek for the first time at eighty and
last summer I saw students matricu-
lating in creative art at about the
same age. Almost two thousand years
have elapsed between Cato's Greek
class and our summer art group.
That we are preoccupied with adult
education, and that college graduates,
as well as men and women of little or
no institutional experience, are clam-
oring for matriculation into its classes
indicates several things. Doctor Reinhardt
There is a conscious dissatisfaction
in the individual concerning his own achievement. He
feels himself mentally handicapped, and would remove his
deficienc\ . for which he can recognize no one as specifically
to blame.
Or there is a failure to fit into one's time and place and
a hope that co-operative effort of some kind may remedy the
sense of futility.
Or there is leisure that brings vacuit\ and boredom.
Something must be done to fill it. Or one's children have
grown into a scheme of living so different from parents,
that they seem to live in separate universes and the unity of
the family is lost.
It is education, and more education that the malcontents
desire, and Adult Education as a phrase covers the method
that is being consciously worked out to meet the needs of
these grown-up yearners after knowledge.
In the meantime, psychologists like Air. Thorndyke have
been giving thought to the problem, and bring forward the
comforting results of their experiments. Man does not stop
learning in childhood, adolescence, or in early maturity.
Thorndyke has laboratory proof that the ability to learn
runs parallel to ability to live. One may hope to achieve
prodigies in the forties and fifties. I notice the announce-
ment of a series of articles in the publication of the Chicago
Department of Welfare covering the investigation of four
hundred great men of history. The author. Dr. W. A.
Newman Dorland, claims that man's most productive age
is fifty. Such varying characters as Columbus, Lord Nel-
son, Dickens, Conrad, Chopin, Robert E. Lee, Huxley
are among his chosen subjects.
The flood of educational comment in the public press
illustrates the awakening of critical judgment regarding the
outcome of school and college. At last there seems to be a
growing acceptance of the fact among laymen, citizens,
supporters of our school systems, that no course of study
finishes anybody or anything. That the word '"commence-
ment" has a deeper meaning than giving occasion to gradu-
ation orators to repeat themselves. That no system is static.
As science gives to man a farther vision and wider view,
the corollary is unescapable that education itself must be
progressive. Education does not and
cannot belong to any year or years of
a man's growth. It is a living process,
outgrowing every form and system.
Education is evaluation. Where edu-
cation ceases to change ; to fit itself to
changing life ; to influence the individ-
ual for truer harmony in the changing
world, it ceases to exist as a vital
process. Education must keep abreast
of life, for it is to interpret life, and
enrich it for every generation.
'This restless generation demanding
that some attention be made to its
adult needs is the same generation
which Dr. Joseph Collins has stigma-
tized as afflicted with adult infantil-
ism. Perhaps the physician is saying
in the vocabulary of his profession
what the philosopher is saying in his,
when he mourns over the fact that
man today has more knowledge than
judgment; that his knowledge is apt
■to be of a special sort that leaves out
of account other knowledges of equal importance, and
without which he cannot see life clearly and whole, nor
obey the other Socratic dictum of knowing himself. Per-
haps they are saying with Sir Oliver Lodge that man has
power to blow the universe to atoms but lacks the con-
structive artistry, lacking to "all the king's horses and all
the king's men," when Humpty-Dumpty vainly needed to
be put together again. Perhaps they are both saying what
the educator knows, that the educational process should
give knowledge, and, in the giving, develop mental accu-
racy in thinking, energy in applying thought, and pleasure
in carrying out the never-ended process. Education is
failing that does not give zest to life and to the liver.
Adult Education is no new thing. Under other names
scores of enterprises have been started in this country to
meet the need. Many of them are still operating. W^hen
our universities adopted from Great Britain the name and
method of University Extension, they were definitely plan-
ning for adult students and carrying to numberless, de-
centralized groups certain of the values of a university
curriculum, in enlarging the personal influence of scholars
and creating easy opportunits' of a study program. When
correspondence courses were arranged, the contacts were
less vital, but sources of authoritative information were
made available to all who could read and had had the
pertinacity to do so. It is astonishing to read the number of
American citizens who find benefit in this kind of study, and
disappointing to learn that advantage has been taken of
them by commercial organizations interested in corres-
pondence not as a means of education to widely scattered
students but as a source of quickly made wealth to a central
group distributing purchased lesson material to a helpless
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clientele. The use of the radio is developing a new kind
of diffused audience who are potential students. It has the
advantage over correspondence of bringing through the
spoken word something of the character and personality of
the teacher to the distant student. It will demand of the
student as great an amount of individual initiative and
independence as the method of correspondence.
The club movement in the United States has been
throughout a conscious effort to educate adult women. The
Federated Clubs have developed their own leaders and
created study plans in the field of knowledge for uncounted
thousands of women of all ages. The Women's Suffrage
Association and its successor, the National League of
Women Voters, has endeavored to train women to think
out political problems. The American Association of
University Women has limited itself in its half century
of history to creating recognized standards in education, to
encouraging scholarship and research, to criticize mistaken
policies or methods, and, since the war, to develop an en-
lightened public opinion in international matters.
Among many other organizations is the Parent-Teachers
Association.
As early as 1888, Felix Adler organized a "Society for
the Study of Child Nature." In 1897 the National Con-
gress of Mothers was formed. The last figures which I
saw illustrating the co-operative study and enterprise of
women in the resulting organization was a membership of
800,000 active in programs of their own, and in carrying
(jut the educational plans of Federal Departments in Home
Economics, Rural Education, Social Standards, Standards
of Citizenship, Recreation, etc.
In passing one must remember that it is the adult that
has been the student in the mind of the government which
has bethought itself of the needs of the farmer, the farmer's
wife, the immigrant needing Americanization through the
study of the English language, of the constitution of the
United States, and of the industries in which citizens of this
country find their main occupations.
Finally, no undertaking in the field of Adult Education
is more significant than that which is in the second summer
iif its activity at Mills College. There was a day when
graduates came back to an institution for reasons of senti-
ment only, of reminiscence, and the wistful backward look
toward the days of youth.
At the School of Adult Education at Mills, they return
to read and to discuss, to argue and to criticize, to learn and
to appreciate, even to attempt creation in new fields of art.
And all these activities are engaged in for the joy of learn-
ing and the joy of doing. Such joy makes for the "life
abundant" eagerly desired by all men and women.
Would it not seem, then, that the movement for Adult
Education needs no defense by its friends and promoters?
Rather is it the recognition of the full significance of the
educational process, or the natural last step in the develop-
ment of the educational system of our democracy.
(^Kave (oWe ^^rogressed in the G§ocial
o.
sciences:
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By Glenn
Associate Professor of Economic
THERE has been so much emotional nonsense writ-
ten on the subject of education that I venture to
desert the plane of rhapsody for those realistic regions
where a coi'der light obtains. Education will work no
miracles. It will not turn sinners into saints, nor can one,
by its aid, add one cubit to his intellectual capacity. The
educational process can be made to serve the Devil as well
as Jehovah and it is extremely naive to assume that educa-'
tion will usher in the New Jerusalem any more than did
those false panaceas, Democracy, Prohibition or Votes for
Women. In short, our educational efforts, if they are to
get us anywhere worth going to, must be intelligentU
applied.
No program of adult education should be formulated
until we first take stock of the educational needs of the
state or community and the ways in which those needs are
being met. If agencies already exist which are functioning
reasonably well, only busybodies would propose a duplica-
tion of effort. Scientific education in this country probably
leads the world and adult education in these fields, if any,
should be restricted to popularizing the truths already well
established so that our fellows will no longer seek to cure
colds with old socks or Chinese herbs nor limit their potato
planting to periods when the moon is dark.
It is equally clear that we are as backward in the field
of social science as we are advanced in the applied sciences.
The attainment of international peace moves at a snail's
pace while the arts of war have progressed to a point
where man's powers of destruction may well make the
next war the last one for the simple reason that there may
be no one left to carry on another one. Except for human
slavery, there has been no social question of major im-
portance which has been settled since the foundation of our
republic. The leaders of the Republican party advise us
that the major issue in the coming election will be the
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protective tariff and one can state in all confidence that it
will be discussed with less intellectual honesty and less
concern for the national welfare than when it was first
threshed out by the followers of Hamilton and Jefferson.
It is doubtful too if we know much more than they
about the treatment of the American Indians, and the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the national
constitution are but unsightly monuments to our failure
to solve the problems connected with our Negro population.
We have tremendously complicated our race problems on
the Pacific by our introduction of Chinese, Japanese and
Mexicans and are no more prepared to cope with them
than when the first "thirty Negars" were disembarked at
Jamestown, Virginia.
Even assuming the advisability of furthering the social
sciences, it may be asked, "Why adult education? " If we
devote our energies to educating the young would we need
to worry about the adults ? The answer is that the young
are extremely uneducable so far as the social sciences are
concerned because they have little interest in social prob-
lems and have not the background necessary to their under-
standing. In some respects it is unfortunate that we have
selected youth as the age for school. No one but a teacher
knows how busy and distracted the young are and how
much unfinished business they have on their minds. It is
probable that we send the young to school, because, as
Bernard Shaw sa\s, we want to get them out of the home
and they aren't good for anything but school. If the\' had
as great earning power when young as when mature, we
could postpone the time for college studies at least, for ten
or twenty years to good advantage.
The education of adults in all that concerns social prob-
lems is then, not a luxury but a real necessity if we are to
have educated citizens.
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The ^-^/unior Q^oUege Justifies Itself
By Will C. ^VooD
{Formerly Stnte Superintendent of Schools of California)
THE junior college is with us. In fact, it is so much
with us here in California that discussion of its
desirability is simph' discussion ex post facto. We
have thirteen regularly organized junior college districts
maintaining as many separate junior colleges. We have
also 20 junior college departments of high schools. In
1926-1927, the total enrollment in the junior colleges of
the state was 8,073 ; it is estimated that the enrollment in
1927-1028 was in excess of 10,000.
The enrollment in the junior colleges of the state is
about three times the enrollment of Stanford University,
considerably larger than the enrollment of the University
of California at Los Angeles, and almost as large as that
of the University of California at Berkeley. While the
junior college is admittedly young, it is already so big
and lustv. so large and so serviceable an educational entity,
that any attempt to justif\- its existence would seem super-
fluous. Institutions that involve large public expenditures
by local communities do not grow rapidly unless there is
general recognition of need for them.
It is no longer a question whether we shall have junior
colleges. It would require a public upheaval to uprcjot any
established junior college in the state. The question that
agitates us now is whether the state should permit other
junior colleges to be organized, and if so, where they
should be located. Under the law, no junior college dis-
trict can be organized without the approval of the state
board of education. Unless I am greatly mistaken in my
view, the state is already so far committed to the junior
college idea that it can hardly deny any community large
enough and rich enough to support such an institution the
privilege of organizing a junior college of its own to meet
community needs. It would be difficult for the state board
of education, even if it were inclined to restrict junior
college development, to deny to some communities a priv-
ilege it has already granted to others, assuming that need
for, and ability to support, a junior college can be estab-
lished by the applying community. It would seem, from
present indications, that a considerable number of com-
munities are planning to establish junior colleges, and
that the number of such institutions and the enrollment
therein is bound to increase rather rapidly. It is to be
hoped, however, that the state board of education, with
several years of experience in establishing junior colleges
to draw upon, will now revise its standards for approval
of new junior college districts and thus insure beforehand
the success of all new junior college institutions.
The original intent of the junior college laws, all of
which I drafted, was that the state board of education
should work out a regional plan for junior college develop-
ment allowing one junior college for each of about fifteen
regions into which the state was to be divided. It was
thought that this would insure a limited number of strong
institutions, each enrolling a thousand or more students.
However, the state board, in approving applications, soon
got away from the regional idea. The development since
1921 indicates that the state is now committed to approve
the establishment of a junior college in each community
that wants the institution, provided the community has
students enough to justify it, wealth enough to support it,
and a will strong enough to have it. I am inclined to the
belief that the plan that developed after the passage of the
law is better than the original plan.
The growth of the junior college in California has been
remarkable. However, the reasons therefor are readily
apparent. California is the second largest state in the
Union, with a length exceeding seven hundred miles- — al-
most as great as the distance from Chicago to Pittsburgh.
The state is divided by nature into fairly distinct regions,
each of which has one or more important centers of popula-
tion. The state has a population that believes heartily in
education. Unlike most other states, its people did not in
early days establish many small colleges based upon re-
ligious motives, to serve the higher educational needs of its
young people. On the contrary, the people of California
very early came to regard the furnishing of higher educa-
tion free of cost as a primary function of the state. In
e\ idence of this conception, it established the University of
California at Berkeley which, in point of enrollment,
dwarfs all other colleges in the state. The hearty public
support of the University of California, and the policy of
furnishing college tuition free at the state institution, dis-
couraged the establishment of small colleges, to be sup-
ported wholly or partly by tuition fees. Regional needs,
however, began to assert themselves as population grew.
Normal schools, later known as teachers' colleges, all sup-
ported by the state, were organized to supply regional
needs in a limited way. In 1919, Southern California,
with its great and growing population and its rather acute
regional consciousness, secured the passage of a bill provid-
ing for the conversion of the Los Angeles State Normal
School into the southern branch of the University of Cali-
fornia. The institution flourished and soon became the
University of California at Los Angeles. Meanwhile the
seven teachers' colleges broadened their courses and began
to bid for college students.
In spite of these extensions of higher educational oppor-
tunities with rapidly mounting state appropriations, the
demand therefor grew more rapidly than the new and
enlarged institutions could meet it. The institution at
Berkeley passed the 12,000 mark in enrollment, while the
state university at Los Angeles enrolled more than 5,000
students. The state teachers' colleges grew much more
rapidly than their state appropriations and felt the pinch
of greatly increasing numbers. Meanwhile, the high schools
of the state expanded phenomenallv in enrollment, increas-
ing from about 60,000 in 1913, to over 400,000 in 1928.
These institutions sent out each year a far greater number
of graduates than the state collegiate institutions, public
and private, could accommodate. Complaint was made by
college instructions that the universities were being
swamped, and many parents of college students joined with
them in their complaint.
Summed up, the situation in California was as follows:
The desire for free higher education on the part of the
young people of the state was far greater than the univer-
sities could satisfy effectively or efficiently. Regions of
large population remote from the universities were each of
them naturally ambitious to have college opportunities
offered at home. The universities of the state had for two
decades or more recognized in their curricula that there
is a fundamental difference between the first two years of
college work and the last two years. The first two years
are regarded as foundational and the work thereof is
largely prescribed. These fundamental courses do not differ
eo much in content or method from courses offered in the
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last years of high school as they do from the courses of the
last two years of college. Why shouldn't they be given at
a home institution? Such a combination of circumstances
seemed to point to the junior college as a solution of the
problem. The solution appealed to the Legislature and to
the people, so the junior college was born. It grew and
thrived.
Of course many of our cultured citizens, products of the
old-time college, regarded, and still regard, the junior
college with suspicion. The new institution they argued,
might serve for students who cannot qualify for admission
to the four-year college. It would undoubtedly give college
opportunities to a considerable number of young people
who can't afford to go away to school. These honest
critics recognize that college costs have increased greatly
since their college days; that opportunities for earning one's
way are harder to get nowadays because of greater com-
petition, due to vastly increased numbers at college. How-
ever, they are firmly of the opinion that if one could afford
it, it is far preferable to go away to the four-year college.
They point out the superior training and other qualifica-
tions of university instructors. Such instructors, they
argued, could not be had in junior colleges because the
supply of superior professorial talent is regarded as limited.
Junior college students, they argue, must perforce be con-
tent with inferior instruction. Then again, they point out
that the junior college student would miss the precious
opportunities for college life and contacts which after all
are a large part of the valuable experiences of college. All
of which we must frankly admit is partly true.
The critics of the junior college are sincere in their atti-
tude and their criticisms are quite in point. However, these
critics, all unknowingly, start with a false premise — that
the university of today is quite the same as the college or
university of a quarter of a century ago which they at-
tended. In the days of the small university or college, the
Freshman and Sophomore had instructors who were ex-
perienced, who had broad interests and who were very
much interested in their students. Today, I am informed,
and on information and belief, I allege, that many instruc-
tors of college Freshmen are comparatively inexperienced
in, and untrained for, teaching ; that they are specialists in
subjects rather than broad in their sympathies ; that while
they may be quite devoted to the small group of students
who learn quickly, and may be quite anxious to help such
bright students become specialists like themselves, they are
not greatly interested in the less apt and less mentally agile
students. Then too, the Freshmen and Sophomores of the
great universities haven't extensive opportunities to take
part in student affairs, or enter fully into college life or
make valuable contacts, such as college students had in the
later Victorian era. I never hear the argument from a col-
lege man of the nineties about the superior opportunities for
broader college life in the university, but that I want to
urge him to turn back the clock thirty years and look again
upon his Freshman callowness and diffidence. Then I
would ask how he would have felt and how many valuable
contacts he would have made, if the college he entered
thirty years ago had boasted an enrollment of several
thousand students. The college man of the nineties knows
nothing of the diluvian era in American colleges, and in-
sists upon thinking of college in antediluvian terms. As a
matter of fact, few Freshmen and Sophomores nowadays
have much opportunity, in the midst of the vast college
community, to make any large number of close contacts,
and few have any but a doughboy's part in college activ-
ities. After a college has passed the two thousand mark in
enrollment, the student's opportunities for enlarging close
college contacts and developing qualities of leadership seem
to decrease directly with each increase in enrollmcm. I
desist from following the subject further, lest I seem to
be making an attack on the universities whose work in
upper division and graduate school, I value highly. I have
merely sought to answer critics of the junior college by
pointing out that they are comparing it with an institution
that is no longer existent.
Has the junior college justified itself? The records of
junior students who took their first two years of college
work in the junior college and who later entered the junior
year of the universities are quite as good as the records of
students who took their preliminary work in the university.
The junior college is affording higher educational oppor-
tunities to thousands of young people who would otherwise
have no college advantages. It is giving young people
opportunities for the development of leadership which they
would not have otherwise. Every community that has a
junior college is proud of it and believes it to be worth all
that it costs. In such communities, the number of high
school graduates that go to the universities for the first two
\ears of work is small, and the proportion that go to the
junior college in preference to the university is growing
larger. Junior colleges are springing up in the shadows of
the universities and an ever increasing enrollment in these
junior colleges shows that they are rendering a real service.
The problem of the junior college is how to improve it,
not how to get rid of it. And the most hopeful thing about
the junior college is that those in charge of it recognize
that it is not perfect by any means, and are striving to
make it a better institution for serving young people and
the state.
'international delations
inthe A. A. U.W.
By AuREi.iA Henry Reinhardt
THE American Association of University Women has
a department of International Relations. This de-
partment serves several purposes. At first it was the
executive link connecting the American Association with
the other national associations composing the International
Federation of University Women. It first worked for
understanding and for friendship and arranged meetings
between national associations to bring these about.
Then it took over the responsibility of establishing an
International Office at Headquarters in Washington, ap-
pointed a specialist to head this office and to create study
programs for the membership. International Relations is
a many-sided subject and these programs include such
widely differing subjects as "Methods of American
Diplomacy," and "Extra Territoriality in China." Pro-
gram-making led to the discovery that there are many mat-
ters on which little information can be found in print. So
it came to pass that research in specific questions of inter-
national importance became one of the concrete interests
of the American Association of University Women.
Mrs. William Palmer Lucas, of the San Francisco Bay
Branch and a member of the California sub-committee on
International Relations, is making a study of the second-
generation Chinese, based on material available in the Bay
District. Mrs. Malbone Graham, of the Los Angeles
Branch, and state chairman of International Relations, is
making a study of the Mexican resident, the conditions
under which he lives and works in the southern part of
California.
There is no limit to the number of specific problems
which offer a subject of investigation.
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Periodic ^^/fi^edical r^xamination ^ ^ ^ Why ?
B\ \\\ P. ShEPARD, M.D., M.A.
Assistant Secretary, Aletropolitan Life Insurance Company, San Francisco, California.
Dr. ff'illi/ini P. Shepard is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, in Medicine and
Public Health. California knew him first as Health Officer in Berkeley, a full-time
position. He is nou- Assistant Secretary to the .Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
an organization ivhich applies every modern medical advance to keeping its clientele ivell.
THIS country stands seventh in the expectation of
life for females among the civilized countries of
the world. A girl baby born in New Zealand may
expect to live 61.76 vears; Australia, 58.84; Denmark,
57.90; Norway, 57.72; Sweden, 56.98; Holland, 53.40;
UNITED STATES. 52.54. Expectancy of life for
women in this country is better than that of England,
Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. India
foots the list with an average life expectancy of but 23.31
for females at birth.
Why Are Womex Penalized, Limng in the
United States.*"
Why are we seventh instead of first? Why should a
woman be penalized for living in the United States
instead of New Zealand ? Let us see !
Chart 1 shows the principal causes of death among fe-
males, ages 45 to 64 years, in the United States Registra-
tion Area for 1921. Cancer leads the list with 292 deaths
for every hundred thousand females in this age group. Or-
ganic diseases of the heart come next with 246, cerebral
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Principal Causes of Death in Middle Life
Death rates per 100,000 from important causes of death,
females at ages 45 to 64 years, United States
Registration States, 1921.
After age 45, death rates of females exceed those of males
for cancer, cerebral hemorrhage, chronic nephritis,
diabetes, hernia, exophthalmic goitre and pellagra.
•"Some Problems of Life Extension" — Dublin, Louis I., Ph. D.,
Statistician, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Read before
the Section on Preventive Medicine and Public Health, American
Medical Association, Chicago, June, 1924.
hemorrhage or apoplexy is third, and chronic nephritis, or
Bright's disease, fourth. A large proportion of deaths from
the latter two diseases are due to the same underlying
cause: viz., degeneration and weakening of the wall of
the arteries. Tuberculosis of the lungs is fifth on the list,
and pneumonia sixth, followed at some distance by diabetes.
After age 45 death rates of females exceed those of males
for cancer, cerebral hemorrhage, chronic nephritis, dia-
betes, hernia, exophthalmic goitre and pellagra.
The picture in this chart, which shows conditions in the
\ear 1921, is essentially the same for the year 1900 except
that there has been a considerable reduction in the twenty-
one intervening years in pneumonia, tuberculosis, influenza
and acute bronchitis. On the other hand, there has been
an increase in cancer, heart disease, cerebral hemorrhage
and diabetes.
The Attack ox the "Silent Diseases"
The answer to our question therefore, begins to outline
itself. We are chiefly concerned today with causes of death
in middle and advanced life. In place of the acute diseases
we must now prevent the so-called "silent diseases" ; that
is, those having an insidious onset; those which creep upon
one like a thief in the night ; which give no warning at the
onset such as pain, fever, sudden incapacity, etc. These are
diseases in which the cause is either obscure or unknown.
Therefore, to a certain extent we are waging a battle in
the dark.
We do not have a specific weapon of defense against the
"silent diseases." Care in the preparation of food will not
prevent cancer as it will summer complaint which has been
so effectively controlled in the infant. Vaccination will not
prevent heart disease as it has smallpox and typhoid. Toxin-
antitoxin will not prevent cerebral hemorrhage as it has
diphtheria. Isolation and quarantine will not prevent
Bright's disease as it has contagious diseases.
Has scientific medicine developed any weapon of defense
against these "silent diseases"? There is but one, and that
is not specific, but is fairly satisfactory. It is a product of
modern scientific methods of diagnosis. It is dependent
upon the skillful physician well versed in the normal
functionings of the human body and highly skilled in the
detection of early, slight departures from normal. It con-
sists of the periodic medical examination.
How He.'^lthy Are Well Women?
The findings of skilled physicians after examining large
numbers of supposedly healthy adults are astounding. The
Life Extension Institute has reported upon the examina-
tions of 17,000 adults, every one of whom considered him-
self in good health. Nearly every other person of these
17,000 was found to have neglected the teeth to such an
extent that focal infection was a probability, and exten-
sive repair work was required. One out of three had un-
corrected defects of vision. One out of every four were
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women's city club magazine for AUGUST • ig2
found to have tonsils which were impairing their health.
Every seventh person had defective hearing. One out of eight
were found to weigh 20 per cent or over, more than they
should. Life insurance companies have pointed out that the
overweight person is a very poor risk, succumbing to the
so-called degenerative diseases at almost twice the rate of
the normal-weight person. One out of eight was found to
have high blood pressure. Every eighth person had ab-
normally low blood pressure. One out of ten had a chronic
skin infection. One out of twenty-five had sugar in the
urine. One out of thirty had new growths or tumors of
some kind, many of which will turn out to be cancer. One
out of thirty-two had albumin in the urine. One in every
hundred had heart disease.
What relation does this have to our leading causes of
death among females of middle life ? The first of these was
cancer. Cancer is impossible to cure according to our
present knowledge, and only a small proportion can be
prevented. Deaths from cancer, however, can be easily
reduced. But this depends upon early detection of the
cancerous growth, and prompt, complete, surgical removal.
Very few, if any, of the 500 people found out of the
17,000, with new growths or tumors will die of cancer,
provided they follow the advice of the examining physician.
The Meaning of "Focal Infection"
Our next commonest cause of death among females, ages
45 to 64, was heart disease. This presents a motle>- array
of causes. But there can be no argument about the fact
that so-called focal infection is one of the important under-
Iving causes of heart disease. By focal infection is meant
a long continued, chronic invasion of some localized portion
of the body by disease-producing bacteria, wiiich does not
cause the symptoms of acute infection, (redness, swelling,
heat and pain ) , but which does cause local death of the body
tissues and local production of bacterial poisons. When this
condition exists in certain parts of the body where it is
under pressure it is especially serious. Such parts are in
buried tonsils, the roots of teeth, and the nasal sinuses. In
all three of these places the [xiisonous products of the in-
fection have no means of escape to either the inner or outer
surface of the body. Being under pressure they must go
somewhere and are absorbed directly into the blood stream
and carried thence to all parts of the body. Then we have
rheumatism ; or slow destruction of the walls of the
arteries ; or gradual weakening of the body muscles, includ-
ing the heart muscle; or (as some scientists believe) the
lighting up of acute infections in remote parts of the body,
such as ulcer of the stomach, inflammation of the appendix,
and inflammation of the gall bladder. Any or all of these
may occur as a result of focal infection. This explains the
careful search on the part of the examining physician for
the focal infections. Without doubt, many of the 8,000
examined who showed need of "heavy dentistry," and still
more of the 4,500 who showed abnormal conditions of the
tonsils, by having these corrected saved themselves from
untimely illness and perhaps death from heart disease,
Bright's disease and apoplexy.
Of the 2,500 examined who had defective hearing a
majority would have suffered inconvenience, handicap in
work, and that pitiful mental attitude of isolation which
goes with chronic progressive deafness. A smaller but
significant number would have been killed in street acci-
dents because they were unable to heed the warning sound
of an approaching car. Of the 4,500 found with defective
vision, many, if not all, would have lived in a world whose
beauties were limited. Many of these too would have mis-
judged the curve in the road when they were driving, the
distance of an approaching car, the height of a step at the
head of the stairs, and have lost their lives as a result.
Many of those showing high blood pressure had already
gone a little too far. But many were undoubtedly found
in time to correct the diet, remove focal infection, reduce
overweight, and thereby relieve them of the danger of
apoplexy. Many of those with small amounts of sugar in
the urine received the benefit of a slight change in diet
which saved them from the danger of diabetes.
Proof of the Pudding
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and now comes
the Life Extension Institute and the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company with figures to show the actual effect
on longevity of periodic health examinations. Chart II
_ J
CHART II*
Effect of Periodical Medical E.xamination
Upon Mortality
Percentage, actual of expected mortality, during six years
following medical examination and hygienic advice.
Periodical medical examination saves lives and
pays for itself!
shows the percentage of actual to expected deaths during
six years of periodic examinations and the following of
hygienic advice. This is based upon the examination of
6,000 persons who were followed up for six years after
commencing this procedure. It will be seen from this chart
that between ages 40 and 49 deaths among persons who
have been examined regularly are 22 per cent less than
among those who have not. Between ages 50 to 59 deaths
among those who have been examined regularly are 53 per
cent less!
To my mind, the Women's City Club is doing a splendid
work in arranging for expert medical examinations of its
members at nominal cost. The very knowledge that the
standards to be followed in this work are in charge of so
able a committee assures us that the job will be well done
from the technical standpoint. A little thought and con-
sideration of the facts herein presented should make a large
number of the members appreciate the value of these
examinations.
*Dublin, Louis I., Ph. D., Statistician, Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company, "Some Problems of Life Extension." Read before
the Section on Preventive Medicine and Public Health, American
Medical Association, Chicago, June, 1924.
ea
Ith
xaminations
The Board of Directors of the Women's City Club
voted at its meeting of June 18, 1928, to oiifer facilities to
members for modern health examination. Dr. Shepard's
article reveals how important it is that every human body
be gone over at stated intervals by competent physicians
and diagnosticians. Next month the Magazine will pub-
lish the modus operandi of the examinations to be offered.
The Club considers this one of its biggest pieces of social
service of the year's program.
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women's city club magazine for AUGUST • 1928
WOMEN^S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
Published Monthly at San Francisco
465 Post Street
Telephone Kearny 8400
MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
MRS. HARRY STAATS MOORE Chairman
MRS. GEORGE OSBORNE WILSON
MRS. FREDERICK FAULKNER
MRS. FREDERICK W. KROLL
MARIE HICKS DAVIDSON, Editor
RUTH CALLAHAN, Advertising Manager
VOLUME II AUGUST ' 1928 NUMBER 7
EDITOMIAIL
EDUCATION is quite the largest of human enter-
prises. Certainly it is the oldest. With the first man
\\as born the desire to learn and its corollary, the
inclination to teach.
Since then have arisen pedagogic theories and systems
without number. Some of them lived, but most of them
died and their places have been filled with substitutes and
compromises.
How best to meet man's instincti\e thirst for knowledge
and to direct it without stultifying it or reducing it to
pattern is the problem confronting modern educators. For
if they have learned nothing else about the business of
educating, they have deduced that it consists of infinitely
more than inculcation and the instilling of facts. On that
predication, then, the vast subject is approached.
But what is the right system ? Is there a blanket formula
which will apply with equal facility to any and all in-
stances? Is there a common denominator in the realm of
education ? Very probably not.
Methods of education will change as surely as condi-
tions of living will change. The student of twenty years
ago did not need to learn the spelling of the word "aviator"
or "radio." Those words some day will be obsolete, may-
hap. No subject of human consideration may be regarded
as a closed proposition. On that premise rests the founda-
tion of educational methods today.
There is before the American public the question of the
junior college. As yet so controversial that leading educa-
tors are at wide variance, it presents many phases on either
side.
In the wave of adult education sweeping the country-
the Women's City Club has not been remiss. Lectures and
forums have been part of its program since the beginning.
As the Club has grown in scope so has its field of oppor-
tunity broadened. The splendid pioneering of Mrs. Parker
Maddux, as chairman of the committee on education and
training, is being ably followed by Mrs. Thomas Stoddard.
Mrs. Black's Thursday Evening Programs have filled an
important place in the community's cultural life. It is
possible that members of the City Club do not realize the
amount of energy and intelligent effort e.xpended in
arranging a Thursday Evening Program. When they are
given fifty-two times a year the e.xpenditure of effort is
prodigious and the chairman does a service of no mean
magnitude.
Play reading groups, music hours, study courses, intel-
ligently directed, debates and symposia have ofifered sub-
stantial and stimulating fare to members and guests of the
Women's Citv Club.
Finding ^ ^^lace in the Q^oniniunity
By Fannie Lyne Black
(Mrs. A. P. Black, President IVowen's City Club)
EVER'^' organization is accorded a place in a commu-
nity depending upon its usefulness to a portion of
the citizens. That the Women's City Club fills a
need of this kind is abundantly proved by the fact that
during the brief period of its existence in its present form
and location, its membership has increased to seven times
that of its early years, while a long waiting list of women
eagerly hope to be invited to its ranks. The Club, as is
well known, is the outgrowth of a war organization, The
y>i!tional League for H'oman's Service. It was created
simply as a downtown club for women, very democratic in
Its attitude, offering membership to women of the business
\M)rld and to those of leisure. Its Constitution sa\s "any
woman" and defines as its object "to offer opportunities for
the guidance, the training and the development of women
through its various departments of service to women."
The possibilities of a large group of women organized
in one body are very attractive to those persons having any
particular accomplishment in view, but we have consistent-
ly refused to offer our membership to any object which we
do not control and which seems beyond our latitude. We
are glad to co-operate in any project which is in keeping
with the text of the Constitution. For example: — We
have been asked to co-operate with the San Francisco Cen-
ter of The California League of Women Voters in the
endeavor to get out the San Francisco Woman's vote. It
is the duty of every woman to exercise her privilege of
suffrage as a citizen and it is particularly desirable that
intelligent women consider this duty of great importance.
The vote in general is called for, but more essential is the
thoughtful, intelligent vote, and we are quite within our
scope and object of the "training and development of
women" when we ask our members to consider carefully
this civic duty and to vote carefully at all elections.
We believe and know that we must guide our own
destiny and shape our policies to the requirements of our
town membership, but we wish always to be co-operative
and not competitive. The Women's City Club is one of
several groups in a large city and it wishes to extend friend-
ship and good will to others who are ministering to the
satisfaction and well being of women.
Now may we mention a practical matter, a situation in
which the club comes in contact with the merchants of the
city. It has been said many times that our magazine is our
only means of communication with the membership as a
whole, and this magazine, attractive, entertaining and use-
ful as it is, is only possible through the advertisements
that it contains. These constitute its business foundation.
Our solicitors are most careful as to the standing of
dealers who advertise in our magazine, and the quality
of merchandise advertised. We feel that each one is re-
liable and worthy of patronage. This being true, we feel
justified in asking our members to read the advertisements
and to trade as far as possible with these dealers, who feel
that some definite business return should repay their con-
fidence in placing advertising in our magazine. This is a
service that can be done both to the club and to the mer-
chants of our city.
It is our earnest desire to conduct the policies and the
affairs of the Club in such manner that each member shall
have some thrill of pleasure in the knowledge that she has
a share in its usefulness and success, that she has found a
measure of training and development through her con-
nection with it, and that being a member of the Women's
City Club has added something to her dignity as a citizen.
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women's city club magazine for AUGUST ■ 192
Colonnade of
Caltjornia
School of
Fine Arts
at
San Francisco,
California
IS THE ^TUDY CF
TO almost everyone the very
name of Art brings a certain
stimulation of interest because it
suggests those things of the imagina-
tion and of beauty which we all in-
stinctively crave as a relief from the
sordid and commonplace. To those
who know art it opens up inexhaustible
fields for exploration and discovery.
They recognize that it is not a. thing
for merely the favored few or dilet-
tante, but something that should be-
long to all, and enriches the lives of
all who will give to it some time and
thought. Fortunately, an ever increas-
ing number of people are waking up to
the fact that a new creative impulse is
at work today in the world of art, that
is in harmony with the great vital de-
velopments in science, industry, and in
all the stirring activities that make up
our modern life. This modern art, like
the life it epitomizes, is naturally in a
state of transition, experimentation
and development.
As in all periods of intensive growth
and change, this fresh impulse is al-
readv producing some splendid results,
as well as many failures, but its great-
est value and significance lies in the
promise it holds of magnificent accom-
plishment for the future.
As one of the leading educational
institutions of our City, the California
School of Fine Arts seeks to do more
than provide adequate training and
artistic guidance to those young people
By Lee F. Randolph
Director California School of Fine Arts
who are ambitious to excel as profes-
sional artists. It offers to men and
women of all ages the opportunity to
study and know the great principles of
art as expressed in the visual arts of
drawing, painting, sculpture, and de-
^omen's City Cluh
Short Story Contest
is Extended
In response to mamy requests,
especially from people who write
from various summer resorts where
they are on their vacations, the
time limit of the Short Story Con-
test launched last month by the
Women's City Club Magazine has
been extended to September 15.
Manuscripts have been auriving
at the office of the editor with a
regularity which presages a rich
harvest of short stories for publi-
cation in the mageizine in the com-
ing months. The judges are Charles
Caldwell Dobie, Mrs. WUliam
Palmer Lucas, and George
Douglas.
sign. Even a short period of actual
experience with the practical problems
of art, as found in the classes of an
art school, opens up new horizons of
understanding and appreciation. It
also makes it possible to benefit in a
far higher degree from such other
aids to cultural development as are
found in lectures and books on art.
These last may be good in themselves,
but the person who has never come into
personal contact with the practice of
art finds it difficult to grasp the funda-
mentals of its theory or attain to the
point of view of its philosophy.
So all over the country men and
women in many walks of business and
professional life find it well worth
their while to gain a first hand knowl-
edge of these visual arts, taking up
some branch of study in their leisure
hours. After all, we live in a visual
world and our enjoyment of life may
be immeasurably increased by learning
to see and understand the wealth of
form and color in nature and in art.
Art is today a more vigorous and
vital expression of the times in which
we live than most people realize. Its
importance as an indication of the
spiritual growth of the nation is be-
coming more fully recognized. The
increasing number of people, both
young and old, who are taking up this
most interesting and inspiring of
studies, is proof of its widespread in-
fluence.
women's city club magazine for AUGUST • I92
\mencan
ssocLation of ^iAnli^ersity ^iVo/nen
an
(^
rancisco
Jay
)ran
ch
By Edna Wemple McDonald
(Mrs. James R. McDonald)
President Sail Francisco Bay Branch, A. A. U. H'.
Mrs. McDonald
SAN Francisco Bay Branch of the American Associa-
tion of Universin- Women, which has its headquarters
and special privileges in the Women's City Club, is
carrying to completion a vigorous educational survey.
The agenda of the coming year includes a study of the
junior college in California, programs of parental educa-
tion, baby hy-
giene, drama
study, Interna-
Relations Depart-
ment (outlined on
another page by
Dr. Aurelia Rein-
hardt of Mills
College), the
handling of fel-
lowship funds and
scholarships, co-
operation with art
galleries and mu-
seums in sponsor-
ing exhibits, co-
operation with the
Institute of Pa-
cific Relations and
other organiza-
tions working for
international am-
ity, and establish-
ing of study
groups. The proposed educational program is particularly
interesting. The California State Department of Educa-
tion Bulletin on the Junior College says: "Reckoned in
terms of statutes alone, the California Junior College
attains its majorit>' this year."
With this fact in mind it is opportune for the San
Francisco Bay Branch of the American Association of
University Women to study the problem of the Junior
College, its inception and its growth under the present
system as well as to analyze the present laws and rules
governing the California Junior College. University wo-
men should be better informed before taking a stand on
this very controversial subject. For that reason "The
Junior College" will be the principal educational subject
for study and discussion during the year.
The course for leaders in parental education under Dr.
Herbert Stolz will be continued in co-operation with the
Parent-Teachers' Association.
The scientists connected with our universities are ever
opening up new fields of thought and awakening new in-
terests. It is planned to have leaders in some of the fields
of pure science present to the members of the Association
this fascinating story of man's continuing conquest of the
unknown.
The San Francisco Bay Branch is proud of the part its
members have played in the life of the state and of the
nation. Forty-three years ago a group of college women
met and organized as an independent group. They imme-
diately applied to the Association of Collegiate Alumnae at
Boston for affiliation on consideration that membership
should be granted to the alumnae of the Universitv of Cali-
fornia. This was granted in 1886. Several of the founders
are still living in the Bay Region and all are women of
achievement. Among the number are Mrs. Alexander
Morrison, Dr. Emma Sutro Merritt, Mrs. Warren
Cheeney, Dr. Millicent Shinn, Mrs. William Keith and
-Miss Caroline Jackson.
These women believed that "education is the very foun-
dation of civic strength and uprightness, " and as a conse-
quence this branch has been a force in California in in-
itiating forward movements in education, in providing
opportunities for women in higher education and in attach-
ing the home to the school and the school to life.
In 1920, after the Collegiate Alumnae became the Amer-
ican Association of University Women, and the Southern
Colleges were admitted to the organization's accredited
list, and after affiliation with the International Federation
of University Women, the San Francisco Bay Branch
L'hanged its name to conform with the national and inter-
national groups.
The American Association of University Women is not
a women's club, but rather an interalumnae association for
the 160 colleges on the approved list — interested, not in one
college, but in the development of women's education and
lit professional opportunities for women. The whole policy
of the Association is concentrated on education.
San Francisco members have guest privileges at the
Kuropean Club Houses. In London, Crosby Hall, that
historic 15th Century mansion, once the scene of royal
revels, has, under the aegis of the British Federation of
University Women, become the headquarters for the Inter-
national Federation with membership in thirty countries.
This hall is open to women college graduates who go to
London for research, conference or to meet women from
other lands. The new wing contains rooms bearing the
[lames of the United States, Canada, Australia and India.
A second American wing is now assured.
Among the outstanding accomplishments have been the
appointment of women on city and state boards of education
and the appointment of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst as a regent
of the University of California — the first woman to be so
honored. These were the direct results of the Branch's
efforts. Recently a continuing committee was appointed
consisting of Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt, Chairman, Mrs. E. J.
.Mott, Mrs. W. W. Douglas, Mrs. Edwin Stanwood, to
consider alumnae eligible for appointment to the Board of
Regents. This is to conform with a present day movement
in America to have alumni and alumnae representatives on
the Board of Regents of such institutions.
The survey of the San Francisco school system, resulting
in complete re-organization, was sponsored by the Branch
under the leadership of Mrs. Jesse Steinhart and Mrs. A.
E. Graupner.
This forty-three-years-old group of San Francisco Bay
University Women, with its inherited traditions of broad
policy, goes joyously on its way, adapting its program of
work, play, growth to the new day, providing social inter-
course among college alumnae, promoting educational in-
terests for the woman in the professions, in the market
place, in the home and securing broader opportunities for
all women.
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W O M E X ' S CITY CLUB M A G A Z I V E for AUGUST ■ I 9 2
:SKT¥
ifterward
By Mrs. Harry Kluegel
THE other day the University of Wisconsin con-
ferred upon that darling of the gods, Colonel Charles
Lindbergh, its highest degree — the coveted LL.D.
— not for his heroic achievement in flying from America to
France, but for his masterly conduct in the face of un-
precedented adulation and the contribution he is making
to the progress of aviation since the accomplishment of that
historic event.
In the modern method, then, we glance casually at a
short list of women graduates of colleges and universities
to see what contribution they have made to the American
woman's dignity — what they have given to American life
as the result of the great effort which has for them opened
the doors of institutions of higher learning.
In the highest official life in AVashington we find that
two college graduates have occupied the position of "First
Lady of the Land." We recall with what uncommon charm
and dignity the young graduate of Wells College, Frances
Folsom. presided as Mrs. Grover Cleveland. Now. Grace
Goodhue of the class of 1902 of the University of Vermont,
as Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, has the nation at her feet for the
unqualified success with which she has met the various and
exacting responsibilities of her duties, and for her intel-
ligent dealing with difficult and unfamiliar situations.
During Woodrow Wilson's administration his daughters,
graduates of Goucher College, gave to the social life of the
White House a college atmosphere.
We remember Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes of Welles-
le\- among others of the ladies of the cabinet, setting high
standards in the social life of the nation's capital, as the
wife of the secretary of state. Mrs. Hughes performed
with great distinction her duties as a hostess in entertaining
foreign diplomats and their wives, especially during the
W'ashington Arms Conference.
Lou Henry, Stanford, 1898, Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
the wife of the secretary of commerce, is not only a cele-
brated hostess with her world-wide acquaintance, aside
from her official duties, but the leader of the Girl Scouts
of America, and a national figure in the American Associa-
tion of University Women and other organizations. (Mrs.
Hoover is a member of the San Francisco Bay Branch
A. A. U. W. and of the San Francisco Women's City
Club.) Mrs. Hoover has been hailed as "a devotee of
pure science." For four years she did e.xhaustive work in
study and research with her husband in the translation,
published in 1912, of "De Re Metallica," which was
written in old Latin in 1550 and credited to Agricola.
This is considered by Mr. Hoover to be his most important
contribution to his profession.
The New York Times is authority for this statement in
an editorial :
"This widespread fitness, as witnessed by the capabilit\
which thousands of women show in positions of great re-
sponsibility, and in activities until recently closed to them,
must be due in some considerable measure to the cultural,
social and scientific training which women now enjoy in
colleges. To be sure there were women of such parts
before there were colleges for women. . . . But in these
times the woman who has not as ample training as the man
has seldom the mental breadth or the social resource to take
as great a part as her sister who has had such preparation."
Mrs. William Wallace Campbell, of the University of
Michigan and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, who was Mar-
guerite Blake, Stanford '97, both lend charm, distinction
and intimate understanding to the responsibilities and op-
portunities which face the Presidents of California and
Stanford Universities. Both of these university women
accompany their noted husbands on frequent scientific and
diplomatic missions to foreign countries.
Mrs. David Prescott Barrows, an alumna of Occidental
College, is an important member of the distinguished mis-
sion of three, of which her husband, Dr. Barrows, is the
head, the third member being their son, Thomas, sent by
Jlrs. Harry
Kluegel,
Pasl-Presiden I
San Francisco
Hal/ Branch,
dissociation oj
American
U nwersity
Women
the Carnegie Foundation to Central and South America
this year to create better understanding among the
Americas.
Dr. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt is not only the president
of Mills College but the devoted mother of two sons and
the author of "Dante Alighieri" and "Yale Studies In
English." Dr. Reinhardt has ably represented the Amer-
ican Association of L^niversity Women at the frequent
Conferences of the International Federation of University
\Vomen in the various capitals of Europe.
One feels with a glow of pride that these women most
eminently dignify American womanhood abroad.
Mrs. Julius Kahn has been associated with congressional
life in Washington for many years and succeeded to her
late husband's seat in Congress, having been twice elected to
represent the Fourth District from California. Mrs. Kahn
is an alumna of the University of California.
Annette Abbott Adams, California, 1904, a member, as
is Mrs. Kahn of the A. A. U. W., broke all precedents
as the first woman assistant Attorney-General at Washing-
ton, D. C, and by her dignity, femininity and high qual-
ifications made possible the appointment of another woman
in the changing administration. Julia Lathrop, the pioneer
in developing the United States Children's Bureau, is an
alumna of Vassar. Major Stimson, head of the United
States Army Nurses Corps, has also a college degree.
One recalls with a thrill the work of Mrs. Vernon
Kellogg, who was Charlotte Hoffman of the Class of 1900
of the University of California. ^Vith her husband, Dr.
Kellogg of the Stanford University Faculty, Mrs. Kellogg,
now a resident of Washington, D. C, undertook stupend-
ous tasks in the work of the Belgian Relief in Europe.
{Continued nn page 2+)
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Interesting Season
Ahead
Scheduled for the Wolfsohn Con-
cert Series (formerly Ehvvn Artist
Series) in the Scottish Rite Audito-
rium during the coming season are
the iMichio Ito Dancers. The group
includes Michio Ito, internationally
famous Japanese interpreter of the
dance and his ballet.
The ballet which Ito has selected is
composed of internationally known
dancers including Catherine Crandall,
formerly premiere ballerina of the
Spanish Opera Company ; Isa Ellana,
formerly with the San Carlo and
Manhattan Opera Companies ; Jose-
phine Karroll, formerly associated
with Mikhail Mordkin, Kohana, for-
merly premiere ballerina of the Para-
mount production "Eg\pt," and Doro-
thy Wagner, formerly solo dancer
with the Metropolitan Opera Com-
pany ballet.
The Wolfsohn Concert Series also
will include Richard Bonelli, baritone;
Carmela Ponselle, soprano ; Reinald
AVerrenrath, baritone; Albert Spald-
ing, violinist ; Dudley Buck Singers,
noted mixed octet; the London String
Quartet ; Kathryn Meisle, contralto ;
Roland Hayes, negro tenor and Alex-
ander Brailowsky, Russian pianist.
Season tickets representing a con-
siderable sa\ing over single admis-
sions to the different events may now
be secured at Sherman Clay & Com-
pany. ' i *
Women's City Club
Swimming Pool
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Member (single lesson) $L00
Guest (single lesson) 1.25
Member (course of ten) 7.50
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Guest (course of ten) 10.00
Class Lessons {half-hour lessons)
Class for members (four or
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Fifteen-minute lesson (mem-
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Sons under 8 years of age 35
Guests 50
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September 15^^ to October 3^^
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and Sperry
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Eleanora Flaige, Premtcre Daiisciisc
Mml Orders Received Noic cit Offices
SAN FRANXISCO OPERA COMPANY
68 Post Street
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at Sherman, Clay & Company
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SEASON 1928-1929
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AW All's Sesqu'i-centennial"^
I O MANY things are synonymous with Summer — pretty clothes, light
reading, irresponsibility to one's work, outdoor
life, fruit and flowers and salads — that it is super-
fluous to name them. But when the heyday is
over and the days imperceptibly shorten, when
the keen edge of enthusiasm begins to dull a bit,
there is one unfailing panacea for ennui. That
is travel.
Life at the resorts is still alluring, but those
who took their outings early in the season are wanting change of scene which
means transportation in some form or another. The complete change, of
course, is sea travel. For we live on land months and years on end.
"Around and Across America" is the slogan of one of the steamship lines,
and one that conjures a thousand pictures. Around or across means rail one
way, water the other, and the steamship company makes no restriction in
arranging the tour as to whether the prospective passenger goes or comes by
one or the other.
Round-the-world trips are being planned by many who want to pass the last
few months of the year in delightful tra\el but who insist upon being at home
for the holidays. This just about allows of a leisurely circumnavigation of
the globe before holly wreaths begin to appear in the windows.
And the ever-new trip to Honolulu knows no abatement in popularity.
There are big doings out there this fall, when Hawaii will be the mecca
for thousands.
One hundred and fifty years ago, the amber-skinned people of a group of
mid-Pacific islands saw two strange ships approaching their sunny shores.
The ships were the "Resolution" and "Discovery" of Captain James Cook,
British circumnavigator who, with his sailors, was on his way north from
Tahiti in an eiifort to determine once and for all whether there was a north-
west passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The astonished natives of what
are now known as the Hawaiian Islands greeted the white men cordially,
exchanged gifts with the strangers, and paid them tributes usually accorded
only to the highest chieftains.
In commemoration of this momentous landing and its consequences, the
Islands from August 13 to 20 will be the scene of elaborate ceremonials,
colorful pageants depicting the pagan splendor of old Hawaii, with historical
plays presenting the customs and costumes and songs of the island people of
one hundred and fifty years ago. From the sapphire waters of the Pacific the
battleships of the United States, England and Australia will be a guard of
honor, while representatives from many countries will pay recognition ashore.
The romantic figure about which all of the celebration will circle is that of
Captain Cook, a farm boy
of Yorkshire, England, who
grew tired of the farm, be-
came apprenticed to a Brit-
ish shipping firm, studied
diligently, and became the
dauntless e.xplorer, acknowl-
edged discoverer of many
lands in the Pacific.
Cook landed on the lux-
uriant island of Kauai at
Waimea on January 20,
1778, and, charmed by the
languorous beauty of the
islands and the friendliness
of the natives, he and his
sailors lingered — even as do
the modern visitors who
throng to the islands annu-
ally. Months elapsed, and
still they stayed on the
alluring shores. Due to mis-
understandings and dififer-
ences in customs, quarrels
{ oiRTEiY M(Tsov LisEi bccaiTie frcqucrtt between
Hawaiian chiefs in Captain Cook's time ivore helmets ^^e sailors and the natives,
like the old Romans. (Continued on page 27)
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women's city club magazine for AUGUST
1928
Follow^ the Fashion
in Travel
Just a suggestion regarding what is really "being
done" this season, by travelers from
San Francisco —
TEMPLE TOURS around the
world, sailing from San Francisco
October 12, 1928.
TEMPLE TOURS to the
Orient, including the Coronation
celebrations of the new Japanese
Emperor, Fall months, 1928.
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The University Degree - -y^fterii'ard
Conlinuedjrom page 20
Since the war many articles and essays from her pen have
found their way into the Atlantic Monthly and elsewhere.
Dr. Lillian Moller Gilbreth, also of the University of
California, now of New Jersey, and likewise of the class
of 1900, internationally known as an industrial engineer
and psychologist, was associated with her husband in the
active practice of their identical professions. Dr. Gilbreth is
a speaker and author of note, both of prose and poetry,
and the mother of eleven children, all of whom she has
reared or is rearing successfully. She has recently published
a book entitled "Living ^Vith Our Children."
From the Ll^niversity of Ohio and Barnard came the
peerless translator of Papini's Life of Christ — Dorothy
Canfield Fisher. Mrs. Fisher is a mother and the author
of much original work besides.
In the intricate field of New York's high finance we
find Mrs. Barton Hepburn of St. Lawrence and a trustee
of that university, who cooperated with her late husband
in large business enterprises, many of which she continues
to direct. Mrs. Owen D. Young is also an alumna of
St. Lawrence. Her husband's wide interests in business
and diplomacy ha\e given scope for her training. Both
have been contributing forces to America.
Leaders in the League of Women Voters and the Wo-
men's Party ha\e college degrees and are members of the
American Association of University Women — Mrs.
ALaude Park AVood and the Hill sisters being among the
number.
California university women, in addition to the national
figures already named, are occupying places of distinction in
the professions, public service, politics and the arts. In
California's official life Mrs. C. C. Young, a Stanford
alumna, presides over the "Governor's Mansion" in Sacra-
mento as the wife of the Governor of the state. Mrs.
\Villiam John Cooper — Edna Curtis, University of Cali-
fornia, 1906 — ( member of the A. A. U. W. and of the
San Francisco City Club) — is thoroughly trained to co-
operate with her husband in his program as Director of
Education for the State of California.
Mrs. Alexander Morrison is vice-president of the Cali-
forniaAlumnae Association andserved formerly as a member
of the board of trustees of Mills College. On that board
are Mrs. Robert Burdette of Syracuse University, class of
1S76, and also a trustee of her alma mater, and Airs.
Thomas Mitchell Potter of Mills College. Mrs. George
Gerlinger, formerly of San Diego, is a regent of the LTni-
versity of Oregon.
Dr. Jessica Peixotto of California was the first woman
professor on the State University faculty. She is an expert
in the field of Social Economics, being an author and con-
sultant as well as a lecturer and investigator. The first
woman to receive the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from
California was Millicent Shinn of Niles, who became
internationally known for her scientific study of the child.
Miss Shinn was one of the founders of the San Francisco
Bay Branch of the A. A. U. W. Susan M. Dorsey, of
Vassar, has the distinction of being the first woman to
have the degree of LL.D. conferred upon her by the Uni-
versity of California (in March, 1928) in recognition of
her eminent service as the superintendent of schools of
Los Angeles for the last seven years.
Mills College conferred the degree of LL.D. upon Mrs.
Mary Roberts Coolidge. Mrs. Coolidge is a professor of
Social Economics, a student of the Orient and a successful
author. She has recently been appointed a member of the
State Board of Education,
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women's city club MAGAZIXE for AUGUST • 1928
Whi/ Building and Loan
as a Reserve or Investment
By J. I. Cutler
of W . O. Files ^ Co., San Francisco
Agents Guaranty Building and
Loan Association
THERE are three important fac-
tors to be considered when mak-
ing an investment or providing
a reserve fund for either personal or
business reasons. No offering sub-
mitted to the public ever contained the
maximum of these three factors, it
being necessary to waive something of
one of them in order to secure the
maximum of the other two. These
three factors are: first, safety, the
most important ; second, availability' ;
and third, earnings.
Approximately seventeen years ago
California took an important step for-
ward in protecting the interests of
building and loan investors in this
state, when they passed and put into
operation those laws governing what
are known today as the "California
Guarantee Capital Building and Loan
Associations." Since those laws went
into effect, no single investor in a
guarantee association has lost a pen-
ny of principal or earnings. This
plan, so successful in California, is
being put into operation in many other
states.
Inasmuch as a provision is made
whereby investors in a guarantee build-
ing and loan association have the pri-
vilege of borrowing up to ninety per
cent of the value of their certificates
or, whenever desirable, of liquidating
in full the only point where this class
of investment does not provide a maxi-
mum of availability is in that provision
of the law granting the association the
option of requiring thirty days' notice
of withdrawal of funds. However,
in very few instances has this option
ever been exercised and with most of
the associations no notice is required
nor has it ever been required of their
investors.
Very little need be said in reference
to the earnings credited to certificate
holders in a guarantee building and
loan association as in some associations
the investors are guaranteed as high
as eight per cent, this guarantee being
backed up with a substantial fund
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Therefore, guarantee building and
loan, providing as it does a maximum
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The growth of the building and
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phia in 1831, with one association,
which association is still in existence,
the idea gradually spread through the
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one year, or both." (Effective July
29th', 1927). , , ,
The Guaranty Building and Loan
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in the east wing of the main lobby of
the Women's City Club under the
management of Christie M. Delmas.
Jlemorial Gift to Club
Miss Blanche Rawdon gave to the
Women's City Club on June 19, 1928,
a one-hundred-dollar, six per cent note
of the Port Street Investment Com-
pany which had been the property of
her sister. Miss Mary Rawdon, who
died May 26, 1928.
In transmitting the bond Miss Raw-
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ciation of her late sister's keen en-
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Ha u'^ // Sesqu i-centen n la I
(Continued from page 22)
and it is believed that during some
altercation Cook intervened and was
fatally wounded, falling on his face
into the waters of Kealakekua Bay.
His memory is to be honored be-
cause he brought Hawaii to the rest
of the world, making known the Poly-
nesian customs and cordiality of spirit,
and bringing to the isolated islands
American and European influence.
The celebrations include the dedi-
cation of a shaft to the memory of
Captain Cook at Waimea, his landing
place, which will be made August
16. Following the ceremony will be
a native feast, or luau, to be eaten
Hawaiian style. At Kealakekua Bay,
a bronze tablet placed just below the
surface of the water, marking the spot
where the discoverer died, will be
dedicated. In Honolulu on August 20
an historical play, "Hawaii 150 Years
Ago" will be presented, giving a
glimpse of Hawaii at the time of its
discovery by Cook. Towering Dia-
mond Head will be illuminated, form-
ing a gorgeous background for the
play.
Descendants of the Earl of Sand-
wich, after whom the islands were
originally named by Cook, his pro-
tege, will be present. A British
cruiser, the Cornwall, already has
been assigned by the British govern-
ment to participate in the celebration,
while Australia and the United States
will have ships of war in attendance.
The imaginative Hawaiians with
their love of bizarre ceremonials, an-
cient songs and vivid costumes are en-
thusiastic in promoting the celebra-
tions, and the fortunate visitors who
see the Island people at just this time
will see the real Hawaiian in the color-
ful environment that has made him
what he is.
According to their regular schedule,
tivo liners from Los Angeles will ar-
rive at Honolulu during the Sesqui-
centennial, the "Calawaii" and the
"City of Los Angeles" of the Los
Angeles Steamship Company. Indi-
cations that many Southern Califor-
nia residents are planning to attend
the Sesqui are shown by advance book-
ings to the land which will this sum-
mer turn back the curtain on its ro-
mantic past.
Yo.u as a member and your friends — or
any reader of the Magazine — seeking in-
formation about a trip in which you may
be interested, will find ready cooperation
in making plans and reservations through
the Club's Travel Service — without obli-
gation on your part. Will you write, tele-
phone or stop next time you are in the
Club at
The Women's Cin- Club Travel Service
Main Lobby Kearny 8400
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Send them to us for quick service at
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.PPEECIATICM
By M.ARioN Whitfield Leale
HISTORY is valuable in so far as we profit by it.
Let us look at the history of our Vocational Guid-
ance Bureau:
1917-1919 — The National League for Woman's Service
in the Flood Building conducted (with Mrs. Edna
Jones as Director) an amalgamated placement bureau
and vocational guidance bureau, placing women in eleva-
tor service and co-operating with the Land Army and
kindred organizations.
1919-1922 — At 333 Kearny St., the need for women in
particular war work being past, the placement work be-
came general, a small loan was operated, and vocational
guidance for women readjusting their lives to post-war
conditions was carried forward.
1922 — A survey was made to determine whether or not
such a bureau was still needed. The result of this survey
was that the League decided to continue this vocational
guidance angle of the work eliminating all direct place-
ment. This would avoid all possible duplication and
assure all legitimate placement bureaus of co-operation.
The data obtained through the previous years was there-
fore filed for information and Miss L Lillie Macrae
engaged as Vocational Guidance Director.
1Q22-1925 — The bureau operated more and more success-
fully owing to the kindly co-operation of other organiza-
tions which not only used but added to the information
accumulating in the files. Contacts with Eastern bureaus
were established so that the personal work was greatly
facilitated.
1926 — The league built its own building. History had
proven the worth of the Vocational Guidance Bureau
so that the Board of Directors felt justified in alloting
valuable space on the second floor of the new club-house
for this regular department of its work.
How many members know that this confidential bureau
is open to any woman, that agencies, colleges and consu-
lates throughout California use it as a medium for San
Francisco information, that a file of information built
up through ten years of conservative expert study is
available for the asking?
Boston knows it, and when last October I walked into
the office of the Women's Educational and Industrial Asso-
ciation (the clearing-house for the myriad social agencies
of that highly organized city) I was welcomed with this
question, "Have you time to sit down and tell us of the
Vocational Guidance Bureau of the National League for
Woman's Service in California? We are devoted to it
through the generous and helpful correspondence of Miss
Macrae and we want to hear more of it. It is so wonderful
for us to have such a contact on the Pacific Coast."
Boston is only one of the far-away friends! How many
of our own members appreciate this prophet in our own
land? If you have valuable information for Miss Macrae
give it to her. If you seek general information which is
not to be found at the Club Information Desk on the fourth
floor or at the office of the Room Secretary on the first
floor, or if you want vocational information which leads
to guidance or relates to vocational training, go to your own
bureau which your own National League for Woman's
Service is contributing in community service and which
stands high in the list of such bureaus in the United States.
The information you may give may thus reach one who
needs it, the information you may want may be found
pigeon-holed in this bureau which through its many friends
has unique opportunities for adding to its store of
knowledge.
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WOMEN S
CITY CI. VB MAGAZINE for AUGUST ■ I92
HCMCR COMriEERIEI)
Upon City Club Member
Mrs. Moor,
Mrs. Harry Staats Moore, foriner
president of the Women's City Club,
now a member of the Board of Direc-
tors and chairman of the Magazine
Committee, was elected national pres-
ident of the Kappa Alpha Theta
Sororit) at the biennial convention
held at Breezy Point, Minnesota. The
convention closed July 21 with a ban-
quet at which Mrs. Moore was guest
of honor.
Mrs. Moore succeeds Mrs. Hal
Lcbrecht, who said in an interview
following the election: "Mrs. Moore's
charming personality and ability as a
parliamentarian and organizer were
factors in her being chosen head of the
Thetas."
Mrs. Moore took the Stanford
Hospital Unit of Nurses overseas dur-
ing the war. The Stanford Hospital
Nurses' Home in San Francisco is one
of the monuments to her energy and
vision.
Mrs. Moore went East to the con-
vention, returning to San Francisco
July 24.
Sir Albert Coates, English conduc-
tor of symphony orchestra and opera,
was the guest of honor at a luncheon
given by the Women's City Club June
29 in the National Defenders' Room
of the Club.
Sir Albert came to San Francisco
early in June to direct the summer
series of symphony concerts given by
the Philharmonic Society of San Ma-
teo County and by the San Francisco
Summer Symphony Association.
Mrs. Albert S. Wirtner was hostess
at a mid-June swimming party in
honor of her young daughter. Miss
Alarjorie AVirtner, who graduated
June 13 from the lower school of the
Sarah Dix Hamlin School. After the
swimming races and water games there
was tea for the young guests, mem-
bers of Miss Wirtner's class at the
Sarah Dix Hamlin School.
The tea table was set to represent
a beach, with real sand edging a pool,
the water of which was a mirror spe-
cially arranged, and in which disported
kewpie bathing girls. The guests were
taken to a movie after tea. The guests
were Carol Frank, Roine Fulton,
Jeanne Wooster, Jeanne White, Ma-
rion Bliss and Frances Jane Samuels.
Mrs. Frank J. Devlin was hostess
at a luncheon at the City Club July
5 in honor of her house guest, Mrs.
George Hamilton of Santa Barbara.
Other guests present were Mrs. L.
J. Fowler and Mrs. Frederick Hall
Fowler of Palo Alto, Mrs. John Mit-
chell of Palo Alto. Mrs. Chauncey
Wells of Berkeley, Mrs. Harry Staats
Moore, Mrs. Noel Durant, Mrs.
Chester Judson, Mrs. Wentworth
Hare, Mrs. Warren Perry and Mrs.
Joseph Hutchinson.
Tea for Jlolinaris
Mr. and Mrs. Bernardino Molinari
were the guests of honor at a tea given
by the Women's City Club July 19.
In the receiving line were Mrs. A. P.
Black, President of the Club; Mrs.
Leonard A. Woolams, Chairman of
the Music Committee; Mrs. Charles
Miner Cooper, Chairman of the Hos-
pitality Committee; Mrs. Sidney Van
Wyck, Mrs. Paul C. Butte, Mrs.
Lilian Birmingham, Mrs. Milton H.
Esberg, Mrs. Romolo Sbarboro, Mrs.
Shirley Walker, Mrs. Charles E.
Curry, Mrs. Alexander McCrackin,
Mrs. Matteo Sandona and Mrs. Wil-
lis Walker.
The musical program for the after-
noon was arranged by Mrs. Sidney
Van Wyck. Mme. Emma Mirovitch,
contralto, formerly with the Russian
Grand Opera of Petrograd, sang
"Plaisir d'Amour," by Martini, and
Air from "D'Ampique," by Tschai-
kowski. Mrs. Percy Goode, soprano,
sang "Devotion," by Strauss, and
"Bitterness of Love," by Dunn.
Both Mme. Mirovitch and Mrs.
Goode were accompanied by Mme.
Rosalind Borowski, well-known con-
cert pianist.
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D
o You^iV^r^
THAT every Tuesday afternoon
and evening many of the mem-
bers who are bridge enthusiasts
meet at the Club for an informal game.
Members may bring guests with them.
It is not necessary to make up a full
table, the hostess always being glad to
arrange a place for those who may
come in alone ?
That a member may bring any num-
ber of guests to the Swimming Pool ?
That members may purchase cour-
tesy cards for guests at the Swimming
office?
That members' daughters and wards
of members may bring any number of
guests on the child's swimming ticket ?
That members' guests may join the
classes or take private lessons?
That life saving classes are at 1 1
o'clock and 6 o'clock every Wednes-
day?
That junior coaching begins on
Thursday, August 23 at 4 o'clock and
every Monday and Thursday follow-
ing in order to be ready for the coming
swimming meet?
That arrangements are being made
for a picnic for the junior and juve-
nile swimmers. Beach games and
races will feature the day. The meet-
ing to discuss plans for the picnic will
be held in the pool on August 23 at
4 o'clock ?
That an average of 2,000 hours
volunteer service a month saves your
Club thousands of dollars and makes
possible $6.00 dues ? Your opportu-
nity for service is greater during the
summer when vacation takes many of
the regular volunteers away. Register
for service now and know your Club
from this angle.
That printed copies of the House
Rules may be obtained at the informa-
tion desk on the fourth floor and also
at the Room Secretary's office in the
main arcade?
That tea and cake for 1 5c is served
in the lounge daily, except Sunday and
holidays; that tea is served in the main
dining room throughout the afternoon
every day; that tea will be served in
the board and card rooms from the
main dining room, with a small service
charge ?
That the House Rules provide that
no children shall be taken into the
lounge, library or rest room?
That scrip for use in the Club
may be obtained at the information
desk on the fourth floor and at the
Room Secretary's office in the main
arcade ? The scrip books are avail-
able in denominations of $1.00, $5.00
and $10.00 and are good for use in any
of the departments of the Club.
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women's city club magazine for AUGUST • 192
D
O YOU KNOW'
THAT a number of bedrooms are
reserved for transient guests,
members who wish to spend a
few days at the Club, guests from out-
of-town, and out-of-town members?
Any member staying at the Club tem-
porarily has the privilege of having
guests with her.
That the Restaurant Department is
equipped to serve private luncheons,
teas and dinners?
That a golf professional is at the
Club on Tuesdays and Thursdays be-
tvveen the hours of three and eight?
Appointments may be made by tele-
phoning Kearny 8400.
That an excellent program, of a
varied character, is provided every
Thursday evening without charge?
Members may bring friends.
That some of the magazines on the
library reading table are gifts, but that
21 of the magazines are paid for out
of our library funds? If more members
would present magazine subscriptions
as gifts we could buy more new books?
That the Citj' Club Auditorium has
been so remodeled and reconstructed
that the most sensitive ear cannot now
find fault with the acoustic properties
of the attractive hall ? Experts in that
line have examined the hall from
every possible point, with no trace of
the difficulty of which musicians com-
plained when the Club first was
opened.
That at the League Shop —
You can order books — fiction and
otherwise?
Your bead necklaces may be re-
strung?
Your visiting cards may be en-
graved ?
Your silver may be replated ?
Your Christmas personal greeting
cards may be engraved or printed ?
Your Volunteer Service uniforms
may be ordered ?
We sell cases for membership cards
at 25 and 50 cents?
We wire vases for lamps?
We take orders for Parker fountain
pens and pencils?
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Santa Barbara
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San Diego
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Lake Tahoe .
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Del Monte
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\V O M E X ' S C I T \" CLUB MAGAZINE for AUGUST • I 9 2 8
Our Summer Home
for Rest. ..Reiaxatlon
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Classes and massage as usual during the
Summer at the Club
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Elementary Diving Instruction given every Friday at 5: 30 p. m.
Life Saving Classes each Wednesday at 11 a. m. and 6 p. m.
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WOMEN'S CITY CLUB CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER I-OCTOBER 1. 1928
CURRENT EVENTS
First and third Monday evenings, 7:30 o'clock. Every Wednesday morning at II o'clock.
Auditorium. Mrs. Parker Maddux, Leader.
LEAGUE BRIDGE
Tuesdays, 2:00 and 7:30 P. M. Assembly Room.
DRAMA READING
Wednesday 7:30 P. M. and Thursday, 2:30 P. M.
THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMS
September 5 — Book Review Dinner, "Key of Life," by Francis Brett
Young. Mrs. Thomas .-\. Stoddard, Leader .... Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
6— Speaker: Dr. W. P. Shepard
Subject: Periodic Health Examinations Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
20 — Speaker: Stephen T. Mather,
Director of National Parks Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
27 — Rose Bell, Dramatic Reader Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
SUNDAY EVENING PROGRAMS
16 — Reception to Operatic Stars
Address by Gaetano Merola Auditorium 8 :00 P.M.
30— Program arranged by Mr. Frank Carroll Giffen . . Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
MEMBERSHIP TEA
17 — Membership Tea Lounge 3:00 P.M.
OFFICERS OF THE WOMEN'S CITY CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
Mrs. a. P. Black, President Miss Mabei, Pierce, Treasurer
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, First Vice-President Mrs. William F. Booth, Jr., Recording Secretary
Miss Marion W. Leale, Second Vice-President Mrs. Edward H. Clark, Jr., Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. William B. Hamilton, Third Vice-President Miss Carlie L Tomlinson, Executive Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mrs. A. P. Black
Mrs. Leroy Briggs
Dr. Adelaide Brown
Mrs. William F. Booth, Jr.
Miss Sophronia Bunker
Mrs. Louis J. Carl
Mrs. S. G. Chapman
Mrs. Edward H.Clark, Jr.
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper
Miss Mary C. Dunham
Mrs. Milton Esberg
Miss Irene M. Ferguson
Mrs. Cleaveland Forbes
Mrs. William B. Hamilton
Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland
Mrs. Lovell Langstroth
Miss Marion W. Leale
Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
Mrs. Harry Staats Moore
Miss Henrietta Moffat
Miss Emma L. Noonan
Mrs. Howard G.Park
Miss Esther Phillips
Miss Mabel Pierce
Mrs. Edward Rainey
Mrs. H. A. Stephenson
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SAN FRANCISCO
Volume II SEPTEMBER ' 1928
Number 8
(SONTENTS
PAGE
Club Calendar 1
Officers of the Women's City Club . . 1
Frontispiece 8
Editorial 19
Articles
Modern Architecture 9
By Irving F. Morrow
A Modernistic Essay on Modern Fiction 1 1
By George Douglas
Contemporary Interior Decoration . . 12
By Rudolph Schaeffer
Gaetano Merola 13
By Isabel Stine Leis
Juvenile Theatre 15
Hulme Lectures 15
"If" 16
By Helen Rowland
Are You Modern? 17
By Dorothy Wood Simpson
Stanford to Develop New Theater . . 18
By Horace Bristol
The Modern Bird of Passage .... 20
By Arthur Q. Hagerman
Feminine Types Show Ascendancy . . . 21
By Nelly Gaffney
Health E.xaminations 22
Social Activities 23-25
Volunteer Service 26
By Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper
"Beyond the City Limits" 30
By Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
Expressions of Appreciation 36
Monthly Departments
Travel Planning 24
Financial Article 32
THE
Womtvii €itv Club ilagajine ^cfjool Birectorp
BOYS' SCHOOLS
SAN DIEGO
Army and Navy
Academy
(JUNIOR UNIT, R.O.T.Cl
« « TKc West Point of the West ' '
"CLASS M" rating of
War Department; fully
accredited; preparatory
to college. West Point
and Annapolis. Separate
lower school for young
boys. Summer sessions.
Located on bay and
ocean. Land and water
sports all year. Christian
influences. Send
for catalog.
COL. THOS. A. DAVIS, President
Box CM, Pacific Beach Station
Sin Diego, Callifornia
THE
POTTER SCHOOL
A Day School for Boys
Primary, Grammar and High
School Departments . . . featur-
ing small classes and individual
instruction. Prepares for all
Eastern and Western colleges.
Seventeenth year opens
September 5.
I. R. DAMON, A. M. (Harvard)
Headmaster
1899 Pacific Ave.
Telephone West 711
DREW
SCHOOL
a 'Year High School
Course admits to college.
Credits valid in bigb school.
accredited.
1 half tin
Private Lessons, any hour. Night, Day. Both sexes.
Annapolis, West Point, College Board tutoring.
Secretarial'Academic two-year course, entitles to High
School Diploma. Civil Service Coaching — all lines.
2901 California St.
Phone West 7069
HESE P.AGES offer you a
choice of selected schools —
each having special advan-
tages. Write to those best
answering your particular
needs, mentioning that you
are a reader of the Women's
City Club Magazine. Or,
if you wish, you can secure
booklets of each or any school
represented in this Directory
at the Information Desk,
ALain Floor, next time you
are in the Club.
GIRLS' SCHOOLS
The
Margaret Bentley School
[Accredited]
LUCY L. SOULE, Principal
High School, Intermediate and
Primary Grades
Home department limited
2722 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.
Telephone Thornvvall 3820
The Sarah Dix Hamlin School
Thirty-fourth year
For girls of all ages.
College preparatory.
Will open the Fall term September 11 in
its new home — formerly the Flood
home — at 2120 Broadway,
San Francisco.
A booklet of information will be furnished
upon request.
.Mrs. Edward B. Slanwood, B.I,., Principal
Telephone West 22 11
SPECIAL SCHOOL
RtaJ) for Play
A SCHOOL FOR NERVOUS
AND RETARDED CHILDREN
THE CEDARS
CORA C. MYERS, Head
A School in a natural environment of
distinctive beauty '- where children
develop latent talents.
Address
THE CEDARS
Ross, Marin County, California
GIRLS' SCHOOLS
The MERRIMAN SCHOOL
(Accredited)
Resident and Day for Girls
If you are interested in a
school of accomplishment,
ideals and educational
standards, send for cata-
logue just issued in cele-
bration of our 2Sth anni-
versary.
Mira C. Mcrrimaiij Ida Body, Principals
597 Eldorado Ave. Oakland, Calif.
nd for illustrated
catalog
MISS HARKERS SCHOOL
P.\LO ALTO, C.-\LIFOR\I.\
UPPER SCHOOL— Prepares for all colleges East and West.
Also Post-Graduate and General Courses. Special advan-
tages in Music, Art, Home Economics, and Secretarial
Training.
LOWER SCHOOL — Pre-primary, Primary and Intermediate
Grades. Classrooms limited to fifteen. Individual instruction.
A separate residence building for girls from 5 to 14 years
of age.
CATHERINE HARKER, A. B. (Vassar)
SARA D. HARKER
Principals
27th year begins Monday, September 10, 1928
THE
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BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS
The ALICE B. CANFIELD SCHOOL
[ESTABLISHED 1925]
FOURTH YEAR OPENS September ii, 1928
Educational Aim: To see the whole child; to practice the newer meanings of
discipline; to help parents perceive the changing education.
The Method: Special guidance procedures.
Morning: Nine to twelve o'clock, for little children three to eight years of age.
Nursery school and primary grades.
Afternoon: One to six o'clock on school days, and nine to twelve o'clock on
Saturdays. For older children.
Music: Fundamental training for piano.
Manual Arts.
French.
Mrs. Alice B. Canfield, Direaor
2653 Steiner Street, between Pacific Avenue and Broadway, San Francisco
Telephone Fillmore 7625
PRESIDIO OPEN AIR SCHOOL
3839 WASHINGTOxN STREET
Mariox E. Turner, M. A., Principal
This day school for boys and girls aims to arouse a love of
understanding and a capacity for self-direction ; to substitute
loving cooperation for competition, and thought for
the acceptance of authority.
Kindergarten to
High School
Reopens September U
Fillmore 3773
Pacific 9318
Boarding and Day School
Out-of-door living
Group Activities Individual Instruction
Grammar School Curriculum
with French
ANNETTE HASKELL FLAGG. Director
Mill Valley, California
Telephone M. V. jo^
NOB HILL SCHOOL
OF THE FAIRMONT HOTEL
Fall term will open September 4th.
First six grad
taken
for di
group work and mdi-
mstruction. French, drawing,
ig and paper work. Children
to Huntington Park at 10 :30 a. m.
-ected play.
Mrs. nia B. Swindler, Director
833 Powell Street : : San Francisco
Kearny 796 or Fillmore 698 1
SCHOOLS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN
Charing Cross Kindergarten
San Francisco's Open Air Kindergarten
"An acre of sun
for your little one.'"
CORABEL CUSHMAN STONE, Director
Parker Avenue at Turk Street
San Francisco
PACIFIC HEIGHTS NURSERY
SCHOOL and KINDERGARTEN
Mrs. Stanley Rjrpins, Director
All activities, including naps and hot dinners,
take place out-of-doors.
Monthly kindergarten rate $30.00
Xursery school $50.00
1900 Jackson Street, at Gough
Telephone Walnut 5998
The Juvenile Conservatory The Sara Scroggs School
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
USING INDIVIDUAL METHODS
Receives children over two years of age, whole
or part time. Expert coaching, scientific habit
training, supervised play. Open all summer.
Every sunny hour outdoors. A few rooms for
parents in residence.
MRS. S. R, H. MARSHALL, Director.
3329 Washington Street, near Presidio Avenue
San Francisco
Phone Walnut 5845 for rates Car No. 3
for Younger Children
Individual and group instruction.
Special afternoon classes in manual trai
for little children.
.IMS Clay Street, San Francisco
Telephone Pacific 7079
ART SCHOOL
Fashion Art School
SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE
Sutter at Van Ness
COURSES IN
Costume Design
Millinery Making
Fashion
Illustration
Commercial Art
Foremost School of
Costume Design and
Illustration in the
West
LuciEN Labaudi
Private Ichool
off Costume Deiign
Classes Begin September 17th
Enrollment Limited to 15
Reservations Now
Telephone GARFIELD 2883
528 Powell Street San Francisco
MUSIC SCHOOL
iWarie #agt)toeiler, p. ^.
Pianist and Teacher
Announces the removal of her Studios
to San Francisco
Gashweiler's intensive training in psy-
y and pedagogy and her application of
1 educational methods to the teaching of
suits, enabling
stude
of piano and
Beginners and
Frequent re-
i. Performers
tic players, successful teache
professional performers of note,
students of all ages accepted,
citals. Practical normal course
coached for public appearances.
Residence Studio: 277 Arguello Boulevard
Telephone Bayview 4826
Booklets for the schools rep-
resented in this Directory
/nay be secured also from the
Information Desk, Main
Floor, Women's City Club.
THE
Momcn'S Citp Cluti jUagajine ^cljool Btrectorp
BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCHOOLS
Private and
executive secretaries
.... Heald Trained
.... are in demand
Heald College, without question, offers
the widest choice in secretarial training
in the West.
There are three distinct courses: pre-
paring for positions as private secretary,
executive secretary or general secretary
. . . and university-grade instruction by
the Harvard "case" method leading to
Degree of Bachelor of Secretarial Science.
Choose the position you want, then write
or telephone for full details regarding the
course to follow.
Telephone
Prospect is-fo
■I
Day and
Evemng
Classes
EALD
COLLEGE
Van Ness at Post + San Francisco
San Francisco College
Co-
Educational
Evening
Sessions
SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
LEADING TO BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
DEGREE
Accountancy . . . A dvertising
Credit I\Ianagement
Finance and Investments
Industrial Management . . . Insurance
Merchandising and Retail Store
Alanagement
Office Management
Real Estate . . . Sales Management
Secretarial Science
Stock and Bond Brokerage
INSTRUCTION BY BUSINESS MEN
AND PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS
Call or icrite for catalog
Seventh Floor, Call Building
Telephone Sutter 4273
\
SECRETARIAL SCHOOLS
MacALEER SCHOOL
For Private Secretaries
ich student receives individual instructio
A booklet of information will be
_ furnished upon request.
ed for graduates.
«8 P^
Mary Genevieve MacAleer, Principal
■ost Street Telephone Davenport 647
California Secretarial School
Instruction
DaV and HVENING
(S^
Instruction
for Indi-viduat
'Ht'ds.
RUSS BUILDING
SAN FRANCISCO
SEWING SCHOOL
LILY BARRON
SEWING STUDIO
Experts on Personality in Clothes
Individual lessons in sewing, by appointment
only. Two hours, $1.50.
Materials cut, fitted and marked • — can be
finished at home. Coats, $7.50; frocks, $5.50.
Patterns cut to measure. Ladies' material cut
to measure, any style, $L50.
683 Sutter Street. San Francisco
Telephone Prospect 9264
ToYou...
who want to know more
about Pacific Coast schools,
this Directory will prove of
inestimable value. Each
month you will find seasonal
as well as year-round schools
represented in these pages—
and whether you wish to find
a school specializing in art,
music or languages — a pri-
vate or business school — we
believe a glance through this
Directory each month will re-
pay you.
Booklets (or the schools repre-
sented in this Directory may be
secured also from the Information
Desk, Main Floor, Women's City
Club.
SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC
CUCISTENSEN
Scuool of Popular Aiusic
Modern I ^^ M M Piano
£sl.iblishtd 1903
Rapid Method
Beginners and
Advanced
Pupils
Individual
Instruction
150 Po'well Street
Phone Garfeld 4079
DANCING SCHOOL
The PETERS WRIGHT
SCHOOL 0/ DANCING
s the aim of the Peters Wright
ve a complete appreciation anc
mentof dancing as an art, a recre
a character-builder or a me
of livelihood.
School to
cnjoy-
ation,
2695 Sacramento St., San Frar
Telephone Walnut 1655
CISCO
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1928
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MAGAZINE
SAN FRANCISCO ' SEPTEMBER ' 1928
NUMBER 8
MOBEEM ARCHITECTURE
A Plea for Artistic Consistency and Sincerity
By Irvint, F. Morrow, Architect
MODERN architecture does not mean merely con-
temporary architecture. It means architecture
conceived and executed in the light of the needs,
outlook and technique of our own time. Of the large
amount of building going up around us only a very small
portion can be admitted as modern in this sense of the word.
One of the most unreasonable anomalies in the life of
today is that it should be necessary, or even possible, to
argue about "modern art." Art is expression and interpre-
tation of the feelings and needs of the people who make it
and the people who use it. How, then, can any art not
condemned as futile posing be other than "modern"? It
should be as unnecessary for an artist to stipulate that
his creation is modern as for your bank teller to urge that
the money he hands you is negotiable.
In no previous age of the world's history has the modern-
ity of the art being produced been a subject of discussion.
Up to about the nineteenth century all contemporary art
was "modern." The possibility of its being anything else
was not suspected. So exclusively was interest focused on
modern art that the indifterence of former epochs to the
art which preceded them has been a scandal to the
archaeologists. But the archaeological attitude is com-
paratively recent.
The reasons for change in this situation are too com-
plicated even to summarize comprehensively in the short
space of a magazine article. Suffice it to say that the seeds
of the trouble were sowed in the conscious antiquarianism
of the Renaissance (although it must be remembered that
the early Renaissance was creative and less purely retro-
spective than it sometimes imagined itself) ; and that the
situation became acute when the treatises and copy books
of dilettante theorizers finally supplanted authentic crea-
tion and craftsmanship in the eighteenth century.
By the nineteenth century we had arrived at the point
where antiquarianism in the forms of connoisseurship and
archaeology could be considered the same thing as art.
Artistic intuition and sound craftsmanship became sub-
merged in floods of scientific inquiry and literary apprecia-
tion. So completely have these extra-artistic forces come to
dominate the creative field that not only our common-
sense, but even our sense of humor is eclipsed, and today
we can actually construct buildings with all the deprecia-
tion characteristic of age built in at the start.
This is not to deny the value of connoisseurship and
archaeology, but only to point out that these interests
have not necessarily any more to do with art than has
eugenic science to do with love. An accomplished con-
noisseur or archaeologist may be wholly oblivious to the
meaning a work of art had for its time, as well as to what
art of the present is significant.
Although my title is "Modern Architecture," I have
so far been talking almost entirely about "art" in general.
This is not because I have any exaggerated notion of the
position of architecture among the arts, but because, in the
matters which I have been discussing, all the arts, along
with architecture, find themselves in the same boat. To
focus for a moment on architecture in particular, just
where would an examination of current actualities lead us
to expect our buildings to differ from those we are actually
putting up?
The forces which determine the forms buildings take
may be grouped under three main headings: the structural,
the aesthetic, and the social. There is no question of
assigning relative importance among the three, because all
are necessarily operative ; nor can their effects be too
sharply separated, because they interact.
Under the structural heading we may consider the con-
struction proper, meaning the engineering of a building,
and craftsmanship, meaning the smaller practical details
of the way its parts are made and put together. Every
building of course has to be so conceived and assembled
that it will stand up under the combined action of outside
forces (gravity, wind, earthquake, etcetera) and the uses
to which it is to be put (carrying loads, movement of
audiences, motion of machinery, etcetera). On the side of
engineering it will be sufficient for our purpose to point
out that up to about the middle of the nineteenth century
all buildings were constructed by piling separate pieces of
stone, brick, terra cotta, etcetera, on top of each other.
(This neglects a great variety of variations in size of unit,
binding material, principle of assemblage, etcetera, but it
is basically true.) About that time frames of steel or
reinforced concrete came into use. These frames are con-
tinuous, rigid, bound together into homogeneous units, and
constitute the essential structure. Floors, walls, roofs,
etcetera, are carried on them just like the contents of the
rooms, and have little more structural significance than
women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
the paf)er screens of a Japanese house. (I am speaking, of
course, of large and permanent buildings). This was one
of the most important innovations ever made in the history
of building. It is only beginning to have an effect on
architectural form. Until quite recently we have con-
structed our buildings by the second (frame) method, try-
ing the while to make them appear as if they were held up
by the first (self-sustaining masonry) method.
In the field of craftsmanship the characteristic change is
that, outside of minor details, the personal craftsman has
been superseded by the machine. Sentimental people de-
plore this with great literary eloquence. The machine is
not a subject for either indignation or regret, but for
mastery. It is part and parcel of the age in which we find
ourselves. It will not be affected by teaching children to
dance morris dances in asphalt school yards. The machine
has no volition ; it does our bidding. It has executed
atrocities in the past because we have set it to imitating the
hand craftsmanship which preceded it, which is constitu-
tionally outside of its capacity. Under modern conditions
there is no alternative to using it, and we are therefore
faced with the necessity of learning to design for it.
Whenever we manipulate the mass or the parts of our
buildings to make them look one way rather than another
we engage in aesthetic activity. The particular aesthetic
direction we choose is, insofar as it is not influenced by
structural and social considerations, at bottom a problem
in psychology. We have been so occupied with the reactions
of epochs long dead that it has become an article of roman-
tic belief that an artist is of necessity out of touch with
his own time. We must design buildings whose aspect is
consistent with the mental outlook of our age.
The social forces affecting architecture determine what
we build. AVe could erect replicas of Greek temples or
mediaeval castles, but obviously our society would have no
use for buildings so conceived. The interests and needs of
each age formulate what architects call the program. It
would seem like a truism that people would build only
what satisfies their requirements. As a matter of fact, at
many points we allow obsolete :ii^ ;...„i,-. .,.,. -J •; nf
structure and aesthetics to compromise the utility of our
buildings. In practical matters, which are the ones that
really touch us, this happens less frequently, but is not
uncommon. In our kitchens and bathrooms we seldom
tolerate the trifling with ordinary common sense that we
allow in our entrance halls, living rooms and dining rooms.
For this reason our commercial and industrial building is
on the whole the most significant part of our architecture
today.
Now you may be prepared to admit the truth of all the
foregoing and still feel that it is no concern of yours ; that
if the architect has gotten into the fi.x described, it is his
business to get out. Nothing is farther from the truth.
Art postulates not only an artist to make it, but a public
to use or at least appreciate it.
It is true that a painter can paint pictures and put them
behind the piano, and poets and musicians can fill the
bureau drawers with manuscripts; although even this can
not be presumed to go on indefinitely without an independ-
ent source of income. As for the architect, it is obvious that
he can execute only what somebody else will pay to build.
He may draw up rejected conceptions; but no architect
worthy of the name has any interest in drawings except
as means to getting a building erected. And an idle creative
ability, like any other faculty, physical or mental, suffers
atrophy through disuse. Art is a public matter, and the
public is only you -\- you -\- you -\ nth.
Not only, then, can every intelligent person aid the
cause of modern architecture, but the cause is a hopeless
one without the aid of every intelligent person. The actual
creation of significant designs is the business of those who
have the ability and training of architects. It should be
your business to recognize, welcome, and support significant
design ; to frown on all architectural insufficiency and
triviality; and, if directly or indirectly concerned with
building projects, to use your influence toward making
possible the achievement of something worth while. When
the public demands that the art it uses have some reason-
able relation to the life it lives, we shall have a modern art.
And then we shall cease to discuss its modernity.
Garden Architecture is
one of the important
phases of contemporaneous
home building. I'erdure
and rnasonry are
brought into harmonious
line and color.
A charming fountain
against a wall,
a balcony or
entablature may
constitute the
keynote of a
structure.
women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
A Moderniistic Essay on
IModernistie Fiction
By George Douglas
Editorial IVriter San Francisco Bulletin
IF free verse, why not free prose? Free speech, of
course, is an entirely different matter — a legislative
rather than a literary issue.
It is not verse but prose that is bound and shackled by
conventions. Always the poet was at liberty to clip his
words, use adjectives for adverbs, verbs for substantives
and even to split infinitives with his adverbial ax. So that
his syllables were smooth and musical he could throw off
all other restraints, even those of common sense. The
poets have ever been free and it was like their privileged
and pampered impertinence to come forth demanding a
newer freedom.
But they have taught prose writers something, and fore-
most is the lesson that nonsense will sell as well as or even
better than sense if it is printed to look like the thing it is
not.
The free verse poets may be largely responsible for the
chaos of the modern or modernistic novel. Emancipation
from the obligation to be intelligible was first won by the
bards and then by the modernistic novelists.
All that remains to be achieved is the free essay. This
essay is free, anyway ; so why not let us begin exercising
the new freedom ?
A free verse poet contends that he has produced a poem
when he has set down an idea or the semblance of one.
He may even make a poem on the fact of having no ideas.
If he has more than one it makes no difference in what
order they are presented or whether or not they contradict
one another. What he regards as a completed work may be
no more than notes for a poem, and as these words are no
more than notes for an essay on the modern novel, let them
pass for an essay on the subject. Many a novelist's notes
are published as a novel. Often one thinks that if the novel
were cut down to the bare notes and printed as such it
would be more interesting reading.
Like the earth in the beginning, but only as it was in
the beginning, the modernistic novel is without form and
void and-darkness is upon the face of its murky depths.
A novel having form, plot, characters, style and sequence
is old-fashioned, antique, passe, mid-Victorian. Only an
ultra-modernist can pronounce the epithet "mid-Victorian"
with his sublime contempt. Richard le Gallienne has
rudely likened the modern scorners of all things Victorian
to puppies sniffing at the pyramids, but then Le Gallienne
is of the period he defends.
The modernistic novel begins anywhere, gets nowhere
and spends the interval baffling the reader as to what it is
all about. If by chance a reader gets a vague idea of its
meaning, he writes an essay on the subject or perhaps
publishes a key to the story. There are no less than two
published keys to "Ulysses." They recall Byron's lines —
"Coleridge has been explaining metaphysics to the nation.
I wish he only would explain his explanation."
Modernistic fiction is compounded of substitutes for that
for which there are no substitutes.
It may be anything else but it cannot be a novel if it
does not tell or indicate a story.
It may be anything else but it cannot be a novel unless
the basis of its interest is what is done by or to one or more
human beings drawn from life and not impossible com-
posites manufactured to illustrate a complex or a disease.
History, occupations, professions, industries, locations,
theories — these count for nothing unless the characters
count for more.
Foremost among the many fallacies on which the mod-
ernistic novel is built is the belief that a story can stand
upon other than the human foundation.
But we are lapsing into reason, and this was intended to
be a modernistic essay. More chaos, please.
The modernistic novel is written of women, by women
and for women. There are limits to what a man may write
about women and even limits to what a woman may write
about men, but seemingly none as to what a woman may
write about other women. The worst offenders against
good taste are not men. Goethe was right when saying:
"When towards the devil's house we tread
Woman's a thousand leagues ahead."
No apologies are offered for their male imitators and
followers. God knows, the modernistic men are bad enough
with their polluted stream of conscienceless romance.
But there we are — logical again. We must be more
reckless to justify out title.
Modernistic novels are in substance as ancient as the
indecent scribbling found on the walls of the buried cities
of antiquity. What the small bad boy scribbles in dark
places is expanded into chapters and published as a work of
fiction. The small boy is spanked if caught ; his elder
brother, the novelist, is heralded as a daring literary artist.
If it should happen to be his elder sister she becomes a best
seller. The women seem to be able to get away with
anything.
The modern as distinct from the modernistic novel is
a more creditable product. So much so that in fairness it
ought not to be called modern but simply contemporary.
It is no crime to be contemporary ; it is an offense to be
deliberately modern — almost as great offense as to be de-
liberately antique. To be consciously and intentionally
modern is to date one's work as of today and to invite the
contempt of tomorrow. The very stress put upon the period
of production proclaims the secondary consideration given
to enduring qualities. The new is not necessarily bad and
the old is not necessarily good, but emphasis on the date of
an effort implies a poverty of the creative faculty, and good
fiction is creative art or nothing. What is assertively "mod-
ern" this year will next year, and perhaps next season, be
more ancient than the ancients. An epithet in the mouth of
a critic it is an epitaph in that of the author.
We have defined nothing, proved nothing and said
nothing, but then what would you in a modernistic essay
on modernistic fiction ?
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
I 9 2
Contemporary
Interior
Decoration
i
By Rudolph Schaeffer
THE keynote of the modern interior is simplicity';
we must learn to eliminate. But the great question
is "what to keep and what not to keep?" We must
keep the things which serve as definite needs in the in-
terior. In art there is always vogue — a mode of expres-
sion in favor at the moment. This is the external part of
art which is constantly changing. We do not want to
confuse the vogue with the permanent. For instance, we
always use beds ; they are a permanent part of the interior ;
but modes in beds change.
If we trace the changes that have been going on in art
and decoration in Europe, we will see a direct relation-
ship to the changes in social structure and mass conscious-
ness which have been and are being made rapidly. The
scientific, philosophical and general psychological changes
of society are directly and immediately reflected in its art
forms ; and since such changes are efifected with a rapidity
never before dreamed of, the art form changes likewise.
In our development of art here in California, where
there is plenty of open space, sunshine and clear color all
about us, w-e have a different attitude in daily life than
people in such centres as New York, Chicago or JPittsburgh.
Our art should show the influence of more freedom, clearer
air, and closer contact with nature.
In San Francisco where good taste in both Oriental
and Occidental art is found, modern interiors are developed
from the best of both of these historic trends in art. The
modern interior as it is exemplified in San Francisco may
harmoniously assemble the lovelier early American objects,
Spanish antiques and Chinese and Persian museum pieces,
and still maintain an atmosphere of that charm which is so
apparent to the world traveler who embraces San Fran-
cisco.
Modern decoration in the strict sense of the term, may
have an affection for the past, but it turns confidently to-
ward the future . . . The modern designer may revere
the intricate beauties of yesterday, but he has become con-
scious of his own power to create. The slavish imitation
of historic styles, he considers the height of hypocrisy. Har-
mony of line, mass and color are frankly and directly ex-
pressed in honest materials such as iron, glass, wood or con-
crete, rather than in superficial ornament. When paint is
used it remains paint and not an imitation of marble.
Beaut}- is found in the proportion and simplicity of line,
in the color and texture of the thing itself. It needs no
added ornamentation . . . the very construction born of
new processes becomes decorative.
Space — this modern element both in science and art
finds recognition in the modern interior. No matter how
small the room its spacial entity is preserved through
simple balanced arrangement. In the modern interior
walls beautiful in texture and receding in neutral color
are left unadorned.
Color today is an essential part of everyday life. Puri-
tanism long regarded color as something risque but that
day has passed. Dull drab interiors are giving way to
livelier tones. Brilliant prismatic color is successfully used
when its relationship and arrangement is carefully planned.
It then becomes a living factor in the room, and not just
an element of jazz. Young people in our schools today
are developing a fine color consciousness, especially in
California. The modern home should reflect this growth
in its use of clear vibrant color.
San Francisco and California Homes with their short
period of building behind them have infinite possibilities
in the future for well devised interiors, the sort that are
real achievements and not mere experiments.
A Prayer
Set not my feet, dear Lord, on any primrose path.
Or easy, velvet way —
/ only ask that after fighting through the forest's night,
I may at dawning clasp one whole day's light
And pass to Life, Real Life,
Whose face and feet and hands
Bear scars —
Trophies of battles, whose grim mark not mars
But glorifies the fighter
IV ho dared fight!
— Ellen M. Carroll, Charleston, S. C.
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
GAETAMO MEROLA
A Close-up oj the Director of lite San Francisco Opera, which is
to open its Sixth Annual Season September 15
in Dreamland Auditorium
WHEN General Diaz visited
San Francisco some three or
four years ago, he told, at a
dinner given in his honor, a very
charming story of the World War :
A soldier was singing while on sentry
dut}', and after being reprimanded by
an officer, he still continued to sing.
He was called before a higher officer,
and though he received a second re-
buke, persisted in his singing. He was
called before an officer of even higher
rank than the last one that had spoken
to him ; yet he continued to sing. The
General, hearing of this sentry, sent
for him, and asked him why he sang,
why he did not obey. Did he not know
that he was an easy target for the
enemy? To this the sentry replied,
I "I can not help singing — I am from
j Naples."
Gaetano Merola cannot help sing-
ing, cannot help being joyous, cannot
help giving opera because he, too, is
from Naples, the home of such great
beauty and joyfulness — and strange
too — dreadful poverty, the home of
Caruso, Scotti, Martuzzi, Giordano,
and many other opera lights.
We hear that Mussolini has cleaned
up Naples, and has stopped the begging
and the swearing. Has he taken the
joy of life out of the Neapolitans? To
hear Maestro Merola tell stories of
Naples is a rich treat. He tells of the
floats that ride through the city on
festival days, each with its composer
and his group of friends singing an ori-
ginal song written for the day, each
composer outdoing the other with his
joyful, tuneful melody, each good-
naturedly vying with the other for
popularity, for the prize, and then for
' the joy of hearing the winning song,
or songs, sung on the streets for days
I after the festival.
I I No wonder that they are happy in
Naples (one always hears that they
are) when they write music in this
way, and no wonder the world has
such a wealth of Neapolitan songs
that people love to sing. I wonder
when they are writing them if
thoughts of failure, or of their work
being rejected by a publisher ever en-
ter their heads.
Their reward is the joy of writing
them, just as the Japanese writes
poetry for the love of it, and then pins
his poem to a beautiful tree. As a
By Isabel Stine Leis
young man, Gaetano Merola was as
interested in painting as he was in
music, and each art was given almost
equal attention.
His father was a musician, particu-
larly interested in chamber music, and
played the violin in a quartette that
was maintained at the Court of Naples
by King Ferdinand H.
After leaving the Jesuit College
Gaetano Merola
Merola went through the Naples Con-
servatory of Music. He did some
writing besides the regular routine
work of the conservatory and an
air that he wrote when young be-
came very popular and was sung all
over Italy. It was the inspiration (if
not directly copied) for "Un bel di,"
from "Madama Butterfly."
In 1899, Gaetano Merola came to
America as assistant conductor to
Luigi Mancinelli at the Metropolitan.
That year brought Antonio Scotti be-
fore the footlights of America's first
Opera House.
In 1902, Mr. Merola became a
conductor with Henry W. Savage and
his Castle Square Company, during
the Savage "Opera in English" season.
Being a man of wealth, he spent
lavishly on his production, sent "Par-
sifal," as well as "Madama Butterfly"
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and "The Girl of the Golden West,"
on a tour of the country, and seeming-
ly paved the way for innovations in
opera that were to be seen again when
Oscar Hammerstein commenced his
career as an impresario.
In 1907, Merola married Rosa
Cudek, French-Polish opera singer,
who made her debut at the age of
eighteen, singing Eha, Rachel, in "La
Juive," "Queen of Sheba," Carmen,
Santuzza, and many other difficult
roles.
In 1908-9-10, Mr. Merola was con-
ductor in Oscar Hammerstein's large
opera family, when Hammerstein, to
counterbalance the German and Ital-
ian repertoire of the Metropolitan,
gave his brilliant French opera seasons
in New York City, introducing Mary
Garden, John McCormack, Maurice
Renaud, greatest of French baritones,
and many others, as well as produc-
ing for the first time in America
"Louise," "Pelleas et Melisande," "Le
Jongleur de Notre Dame," "Hero-
diade,""Griselides," "Sappho," "Prin-
cesse d'Auberge," and Straus's "Elec-
tra," a nice long list of premiers.
Many people may remember that
the Metropolitan Opera Company did
not like the rival house and gave Mr.
Hammerstein $1,200,000 to cease his
activities for ten years.
Hammerstein picked Maestro Mer-
ola, Jacques Coini — mentioned in an
article written in 1914 as "probably
the most artistic stage director New
York has had in connection with the
opera," and others, and went to Lon-
don where he built an opera house,
giving in 1911 a winter and spring
season, and in 1912 a winter season,
repeating, as in New York, an almost
entire French repertoire. The English
people did not respond with the same
enthusiasm to the French operas as the
audiences in New York had done, and
Mr. Hammerstein ceased his opera
activities in England. His commercial
side had not developed along with his
artistic side.
There are a number of people both
here and in Los Angeles who saw
Merola conduct in London, and know
the warm feeling that the English
audiences had for him, both at the
opera and in the Sunday concerts that
he conducted, another innovation of
Hammerstein.
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Merola has a very beautiful sing-
ing voice, something rarely given to
conductors or composers, and twice
in his opera experience has had to
leave the conductor's stand and don
the costume of Mephisto, when the
basso of the evening was suddenly in-
disposed.
Hammerstein returned to America,
thinking that his contract might be
stretched a bit so that he might give
opera in English and still not be appre-
hended. His rehearsals commenced,
but some spies from the Metropolitan
were in the chorus, and followed a suit
which Hammerstein lost. The Metro-
politan then gave this "Opera in Eng-
lish" season at the Century, as Ham-
merstein had intended doing. He then
waited until his contract would ex-
pire, engaging Maestro Merola in the
meantime as his chief conductor, but
in 1919 he died suddenly, just a few
months before he would again be in
the opera field to put on the really
great performances that he had done
before. The Hammerstein season in
London, and also in New York, was
interesting and spectacular. Many
of the greatest artists of the Metro-
politan sang for him: Sembrich, Nor-
dica, Bonci. Though financially not
a success, his brilliant but short ex-
perience gave impetus to opera and
helped make the success of many artists
and a number of operas.
Tetrazzini was introduced to the
world in New York and London by
Hammerstein, and Hammerstein, dur-
ing the London season of 1912, intro-
duced "Children of Don," an ultra
modern opera with live wolves on the
stage, by Joseph Holbrooke, the enfant
terrible of musical England.
Mr. Merola prepared this opera for
production, a tremendous task, resign-
ing the baton for the last rehearsal
and first performance to Artur Nik-
itsch, Germany's virtuoso conductor,
who came for the premier.
It is not often given to man to be
so fortunate as Merola was in choos-
ing his birthplace and his opera school-
ing.
To have gone through the daring,
delightful, turbulent experiences of the
years with Savage, and then with
Hammerstein, to say nothing of being
an assistant conductor at the Metro-
politan before he was nineteen, is
really good preparation for an opera
impresario and conductor. Merola
has also had two good seasons of
opera in Mexico.
War conditions were hard on con-
ductors and musicians of all kinds,
but in this case, San Francisco was
the profiteer, as it brought Maestro
Merola here in 1919, and then in
1920, as conductor for the San Carlo
Opera Company.
In 1921, when he and Madame
Merola came to spend the summer in
San Francisco, he said, "San Francisco
pays too much for opera. Last year it
paid out $425,000 for grand opera,
$250,000 for the Chicago Opera,
$100,000 for the Scotti Grand Opera
Company, and $75,000 to the Gallo
Opera people. Why? That amount
would give San Francisco opera for
four years ! ! ! Why should you pay
out money to those companies? Why
pay them money that should go to
your own musicians, carpenters, elec-
tricians, costumers? Think of the
money that goes to paying railroad
fares for the scenery, chorus, and so
forth. Why have not Los Angeles
and San Francisco their own opera
company? Get the principals from
any place in the world that you want,
and use everything else from here."
To many now this is an old story.
but it is ever an interesting one. Now
we have done what he suggested, and
are about to have the sixth season of
our own opera, thanks to Maestro
Merola's great capacity for dreaming
and working.
One wonders whether the casual
opera goer has any idea of the debt
that San Francisco people owe him,
first, for his dream, and then the huge
burden of carrying it out.
His nephew, Armando Agnini, who
is stage director of the Metropolitan
Opera House, has been a tremendous
help to Maestro Merola in presenting
opera in San Francisco, as has also his
half-brother, Ulisse Caiati, an ex-
commander in the Italian Navy, both
from Naples.
One likes Maestro Merola's perfect
tempos, his respect of the singer, (few
know vocal art as well as Maestro
Merola), the refinement of his con-
ducting, and we hope as time goes on
that he will not be deprived of neces-
sary rehearsals for lack of money in
the organization.
In 1924, a great opera devotee in
Los Angeles, and one who has heard
a great deal of opera all over the
world, was complimenting Merola on
his performances, saying that they
were equal to the best that he had
heard any place, and he added, "but
Mr. Merola, you can not keep it up.
That is impossible. They are too.
good now. You started too big. You
should have gradually worked up to
these performances. You can not keep
up the pace."
We have experienced three seasons
since that remark was made. Each
season has been better than the last,
and from what is promised for this
month, it too will be still an advance
over the past seasons.
BErClRlE DEPART II IRE
By Flora J. Arnstein
These things are yet to do :
Once in a gallant cause to strike a blow.
Once to be potent in creation's throes.
And at the last resplendently to go.
These things are yet to feel :
Beauty keen-edged like pain to stab one through.
Another's grief more poignant than one's own, —
Love rising from its Calvary anew.
These things are yet to know :
Our relevance to the immense design.
The goal of struggle, — and how harried man
Can postulate a God, serene, benign.
["Before Departure" is one of the poems submitted in the recent poetry contest of the Women's
Cnr Club Magazine. It teas adjudged by Professor Benjamin Lehman, one of the tribunal of
tliree, as fourth in order of excellence.}
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
Women s City Club Fosters Juvenile Theatre
A THEATRE for juvenile en-
tertainment has been launched
by The Women's City Club
in cooperation with Alice Seckels for
Saturday afternoons, beginning Oc-
tober 20 at 2:30 o'clock, and continu-
ing weekly until further notice.
The first program on October 20
will be given by a juvenile orchestra
of one hundred pieces by children
under the age of seven years, selected
from the Emerson School in San Fran-
cisco and the McKinley School in
Burlingame. The program will be
conducted by one of the children.
This orchestra came into national
fame as a result of their astonishing
performance in the Community Thea-
tre last spring.
On October 27 and November 17
the Perry Dilley Puppets will be
shown. On October 27 the plays will
Fairy
Silver Tassel, of "The Dragon
ir/io H'ouldn't Say Please"
be Columbine's Birthday and The Ad-
ventures of a Chimney Sweep. On
November 17 the plays will be Boiled
Celery and The Dragon Jl'ho Would-
n't Say Please.
Mrs. A. P. Black, President of The
Women's City Club, has appointed
Mrs. George Adrian Applegarth as
chairman of the committee, which
will interest young mothers in the
juvenile theatre.
The performances will be given in
the City Club Auditorium. San Fran-
cisco has long felt the need of whole-
some Saturday afternoon entertain-
ment for juveniles, and the announce-
ment of the City Club's venture in
this field will be good news to the
young mothers in the Club. All inter-
ested are asked to leave their names at
the Information Desk on the fourth
floor.
Lectures by PROFESSOR EDWARD M. HULME
of Stanford Unhersity
BEGINNING in October, Pro-
fessor Edward M. Hulme of
Stanford University will give
a course of si.x lectures on Tuesday
afternoons at 3 o'clock at the Women's
City Club. The dates of the lectures
will be announced later.
Professor Hulme has been traveling
in Europe and Africa during the sum-
mer and has visited French North
Africa, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France
and the Balkan countries.
Mrs. Black wrote to Professor
Hulme for some information relative
to the topics of his lectures, and as it
is believed that many members will be
interested, his reply is quoted :
"The three provinces of French
North Africa (Morocco, Algeria and
Tunisia) are distinctly different from
one another; and all of them are fasci-
nating. The Arab is seen best in Tu-
nisia. There I lived in five oases, pene-
trating two hundred miles or more
into the Sahara desert.
"The Italians have some qualities
in common, but they are a heteroge-
neous people. I went entirely round
the island of Sicily and penetrated to
the sombre uplands of the interior.
Then I traveled in the heel of Italy,
where Americans seldom go. In Um-
bria, the Franciscan province, I went
to many of the little mountain towns,
away from railways, that are almost
forgotten.
"Every province in Spain was vis-
ited ; and I crossed over to Mallorca,
the largest of the Balearic Islands,
which I found charming.
"Portugal is an almost unknown
land to Americans. It has a delicious
climate ; and from Lisbon northward
it is a land of green fields and pine
forests. I was especially delighted
with Coimbra, where the oldest of the
three universities is situated. It is a
picturesque place, intimate, the ideal
of a student's town.
"In France I spent a good deal of
time in Provence, the land of the
troubadours, and was charmed with
Nimes, where my window looked out,
over the tops of trees, to the old Ro-
man arena, now devoted to moving
pictures, bull fights and grand opera.
"From Vienna I went by boat down
the Danube, a long and leisurely voy-
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age, stopping first at Budapest and
then going by rail to the capitals of the
other Balkan countries. There is much
that is interesting in these disturbed
lands ; and, despite the present troubles
in Rumania and Jugo-Slavia, the
future seems to me to be promising."
Professor Hulme is an interesting
and stimulating speaker and his course
of lectures will be one of the outstand-
ing features of the City Club's winter
program.
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Short Story Contest
The Short Story Contest of the
Women's City Club, launched several
months ago, will close September 15.
Manuscripts will be accepted for the
contest until the evening of that date.
The result of the competition will be
announced as soon as the judges can
decide. Rules of the contest were de-
fined in the July number of the City
Club Magazine. The prize-win-
ning story will be published imme-
diately after the decision and other
stories submitted will be furnished
from time to time.
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1928
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V
(AFTER KIPLING— ABOUT TIVO MILES)
By 6Melen (Rowland
<a>
c ^,
// you can win a husband luithout trying.
And make him think that HE's the prize — not you;
If you can trust him when you know he's lying.
And never even let him know you knew.
If you can wait, and wait, and keep on waiting
And greet him, when he comes, with smiling eyes.
And listen to the old equivocating.
And never say too much, or look too wise —
// you can love him, minus shave or collar.
If you can cook — when cooking's not your aim.
If you can coax for ei'ery single dollar.
And go on being "grateful" just the same;
If you can hear the earnest words you've spoken
Twisted to make them sound inane, absurd.
Or see your dearest hopes and idols broken.
And never, never say a single word;
If you can make one heap of your illusions.
And risk them on One Man — to stand or fall —
And finding all your fairest dreams delusions.
Can still declare that HE was ivorth it all;
If you can force your heart and nerves and sinew
To keep a smiling face until the end
And never show what thoughts are seething in you.
And seem to feel the joy that you pretend —
// you can have your "say" — and then KEEP QUIET,
And never lose your gentle little "touch,"
If you can hide his iveakness or deny it
And other men don't interest you much;
If you can spend each day and hour and minute
In pleasing Him, and never make a blunder,
Why, matrimony's yours — for what there's in it.
And — which is more — my girl, you'll be a fVonder!
Korburg
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
I 9 2
ACE rCL M€DECN?
By Dorothy Wood Simpson
IT seems strangely inconsistent that although the aver-
age woman today is distinctly modern in character,
dress, and habits, she reproduces for a background in
her home a period of the past. She accepts and uses all the
many devices for her comfort produced in this age of
machinery, and if one sees her driving her modish car down
streets walled in with skyscrapers her silhouette is quite in
the modern picture. But follow her home and the moment
you pass the threshold you suddenly find yourself in the
eighteenth or even fifteenth century. Why is she backward
in accepting a modern standard in the Decorative Arts?
Because I think she is inherently a conservative. We may
put on a bold front of modernity on the street but in our
homes we surround ourselves with memories and traditions.
Copies of articles of furniture made in the past give us a
feeling of security and stability, although sterile of any
personal memories they suggest associations perhaps with
our ancestors and give us a sense of belonging, of unbroken
continuity. But are we not refusing to face some of the
facts concerning the new era in which we are living?
To possess sincerity- (and is there any beauty without
sincerity?) the decorative arts should reflect the period in
which they are produced and used. How can we expect a
satisfactory result when in this age of machinery, com-
mercialism and democracy we persist in reproducing the
achievements of the past?
It is heartbreaking to watch the iron souled machine
being forced to emulate the craftsman. It makes a faithful,
accurate copy, but how can it possibly reproduce the emo-
tional quality and individuality that somehow is translated
from the true craftsman into the working of the article in
his hands. The individual now merely feeds the machine
and out of it come rigid copies of Sheraton, Heppelwhite,
Duncan Phyfe, Italian Renaissance, and what not, with
remarkable machine made inspirations added to them until
it is quite confusing to tr)' to name them.
You are furnishing a house. Your architecture is perhaps
what is popularly called Italian, or has your architect given
you a house adapted from the French ? Whatever it is,
you want a comfortable, livable interior in harmony with
the stj'le of architecture and your own tastes. You there-
fore meet the problem by either consulting a decorator, or
proceed to assemble the necessary articles of furniture from
the shops. If you are a discriminating individual you are
conscious of a sense of disappointment in what is presented
to you for your selection. You may reach the conclusion
that the only way in which you can create that charming
atmosphere of mellowness is to fill your house with an-
tiques. But legitimate antiques are becoming almost im-
possible to find. After all, furniture does not last forever.
Why not buy the antiques of the future? With the an-
tiques of the past our imagination is living in the past — a
life foreign to America of the nventieth century. Now
would it not be wiser to accept the age in which we live?
We may dislike the limitations of machinery, but have we
given the machine a fair chance ? Is there not after all a
possibility of achieving a new beauty, more sincere and
appropriate to our present day circumstances?
The machine is capable of producing simplicity, precision
and a clear-cut mathematical delicacy. The modern tend-
ency has already justified itself in architecture, sculpture
and a few of the crafts. It will take time to train our
taste to accept this new standard of beauty when applied
to our intimate possessions, such as household furnishings,
but it is very important not to allow ourselves to be re-
actionary and static. If one is not constantly on the alert
and receptive, the creative production of our age may be
enjoyed by posterity, but we will miss it.
To satisfy our love of tradition, Europe is turning out
hundreds of copies of old pieces of furniture for the Amer-
ican market, but it also leads the world in modern creative
production. Herbert Hoover considered the modern move-
ment of sufficient importance to send a special commission
to Europe to make a report on the Modern Decorative Arts
Exhibit in Paris. The artist and designer in Europe is
given every encouragement by the government and manu-
facturer to produce something distinguished. Many schools
of arts and crafts have been established in Sweden, France
and Germany, whereas the American designer finds very
little encouragement or outlet except in the field of adver-
tising. By our stubborn insistence on keeping the past alive
long after it should be decently buried, we are retarding
our real growth and the development of a national art.
The great necessity today is to create, not copy! If we can
not create ourselves we should at least offer every encour-
agement to those who can by being ready to accept what
they have to oflfer.
This fascinating period that has produced automobiles,
airplanes, the radio and the skyscraper is certainly capable
of creating beautiful furniture when it seriously turns its
attention in that direction, and although we may at first
bewail the loss of the patina of the past, I am sure we will
soon accept our modern interiors as appropriate back-
grounds for our present life of complexity, compactness and
speed. Just as the human being in this age is a franker,
freer, more clear-cut individual, so should the articles of
his every day use reflect these characteristics. Look closely
at the modern furniture and decorations, and I think you
will find they do.
The furniture is clear-cut, free from ornamentation,
direct and simple in line following the same principle as
our clothes of today. The lighting fixtures are no longer
trying to be candles or oil lamps but are frankly electricity
shaded in an appropriate manner. There is a lack of pre-
tense and hypocrisy in all modern productions, for these
characteristics went out of style with the passing of the
Victorian era.
Our kitchen is today the most modern room in our
house. When we have accepted the possibility that mod-
ernity is not only useful and comfortable but may be beau-
tiful, then and only then, will be have a modern living
room.
There are many examples of modern interiors in New
York as the east is very receptive of the new idea, but
outside of furniture seen in the shops the west shows little
tendency towards accepting the new standards.
There is a certain hard, brilliant, metallic quality to
our civilization today which is absolutely void of the old
sentimental illusions of former pieriods. It is this lack of
soft sentimentality to which we are accustomed which we
miss in the modern decorative art. We have exchanged
for it, however, a certain honest, unpretentious simplicity
which is very admirable and often quite beautiful.
Are you going to be a modern or an antiquarian ? In
which century do you prefer to live ? Are you going to be
ready for the next exciting development of this rapidly
moving period, or do you prefer to close your eyes and
ignore it as unworthy of interest? These are questions you
alone can answer for yourself.
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women's city CI-UB magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
frcE
siTY TC Develop
Theatre
SAN FRANCISCO — endowed
with a vivid theatrical past, en-
joying superlative natural cul-
tural background and artistic appre-
ciation— is the logical focal point in
the development of the independent
theater, in the opinion of Harold Hel-
venston, technical director of the
Stanford University Little Theater.
"It is the tolerant, yet discriminat-
ing, encouragement offered by San
Francisco and the bay region to artis-
tic expression that has played such an
important role in the growth of the
modern drama," he said ; "a role which
has in the past influenced and will
continue to influence the true advance
of the theater more than any other
communitv in America."
By Horace Bristol
Mr. Helvenston, who has just come
to the Coast after studying for two
years under George Pierce Baker,
founder of the Harvard "47 Work-
shop" and now director at the Yale
million-dollar Harkness Memorial
Theater, hopes to duplicate the suc-
cess of the Eastern laboratory theaters
at Stanford. His recent interpretation
and execution of the setting for the
Robert E. Sherwood satire, "The
Queen's Husband," produced this
summer at Palo Alto, has given
Peninsula theater-goers a foretaste of
the artistic fare Mr. Helvenston plans
for Stanford audiences.
"From the keen local interest shown
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in artistic endeavor of all description,
and particularly in the theater, I think
it will be possible to go far toward the
genuine advancement of the present-
day stage here in California. The peo-
ple of San Francisco have an expectant
attitude ; an attitude that draws the
best and most ambitious results from
the man or woman who attempts
something new and effective.
"My ambition at Stanford is to help
the movement already under way that
will establish the bay region as a cen-
ter for students of the new technical
theater.
"Mr. Baker has done such striking
work of world-wide significance at
Harvard and Yale with the '47 Work-
shop' under circumstances less favor-
able, in many instances, than those
here that I feel assured of some meas-
ure of success in following in his foot-
steps, so to speak. With the alive,
appreciative and aesthetic support
which San Francisco is capable of
giving, this city should equal in tech-
nical brilliance and production its pre-
dominant position in many of the fields
of expression."
Mr. Helvenston, who is the em-
bodiment of enthusiasm for the world
of the theater, is unqualified in his
praise of the paternal feeling Northern
California evidences for cultural
growth.
"The unusual thing to me — I might
almost say the startling thing — is that
the people who are backing amateur
theatrics and such endeavors as the
Players' Guild here in this city are
not merely dabbling in the stage be-
cause it is fashionable. They are not
dilettantes. Society women, club
women — they are really interested in
the betterment of the theater.
"Without going into any of the
technicalities of the work, I can ex-
plain in brief what we are attempting
at Stanford. Designing and building
our own sets in the theater workshop ;
planning our own lighting plots and
effects ; constructing furniture ; dyeing
drapes and curtains ; painting every
piece of scenery ourselves, it is pos-
sible for us to achieve a unity of pur-
pose and mood in the finished pro-
duction.
"By this process of synthesis, the
student of dramaturgy may gain a
thorough and basic knowledge of the
practical limitations, as well as the
aesthetic possibilities, of today's the-
ater— and tomorrow's."
women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
I 9 2
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
Published Mcnthly at San Francisco
465 Post Street
Telephone Kearny S^oo
MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Harry Staats Moore, Chairman
Mrs. George Osborne Wilson
Mrs. Frederick Faulkner
Mrs. Frederick W. Kroll
Marie Hicks Davidson, Editor
Ruth Callahan, Advertising Manager
VOLUME
SEPTEMBER ' 1928
EOITOMIAI.
IT is probable that every era along the thread of human
consciousness has voiced, with major or minor accom-
paniment, according to the mettle of the generation, a
deal about its particular modernity.
We of the moment — the while the moment is merging
into the past — are chiming our own paeans about our
peculiar modernness. Naturally we are the last word in
everything. Chronologically we could not be otherwise
and be of the palpitating present.
That is the cream of the jest, as James Branch Cabell
would say. We are contemporary, alive. We are in and
of the present. We are the present, and since "all that is
human must retrograde if it do not advance," we proceed
our little way. But who is to say whether or not we have
achieved an epochal stride? Who shall check up on the
ages and decide which was marked by the greatest transi-
tion ? Or renaissance? Only Time, the great historian.
But it is diverting to cherish the illusion that we are
intensely "forward." It is quite likely that we are. We
appear to have conquered both time and space and to have
proven with the radio that silence is in reality reverberat-
ing concatenations. Our graphic arts have almost found
the fourth dimension. Our music has obliterated the line
between harmony and dissonance. Our literature? The
Greeks struck sparks from the cosmic fire, and we have
not since plumbed more profound reservoirs of emotion,
nor indicated feeling with more glamorous language, oral
or written. Even in our vaunted frankness we do not
outdo them.
Our prowess, then, would appear to be in delving into
phenomena. In perfecting the radio we have done no more
than to surprise a natural law. We have added nothing
to nor taken anything from the physical aggregate.
It has been pointed out that remarkably few inventors
are women. Even such an inconsequential thing as the
lowly clothespin was the result of a man's ingenuity.
Perhaps the answer to this indictment would be that
women, like Mary in the Biblical parable of Mary and
Martha, have been more concerned with "that good part,
which shall not be taken away from her."
Undoubtedly there is a psychological background and a
metaphysical core of the spirit of the time in which we
live. Have we found it in the so-called modern art, liter-
ature, architecture, and mode of dress? Do these things
externalize a philosophy that differs essentially from the
canons of the past? Are we groping for a far-off star or
just being bizarre for the novelty of the experiment? Are
we mistaking technique for art? Flippant realism for
Truth? Mob values for Democracy? What is transient
and what permanent ?
Questions as old as behavior and new as "behaviorism,"
these.
Jane Cowl, American actress who was a guest of the
City Club a fortnight ago, cut straight to the root of verity
when she said that the most important thing in a woman's
life is her clinging to her ideals. Which gives pretty wide
scope, for some cleave to unimportant, illusory fantasies
in the belief that they are ideals. The idea and ideal of
service, however, is universally accepted as something
winged and vital, enduring because Godlike.
And Service is the keystone of the Women's City Club
and all institutions that endeavor to make life more
abundant.
May we not say, then, that the City Club is a modern
expression of the modern woman's cleaving to her ideals?
The Alodern Club
By Fannie Lvne Black
(Mrs. A. P. Black)
A MOXG women's clubs in this country, the
/■^ pioneer organization is said to be "Sorosis" of New
-A. JLVork, which dates from 1868 and was formed for
"useful relations among women." This broad platform
may have included a variety of interests, but the Club was
primarily a study club, which was the earliest form of
such organizations. The latter part of the nineteenth cen-
tury, particularly "the gay nineties" saw the formation of
a large number of similar clubs.
They drew on literature, art and history for their pro-
grams and because of this educational trend, the Clubs
were spoken of as "Middle-aged Women's Colleges."
They constituted a form of adult education. Gradually
the scope widened to include civics and philanthropy.
The greatest power of such organizations was in the
pre-suffrage days when women carried on through in-
fluence and did not hold the direct instrument, the ballot,
in their own hands. In recent years, especially in the big
cities, this form of Club has not made notable progress.
Women's activities have flowed into other channels. They
have become conscious of their ability to undertake large
projects and still realizing the advantages of organization,
they have brought the modern club into being.
This new genus of association of women counts its
members by thousands. The Women's City Club is an
example of the modern idea. It is housed in its own build-
ing in the heart of the city, accessible to the greatest num-
ber. Its doors are open day and evening throughout the
week. It conducts a restaurant and offers advantages to
women of all ages and inclinations. Its members may swim
in its pool, exercise in its gymnasium, read in its library,
meet a friend in its lounge and enjoy a cup of tea, join
classes formed by request, attend lectures by exf)erts and
listen to music provided by artists. At its head is a group of
officers and a board of directors, but its business is carried
on by a paid and efficient staff.
But in spite of all these changes and the emphasis on the
element of recreation, the Club still appeals to the serious
woman. It offers training and experience to the woman
who will accept responsibility. It recognizes ability and
the possession of high ideals. It embodies the spirit of the
early club in the matter of education, but it has expanded
and changed to meet the demands of modern conditions.
From this evidence, we believe that it is a living institu-
tion with the power of growth and adaptability, and that
its members may carry on in the knowledge that their work
is creative and constructive. The modern Club has a broad
outlook and a diversity of interests, to meet the desire of
the modern woman.
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER • 192
With
the earth
thousands
of feet
below!
The
ODERN ^IRD of Passage
THOSE readers who are at a
vantage point where they may
go back twenty years in memory
will recall how amusing and sensa-
tional the spectacle of an automobile
going down the street impressed them
as being. Amusing, because it was so
absurd for any sane-minded human
being to trust himself to four wheels
and a load of highly explosive gasoline.
What a lack of regard he must have
in his heart for those who loved him!
And as the thin-tired wheels rolled
down the street and the driver
frowned impressively from his high
throne above the steering wheel the
"moderns" of that time felt that it
was just too thrilling for words.
Airplanes today are in a mechanical
state far advanced above those auto-
mobiles of throbbing progress down
the streets of our childhood. Motors
have to be more perfect, and upon
every part and section of them there
is more strain. Yet with all this per-
fection we still have around us the
"jennies" and outworn mechanical
styles of the war period. The result
is that we have accidents — and a pub-
lic attitude towards commercial avia-
tion which is highly enthusiastic — but
highly "non-participating."
There are those who will applaud
everything Colonel Lindbergh does,
cheer the latest trans-oceanic flyer
until hoarse throats calm their fervor
— and religiously keep both feet on the
ground.
By Arthur Q. Hagerman
(Of MddduxAir Lines, Incorporated)
This enthusiastic but "non-partici-
pating" state of mind is no help to
aviation. If commercial flying de-
velops it will be the result of a better
and more co-operative attitude on the
part of the public. Airplanes must
carry passengers and freight to keep
running. Without this stimulus, they
can only languish in hangars.
Statistics prepared by the United
States Department of Commerce,
Aeronautical Division, show that air-
plane riding in licensed, government-
supervised air lines is safer than any
other farm of transportation. Yet it
is hard to convince many people of
this — and when convinced, many of
them rush to the first old "wreck" to
take their first ride.
The advantages of air travel are
these :
First, the saving of time — air travel
requiring, at most, one-third conven-
tional traveling time.
Second, the concentration of weeks
of sightseeing into a few hours. More
of the heart of California is to be seen
in a four-hour trip by air between San
Francisco and Los Angeles than may
be seen in four weeks' motoring.
Third, the greater comfort of air
travel — no dirt of any kind may be
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found in enclosed-plane travel, and
sufficient room is available in the large
ships to allow passengers the freedom
of walking about. Rest rooms, drink-
ing water, reading matter, are avail-
able— although no one thinks of read-
ing until at least three or four trips
have made the beauties of the trip un-
interesting.
Fourth, the thrill of having break-
fast and lunch in opposite ends of the
state and of arriving with smooth,
graceful maneuvers before a large
crowd of spectators in the terminal
city. An airplane ride without a des-
tination hasn't one-fiftieth the thrill of
the landing and taxiing up before
throngs on an airport.
Besides these obvious advantages
and all the luxurious features of a
huge air liner, there is the conscious-
ness that one is "modern." There is
more fact than fancy in this.
The remarkably solid, stable charac-
ter of large air liners of today is in
sharp contrast to old-time planes. The
"fluttering" sensation is gone ; it
seems almost as if a fair-sized building
had picked up and left its foundation
to go gallivanting around the sky.
The "first-time" traveler of the sky-
way rapidly becomes an enthusiast as
the vast panoramic feast unrolls be-
low him. Sitting in a lounge chair,
watching the rest of the world go by,
is the "sport of kings" — and moderns.
women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
I 928
FjemhmimeTypes Show Ascei^damcy
By Nelly Gaffney
Paris, August 18, 1928.
Women's City Club Magazine,
San Francisco.
YOU have asked me for my impressions of the trend
of the Autumn Mode for your Modernistic number,
am rushing this to you by fast boat from Paris and
air mail from New York and trust }ou will receive it in
time. Have been here for six weeks, but have wanted to
view as many of the open-
ings of the famed coutu-
rieres as possible before
writing these notes to the
Women's City Club
Magazine, so as to give
you a more complete resume
of the fall fashions.
As in art we have the
modernistic, progressive and
futuristic, so also in style we
have the progressive, but
paradoxically the progres-
sive trend in the autumn
mode seems to be a revival
of the traditions of a gra-
cious age, the softly femi-
nine. Royalty, in the form
of the Princess influence,
has definitely invaded the
land of fashion. Many of
the newest frocks and wraps
are slightly fitted and pos-
sess a rather high waistline.
But that doesn't mean that
waistlines are high or that
everything is fitted. It is
just one of the tendencies of
fall which you may take or
leave as you choose.
A point that demands a
great deal of attention is the
fact that the fashions for
fall make definite demands
on fabrics to do very definite
things. Weave is important.
Combinations of materials
and colors will be daring,
fabrics will be used in new
ways and there will be a preponderance of black and white.
The first glimpse of the fall creations for evening wear
shows tulle used extensively. Black is popular and the
off-white shades take a leading place. These off-whites
may include any sort of tint from a cream to a pale water
tint of orchid, green or blue. There are hints of beiges,
tawny shades and browns becoming popular for evening
wear. Flesh pink, coral and flame lead in warm shades. A
new note is the evening gown in turquoise-colored moire.
Both color and fabric are new this season. Also a new and
interesting fabric is black moire printed with a small
cream-colored flower.
There is every indication that ruffles, flounces, flares and
tiers will be seen in the fall and winter costumes, though
H^hite chiffon, iridescent crystal trimming, and flo^vers of
Parma blue and red, are used in this interpretation of the mode
I feel that for some little time there will be snugness in
hips and perhaps a more fitted waistline. In the autumn
mode, which is sumptuous to a degree approaching splen-
dor, there are many daring combinations of materials used
in a striking way by Chanel, Vionnet, Patou, Lanvin,
Molyneux and Poiret.
For afternoon wear there is the black velvet ensemble
fashioned with a long tunic of metal lame. Again there is
the short jacket costume with a crepe satin or lame blouse.
For less elaborate occasions
there is the printed velveteen
ensemble with a blouse of
white crepe de chine.
The blouse and tunic have
entered the evening mode
and bring a warmth of color
and wealth of fabric. Also
for evening, chenille lace
and transparent velvet are
new and striking. The elab-
orateness of line necessitates
elaborateness of material as
well, and both are combined
with richness of color.
Navy blue, Hindu blue,
brown, pinkish tan, deep red
are colors that are very
smart. V^iolet tones are go-
ing to be increasingly popu-
lar. The blues that tend to
take on a violet cast are
more in vogue than any
other blues at the present
moment.
One mustn't forget the
irregular hemline, and the
full lines achieved by circu-
lar cuts and shirred-on sec-
tions and tiers. Fur is always
one of winter's luxuries.
The flat pelts are used for
trimming and Persian lamb,
ombre Krimmer, beaver,
beige caracul, and goat are
some of the favored trim-
ming furs. The new shaded
fur called "Lassick," in
beige, tan and white, is an-
other favorite.
Fall woolens, in rough tweeds, woolly weaves, or form-
ally smooth surfaces in the harvest browns, wood browns,
henna and red browns, and also grey, remain popular.
In hats, the old-fashioned poke bonnet, sponsored by
Agnes, and the narrow front brim models, in felts, soleil,
and the new long-haired beaver, have been chosen by
Juanita Oldham to show with my fall opening; also the
darling little feathered tight-fitting turban, with speckled
feathers — almost one might call them polka dot. The
costume jewelry still reigns supreme, each Paris designer
showing important designs to complement their gown
creations.
In all the various fashions displayed, however, we must
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W O M E X
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE
SEPTEMBER
1928
Health Exami^'atioms
Under the Auspices of the Women's City Club
THE Health Examinations to be conducted under the
auspices of the Women's Cit>- Club, the value and
advisabilit>- of which were ably described in the
August number of the Women's City Club Magazine
by Dr. W. P. Shepard, will begin Monday, October 1,
and continue through October 13.
Examinations will be made daily between the hours of
4 and 6 o'clock and 7 to 9 :30 o'clock.
This is an opportunit>- to check up your health. Records
of each case will be given the applicant, or sent, if she
chooses, to her physician. In each case, thorough health
conser\ation advice, based on the findings, will be given.
Reports on special examinations and chemical and micro-
scopical tests will be embodied in the final report and
recommendation.
The staff conducting these examinations has been care-
fully selected and the Committee on the Health Examina-
tions assures you that you will be in able hands and your
condition of health thoroughly considered.
Conservation of health, based on periodic health exam-
inations, is the slogan of the new positive health movement.
Examinations will be made in the rooms of the Women's
Cit>- Club.
Members wishing to avail themselves of this opportunit>'
will sign the attached blank and return it with check, and
by return mail will receive an appointment and full par-
ticulars. Appointments will be made in order of applica-
tion.
^^^xamlnlng oStaff
The staff for the health examinations includes :
General Exa m in a t ion s
Ina M. Richter, M. D.— a. B. Br>n Mawr; M. D.
Johns Hopkins; Interne in Medicine. Johns Hopkins;
Staff Member of Children's Hospital in Medicine; In-
structor in Medicine, University- of California Medical
School.
Ethel Owen, M. D.— A. B. Stanford; M. D. Stanford;
Interne Lane-Stanford Hospital ; Medical work Red
Cross in France; Medical Director Arequipa Sanita-
rium ; In charge of Health of Nurses. Stanford Hospital ;
A^-dical Examiner, Stanford University Campus.
.^ .lA Pennington, M. D.— A. B. Universit>- of Cali-
fornia; M. D. University of California; Medical In-
terne Universit>- of California Hospital ; Surgical Serv-
ice at New England Hospital, Boston ; Surgical Service
Woman's Hospital, New York; Medical Service at
Vassar College; Staff Member Surgical Ser\ice Chil-
dren's Hospital.
Gynaecological Exam inations
Alice M.a.xwell, M. D. — A. B. University of California;
M. D. Universit>- of California; Interne Universit>' of
California Hosiptal ; Resident in Gynaecolog> ; Asso-
ciate Professor Gynaecolog>', University- of California ;
Gynaecologist to the University- of California Hospital ;
Surgeon to Children's Hospital.
Elizabeth Arthurs, M. D. — A. B. Vassar; M. D.
Johns Hopkins; Interne Woman's Hospital. Baltimore;
Resident in Gynaecolog)- and Obstretics Lane-Stanford
Hospital ; Associate Chief of Alexander Maternit>',
Children's Hospital.
Laboratory Work
Agh.avni a. Shaghoian. M. D. — A. B. University of
California; M. D. Universit\- of California; Interne
University of California Medical Department ; Resi-
dent Children's Hospital ; Physician to Y. W. C. A. ;
Physician to House of Friendship.
Nurse
E. RocKSTROH. R. N., P. H. N. — Loaned by the Chil-
dren's Health Center, A. A. U. W., San Francisco.
Alembers desiring further information before deciding
may address: Dr. Adelaide Brown, Chairman Committee
on Health Examinations, Women's Cit\- Club, 465 Post
Street, San Francisco, in writing or by telephone. Gray-
stone 0728, between 2 and 4 o'clock daily (except Satur-
day) from September 1 to 14.
HEALTH EXAMINATION BLANK
I enclose herewith check for SIO.OO to cover the expense of the Health Examina-
tion. Further information as to tests, hour of appointment, may be sent to the follow-
ing address :
Name
Address
Telephone \ umber -
I prefer an afternoon D evening D appointment.
Checks to be made payable to the Women's Cit>- Club, San Francisco, and ad-
dressed to Miss Emma Noonan, Secretary, Health Examinations, Women's Citj'
Club, 465 Post Street.
Committee on Health Examinations: Mrs. S. G. Chapman, Mrs. Parker S. Mad-
dux, Miss Emma Noonan, Ina M. Richter, M. D., Mrs. A. P. Black, Adelaide
Brown, M. D., Chairman.
Mail this
application
to Women's
City Club,
465 Post
Street,
San Fr-ancisco
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
Oossip Gabrilowitsch, guest
conductor of the San Fran-
cisco Summer Symphony Con-
certs, director of the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra, and his wife, who is
the daughter of the late Mark Twain,
were tendered a luncheon at the
Women's City Club, August 13.
Both Maestro and Madame Gabril-
owitsch spoke to the large concourse
of guests and both were eloquent in
their appreciation of the hospitality of
San Francisco and laid especial stress
upon the work of women in the civic
development of the city, citing the
City Club as an example of their
vision.
"Women when given a job these
days do it uniquely well. The names
that are blazoned forth prominently
in your symphony and opera activities
are those of men, but some of the real
workers are women folk," he said.
"San Francisco has a wonderful
future, as far as music is concerned,"
the distinguished conductor added,
"and undoubtedly San Francisco
women play a big part in musical
activities here."
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, chair-
man of the hospitality committee, and
Mrs. A. P. Black, president of the
club, greeted the guests.
Among those present were: Miss
Lillian Connelley, Mrs. Edward Gla-
ser, Mrs. Paul Shoup, Miss H. M.
Hansen, Mrs. A. B. Merten, Mrs.
T. A. Stoddard, Miss Dorothy Tay-
lor, Mr. Robert McCoUister, Mr.
Lawrence Woodfin, Miss Ella M.
Bailey, Mrs. Alice Metcalf, Mrs.
Lillian Birmingham, Mrs. W. N.
Whittmore, Miss C. L Tomlinson,
Mrs. Milton Esberg, Miss L. S.
Weinzierl, Mrs. Howard Park, Mrs.
Marcus Koshland, Miss Nelle E. Gil-
lespie, Miss F. Keyser, Mrs. Charles
E. Curry, Miss Helen Van Winkle,
Miss Floy McMuUan, Mrs. Elinor
Carlisle, Mrs. Frank Freyer, Miss
Alma Carlisle, Miss Esther Phillips,
Miss Alice Seckels, Mrs. Louis F.
Monteagle, Mrs. Leonard A. Wool-
ams, Mrs. Henry Marcus, Mrs. Hor-
ace Fox, Mrs. J. A. Miller and Miss
Margaret Sutherland.
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Jane Cou-/ Charms
JI embers
Miss Jane Cowl, leading woman of
"The Road to Rome," which was
played to delighted audiences in San
Francisco during the early part of
August, was guest of honor at a tea
given in the American Room of the
W^omen's City Club.
The beautiful young actress was
charmingly gracious and when asked
by Mrs. A. P. Black, president of the
Women's City Club, if she would
address the guests who had assembled
to meet her, responded with an in-
formal talk that rang with sincerity.
"I received a wire a few days ago
from a New York paper asking me to
contribute to a symposium on 'what is
of the greatest importance to women.'
I thought about that question for sev-
eral days and finally concluded that
the most important thing for a woman
— and to a woman — is that she hold
to her ideals. Certainly that is what
the founders of the San Francisco
Women's City Club have done.
Women seem to cling to their ideals
more tenaciously than men. At least
that is my observation. And this beau-
tiful City Club, with its keystone of
volunteer service, is a living monu-
ment to that keeping of the faith. I
have applied for membership in your
City Club and am told that I am now
on the waiting list. I am coming back
to California soon and hope that when
I reach here I shall be a full-fledged
member."
Miss Cowl wore a cape of navy
blue kasha cloth over a frock of blue
polka-dot silk, and small blue hat. A
cluster of gardenias, presented to her
by the City Club, enlivened the en-
semble. Mrs. Black was assisted in
receiving by the Hospitality Commit-
tee of the Club, of which Mrs. Charles
Miner Cooper is chairman.
Special Teas
From time to time special teas, given
in honor of distinguished visitors, will
be held in the American Room. The
price of the teas will be twenty-five
cents. Members attending the teas
are requested to procure cards of ad-
mission at the Information Desk on
the fourth floor.
^Membership Tea
All members of the Women's City
Club are invited to the "Membership
Tea" at 3 o'clock the afternoon of
September 17.
women's city club NJ a G a Z I N E for SEPTEMBER
1928
TRWEOI%J© ]ROADS?/GOLD
B\ WiNFiELD M. Thompson'
IT WILL be the happy lot of the members of the
Women's City Club Tour — booked for a trip East-
ward on the famous electric liner "California" in
September, and homeward by the Santa Fe Railroad — to
parallel in the course of their 8500-mile holiday trip two
of the most celebrated trails of treasure in the Western
World. One is the famous Road of Gold bv which the
The ■CALirottxu' at Sa.s Fiascisco
Here the bif electric liner ii ihoim at her pier, cheered
bf a mighty crvu:d
Spanish transported their treasures of Peru across the
Isthmus of Panama ; the other is the old Santa Fe trail, the
earliest road across the great Southwest to the golden
shores of the Pacific.
In the first case their palatial ship in its transit of the
Isthmus will be never far from the old-time route of the
Spaniard, the buccaneer who despoiled him, and will
actually follow the path of the fort>-niner, whose old road
lies in the \"alley of the Chagres River, now part of
the inland lake that carries the vessels across the
Isthmus from sea to sea.
In the second case, the Santa Fe trail is now fol-
lowed by one of the finest of American railroads, on
which the traveler is transf>orted in silent ease, with
ever}- attendant luxury of modem travel, across the
wide prairies, the brown hills and the high mountain
passes once followed by the pony express, the trader';
wagons and the pioneer's prairies schooners in the old
exciting days of the West's awakening.
Such briefly is some of the lure of this unusual Tour
"Around and Across America." But this is not all.
In a sea voyage about as long as the trip to Europe
and back, the City Club travelers will be able to sail
on the Pacific, the Caribbean and the Atlantic; will
view the high mountainous coasts of Mexico, Central
America and Panama ; will climb a water staircase in
their ship — the Pacific locks of the Panama Canal —
and will steam for miles above the level of the seas,
coming down again at the Atlantic side, in three
gigantic steps, those of the celebrated Gatun Locks.
The high spot of the ocean trip, undoubtedly, is the
transit of the Panama Canal. No American can see
this greatest of all engineering works without an honest
thrill of patriotic pride. One's sense of adventure, and of
beaut}-, also, is gratified by the passage of the Isthmus, for
it is a most lovely part of the world, and one where romance
sits on ever}- sail. Here it was that the Spaniards first saw
the Pacific. Here it was that they set out for the conquest
of Peru, and the acquisition of its treasure. Here they
built the great city of Old Panama, from which they
controlled the trade of the Western World.
At Old Panama today, one may see a few gray stone
walls, and a dignified cathedral tower, windowless
and roofless, as reminders of the "vain pomp and glory
of this world" that has no more substantial basis than
.'; lust for gold, since the garnering of treasure was the
chief aim of Spain in establishing herself here.
But though the Spaniard adventurer has gone, and
is strong places are ruins, the bright and friendly
ties that were built by his descendants welcome the
■raveler like a brother. It is hard to imagine a more
:;":eerful, colorful and friendly place than the present
jity of Panama, where Spanish ways touch elbows with
the .American customs of the Canal Zone.
L'ncle Sam is here entrenched, tending the greatest
trade route in the world, the modem Road of Gold
across the Isthmus. Here also he extends a paternal
h.ind to aid the Panamanian in such vital things as
sanitation and business.
All this one may see in the passage of the Canal,
and seeing, one will feel for the first time the great
significance of the work that Americans have done and
are doing in this part of the world. It is an immense
work, physically ; a stupendous work morally and spirit-
ually ; and seeing it, we draw a deep breath and exclaim,
"It's American!"
From the Isthmus the "California" shapes her course for
Havana, across the Caribbean in the path of Columbus, of
Drake, of Morgan and his merr}- men, of the galleons and
of the later ships that brought the gold seekers to the
( Continued on page 2g )
Deck Tes'kis on Boakd Ship
The game is played Ziith a ring, 'nhich the player
left it about to serve
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I 9 2
Opera Tea
The inauguration of the sixth sea-
son of the San Francisco Opera Com-
pany, Saturday evening, September 15,
will be followed Sunday evening with
a reception by the Women's City Club
at the club building to all of the world
famous operatic artists comprising the
company.
Mrs. A. P. Black, president of the
club, and Mrs. Leonard Woolams,
chairman of the club's music commit-
tee, are directing arrangements for the
reception.
Gaetano Merola, general director
of the San Francisco Opera Company,
will be the principal speaker at the
affair. The maestro will discuss
"Fedora," the opera by Giordano,
which will be given its local premiere
during the approaching season, illus-
trating his talk with passages from the
score, played on the piano.
Beauty Salon
The City Club owns and operates
on the lower main floor a thoroughly
modern, well-equipped beauty salon
for the convenience of its members.
The Beauty Salon is under the man-
agement of Minerva Russ and is open
to the public. There is no tipping.
The operators are experienced and
courteous.
These are busy days in the Beauty
Salon and, in order to avoid disap-
pointment, members are urged to
make appointments. Appointments
are held five minutes. Please be on
time.
MiCHIO Ito
Distinguished Japanese dancer coming to
San Francisco in January under direction
of fVolfsohn Concert Series.
SEATS NOW SELLING
Sixth Annual S^sson
SAN FRANCISCO
OPERil
COMPANY
GAETANO MEROLA, general (Director
September 15^^ to October 3^^
Aida, La Cena Delle Beffe,
Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Turandot,
L'Amore Dei Tre Re,
Fedora, Andrea Chenier, Faust, Carmen,
Cavalleria Rusticana
and Pagliacci
WITH
Jerltza, Rethberg, Vettori, Telva, Donnelly,
Johnson, Barra, Tokatyan, Bada,
Oliviero, Danise, PInza, Tibbett, Piece,
Mercado, D'Angelo, Malatesta
and Sperry
Dances arranged and directed by Pavley-Oukrainsky
Eleanora Flaige, Premiere Danseuse
DREAMLAND AUDITORIUM
Post and Steiner Streets
Tickets . . . Sherman, Clay & Company '
in San Francisco and Bay Cities
also . . . Miss Ball's Office, U. C. Campus
PRICES : ONE DOLLAR TO SIX DOLLARS . . . TAX EXEMPT
SEASON I928-I929
WOLFSOHN CONCERT SERIES
(Formerly ELWYN ARTIST SERIES)
lO-SUFERIOR EVENTS— 10
SCOTTISH RITE AUDITORIUM
LEA LUBOSHUTZ,
RICHARD BONELLI. Baritone. Oct. 5
KATHRYN MEISLE, Contralto, Nov. 9
ITO DANCERS, January 28
LONDON STRING QUARTET, Feb-
ruary 1 1
REINALD WERRENRATH, Baritone,
February 15
ist. Feb. 21
ALEXANDER BRAILOWSKY, Pian-
ist. February 25
ROLAND HAYES, Colored Tenor,
March 14
NIKOLAI ORLOFF, Pianist, April 2
ALBERT SPALDING, VioUnist, Apr. 8
SEASON TICKETS— $5.00, $7.50, $10.00— SAVE 50%
Now— WOLFSOHN BOX OFFICE. SHERMAN CLAY & COMPANY
A deposit of $1.00 holds exact reservation until September 15
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
I 9 2
'ESiGNS made and executed
for dress and linen closets,
wardrobes, kitchen cabinets,
etc. Old closets remodeled.
THE MEMBERS of the
WOMEN^S CITY CLUB
Are invited to visit our new CLOSET DEPARTMENT . . .
with its
shelf edgings
hat stands
transparent dress covers
hat boxes
shoe cabinets
dress hangers
stocking racks
BOXES . . . single or nested . . . for every accessory,
in papers to harmonize with the individual room.
This will also solve your gift problem.
Loig Martin
45 1 Post Street ' San Fr^^ncisco
(In the Women's City Club Building)
Unique and Inexpensive Merchandise
Course for Volunteers
in Social Sen'lce
By Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper
Chairman Vocational Guidance
Bureau
1AST year the Course for Volun-
teers in Social Service was be-
■^ gun as an experiment to fill a
need in the community that the Wom-
en's City Club believed to be a real
one. Following suggestions of ex-
perts the program was arranged by
the Vocational Guidance Bureau and
was met with such appreciative re-
sponse that the effort was more than
justified. Since the close of the lec-
tures, many inquiries have come to the
Bureau regarding a similar course for
this fall, both from the members of
the Club and those in the community
interested in intelligent social work.
Meeting this demand has now be-
come an established part of the Club's
contribution to service in the com-
munity. The Committee of the Voca-
tional Guidance Bureau is happy to
announce the second course of lectures,
beginning the first week in October.
The general theme will be "Child
Welfare." Following are some of the
proposed subjects:
Application of Psychology.
Child Habit Training.
Teaching Health to the Child.
Adjustment of the Child to the
School.
The Community and the Child.
The Normal Child.
The Delinquent Child.
The Feeble Minded Child.
The State and the Child.
Ten talks will be given, followed,
after the New Year, by discourses
featuring the work of individual agen-
cies interested in Child Welfare, and
supplemented by visits to them when-
ever possible. The speakers will be
chosen from among those best qualified
in this highly important field. Such
experts as Dr. Olga Bridgman, Dr.
R. L. Richards, Dr. Edna Bailey, Dr.
Adelaide Brown and Dr. Jean Mac-
Farlane have already signified their
willingness to serve, and others will
soon be heard from.
The course aims to appeal to all
who are interested in Child Welfare,
not only volunteer workers, but par-
ents, teachers and laymen as well.
The classes will meet in the fore-
noon, but five talks will be repeated in
the evening if there is a demand.
The full program announcing time
and speakers will shortly be published.
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
(Continued from page 2l)
remember that Fashion is not always Style. Fashion is the
fad of the hour. Style is the fitness of things. Fashion
without Style is characterless and disagreeable. Style lends
to Fashion what harmony lends to melody.
San Francisco women are famed for being the smartest
gowned women in the world. This is due, in large measure,
to the fact that we buyers who go year after \-ear to the
Paris openings know and pick and choose those fashions,
models and materials best suited to the characteristics of
the persons whom we visualize as we buy.
After all, "style," fundamentally, means to lend your
individuality to the "tout ensemble," making it your own,
not foolish, or freakish fashion.
r r r
Volunteer Sen^ice
THE National League for Woman's Service, pre-
decessor of the Women's City Club of San Fran-
cisco, was founded to foster a spirit of volunteer
service. It may be of interest to members to know that
"the League's declared mission is to render service to
organizations, movements and individuals whose purposes
and methods it has endorsed, and train its members that
their service may be of real value. Service given individually
and voluntarily by each member is the spirit animating
even,' activity."
Through the Volunteer Service of the City Club mem-
bers participating in the activities of the City Club become
intimately informed concerning its operations and thus
contact their fellow members.
Members have a wide choice in selecting the department
of volunteer service in which they wish to enroll.
From one to four o'clock every Monday a group of
volunteers meet to address the magazine wrappers. An-
other group meets the second Monday evening of each
month for the same purpose. These same members also
meet once a month to prepare the City Cix'b Magazine
for mailing.
Ever}- Monday from eleven to four another group meets
in the assembly room to sew. The workers make every-
thing from the dusters to the uniforms worn by the oper-
ators in the Beauty Salon, so that there is sewing that will
appeal to every taste.
Every day, Sundays and holidays excepted, volunteers
act as hostesses in the Lounge between three-thirty and five,
serving tea to the members and their guests. Service is
fifteen cents.
Through the week, except Sundays and holidays, both
noon and evening volunteers serve in the cafeteria.
The library volunteers have charge of the Loan Desk
in the Library.
Many members pledge themselves to send flowers to the
City Club from their gardens at stated intervals for
decorating the rooms or for special Club functions. Other
members bring or send flowers whenever it is convenient to
do so. Members of the flower committee come to the Club
and arrange them.
Every Tuesday a group of volunteers goes to Letterman
Hospital to play bridge \vith the convalescent patients.
Some of the men in the hospital have learned to play well
through the instruction which they have received in this
way.
An enrollment book for the convenience of members
who wish to enroll for new service is kept at the Informa-
tion Desk on the fourth floor.
The volunteers give an average of 1900 hours of service
every month, but there is always a place in every depart-
ment for regular or substitute volunteers who wish to
enroll in the service. These are some of the services ren-
dered bv the volunteers.
Ift tK. CK'ie.^ Lurxg Dylxaaty
tKe dancers i l\ the Imperial
PaUce Wore tKia gorgeoui
coat of greetx iatiix exqui-
sitely embroidered, bortjcrct)
WitK precious brocade. .Now
it is a n\oat cKarmirxg wrap
for evening and tKe
opera.
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1928
Go to New York... b)!
M,
The ideal, leisured cruise
because . . you will visit the romantic
Spanish Americas, stopping at Mexico;
visiting the capitals of Guatemala and El
Salvador; Nicaragua, Canal Zone, Colom-
bia and Havana.
because . . the cost is less than $10 a day,
including cabin and meals.
because . . Panama Mail liners are built
especially for comfort on tropical cruises.
Write for booklets and information to
PANAMA MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.
2 Pine Street
San Francisco
548 So. Spring St.
Los Angeles
HAWAII
ALASSCODeckis
a Star's Promenade
and full
particula
call . . .
IT IS RARE that the passenger
Hst of a LASSCO liner does
not include the names of
stage and screen stars, world-
famous literary, art and musical
celebrities, social and business
leaders from every part of the
world. These interesting people
are your companions on one of
the most delightful of ocean
trips — a voyage in a luxurious,
perfectly serviced LASSCO liner
to bewitching Hawaii.
Sailings three Saturdays out of
every four direct from Los
Angeles to Honolulu over the
delightful Southern Route.
LOS ANGELES STEAMSHIPXO.
R. V. Crowder, Passenger Traffic Mgr.
685 MARKET STREET — Tel. Davenport 4210
OAKLAND BERKELEY
13th St.— rw. Oak. 1436 2148 Center— Tr/. Thorn. 0060
Cactus Nathe to America, Says
Horticulturist
"It takes more than a few cacti to make a Spanish
garden," says Charles Abraham, for more than fifty
j'ears a gardener in San Francisco, whose block of
greenery is entered where an old-fashioned picket
gate swings at 1600 Greenwich Street.
Abraham had laid out some of the loveliest gardens
in California and out of his long experience declares
that anything will grow in San Francisco so long as
it is protected from the trade winds of summer.
"In fact, there is rarely a cactus in the gardens of
Spain. The Spaniards like pinks, roses, oleander,
pomegranate, myrtle, jasmine, camellias and azaleas.
All varieties of clavellis — what we call the 'carna-
tion'— are what the Spanish garden grows more than
anything else except roses. The prickly pear is some-
times introduced, but the cactus, although undeniably
ornamental, is not Spanish. It is American, and grows
best from Montana to Chili."
Which dissipates another pet tradition. For every
"Mediterranean" home in Hollywood has one or a
dozen of the cactus species of "succulents."
Abrahams' collection of palms, once the finest in
California, have been transferred to the estate of the
late Henry E. Huntington at Pasadena, but there
still remain at the Greenwich Street nurseries palms
and palmettos enough to stock a tropic island. His
echeveria collection is known to gardeners the state
over and a New Zealand Christmas tree that blooms
annually has come to be famous with gardeners of
San Francisco.
[COUR
Government Palace, .Inllgua, Guatemala
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
aiA^aii
" The House Built
by the Sun"
IX THE mid-Pacific, like a
star in the sky, lies Ha-
waii, a land made a para-
dise by nature and a home by
man.
And nature, in carving
these islands that rise six miles
from the depth of the sea, has
shown her strength and splen-
dor in garden and jungle and
volcano and bay and cliff and
canyon.
Of all of these we shall
name here but one ; Halea-
kala — that vast cold crater
from which bubbled the hun-
dreds of cubic miles of earth
that comprise the island of
Maui. You must see, at sun-
rise, a fantasy of time re-
versed, as billows of clouds
pour into the spout of this
rusty cauldron.
Come the Hawaiian way
on a Matson Liner. There
are one or more Matson
Liners from San Francisco to
Honolulu every week, includ-
ing the Malolo on alternate
Saturdays.
Australia
Express passenger service, nineteen
days, via Hawaii, Samoa and Fiji
215 MARKET STREET
San Francisco
new york ' chicago ' dallas
portland seattle los angeles
matson line
HAWAII SOUTH SEAS AUSTRALIA
Trai>eling Roads of Gold
(Continued from page 24)
Isthmus, in their long, hard journey
to the diggings.
Few cities are brighter than Ha-
vana. It is a western Paris with a
Spanish flavor. Here, also, the Amer-
ican has left a deep imprint of his
efficiency, in health measures, in hous-
ing, in modern business methods ; but
here, as at Panama, Spanish days and
ways are always brought before the
mind's eye by the most ordinary daily
customs and by the language of the
people.
Women find both Panama and Ha-
vana delightfully animating places to
visit. Their shops contain fine e.xam-
ples of Spanish linens and laces that
alone are worth a trip. Havana has a
greater variety of other goods, and
here, as at Panama, the time is all too
short for all that one would want to
do. But it is long enough for a delight-
ful auto ride, and for more than a
casual look about the shops.
At both the Isthmus and in Havana,
automobiles under the direction of the
line's own managers and with English-
speaking drivers or guides are waiting
for the ship.
On the return portion of their jour-
ney, members of the tour will visit
New England, birthplace of our
American liberties; Canada, where
they will see the busy, half-French,
half-English city of Montreal, and
the attractive, bustling city of To-
ronto; mighty Niagara Falls, and
rushing, noisy, and yet beautiful Chi-
cago. Then speeding across the "great
plains," they will reach the peak of
their land trip in a visit to the Grand
Canyon.
Bookings are still open for the tour,
which begins September 15 from San
Francisco. Information regarding res-
ervations and optional return trips
may be secured from the Club's Travel
Service.
Have you, as a member, or your
friends, taken advantage of the co-
operation given by the Club's Travel
Service? It is conveniently located on
the Main Floor and maintained pri-
marily for your convenience. Informa-
tion and folders are gladly given,
without obligation on your part, of
course. If you have in mind a trip by
road, rail or water — anywhere — write,
telephone or stop next time you are in
the Club and let us help you.
Women's City Club Travel Serv-
ice, Main Lobby, Kearny 8400.
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reduced round trip
fares to Eastern t>ointS
yStart any day this
month ''retumlimit Oct.Ji*
* * The Grand Canyon
National Park is at its best
and the Pullmans take you
to the rim and wait for you.
* « The Indian-detour
will be at the height of at-
traction and comfort.
Santa Fe Ticket Olfices
and Travel Bureaux
601 Market Street
Telephone Sutter 7600
Ferry Station
SAN FRANCISCO
434- 13th Street
Telephone HUmboldt 9780
OAKLAND
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1928
CYRUS THE GREAT
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oAcross from
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Showing
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Also
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Hais remade in the
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Bei/ond the City Limits
A Nnv Department Conducted by
Edith Walker Maddux
(Mrs. Parker S. Maddux)
y^sia
WITH the de facto recognition
of the Chinese Nationalist
government by the United
States in the signing of the new trade
treaty, residents of San Francisco note
with even more than usual interest the
dispatches that are coming from their
neighbors across the Pacific. The Nan-
king government has sent ten of the
most famous women of China to the
Honolulu conference; Dr. C. C. Wu
is traveling in this country addressing
audiences all the way from Seattle to
the Williamstown Institute of Politics
in Massachusetts; he is urging his
countrymen to subscribe to the Chi-
nese bonds, and is increasing every-
where he goes his reputation for emi-
nent scholarship and charming elo-
quence. The Department of Com-
munications at Nanking has issued an
able report stressing immediate appro-
priations for roads, railroads, tele-
phones, telegraphs and radios, and in-
cidentally issuing some interesting sta-
tistics. Such facts as the licensed use
of over 3000 radios in Peking (or
Pliping, as we must now call it) by
the Chinese residents alone, accom-
panying the statement that there are
but 1 128 telegraph offices in all China,
including 170 in Manchuria, 8 in
Mongolia and 26 in Chinese Turke-
stan, make significant reading. There
is apparently a united China below the
Great Wall ; beyond it in the three
provinces "popularly known as Man-
churia" there are the complications of
the economic interests of Japan and
the marked increases in colonization
and difficult problems to solve.
South America
Regional planning is a new but ex-
tremely important science, all too
rarely defined or applied in the metro-
politan areas of this country. San
Franciscans who have been thinking
along these lines for several years
through the Regional Plan Associa-
tion so ably led by Mr. Fred Dohr-
mann will be especially interested to
know that the Mayor of Rio de Ja-
neiro is having plans made for future
extensions of his city that will be both
practical and artistic. A contract has
been signed with the French urbanist
and town planner, Dr. Alfred Agache,
many Brazilian engineers are co-op-
erating, and the first step is a detailed
survey of the whole metropolitan dis-
trict by aerial photography. Will
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vidual powder right under your crit-
ical eye — individual yet surprisingly
inexpensive at sixty cents for three
ounces.
Importations from our own Paris
laboratories. Delightful perfumes and
French novelties.
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254 Powell Street - 110 Geary Street
San Francisco
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Reproductions on display at
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250 Post Street
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SUPPLY COMPANY
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Women's City Club
Published by
JEROME A. CAREW
41 Sutter St«eet, San Francisco
Telephone Garfield 4274
JADE
Choice old Mandarin Embroideries
from Cathay
Individual Costume Jezvelry suggestive
of far-off places
Bright Hand-loomed Fabrics from
the South Seas
Jade, Lacquers, Old Porcelains and
Pewter from Peking
Native Ceremonial Garments of Japan
Curios from dim corners of the East
Bridge Prices of distinction
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ARCADE of WESTERN WOMEN'S CLUB BLDG.
609 SuTTER Street, San Francisco
Telephone Franklin 5646
BOSCH Service
Come in
and hear
the Bosch
Radio
beautiful
tones.
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.BEST ^ Edenette
1 R.WIO Washing
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
some philanthropist please make it
possible for San Francisco to have her
picture taken from the sky ?
/ / /
Europe
A genuine cosmopolitan is Richard
N. Coudenove-Kalergi, who has just
published his creed and his book, "Pan-
Europe." The conception leaves out
Great Britain, consigns Russia and
Turkey to the Asiatic side, and in-
cludes, obviously, strong branches led
by enthusiasts in Austria, Czecho-
slovakia, Germany, Belgium, France,
Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Lat-
via. The author is himself the presi-
dent and executive of the organization
whose headquarters are at Vienna in
the former Imperial Palace. He was
born in the Austrian legation at
Tokio, where his father was charge-
d'affaires; the Coudenove family is
Dutch, the Kalergi Greek, and the
young man's mother was Japanese.
England and the United
States and Other Llke-
JIi nded Na tions
A genuine enthusiasm for the Amer-
ican treaty outlawing war, i. e., the
"Kellogg treaty," has been expressed
by no less a statesman than Viscount
Cecil of Chetwood, who wishes Eng-
land to sign without reservations. He
has written for the public press of
both England and America to answer
British criticism of the compact, say-
ing that it must necessarily be vague
and that it does not interfere with the
Covenant of the League of Nations,
its "supreme importance" consisting in
the fact that it will of necessity "alter
or destroy a vicious international habit
of mind which has regarded war as
not only a right but a normal instru-
ment of national policy." He believes
"that genuine renunciation by the
great nations of the right of war
changes at a stroke the whole nature
of international relations, which de-
spite the League's best efforts is still
based on mutual suspicion." Even to
those hardened critics who say of the
Kellogg treaty, with significant stan-
dardization of vocabulary, "It is only
a gesture," there is the answer that a
gesture which actually turns the eyes
of the world toward the vision of
peace has more than the temporary
value which far-patriots are grudg-
ingly granting.
i -f i
Alembershlp Tea
The semi-annual Membership Tea
of the Women's City Club will be
held at the Club Monday afternoon,
September 17.
For FALL..
The 'New
DOBB:
HATS
N EACH OF
the new Fall models the smart
woman finds some subtle style
innovation . . . some new
fashion that enhances her in-
dividuality ... of the mode,
assuredly . . . but dominat-
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dominates.
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li4T A SETTING
. , and
jVyH^T 4 BAND
The Palm Court . . . America's 1
Alost Beautiful Dining Room . . .
is transformed! ■
With a new spring dance floor,
and new lighting features, this
famous room is now the scene of
Dinner and Supper Dances, 7 p. m.
to 1 a.m. (except Sunday) and
Tea Dances every Saturday after-
noon, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Music is by Gordon Henderson and
his Palm Court Orchestra, especially
engaged. Rhythm, melody, syncopation
and harmony . . . t/iey have them all!
Prices remain as heretofore. Table d'hote
dinners ($1.75 and $2.50) and a la carte
dinners without convert charge. For non-
diners every evening but Saturday, a
couvert charge of tifty cents after nine
p.m. and on Saturday evenings one dollar.
Dinner served at 6 p. m. Instrumen
7 to 8 p.m. Dancing 8 p.m. to 1 a.
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1928
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Loan Company
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A Building and Loan Association under
State Supervision (Continuously in
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Mills Building San Francisco
Women Investors "Sit Tight"
By NORM--^ Valianos
(of Anderson & Fox)
THE stock broker's office is no longer a mysterious
affair of closed portals. Doors have opened widely
to modern women. In some cases a "Welcome" sign
has been added in the form of newer and more commodious
offices, whose attractive fittings provide the proper setting
for this new and eager army of investors and speculators.
But it is not the setting that women find of chief im-
portance. As investors and speculators, they have proven
themselves shrewd and capable. The latest financial re-
ports and flashes are scanned avidly and important facts
are stored away for future study and contemplation. It is
not only for the men traders of years' experience that the
modern brokerage office finds it necessary to maintain large
and complete statistical sections. Experience in this line
has shown that the woman investor is a constant and steady
patron of this department.
Women have learned that because a bond is a "bond"
that fact alone is not surety of its safety as a chosen invest-
ment. They have learned to distinguish between the
various types of securities. Financial phrases are no longer
mysterious ambiguities, whose hidden meanings should be
known only to those in the inner circle of the investment
world.
As speculators, women have taken unto themselves an-
other laurel — that of good sportsmanship. In the recent
market break, the calm courage of the woman trader and
her determination to stand by her favored stock was a large
factor in the restoration of normal price levels.
Women were not to be "scared out" by wild rumors;
by unfounded and vicious gossip. They had carefully
studied facts before paying out their money and knew that
fundamental conditions do not change overnight. Perhaps,
too, their hearty dislike of "quitting" during a bad period
helped them to weather the storm. Women traders do not
like the idea of taking losses and have not the fortitude of
the nonchalant male who takes his loss as so much medicine.
This spirit may also serve to engender the keen interest
evidenced by women in financial data. They feel they
must knoiu what it is all about, and in this growing
urge for knowledge, promise may be seen of a day when
the woman investor will be the recipient of even more
specialized service. "Women's Investment Departments"
and "Women's Investment Advisors" have taken their
place in the financial scheme, and more and more women
are specially preparing themselves to serve other women in
this fascinating and increasingly popular and profitable
field.
DRIFTWOOD
Each stick and spar and battered keel.
That comes to rest upon the shore.
Holds prisoned ghosts of other days and climes.
From far off seas, and scenes of war and death.
From barque and brigantine and tropic isle.
They bear strange memories
Of youth and life and love and gallant deeds.
Those restless ghosts.
Within their bleached and salt-encrusted walls.
Await the torch to set them free
To rise in iridescent flame
And join the storied romance of the sea.
— Herbert Greer French in "The Gypsy"
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
Post- War Stories
Doubleday, Doran & Company has
sent to the City Club Library a copy
of Sir Philip Gibbs' latest book, "Out
of the Ruins," a collection of short
stories dealing with post-war condi-
tions.
"Out of the Ruins" is the titular
story, a dramatic miniature novel,
charged with the life emotions of
human beings in these days of change
and struggle. Each of the other stories
is the climax of a stirring conflict, rich
in significance and power.
"Jean — I saw Bertrand Gavaudan
— in the garden — as plain as I see
you!"
A still night — a face at the moonlit
window — a cry of alarm — and
Yvonne recognized Bertrand, her
lover, who had been killed! "It can-
not be," said Jean, her blind brother
and Bertrand's former comrade, "you
are dreaming."
Such is the beginning:
During the war she had met Ber-
trand, loved him passionately, shared
with him that month of ecstasy, when
they had planned to die together. But
Bertrand had gone back — had been
taken off before a firing squad for
desertion. . . .
But get it in the City Club library
to know the denouement.
Receiving and
Forwarding A I ad
{Excerpt from House Rules)
"Mail will be forwarded to mem-
ber's addresses as found in the card
catalog, unless written instructions to
the contrary are sent to the Executive
Office."
Mail which is held may be called
for at the office of the Room Secretary
in the Main Arcade.
French Classes
French Classes, under the direction
of Mme. Olivier, will be resumed on
September 17. Beginning, inter-
mediate and advanced classes will be
formed, and if there is a request for a
conversational class that will also be
formed. Registration may be made at
the Information Desk on the fourth
floor.
Fees: 15 lessons:
Members $6.00
Non-Members 7.50
y r y
Madame Adrienne d'Ambricourt,
diseuse, was tendered a tea at the
Women's City Club, August 24.
Madame d'Ambricourt was a member
of the cast of "The Trial of Mary
Dugan."
ecurity First
...then Profit
In underwriting and distributing securities this firm
adheres strictly to the policy of first safeguarding the
capital of its clients. Profit or appreciation of clients'
capital funds may follow but such increase is predi-
cated on the firm's sound conception of well-balanced
financing. Send for our monthly investment bulletins.
HONTE R.DOLI N £> Co.
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THE MODERN
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funds, in the way that the 300
modern women investors who
come to Miss Zimmerman are
doing . . . through safe and prof-
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Sil-verware made to order
— missing pieces matched.
Repairing and refinishing
of Silvervjare, Jeiuetry,
Watches and Clocks
Monograms made for Bags
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S5 Geary Street Phone Kearny gso
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1928
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Velvets and Felts
Models cut to fit the individual
Hats re-blocked and remodeled
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
Second Floor
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AUTO RENTAL SERVICE
Chauffeured
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For all occasions
also
Drive Yourself
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12c per mile
Gas, Oil and Insurance Extra
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^ris and Crafts
"Intimate Talks on Arts and
Crafts" will be given Wednesday, Sep-
tember 19 at 10:30 o'clock in the
League Shop of the Women's City
Club and Monday, September 24 at
tea in the Lounge. All members are
welcome.
Drama Study Group
With the opening of the fall sea-
son, the City Club is pleased to an-
nounce that Miss Lillian O'Neil will
have charge of the Drama Study
Group.
This means that modern drama will
be studied from the standpoint of play
construction, theme, characters and
production. Also that modern, repre-
sentative plays will be read and anal-
yzed.
The City Club is exceedingly for-
tunate in having Miss O'Neil as the
leader of this group. Members are
urged to register at the Information
Desk for this new study group.
The first meeting of the Drama
Study Group was held August 29 at
7:30 o'clock in Room 230 on the
second floor. Miss O'Neil will meet
with the group at 7 :30 every Wednes-
day evening throughout the winter
season in Room 230.
There will be a membership
meeting for members of the
Women's City Club at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon, September
17.
Members will assemble in the
Lounge, where the officers and
board of directors will act as a
reception committee. Members
are urged to be present and ac-
quaint themselves with the ac-
tivities of the City Club.
Free Beauty Adi^ice
Pauline Deane, formerly with Eliz-
abeth Arden, beauty spvecialist, will be
associated with the Women's City
Club's Beauty Salon (lower main
floor) three days each week, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. On Satur-
days Madame Deane will give facial
treatments by special appointment.
Madame Deane has had wide ex-
perience as a beauty diagnostician and
operator and will be pleased to give
free advice to City Club Members in
the care of their skin.
Public Speaking Class
A public speaking class will be
formed in September. Registrations
will be taken at the Information Desk
on the fourth floor.
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Neckwear . . Handkerchiefs . . Robes
Shirts . . Pajamas . . Hosiery
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Men's Apparel to Measure
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In Los Angeles — 614 South Olive St.
In Paris— 12 Rue Ambroisc Thomas
Anton C. Jensen
Riding Clothes a Specialty
1023 Phelan Building, San Francisco
Telephone Garfield 2840
Mildred Wright m^
Beauty Salon
Opening special in
new location
Natural or Realistic Permanent
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Expert Operators
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Let us reline your Fall Coat
Quick and reliable service
Reasonable prices
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
Current Events
Under the leadership of Mrs.
Parker Maddux, City Club members
are privileged to hear a discussion of
Current Events every Wednesday
morning at 1 1 o'clock and on the first
and third Monday evenings at 7 :30
o'clock.
P/ai/ Reading
Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard, Chair-
man of the Education and Training
Committee, meets with a group every
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
and Wednesday evenings at 7 :30
o'clock to read and discuss the new
plays.
Thursday Evening
Programs
In spite of Mrs. A. P. Black's
many responsibilities as president of
the City Club, she has continued to
plan the programs which are offered
to the members every Thursday eve-
ning. These lectures are given by men
and women recognized as authorities
on their own subjects and are given
to the members and their guests with-
out charge.
League Bridge
Many of the members meet on
Tuesday afternoons or Tuesday eve-
nings for a game of bridge. There is
no charge for the tables, unless mem-
bers wish instruction, and members
are privileged to invite their friends.
Golf Lessons
Mr. Ted Robbins, well-known golf
professional, is at the City Club every
Tuesday and Thursday, between 3
and 8 o'clock (by appointment) to
give instruction to the members. Ap-
pointments are made with Mrs.
Whiteside, room secretary, on the
main floor.
Llfe-Savlng Classes
At 1 1 o'clock and 6 o'clock every
Wednesday, classes in life saving are
held in the swimming pool.
Sunday Evening
Concerts
The Sunday Evening Concerts,
which proved so popular the past year,
will be resumed September 16, and
will be given thereafter on the first
and third Sunday evenings each
month.
Bridge Party
The Tuesday Evening Bridge Com-
mittee, of which Mrs. Pearl Baumann
is chairman, is sponsoring a bridge
party to be given at the City Club
Tuesday, October 30, at 8 o'clock.
Members of the Club and their guests
are cordially invited. The price of
tables is $4.00, single tickets $1.00.
East u i a the Overland "^^o u t e^
Last day for Low
Fares East
You can still go east at low
cost. Low summer roundtrip fares
are good for return until Oc-
tober 31st.
If you want the best in travel
you'll choose the "San Francisco
Overland Limited." Modern as
San Francisco, this great train
speeds you in luxurious comfort
along the historic Overland Trail
of '49.
From San Francisco to Chicago
in 61 Vi hours. "Gold Coast Lim-
ited" and "Pacific Limited' also
over this route.
Reduced roundtrip fares on
sale until Sept. 30. Return limit
Oct. 31:
Boston, Mass. $157.76
Chicago, 111. . 90.30
Detroit. Mich. 109.92
Kansas City, Mo. 75.60
Memphis. Tenn. 89.40
New York Citv 151.70
Philadelphia, Pa 149.22
St. Louis, Mo. 85.60
Washington . 145.86
Souttem Pacific
SAN FRANCISCO
601 Market Street
Telephone Sutter 7600
Ferry Station
OAKLAND
434-13th Street
Telephone
HUmboldt 9780
F. S. McGINNIS
Passenger Traffic Manager
San Francisco, Calif.
IF YOU ARE OVERWEIGHT
Come to this "Fountain of Youth" and take a
course of exercises and a series of cabinet
baths, hydro-therapy, Ray treatments, and
Swedish massages. This is the only place in
San Francisco where you can reduce from
fifty to ninety pounds safely and sanely.
OPEN TO PUBLIC
SAN FRANCISCO ACADEMY
OF PHYSICAL CULTURE
Jt the Women's City Club, 465 Post Street
Telephones: Kearny 8400 and Kearnv 8190
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women's city CI-UB magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
1
In Manila FB they say "E'SWAn"
s.
from the
Phiiipplnes
^X/t's here now
in the Club . . . on ice . . . the
very Isuan you hear about
all over town. You can en-
joy it tonight in the dining
room or the cafeteria. Or in
your room within a few mo-
ments, if you'll venture a
ring for it.
An adventure! That's
what a taste of this im-
ported ginger ale is! It
comes from the Philippines,
tangy of the fresh limes,
spicy of the fresh ginger.
Flowing these flavors in a
most remarkable sparkling,
tonic water from Isuan Min-
eral Springs.
You'll love Isuan . . . from
the Philippines. The Isuan
Corporation.
Expressions of
Appreciation
"My dear Mrs. Black:
"In behalf of the State Association
of Occupational Therapists I wish to
thank you and all members of Wom-
en's City Club for the pleasant after-
noon that you gave us and our workers
from the East. It was another bit of
San Francisco's real hospitality.
Sincerely,
Ruth Mills,
Acting Secretary, State Occu-
pational Therapy Association."
August 14, 1928
And this from Jane Cowl, on thick,
white notepaper, with a stunning
monogram in dark blue :
"Dear Mrs. Coojjer:
"What glorious gardenias and how
kind of you to send them to me.
"My thanks and greetings to all the
members of the Women's City Club
of San Francisco.
Sincerely,
Jane Cowl."
/ / <
Or another — a yellow telegram
from Maestro Molinari, of Rome,
Italy, who, with his charming wife,
was tendered a tea by the Women's
City Club. Molinari was a guest
conductor of six summer symphony
concerts in San Francisco.
"Before leaving we wish to leave
another word of appreciation to you
all for the lovely afternoon passed at
your Club.
Bernardino and Mary Molinari."
/ / /
Or this, from Eleanor Clark Slagle,
the National Secretary of the Occupa-
tional Therapy Association :
"My dear Mrs. Black:
"Permit me to thank you in the
name of the Past President, Mr.
Kidner, and the Board of Manage-
ment of our Association, for the hos-
pitality so generously extended by the
Women's City Club of San Francisco
at the afternoon tea on the occasion of
our recent annual meeting in San
Francisco.
"May I take occasion to congratu-
late you upon the beauty of the Club
Home and upon the fine volunteer
service rendered by its members. As I
recall the National League for Wom-
an's Service during the war period, I
should say that the City Club of San
Francisco was a fitting memorial to
those who served so intelligently and
with such high purpose during the
World War."
Sincerely,
Eleanor Clark Slagle."
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^FREE LECTUR£S^^
Assembly Room
V/omen's City Club
September 9, at 8 :00 p. m.
"Strengthen your Eyes . , .
not your Glasses"
September 10, at 8:00 p. m.
"Foods that Starve or
Feed your Eyes"
September 11, at 8:00 p. m.
"Strong, Healthy Eyes
Without Glasses"
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are the neatest ajiA finest
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TTie RADIO STORE
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The Sign
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Dentistry
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WOMEN S C 1 T V CLUB MAGAZINE for SEPTEMBER
I 9 2
Classes for the Fall
and Winter
French classes will be resumed on
September 17 under the direction of
Madame Olivier.
Other classes are being formed and
full details may be obtained about
them at the information desk on the
fourth floor, where registrations are
also taken.
If a sufficient number of members
wish to form some particular class,
upon application to Mrs. Thomas A.
Stoddard, chairman of the education
and training committee, arrangements
will be made to meet the wishes of the
members.
The League Shop is asking for a
donation of excelsior to be used in
packing breakable articles for ship-
ment.
Members who wish to join the
poetry reading group which is being
started in October under the leader-
ship of Mrs. William Palmer Lucas,
are requested to enroll at the informa-
tion desk on the fourth floor.
Dancing Classes
A request for the formation of
classes in both ballroom and aesthetic
dancing has been received from a num-
ber of members. If the interest in such
classes justifies, they will be formed
early in the fall. All members who
would be interested in joining a danc-
ing class at the City Club are re-
quested to leave their names at the
information desk on the fourth floor
and to indicate whether they prefer
morning, afternoon or evening classes
and the particular kind of instruction ;
that is, whether they prefer ballroom
or aesthetic dancing.
Instruction in Bridge
Mrs. Nettie Metzger, bridge in-
structor, will be at the City Club
every Tuesday afternoon and evening,
beginning September 4. Both the
Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday eve-
ning bridge groups welcome members
who are experienced players and those
who desire to learn the game. The
hostess of the occasion will be glad to
find partners for the individual player
or for any members who desire to
complete tables.
From Detroit
Among the visitors of early August
at the Women's City Club was Mrs.
W. Nelson Wittemore of Detroit,
who has been summering in Santa
Barbara. Mrs. Wittemore is a mem-
ber of the Detroit City Club.
GIFT SELECTION
from the World's Smartest Smoking oAccessories
\I) you the time to tour the world over,
, — seeking the finest in handcraft, it
would be impossible to gather a collection
of gift novelties of such exquisite beauty as
may be found in the Moorish Salon of
S. Benaderet. Charming cigarette holders
. . . sturdy masculine lighters or daintily
feminine ones, as well as table and desk
lighters . . . complete smoking sets for the
office or home . . . cigarette humidors and
ash trays in a myriad of styles. Pipes from
London and cigarettes, custom made, to
please the most exacting connoisseur.
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THE MUSIC MAGAZINE OF THE PACIFIC WEST
Published Monthly in San Francisco
Covering the Ten Western States, from Canada to Mexico . . .
The Biggest Western Circulation of Any Music Magazine!
Subscription: $1.50 Per Year
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MRS. DAY'S BROWN BREAD
Nutritious and non-fattening . . .
and delicious as well! Give this
bread a trial . . . you will like it!
Served in the Club . . . On Sale at Leading Grocers
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women's city club magazine for SEPTEMBER
1928
NUTS from the Four
Cottiers of the World!
All popular varieties —
almonds, pecans, cashews,
walnuts, pistachios and
brazil nuts — for luncheon —
bridge — dinner; available
in bulk or in attractive
gift boxes.
On sale at the Club and at the
BUDDY SQUIRREL
NUT SHOP
235 Powell Street San Francisco
Telephone Sutter 3938
Authorized Sales Agency
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EXTRA T*T1>T3^C
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MANUFACTURERS of
French Ranges and Broilers
Steam Tables, Coffee Urns,
Dish Heaters,
Portable Gas Bake Ovens,
Complete Kitchen and
Bakery Outfits
OFFICE AND SALESROOM
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Between Fourth and Fifth Streets
San Francisco, California
Six Cardinal Rules
oj the
Wo mens City Club
1. Membership Cards, Passes and
Duplicate Cards — Members are
requested to show their inember-
ship cards in the elevators above
the second floor. If a member has
forgotten her card, a pass may be
obtained from the room secretary
on the main floor. Members are
reminded that they may procure
duplicate membership cards to re-
place lost ones. The charge is fifty
cents and card may be procured at
the information desk on the fourth
floor.
2. Persons other than members hav-
ing business above the second floor
must be announced by the room
secretary.
3. Members will greatly assist the
office and be assured of receipt of
the City Club Magazine by keep-
ing the club informed of all perma-
nent or temporary changes of ad-
dress.
4. The annual dues of the club are
$6 from March to March and are
payable in full March 1. Members
whose dues are unpaid April 1 are
held delinquent. A statement cov-
ering dues is sent each member on
February 15 of each year.
5. Flowers for the decoration of the
City Club are always most accept-
able in large or small quantities.
The chairman of the flower com-
mittee is glad to receive contribu-
tions from the gardens of members
at any time.
6 Members who use City Club sta-
tionery are cautioned to put their
names on the upper left-hand cor-
ner of the envelope so that, in case
mail is returned, it may be given to
the writer.
Used Clothing Department
Every Thursday from 1 1 o'clock to
5 o'clock the "Used Clothing Depart-
ment" may be reached through the
entrance on the mezzanine floor, oppo-
site the elevator. At other times it
may be reached through the Shop. It
is hoped that in a short time the en-
trance on the mezzanine floor will be
kept open every day. The Used Cloth-
ing Department of the League Shop
is being reorganized and all members
who have good used clothing which
they wish to dispose of may leave it
on consignment.
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CAKES — Angel foods un-
equalled. Each cake mixed
individually
PIES — Of every variety . . .
deliciously fresh
BREADS — Home-made . . .
;ind just too tempting
RUSSELL
Cake & Pie Shop
820 Post Street
Eleventh Avenue at Geary
214 Sutter Street
288 Claremont Boulevard
W
tse
TEA
ROOM
^-y ' DINNER served . . .
beginning September 17
LUNCHEON . . . 11:30 to 2:00
AFTERNOON TEA
220 Post Street Phone Kearny 8700
y^adame i5'tone
(Formerly of New York)
Gowns, Suits, Coats and Wraps
of Distinction . . .
Designed to Individualize
Your Type
233 Post Street, San Francisco
Telephone Douglas 1998
OF MEANS : OF TASTE : OF DECISION
form the foundation oj your
clientele. The discriminating
buyers in 7500 representative
homes in San Francisco and
the Bay Cities can be reached
personally and effectively
through the
msmtn'i Citp Club iflasaMne
For information and rales write or
telephone Ruth Callahan, Advertis-
ing Manager, Room 210, Women's
City Club. : Telephone Kearny S400
women's CITV club magazine for SEPTEMBER
19^8
The San Francisco Garden Club
By Mrs. William Hinckley Taylor
LESS than two years old, the San Francisco
Garden Club nevertheless has an enviable rec-
' ord of achievement.
If one were informed only by what one read in
the society column it would seem that we have been
occupied with a series of brilliant garden parties in-
stead of with the business of obliterating ugliness
from view and accentuating the beauty that abounds
in San Francisco as perhaps in no other city of the
world.
The garden parties have been delightful ; there is
no gainsaying that. And we have had a number of
them. But all work and no play applies to Garden
Clubs as well as to individuals.
There was the matter of an amusement concession
near the playground on the beach near the Fleish-
hacker Swimming Pool. Members of the Garden
Club, having been apprised that such a concession
was contemplated, appeared before the board of
super\'isors and asked that it be vetoed. There was
strong influence brought to bear, and for a time it
seemed as if the esplanade were to be cluttered with
an unsightly imitation of Coney Island. But the
permit finally was refused.
The Garden Club was instrumental in having un-
sightly power and light poles along the Marina
placed underground and the Marina cleaned so that
it is now one of the most beautiful esplanades in the
world. Perhaps no other drive along a littoral com-
mands such a view of water, mountains and beautiful
homes.
The trees set about the Pacific Union Club were
threatened, a street ordinance finding them beyond
the limit prescribed by law. The Garden Club took
the matter in hand and had them set bach from the
street and thereby saved from utter extinction. Many
blocks in the residential districts have been planted
with trees as the result of Garden Club propaganda.
Last spring there was a "clean-up and paint-up week"
in which the Garden Club joined with the municipal
administration to remove many ugly spots, clean up
vacant lots and plant blocks and blocks of flowers
and border plants.
The Garden Club is unremitting in its efforts to
provide playgrounds, foreseeing the time when San
Francisco will become a congested area of buildings
unless the future is anticipated by providing small
plazas, parks and playgrounds.
The Garden Club has many attractive things
planned for the next few years, one of them being
the letting of a concession on Telegraph Hill to local
Chinese for a Chinese tea room which shall be as
attractive in its way as the Japanese tea room in
Golden Gate Park.
Members exchange plants, slips and seeds and the
general art of gardening is fostered in a delightful,
neighborly manner.
Camp Fire Girls
The Community Chest of San Francisco and the
Endorsement Council of the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce have endorsed a campaign for a build-
ing fund to be conducted by the San Francisco Camp
Fire Girls October 1 to October 15.
The San Francisco Camp Fire Girls, numbering
about 1100, have an office on the second floor of the
Women's City Club. Mrs. Herbert Darling is chair-
man of the executive committee.
AST I COLONY
Juice of ike Grape
IN THESE DAYS .1 wdl-srcKked cellar designates the perfect
host...thjt iswhcn his cellar contains a generous supply of Asti
Colony luict; of the Grape: Home beverages made from Italian
IS5 Colony TIPO (red or white), A.n Colony Burgundy. Riesling and
eet Sauterne )uices of the Crjpe are the answer to the entertain-
nt requirements of the most discriminating connoisseurs.
These fIa\ory. nutritious juices crushed, stemmed and pressed to
jr order from the world famous Asti Colony vintage grapes will be
ivered to your home in barrels or kegs at a nominal cost.
Is Enlertaining a Lost Art?... Not if you call Davenport 9250 and
: our representative 10 suggest your cellar
ITALIAN SWISS COLONY
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Phone the nearest BEKINS' office for
estimate on city or statewide moving.
Frequent trips between cities
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and thirty miles on each side. No
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necessary handling. Saves tin e
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Our Successful Experience
Since 1895
in handling furniture, plus
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Geary at Masonic, San Fran
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women's CIT^' CLUB MAGAZINE for SEPTEMBER
1928
Women's City Club
estaurant
Department
Dining Room
Table d'hote and a la carte service
Both luncheon and dinner $1.00 per cover
Plate luncheon 75 cents per cover
Sunday dinner $1.25 per cover
Sunday Club Breakfast-Luncheon
11 .-30 A. M. to 2:30 P. M.— 75 Cents per Cover
Breakfast week days 7 to 11 :30 P. M.
Sundays 7:30 to 2:30 P. M.
No charge for reservations — No tipping
Tea is served in the national defenders' room
daily 2:30 to 5:30
Cafeteria
open daily except Sundays and holidays
Luncheon 11:30 A. M. to 1:30 P. M.
Dinner 5:30 P. M. to 7:00 P. M.
Orders for Pies, Cakes and other foods filled promptly.
, ii^^l^^^^^il'^ H """'■'
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Made of 100% pure pork. Packed in
one-pound cartons and delivered
fresh to your dealer daily
VIRDEN PACKING COMPANY
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
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Follow Jack and Ethyl, those lucky,
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telling you each Wednesday night, over
the Pacific Coast Network, of new places
to go and sights to see in this Pacific
Empire.
All along the way, Associated dealers
are waiting to give you detailed travel
and resort information. Stop at the red
and green and cream stations. Fill up
with Associated Gasoline and your car
will readily answer your urge to be going.
Know the surge of its eager power, its
quick acceleration and its ability to give
you long mileage. Then go!
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Refiners of Associated Gasoline, Associated
Ethyl Gasoline and New Cycol Motor Oil
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WoMEMS^ City Club
Magatin^
Published JMonthly by the Wome?i's City Club, ^65 Post Street, San Francisco
Volume II, Number 9
Subscription $1.00 a Year
15 Cents a Copy
OCTOBER. 1928
c,
HARACTER In furniture
originates in the taste, knowledge and inspiration
of the designer. Such furniture is w^orth more . . .
t)ut does not alwagscost m ore . . . an elaborate piece
of poor design will often sell at a higher price than
a really fine article of simple character. Our deco-
rators mag be trusted to suggest those furnishings
which tune will pro i^e to be enduring in
style as well as in quality.
FURNITURE - - ORIENTAL RUGS - - CARPETS - - DRAPERIES
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SUTTER STREET NEAR GRANT AVENUE - ■ SAN FRANCISCO
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB CALENDAR
OCTOBER 1-NOVEMBER 10, 1928
CURRENT EVENTS
First and third Monday evenings, 7;30 o'clocls. Everj- Wednesday raorning at 11 o'clock.
Auditorium. Mrs. Parker Maddux, Leader.
LEAGUE BRIDGE
Tuesdays, 2:00 and 7:30 P. M. Assembly Room.
DRAMA READING
Wednesdays, 7:00 P. M., Room 230; Thursdays, 2:30 P. M., Committee Room. Miss Lillian
O'Neil, Leader.
October 2 — Luncheon in honor of Guy Bates Post National Defenders' Room 12:45 P.M.
4 — Thursday Evening Program
Speaker: Mrs. Thornton Cook, Author
Subject: An Author's Reading ludilorium 8:00P.M.
Course for Volunteers in Social Service Issembly Room 12:00 Noon
10 — Book Review Dinner
Book: The Island Within, by Ludwig Levfisohn
Speaker: Rabbi Goldstein Issembly Room 6:00P.M.
11 — Course for Volunteers in Social Service Issembly Room 12:00 Noon
11 — Thursday Evening Program luditorium 8:00 P.M.
11 — Speaker, William H. Nanry of the San Francisco Bureau
of Governmental Research. The Amendments on the
November ballot.
1-1 — Sunday Evening Concert
Mrs. Horatio F. Stoll, Hostess luditorium 8:15P.M.
16 — Lecture by Professor Edward M. Hulme
(Stanford University)
Subject: Life Among the Arabs in French North Africa Auditorium 3:00P.M.
17 — Lecture by James Waterman Wise
(Son of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise)
Subject: "The New Age and the New Youth" luditorium 8:00P.M.
Admission One Dollar
18 — Course for Volunteers in Social Service Assembly Room 12:00 Noon
18 — Thursday Evening Program luditorium 8:00P.M.
20— The Juvenile Theatre Auditorium 2:30 P.M.
Reserved seats, 50 cents; unreserved seats 35 cents.
23 — Lecture by Professor Edward M. Hulme
Subject: "Italy and the Italians" Auditorium 3:00P.M.
25 — Thursday Evening Program
Speaker: Mrs. Katherine P. Edson
Subject: Industry and the Pan-Pacific Conference . . Auditorium 8:00P.M.
Course for Vounteers in Social Service Assembly Room 12:00 Noon
27— The Juvenile Theatre luditorium 2:30 P.M.
28 — Sunday Evening Concert
Mrs. Richard turn Suden, Hostess luditorium 8:15P.M.
30 — Lecture by Professor Edward M. Hulme
Subject: "Spain and the Spaniards" luditorium 3:00 P.M.
November 1 — Course for Volunteers in Social Service Room 20% 12:00 Noon
1 — Thursday Evening Program Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
3 — The Juvenile Theatre luditorium 2:30 P.M.
6 — Lecture by Professor Edward M. Hulme
Subject: Portugal and the Portuguese luditorium 3:00P.M.
7 — Book Review Dinner
Book: "Thunder and Dawn," bv Glen Frank
Speaker: Mr. David Newberry Assembly Room 6:00P.M.
8 — Course for Volunteers in Social Service Assembly Room 12:00 Noon
8 — Thursday Evening Program Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
10— The Juvenile Theatre Auditorium 2:30 P.M.
OFFICERS OF THE WOMEN'S CITY CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
Mrs. a. P. Black, President Miss Mabel Pierce, Treasurer
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, First Vice-President Mrs. Willum F. Booth, Jr., Recording Secretary
Miss Marion W. Leale, Second Vice-President Mrs. Edward H. Clark, Jr., Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. William B. Hamilton, Third Vice-President Miss Carlie I. Tomlinson, Executive Secretary
HALLOWE'EM SWIMMIM© PARTY
IN THE CLUB POOL
FOR MEMBERS' DAUGHTERS AxND THEIR GUESTS
Diving and Swimming Contests for Juniors, Seniors and Juveniles
Novelty events will feature the program
COME . . . BRING YOUR FRIENDS . . . AND TAKE HOME A PRIZE.'
SATURDAY, OCTOBER TWENTIETH, AT ELEVEN A. M.
women's city club magazine for OCTOBER
1928
On October 20
San Francisco's
Neil' Center of
Hospitality ivill
be opened to you
.MBODYING every
feature known to modern hotel-
keeping, the Sir Francis Drake
promises to be not only San Fran-
cisco's newest and largest
hotel, but its
finest/
Management: Kent W. Clark
INDIVIDUAL, COLORFUL . . .
and, above all, COMFORTABLE /
is the bedroom that features Wicker Furni-
ture, in either lacquered or natural finish.
Wicker bedroom suites, chairs or occasional
pieces add a distinctive touch to the well-
arranged interior. Ask our representative to
call at your home and give suggestions . . .
without obligation on your part, of course.
flicker furniture repaired and repainted
Odd pieces matched or made to order
Art Pattan Works
331 Sutter Street
San Francisco, Calif.
Telephone Garfield 2357
1605 Jefferson Street
Oakland, Calif.
Telephone Lakeside 1179
HEALTH . . . and the
JOY of LIVING
If you are run-down and
under-weight or uncom-
fortably over-weight, we
can help you regain your
health and figure.
Instruction given individually
if preferred. Special classes
for Business Women in the
evening and for women of lei-
sure morning and afternoon.
Swedish Massage, Cabinet
Baths, Hydrotherapy, Sun-
ray Treatments. Nurse al-
ways in attendance.
Due to the heavy registration, ice suggest that you
register a month in advance.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SAN FRANCISCO ACADEMY
OF PHYSICAL CULTURE
Lower Main Floor, Women's City Club Building
Telephones: Kearny 8400 and Kearny 8170
DISTINCTIVE
LAMPSHADES
to harmonize ivith
your color scheme
Our direct importations include
a great many things that no other
shop in this country carries . . .
' ' Handmade Furniture
Potteries, Glass, Pewter,
Batiks from Java
from Holland <• >
Brasses, and many other objets d'art
HOLLAND ART IMPORTS
647 Sutter Street
Telephone Franklin 3567
Suite Number 317
HOTEL
ST. FRANCIS
MILLINERY
««^ DRESSES
/HE SMART WOMAN Jincif a complete
j-e lection oj Fall Jlodels . . . priced
from $15.00 to $45.00
WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE I 0 r OCTOBER
1928
omen 5 v^ity v.li.ib
agazme
Fubl ihed Monthly at
465 Post Street
Telephone
Kearny 8400
Enlcrtd <i< ireond-cldjj multtr April 14, 1928, at the Post Ofxc at Sun F'i
Cdxiamii. uraler the act of March }, 1879.
SAN FRANCISCO
Volume II OCTOBER < 1928 Number 9
OONTENTS
Club Calendar 1
Officers of the Women's City Club . 1
Frontispiece 8
Editorial 19
Articles
Talk on International Aspects of Social
Work 9
By Jane Addams
Manchuria, Treasure House of the East . 13
By Camilla Chapin Daniels
The American Composite — What Have
You? 15
By Beatrice Judd Ryan
The Barcelona Exposition of 1929 ... 16
By Joseph Pijoan
E. M. Hulme Discusses His Recent Tour 18
Text of the Kellogg Peace Pact . . 20-21
Camp Fire and San Francisco Girls . . 22
By Adelaide Brown, M. D.
Music in San Francisco 23
By Anna Cora Winchell
American Novels on the African Coast . 24
By Inglis Fletcher
Juvenile Theater in Women's City Club . 27
Aline Barrett Greenwood Lectures atCity
Club 30
The Women's International League Pro-
gram 31
Poetry
The Shield 11
By Florence R. Keenc
Question 12
By Josephine W. Duveneck
Monthly Departments
Winter Travel Planning 28
Financial Article 32
Walk-Over
. . . u'iih the Main Spring Arch
The important new
version of the Colonial
Pump presents a very
pleasing departure from
the usual gore. A certain
sophistication . . . com-
pletely tailored as to line
. . . made feminine by a
charming cut-out pattern
on the side . . . featuring
the priceless added com-
fort and necessary poise
of the Main Spring Arch.
The heel is exceptionally
narrow!
Patent 12.50
Mat Kid 13.50
Black Suede 13.50
Spanish Brown Kid . 14.50
Brown AUigator . . . 17.50
Brown Lizard 17.50
Walk- Over
844 Market Street
San Francisco
OAKLAND ' ' BERKELEY - ' SAN JOSE
THE
Womtvii Citp Club iHasajine ^tfjool ©irectorp
BOYS' SCHOOLS
THE
POTTER SCHOOL
A Day School for Boys
Primary, Grammar and High
School Departments . . . featur-
ing small classes and individual
instruction. Prepares for all
Eastern and Western colleges.
Seventeenth year opens
September 5.
I. R. DAMON, A. M. (Harvard)
Headmaster
1899 Pacific Ave. Telephone West 711
DREW
SCHOOL S "d
I'Yemr High School
Courfc admita to college.
Crediu valid in high achool.
Grammar Cc
ited.
I balf III
Private Lcaaons, any hour. Nisht, Day. Both seiea.
Annapolia, West Point, College Board tutoring.
Secrctarial'Academic two-year cour*^, entitles to High
School Diploma. Civil Service Coaching— all line«.
3901 California St.
Phone We«t 7069
COACHING FOR BOYS
To PARENTS oF
PUPILS REQUIRING SPECIAL HELP:
MR. A. J. DOVE, M. A.
recently
head of the grammar school
Menlo School for Boys
AND
Belmont School for Boys
WILL receive a few PUPILS
who need special HELP IN UPPER
GRAMMAR OR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WORK
OR WHO FIND THEIR
HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATION DEFECTIVE
AT HIS study;
No. 12 Stanford Apartments
2401 Sacramento Street
Walnut 3255
Booklets for the schools rep-
resented in this Directory
may be secured also from the
Information Desk, Main
Floor, Women's City Club.
GIRLS' SCHOOLS
The
Margaret Bentley School
[Accredited]
LUCY L. SOULE, Principal
High School, Intermediate and
Primary Grades
Home department limited
2722 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.
Telephone Thornwall 3820
SPECIAL SCHOOL
The Sarah Dix Hamlin School
Thirty-fourth year
Boarding and Day School for Girls of all ages.
Pre-primary school giving special instruction
in French. College preparatory.
Ill its new home — formerly the Flood home — at
2120 Broadway, San Francisco.
A booklet of information will be furnished
upon request.
Mrs. Edward B. Stanwuod, B.L., Principal
Telephone West 22 ii
The MERRIMAN SCHOOL
(Accredited)
Resident and Day for Girls
If you are interested in a
school of accomplishment,
ideals and educational
standards, send for cata-
logue just issued in cele-
bration of our 2Sth anni-
versary.
Mira C. Merriman, Ida Body, Principals
597 Eldorado Ave. Oakland, Calif.
A SCHOOL FOR NERVOUS
AND RETARDED CHILDREN
THE CEDARS
CORA C. MYERS, Head
A School in a natural environment of
distinctive beauty where children
develop latent talents.
Address
THE CEDARS
Ross, Marin County, California
YOUNGER CHILDREN
NOB HILL SCHOOL
OF THE FAIRMONT HOTEL
Fall term will open September 4th. First six
grades — group work and individual instruction.
French, drawing, weaving and paper work.
Children taken to Huntington Park at 10:30
a. m. for directed play.
Mrs. Ilia B. Swindler, Director
833 POWELL STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
Kearny 796 or Fillmore 6981
SCHOOLS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN
Charing Cross Kindergarten
San Francisco's Open Air Kindergarten
"An acre of sun
for your little one!"
CORABEL CUSHMAN STONE, Director
Parker Avenue at Turk Street
San Francisco
The Juvenile Conservatory
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
USING INDIVIDUAL METHODS
Receives children over two years of age, whole
or part time. Expert coachmg, scientific habit
training, supervised play. Open all summer.
Every sunny hour outdoors. A few rooms for
parents in residence.
MRS. S. R. H. MARSHALL. Director.
3329 Washington Street, near Presidio Avenue
San Francisco
Phone Walnut 5845 for rates Car No. 3
PACIFIC HEIGHTS NURSERY
SCHOOL and KINDERGARTEN
Mrs. Stanley Rypins, Director
All activities, including naps and hot dinners,
take place out-of-doors.
Monthly kindergarten rate $30.00
Nursery school $50.00
1900 Jackson Street, at Gough
Telephone Walnut 5998
The Sara Scroggs School
for Younger Children
ndividual and group instruction.
1 afternoon classes in manual traini
ng
for little children.
3945 Clay Street, San Francisco
Telephone Pacific 7079
THE
WomtViS €itv Clufa ifHasa?ine ^cfjool Birectorp
BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS
The ALICE B. CANFIELD SCHOOL
[ESTABLISHED 1925]
FOURTH YEAR OPENS September ii, 1928
Educational Aim: To see the whole child; to practice the newer meanings of
discipline; to help parents perceive the changing education.
T/ie Method: Special guidance procedures.
Morning: Nine to twelve o'clock, for little children three to eight years of age.
Nursery school and primary grades.
Afternoon: One to six o'clock on school days, and nine to twelve o'clock on
Saturdays. For older children.
Music: Fundamental training for piano.
Manual Arts.
French.
Mrs. Alice B. Canfield, Director
2653 Steiner Street, between Pacific Avenue and Broadway, San Francisco
Telephone Fillmore 7625
PRESIDIO OPEN AIR SCHOOL
3839 WASHINGTON STREET
Marion E. Turner, M. A., Principal
This day school for boys and girls aims to arouse a love of
understanding and a capacity for self-direction; to substitute
loving cooperation for coinpetition, and thought for
the acceptance of authority.
Kindergarten to
High School
Reopens September II
Fillmore 3773
Pacific 9318
BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOL
LONA HAZZARD SCHOOL
Kindergarten through Junior High
Catalogue on request
1724-1738 Santa Clara Avenue
Alameda, California
Telephone Alameda 0750
La ATAI.AYA
Boarding and Day School
Out-of-door hving
Group Activities Individual Instruction
Grammar School Curriculum
with French
ANNETTE HASKELL FLAGG, Director
Mill Valley, California
Telephone M. V. 514
SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC
CliCI$TEN$CN
Scnool of Popular JVlusic
MoJern J /m^F^T Piano
Estahhshcd 1903
Rapid Method
Beginners and
Advanced
Pupils
Individual
Instruction
COSTUME DESIGN
I.1JCIEN LABAtlDI
Privaic Ichool
off CoBiumc Deiign
Telephone GARFIELD aSSj
528 Powell Street San Francisco
Shops
150 Po-well Street
Phone Girfield 4079
DANCING SCHOOL
The PETERS WRIGHT
SCHOOL of DANCING
[t is the aim of the Peters Wright School to
give a complete appreciation and enjoy-
ment of dancing as an art, a recreation,
a character-builder or a means
of livelihood.
2695 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Telephone Walnut 1665
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
San Francisco
College
School of Business
Administration
[C0-EUUCATI(1\.\1, » EVENING SESSIONS]
\Vinter Term Opens
January 16, 1929
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
LEADING TO
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
DEGREE
Accountancy . . . Advertising
Credit Management
Finance and Investments
Industrial Management
Insurance
Merchandising and Retail Store
Alanagemeni
Office Management
Real Estate
Sales Management
Secretarial Science
Stock and Bond Brokerage
Instruction by
Professional Teachers
Call or write for catalog
Seventh Floor. Call Bldg.
Telephone Sutter 4273
SECRETARIAL SCHOOL
California Secretarial School
iNSTTtUCnON
Day and Evening
Indiyiduai
ctton
'ndi-viduat
"Heeds.
RUSS BUILDING - - SAN FRANCISCO
{School Directory continued on page 6)
SCHOOL DIRECTORY— Continued
Private and
executive secretaries
.... Heald Trained
.... are in demand
Heald College, without question, offers
the widest choice in secretarial training
in the West.
There are three distinct courses: pre-
paring for positions as private secretary,
executive secretary or general secretary
. . . and universit>--grade instruction by
the Harvard "case" method leading to
Degree of Bachelor of Secretarial Science.
Choose the position you want, then write
or telephone for full details regarding the
course to follow.
Telephone
Prospect IS40
i
Day and
Evening
Classes
FiEALD
^ COLLEGE
Van Ness at Post ♦ San Francisco
MacAleer School for Private Secretaries
Each student receives individual instruction.
A booklet of information will l>e furnished upon request.
Positions secured for graduates.
Hary Genevieve MacAleer, Principal
68 Post Street Telephone Davenport 647.?
ART SCHOOL
FASHION ART SCHOOL
SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE
Sutter at Van Ness
COURSES IN
Costume Design
Millinery Making
Fashion
Illustration
Commercial Art
Foremost School of
Costume Design and
Illustration in the
West
SEWING SCHOOL
LILY BARRON SEWING STUDIO
Experts on Personality in Clothes
idividual lessons in sewing, by appointment only. Two hours, $1.50.
Materials
ut. fitted and marked — can he finished at home.
Coats. $7.50; frocks, $5.50.
cut to mes
sure. Ladies' material cut to measure, any style, $1
683 Sutter Street. San Francisco
Telephone Prospect 9264
You are invited to make reservations now for
the Pacific Coast Premiere of
S. ANSKY'S
Interxation.'^lly Famous Foi.k-Play
"The Dybbur"
(ENGLISH version)
hy the Temple Players, with
IRVING PICHEL
Directed by Nahum Zemach, founder of the
Moscow Habimah Players, and
Paul Bissinger
The Temple Playhouse
First Avenue and Lake Street
Telephones Bayview 3434 and Bayview 4030
Nightly (except Friday) with Sunday Matinee
Beginning Monday, October 29
Seats $2.00 and $1.50
M.AIL ORDERS RECEIVED NOW
Tickets on sale (for all performances except opening
night) at Sherman, Clay & Company and
the Temple Playhouse
The General Public Is Invited to All
Prcductions by the Temple Players
MARGO
formerly 'Designer for T)u 'iBarry S^illinery
now offers
Distinctive Modes of
Individuality and Charm
904 SHREVE BUILDING . SLJTTER 7197
13 ^ally good food . .
%^(^aMMv
/^
mm
f. Breakfast
J^^ Luncheon
Dinner . . .
309 SUTTER STREET ' SAN FRANCISCO
WOMEN- S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for OCTOBER
1928
THESE FALL DAYS
bring much of variety and interest into the life of the San
Franciscan, from the otTerings of the theatre and concert
stage, activities of the stock and bond market, enthusiasms
of the charity drive, to the colorful wares temptingly dis-
played in one's favorite shops.
The Women's City Club Magazine keeps you abreast of
the most timely events and the latest showings, both
through its editorial and advertising columns. In fact, it
you read one without the other, you secure only half the
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Me sung ivith breaking voice
IV hen we were lean and young:
JFhen we were keen as swords
We sang with broken tongue,
Thirsty for life's rich blood.
O, we were sharply stung
With thirst; we were sick ivith thirst
For cups never drained. IV e ivrung
Our songs from hunger, from pain
Lean, sharp, stark as dawn ;
From the lean, dark core of thirst
Those first songs were drawn;
From the acrid blood of spring ,
From salt-lipped youth, lean youth
That is nourished on hunger and thirst
And from pain rives truth.
IVe laughed, lue doubted, we broke,
We iL'ere cruel and bitter and right;
Our ruth luas not for the fat.
The full of belly. Our sight
Was level, illusionless, clear.
We ploughed the sensitive earth
Of our hearts and brains and flesh
M'ith blunl-knived ploughs. No dearth
Of faith should blacken our spring.
Nor famine cheat our need.
We knew we should thrive on want;
We kneiv we must bleed.
We broke new ground for our seed,
O, cruelly clove and ploughed.
Doubting an ultimate fruit.
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Doubting . . . but still ice soiled.
Our lean and hungry flesh
And life were at ruthless grips;
Yet always there came wild singing
From bitter and bleeding lips.
Our lungs were swollen with song.
M'e sang that ive might not weep.
ff'e cried, and u'e found it iong. — -
Spring's anguish bit so deep.
Now, in the mellow noon.
Now that we hold the fruit.
Smooth and bloomy, aflame . . .
Now shall our voice be mute?
The lean time is past;
Now, from what was broken
That which is whole has come;
The cloven earth has spoken
With fertile tree, with round
And velvet fruit, firm fruit.
Sweet, with slight aftertaste
Of the deep, acrid root.
From hot and twisted lips
Our spring singing was ivrung.
With swelling, mellow throats
Noiv let harvest be sung.
Now, while we feast and laugh.
Now that we hold the fruit —
Nor bleed, nor hunger, nor thirst —
Now shall our voice be mutef
WOMEN^S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
VOLUME II
SAN FRANCISCO ' OCTOBER ' I92J
NUMBER 9
INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS of
SOCIAL WORK
A Talk Gii^en by Jane Addams at the Women's City Club, September 6, 1928,
under the Auspices of the Social Workers' Alliance of the
United Neighborhood Workers of San Francisco
THE speaker was introduced by Miss Elizabeth Afh,
who said :"I feel that this is the greatest privileg€of my
life that I have to introduce Miss Addams to you this
evening. I am going to be a little personal, because it was
many years ago when life was young with us that I first
met Miss Addams and fell under her spell. Miss Griffith
and I have been her welfare followers ever since. In those
times the message brought to us was very simple. We
believed in neighborhood work, and tonight when I am
introduced as President of the United Neighborhood
House. As you see, we still follow her ideas. With her
life and her thoughts being so expansive, she not only
belongs to us in this country, but to the whole world at
large now. and she is not only a citizen of the United
States but is a citizen of the entire world, but we claim
her, love her, and feel that she is our counselor and adviser
not only in the little things but the greatest things as well.
The foundation that she laid before us then, and which
has been a great inspiration to all of us, was that every-
thing must be done on an absolute basis of truth and
honest)'. It is with the greatest of love that I introduce to
you Miss Jane Addams."
WE have only lately had our first International
Conference, held in Paris in June. Three thou-
sand people came together for this first organized
attempt to have the people from various countries meet
and exchange viewpoint and experiences. It indicated that
these people, though under very different surroundings,
are actuated by the same motives which have actuated
yourselves for many years, and a stimulus comes from
finding out the things that they have tried, and the suc-
cessful efforts that have been made in several directions
where perhaps your efforts have been unsuccessful. One
could not but come away with a sense of doing things
better than ever done before.
The Honolulu Conference took in a varied group from
the countries which border on the Pacific. It was inter-
esting to note that in these different groups was illustrated
the different stages of social work going on. We had
round table discussions, and of course each and every one
tried not to stick too closely to remarks of their own
experience but pool their resources of will and mental
equipment and also to make an effort to think together.
Sometimes this was done well and other times not so well.
An American woman living in Honolulu brought up the
question of the professional training for social work. She
unhappily used the word "professional," and immediately
a lady from Australia resented the scope of meaning.
When talking about "professional" in Australia and New
Zealand, "professional" means that money is paid for their
services. They did not like that phrase and they did not
want to discuss training from that point of view. The paid
worker was to be recognized, of course, but emphasis was
not to be put on the fact that she was paid — curious psy-
chology.
Welfare situations differ in various countries. Each
country has its own method of approach to welfare work.
In Japan they are slow getting into motion ; they begin by
first very carefully analyzing the situation, and by so
doing they know they are going to be successful because
they knew what they were about. Not a great deal is
accomplished. The greatest need in Japan is to handle the
suicide idea among the very poor of Japan. A representa-
tive worker from Japan said she had run down one case
where 371 families committed suicide during the past year
in one city. It seemed their only way out, and they believe
it is better to leave this miserable life than to perhaps die
of starvation or lingering illness. This is the big national
question with Japan; especially suicide by small children,
brought on doubtless by instructions from the parents, it
being their psychological view of the situation.
Australia brought up discussion of motion pictures,
saying they had lately had a governmental investigation
made of the type of English life which was being brought
before the people of Australia through moving pictures.
They sent a petition to the government, begging that such
motion pictures as were sent to Australia picture the better
side of British life. Children were being misled as to what
British home life meant to the world. Apparently this
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matter of having life presented in this vivid way by a few moment at least, held up all of those efforts because the
selective people who decided on what should be brought World was absorbed in other things. Certainly the war
out in the pictures was a matter of grave concern to the
people there.
Chicago's recreation parks have been of more concern
to us than any one else because we deal with so many
countries. In Chicago we have a great conglomeration of
European nationalities ; naturally we view the problem
from the standpoint of the people with whom we are
trying to solve some of the mutual problems, whether in
the neighborhood or in the city.
Many changes have come in social work during forty
years living at Hull House. Back in the 80's, you will
remember, they had a great awakening up about the lives
of the poor people in East London. They went about the
remedy in various ways, changes in political administra-
tions afifecting the progress more or less. Octavia Hall
turned old graveyards into playgrounds. In addition to
the legislation they had taxation for the protection of
working people. In Oxford, it was understood that if
any young man wished to be of service to his country,
either as a journalist or clergyman, that young man would
have to acquaint himself with the lives of the working
people and with the lives of the poor, because those were
the problems which would come up for discussion and
understanding in literature, journalism and politics and in
spiritual life of the nation. After the death of Professor
Tournby, Tournby Hall opened two years later.
I met Asquith at Tournby Hall, and again in 1915, the
first year of the war. He said that as he looked over his
career in Parliament, the things he learned at Tournby
Hall were things of greatest use to him in public life. He
said many other things which I am sure could be borne
out by many men in prominent places, that it is the lives
of the poor and the laboring people who give the greatest
inspiration for welfare work; this same state existed in
the United States. In the 90's or later, Charles Booth
began a study of the life of people in London, along the
lines of taking care of the unemployed ; his argument was
to the efifect that the longer one was out of employment,
the less use he would be to the community, and the less
capable he would be of earning a livelihood, no longer fit
for employment because unemployable. He then was able
to mass information which was of value to the country
at large. Then real action in welfare or social work was
started ; it was first done by surveys, the so-called Amer-
ican Survey, because in America it had been made in this
type of work when they made investigations into working
conditions of Pittsburgh and larger cities. First the desire
had to be manifested to know what the actual situation
was, and then it took on certain scientific quality in the
days of the 90's, and Socialists began to appear in America.
Talk about social economy ! Other countries may be ahead
of us in many ways, but the social scientists have been
pushed further in America than anywhere else. We must
know a situation before we are willing to proceed to
remove it, if a situation exists which needs such removal.
Perhaps some of us were sure that untoward conditions
did exist and we were anxious to have them uncovered so
that reformations could be carried forward. It took the
cooperation of men in science. The period of the 90's was
the first legislation of any adequate sort for the protection
of children ; it began to take some degree of reformation
back in the 40's and 50's and while it had a great deal of
widespread public opinion it did not begin to take form
until the 90's.
Neighborhood workers were brought into existence be-
cause it was quite natural and inevitable. It was motive
which drove us. In 1900 there was another decided step,
even before the great war came, which, naturally, for the
left behind it a science which the people never realized
before, a capacity for working together when they were
adequately fused by mutual cause and undertaking, and it
left behind it, in this city and many others, the Community
Chest, ^^'e have never had the Community Chest in
Chicago. Too big and too difficult. Aspects of social
work are just as alive, only we do not get into the money
side of it. Philadelphia has just tried the idea of the
Chest and has met many difficulties. There is an organi-
zation of Jewish charities in Chicago. On the whole they
are going ahead of others in the way of charity work.
The United Charities of Chicago is almost a model, in
my opinion, of family welfare society. This brings to
mind the mother's pension. Chicago is the first city to
have the Mother's Pension Law. The Mother's Pension
Law relieved the burden of the United Charities to a
great degree. About three-fourths of a million a year is
paid out to mothers who are left with children to take
care of. One of the most pathetic things at Hull House
is seeing the mothers who come to qualify for citizenship.
Until she is a citizen she is not eligible to come under the
Pension Law. She must try to understand the Constitu-
tion of the United States, and other things on which they
are examined at the time the citizenship is granted. We
have had classes in citizenship for thirty years. They
were only men at first. Women came in after the vote,
but nothing like these poor mothers has ever been seen.
They meet four evenings a week and are taught by
teachers from the public school. They try very hard
indeed, and while many get through with credit, often it
is the kind-hearted judge who helps them get by. Money
formerly given is now transferred from the giving public
to taxation, which is part of our county fund. Play-
grounds in Chicago have the reputation of being the star
system ; other systems may have caught up to it. All
playgrounds and parks are under a triple management;
aH funds come through taxation. The South City play-
ground is taken care of by the business center, as they
have more money than the other two centers, and they
were expected to do something remarkable. Thus the
playground system developed. Mr. DeGroot, now in Cali-
fornia, was the man first in charge of our South City
playground. There is another example of a very good
piece of recreational work, very carefully carried out by
people who have been trained in gymnasium work, swim-
ming, year after year, and playgrounds have increased
until each side of the city is now adequately equipped ; it
is more adequately equipped than any other city. I can
certainly boast of this because there is very little they can
boast of now.
Hull House Forums. One of the discussions in Hull
House was whether we are going to have the chance they
have in England of carrying social welfare work as pro-
visions of government or are we going to protect our
American people by carrying things through by voluntary
purposes? How far is the social work going to function
in helping to bring this change about if such a change in
our government is desirable? A very interesting thing for
pioneer social workers to consider.
Discussion of policy came in relation to the part social
science should play in the preparation for social work in
universities and colleges. Psychiatrists are filling the de-
mand and they are doing a very definite work in our
juvenile courts and other phases of social welfare work
which usually came under the order of social scientists.
We have living at Hull House five people who call them-
selves psychiatrist social workers, and they have done some
very interesting things. Thev approach their problems
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from a standpoint of a study of the individual child so far
as they have had preparation in psychiatric work.
John Lapp, President of the Conference for Social
Work in Des Moines, presented very astounding figures
of the number of people engaged in social work. He had
public officials on one side and the voluntary societies on
the other, but when they were combined they were aston-
ishing. The money involved proved to be one of the
largest of expenditures ; the department became much
concerned about it and it was thought by many that it
needed a certain direction which only the Federal Go\ ern-
ment would have. Ail this has grown so rapidly. It may
be that this will be the ultimate. Great responsibility- is
coming. Certain residents and many business men are
asking themselves : Where is this going to stop ? How far
are we going to permit these people to superintend the
lives of people and standards of living, and how far are
we going to be asked to meet these expenses? The Chest
should clear this up. How far is ultimatum? This is
indeed a ver>- interesting situation in our American life.
-At the close of Miss Addams' talk she asked for ques-
tions from the floor. Among those asked were :
Q. I was curious when you spoke of Japanese families
that committed suicide, especially the children doing so. Is
this an absolute fact, and what is the cause ?
A. \'es, the children do commit suicide, if the pressure
is strong enough. They will do what they are told to do
by their parents.
Q. Did you get the impression in Honolulu that you
felt as a result of this international dsicussion that the
United States is many decades ahead of the other countries
in social problems?
A. New Zealand has the lowest infant mortalitj- rate of
anywhere in the world. Australia has done some very
interesting things in country life.
Q. Which is preferable — the paid worker or the social
worker ?
A. A delegate at the conference who seemed responsible
for a great deal of the work in infant welfare work and
clinics for babies said absolutely that paid service was
required so as to have experienced people who could be
dependable at all times, both in service and attendance.
Of course it is all new ; eventually social workers will be
the trained workers.
Q. There has been in many cities a great movement to
have the schoolhouses used in neighborhood centers. Ha\e
you had any experience with that and do you know what
the result has been ? Will this do away with neighbor-
hood houses?
A. In the new schoolhouses that are being built, they
have so many features which readily lend them to social
service work. They have the gymnasium, recreation room,
emergency departments and rooms fitted for clinic service.
The old schoolhouses are being torn down, and naturally
would not be used for this service. However, it is doubtful
that the use of schools would become an established idea
unless the social work was finally under municipal man-
agement. The social centers in Chicago are in small parks,
although some of the schools are used.
Q. Do you know anything about the system of using
foster homes instead of detention homes ?
A. In Boston they have six or eight foster homes. In
Chicago the detention homes are used but for a few days
for the children, as they are kept there only as a witness
or until other witnesses can be found. At times it runs
into weeks or months.
Q. Would you be willing to predict what is going to
happen when the welfare work is in the hands of the
people who are in civil service?
A. When a person reaches my age they quit prophesying.
It will differ very much in different communities. Cer-
tainly on agriculture work things have gone extremely
well. Many efforts when taken over by the public and
recognized will gain certain digniti, which they lack now.
One Judge that I knew felt he was in an unfortunate
position, being placed between two factions, the commer-
cial and the domestic, to give the right opinion, and he
felt that if social workers on both sides of these phases
really studied and knew such cases they could give an
unbiased opinion which would often help him to give the
right opinion. Xo Judge would have the time to go into
the social work of either completely. So often social work
is handed over to the public before the public is educated
to handle it, and in that way it goes to pieces and there
is no protest.
Q. May I ask how it is arranged in most cities in
caring for the aged ? Are they kept in homes or boarded
out, and which is most advisable ? Are some allowed to
remain in their own homes ?
A. This is all tried and there are not set rules in any
one cit>', so far as I know. They are allowed to remain
in their own homes, with their children, who are paid to
allow them to remain. Children are boarded out in prefer-
ence to being allowed to remain in homes. Of course the
poorhouses are largely filled with old people.
Q. Do you approve of paid or voluntary workers?
A. I think you have got to have your people who are
very carefully drilled. There are schools of social service
demonstration. No one should attempt such work without
at least a first degree, and people who have some standing
in the community. Edith Abbott, formerly at Hull House,
is of the opinion that such people must be paid. I would
be sorry to see the voluntary work displaced. We have
about a hundred people on the block at Hull House and
out of that group seventy are social workers. Twelve or
fifteen are paid. Maximum of service is two evenings
a week.
I can see with pride rapid strides in social service work
here in San Francisco. When I was here in 1894 I was
taken through the tenement districts by your own Dr.
Philip Brown. California will always be looked to for
new ideas and active experience.
THE SHIELD
By Florence R. Keene, Member Women's City Club
The evening shadows touch
The headstone on a hill
fi here my last hope lies buried —
But I find laughter still.
I find a shout and laughter
To echo through the gloom
H hen little ghostly shadoivs
Glide softly through the room.
O what a shield is laughter —
An armor strong and true
To hide your failure from the iiorld
And make it envy you!
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COURTESY OF COURVOISIER
By Josephine W. Duveneck
/ wonder does the mourittiin
Rejoice in greening grass,
And do the bushes tremble
IVith joy when linnets passf
Or is it only man who feels
The throb and pulse of things?
And does his mind alone possess
The power to put on wingsf
How odd if all the little tivigs
Should really be agog
With every transformation
In the cycles of the frog!
And if the frog should really hear
The summer's full refrain
And in his clammy bosom know
The ecstasies of rain.'
Pray is it only man who feels
The throb and pulse of things?
Why should his mind alone possess
The power to put on wings?
(Submitted in City Club Magazine Poetry Contest)
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MaMCHURIA, the TlREASUEE=HciISE
CE THE Fair East
By Camilla C
OUT of the shifting, often stormy chronicles of
events in China, the problem of Manchuria has
come more and more to the foreground during
the past few months. While Chang Tso-lin, the shrewd,
old military governor of Manchuria, who was more or
less amenable to Japanese persuasion, ruled at Peking,
the fate of Manchuria was not an immediate issue. But
when in June of this year the Nationalist Army seized the
Chinese capital, and a few days later the former dictator
himself was killed on his way back to Mukden, all of
North China passed from under the old administration.
For even Manchuria fell into the hands of a younger, more
liberal leader — Chang Hsueh-liang, the son of the de-
ceased dictator.
These changes, though accomplished with comparati\ely
little violence, have raised a whole series of diplomatic prob-
lems, not only for China and Japan, the foreign power
possessing most extensive interests in North China, but for
all nations concurring in the Open Door policy and signa-
tories of the Washington Conference treaties. Is Japan's
sphere of influence in Manchuria of such an e.xclusive na-
ture that it violates the Open Door policy? How binding
are the agreements to respect Chinese sovereignty and not
to dispatch troops to China unauthorized by treaty? Where
shall the line be drawn between legitimate protection by
foreign nations of their citizens in China, and interference
in China's domestic affairs? Is a treaty obtained secretly
and under duress legal? These are the issues out of which
nearly all news from China is today originating, yet for
us, so far away, they are merely phrases without some
knowledge of the economic facts back of them.
What then is Manchuria's political and economic
significance to Eastern Asia? Geographically she is the
focal point of three expanding nations. Beyond her nor-
thern boundary lies Siberia, and from its wilderness some
forty years ago the Russian pioneers began to penetrate,
seeking a short route to their port of Vladivostok, later
pursuing their dream of an ice-free harbor to the south,
and tapping Manchuria's mineral and forest wealth on
their way. To the south lies Japan, who sees in Man-
churia's coal and iron deposits, in her oil and beans and
grain, an easy means of feeding her people, developing her
industries, and — building and propelling her navy, the
instrument with which she has purchased her position as
a world power. While to China on the west, Manchuria
is the heritage left her by the last dvnasty, a vast expanse
of fertile, accessible agricultural land whither impoverished
Chinese farmers may emigrate ; a storehouse of mineral
wealth upon which her industrial future also depends, (for
Manchuria is far richer in iron, in gold, and in petroleum
than any other section of China) ; and finally, a region of
great forests in a country which is otherwise woefully
poor in timber.
Of these three nations, Russia is at present least prepared
to insist upon a share in Manchuria's resources. Yet her
activities in this region in the closing years of the 19th
century were so extensive and alarming both to China
and Japan, that one must consider them, even in a con-
temporary survey.
Russia first entered upon her Manchurian adventure in
1896 when she received permission from the Chinese
Government to construct the Chinese Eastern Railway, a
branch line of the great Trans-Siberian project, across
northern Manchuria, thereby acquiring a route to \'ladi-
HAPIN DaXIELS
vostok 568 miles shorter than the old route bordering the
Amur river. The venture was supposedly a commercial
one, but limitations placed on Russia by the joint agree-
ment were so indefinite, and her privileges so broad, that
the railway was easily converted from a commercial to a
political enterprise. Officials of the railway had "absolute
and exclusive right of administration of its land." which
comprised the territory "actually necessary for the con-
struction, operation, and protection of the line as also the
lands in the vicinity of the line necessary for procuring
sand, stone, lime, etc." These were to be turned over
freely by the State, and exempt from taxation.
Russian colonists poured into the railway zone and
settled there. In 1895, Russia with the support of France
and Germany had "rescued" the Liaotung peninsula from
Japan. Three years later she herself secured a concession
on the peninsula, on which both Port Arthur and Dairen
are located. The next step was to win China's consent to
an extension of the Chinese Eastern Railway, which should
connect the new concession with the north Manchurian
line. Construction progressed with feverish haste. During
the Boxer rebellion of 1900, 150,000 Russian troops were
marched into Manchuria on the pretext of guarding the
railway, and her continued maintenance of a military force
there after the post-rebellion settlement so alarmed Japan
for the safety of her Korean enterprise, that she declared
war against Russia in 1904. After Japan's victory a year
later, Russia retired to the north, and all her concessions
in the south passed over to Japan. Thus Japan fell heir
in 1905 to the twenty-five-year leases on Dairen, Port
Arthur, and the South Manchurian Railway — the branch
line of the Chinese Eastern connecting Dairen with Chang-
chun.
From these basic holdings, through the incomparable
industry of her people and other less praiseworthy means,
Japan's present great interests in Manchuria have been
developed. Later in the same year she persuaded China
in a secret agreement not to build any railroads which
should compete against the South Manchurian line. In
1915, Section II of the Twenty-one Demands delivered
in ultimatum form to China secured guarantees of absolute
freedom of residence and occupation under extraterritorial
privileges for Japanese in South Manchuria and Eastern
Mongolia ; permission for Japanese subjects to open mines
in this region ; and an agreement first to obtain Japanese
governmental consent before securing railway loans from
a third power. In selecting political, financial, and mili-
tary advisors for this region, preference was to be given
to Japanese experts. The leases on the Liaotung Penin-
sula and the South Manchurian Railway were extended to
ninety-nine years. In 1918 Japan concluded with China
the Kirin and Heilungkiang Mining and Forestry Agree-
ment, which Putnam Weale summarizes as: "A good
illustration of Japanese secret methods. For a sum equiva-
lent to £.S,000,000 s'.erling, the forests and mines of the
two northernmost Manchurian provinces, with an area
hardly inferior to France and Germany, and worth incal-
culable sums, are mortgaged in such a way as to give Japan
prior rights." (The interest on this loan is lyiVc It
expired in August, 1928. The extension provided for
in the terms is probably pending.) In September of the
same year, I9I8, the Manchu.ian and Mongolian secret
railway agreement was signed by the Chinese Minister to
Japan and approved by the Chinese Ministry of Communi-
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cations, not by the Chinese Government, whereby a Japa-
nese industrial syndicate was to finance four railways in
Manchuria and Mongolia. The area enclosed by them
w^ould come under Japanese influence, and Japan would
furthermore acquire a fine, natural harbor, superior to
that of Dairen, which was to have been the terminus of
the Anglo-American Chinchu-Aigun Railway.
Add to these special agreements between Japan and
China the general regulations which govern the relations
between China and her foreign guests — extraterritoriality,
most-favored-nation treatment, a share in the administra-
tion of China's customs, and one may easily realize how
complicated are those Japanese "interests" and "privileges"
of which our far-eastern correspondents write so casually.
And what has Japan built up on this framework of
treaties, secret and otherwise? A commercial enterprise
into whose various branches according to a report of the
South Manchurian Railway, more than $655,600,000 have
been invested. (1,237,000,000 yen.) The South Man-
churian Railway itself is the outstanding commercial ven-
ture of the Japanese Government. It is 695 miles in
length, and capitalized at $220,000,000. Its transportation
facilities have made possible the opening up of great tracts
further north for agricultural purposes. The railway also
operates coal and iron mines, among them the great Fu-
shun coal mine, the thickest seam of coal in the world, un-
surpassed in the far east in its production of gas, and over-
laid by strata of oil shale containing an estimated reserve
of two billion barrels of oil — about one-fifth of the
aggregate petroleum reserve of the United States. The
iron mine at Anshan, also worked by the S. M. R. R.,
contains a reserve of two hundred million tons. In addi-
tion, the Railway maintains electric light and power plants
at Dairen, Mukden, Changchun, Antung, and Fushun.
It supports a line of hotels and several industrial and
agricultural research laboratories. The Railway has
also established sixty-two schools of various grades, about
two-thirds of them for the Japanese colonists and their
children ; and a medical and industrial university. It main-
tains fifteen hospitals and six branch hospitals.
One of its greatest achievements is the development of
the port of Dairen, now second only to Shanghai in bulk
of trade. Its breakwaters enclose a water area of 2500
acres, and it has more than two and one-half miles of piers
and quays. In 1925, Dairen 's foreign trade amounted to
more than 207,000,000 Hk. taels, almost two-thirds of
Manchuria's total foreign trade, and more than two-fifths
of the total foreign trade between Japan and China.
What does this development mean to Japan? The ful-
fillment of her political and commercial ambitions. Man-
churia's coal and iron have built up her industries; Man-
churia's oil furnishes fuel for the Japanese navy. Her
soya beans feed the Japanese people and their cattle, and
fertilize their fields, while through the port of Dairen
pass Japanese imported textiles on the way to their Chinese
purchasers, and Chinese coal and iron and beans and pe-
troleum for Japan. So much energy' invested, such great
sums of money, with a really rare achievement as a result
— it is no wonder that Japan is jealously guarding her
treasure.
And still less wonder when we consider the diplomatic
history of Japan's penetration into Manchuria, that the
Chinese resent her preponderating influence and feel that
her title to many of these interests is clouded because of the
unfortunate diplomatic methods employed in securing
them. Psychologically they have not yielded one foot of
Manchurian territory obtained under pressure. Herein
lies the impasse between China and Japan which cul-
minated this summer in Japan's refusal to admit the
Nationalist army within Manchuria's boundaries; in her
temporarily successful campaign to isolate Manchuria
politically from China ; and in the resulting boycott by the
Chinese of Japanese goods. The Nationalist flag may not
be displayed in Mukden by Japan's orders, and Nanking
has no jurisdiction over the ancient kingdom of the Man-
chus.
The "positive" policy undertaken by the present Japan-
ese cabinet, is designed not only to consolidate her position
with China, but to ensure her interests against foreign
encroachment. Russia has long desired to build new rail-
ways in the two northern provinces in order to increase the
trade of Vladivostok, which of course would divert trade
from Dairen. When diplomatic relations are again estab-
lished between China and Russia, she will undoubtedly
ask for these concessions, and will receive them if China
is sufficiently anxious to curb Japan's activities in the south.
In the meantime Japan is reported to be negotiating for
the Chinese Eastern Railway, which, since the revolution
has been subjected in turn to control by an international
board, later by a joint Russian and Chinese board, and
which finally came under Chinese control last year — al-
though just how effectively Chinese that administration
may be is a question — at least for us, seven thousand miles
away. Should Japan secure this railway her mortgage
on the forests and mines of the two northern provinces will
be far more valuable to her ; and she will be in an excellent
position to compete against her big rival in the north.
In South Manchuria, Japan has for many years been
resisting the introduction of British and American capital
wherever its investment would mean too keen competition
for her own enterprises. Thus she rejected in 1905 the
Harriman plan to finance the South Manchurian. Sec-
retary of State Knox's proposal to redeem all the Man-
churian railways and submit them to international control
was refused by both Japan and Russia. The Japanese
demands of 1915 forbid China from borrowing foreign
capital for her own Manchurian railways without Japanese
consent. Both Great Britain and the United States have
in the past been careful not to antagonize Japan on this
point. But the latest report — and a well authenticated one
— is that Chang Tso-lin's railway leading down from the
Sungari valley, parallel with the Japanese line, and con-
necting not with the South Manchurian but with the
British-owned Peking-Mukden line, thus diverting trade
to Tientsin, has been financed with British and American
capital.
Russia- — England — the United States — great rivals for
the hardy, little Japanese Empire to compete against. The
efficacy of coercion is proportionate to the strength and
wealth of a nation ; the efficacy of friendship is propor-
tionate to its sincerity'. Materially China and Japan
need each other. Spiritually they will have none of each
other, partly because of the unhappy political history behind
them, partly because of psychological attitudes : China, the
mother of the Japanese language, art, and culture, ex-
ploited and offended by her precocious pupil ; Japan, ma-
terially successful, with her marvelous faculty for united
action, yet secretly smarting under China's calm assump-
tion of superiority. For nations as well as people can have
inhibitions.
"But — -" one often hears the argument — "if Japan has
accomplished so much in Manchuria, why should China
resent her influence there, regardless of circumstances?
Doesn't it react to her benefit also?"
We of the western world have been very ready to ask
such questions, and also to answer them. But history will
probably record another opinion. For Manchuria is not
alone a paper, nor even a sentimental issue with the
Chinese. For them too, it is a question of political and
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The Ameeicam Composite
...what haye ycu?
A RT has always been one of the
^A greatest means towards
JL jL awareness between peoples of
their racial individuality. How im-
measurable is our debt to her for our
knowledge of ancient Greece, Rome,
the Orient.
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From the Caves of Ajanta, India.
Drawing by Mrs. F. H. Das.
Likewise when the voice of our
decade is still it will not be our indus-
try or commerce but our Art that
will tell the future of our civilization.
The tremendous value of art in
international awareness is only just
beginning to be realized by America.
Aside from an individual artist who
here and there had taken his work
abroad for exhibition it is only in the
last several years that an American
exhibit as such has been sent to Eu-
rope, and upon our appearance in
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By Beatrice Judd Ryan
Paris immediately the cry was raised
that American Art was not charac-
teristic. Quite so. A National Art
can only result when the national
character has become crystalline, and
as yet we have not evolved a national
character. Indeed both national art
and character were more clearly de-
fined a hundred years ago than they
are today. To the American formula
has been added foreign compounds,
and although the melting pot has been
set before the flame of the original
American ideal, is that mold strong
enough to shape the whole? Many
think not. What form the American
composite will finally arrive at is con-
jectural, as is the character of Amer-
ican Art.
Certainly the stage is set for a great
Art period in America. The arts have
always flourished following a period
of industrial and commercial ascend-
ancy such as ours. But from the date
of the Armory Show held in New
York City ^ 1911, the first exhibit
of modern contemporary work in this
country which was selected in Europe
and brought to America by Walt
Kuhn, American Art has been split
asunder. Conservative versus Rad-
ical. European "isms" have swept
over our country, with here and there
artists who stubbornly resisted the
invasion of the European influence. It
is interesting to hear Walt Kuhn, who
led the invasion, declare that the day
of an alien ideal is at an end and that
American artists, after learning all
that there was to gain from that phase
of contemporary art, are again seeking,
through the fiber and spirit of their
own country, for inspirational expres-
sion.
Mrs. Cornelia Sage Quinton, di-
The
Red Roojs oj
Old Butchertown
By RiNALDO CUNEO,
an American artist ii-/io,
though influenced by the
modern trend, has
staunchly held to
American idealism in
painting.
rector of the Legion of Honor, has
arranged for a showing of Santa Fe
artists for November and December.
Among those who will exhibit are
Walter Ufer, Andrew Dasburg,
Nordfeldt, Blumenshine, Willard
Nash, John Sloan, Josef Bakos, Ray-
mond Johnson and others. Andrew
Dasburg will, after the first of the
Sleeping Girl, by Walt Kl n \,
a New York artist who has been a
recent exhibitor in San Francisco.
year, have a one-man exhibition at the
Beaux Arts Galerie sponsored by the
San Francisco Association of Women
Artists.
Another exhibit of interest this
winter will be the showing of Ina
Perham's work the last two weeks of
November, at the Galerie Beaux Arts.
Miss Perham has been working in
Taos, New Mexico, for the last year.
The development of an art center
in the American Southwest is one of
the remarkable phases of cultural
growth in the New World. The
Athens of America is set out on the
great plateau of the Colorado, where
an Indian civilization has apparently
declined and died in centuries past.
In any event, the "Santa Fe Trail"
now has another meaning.
Following the Cuneo show there
will be an exhibit of water colors at
the Beaux Arts Galerie, which the
director assembled during her recent
Eastern trip. Among the exhibitors
will be Ernest Fiene, Leon Vak,
George Biddle, Berthe Martini and a
number of California water colorists.
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A Street of Old
Barcelona, with
the Church of
Santa Maria
of the Sea at
the end.
The ExpcsETiCM cr Bakceloma m 1«2«
By Joseph Pijoax
Professor of History of Hispanic Civilization, Pomona College
accurate design contain already at the beginning of the
fifteenth century the islands of the Atlantic, the ones in
the group Madeira, and even, perhaps, some of the Azores
group. After having exhausted the Oriental coast of the
Mediterranean and perhaps finding the East dangerous
with the ad\ ance of the Turks, they were turning their
prows into the promising seas of the West, and, thrifty
and metliodical as they were, they started, along with the
Italians, the \Wstern explorations.
It is a well-known fact that Prince Henry, called the
Navigator, started in Portugal his school and explorations
with the help of sailors and chart-makers of this school
of Barcelona, and it is also a well-known fact that Colum-
bus later on sprang from this school of Prince Henry,
marrying the daughter of one of his men. It is plain now
that Columbus was indebted to the three groups of sailors
of the Mediterranean — the Italian group, the Spanish
group of Barcelona, and, also, the Portuguese, the last to
enter into the field of discovery.
During the colonial period of America the Aragonian
branch of the Spanish people sank into a dormant state.
It was Isabella, the Castilian heiress, who gambled the
five or ten thousand dollars which paid for the adventure
of Columbus. By his refusal, Ferdinando, king of Aragon
and yet of the Barcelona crowd, lost for himself and his
people the opportunity of an empire overseas. The Amer-
ican colonies became Castilian property, and the Aragon-
ians and Catalans were as much strangers in America as
the ^Sicilians or Flemish, who were also subjects of
Charles X and Philip II. They were not forbidden access
to America, but they had to pass through the clearing
house of Seville to get passports, and this was enough to
discourage many. This provision, which in time proved
to be very harmful both to America and to the rest of the
world, had its origin in the generous and praiseworthy
ef]fort of the Spanish administration to protect America
from undesirables. Anyone, almost, could obtain permis-
sion to trade in America, but only from Seville. Little
by little the people of the old Kingdom of Aragon lost the
adventurous spirit, the tact, and the international manners
which come from intercourse with other nations. They
burrowed within their boundaries, and participated very
little in international politics and trade. Moreover, they
were deserted by the nobility, who went to the capital of
the kingdom, Madrid, and left only farmers and bourgeois
in their formerly progressive and aggressive land.
Barcelona remained a sort of historical shrine, full of
monuments still surrounded with the Roman and Middle
Ages walls, and seemed condemned to the fate of so many
other dead cities of the Old World — another Pisa, another
Perugia, another Narbonne. But when the colonies in
America were completely lost and the opening of the Suez
Canal brought new life to the Mediterranean, Barcelona
started to awake and grow in leaps and bounds. The very
suppression that they suffered, or perhaps enjoyed, during
the long centuries of Spanish adventure in America, left
the Barcelona people like a man who has had a very good
sleep and who is fresh and ready to start up again. They
did not at once get back all their lost qualities — refine-
ment, sympathetic feeling, cunning, charm, and their lost
appreciation of beauty. But they felt strong, capable of
intellectual work, patient, constant, and methodical. They
started life again with wonderful speed. Of all their
assets the most valuable was the harbor of Barcelona,
through which they could import English coal — Spain has
THE average American magazine-reader and club-
goer knows the ethnic group of people called "Cata-
lans" only through scanty references and occasional
news items. It is very likely that from now on he will
hear more and more of them. The Catalans are a peculiar
type of Spaniards living in the northeast corner of the
peninsula. In the Middle Ages those people were the
leading element of the Aragonian Confederation, known
by the shorter name of Aragon, because the Kingdom of
Aragon had a more resounding name. The other domin-
ions of the Aragonian kings were Valencia and Catalonia
and the Balearic Islands. Abroad the kings of the confed-
eration preferred to use the title "Kings of Aragon," but
at home they were called the rulers of the House of
Barcelona.
The best territory of the Aragonian confederation was
a long strip on the Mediterranean coast with a big harbor
at the capital, Barcelona. The Barcelona merchants trav-
eled and traded throughout the Mediterranean. They
established themselves in Sicily, conquered Sardinia and
afterward took large shreds of the Byzantine Empire.
Athens for more than one century was in the hands of
those people from Barcelona, and likewise a part of Morea
and many of the Aegean Islands. Consulates were estab-
lished at Bagdad, Damascus, Trebizond and Alexandria.
The ancient book of the maritime law of Barcelona still
regulates most of the details of shipping in the Mediterra-
nean. They were a little proud and boastful — those Bar-
celona adventurers — they even went so far as to say that
not even the fishes could move in the Mediterranean
without carrying on their tails the coat of arms of Aragon.
This coat of arms is formed with several vertical stripes,
gold and red, the colors that reappear in the shield of
California's coat of arms.
The fact is that the Barcelona sailors of the fifteenth
century were considered the best pilots of the south, and
beside the traditional lore — the result of centuries of
experience — they had learned astronomy from the Arabs,
and they were drawing the most precious maritime charts.
Those large parchments on which the coasts are very
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practically none. Factories sprang up like mushrooms in
Barcelona and surrounding cities.
The history of the merchants of Barcelona is almost
uniform. They started as little merchants with small
shops doing retail trade. Next they hired two or three
men to work for them as spinners or weavers. The two or
three became two or three dozen, two or three hundred,
two or three thousand. The little retail shop became a
wholesale business, and the former storekeeper spread
commercial travelers throughout Spain and became ex-
tremely rich. He and his kind imposed high tariffs upon
the whole nation to protect their goods. They had enough
money to handle the elections and did not ask any share
in the general politics of Spain. Again the wealth of the
region increased, and Barcelona became once more a large
city, being today not only the largest city in Spain but of
the whole Mediterranean. Todav it has a population
of 1,200,000.
Fortunateh', the Middle Age town was surrounded by
an open plain in which it could expand without discom-
fort. This plain rises in gentle slope to a nearby range of
mountains twelve hundred feet high. When industries
and trade reawakened, Barcelona spread rapidly, and a
vast area was laid out, with very little foresight, into
parallel streets, a great chessboard stretching for njiles
toward the mountains. No great provision was made to
leave parks or squares, but the tree-lined streets, thirty
yards wide, have no other fault than monotony.
Besides these, three or four very broad avenues lead to
the corners of the plain. On these the modern Barcelona
captains of industry have built fantastic houses with
facades decorated to the extreme. They are built four
stories high so that the owners can live on the first floor
as the principals of the place and receive at the same time
an income from the apartments above. Some of these
extraordinary dwellings of the Barcelonian merchants have
produced outbursts of criticism from the more composed
races of Europe. But perhaps it was a necessary stage in
their development, and it certainly would be wrong to
judge Barcelona only for those modern suburbs seen by
the average tourist. The classic author of the book,
"Gothic Architecture in Spain," Street, says that Bar-
celona is the most monumental city for its old Gothic
buildings. They are still intact, several huge churches of
the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; many private
houses of the same period, and the Palace of the City
Council has large portions of the Middle Age buildings
and great parts remain yet of the Royal Palace of the
Kings of Aragon.
This city, a strange mixture of historical capital and a
modern metropolis, seems to be called yet to another life.
The Barcelona merchants made great fortunes during the
war and they have built a museum, collected a great
library, and some private collections have been started.
This may explain why Barcelona was selected as the
twin city of Seville for the Exposition that Spain is
preparing for the spring of 1929. Immediately after the
war it was felt desirable by the Government and some
leading forces of Spain to make a sort of balance sheet
of the present strength and wealth, calling for this purpose
the peoples of Hispanic-America. These expositions were
to be divided between two cities — Seville of the South
will be the gate to America, and Barcelona of the North
will be the gate to Europe. For many years all the effort
was directed to improve the grounds, as much irt Seville
as in Barcelona. There were nearby excellent locations
that for one reason or another had not been taken care of
yet. Seville had large tracts of land along the river that
could be drained and changed into beautiful gardens;
Barcelona had one side of a harbor, a hill projecting into
the sea, which had been used for defenses only, today
obsolete, that had no buildings or suburbs of anv kind yet.
This mountain was transformed during the last ten years
into a little paradise. The hill had been terraced and
planted with trees, taking advantage of all possible sights
towards the city and the Mediterranean. The trees have
grown large and the flowers of all colors have been planted
in millions of pots all along the terraces. The preoccupa-
tion of producing a pleasant sensation of shade, coolness,
and colorful ei?ect had been ever present in the minds of
the architects and gardeners. \Vithout mentioning what
had been spent in Se\ ille, in fixing the gardens, which is a
very large sum, the approximate cost of the Exposition of
Barcelona and its present estate is $38,000,000. The
United States are participating in this enterprise of the
Spanish Government because it is felt at Washington that
it will be a neutral ground where the South Americans
will meet and talk business. And when we say "talk
business," we mean not only buying and selling, but all
that this means in good and in bad English. Spain is
realizing that her geographical position and her past make
her the inevitable mediator on the South American dis-
putes among themselves and the world at large. In those
grounds, so nicely planned and so successfully improved,
Europeans and Americans will have a greater chance to
meet and know each other next spring.
[Professor Pijoan has been appointed agent for this
Coast by the Spanish Government in order to make known
the great undertakings of the two Expositions of Bar-
celona and Seville for the spring of 1929.]
Barcelona
Postoffice
and Plaza
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■iULME Discusses CeCEMTTcUE
Edward M. Hulme
PROFESSOR Edward Maslin Hulme, of the Depart-
ment of History of Stanford University, has just
returned from Europe after a stay of nine months.
He spent the time in French North Africa, Italy, Austria,
the Balkan countries, Spain, Portugal, and France.
Of the three provinces in North Africa which he visited
he spent most time in Tunisia. "It is more interesting in
many respects," he said, "than Morocco or Algeria. The
Arabs there are truer to the original type than in Algeria,
where they have mingled to a great extent with the
Berbers, and than in Morocco, where there is a large infu-
sion of negro blood. Tunis, the capital city, is far more
Oriental than Algiers. The souks, or native bazars, are
fascinating. But serious problems confront the French in
Tunisia. The Italians outnumber the French, and they
are increasing at a faster rate than the French. Mussolini
requires all the German-speaking people in that part of
Tyrol gained by Italy as a result of the World War to
learn Italian. Nothing but Italian can be used there in
the schools; and all the activities of the government are
carried on in Italian. In Tunisia, however, he pursues a
policy exactly the opposite of this. Italian propaganda
there is very active. Newspapers are printed in Italian ;
Italian schools are established in many places ; and Italian
Boy Scouts and patriotic societies abound. What France
will do in the future is not easy to guess.
"Many American tourists come away from Italy with
only words of praise for Mussolini. The trains start on
time, they tell us, the streets are swept, and there are few
beggars. This is true ; but, after all, these are only super-
ficial reforms. There is much unemployment and discon-
tent in Italy; and all freedom of speech and of the press
has been done away with. The workmen no longer have
the right to strike. Many workmen believe their wages
are too low; but nevertheless they are compelled to go on
selling their labor at the same price. What else, therefore,
are they than slaves? Trains are prompt! Yes! But what
price promptness! It seems to be true that Mussolini is
sitting on the lid, and that the pressure below is con-
stantly increasing. The only countries in Europe that are
in the least favorable to Italy are Hungary, where there
is a dictatorship, an arbitrary control of the people, even
more thoroughgoing than in Italy, and Bulgaria, which, it
will be remembered, was one of our enemies in the Great
War. But it is only the Bulgarian government, not the
people, that is favorable to Italy.
"The Bulgarian people are a very deserving people.
They were misrepresented by their king, who threw in his
lot with Germany. They have shown fine qualities of
manhood in their times of tribulation. Sofia, their capital
city, is the most modern and most beautiful capital in the
Balkans. It has no such fine houses as those of the great
Rumanian landowners in Bucharest; but it is a cleaner
city, more compact, and with more graceful lines than
Bucharest. And it easily excels Athens and Belgrade in
the neatness of its streets and the mingling of the Orient
and the Occident in its architecture.
"There is a dangerous situation in Rumania. The mass
of the peasantry are becoming more and more restless
under the oppressive oligarchy. Their present leader,
Juliu Maniu, seems to be altogether too timid. When
they find an intelligent, efficient, and brave leader, a great
change will take place in their tactics.
"Yugo-Slavia has to face the difficult task of harmoniz-
ing the several parts of the kingdom. The Serbs want a
highly centralized government, while the Croatians desire
a government in which the various provinces shall have a
greater degree of self-government. But all the Yugo-Slavs
wish to maintain the present union. Not one of the
provinces desires to separate itself from the others. And,
like all the other Balkan peoples, they dread war. They
have too many internal troubles.
"The most acute internal situation is that in Rumania.
In addition to the bad feeling between the peasants and
the oligarchy there is the bitter feeling of the Hungarian
minority in Transylvania, and the disaffection in Bessa-
rabia, which province, taken from Russia after the Great
War, has a long frontier exposed to the Soviet Republic."
Schedule oj E. M. Hulme' s
Lectures
The course of six lectures to be
given by Professor Edward M. Hulme
of Stanford University in the City
Club Auditorium at 3 o'clock Tues-
day afternoons, beginning October 16,
will be on the following subjects:
October 16, Life Among the Arabs
in French North Africa.
October 23, Italy and the Italians.
October 30, Spain and the Span-
iards.
November 6, Portugal and the Por-
tuguese.
November 13, France and the
French.
November 20, Peoples and Prob-
lems of the Balkan Countries.
The fee for the course is $3.00;
single admissions, 75 cents.
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the Spanish sailors were floundering wretchedly in the
seething waters, the American commander called to his
men. "Don't cheer, boys. Those poor devils are dying out
there."
It was a big moment for that officer as he stood upon his
quarterdeck, dry and safe. In a few hours his name would
be singing over the world by cable and telegraph. (The
radio was still locked in the vault of myster>-. ) He would
be enrolled with Perry and Paul Jones and other illustrious
figurants of the American Navy.
But in that harried interlude he was humane before
he was patriotic. National feeling was engulfed in pity for
the human beings at death grip with the waters which had
sucked down their shattered ship. So close were the drown-
ing men to the guns which had wrought the havoc that he
could see their dark heads bobbing in the whorl. The fitful
flames from the sinking vessel revealed the agony upon
their faces, and the despair.
"Don't cheer, boys. Those poor devils are dying out
there."
That, in the last analysis, is what internationalism
means. It is all that it means, the placing of the human
equation above the factional. It is recognition of the un-
importance of national feeling as compared to the humane.
There are many who go farther in their interpretation
of internationalism, a doctrine that never in history was so
widely discussed as it has been since the war.
They would abolish patriotism entirely from the scheme
of things held estimable by modern civilization, cast it into
the limbo of other sentimentalities which have gone by the
board. They hold it not more laudable than chauvinism if
it flare into murderous impulses which lead to war.
National pride is but magnified parochial complacency,
they hold. Unless it threatens carnage it is held as a pretty
sentiment not reprehensible, but not entirely wholesome.
If it lead to "jingoism" it becomes a menace, proud flesh
upon the body politic.
And so we come to the most recent gesture to abolish
war, the so-called Kellogg Peace Pact, signed August 27
of this year. The full text is given elsewhere in this issue
of the Women's City Club Magazine, which is pledged
by the laws of the City Club and of its own volition to
eschew partisan politics. Notwithstanding this policy, the
text is given, not as an instrument of any political party but
as a Magna Charta of the women of the world, who, after
all, produce the men who are sacrificed to war.
International Amity Promoted by
Reciprocal Relations Between Clubs
By Fannie Lyne Black
(Mrs. A. P. Black)
THE San Francisco Women's C\ty Club is one of
a number of similar organizations located in impor-
tant cities in various parts of the world, among which
there is maintained a system of reciprocal or friendly
relations. This means that a member of one of these
clubs on presentation of a card may have at any of the
other clubs the privileges of membership for a period of
two weeks or more. As most of these clubs have hotel
accommodation, women traveling alone fijid it pleasant
and convenient to occupy rooms in their buildings rather
than in an ordinary hotel.
The clubs in this country with which our club has such
relations are those located in Boston, New York, Wash-
ington, D. C, Detroit, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Cleveland,
St. Paul and Chicago. Those abroad are in London, Edin-
burgh, Glasgow, Paris, Shanghai and Dunedin. Most of
the members going East or abroad secure these reciprocal
privilege cards, and on their return home, relate their
pleasant experiences in visiting the clubs which have
afforded them hospitalitj-.
On our part we are always glad to welcome members
of related clubs and to show them all possible courtesy
during their sojourn in our city. We have many visitors
for this is a period of extensive travel. World tours are
of commonest occurrence. The great oceans are highways
for powerful steamers built to cover the distance from
shore to shore in the shortest time. This country is a net-
work of smooth roads over which the automobile is driven
to all points of beauty and interest. In Europe the same
condition exists and motor tours in all countries are most
popular with travelers. Surpassing the speed of travel
on the surface of the earth, air travel is coming more and
more into use. A few days ago, two men made the journey
by air between Los Angeles and New York in less than
nineteen hours, having luncheon on one day in Los Angeles
and breakfast the next morning in New York. In this age
of wonderful mechanical achievement we have grown ac-
customed to the marvels of rapid transit and regard each
new advancement with only mild astonishment. But we
will be impressed \vith the wonder of it, if we pause to
realize that from the beginning of things up to the early
part of the nineteenth century, about the time of the birth
of Queen Victoria no man had traveled over the earth
faster than a horse could carry him. There was not so
much need of reciprocal relations in those days, for only
the brave and strong ventured very far from home. But
modern communication has brought the nations of the
world close together and shown us the necessity of friendly
relations and the establishment of peace among the different
peoples. A few days ago this nation offered to other gov-
ernments a very simple, direct treaty, renouncing war "as
an instrument of national policy in their relations with
one another." The treaty now called "The Pact of Paris"
has been signed by fifteen of the most important nations
of the world with many more taking the matter under
consideration. This act may not be wholly effectual in
bringing about a state of permanent peace, but it is a
great forward step in that direction and a world without
war is "a consummation devoutly to be wished."
It is well to have some small share in the friendly rela-
tions which we wish to see established between the nations.
To this end, we are pleased to exchange messages of friend-
ship and good will with our related clubs whether they are
situated in this country or across the great oceans.
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Delegates to the Pan-Pacific Women's C
Jliss Jane Addams, who presided, is in the center of the group. Women of many nation
importance to which the delegates ga^e their earnest attention, were Child Welfare. ,
movement, "said Jliss Addams at a luncheon at the Women s City Club, aftti
Hull House, "it went on its own momentum with ease and with spleiu,
Mexico and India. Delegates from Japan, the Fiji Islands
All the delegates declared themseh'es enriched 1/
THE TEXT OF THE TREATY FOR THE RENUNCIATION OF
THE President of the United States of America, the
President of the French Republic, his Majesty the
King of the Belgians, the President of the Czecho-
slovak Republic, his Majesty the King of Great Britain,
Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Em-
peror of India, the President of the German Reich, his
Majesty the King of Italy, his Majesty the Emperor of
Japan, the President of the Republic of Poland.
Deeply sensible of their solemn duty to promote the
welfare of mankind ; persuaded that the time has come
when a frank renunciation of war as an instrument of
national polic\- should be made, to the end that the peaceful
and friendly relations now existing between their peoples
may be perpetuated ;
Convinced that all changes in their relations with one
another should be sought only by pacific means and by the
result of a peaceful and orderly process, and that any
signatory Power which shall hereafter seek to promote its , }
national interests by resort to war should be denied the t
benefits furnished by this treaty ;
Hopeful that, encouraged by their example, all the other
nations of the world will join in this humane endeavor and,
by adhering to the present treaty as soon as it comes into '
force, bring their peoples within the scope of its beneficent
provision, thus uniting the civilized nations of the world
in a common renunciation of war as an instrument of their
national policy ;
Have decided to conclude a treaty, and for that purjxise
have appointed as their respective plenipotentiaries: . . .
Who, having communicated to one another their full
powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon
the following articles:
Article 1. — The High Contracting Parties solemnly de-
clare, in the names of their respective peoples, that they
iference Held m Honolulu Last Month
?ring the Pacific met and discussed their problems. Politics were taboo. The subjects of
Hon, Women in Industry, and similar topics. "The Conference u'dfcr a very genuine
turn from Honolulu, and before her departure for Chicago, where she lives at
ills." Jliss Addams regretted the absence of women from Chile, Peru,
hilippines and China, took a leading part m the Conference,
'xperience of contacting women of other nations.
PEACE PACT
S AX INSTRUMENT OF NATIONAL POLICY, IS AS FOLLOWS:
ciiudtmn rec'jUrse to icar for the solution of inteniationo!
I controversies, and renounce it as an instrument of national
' policy in their relations uith one another.
.Article 2. — The High Contracting Parties agree that
. the settlement or solution of all disputes or conflicts, of
whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, ivhich
may arise among them, shall never be sought except by
pacific means.
Article 3. — The present treaty shall be ratified by the
Hii/h Contracting Parties named in the preamble in accord-
ance u-ith their respective constitutional requirements, and
shall take effect as between them as soon as all their several
instruments of ratification shall have been deposited at . . .
This treat) shall, when it has come into effect as pre-
scribed in the preceding paragraph, remain open as long
as may be necessarj- for adherence by all the other Powers
of the world. Every instrument evidencing the adherence
of a Power shall be deposited at . . . and the treaty shall,
immediately upon such deposit, become effecti\e as between
the Power thus adhering and the other Powers parties
thereto.
It shall be the duty of the government of ... to furnish
each government named in the preamble, and every gov-
ernment subsequently adhering to this treaty, with a cer-
tified copy of the treaty, and of every instrument of ratifica-
tion of adherence. It shall also be the duty of the govern-
ment of . . . telegraphically to notify such governments
immediately upon the deposit with it of each instrument of
ratification or adherence.
In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have
signed this treaty in the French and English languages,
both te.xts having equal force, and hereunto affixed their
seals.
Done at . . . the . . . day of ... in the year of our Lord,
one thousand nine hundred and twentv. . . .
women's city club magazine for October
192;
Camp Tirie and Jam f eamcisco Girls
By Adelaide Brown, M. D.
Health Examiner for Camp Fire
HOW many of us think of the
leisure hours of childhood and
youth as offering the greatest
possibilities for home and citizen
training of all the hours of the day?
Who plans the program from 3 :30
o'clock of the girl from 11 to 18 years
of age? How many mothers know
what the girl is thinking about?
What she is really interested in?
How many mothers settle the question
of "what is there for me to do?" by
the price of a movie?
Camp Fire is a community answer
to these questions. Ten to twenty
girls around a guardian is called a
Camp Fire. The ceremonial meetings
gather the Camp Fires together at
Headquarters. The year's program
covers home-making, hand industries,
sewing, cooking, and a health credit,
emphasizing the daily routine of sleep,
fresh air, diet, exercise, work and
play, which looks to healthy living.
Being one of a group is a stimulus
to effort by the individual. It gives a
great outside interest to the group
activity of the Camp Fire weekly
meeting. The guardian and the girls
in each Camp Fire plan together for
their excursions, visits to Headquar-
ters, entertainments, for each girl
earns her dues.
The program of attainment is inter-
esting and the rivalry of groups and
individuals in attaining the progres-
sive orders of Camp Fire is stimulat-
ing. The wood gatherers wear a ring,
the fire makers a bracelet, while the
honor of torch bearer is given where
marked leadership is attained.
The ceremonial gown, made and its
decoration earned by the effort of each
girl, shows her interest and devotion
to the Camp Fire program. It is a
study in character to read in the beads
and emblems the concentration, the
devoted interest of its wearer. Each
girl must earn her decorations; no
one may buy them.
Camp Fire recognizes, first, that a
girl is a member of her home group,
and will probably head a home in turn.
Hence home arts and crafts are em-
phasized. "Helping your mother"
counts towards the ornamental beads
of the ceremonial gown.
Self-expression in pictures, poems
and essays is encouraged by the maga-
zine published at Headquarters and
which serves as a common interest to
the local Camp Fire.
The annual athletic contest brings
together the 1100 members of the 78
San Francisco Camp Fires and the
victors and a tired and happy group
of rooters go home after the day spent
out-of-doors in field work.
A pageant of Girlhood brings out
the artistic and group possibilities.
Headquarters is the home, the cen-
ter of the activities of the individual
Camp Fire. Each group heads up for
certain activities at Headquarters. In
the regular meetings at Headquarters
of guardians with the executive offi-
cers, new ideas and the solution of
problems in the smaller groups are
worked out.
Hallowe'en Bridge
Parti/
Have you engaged your table for
the Hallowe'en bridge party Tuesday
evening, October 30?
A special committee from the bridge
section is busily planning prizes and
refreshments for at least four hundred
participants. The bridge tables will
be set in the Auditorium. The com-
mittee in charge consists of Miss Edith
Black, Miss Parsons, Miss May
Turnblad, Miss Waldren, Mrs. Net-
tie Metzger and Miss Bertha McCar-
thy under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Carl Baumann.
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To the Camp Fire girls, Head-
quarters is an illustration of what can
be done by each one of them, for a
more attractive home, where they see
in use their lamp-shades, curtains,
stenciling, attractive kitchen plans.
Headquarters is a beehive from 3 :30
to 6:00 each night. Many girls can
never have a party at home for their
Camp Fire group and with their
guardian they engage Headquarters
for their functions, interesting some-
times fathers and mothers, sometimes
friends, each one doing her share to
get ready, to form the program and
to clean up.
The Summer Camp is a peak of the
year to the girls who can plan to go.
Each girl, in her two weeks or more
that she spends in Camp, gets honors
for learning to swim, dive and canoe.
She hikes and between times has hand
industry, painting, photography, wood
work, botany and nature study. The
meals are out-of-doors ; the tents are
inspected daily ; the camp is in uni-
form; certain girls serve as kitchen
police, and a happier, lovelier sight
than this group of 300 girls as they ,
come and go in joyous life together
one could never see.
How long are girls interested in
Camp Fire? Begin with the Blue-
birds, under 11, looking forward to
the years from 11 to 18 when they
can be Camp Fire Girls. The pressure
was so great to do something for this
younger group that the Bluebirds
were organized.
This year, after the regular Sum-
mer Camp was over, a group of 45
"old girls" went down to Camp
Wasibo for one week, coming together
from hospitals where they were pupil
nurses, from the various college years,
and from work, to renew the spirit
and happiness of their Camp Fire
days.
Many of the old girls are guardians,
combining this service to the younger
girls with a life of college or business
activity.
Home making, group work, with
ideals of home and city and state
before them always — does not such a
program make us of an older vintage
— fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts,
brothers and sisters — glad to help our
San Francisco Camp Fire to express
itself in real Headquarters where each
one of these girls, our girls, can focus
her group interests happily and health-
fully?
women's city club magazine for OCTOBER
1928
MUSIC m SAM riRAMCIS'
I
A CCUSTOMED as San Fran-
r^^ CISCO is to an abundance of
^ J^ music, with brilliant artists,
the outlook for 1928-29 seems to offer
a prodigality of events. The season,
officially opened by the San Francisco
Opera Company which is now closing
its sixth year in unduplicated triumph,
is on our heels, with little likelihood
of a breathing space before next May.
The next of import will be the reg-
ular symphony season, beginning in
November, with the usual Friday
afternoon concerts by the San Fran-
cisco Symphony Orchestra at the
Curran Theater and the transforma-
tion of Sunday afternoon concerts into
Saturday night events, to be held at
Dreamland Auditorium. In the im-
mediate history of the city's music, no
factor is more outstanding than the
advent of Dreamland into our com-
munity, where there are certain ac-
commodations we have failed to find
elsewhere during several years past.
The symphony season will also pro-
duce its usual five Municipal Concerts
at the Civic Auditorium. Guest con-
ductors will be a feature of the winter
series, a privilege hitherto enjoyed
only during the summer programs, and
will include Ottorino Respighi and
Rudolph Ganz. The announcement
of composers and compositions during
these several series includes much to
enthuse the music public and will pre-
sent a generous number of American
— chiefly Western — works. There
will be a brief season of visiting opera
companies, with the probability of wit-
nessing Deems Taylor's '"The King's
Henchman."
The local field always produces ad-
mirable affairs, both through its long-
standing organizations of merit and
through individual talents. The San
Francisco Musical Club has just
opened its thirty-ninth year and the
Pacific Musical Society will launch its
eighteenth season this month. The
Loring Club is an example to all
music-kind. Its fifty-second year of
unbroken activity will begin in Octo-
ber. An outstanding ensemble, the
Persinger String Quartet, has passed
after a shining record. Its mission, in
the form of offering chamber music,
will be assumed by the newly formed
Abas Quartet, comprising resident
musicians of excellence. The Wind
Instrument Ensemble, unique in this
section of the country, will present
the best in literature for winds.
The Pacific Coast Grand Opera
By Anx.-v Cora Winchell
Mrs. Leonard Ifonlams, chairman of the
Music Committee of the Women's City
Club, icho is arranging a series of inter-
esting Sunday Evening Concerts for
the coming 'winter.
Company, mingling high standards in
repertoire and principals, is preparing
winter productions. Incidentally, res-
ident talent is revealed through vari-
ous opportunities, and Debussy's
"L'Enfant Prodigue" will be given
October 4. "The Throstles," three
sweet singers of the city, will again
charm us with their seventeenth and
eighteenth century madrigals and
dances in costume. A brilliant pag-
eant, following the story of Long-
fellow's "Hiawatha," will be an
October event with the commingling
of artists who live here and a generous
cast of American Indians in ancient
and authentic dressing.
The managerial feasts supply many
desires. Men and women, citizens of
the world of art, come to us from
every part and give art plus "atmos-
phere" pertinent to various climes and
traditions. Pro Musica, international
in its makeup, must be given credit
for bringing Respighi.
Morning affairs, matinees, evenings
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are promising a wealth, and among
the high lights are included such art-
ists as Roland Hayes, Albert Spald-
ing, Nikolai Orloff, Kathryn Meisle,
Alexander Brailowsky, London String
Quartet, Reinald Werrenrath, Rich-
ard Bonelli, Ito Dancers and Lea
Luboschutz.
This resume would be far from
complete without mention of the un-
ceasing activities of the Music Com-
mittee of the Women's City Club.
Sunday evenings have become notable
throughout the bay region for the
presentation of splendid music and
musicians.
Reception to Opera Stars
Stars of the San Francisco Opera
Company, which is just closing its
1928 season, were tendered a reception
by the Women's City Club Sunday
evening, September 16 in the audi-
torium of the City Club.
Twice in the last month has the
auditorium been filled to overflowing,
on the occasion of the Jane Addams'
dinner and at the Opera Stars' recep-
tion.
On the latter occasion there was not
even standing room in the great hall.
Mrs. Leonard Woolams, chairman of
the Music Committee of the City
Club, and Mrs. A. P. Black, the pres-
ident, headed the receiving line.
Among the stars who graced the
occasion were Elizabeth Rethberg,
soprano, Elda Vettori, Marion Telva,
Tokatyan, Edward Johnson, D'An-
gelo and several others. Maestro
Gaetano Merola, director of the San
Francisco Of>era Company, and Mrs.
Merola also were present.
Hostesses for Sunday
Evening Concerts
Hostesses for Sunday Evening Con-
certs for the balance of 1928 are:
September 30, Mrs. Leonard A.
Woolams.
October 14, Mrs. Horatio F. Stoll.
October 28, Mrs. Richard tum
Suden.
November 11, Mrs. Lillian Bir-
mingham.
November 25, Mrs. Percy Goode.
December 9, Mrs. F. B. Wilson. -
December 23, Mrs. Francis M.
Shaw.
women's city club magazine for OCTOBER
1928
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BERKELEY
American Novels Popular
on the African Coast
By Inglis
VISITING a bookshop in Cape-
town I asked who was the
most popular American writer
of the moment and was surprised to
find that Theodore Dreiser was more
in demand than anyone. A new edi-
tion of his "American Tragedy" was
being prominently displayed on the
counter.
After Dreiser, Sherwood Anderson
and Sinclair Lewis — who, by the way,
has recently been married in London
to a prominent American newspaper
woman, took second and third place. I
saw Mary Austin's book on California
on the shelves, as well as Zane Grey's
book on "Tuna Fishing."
In Johannesburg next week I am
to see Mrs. Lewis, who wrote "Trader
Horn" — which out here is published
under the title of "Aloysius Horn" —
not as good a title as "Trader Horn"
by any means.
On the "Carnarvon Castle" coming
out from England, I noticed a woman
reading Gertrude Atherton's "History
of California" and in the ship's library
was a book by Vingie Roe. So Cali-
fornia was quite well represented. At
present I am reading a fascinating
book based on the letters of a brilliant
young English beauty of the latter
seventeenth century, Lady Ann Bar-
man, daughter of James Lindsay, Earl
of Crawford, who came to Capetown
more than a hundred years ago. Her
husband was aide to the governor and
she acted as hostess at all social af-
fairs at Government House.
Being witty and sprightly, as well
as beautiful, she has left a complete
record of her times, quite as complete
as Lady Mary Wortley Montague's
famous diary. I have been told by
a member of Lady Ann's family, who
came out on the boat, that Lady Ann
Barman's journal is intact in the
family but that she had requested, be-
cause of personalities — so gayly and
intimately commented upon — that the
letters remain unpublished. This
seems quite too bad. The most authen-
tic sidelights on history have come
from private letters and journals. If
the few samples of this charming
woman's letters contained in "Lady
Ann Barman at the Cape" are an
example of her ability to write, her
24
Fletcher
journal would be of unusual value to
historians who endeavor to depict his-
tory through personalities. Now that
so much time has passed perhaps some
member of this famous Scottish family
will disregard the old injunction of
the writer, who doubtless did not want
Inglis Fletcher
From photograph taken this summer at
Blantyre, Nyassa, Ajrica, ii:hence she
i.L-ent "safari" into the interior.
her comments on living people to be
printed, and will edit and publish
Lady Ann's Journal.
[Editor's Note: Mrs. Fletcher, who
has been doing Book Reviews for the
City Club Magazine for the last
year, is now en route to Africa to
travel by safari into the interior of
the dark continent to get material for
a book of her own.]
W OMEN
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for OCTOBER
192;
(Continued from page 14)
economic survival. Politically, because Manchuria is the
route of historic invasions into China. The power that
dominates Manchuria, dominates all of north China. Let
us examine a little more closeh' Manchuria's economic re-
lation to China. Here is a territor)- ten times the size of
our state of Maine and located in a relative position on the
Chinese sea-coast, possessing excellent ports and the best
navigable river system in China. Here are grouped re-
sources duplicating in range those of Pennsylvania, Texas.
Oregon, Washington, California, and our grain-raising
prairie states. Here is contained the only oil reserve in
China of sufficient known size to receive a recorded esti-
mate in the China Year Book — the oil shale deposit of the
great Fushu.i coal mine which Japan took over from its
Chinese concessionaire on the ground that he had ad-
mitted $30,000 of Russian capital into his enterprise. The
Anshan iron mine alone contains more than one-fifth of
China's total reserve. And though Manchuria's coal is
onlv a fraction of China's total coal reserve, (2,583,000,-
000 tons as against 217.826,000,000), it is located in such
happy juxtaposition to iron deposits, thus doing away
with the necessity for cumbersome transportation arrange-
ments, and so accessible both by rail and water, that it is
far more valuable to China than mines less fortunately
located. Manchuria is also a valuable solution to China's
population problem, for her accessible coast provinces are
far more densely populated than Japan, even with the
latter's record of 382 per square mile. China's average,
including her great, sparsely populated provinces to the
west «'here transportation is slow and difficult, the climate
severe, and agricultural conditions far inferior to those
of Manchuria, is 307 per square mile, as against Man-
churia's 61.
And yet, to increase the Chinese population of Man-
churia, while Japan extends her commercial interests, is
only to add to the magnitude of the ultimate struggle for
the possession of the territory. For however sincere Japan
may be in her protestation that her Manchurian enterprise
is non-aggressive and purely commercial, one must recog-
nize that a commercial enterprise protected by government
troops (and there were 50,000 Japanese soldiers in
North China this summer, according to the New York
Herald-Tribune) , assisted by governmental privileges and
subsidies, and in which the government is often a con-
trolling shareholder, differs little if any from a political
enterprise. Professor W'illoughby, in his "Foreign Powers
and Interests in China," says in this connection: "In no
other country in the world, not even in Germany before
the war, are large commercial interests so closely taken
under government control and aided by subsidies from the
public treasury and granted other preferential rights as is
the case in Japan. And especially is this true of the
railway and other interests, nominally private in character,
which the Japanese have obtained in China. For here the
political and economic interests of Japan are so closely
united as to be treated as inseparable."
Much water has flowed under the bridge since the war
for Korea's "independence, " since the Sino-Japanese agree-
ments of 1905, the presentation of the Twenty-one De-
mands and the seizure of Shantung in 1915 — perhaps
enough to wear the stains out of the river bed even if
their memory remains. Perhaps the Manchurian problem
will have been peaceably adjusted by the time that Japan
can afford to fight for her interests, or China be prepared
to take back what she believes to be her own. It would
seem as though the resources of this vastly rich territory
were sufficiently great to meet at least the peaceful needs
of the countries which claim economic dependence upon it.
Surely it will take infinite patience, infinite good-will and
sincerity to unravel the whole international tangle.
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James Waterman Wise to
Speak at City Ctub
A lecture creating more than usual
interest, especially among the younger
group, is that of James Waterman
Wise of New York, scheduled for
Wednesday evening, October 17, at
the Women's City Club. He will
speak on "The New Age and the
New Youth."
In presenting Mr. Wise the Wom-
en's City Club feel they are giving an
opportunity for open discussion of the
Youth of Today. Mr. Wise has been
much in the public eye and is a strik-
ing representative of the New Youth.
Young Wise is a graduate of
Columbia University and spent a post-
graduate year at Cambridge, England.
He is the son of Rabbi Stephen S.
Wise, of the Free Synagogue of New
York City. Mr. Wise has engaged in
a series of debates in the East and one
of his debates was with Henry Van
Dyke's son, Reverend Dr. Tertius
Van Dyke. Wise is a favorite with the
open forum, for he is brilliant and
powerful. He is a regular contributor
to Century Magazine and other lead-
ing periodicals.
Of his recent travels in Europe he
writes:
"I learned to avoid the larger so-
cieties and recognized organizations.
In France and Germany, in Italy and
Austria and England I went to the
source of things, to youth itself. I
took only a few and presented fewer
letters of introduction ; but where I
saw young people I turned to them,
explaining frankly that I was a
stranger anxious to learn what I could
of their land and life. Sometimes I
tramped with groups of them for days,
went with them on holiday rambles
and excursions, loafed with them,
joined in their sports, and above all,
talked, talked, talked with them —
everywhere and anywhere. And al-
ways I met with warm and eager good-
will."
This will be the only public lecture
given by Mr. Wise in San Francisco,
and is under the management of Alice
Seckels.
Dining Room
Special luncheons and dinners will
be served in both the City Club dining
room and cafeteria during the Thanks-
giving and Christmas holiday season.
The dates for the luncheons will be
announced later.
Members who intend to entertain
at the City Club on the occasion of
the Thanksgiving special luncheon or
dinner are requested to make reserva-
tions well in advance.
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I 9 2 1
"Chief Standing Bear," who ■will en-
tertain at the Juvenile Theater open-
ing performance October 20 at 2:30
o'clock, when singing, dancing and
telling of Indian customs will provide
divertissement for the youngsters.
Mrs. Applegarth Heads
J uven'de Theater
Committee
Mrs. George Adrian Applegarth
has been appointed by Mrs. A. P.
Black as chairman of the committee
for the Juvenile Theater, which will
open in the Women's City Club Audi-
torium Saturday afternoon, October
20. Those assisting Mrs. Applegarth
besides Mrs. A. P. Black, president of
the Women's City Club, and Alice
Seckels, director of programs, are :
MESDAMES
MESDAMES
Julian Alco
E. S. Griselle
Alden Ames
Noble Hamilton
Frank B. Anderson
Curtiss Hayden
Hugo Amstein
Wilbur Hiller
R. E. Ashley
John C. Howe
Fritz Barkan
Oscar Hueter
Hans Barkan
Ernest C. Hueter
Otto Barkan
T. B. Hunter
Anna Beaver
Alfred Hurtgcn
Edward Bosqui
S. H. Hurwitz
Leroy Briggs
Chester Judson
Edward Bullard
G. Albert Lansburgh
Paul Butte
Sidney Lawrence
Alice B. Canfield
C. S. Lawrence
Jerome A. Carew
Norman Livermore
Ralph Cebrian
Drummond McGavin
Charles A, Christin
Chester Moore
Edward H. Clark, Jr.
Du Vail Moore
L. J. Clayburgh
Herbert Moore
Horace Clifton
Ernest J. Mott
Alan Cline
Curtis O-Sullivan
John F. Cowan
Edward Rainey
S. D. Cowden
Milo Robbins
Marshall Dill
Ansley Salz
Milton Eisner
J. B. Towne
Lathrop Ellinwood
M. C. Tremoureux
J. J. Eppinger
Shirley Walker
Howard Fleming
J. L. Whitney
Rolland Foerstcr
George O. Wilson
Shepard French
Verne Winters
Clement Gray
Leonard Woolams
MISSES
MISSES
Lillian Ahlers
Florence Paul
Malen Burnett
Alice Seckels
Lutie Goldstein
Anna Beaver
J uvende Theater at
Women s City Club
A Theater for Juvenile Entertain-
ment has been launched by the Wom-
en's City Club in cooperation with
Alice Seckels for Saturday afternoons
beginning October 20 at 2 :30 o'clock
and continuing weekly until further
notice.
The first program October 20 will
be given by "Chief Standing Bear,"
whose book, "I\ly People the Sioux,"
is rapidly becoming a best seller. The
chief appears in his native war regalia,
shows methods of making fires, arrows,
et cetera, and tells of Indian customs.
He sings and plays his native instru-
ment. There will be a moving picture
and the combined orchestras of the
Aladison School of San Francisco and
the McKinley School in Burlingame
will give several numbers.
On October 29 the Perry Dilley
Puppets and a dancing act will be the
program.
Other programs will be varied with
moving pictures, music, a magician,
trained animals and everything of in-
terest to children.
Mrs. A. P. Black, president of the
Women's City Club, has appointed
Airs. George A. Applegarth as chaii-
man of the committee for the Juvenile
Theater.
The performances will be given in
the City Club Auditorium, 465 Post
Street.
Seats are now on sale at Sherman,
Clay & Co. and at the Women's Cit\'
Club. ' < '
Children's Luncheons
to Precede J ui^enile
Theater JIatinees
The menus for luncheons which
will precede the Juvenile Matinees on
Saturdays, beginning October 20, will
be planned with the idea of including
dishes suitable for little children.
One of the private dining rooms
will be reserved for special children's
parties and a children's plate will be
served in the cafeteria.
The menu for October 20 will in-
clude:
Creamed chicken
Mashed potatoes Green peas
Milk
Ice cream and cookies
The plate luncheon in the cafeteria
will be fifty cents.
Poetry Reading
Mrs. William Palmer Lucas will
begin her Poetry Reading Group
about the middle of November. Dates
will be announced in the newspapers
and on the bulletin board.
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1928
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Cairo on New Year's Eve, the Riviera
for the gay weeks after the holidays,
Paris and London for the new operas
and the theater.
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That would seem to be the ideal
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is to plan an itinerary for the months
to come.
The Mediterranean cruises, so at-
tractively advertised, are gaining favor
with every succeeding winter. Life
could not be more leisurelv and
lu.xurious in one's hotel than in the
super steamers which now take the
passenger from Gibraltar to the
Bosphorus, skirting the enchanted
shores of the Isles of Greece and the
myrtle covered slopes of the land of
story. Small wonder that Ulysses had
difficulty in keeping his men from
mutiny as they sailed "in those Nycean
barks of yore that gently o'er a per-
fumed sea the weary wayworn traveler
bore."
Amethystine days and purple twi-
lights over Bagdad and the Arabian
desert, the Soudan, the Mesopotamian
Valley in winter. Barbaric splendor
of illimitable vistas without the heat
of summer, the air like wine and the
hotels filled with interesting people
from all points of the compass.
A dozen steamers a month leave San
Francisco harbor hull down for just
such delights, and every week parties
sail out the Golden Gate on journeys
down the royal road to romance.
The legends and myths of one's
childhood become real as steam and
gasoline annihilate both time and
space.
They who want a taste of New
York before departing for the other
side of the world are finding transcon-
tinental travel notably comfortable in
the autumn surcease from the excessive
heat of the earlier months, and cer-
tainly the American metropolis offers
as much as the English or French in
the way of divertisement. New operas
and plays, the latest fads, foibles and
fashions, are there as much a part of
the winter pageant as in Europe. One
may go via the Canal or by train over-
land, the choice depending upon the
amount of time one can spend. There
is no appreciable difference in comfort
or cost and both modes of travel are
especially fascinating at this time of
the year. y * *
Have you, as a member, or your
friends, taken advantage of the co-
operation given by the Club's Travel
Service? It is conveniently located on
the Main Floor and maintained pri-
marily for your convenience. Infor-
mation and folders are gladly given,
without obligation on your part, of
course. If you have in mind a trip by
road, rail or water — anywhere — write,
telephone or stop ne.xt time \'ou are in
the Club and let us help you.
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WOMEN-
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for OCTOBER
1928
" The Dybbiik" to be Produced in
San Francisco
IVorld-Famous Director Preparing Play by
Temple Players
A PRODUCTION of great importance is scheduled
/"^L to be given beginning AIonda\-, October 29th,
■^ J^when the Temple Players inaugurate the Pacific
Coast Premiere of "The Dybbuk." the internationally
famous Folk-play by S. Ansky Rappaport. The play was
originally written in the Yiddish, was translated into the
Hebrew, and into English by Henry G. Alsberg and
Winifred Katzin. The Alsberg translation in English will
be produced by the Temple Players under the direction of
Mr. Nahum Zemach of the Moscow Habimah Players,
assisted by Paul Bissinger. Director of the Temple Players.
Irving Pichel, who created the role of Lazarus in the
premiere presentation of Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus
Laughed. " and who played recently with Margaret Anglin
in the production of "Antigone " at the Greek Theatre.
Berkeley. California, will take the role of Rabbi Azrael.
Leah will be played by Carolyn Anspacher, a cousin of the
playwright, Louis K. Anspacher, and formerly head of the
Mask and Dagger Dramatic Society of the University of
California. Sender, the father of Leah, will be played by
Conrad Kahn, son of Congresswoman Kahn ; the first
Batlan by M. Snyder, an actor of long experience; the
Messenger by Sam Heyes of the Berkeley Playhouse.
Channon will be played by Wendell Phillips, and Chen-
noch by Charles Levison.
The settings are being made by Harold F. Helvenston,
formerly a student of George Baker at ^'ale University,
and now associated with Gordon Davis at Leland Stanford
Junior University in the Department of Dramatics. The
September issue of the Women's City Club Magazine
had an article on the work of Mr. Helvenston.
The production promises to be of unusual interest be-
cause of the fact that Mr. Nahum Zemach of the famous
Moscow Hebrew troupe has been imp<jrted to direct it.
Mr. Zemach's presentation in the Hebrew translation of
"The Dybbuk" by Bialik was a landmark in the history of
the recent Russian stage. The coming of Mr. Zemach to
San Francisco has been widely heralded and he has been
the subject of several striking interviews and articles.
"The Dybbuk" means "The Possessing Spirit." It tells
the story of Leah, the daughter of Sender, the rich mer-
chant, and Channon, the student, who are in love with each
other. When Channon hears that Leah's father has be-
trothed her to another, his grief overwhelms him and he
dies. When the bridegroom is brought to Leah, she shrieks
in an unnatural voice: "You are not my bridegroom" and
the Messenger says: "Into the bride has entered a
Dybbuk." The "Dybbuk" is the spirit of Channon who
refuses to leave Leah even after death. In accordance with
an ancient tradition the Rabbis of the community are as-
sembled in the synagogue in order to drive the demon from
Leah. There is a moving scene in which the "Dybbuk,"
Channon's spirit, fiercely resists the effort to expel him. It
transpires in a weird trial between Sender, Leah's father,
and the spirit of Channon's dead father, that the two
fathers were friends in their youth. They had promised
their children to one another in love. Channon's father
had died ; Sender, Leah's father, had grown wealthy, and
had broken his promise. Out of this the tragedy grew.
The Rabbis, headed by Rabbi Azrael, succeed finally in
driving Channon's spirit, the "Dybbuk," from Leah, but
Leah dies. In the last scene her spirit leaves her body and
goes to join the spirit of Channon, her beloved, who comes
to claim her.
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I 9 2
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Lectures at City Club
ALINE Barrett Greenwood will
AA give one of her three monthly
-*■ -^-San Francisco Current Re-
views throughout the season in the
auditorium of the Women's City
Club. 465 Post Street. Miss Green-
wood and her manager, Alice Seckels,
after testing the acoustics, decided to
hold the series formerly given at the
Hotel St. Francis in the City Club
Auditorium.
The opening talk of Miss Green-
wood's series at the Women's City
Club Auditorium will take place
Thursday morning, October 11, at
1 1 :00 o'clock. A repetition of the talk
will be given the same evening at
8:00 o'clock in the Sorosis Club Hall.
On Friday morning, October 5, at
1 1 :00 o'clock, Miss Greenwood will
open her lecture series at the Fair-
mont Hotel in the Gold Ballroom.
Miss Greenwood's outstanding re-
views are too well-known to need
lengthy comment. Few women have
achieved success in their chosen line
as has Miss Greenwood. Her talks
are part of the cultural life of the
Pacific Coast, and it is conservatively
estimated that over 7,000 persons hear
Miss Greenwood each month in Cali-
fornia during a period of seven
months.
The cities who hear her each month
in addition to San Francisco, Oakland
and Berkeley are Alameda, Bakers-
field, Beverly Hills, Fresno, Long
Beach, Los Angeles, Merced, Palo
Alto, Pasadena, Sacramento, San
Diego, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa
Rosa and Stockton.
Miss Greenwood's talks cover a
resume of the political situation, art
subjects, review of new plaj's, the sea-
son's most worth-while books and out-
standing personalities covering world
events.
The Women's City Club welcomes
Miss Greenwood to its building.
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The Women's
International League
Announces Its Program
for 1928-29
WITH the coming of Jane
Addams to San Francisco in
August, the local branch of
the Women's International League, of
which Mrs. C. E. Cumberson is pres-
ident, received added impetus to con-
tinue its week!)' meetings, and to
formulate a broad educational month-
ly program, which may be enjoyed by
members of the organization and by
all interested in promoting peaceful re-
lations amongst the peoples of the world.
Weekly programs consist of lec-
tures by Mrs. Bertha Monroe of the
State College, and an open forum in
which contributions are made by mem-
bers. This course began with study
of America's policy toward acquisition
of territory — how it has enlarged — its
reasons for interesting itself in Cuba
and Nicaragua — relations to other
countries in the past — and the present
attitude toward other pxjwers.
Mexico, nearest neighbor and sister
republic, was the first foreign country
discussed. As several of the group had
traveled through this interesting land,
and others were acquainted with many
of its people, the weeks spent in Mex-
ico proved a liberal education.
This program has been formulated
by the first vice-president. Miss Mar-
garet B. Curry; and in carrying out
the plan the local consul of each for-
eign country has been invited to dis-
cuss the international relations of his
own country with those of foreign
peoples, giving its present policy and
a glimpse into the future.
The consulates of Great Britain,
Mexico, Japan, Germany and Brazil
have signified their hearty co-operation
in the program. The League hopes to
have also Chester Rowell, Dr. Aurelia
Reinhardt and Mrs. Kathleen Norris
as speakers. Dr. Ng Poon Chew, San
Francisco editor and economist, ad-
dressed a luncheon of the League given
at the City Club, September 15.
Officers of the Women's Interna-
tional League, San Francisco Branch,
are: Margaret B. Curry, Vice-Chair-
man ; Bertha H. Monroe, Secretary-
Treasurer ; Jane Addams, Interna-
tional Chairman ; Miss Anne Martin,
Regional Director ; Advisory Commit-
tee: Dr. Adelaide Brown, Mrs.
Charles S. Aiken, Dr. Lillian Martin,
Mrs. Fremont Older, Mrs. Gaillard
Stoney, Mrs. William Kent, Mrs.
Marcus Koshland, Dr. Edith Ham-
mond Williams, Mrs. E. K. Stevenot,
Mrs. Alan McEwen, Mrs. M. H.
Tenney, Miss Julie Michelson, Mrs.
Evangeline Spozio.
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By Hazel Zimmerman
Investment Adviser to Women, Pearsons-Taft Company
THE modern woman has come to the full realization
that in order to be a good business partner she must
be more than just a good home-maker.
Unquestionably our grandmothers were great home-
makers, but the world has moved forward considerably
when one compares the many additional opportunities to
make the hoine more than a home that are offered wives
and mothers of today. In the making of a home there are
countless labor-saving devices that mean for the modern
woman greater freedom and leisure to devote to other
interests.
The raising and education of children has become a
much more detailed and, at the same time, a more simple
thing than in former days. Women are reaching out
eagerly to claim their share of the broadening oppor-
tunities that are opening to them on every side. The
so-called flapper, though she may draw to herself some
criticism, considers marriage from a much saner and more
informed angle than did her mother. Consequently, she
will make a greater success of it because she weighs in
her sane, unprejudiced way the advantages equally with
the disadvantages.
The time has gone by, for most women at least, where
marriage is the only road open to them to obtain the
things that a woman loves — a home, clothes, jewels, a
motor car and companionship. Ten years ago it was the
exception rather than the rule when a woman with inde-
pendence of spirit and equal independence of action stepped
out of the usual circle and by her talents, her intelligence
and abilit\- earned for herself in the business world the
things that had formerly been possible to a woman only
through a favorable marriage. Today, those women who
have made and are making outstanding successes in the
business world are legion. Fewer women perhaps than
formerly are making a success of marriage.
There are many reasons to be found for the greatly
increasing number of divorces in these United States, not
the least of which is the disinclination on the part of some
women to be good business partners. Regarding one's
home as the basis of a business partnership with one's
husband is one way which many women are successfully
taking to avoid the rocks most often encountered by the
matrimonial barque.
Just what constitutes a good business partner? First
of all — a willingness to assume a fair share of the respon-
sibility for the success of the business — then a vision of
what that business can become with successful manage-
ment. Three things, in my estimation, are important as
a start towards a good business partnership in marriage —
that the wife is a good home-keeper, that the husband is
a good business man, and that they both pull together
toward a definite goal of achievement.
I have little patience with a woman who spends more
than her husband earns, or even as much as he provides —
she is being a wasteful partner. I have every regard for
and I constantly assist those women who are endeavoring
to make a success of their own lives and to help their
husbands toward success through constant supervision of
the exchequer and a systematic putting to work of a
certain amount of the income, annually or semi-annually,
where it will grow safely and profitably.
There are always good opportunities in the investment
women's city club magazine for OCTOBER
1928
market, and by good opportunities I
do not mean that these opportunities
are dependent upon market conditions
— not at all. Good stocks or good
bonds in proven companies which are
growing steadily and going consist-
ently ahead as earners are always
available to the woman who seeks
these opportunities for her funds.
Surprisingly enough, this type of
woman is becoming a frequent visitor
in our investment houses. If there is
one thing that is outstanding about
the modern woman, it is her interest
in and grasp of a simple fact so long
made use of by the average man —
that money, with the right supervision
and care, ivill ivork hard! In my esti-
mation, that is the province of money,
to work. Someone had to work hard
for it, and it will repay that someone
handsomely if thought and care are
given to its right employment in good
sound securities, preferably those of
the public utility corporations.
It is invariably my experience that
the modern woman, with a little as-
sistance and encouragement, grasps
very quickly the simple fundamentals
which underlie the conservative in-
vestment of her funds, and she is
equally quick to take advantage of
profit-taking when the opportunity
comes to turn those funds into more
profitable channels.
I know of one woman of only
average means, who with her husband
has agreed to set aside a stipulated
amount each month, which in turn is
put into income-producing public util-
ity preferred stocks. These funds she
refers to as "educational funds" for
her growing children, and in ten
years, when these funds are needed, I
venture to say that they will have
more than doubled the original
amount. That is one example of being
a business partner in the home that is
worthy of emulation.
With so many new fields of en-
deavor and interest open to the mod-
ern woman, she is making strides
already in her understanding of the
fundamental facts of finance. Noth-
ing is more closely knitted into the
very fabric of the successful, prosper-
ous home than the ability of the two
home-makers — husband and wife — to
be good business partners in that
which concerns the permanence of the
home — the conservation and proper
employment of funds over a period of
years. In this important requisite the
modern woman has far out-distanced
her predecessors.
The Beauty Salon has recently ac-
quired the expert services of C. J.
Harshbarger, hair cutter, whose spe-
cialty is individual modelling of the
head.
Hunler-Dulin Building
San Francisco
SCIENCE
...or guesswor\?
Jlxperience has shown
that the successful inves-
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permanent gain above
temporary advantage.
They have secured the
full measure of invest-
ment growth by investing
scientifically ... by care-
fully observing the trends that forecast the
future of America.
Scientific investing requires group judg-
ment, careful analysis. Knowledge of this
has taught the wisdom of using the profes-
sional facilities of a responsible investment
banking institution.
Our investment counsel is available to
w^omen investors. A conference mav be ar-
ranged by communicating with us.
HUNTER.DUL(N 6 CO.
iNVESTMEiNT SECURITIES
Hunter-Dulin Building, San Francisco
Gentlemen :
Please send me your October IiiTcstineiit Suggestions.
Addr
Come to a woman who knows
securities — who serves Califor-
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as some three hundred women
investors in their selection of the
right securities.
Let her help you.
Ask for MISS ZIMMERMAN
(There is no charge)
Pearsons 'Taft Co.
315 Standard Oil Building
Kearny 4567 Established 1865
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in Gold, Silver and Art Goods
Butterfly-'wing Jewelry and Pictures
Silverivare made to order
— missing pieces matched.
Repairing and refinishing
of Sil'ver'ware, Jeivelry,
Watches and Clocks
Monograms made for Bags
JOHN O. BELLIS
$S Geary Street Phone Kearny Q$o
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192
RHAPSODY
in LIGHT I
Devotees of the Dance
find their one perfect set-
ting in the new Palm
Court of the Palace Hotel
. . . America's Most Beau-
tiful Dining Room.
The rhapsody in light . . .
the symphony in decora-
tive color . . . the maple-
wood spring dance floor
. . . and the sweetest jazz
imaginable . . . combine to
create an atmosphere no-
where equaled.
And how Gordon Henderson
and his Palm Court Dance
Orchestra can play! Rhythm,
syncopation, melody, har-
mony and special effects . . .
they excel in them.
Dinner and Supper Dances
Nightly except Sundays from
7 p. m. to 1 a. m.
Tea Dances, Saturday after-
noons, 3:30 to 5:30.
Prices remain the same as
heretofore. Table d'hote din-
ners ($1.75 and $2.25) and
a la carte dinners without
couvert charge. For non-
diners, every evening e.xcept
Saturday, a couvert of SO
cents after 9 p.m. ; Saturdays,
$1. Dancing, 8 p. m. to 1 a.m.
Palace
HOTEL
SAN FR. AN CISCO
Management: Halsey E. M.anw.^ring
Babies' Aid Drii^e
WITH the approval of the
Community Chest and the
Endorsement Council of San
Francisco four agencies of the Com-
munity Chest will hold a joint solicita-
tion for funds, October 1 to 15, in
order to make expansions or improve-
ments necessitating capital expendi-
tures.
The annual campaign conducted in
behalf of the 107 social and welfare
agencies composing the Community
Chest provides cash for their mainte-
nance, but makes no provision for new
buildings, extensions, additions or im-
provements, it is pointed out at Com-
munity Chest headquarters, 20 Second
Street.
All applications for capital expendi-
tures are carefully reviewed by the
Department of Social Work and the
Budget Department of the Commun-
ity Chest before recommendation is
made to the Executive Committee.
The four applications approved this
year were made by the Babies' Aid,
Camp F"ire Girls, Protestant-Episcopal
Old Ladies' Home and the Y. M.
C. A. to house the Japanese Branch.
The four agencies will handle the
joint solicitation with volunteer work-
ers, each contacting its own group of
supporters in presenting the need for
finances at this time.
The Babies' Aid requires $30,000
to give proper shelter to its little
wards. The Babies' Aid provides care
during the first few weeks of life for
foundlings and dependent babies pend-
ing their placement in foster homes by
the Associated Charities or in homes
for adoption through the bureau main-
tained by the Native Sons and Native
Daughters of the Golden West.
The Babies' Aid released a site it
has occupied for years in the Richmond
District to make room for a new p\ib-
lic school building and in moving to a
new location in the same section of the
city will enlarge its cottages in order
to provide necessary bed space for in-
fants.
The Camp Fire Girls, with seventy-
seven active camps, having an enroll-
ment of 1100 girls ranging from
eleven to eighteen years of age, need
$43,800 for a headquarters building,
the present rented space on Clement
Street being too small.
The organization interests itself in
the proper development of the ado-
lescent girl along social, educational
and physical lines.
Headquarters building is the center
of this great activity and is the meeting
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Let lis sho^v yoo
the to^^vn!
Like a skilled chauffeur
and impeccable Rolls
Royce, The San Fran-
ciscan offers you the
luxury of smartness. It
brings you to the door
of the best drama, liter-
ature and art. It guides
you to what is signifi-
caMt in the cultural
progress of the West. It
shows you the City in
both serious and humor-
ous vein.
The San Franciscan
TWO DOLLARS AND A HALF PER TEAR
STELOS
HOSIERY
REPAIRS
are the neatest anA finest
that a nation-wide sys-
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purpose can produce . . .
RunSyJrom 25c
Pulisjrom 10c
At the League Shop or
CALIFORNIA
STELOS CO.
133 Geary Street
COURVOISIER cAcrossfrom
your Club
Group Exhibition
SANTA FE Artists
Lithographic
Crayon Drawings
Water Color
Paintings and
Etchings by
Raymond Jonson
JOZEF Bakos
WiLLARD Nash
WORKS OF ART
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SAN FRANCISCO
\V OMEN
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I 9 2 1
place for hand-craft training, cooking
classes, glee clubs and for Mother and
Daughter sessions.
ill
The Protestant-Episcopal Old
Ladies' Home, 2770 Lombard Street,
in its solicitation is asking for $19,*519
for additions, installation of an eleva-
tor and other necessary improvements.
The purpose of this institution is to
provide a comfortable home for wom-
en over sixty years of age, including
in such care medical attention and
nursing. r y <
The International Y. M. C. A. has
offered to give $115,000 providing
San Franciscans add $35,000 for the
purpose of erecting in this city a suit-
able home for the Japanese branch of
the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion. To meet the conditions and to
make possible the erection of such a
building this year before the offer ex-
pires, the joint solicitation will ask
$35,000 for the Y. M. C. A. Branch.
Local executives of the Y. \L C. A.
say that the erection of the building
with adequate facilities will decrease
the present current needs of the Japa-
nese Branch, now occupying quarters
at 1409 Sutter Street.
Volunteers working in behalf of
these four agencies will intensifv their
endeavors between October 1 and (Oc-
tober 15 in order to bring them to a
successful close on the latter date.
Alembers' Tea
At the Members' Tea of the Wom-
en's City Club, held in the lounge
Monday afternoon, September 17, the
attendance was of gratifying numbers,
considering the counter-attractions
which now engage the attention of
members — the opera, getting settled
for the winter routine after the sum-
mer's inactivity, and the general con-
fusion which characterizes the begin-
ning of the season.
Mrs. A. P. Black, president of the
Women's City Club, gave the keynote
of the afternoon, expressing apprecia-
tion of the continued prosperitv and
spiritual growth of the club.
Miss Marion Leale gave a tabloid
yet comprehensive history of the vol-
unteer service back of the club and
Miss Mabel Pierce gave a financial
report which revealed that accounts
are all on the proper side of the
ledger.
After the hour of spontaneous testi-
mony from members who told of the
pleasure and good they derived from
affiliation with the club, tea was
served.
Introdvcing .
Luxurious
of
"Camelama"
JLhere is charming guile In
the new Dobbs Li xlrious . . . subtly fashioned with
the unerring skill of expert craftsmen who have trans-
formed a double handful of fluffy fur into this smartest
of Dobbs creations.
Sold
exclusively at
5k»o^Bro^
It Is Safe
to Be
Hungry. . .
if you keep your food
in a General Electric
Refrigerator. Its
Dry Cold prevents
bacteria! growth and
eliminates mold and
the in\isible growths
always present when
food is kept in the
moist air of the Bay
region.
GENERAL
Refrigetator
H. B. RECTOR CO., Inc., 318 Stockton St., San Francisco
fM
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women's city club magazine for OCTOBER
928
GIFTS for MEN
Neckwear . . Handkerchiefs . . Robes
Shirts . . Pajamas . . Hosiery
D. C. HEGEM
Men's Apparel to Measure
i44PoslSl.,}ust across from our Club
In Los Angeles — 614 South Olive St.
In Paris — 12 Rue Ambroise Thomas
Direct Irom Old trin
HAND LOOM LINEN CLOTHS
AND NAPKINS . . BELLEEK CHINA
IRISH HAND EMBROIDERIES
HAND-COLORED PRINTS
BY WELL-KNOWN
IRISH ARTISTS
T. O'SULLIVAN
528 Geary St., San Francisco
The Ida Gregory Scott
Fortnightlys
SIXTH SEASON— 1928-1929
"The Program's the Thing"
distinctive programs interpreted by
artists internationally
distinguished
Modern Music for Modern Minds
Second and fourth Monday mornings
at eleven, commencing November 12
Colonial Ballroom, Hotel St. Francis
Season tickets $15.00
Single admission . . . 2.50
y
IDA GREGORY SCOTT
435 Powell Street . . . Kearny 4779
FIALER'S, INC.
AUTO RENTAL SERVICE
Chauffeured
LINCOLN LIMOUSINES
For all occasions
also
Drive Yourself
1928 CHRYSLERS
12c per mile
Gas, Oil and Insurance Extra
PROSPECT 4000
840 Post St.
Personal Hygiene for
Women
Clelia Duel Mosher, M. D.
(Stanford University Press — 1927 )
Reviewed by Carol Green Wilson
Even in our modern world obvious
facts are sometimes obscured by tradi-
tion. Out of her long experience as
Medical Advisor to women at Stan-
ford University, Dr. Mosher has sub-
stantiated her theory that the tradi-
tional weakness of women is not an
inherent quality.
In this helpful little book she sets
forth a few simple health rules, easily
followed by any reader, which have
proved and are of inestimable value
to the independent, energetic women
of this day of enlarged opportunity
and activity.
As a recent visitor from another
country remarked, "From the point
of view of a bookseller, it is a valuable
find to discover a simple book on this
subject, correct in its facts, and easily
understood by readers."
Dr. Mosher holds up the old Greek
ideal of physical perfection, show^s how
the modern college girl is again ap-
pro.ximating this ideal, and suggests
that it "rests alone with any woman
to reject the old idea of weakness and
dependence and with an open mind
take the opportunity of tasting the
richness of physical perfection and the
fullness of life which comes in its
train, making of herself a better citi-
zen, a better wife, and a better moth-
er."
Coarse for Volunteers in
Social Sen>ice
A course for Volunteers in Social
Service will start Thursday, October
4. Meetings w^ill be on consecutive
Thursdays until November 22 and on
Tuesdays, November 13 and 20, from
12 to 1 o'clock in the Assembly Room.
The lectures and speakers are:
October 4 and 11, Dr. R. L. Rich-
ards, "An Application of Psychology."
October 18, Dr. Jean MacFarlan,
"Child Habit Training."
October 25, Miss Mary I. Preston,
"Teaching Health to the Child."
November 1, Dr. Adelaide Brown,
"The Community and the Child."
November 8, Dr. Edna Bailey,
"The Normal Child."
November 13, Mrs. Anna L. Say-
lor, "The State and the Child."
November 15, Dr. Olga Bridgman,
"The Delinquent Child."
November 20, Dr. Olga Bridgman,
"The Feeble-minded Child."
November 22, Dr. Anita M. Muhl,
"The Child and School."
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The RADIO STORE
that Gives SERVICE
allowance on
I you turn it in
to us. We have some
real used radio BARGAINS!
Byington Electric Co.
1809 Fillmore Street, Near Sutter
Telephone West 82
637 Irving St., bet. 7th and 8th Aves.
Tejephone Sunset 2709
Individualized
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Jewelry
liliKcrware
LINDEMANN
JEWELRY COMPANY
Diaynond Setters
233 Post St. - San Francisco
MODES
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characterize Zanon creations
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Hats remade in the
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WOMEN S
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE f 0 ■ OCTOBER
I 9 2 I
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under your critical eye — and surpris-
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three ounces.
Importations from our own Paris
laboratories. Delightful perfumes and
French novelties.
E STOKBS rOK 1
1323 Washington Street, Oakland
254 Powell Street - 110 Geary Street
San Francisco
GODISSART'S
Parfum Classique Francais, Inc.
13 Rue dea Champs, Asnieru, Parts
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By GiRARD Hale
Reproductions on display at
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250 Post Street
ECCLESIASTICAL
SUPPLY COMPANY
330 Stockton Street
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Woman's City Club
Published by
JEROME A. CAREW
41 Sutter Street. San Francisco
Telephone Garfield 4274
^Jl^HTSs Qnallly in
BKASS and C O P P K R
Fire Screens, Fire Sets,
Lamps, Vases, Bowls:
Jlonogrammed Desk
Sets Atade to Order : :
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1 104 Suiter St. Phone Graystone 1310
MRS. DAY'S
BROWN BREAD
Nutritious and non-jattening .... and
delicious as \.celU Give this bread a
trial . . .you will like it! Served in the
Club. : : : On sale at leading grocers.
FAMLELDEICS
^239Pos|-Srreer
-'San Francisco-^~
Sewing Committee
The sewing committee of the Wo-
men's City Club, Mrs. F. C. Porter,
chairman, meets every Monday for
work upon whatever sewing presents
itself.
Are curtains to be shortened or
lengthened after laundering?
Is there table linen to be darned
or patched ?
Are the uniforms of the volunteers
a bit edgy as to cufiEs ?
Or tea towels and napery to be
hemmed ?
Nobody worries if one or all of these
jobs are to be done, for the sewing
committee has established its repu-
tation for efficiency. Monday is the
day and the sewing committee is the
agency. The combination is incom-
parable for getting things done.
Volunteers darn table linen and
lace doilies at home. A considerable
saving to the Club is effected through
the skillful darning of table linen and
lace doilies. Work of this character
must be done continuously as any
housewife can readily realize.
DO YOU KNOW. . .
That you can purchase pictures
of Hoover's home for 25 cents each
in the League Shop?
That vou may purchase a map of
Mills College for $2.00 in the
League Shop?
That you can confine most of
your Christmas shopping to the
League Shop ?
That there is someone in charge
of the Economy Shop of the League
Shop on the mezzanine floor every
Thursday?
That if you wish to withdraw
consigned goods from the League
Shop you must give forty-eight
hours' notice to the e.xecutive in
charge ?
Group of Women's City Club
Volunteers
Standing, left to right: Mrs. J. IV. Trainor,
Mrs. Karl F. Kraft, Mrs. IVilliam It.
Middleton. Sitting, left to right: Mrs. H.
L. Frank, Mrs. G. Chester Broavn,
Miss A dele Arnstein
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CYRUS THE GREAT
r'erslan Art CentcG
louruledl by
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'Persian rlne AtTts
Fiioe Tlugs iTvCirvuitures Textiles
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50 East 67tk St., New York
NEW
See this new radiator furniture
from the Trico Shops. It beauti-
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"smudge". Saves half your clean-
ing and redecorating expense.
Send name and address (below)
for new designs — with estimates.
TIRHCO
RADIATOR tlRMTURE
For Sale by
ART METAL RADIATOR
COVER COMPANY
639 Howard St. San Francisco
Telephone Garfield 512
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192
NUTS from the Four
Qorners of the World!
All popular varieties —
almonds, pecans, cashews,
walnuts, pistachios and
brazil nuts — for luncheon —
bridge — dinner; available
in bulk or in attractive
gift boxes.
On sale at the Club and at the
BUDDY SQUIRREL
NUT SHOPS
335 Powell St. 990 Market St.
San Francisco
1332 Broadway, Oakland
CLASSES IN
DANCING
Adults', High School Pupils'
and Children's classes. Club
and private classes
conducted.
Private lessons by
appointment
■f
MISS MARION B. WHITE
Studio: 2676 California Street
at Scott Street
Telephone West 2055
Authorized Sales Agency
JtEDERAC
EXTRA 'T>T'D'C*C
SERVICE X xrf.i>o
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Authorized Buick Service
Cadillac, Lincoln Specialists
Authorized Cadillac Parts
Seo. S. Mer-win Co.
46 Polk Street Graystone 731
The Vocational Bureau
From a Club Mejitber's Point of Vietv
By Caroline de Carlo
The Vocational Bureau of the
Women's City Club is one of the de-
velopments of the war time activities
of the National League for Woman's
Service. Under able and sympathetic
direction it has become a place where
members know they can take their
problems, and feel that they will get
wise and helpful counsel and optimis-
tic encouragement.
Under the auspices of the bureau,
meetings are conducted at intervals
during the fall and winter months.
Women who are successfully practic-
ing various professions and occupations
give the benefit of their knowledge
and experience in informal talks which
lead to illuminating discussions in dif-
ferent fields of work. Many of the
meetings have been sufficiently inspir-
ing to broaden the outlook and direct
the adaptabilities of women who have
not yet found their vocations.
Probably some of the Club mem-
bers do not realize the service the Bu-
reau can render, but in the future it is
hoped that those with any problems
will not hesitate to consult our expe-
rienced director. Miss I. L. Macrae.
Elevator Service
Constant thought is being given to
the elevator service. Members can
help to improve the service in the fol-
lowing ways :
1. By having membership cards
ready to show on leaving the elevators
above the second floor.
2. By entering and leaving the ele-
vators promptly.
3. After signaling for an elevator
to wait for it directly in front of the
elevator door. < / <
For Guy Bates Post
A luncheon will be given in honor
of Mr. Guy Bates Post, distinguished
actor, on Tuesday, October 2, at
12:45 o'clock in the National De-
fenders' Room. The Board of Direc-
tors and Hospitality Committee, Mrs.
Charles Miner Cooper, Chairman,
will preside. r r /
Current Events
The large following of Mrs. Parker
S. Maddux will be delighted to know
that after October 1 she will resume
her Current Events Talks on Wed-
nesday mornings at 11 :00 o'clock and
on the first and third Monday eve-
nings at the Women's City Club. Mrs.
Maddux is almost recovered from her
recent illness and her followers are
eagerly anticipating the resumption of
her talks.
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CAKES . . PIES . .
BREADS . .
of Excellence!
RUSSELL
Cake & Pie Shop
stores at
820 Post Street
2SS Claremont Boulevard
Eleventh Avenue at Geary
214 Sutter Street
W
Anton C. Jensen
Riding Clothes a Specialty
1023 Phelan Building, San Francisco
Telephone Garfield 2840
BOSCH Service
Come in
fTTk Seethe
and hear
BEST $ EdeNETTE
the Bosch
': Mio Washing
Radio
"T,, 1 , Machine.
beautiful \")^°/ Ideal for
tones. ^^^ apartments.
ARTHUR DAHL
470 Sutter Street San Francisco
Telephone Kearny 8753
John G. lis & Co.
manufacturers of
French Ranges and Broilers
Steam Tables, Coffee Urns,
Dish Heaters,
Portable Gas Bake Ovens,
Complete Kitchen and
Bakery Outfits
OFFICE AND SALESROOM
853-855 Mission Street
Between Fourth and Fifth Streets
San Francisco, California
W O M E N
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for OCTOBER
192
Hallowe'en's Coming!
October, month of parties, fun
and frolic . . . with Hallowe'en to
cap the climax.
Parties are lots of fun, espe-
cially when you can have such
ingeniously molded ice creams for
individual serving, or beautiful
frozen puddings.
A mold or shape for every occa-
sion . . . and endless variety in
flavors, too.
Try this way of making your
party or bridge luncheon . . .
DIFFERENT!
E CREAM
NAIIONAL ICE CREAM COMPANY
366 GUERRERO STREET. SAN FRANCISCO
Telephone Hemlock 6000
SPECIAL ATTENTION
We appreciate the importance of women car
riders, and have established a special depart-
ment for their convenience. Mrs. Helen A.
DoBLE is in charge . . Telephone Sutter 3200.
Room 611. 58 Sutter Street
t^^ll MARKET STREET
RAILWAY CO.
Samuel Kahn, President
Hourly Service Bureau
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Let Us Help to Solve Your Household Problems
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These flavory. nutniious juices crushed, stemmed and pressed to
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women's city club magazine for OCTOBER
1928
Convalescent Care for Women
and Children
... at this pleasant home, with its sun
rooms, large garden, sheltered court, and
excellent meals. Books and other diversions
provided. Patients admitted only on
recommendation of physicians.
Tubercular and Mental Cases Not Received
Terms $1.00 per Day
The San Francisco Ladies'
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[iss Anna W. Beaver Miss Edith W. Allvn
President Secretary
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Women's City Club
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Department
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Dining Room
Open Week Days from 7:30 a. m. until 8:00 p. m.
Sundays and Holidays from 7:30 a. m. until 8:00 p. m.
Table d'hote and a la carte service
Luncheon and dinner $1.00 per cover
Plate luncheon 75 cents per cover
Sunday and holiday dinners $1.25 per cover
Tea is served in the national defenders' room
DAILY 2:30 TO 5:30
Special Attention Is Given to Pri'vate Luncheons,
Teas and Dinners . . .
no tipping!
Cafeteria
open daily except Sundays and holidays
Luncheon 11 :30 A. M. to 1 :30 P. M.
Dinner 5:30 P. M. to 7:00 P. M.
Orders for Pies, Cakes and other foods filled promptly.
Made of 100% pure pork. Packed in
otie-pound cartons and delivered
fresh to your dealer daily
Made
from
selected
Eastern
corn-fed
hogs
VIRDEN PACKING COMPANY
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Vsloolen Blankets . . .
thoroughly cleaned . . without shrinking . .
by the special Thomas process.
Dainty comforters and bedspreads of the
most delicate colors also cleaned to your
entire satisfaction.
To secure estimates for the reconditioning of
Winter bedding, draperies and, of course, the
family's wearables . . .
Telephone HEMLOCK ISO
The F. THOMAS
Parisian Dyeing and Cleaning Works
27 Tenth Street, San Francisco
Ijrisitmag #reetins
Jor Engrafing
or Printing
May now be chosen Jrom a charming new selection at
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NOVEMBER, 1928
(Ly4nnouncing
rhe STANDARD SCHOOL BROADCAST
and the STANDARD
SYMPHONY HOUR
£very Thursday
over the Pacific Coast Jsletwor\
11:30 to 12:00 M. and 7:30 to 8:30 p. m.
The Standard Oil Company of California announces the initiation of the first great
effort to make constructive use of the radio for educational and cultural purposes. It
seeks the cooperation of parents and teachers in making this effort a success.
BEGINNING October 18 the Company
will, every Thursday morning, broad-
cast over the Pacific Coast Network a
musical lecture, to be followed in the evening
by the Standard Symphony Hour, hitherto
presented on Sunday evenings. The morning
discourse will be freely illustrated by instru-
mentalists— violin, cello and piano — in a man-
ner that will give the listener vivid impressions
of the structure, mechanics and technicalities
of music. The lecture will deal largely with
the evening program — the compositions, the
composers, what they try to do in music and
how they do it — all simply and intelligently
told.
The thought is that those who listen in the
morning will get far greater benefit, as well as
entertainment, when they listen to the com-
positions played in the evening by the full
orchestra.
The plan has the hearty endorsement of the
leading educational authorities of the Pacific
Coast.
Parents and teachers are earnestly requested
to listen to these lectures Thursday mornings
from II 130 to noon, and then to cooperate by
placing them before students in the schools,
and particularly to bring about the installation
of receiving sets in the schools, not only for
this purpose but also that school children may
hear the great events which in increasing num-
bers are being broadcast, such, for example, as
the forthcoming Presidential Inaugural Cere-
monies in Washington.
Parents themselves will find the lectures of
great interest.Teachers will instantly recognize
their high educational value.
This is a pioneering effort. Much thought
has been given to creating a course of genuine
cultural and educational value. For our guid-
ance we seek your advice and comment, and
would be grateful for any suggestions you may
care to make. Please address Standard Oil
Company of California, Standard Oil Build-
ing, San Francisco, California.
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N INVITATION
HN0 R REQUEST
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most beautiful residential tract (the famous old Parrott
estate) extends to you as a reader of the Women's City Club
Magazine, a cordial invitation to visit Baywood and in-
spect the ultra -fine modern homes we have for sale. You
will be amazed as well as delighted to see how remarkably
this matchless "place in the sun for women and children"
has been developed in one brief year.
We have a simple request to make of you: that you men-
tion the Women s City Club Magazine when you visit Bay-
wood. We have been most favorably impressed by your
achievement in creating a publication of such high merit,
and we have unbounded faith in its value as an advertising
medium, especially for such a beautiful place as Baywood.
The only way we have of knowing whether this advertise-
ment is read is by your telling us so, Therefore, when you
visit Baywood to go through the homes or perhaps to
select a homesite among its "knolls and vales of loveli-
ness," please be sure to mention the Women s City
Club Magazine.
BAYWOOD PARK COMPANY
Tract Office: third avenue & el camino real, san mateo
Telephone San Mateo 172.7
NOTE . . . Baywood is 35 minutes (20 miles) from San Francisco by motor; 28 minutes by
train. The Tract office is a 2-minute walk west of the S. P. Station and the electric cars.
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WOMEN'S CITY CLUB CALENDAR
NOVEMBER I — DECEMBER I, 1928
r 1 — Volunteer Social Service Course
Speaker: Dr. Adelaide Brown
Subject: "The Communitj' and the Child" . . . Assembly Room 12 Noon
1 — Drama Reading Group
Miss Lillian O'Neill, Leader Committee Room 2:30 P.M.
1 — Thursday Evening Program
Speaker: Mrs. Guy Bush
Subject: "Great Hymn Makers and Their Hymns" Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
3_Juvenile Theatre Auditorium 2:30 P.M.
5 — Current Events
Leader: Mrs. Parker S. Maddux ■Jssembly Room 7:30 P.M.
6 — League Bridge Assembly Room 2 and 7:30 P.M.
6 — Lecture by Professor Edward M. Hulme
Subject: "Portugal and the Portuguese" Auditorium 3:00 P.M.
7 — Current Events
Leader: Mrs. Parker S. Maddux ....... Assembly Room 11:00 A.M.
7 — Drama Reading Group
Leader: Miss Lillian O'Neill Room 230 7:30P.M.
7 — Book Review Dinner
Book: "Thunder and Dawn" hy Glenn Frank
Speaker: Mr. David Newberry Assembly Room 6:00 P.M.
8 — Volunteer Social Service Course
Speaker: Dr. Edna Bailey
Subject: "The Normal Child" Assembly Room 12:00 Noon
8 — Drama Reading Group
Leader: Miss Lillian O'Neill Committee Room 2:30 P.M.
8 — Thursday Evening Program
Speaker: Mrs. Joseph William Hobson
Subject: "The Institute of Politics at Williamstown" Assembly Room 8:00 PM
10 — Juvenile Theatre, "Princess Chrysanthemum" . . Auditorium 2:30P.M.
11 — Sunday Evening Concert
Hostess: Mrs. Lillian Birmingham Auditorium 8:30P.M.
13 — Volunteer Social Service Course
Speaker: Mrs. Anna Saylor
Subject: "The State and the Child" Assembly Room 12:00 Noon
13 — League Bridge, Board and Card Room 2:30 p.m. . Auditorium 7:30 P.M.
13 — Prof. Edward M. Hulme Lecture
Subject: "France and the French" Auditorium 3:00P.M.
14 — Current Events
Leader: Mrs. Parker S. Maddux AssemblyRoom 11:00A.M.
14 — Drama Reading Group
Leader: Miss Lillian O'Neill Room 230 7:30 P.M.
15 — Volunteer Social Service Course
Speaker: Dr. Olga Bridgman
Subject: "The Delinquent Child" Assembly Room 12:00 Noon
15 — Drama Reading Group
Leader: Miss Lillian O'Neill Committee Room 2:30 P.M.
15 — Thursday Evening Program Assembly Room 8:00 P.M.
17 — Juvenile Theatre Auditorium 2:30 P.M.
19 — Intimate Talks on Arts and Crafts
Speaker: Mrs. James T. Woods, Jr.
Subject: "The Development of the Christmas Card"
19 — Current Events
Leader: Mrs. Parker S. Maddux ThirdFloor 7:30P.M.
20 — Volunteer Social Service Course
Speaker: Dr. Olga Bridgman
Subject: "The Feeble-Minded Child" Assembly Room 12:00 Noon
20 — League Bridge, Assembly Room, 2:00 p. m. . . . Auditorium 7:30P.M.
20 — Lecture by Prof. Edward M. Hulme
Subject: "Peoples and Problems of the Balkan
Countries" Auditorium 3 :00 P. M.
21 — Current Events
Leader: Mrs. Parker S. Maddux Assembly Room 11:00 A.M.
21 — Drama Reading Group
Leader: Miss Lillian O'Neill RoomZiQ 7:30P.M.
22 — Volunteer Social Service Course
Speaker: Dr. Anita Muhl
Subject: "The Child and the School" Assembly Room 12:00 Noon
22 — Drama Reading Group
Leader: Miss Lillian O'Neill Committee Room 2:30 P.M.
22 — Thursday Evening Program
M. Edouard Lavergne Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
24 — Juvenile Theatre, Chaffee Ballet and Moving
Picture Auditorium 2:30 P.M.
25 — Sunday Evening Concert
Hostess: Mrs. Percy Goode Auditorium 8:30P.M.
27 — League Bridge, Assembly Room, 2:00 p. m. . . . ThirdFloor 7:30P.M.
27 — Thanksgiving Luncheon and Dinner Cafeteria
28 — Current Events
Leader: Mrs. Parker S. Maddux AssemblyRoom 11:00P.M.
28— Dran>a Reading Group Room 27,0 7:30 P.M.
29 — Thanksgiving Dinner Main Dining Room
2
WOMEN S C I T -i' C I. U B M A G A / I N L t 'j r NOVEMBER
192
W> & J4 SLOANE
SUTTER STREET NEAR GRANT AVENUE - - SAN FRANCISCO
ORIENTAL RUCS
. . . colored as softly and patterned as delicately as an old Persian garden seen
by moonlight . . . works of art with the practicable durability that makes them
the most permanent investments in all the category of home-furnishings . . .'
Such are the rugs our
couriers have sought
out on their journeys
to the Far East, and
assembled in the finest
collection we have
ever presented.
Direct importations
and immense volume
permit surprxsxngly
moderate prices.
Freight paid to any ship-
ping point in the United
States and to Honolulu.
Charge Accounts Invited.
^-iM(~c>v;
wo MENS CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER
1928
©cca^ionaf ^urni^ute for
C^riatmae (Bitting
expresses thought and individuality . . . especially
Wicker Furniture, that is so colorful and at the
same time durable. Easy Chairs, Rocking Chairs,
Fern Stands, Flower Vases, Telephone Tables,
Tea Wagons, Sewing Baskets, Bird Cages . . .
the variety is infinite, and you can personalize
each gift by choosing both the design and color
to harmonize with the interior.
Wicker furniture repaired and repainted
Odd pieces matched or made to order
Art Matt an Works
331 Sutter St., San Francisco
Telephone GArfield 2357
1605 Jefferson St., Oaklani
Telephone LAkeside 1179
Perfumed
Chinese
^
Candles
^^1
now taking the place of
^H
Incense Burners
^^H
Besides perfuming the
^^^B
room with a delightful
^^^&
odor such as Jasmine,
^^H
Rose and Sandalwood
^^B
Compound, the candle
ipflpL.
burns brightly without
^iP^r
smoke and presents a
y_%
romantic, Oriental at-
>Rl
mosphere to the room.
^f
We are the exclusive
^g^m
distributors for this new
^^^H
Chinese innovation.
^^H
Beautifully made in
^^^H
dragon design, in Green,
W^^M
Yellow, Orange, Blue,
l^^B
Red, Lavender, and
HI
White.
^^1
PRICED AT
1^1
$1.25 a pair
M
Eachpair of candles wrapped
■^H
111 Chinese colored box. With-
^^H
out comparison the most
j^9
beautiful carved candles on
nv
the market.
_^iHHfe^
The
- i^^HH^Il
BOWL SHOP
^^^BraE:^^^^
953 GRANT AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO
Reg COBKS... JIusicalJIen
have already contributed to the popularity
of the Sir Francis Drake Bridge-Tea
Dansants on Saturday afternoons. / /
Saturday Night Dinner Dances in the
main Dining Room will prove as pleas-
ing, with Reg Code and his Melody
Dance Syncopators to thrill you.
San (Francisco
Management: Kent W. Clark
jHas\ey's
Qandies
Announces the opening of
their first branch store in
San Francisco . . . in the new
Hotel Sir Francis Drake,
about November 75
Netu Store:
452 POWELL STREET
DOUGLAS 2682
Main Store:
52 KEARNY STREET
KEarny 1628
DISTINCTIVE
LAMPSHADES
to harmonize with
your color scheme
Our direct importations include
a great many things that no other
shop in this country carries . . .
' * Handmade Furniture
Potteries, Glass, Pewter,
Batiks from Java
from Holland < '
Brasses, and many other objets d'art
HOLLAND ART IMPORTS
647 Sutter Street
Telephone FRanklin 3567
VV O M E N
C I T ^- C L U B M A G A Z I N t
i 0 .
NOVEMBER
1928
Women's Citv CI
ub
Magazine
Published Monthly at ^^^m*" T
rlephone
463 yoST STREET »^i[Kl| ^^
\RNY
8400
Entered as second-class matter April 14, 1928, at
the Post Office
at San Francisco, California, under the act of
March
3. 1879.
S A .\ FRANCISCO
Volume II NOVEMBER < 1928
Number 10
(BONTENTS
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2
10
21
Articles
What I Think of the Younger Generatior
11
By Hallie Keating
Meet An American Girl
13
By O. O. Mclnt>re
We Believe in Youth
13
By Mrs. A. P. Black
The Menuhins
14
More Interested Than Interesting
15
By Jack Campbell
College Life
16
By Allene Thorpe Lamson
Beyond the Citv Limits ....
17
By Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
The Modern Girl of Japan .
18
By Clara Boeke
In Memoriam — Hilda Nuttall . .
20
The Other Side of the Junior College
22
By Don Thorburn
Youth and Modern Art ....
23
By Beatrice Judd Ryan
The Christmas Box for Employees
24
Short Story Contest
24
25
By Eleanor Preston Watkins
Club News
21
37
Social Notes
Music in the City Club ....
38
Statement of Ownership ....
35
Monthly Departments
26
30 '
Financial Article
^M DIANA^
Unhampered by foolish
vanities and tnid-Vidorian
restridions the modern
woman puts comfort and
freedom first! Her swing-
ing stride is now matched
by lovely footwear, whose
arch is specially designed
and constructed to meet
her many aAive needs . . .
It is the ^ain Spring oArch
by Walk-0'ver
Walk-O
ver
844 Market St., San Francisco
OAKLAND BERKELEY SAN JOSE
*The Diana with Main Spring
Arch presented in Patent
Leather & Brown Calf, pleas-
ingly combined $X2«SO
Mat Kid $X3.50
THE
Womm'i Citp Club iWagajine ^cfjool ©irectorp
BOYS' SCHOOLS
THE
POTTER SCHOOL
A Day School for Bovs
Primary, Grammar and High
School Departments . . . featur-
ing small classes and individual
instruction. Prepares for all
Eastern and Western colleges.
Seventeenth year opens
September 5.
I. R. DAMON, A. M. (Harvard)
Headmaster
1899 Pacific Ave. Telephone West 711
DREW
a-Year High School
Course admits to cotlege.
Credits valid in high school.
Private Lessons, any hour. Night, Day. Both sexes.
Annapolis, West Point, College Board tutoring.
Secretarial' Academic two-year caurse. entitles to High
School Diploma. Civil Service Coaching — all Iinc§.
X90I Galifomia St.
Phon^ West 7069
GIRLS' SCHOOLS
The
Margaret Bentley School
[Accredited]
LUCY L. SOULE, Principal
High School, Intermediate and
Primary Grades
Home department limited
2722 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.
Telephone Thornvf all 3820
The Sarah Dlx Hamlin School
Thirty-fourth year
Boarding and Day School for Girls of all ages.
Pre-primary school giving special instruction
in French. College preparatory.
In Its new home — formerly the Flood home — at
2120 Broadway, San Francisco.
A booklet of information will be furnished
upon request.
Mrs. Edward B. Stanwuod, B.L, Principal
Telephone West aaii
To You . . .
who -want to know more
about Pacific Coast schools,
this Directory will prove of
inestimable value. Each
month you will find seasonal
as well as year-round schools
represented in these pages —
and whether you wish to find
a school specializing in art,
music or languages — a pri-
vate or business school — we
believe a glance through this
Directory each month will re-
pay you.
SPECIAL SCHOOL
A SCHOOL FOR NERVOUS
AND RETARDED CHILDREN
THE CEDARS
CORA C. MYERS, Head
A School in a natural environment of
distinctive beauty " where children
develop latent talents.
Address
THE CEDARS
Ross, Marin County, California
COSTUME DESIGN
LtlCIEN I.ABAIJDI
Private Ichool
off Costfumc Dciign
Telephone GARFIELD 2883
528 Powell Street San Francisco
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
San Francisco
College
School of Business
Administration
[CO-EDUCATIONAL * EVENING SESSIONS]
Winter Term Opens
January 16, 1929
r < /
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
LEADING TO
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
DEGREE
Accountancy . . . Advertising
Credit Management
Finance and Investments
Industrial Management
Insurance
Merchandising and Retail Store
Management
Office Management
Real Estate
Sales Management
Secretarial Science
Stock and Bond Brokerage
Instruction by
Professional Teachers
Call or write for catalog
Seventh Floor, Call Bldg.
Telephone Sutter 4273
SECRETARIAL SCHOOL
California Secretarial School
Instruction
Day and Evening
^
IndiYiawtt
InsiTuetion
for Indi-vidtul
tietds.
RUSS BUILDING - - SAN FRANCISCO
THE
Wortitvi^ Citp Club iHagajine ^cfjool Birectorp
BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOL
The ALICE B. CANFIELD
SCHOOL
[established 1925]
Nursery School — ages 2 to 4 years. Pre-primary
with French and Manual Arts — ages 4 to 6
years. Elementary Grades — ages
6 to 8 years.
All day or morning as preferred. Special
children's luncheon served.
Supervised play.
Afternoon Classes for Older Children. Dramatic
Arts — Music — Languages
Manual Arts
MRS. ALICE B. CANFIELD. Director
2653 STEIXER STREET
Between Pacific Avenue and Broadway
Telephone Fillmore 7625
LONA HAZZARD SCHOOL
Kindergarten through Junior High
Catalogue on request
1724-1738 Santa Clara Avenue
Alameda, California
Telephone Alameda 0750
La Atalaya
Boarding and Day School
Out-of-door living
Group Activities Individual Instructioo
Grammar School Curriculum
with French
ANNETTE HASKELL FLAGG, Director
Mill Valley, California
Telephone M. V. jx«
The Choice of a School
... is so personal a matter,
of such importance to both
your child and to you, that
you wish naturally to give it
much consideration. This
School Directory is published
for your benefit primarily . . .
and we hoi>e that in these
pages you will find the school
that fulfills your individual
requirements.
SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC
CHRISTENSEN
Scnool of Popular Ai^usic
Alooem I /^k ^V ^ Piano
ELEVATED SHOPS, 150 POWELL STREET
Hours 10:30 A. M. to 9:00 P. M.
Phone GArfield 4079
YOUNGER CHILDREN
The Juvenile Conservatory
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
USING INDIVIDUAL METHODS
Receives children over two years of a^e, whole
or part time. Expert coaching, scientific habit
training, supervised play. Open all summer.
Every sunny hour outdoors. A few rooms for
parents in residence.
MRS. S. R. H. MARSHALL, Director.
3329 Washington Street, near Presidio Avenue
San Francisco
Phone Walnut 5845 for rates Car No. 3
PACIFIC HEIGHTS NURSERY
SCHOOL and KINDERGARTEN
Mrs. Stanley Rypins, Director
All activities, including naps and hot dinners,
take place out-of-doors.
Monthly kindergarten rate $30.00
Nursery school $50.00
1900 Jackson Street, at Goagh
Telephone Walnut 5998
DANCING SCHOOL
The PETERS WRIGHT
SCHOOL of DANCING
;t is the aim of the Peters Wright School to
give a complete appreciation and enjoy-
ment of dancing as an art, a recreation,
a character-builder or a means
of livelihood.
2695 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Telephone Walnut 1665
SECRETARIAL SCHOOL
MacAleer School for Private Secretaries
Each student receives individual instruction.
A booklet of information will be furnished upon request.
Positions secured for graduates.
Mary Genevieve MacAleer, Principal
68 Post Street Telephone Davenport 6473
ART SCHOOL
FASfflON ART SCHOOL
SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE
Sutter at Van Ness
COURSES IN
Costume Design
Millinery Making
Fashion
Illustration
Commercial Art
Foremost School of
Costume Design and
Illustration in the
West
SEWING SCHOOL
LILY BARRON SEWING STUDIO
Experts on Personality in Clothes
Individual lessons in sewing, by appointment only. Two hours, $1.50.
Materials cut, fitted and marked — can be finished at home.
Coats, S7.50; frocks, $5.50.
Patterns cut to measure. Ladies' material cut to measure, any style, $1.50.
683 Sutter Street. San Francisco
Telephone Prospect 9264
Executive Positions
For Women . . .
In Business
Preparation for the higher executive posi-
tions in business is now offered through
the Harvard "case method" courses at
Heald College.
University-grade instruction leading to
State authorized Degrees in Commerce
in two years.
Courses now available
Secretarial Science
Higher Accountancy
Business Administr.'vtion
H'rile or telephone for FREE prospectus
Prospect 1540 A. L. Lesseman, Manager
EALD
COLLEGE
Van Ness at Post + San Francisco
Also at Oai{}anJ • ^ucrdmcrttQ • Sonjotfc
women's city club magazine for NOVEMBER
SEVENTH SEASON
19284929
SAN FRANCISCO
MUNICIPAL
CONCERTS
Five Evening Concerts
at the
Civic Auditorium
Presented by the
City of San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO
SYMPHONY
Alfred Hertz, Conductor
DATES AND GUEST ARTISTS
Thursday, November 8
George Liebling . .
Thursday, November 22
Elsa Alsen ....
Tuesday, December 4
Frieda Hempel . . .
Thursday, February?
Reinald Werrenrath
Thursday, February 28
MiscHA Elman .
Pianist
Soprano
Soprano
Baritone
Violinist
Direction: AUDITORIUM COMMITTEE
James B. McSheehy, Chairman
Franck R. Havenner Warren Shannon
Thomas F. Boyle in charge of Ticket Sale
SEASON TICKETS NOW
Covering the same reserved seat for each event
$1.00 ' $2.00 ' $4.00
[no higher]
Mail orders with check payable to Peter D.
Conley, and self-addressed stamped en-
velope, to Sherman, Clay & Co., S. F.
Branch Ticket Offices in Sherman, Clay & Com-
pany's Stores in Oakland and Palo Alto; and
in Miss Ball's Office, U. C. Campus.
FROM ALL THE
WCKLL
come these charming gifts, as sug-
gestions for your Christmas list
Art Glass from Sweden . . . Pot-
teries from Holland . . . Batiks
from Java . . . Spode China from
England . . . Quaint Pewter from
Denmark . . . and a charming
array of Oriental Novelties,
French Handkerchiefs, Stocking
Boxes and Dresser Put-awavs
YOU WILL DELIGHT IN THE
HOLIDAY ATMOSPHERE OF
T^e LEAGUE SHOP
Oii-ned and operated by the
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
In the corner of the Main Lobby
EARLY TALL
CLEAEAMCE
Hats formerly priced $12.50 to $20.00
NOW . . . $5.00 ' $8.50 ' $10.00
in Austrian Soleil, Fur Felts and French Felts
MERCIE O'ROURKE
MILLlJiER
Second Floor, Woman's City Club Building
ANNOUNCING . . .
The opening of the new
MEZZANINE FLOOR
which doubles the seating
capacity of
j^
for Luncheon / Tea
Dinner
DINNER parties WELCOMED
309 Sutter Street ' S.'^n Fr.ancisco
Telephone DOuglas 2569
II
women's city club magazine for NOVEMBER
1928
Your
Jhopping List
will be more original, your shopping days more interesting-,
if yoH seek the new and unusual for Holiday giving. Gifts
with that touch of individuality so difficult to find will be
iound in the many shops advertised in this issue. Below is
a list that may be put in your purse for ready reference —
and, of course, when buying in these charming shops, or
making use of the many other services advertised, you will
remember to say, "I read your advertisement in the
Women's City Club Magazine."
Page
Art Rattan Works 4
Baywood Park Company 1
Beauty Salon— Women's City Club Inside Back Cover
Bekins Van & Storage Company 26
The Bowl Shop 4
Buddy Squirrel Nut Shops 34
Bullock & Jones 0
Byington Electric Company
California Stelos Company \
Jerome A. Carew <
Geo. W. Caswell Company ^8
Arthur Dahl
Mrs. Day's Brown Bread
Doctors' & Nurses' Outfitting Company
Paul Elder & Company
Fialer's. Inc.
Nelly Gaffney, Inc
Galland Mercantile Laundry
Godissart's Parfum Classique Francais..
D. C. Heger
Hellwig's Bakery
Holland Art Imports
Home Mutual Deposit-Loan Company...-
Hourly Service Bureau
John G. lis Company
Isuan Corporation
Italian Swiss Colony
Anton C. Jensen
M. Johns
Le Jardin Tea Room
The League Shop
Lindemann Jewelry Company
Los Angeles Steamship Company
Lyons' California Glace Fruit Company..
Marchetti Motor Patents Inc
Market Street Railway Company. .
Maskey's
Matson Navigation Company-
Musical West
McDonnell & Company
National Ice Cream
Mercie O'Rourke
T. O'SulHvan
Panama Mail Steamship Company
Pearsons-Taft Company
Persian Art Centre
Piccadilly Inn
H. B. Rector Company, Inc.
Rhoda-on-the-Roof
36
Romey 35
Roos Bros ii
Russell's Cake & Pie Shops 34
The San Francisco Examiner Back Cover
The San Franciscan 34
San Francisco Ladies' Protection & Relief Society 40
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 8
Santa Fc Railway Company 27
San Francisco Academy ol Physical Culture 39
Seckels-Fletcher Lecture Series Z7
Shreve. Treat & Eacret.. 24
Sir Francis Drake Hotel 4
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-Longfellow.
for (9^outh
By S. Bert C!ook8ley
Earth will not ever weary of your speech.
Earth wtll not ever marl{ a pace for you —
J^or need you fear the Elders will impeach
Tour right to rule the many and the few.
Go where you mill. Do uihat you will. Be cruel
Or i[ind or vain. Be humble or be hold:
Tou shall remain the measure and the rule
Which X.eep an ancient world from growing old.
(All Wisdom is a flower in your hand.
And Passion will have none but you for guide.
And Beauty — though she search the leanest land-
Will find you out at once and \eep your side!)
The exquisites shall be your drin\ and meat.
And I? I shall he always at your feet.
scribner's.
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
SAN FRANCISCO ' NOVEMBER ' 192,8
NUMBER 10
What I Thimih cr the youMGEE
Gemeeathcm
By Hallie Keating
"The younger generation has always challenged the older generation — today perhaps
a little more noisily." . . . Miss Mary Yost, Dean of Women, Stanford University.
I FIND some difficulty in thinking in broad abstractions
about this younger generation of which I happen to be
now a member. The stage business of being one of the
group, and the numerous activities this responsibility in-
volves, are far too pressing. At times, when the attacks of
the pulpit, newspapers, and magazines are too virulent, I
am even a little bored with my privilege of being one of it.
This consciousness is always borne on me from the outside
— generally when one of my mother's friends, or one of my
friends' mothers, fixes me with an icy stare, and begins:
"The trouble with the younger generation is that you
are — " Then I feel very guilty, and, as I have said, gen-
erally a little bored, and my attention is diverted to the
"social consciousness" I would prefer to neglect.
As a matter of fact, very few of my compatriots think
in terms of the whole body. The very chameleon-like
characteristics of our class are enough to discourage gener-
alizations. We do get tremendously heated about issues
that concern us, and that may appear very trivial to out-
siders, but we are heated because of the problems, not
because we, as a mass and party, feel moved to propaganda.
That points out one of our very distinct characteristics
— that we are a great deal more individualistically minded
than the general run of younger generations. Whether
this is a fault or a virtue is a difference of opinion. We are
not the kind that could organize into a young crusade.
We will do battle to the death for our interests, but it is
in solo combat. It is not without significance that the
American colleges have developed the great phenomena of
rooting sections. We cannot even yell together without a
specialist to guide and train us.
The men — or boys — of our group are really very nice
persons. To my naturally speculative eyes (being a mem-
ber of the sex that has an ulterior interest in all masculine
creatures) they seem a little too occupied with material
things. They do not indulge easily in the intoxicating dis-
cussions of truth, beauty, and such, to the same extreme
as do the girls. They are frankly interested in trivialities
and in themselves. While my feminine friends are equally
interested in themselves, they cloak and hide all evidences
of this with maneuvers that tie up the smallest topic to
great issues.
These boys sometimes drink a little too much, but this
is generally a phase. They are really ultra-conservative,
though they like to cover this sometimes with an ultra-
radicalism. They say they admire sophistication, but you
can find few backwoodsmen as conventional in his heart as
the young man of today. Particularly, in regard to their
feminine relatives.
The women are, on the whole, rather moody and rest-
less. This nervousness has been attacked by all sorts of
societies, and it is traced to everything from a "cosmic
urge" to too many cigarettes. Terrible things are
prophesied about the future of posterity — all based on the
smoke-consuming habits of my comrades. In spite of the
excesses to which some of us go in this direction, this is
not half as universal a habit as, for instance, snuff once
was. A flare for individuality prompts many of us to re-
fuse to bear that flaming banner that was supposed to mark
the essential sophistication of three years ago. The nervous-
ness of my friends is, I believe, due to the excessive de-
mands of a mechanistic age. We go places, and a great
many different ones, in much less time than anyone else has
had the chance to. We see a great many people, we talk a
great deal per our portion of time, and we go out to a great
number of parties with a great number of young men.
When our moments of peace and quiet occur, we find it
very difficult to adjust ourselves, and our bodies are some-
times considerably strained by this tremendous amount of
activity.
Of course, this also serves as a tremendous stimulant,
and, like Napoleon's unfortunate indigestion, sometimes
makes ambition. In my circle of friends I have noticed that
this restlessness generally takes itself out in a zest for
working — and if denied this, in ill nature. I have no
patience with the theory that our great energy and demand
to find jobs is our desire to "express" ourselves. It is a
very flattering thing to feel that the older generation re-
gards us as "working out our destinies" when they watch
us struggle and scramble.
We are looking for entertaining activities. We want
meatier jobs because we are bored with the games that our
sisters have invented. Teas and lunches are very nice
pastimes, but they satiate quickly when considered an occu-
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1928
pation. And we have found that they do not help us a bit
in our job of husband hunting, and that, for this great
business, experience in working in offices, playgrounds, and
universities is rather an asset.
This question of husbands — make no mistake about it.
It is really one of the biggest issues we know, but the type
of men we consider at a premium is rather revolutionary.
We hope that he will be able to dance, but we do not want
a beautiful beau brummel who will pour flattering things
in our ears when we are forty, and who will be our lover
through life. Most of us are cynical enough to realize
that that Utopian figure is a figment of pure sentimental-
ity, and we are very, very much opposed to sentimentality-.
We are primarily interested in a man of our own relative
culture and amusement, who will make a nice companion
for us. We hope he will make enough money to let us
have a moderate number of babies, but we do not neces-
sarily demand a Croesus.
Perhaps the saddest thing about us is that we are most
horribly and irrevocably bound by a set of rigid conven-
tional unconventionalities. All of us retain the innate
cattiness — or call it sharpness to criticize, if you wish — and
our sisters are ferociously eager to catch us up on a mis-
step and start us down the cruel road of gossip. This
accounts for the terrifying regularity and speediness with
which we catch up fads. It accounts for our uniform use
of superlatives, and it accounts for any number of un-
e.xplainable phenomena.
Personally I am very keen about one development that
has increased most in my time — that is the system of co-
education. It has its disadvantages, not only inherent in
the institution itself, but in the training and tjpe of girl
turned out. Goodnatured camaraderie, and whole hearted
frankness may be critized because they have taken the
place of the shy charms and quiet demure modesty of the
girl who was "finished" at a girl's seminary, but I think
they are decidedly to be admired. For these are symptoms
of an inner security of mind, a freedom from the bugaboo
of the inferiority comple.x. The knowledge that there are
as many unattractive men as unattractive women in the
world — that can only be realized by going to eight o'clocks
with the young boys you have heretofore thought gods — is
a knowledge that does more to make splendid social founda-
tions than all the legislative reforms of a century.
What do I think of the Younger Generation ? Why, I
take them for granted. It is hard to think of them col-
lectively for they are all such tremendous individuals, and
the only clear thing in common is that fragile and intan-
gible thing of Youth.
fSubmitted in Women's City Club Magazine
Poetry Contest)
God!"
There was a dream in which I cried, "I see
And straightway from the fog
Riirst forth the sun, dispelling night — and to the clouds
That sought to veil its face, offered a glory not within
their power, —
Thus making of the thing that would obscure or dim,
A setting, to enrich itself the more.
And in this mighty light, I saw
That smallest things are fashioned with a care, —
The multicolored insect wing, the blade of grass, each hair
Of rodent, even, with a beauty individual, and to itself —
And why?
And why majestic fling of mountain reaches? Whose the
hand
That crumbles painted rock to rainbow sandf
In whose control the heaving ocean, and the tide?
Who hung the stars, and fixed the ?noon beside?
At whose command our planet's rise and dip?
A million worlds — and whose the authorship?
Bewildered and confused, I ii'oke, to find
My brain not adequate, — too frail my mind.
To grasp, in any sense, infinity.
My eyes too carnal far, to see
The fountain of this energy.
Are all but dazzled and made blind
By mere reflections of the power behind
The act we call the Universe.
Not ours to see the Artist's hand, or hear His voice.
The stage is set,- — our roles evolve icithout our choice.
Perhaps the part is played, then, just to be
A note not wholly out of tune within this symphony.
— Eva Riehle,
Hamlin School.
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W O M E N
CITY CLUB M A G A Z I N K / 0 r N O \' E M B E R
1928
MEET A REAL AMEKICAM GIRE
By O. O. McIntyre
Reprinted by permission International Magazine Company, Inc. (Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan) published
November, 1928, (copyright October, 1928) for •which Mr. McIntyre iirites an article each month.
MOST of US thatching a little
gray around the temples
have had a gripping chill or
so over the younger generation and its
premature worldliness.
In Tia Juana a few weeks ago I
saw two very young American girls of
an illustrious family walking through
the main street of that wild border
town arm in arm, smoking cigarets
and tittering and teetering with a
cock-eyed hilarity.
"There," said a sedate friend, "is
our modern youth!"
The evidence was not very hearten-
ing. Nor is it easy to deny that for a
number of years youth has stampeded
the conventions and gone on a bust.
I have myself beheld gradual stages
of decadence- — from sly gin-guzzling
to a calculated harlotry — among those
fresh and vibrant young girls reared
in a careful luxury. Our literature,
our plays, our movies, our dress and
our conversation have reflected the ex-
plosive motivations of the galloping
period. Pulpiteers thundered, edi-
torials screamed ; but Youth sat in the
saddle with a crazy grin— riding hard.
And yet I believe America's proud and
convincing answer to it all is Amelia
Earhart!
Out of the maelstrom and turmoil
of a topsyturvy adolescence has arisen
this wistful slip of a girl — tremulous,
expectant and wondering. Hers is
the healthy curiosity of the clean mind
and the strong body and a challenging
rebuke to those of us who have damned
the j'outh of the land.
To few generations have come a
Lindbergh and an Amelia Earhart and
their coming is a singular and welcome
proof of our destiny. A generation
producing them has no need to worry
about its flappers and cake eaters.
That, in their aviation-togs they
should bear such a striking resem-
blance is another curious but pleasant
coincidence.
When we consider their innate mo-
desty, superhuman courage and ideal-
istic devotion to what the world has
come to know as service, all the ex-
aggerated tendencies of a reckless
period are forgotten. We have an
urge to leap up with a wild whoop,
grab a flag and wave it from the high-
est building top.
Amelia Earhart
V^ery few of us had heard of Amelia
Earhart until that day when she set
off from American shores in her
Friendship flight.
And there was a catch in our throats
and a bursting pride in our hearts
when we read she told the English
newspaper men awaiting her landing
that she was "merely baggage" — and
that the entire credit for the success-
ful voyage was due solely to the two
men in the plane.
Who is Amelia Earhart? That was
the natural query of not only America
but the world that waited in sleepless
expectancy, and it was only by degrees
we learned of her amazing self-sacri-
fices and devotion to mankind. There
were no press-agents to beat the tom-
toms and flash the beacon of white-hot
publicity. She was more of an un-
known than Lindbergh before his
triumph.
She has been a war nurse in the
hospitals of Canada. For two years
before her ocean flight she had been
a settlement- worker ministering to the
poor from Denison House in Boston
of which she is a director. Always
her mitier was service.
Her interest in aviation dates back
to 1920 when she bought and experi-
mented with two planes she purchased
with her own earnings. She became
an accomplished flier but reticent
about her exploits. It was not until
she had been working with Denison
House for more than a year that her
fellow workers discovered she was
a crack pilot. She slipped away after
working hours and on holidays and
Sundays to increase her skill, kno\\-
ledge and efficiency.
So, then, Amelia Earhart becomes
to us one of the significant figures of
our time. Not only because she has
accomplished what no other woman has
accomplished but because she has pro-
vided an intellectual, courageous and
highly moral reaction from the in-
flamed tendencies and appetites which
have aroused so much alarm. She has
become a symbol of new womanhood —
a symbol, I predict, that will be emu-
lously patterned after by thousands of
young girls in their quest of the Ideal.
What a girl!
WE BELIEVE IN YOUTH-%Mrs.a.p.black
YOUTH has been called upon to make fearful sacri-
fices for the sins and transgressions of its predecessors.
The military leaders responsible for the late great
war were certainly of age, but millions who gave their lives
in the conflict were the youth and the promise of all the
countries concerned. Who can estimate the loss of that
generation, the mostly highly trained and specialized of any
up to its period ? No wreaths of flowers or monuments of
stone can in any way indicate the loss to the civilized world
of these millions of young men, sacrificed in insane conflict.
Each generation is acted upon by influences and condi-
tions more and more complex. If youth has more advan-
tages it has also more responsibilities. It is composed, like
ever)' other generation of human beings of varying tend-
encies, grades of intelligence and ability, and is as well able
to carry on as the preceding one. So we believe in youth.
We are glad to have so many young women in our Club.
AVe are anxious to make it attractive and helpful to them.
We rejoice in their charm and enthusiasm and appreciate
what they add to the Women's City Club in co-operation
and service. We extend to them the hand of friendliness
and of encouragement in all their endeavors, being in sym-
pathy with all purposes and processes by which a richer life
is attained.
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928
Hephzibah
Menuhin,
pianist, and her
celebrated
brother, Yehudi,
violinist, children
of Mr. and Mrs.
M. Menuhin of
San Francisco.
The Ai
THERE is in this city a family
of three j'oungsters, the eldest
eleven, the youngest, six, whose
engaging genius taxes credulity.
They are Yehudi, Hephzihah and
^'ahlta Menuhin, whose parents are
proving a theory that it is not neces-
sary to waste the precious receptive
hours of childhood in what has popu-
larly been regarded as children's pas-
times, that the child mind is capable of
assimilating fare heretofore considered
too heavy.
To the phenomenal talent of \t-
hudi, the eleven-year-old boy whose
name has become almost a by-word
in the world of music, critics of two
continents have written many tributes.
He will leave next month on a world
tour with his father, to be away more
than a year, during which time he will
play in Paris, Germany and Russia ;
New York and other American cities,
with orchestras of first rank. He is
a chubby, fun-loving boy with normal
tendencies toward athletics and play
and a natural, pleasing manner of
meeting people. He has not yet been
permitted to read any of the thousands
of words written about him. He would
be stupid indeed, if he did not have an
inkling that he is different from other
children in his violin playing, for he
has stood before great audiences which
thundered unrestrained applause. He
sees other children playing in the
streets and in groups and knows that
he and his sisters are kept comparative-
ly to themselves, but does not question
the wisdom of his parents. In fact
neither he nor they have time for re-
bellion, for they are so busy reading
and studying and practicing their mu-
sic that there is no margin of time in
which to repine or comment. Why
their lessons are so attractive to them
is the secret of the parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Menuhin are earnest
)oung people of culture and apparent-
ly imbued with a determination that
their children shall live abundantly
and dip deep into the accumulated
treasures of the ages. In literature
and political economy, the boy Yehudi
has the consciousness and appreciation
of a college youth of twenty. In music
he is a person apart. There is no com-
parison that can be made, for few-
people in the history of the violin have
attained the distinction that has been
his for several years.
The elder sister, eight-year-old
Hephzibah, a happy, gay-spirited, af-
fectionate little girl gave a piano re-
cital at Scottish Rite Hall a week ago,
playing numbers that finished adult
pianists would have been proud to in-
terpret as intelligently as she gave
them. She reads the French classics
in their native tongue and is ready for
high school.'
Yahlta, the six-year-old member of
the family, reads French as fluently
as English and is quite as proficient as
her brother and sister were at her
age. What her bent will be is not
yet known.
They are a living monument that
Youth is in the ascendant.
James Waterman JVlse Speaks at City Club
LOVE of beauty, the quest for truth
and "a will to the highest," are
' three cardinal passions ruling the
heart of present-day youth. This was
the essence of a searching analysis of
today's young people as pronounced by
James Waterman Wise at the Wo-
men's City Club the evening of Oc-
tober 17.
The speaker declined to concede
that youth is irreligious and insensible
of its responsibility to posterity. He
explained that the so-called "youth
movement" was a revolt to simplicity
and a rebuke to an age of too rapid
physical and mechanical progress. He
believes that young people are serious
in their quest and that the golden
fleece for which they are hunting is
an intangible satisfaction and stability
which will eventually lead to greater
completeness and " purposefulness."
"The majesty and glory of their en-
deavor to solve the problems of life
is that these problems are for-
ever insoluble. The quest, however, is
better than the truth itself. Until the
world recognizes that fact religion
will not command the intellectual re-
spect of youth, for youth has flatly
refused to accept dogma and the en-
crustations of other generations," he
said.
The speaker, who was introduced
by Dr. Louis I. Newman, pastor of
Temple Emanu-El, told of living in
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"youth colonies" in Germany and
other places in Europe, where young
people have deliberately sought to get
away from the over-mechanization of
present-day living. He told how the
class known on the continent as
"Wandering Birds" has grown in
numbers in a few years from 45 or
50 to some 800,000, searching for in-
ner stability, having decided for them-
selves that it is not to be found in
material comfort, in fat living, amuse-
ment or other urban surroundings.
Mr. Wise believes that Youth is
more earnest than it has been in many
generations, but does not state to what
influences he ascribes this situation.
women's city club magazine for NOVEMBER
1928
MCEE ImTEKIESTED THA!^ ll^TEEESTlF^G
...or, the Plight of the Modern Gush- All -O^er
By Jack Campbell
NOT infrequently has it been stated in reactionary
quarters that the art of conversation passed with
the establishment of the prohibition laws in this
country. Doughty old scriveners write with gusto and at
great length on the ancient days, when, after a quart or
two or three of red ink, the art of verbal intercourse was
practiced with rare finesse.
Those were the days. Commencing with the mid- Vic-
torian era and reaching into the halycon hours of the first
decade of this century. But these same gentlemen fail to
realize that this was before the day of professional and
amateur sophistication. Ah, yes, this constant undulating
of wisdom which now passes through the pearly lips and
ruby teeth of our newer generations.
Those were the days before Van V^chten, Firbank,
Joyce, and Proust. To the average youngster of this day
and age, it is well nigh unbelievable that these ancients had
any subjects for conversation whatsoever.
For, since the war, conversation has nurtured the
belligerent tradition. The only prerequisites now to qual-
ify as a speaker of the first rank is the ability to concen-
trate on your own erudite words while the other fellow is
cackling. As he finishes, an indififerent phrase, delivered
much in the nature of a snort, is considered the height of
fashion.
And who cares ?
With the advent of this newer age, talking between
persons has developed to the point where it is little more
than a transcript from any Noel Coward play. It seldom
rises to the Frederick Lonsdale plane nor does it descend
to the nadir of Charles Rann Kennedy. The staccato effect
is the easiest. With short, pithy sentences, attractively
drawled according to the accent of the hour, one may think
of several totally different matters and still be a vital part
of the badinage.
The rush to maintain a knowledge of the affairs of the
world has left the majority of persons pleasantly breath-
less. Who sets the pace, no one knows. Those who lag
behind to contemplate the debris are considered dullards.
Ever forward. As a result the majority of the so-called
sophisticates are much more interested than interesting.
But then again, this phrase was handed to me just as I pass
it to you.
Who cares whether this so-called sophistication is
sneered at by the mighty. It's dashed good fun. And it's
the most real superficiality that the world has yet seen.
The average person simulates the actor ; here is one who
pretends an all encompassing knowledge but who always
changes the subject after the initial skirmish.
With sophisticates, a fad suffices but for a moment. An
idol must join the mob or be lost in the light of newer
ikons. And so with Papa Mencken. A French critic
claims that he is pretty fair as a specimen of the fin de
siecle type. While the little green book is still carried
monthly by a large number, although, slyly, they now show
the third page rather than the emerald cover you love to
touch.
And so with George Jean Nathan. His articles since
returning from Europe this summer sound as if he had
passed his entire vacation missing trains and is now re-
venging himself on his patient public. He never strikes
his stride, anyway, until the season is finished and sum-
mary making is at hand.
A fortnight ago in Stanford the battle of the "inter-
sophistificates" concerned the abolition of the word
esoteric. In its stead must come "acroamatic." At Berke-
ley the early trials of Chinese Thespians delightfully re-
told in a rare French item, Mae West, and St. John
Ervine's conflicting judgments of "The Night Hostess,"
"Jarnegan" and his damnation of "Faust" amused the
natives for several evenings.
Yes, it is quite alarming. The poor weather has been
relegated to the position of being a comfortable wedge in
verbal civic thrusts. Its irregularity is probably only an-
other sign of its displeasure to the indifferent manner in
which it is being treated.
Somewhere buried in the flippancies of Lord Stites' "In-
timate Acrobatics" one reads, "Nothing is more solitary
than an uninterested person in the midst of cultured con-
versation." It reads well, although it was doubtlessly
placed there to be quoted, as it is here.
After leading the unlearned race through Bela Bartok
necromancy, Arthur Machen, Mimi Aguigla, Harlem, and
Hollywood, even Carl, the Blonde Boy of Times Square,
seems to be vanishing from sight. He is following that
dashing Armenian who wrote of Hispano-Suizas and
ladies' apparel merely for contrast.
Joyce took youth through a long day in Dublin ; Morand
took the same youth through a shorter but more delightful
night in Scandinavia. Yet both faded with the dawn.
Only Marcel Proust remains. He was a god-send to
conversational acrobats and the seemingly never-ending
method of publishing his p<jsthumous works in English is
a stroke of genius. No one understands him, hence he is
the ideal topic for a two-minute interchange. An etching,
a painting, an immoral situation, a lewd thought — all of
these may be attributed to the Frenchman who wrote so
comprehensively that anything one sa\s or thinks may be
found somewhere in his writings.
One reviewer in the Nation recently referred to "the
superficially educated. " This is an ideal appellation. And
yet if one isn't required to chat more than two minutes
with this typ>e, what is the difference ? Then of course,
there is the question, just which of us belong to the
negligently educated.
Our sophisticates desire to learn everything at once.
They swallow histories of philosophies, outlines of liter-
ature, five se.xes and a smattering of three languages all
in one season. And only for the purpose of having a suit-
able background for a three-minute discourse.
This seems fair, for the outlines of a good conversa-
tion prescribe a snappy salutation, two irrelevant quips,
one personal insult, three catty remarks about friends, one
full se.x observation and one which is unfinished (because
of the doubts of both parties as to what the other thinks)
and a tripy leavestaking.
But we have reached an impasse. We started from no-
where, our three minutes are over, and we hurry back to
that never, never land where there won't be any Papa
IVIencken to prevent our reading and enjoying in the best
superficial manner, L. Adams Beck's "The Story of Ori-
ental Philosophy."
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women's city club magazine for NOVEMBER
I 928
By Allene Thorpe Lamson, Stanford University
TO understand the college student of today — a
puzzling creature in the eyes of many — one must
understand his activities, for this is not a passive age
on the campus any more than it is in the world without.
As of old, the lives of present day college students can
be divided into work, play and sleep. "Work" to the
average campus resident means working for money, and
does not include study — or "boning." Economically, it's
an easy world at Stanford — it would be almost impossible
to starve to death, for someone is always watching to lend
a helping hand. But even at best many students work, and
work hard. Some of them work half their waking hours, and
spend the money and more of their time on inconsequential
"dates" to the city. This seeming extravagance is perhaps
the natural expression of those who feel financially inferior.
There are others who work and who spend in a manner to
satisfy the most exacting economist. But that doesn't mean
that the most saving student doesn't enjoy Stanford's social
life. Campus "queeners" need little or no money if they
possess that illusive charm. And the more well-to-do men
never look down on the others because some of them have
to earn their way. Men and women both resent social
distinctions. In fact, a sorority didn't pledge an otherwise
attractive freshman woman when she expressed horror at
the fact that her "secret sorrow" was doing the dishwashing
for the rushing dinner she was eating. "Hashing" and
dishwashing are favorite jobs because they take the time
which is missed the least.
There are differences of opinion among the students and
the graduates as to whether it is better to borrow money
and pay it back after graduation, or to earn your way as
you go if there doesn't happen to be some well-chosen stock
in the home. One graduate of nearly fifteen years ago,
who has since won no little success in his chosen field, re-
grets that he didn't borrow the money. Most of the
students, however, take out tuition notes on the University,
and earn their board if it is necessary — which appears a
satisfactory compromise.
Students also compromise in working on their classes.
To paraphrase — "You can exfiect all of the students to
study some of the time, and some of the students to study
all of the time, but you can't expect all of th& students
to study all of the time." There is no doubt that more
study might help, for too many try merely to "get by."
They register in classes and then spend the least possible
time in attending them, and in remembering them!
Furthermore, students seem to react to professors much
as they react to classes. The faculty contains men of
world renown, and these professors have tried in vain to
reach the student as a personality outside of class. Pro-
fessors who have come to the University from the East,
and professors who themselves are Stanford graduates,
seem to be equally thwarted in getting to know their
students personally. Many plans have been tried. The
professors have set aside certain evenings, issuing special,
or in other instances, general invitations to the students,
with the result an absolute absence of attendance. Per-
haps this unfortunate result is the fault of the student who
is given to the habit of "apple polishing"- of cultivating
the friendship of the professor in the hope of getting better
grades.
For the silver lining — there seems to be a healthy view
when you remember that there are "easy" courses known
as "pipes," there are "easy profs," and "easy" departments,
but more and more the student chooses his department
according to his needs, no matter what its reputation for
hard work.
Another enlightening point is the Honor system, which
is an institution at Stanford. There are many students
who feel that a doctor, and a good doctor, is needed imme-
diately to save it at all, but that will all be worked out in
the future. Whatever happens then, the fact remains that
the youth of today seem as honest or more honest than their
ancestors, whom the professors wouldn't have dared trust
without faculty supervision during examinations. So much
for the "work" and "boning" part of the present-day
student's existence.
When it comes to "play" — the average student can show
them how. New students at Stanford are taught to play
to get acquainted. When they arrive they are placed upon
the merry-go-round of teas, jolly-ups (informal tag dances,
often participated in by classes), dances, games, and numer-
ous other social events. This first introduction to the
gaiety of campus life is generally most gratifying and satis-
fying. But experience widens, and the novelty fades. All
too soon it becomes necessary for students to go to the city
to dance, and to eat, and to loaf trying to find a good time.
The automobile no doubt deserves most of the blame —
or the credit if you will. Within a college generation,
Stanford on wheels has increased almost unbelievably.
But this position is not as precarious as it might appear,
when you consider what's happened to the outside world.
One difficulty in the automobile age of universities is in
getting students to realize that they are not expected to
leave Stanford Friday noon, and stay away until Monday
morning. There are wholesome enjoyments on the campus
— there are tennis courts, swimming pools, walks. Campus
leisure is a fascinating picture — couples wander home from
the library, stop in at the "Cellar" for something to drink
and to discuss many subjects with equal nonchalance. It
seems that the youth of today likes to talk as much as ever,
perhaps on a wider range of subjects.
The assumption of a thoughtful air as expressed by
meditative puffing on pipe or cigarette, by grotesque posi-
tions, by the other mannerisms typical of "bull sessions"
indicates that the men are about to discuss "Women" and
"Religion," the two favorites. Women like their topic
"Men" in particular rather than in general, and from this
they go into other questions of importance — "Clothes"
and "Other Women."
As much as ever campus life reflects in miniature the
life of the outside world. Political campaigns, business,
the arts, society, sports — all these flourish, absorbing the
attention of students to varying degrees.
As in the outer world there is the time spent sleeping —
but why consider that — the average student doesn't.
So nigh is grandeur unto dust.
So near is God to man.
When duty whispers low, thou must.
The youth replies, "I can."
— Emerson.
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W O M E N
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE I 0 r NOVEMBER
I 928
BEYCMD THE CITY LIMITS
Genei^a
ON September 8 Charles Evans
Hughes, former Secretary of
State, was elected Judge of
the Permanent Court of International
Justice to succeed John Bassett
Moore, resigned. Having been nom-
inated by twenty-six nations, members
of The Hague Tribunal, Mr. Hughes
was elected by the Council and As-
sembly of the League of Nations, vot-
ing separately, the former unani-
mously, the latter casting 41 votes for
Mr. Hughes out of a possible 48. The
choice of "an American to succeed an
American is a compliment that should
not go unheeded," says The Inde-
pendent.
Costa Rica did not get her inter-
pretation of the Monroe Doctrine
which she requested of the Council of
the League of Nations. She should be
referred to the July number of the
Annals of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science, an inval-
uable collection of scholarly papers on
some aspects of the present interna-
tional situation.
Japan at Honolulu
The following extract is from a
masterly address on "Japan's New
Woman" delivered in August at the
Pan-Pacific Women's Conference in
Honolulu by Kilcue Ide, one of the
leaders of the woman suffrage move-
ment:
"It is only when woman is fully
recognized before law as a human
being, woman, wife, and mother
as well as citizen that she is able
to start on the true development
and emancipation of womanhood
in education, industry and other
professions, health, social welfare, and
in government of still a higher and
nobler level. Women in government
can be of real value when the signifi-
cance of this is virtually realized. It
is indispensable indeed, therefore, to
have a sound knowledge of law and
government and politics. The true
value of women's suffrage lies not in
the system itself, but in how women
make use of it. It lies entirely in the
hands of the one who exercises the
right. The future destiny of the move-
ment, and that of the working of the
system in securing the right, rests with
women themselves."
In view of the fact that out of
58,000,000 qualified voters in the
United States of America 28.500,000
are women, Miss Ide's message seems
to be of significant value to us just at
this time. She also made the startling
By Edith Walker M.^ddux
{Mrs. Parker S.Maddux)
statement that more than 56 per cent
of the whole number of laborers in
Japan were women, i. e., there are
8,167,000 women laborers, while in
addition there are 1620 women em-
ployers, 108,826 women teachers, and
116,079 "women in the medical pro-
fession," which, however, must be
modified to mean "in medical prac-
tices," including 764 women physi-
cians, 44,776 midwives, and 51,125
nurses. She adds, "To raise and pro-
tect the standard and the living condi-
tions of nurses is most urgent." With
inequalities in legal status, disqualifi-
cations in government and public serv-
ice, and no equality of opportunity in
education, the Japanese women lead-
ers are turning toward suffrage as the
urgent necessity to correct these ills.
And our sympathy is tinged with a
conscience-twinge !
"Outlawry of War"
One more tribute to the Kellogg
pact, recently signed by 42 nations, as
quoted by John Palmer Gavit in the
September Survey Graphic:
A very hard-boiled and notably
cynical old German Nationalist
said to me, of the Kellogg pro-
posal :
"It is to be taken very seri-
ously. This thing has immense
scope. Your Secretary of State
has not only assumed for your
country a great moral obligation,
he has created a moral boundary
for the rest of us. Any nation
assuming this obligation will by
violating its spirit place itself out-
side the pale of civilization."
Jlexico
President Calles in a moving ad-
dress September 1 stated that he would
positively give up his official position
November 30, refusing to consider
even a temporary presidency pending
the choice of a successor to President-
elect Obregon, recently assassinated.
"The Constitution must be obeyed."
Accordingly on September 21, Emi-
lio Portes Gil was chosen to serve as
Provisional President ( until February
5, 1930), at a joint session of senators
and deputies sitting only twenty-five
minutes. Gil, a sportsman and a law-
yer, is only 37 years old and has al-
ready served with distinction as Minis-
ter of the Interior under Calles. The
promise is made that a constitutional
president will be elected on the third
Sunday in November, 1929.
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Albania
Also on September 1 President Ah-
med Bey Zogu became by decree
"King of all the Albanians," approved
by Italy, but disapproved, because of
the inclusiveness of the title, by thou-
sands of Albanians in Jugo-Slavia and
in Greece.
Query — Does he want a royal wife ?
Russia
Something new in prohibition laws!
A new order. Number 722, issued by
the Central Committee of the Young
Communist Organization, after seri-
ous consideration, absolutely condemns
all forms of kissing "as an aristocratic
survival unfit for a society of class-
conscious workers and peasants."
Query — Will there be bootlegging
on moonlit nights?
World Aloises on "Jlot^ies"
Most American women feel con-
stant qualms over the moving pictures
and their influence upon the youth of
this country ; furthermore, the ques-
tion of the effect of exported American
films upon our national reputation for
moralit)' as judged by the audiences
of other lands who see us depicted in
the worst of situations on reckless
reels was one of the first discussions
at the recent Honolulu Conference of
Women. It may be of interest, then,
to note these moving facts. In Aus-
tralia they are seriously considering a
recommendation of the Royal Film
Commission to show during the day
only juvenile-standard films, i. e.,
"pictures suitable for universal exhi-
bition," with relaxation of the stand-
ards for the night programs. In Spain
movies of customers entering Barce-
lona stores are taken to attract trade,
the camera focussed on the entrance
and an assistant handing each pros-
pective customer that comes within
range a numbered card with the ad-
dress of the store and the time when
developed pictures may be obtained.
In France restrictions on the use of
American films are still causing pro-
test, especially at the recent Trade
Conference in Switzerland, the point
being made that the regulations were
not based upon the need of mainte-
nance of public morals and order but
for the purpose of protecting France's
own industry, the censorship therefore
becoming unfair trade discrimination.
In Japan the Social Education Section
of the Ministry of Education is plan-
ning a movement for the enactment of
a law to bar all children from motion
picture houses as a result of an inves-
tigation of Tokyo theaters.
W O M E N
CITY C I. U B MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER
928
ERMGIELcrJA]
THE modern girl in Japan has
a place of distinction, as she is
progressive and has great ini-
tiative. She is conservative in
her modernity. More than one mod-
ern girl shows conservatism in adopt-
ing Western ways, embracing them
cautiously, fearing that too great en-
thusiasm may bring regrets, and
through conservatism one will learn
to discriminate and to select only the
best which seems to be their goal. The
West has universal freedom, but even
universal manhood suffrage is not yet
a law in Japan. The women are
greatly interested in this issue, and
whenever opportunity presents sell
badges for suffrage on the streets.
These women do not wear bright-
colored kimonos but rather dignified
colors, and are worthy champions of
the cause. Often at a suffrage meet-
ing when the speaker, voicing his
ideals, gives a brilliant talk, spectators
in the audience attempt to stop the
address if possible by loud remon-
strance and "heckling," much as in
an Occidental suffrage meeting. But
the speaker composedly and firrnly
continues until he has finished his line
of argument.
The modern girl in Japan admires
the foreign girl very much and looks
upon her as a big sister, and especially
is this true where foreigners are
scarce. Small children will often peer
eagerly into the Western face, but
soon with a friendly good-bye and a
bow go scampering down the road.
They are particularly interested in
our manner of living, and a House-
keeping Association is formed with
the motto, "Consumption, Economy,
and Increase of Efficiency." Exhibi-
tions of kitchen and home furniture
recently brought from European coun-
tries form an interesting feature of
the association's work. Lectures of
explanation are given at these meet-
ings and princesses of the blood often
attend. Huge throngs of eager spec-
tators constantly besiege these expo-
nents of the West. The Y. W. C. A.
has helped to foster such an organiza-
tion for women that they may see
first-hand and in an intimate way our
civilization and observe carefully our
convenient and sanitary appliances
and select those which are best
adapted to their mode of life. This
House-keeping Association is becom-
ing a vital force, and through the
municipal government has attempted
to standardize the price of commod-
By Clara Boeke
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ities, such as rice, meat, fish, and fruit,
and other food products.
The modern girl is greatly inter-
ested in social service, and through
the efforts of inspiring social workers
from the West she has caught the
spirit of service. Through her per-
sistent efforts social workers are now
permitted to visit the silk factories
and to bring some cheer to these indus-
trial workers and spinners. With
songs and play the allotted time passes
all too quickly. Although the govern-
ment would not at first grant permis-
sion for factory visitation, such a con-
dition has now been greatly changed.
The Imperial Household has honored
social workers in commemoration of
the Prince Regent's marriage, when
two hundred and fifty people, of
whom fourteen were foreigners, were
presented cups with the imperial crest
on them and two hundred yen. These
social workers were chosen by the
government for fifteen years' service
in Japan proper and more than ten
years in the other possessions of Japan.
Besides these individual gifts, the Im-
perial Household gave special social
work and educational funds and other
imperial donations, such as the Shiba
Detached Palace in Tokyo, covering
approximately thirteen acres, which
was given on condition that it remain
a municipal garden forever. So the
social service spirit has made a strong
appeal to all classes of the Rising Sun
Empire.
Yurin-En, or the House of Friendly
Neighbor, is another illustration of
the modern girl's interest to better the
conditions of humanity. It might
aptly be called the Hull House of
Japan. Like the Hull House, it is in
a most congested quarter of Tokyo,
or was, as it has been destroyed by
the earthquake, but its spirit is still
powerful. Its beginning was tw'O
small houses of eleven mats, which
were rented on the edge of the shrine
grounds about eleven years ago. A
Japanese table, some kitchen furniture,
a few postcards were all its equip-
ment. A graduate of Japan's Wom-
an's University was engaged to live
there and the house with its tiny play-
ground and sand-box for the little
children made a most humble bow to
the public. No one seemed to know at
first what was needed, but finally a
kindergarten of thirty children, eve-
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ning boys' classes, afternoon classes
for girls, and some acquaintance with
the neighbors made a strong appeal to
the community. The House of the
Friendly Neighbor was situated near
a shrine where a swarm of unkempt,
dirty children always play, and soon
the vulgar words became less, and a
general transformation was noticed in
the usually accepted standards of chil-
dren who play around the shrine
grounds. Gradually the Yurin-En
grew into residential quarters, a
library, a club room for boys and
classes to educate about fifty boys who
could not read or write. The girls
were also taught initiative, and from
the "infant gardens" this spirit of
service actuated and fostered by the
modern girl has developed into a
community of service, where public
meetings are held and industrial art
discussed. The people feel free tc
c6me and study and read, and to them
it means foreign travel, the arts,
music, and the theater. They have
brought about reforms and helped the
sick. Among its activities are the giv-
ing of lectures, the securing of jobs,
the placing of homeless children who
come here for wholesome association
and exercise and play. At a Doll's
Festival the children of the neighbor-
hood made living reproductions and
certainly formed a most unique pag-
eant. No doubt the small actors felt
the real dignity and the qualifications
for the functions of brotherhood
gained through this national festival
which means so much to Japanese
children. Campaigns for health, mor-
als, civic consciousness, not of indi-
viduals, but of the whole community,
are launched. The work of Yurin-En
is known to all foreigners and Eng-
lish-speaking Japanese, and many
lovely garden fetes are given for the
institution, which claims among its
patronesses members of the imperial
family. From a small mat room, by
the ingenuity and with the help of the
modern girl in Japan, this wonderful
and magnetic spirit of service has
grown into a vital force.
It seems that this channel of service
has charmed the entire empire, as the
Japanese woman is by nature most
gracious and considerate. The wealthy
class sell their obis and kimonos which
have been worn only a few times for
the benefit of social service, and with
such a background the modern girl
develops into an inspiration. The
American Association of University
Women is also well organized. It is
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composed of both Japanese and foreign
women. The association is a clearing
house for assistance in the education
of Japanese girls, both in Japan and
I in colleges and universities abroad.
The Japanese members are extremely
^ regular in attendance and manifest
great interest.
A society for changing Japanese
customs and raising the standards of
living has brought to the modern girl
an expansion of influence, power and
responsibility. It is composed of about
two hundred and ninety men and
women and meets once or twice a
month. A strong desire for just re-
form permeates all actions. Children
are its first consideration. The chief
festival of the girls is the Doll's Fes-
tival. The society has written a song
named "Shiro Sake Sanatte," which
tells the children to do away with
sake even on the Doll's Festival. Also
a movement is making progress which
wishes to change the date of March 3
to March 30, as there will be no ex-
aminations at this time. A plea is
expressed to have the Doll's Festival
simple as it was origmally, and not to
have it merely an event for the ex-
change of luxuriant gifts.
Another problem which interests
the modern girl is gift-giving. Of
course Japan is a gift nation, and the
spirit of gift-giving regulates all
strata of society. A carpenter, when
he has finished a bamboo fence, closes
the piece of work with a gift, such as
a basket of fruit, or a blooming plant.
This is only one instance of the pro-
priety of gift-giving. The modern
Japanese girl wishes to reform this
custom and have the exchange of gifts
prompted by the desire of friendship
and not by a sense of obligation and
convention. About New Year's time
the burden of gift-giving seems to be
very heavy, for the exchange of gifts
is mingled with the frequent New
Year's call. Gifts should be accom-
panied by a letter, filled with the ex-
pressions of friendship. New Year's
presents of fruit, fish, cakes, etc., are
always wrapped with scrupulous neat-
ness, encircled by a cord of red and
strands of red and white tied in butter-
fly knots, and a quiver-shaped en-
velope in which fish is stuck to signify
durability. A person returning from
a foreign land is expected to return
I with many foreign presents. If one is
a member of Parliament, gifts to the
constituents must be presented upon
his return to his native land. One
Japanese gentleman, who graduated
from an American university with Phi
I Beta Kappa honors, once said to me,
"Would that I were an American
I when it comes to nationally give gifts."
The dress reform is also a sensible
and helpful one, in which the plea for
a wider kimono is made, so that more
convenient steps ma\ be taken. The
obi or wide sash should be worn as
narrow as possible, so that expense
would be reduced. The design of the
yeri, a sort of neckpiece under the
kimono, and the cord of the geta
should be the same design if possible.
The wearing of stockings is also
strongly advocated. The modern girl
also thinks it best for young people to
know each other in a natural way
before they marry, and wants to elim-
inate as much as possible an arranged
wedding and a go-between. Also that
the wedding be made more simple is
a universal plea. It is not uncommon
for a father to spend 4500 yen for his
daughter's reception, even though his
income might be only 600 or 700 yen
per month. Sometimes at a reception
the bride will frequently withdraw
and change different expensive hand-
made kimonos with the broad sash
several times, for mere ostentation,
but the modern girls find that such a
custom needs an immediate change if
possible. Newly married couples are
supposed to give gifts to all wedding
guests, but the twentieth cetjtury girl
thinks that appreciation should be ex-
pressed by sending announcements.
There are several national festivals
in which the girls are the most im-
portant participants. At New Year's
time brightly dressed girls play battle-
dore and shuttlecock on the streets.
These battle-dores are often very
beautifully made, representing a war-
rior or soldier attired in bright silk on
one side, while on the other side a
face is rather boldly painted. A tiny
brass bell may be added for ornament,
so that with sprightly action the bells
become quite musical. About the first
part of January are the poetic con-
tests and poetry parties, when the
young people meet and test their
familiarity with classical knowledge.
Usually one reader reads the first line
of some ancient poem and the eager
player tries to recall the title of the
poem. Every year the imperial family
select a subject for a poem of about
thirty-five syllables to be written by
anyone who may wish to enter the
lists. A jury decides upon the best
one, and the winner then has his poem
read before the Emperor, which is
indeed a great honor. Rhymed mes-
sages were exchanged between the
Prince Regent and Princess Nagako
Kini, the imperial bride-elect, on the
day preceding their wedding. At sea
on Japanese ships often poetic con-
tests are a great source of amusement
and pleasure, and the clever Japanese
girl passengers are among the most
enthusiastic participants. Also writ-
ing contests are held during the holi-
day season, and the fewer the brush
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strokes in making the ideographs or
characters, the more artistic the abilit\
displayed. Each contestant uses his
own seal on the paper and at the
sound of a gong the characters are
written and ere lon^ the white paper
has been transformed into beautiful
black lines and curves. The winner
is showered with congratulations. The
paper is spread on the tatami, or floor
matting, and the boys and girls are
very eager to elicit praise from their
elders.
But the most magnificent of all
festivals for girls is the National
Doll's Festival which comes on the
third of March. It is certainly a
quaint and pleasant one. For several
months before this great yearly cele-
bration stores and small shops are
transfigured into the most beautiful
places imaginable, which are daily
crowded with a throng of girls. Each
family alwa\s proudly displays its col-
lection of dolls, which include the
Emperor and Empress, old-time roy-
alty with her flowers or fagots piled
upon her head, the bride, the peddler ;
all are carefully arranged on red
covered shelves. Then often dolls rep-
resenting legend scenes from dramas,
perhaps a fairy story that has passed
down for centuries around the hibachi,
which is a portable apparatus used for
heating. The hibachi corresponds to
our fireside, where numerous stories
and tales of adventure are told. The
Emperor and Empress dolls are on
the top shelf and often a miniature
court scene is portrayed. On the sec-
ond shelf may be found the court
attendants, such as the five musicians,
and on another the family group, or,
as the Japanese say, the papa and
mama. Then bull-carts are often
found as a sign of royal power. The
most remarkable feature about the
dolls is their small size, for the
smaller they are, the more they are
admired by connoisseurs. To repro-
duce an elaborate costume and coiffure
in every detail, all in the space of two
or three inches, is a work character-
istically Oriental and an example of
patient craftsmanship. Kyoto, the an-
cient capital of Japan, has as many as
fifty branch shops, most of them in
little homes, where especial women
work for months before the festival,
making tiny wigs of real hair, in some
cases cutting and fitting, laying the
tiny silk folds and pleats, sometimes
one one-sixteenth of an inch wide. A
conspicuous group is that of three
men typifying human life. One has
his hand raised towards his eyes as the
sign of tears; another is laughing mer-
rily, and the third one is in a towering
rage. The three dolls, in a way, are
similar to the well-known three mon-
keys, who hear. see. and speak no evil.
women's city club magazine for NOVEMBER
1928
The origin of the Doll's Festival is
connected with the court of national
life, and many, many years ago the
custom was to bury alive people of
court service when the Emperor died.
They must follow him in everything
he did, even to the next world. Later
this custom was changed to the burn-
ing of dolls instead of human beings,
and from this time the dolls were
worshipped, as they personified the
Emperor and Empress. In the Toku-
gawa era the Doll's Festival was cele-
brated in a most luxurious way, and
people did not hesitate to pay much
money for the dolls. Then for a
period the celebration was abolished,
but now is restored along more mod-
erate lines. Every year new dolls are
added to the classic collection and are
passed down from generation to gen-
eration. One year the novelty of dolls
painted on rice paper was displayed.
The dolls are packed each year and
carefully laid aside until the next year
brings again much wonder and excite-
ment. Sometimes you will see in a
home on the tokonoma a huge doll
encased in a glass box which is con-
stantly given universal admiration.
The modern Japanese girl is inter-
ested in tennis, basket-ball, horseback
riding and other sports. Even the
national habit of carrying babies on
the backs is slowly but surely being
changed to hold the little ones in the
arms, as the modern girl thinks that
this custom is not conducive to the
best health. The custom for the wife
to wait of an evening until the hus-
band returns, in order to greet him at
the entrance, is also disappearing, for
the modern girls think such formality
is a burden. And cften the wife is
tired and needs all the rest she can
secure, but custom prevents her from
following her inclination. Amid play
and serious thoughts the spirit of help,
service and the desire for better condi-
tions has found a hearty welcome
among the girls in the cherry land
across the sea.
3n jHemoriam . . . ftilba j^uttaU
IN the band of organizers of the
National League for Woman's
Service, whose enthusiasm later
bore the fruits of the Defenders' Club
of California, was Mrs. Hilda
Nuttall, a member of the Board of
Directors who visioned the power of
service in those days of stress.
Later, in the Monadnock Building,
we find her every Wednesday after-
noon and every Saturday night in her
lavender uniform, not just serving be-
hind the counter, but bringing to this
service a rare spirit which made her
the friend of each "gob" and each
"dough-boy." As evidence let me quote
a Jackie's remark to her: "It's awful
good of you ladies to leave your
kitchens and come down here and wait
on us." In memory of this service, she
herself later commemorated a room
in the Base Hospital of Palo Alto.
Again we seecher at the club on
Kearny Street, dropping in morning
after morning, always with a few
books for the library in her arms, for,
as chairman of this department, this
by now was her special service.
To thbse who knew her thus, her
death in New York before we had
moved into permanent quarters, was a
real loss. To those who carried on
came flashes of memory of the rare
spirits of the Hilda Nuttalls of the
League and we remembered her
particular words, "Let us not give up
this association of women which the
war has brought by accident together."
The Women's City Club in its per-
fect beauty means something more
than a mere clubhouse. Its parent —
The National League — was a link
which bound together its founders
with a garland — not a yoke — of true
and unselfish service. And so there is
living within its walls the something
to which visitors respond — the intan-
gible spirit of living service which goes
before us.
Last year the Board of Directors
announced a gift to the library from
Mrs. Sarah Rosenstock in memory of
her daughter, Mrs. Nuttall, and the
interest on the $2500 endowment
has made possible the collection of
books marked with the book-plate
"Hilda R. Nuttall Fund," which cir-
culate daily from our shelves. What
more lovely memorial could be made —
a gift in perpetuity?
And now, to our prayers for the
growth of this fund, has come the
following announcement from the Di-
rectors: On September 25, Mrs.
Rosenstock celebrated her 85th birth-
day by sending another $500 "to be
used in the same way." The blessed-
ness of giving is hers: our apprecia-
tion is her joy. From us, each mem-
ber, goes sincere and appreciative
thanks.
AT THY SHRINE
Before the shrine of thy dear memory,
I kneel in prayer;
The dream-lit candles of remembrance
Burn softly there.
Wind-stirred they tremble in the eager gloom
Like gleaming stars;
The fragrant scent of jasmine fiozrers drifts
From silver jars.
Yet there is something makes my dull heart beat
As once before;
I sometimes seem to hear your footsteps pass
Outside the door.
— Anonymous
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W O M E N'
CITY CLUB MAGAZIXE i 0 r NOVEMBER
1928
WOMEN^S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
Published Monthly at San Francisco
465 Post Street
Telephone Kearny 8400
MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Harry Staats Moore, Chairman
Mrs. George Osborne Wilson
Mrs. Frederick Faulkner
Mrs. Frederick W. Kroll
Marie Hicks Davidson, Editor
Ruth Callahan, Advertising Manager
NOVEMBER ' 1928
NUMBER 10
EDITOMIAL
THE "unspanked generation" is the epithet sometime
applied to the young people now standing on the
brink of manhood and womanhood. Naturally, it is
their elders who have coined the phrase. They themselves
are blissfully unaware that they need chastisement. It
would appear that all they want is to be let alone. They
crave neither bouquets nor brickbats. In fact, they are at
a loss to understand why they should create any disturb-
ance or cause any comment whatsoever. They call atten-
tion to the very obvious fact that without youth there can-
not be its mellowed complement, age. One is but the other
in embryo or in conclusion, according to the point of view.
Adolescence is a time of high privilege, the prelude
which calls the tempo and the motif of the subsequent
movements in the symphony, life. It is an interlude of
great emprise, generally, and whether the wagon be hitched
to a star or a flickering flash-in-the-pan the amount of
energy involved remains the same.
The pother is an agitated debate as to ideals. Are
standards high as they used to be, and who fixes them
anyhow? What constituted the ancient perfections? Which
is the right road and is it right merely because its cobbles
have been worn smooth by many feet ?
Who, what, which, why ? Words loosed from Pandora's
Box by the youngsters who are taking up the torches and
waving them flamboyantly, insolently if you please,
challenging the gods of things as they are, but indubitably
carrying the fire on to the next hands.
In this issue of the Women's City Club Magazine
a number of young people have expressed themselves, each
giving his own credo. None is disrespectful and none duly
egoistic.
An age that produces a Lindbergh, an Amelia Earhart
and a Helen Wills justifies itself and takes the curse from
all that is connoted by the word "precocity."
The Nazarene was joung. And will be forever.
Joan of Arc had died for a principle while yet a girl.
"Your young men shall see visions and your old men
shall dream dreams."
New systems of education established a generation ago
are now fructifying. That and the war are responsible
for this disturbing new Youth Consciousness, say the com-
mentators.
Whatever the underlying ferment, the most caustic
critics of the these charming young people do not charge
them with the sin of smugness.
They may be utterly mistaken, tilting at windmills,
foolish crusaders in a meaningless quest, but they are gal-
lant, with neither rebuke for the ineptitudes of their pre-
decessors nor vainglorious anticipation of the ultimate re-
sults of their experiments. They simply feel that they are
entitled to their own mistakes.
They may be self-conscious, but their general attitude
is not one of bravado. Self-consciousness is rather pathetic,
an uncomfortable thing to witness — and to feel. Perhaps
they are a little uncomfortable, the splendid ones, who
have so lately kicked oH their swaddling clothes and whose
growing pains are eased not even by the flaming of their
youth. "Trailing clouds of glory" do they come, as did
their elders — as will their posterity.
In any event they are their own arbiters and they will
continue to fashion new compasses with which to explore
new worlds, and before their maps are finished their chil-
dren will rise up and attempt to bind their hands and lead
them gently out of the ruts and rust. So on ad infinitum.
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YOUTH
By Fannie Lyne Black
A SHORT time ago there arrived in San Francisco
AA a young woman, whose latest achievement had
A. A. been a successful flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
We were pleased and honored to entertain her at dinner
at the Women's City Club during her short stay in our
city and we found her a well poised, intelligent, capable
young woman with a most agreeable personality and a keen
sense of humor.
As we sat around the table after dessert and coffee.
Miss Earhart, at our request, related the story of the flight
of the Fokker plane "Friendship" from Trepassy Bay,
Newfoundland, to Bury Port, Wales, undertaken on June
17 and 18 of this year. The distance of more than 2000
miles was made in less than twenty-two hours, and under
weather conditions of fog, clouds and rain. Miss Earhart
did not claim any credit for the success of the venture. She
had gone by invitation with two men, a mechanic and a
pilot, but she was an experienced flyer, capable of taking her
place as pilot should she be needed. She said she knew the
danger of the undertaking, but she promptly put that out
of her mind, expressed her faith in both men and machine,
and was on the alert during the whole journey.
Amelia Earhart is about thirty years old and aviation is
only one of her interests and accomplishments. She has
been a student at the University of Southern California,
at Harvard and Columbia, completing courses in socio-
logical studies. She is a writer of originality and accuracy,
a student of literature, having given courses in English
under University extension in Massachusetts. In addition
to these intellectual attainments, she is an expert business
woman, being director and stockholder of the Boston
Chapter of the National Aeronautic Association. With
all this experience to her credit, it was not by chance that
she was invited to join the expedition of the "Friendship"
which was to make a new achievement in transatlantic
flying.
As we listened to her account given with simplicity and
sincerity, we were inspired anew with youth and its under-
takings, youth with a spirit of adventure built on a training
that made for efficiency. In many ways she seemed a
feminine counterpart of that extraordinary messenger of
the air, Charles A. Lindbergh. It is a pleasure to make this
testimony, because there seems to be a tendency more or
less for each generation to criticize the succeeding one, to
proclaim the virtues of the past and the good behavior of
the young people of that not-to-be-forgotten period. It
might be well to consider that each generation receives its
training and preparation for life from the preceding one
and if the turned out product is not a satisfactory one,
the blame should at least be divided.
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W O M E N
CITY C I- U B MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER
1928
The Other Xide of the 3imi€)W. College
By Don Thorburn, University of Californid, 1927
WHEN I asked the editor of
the Women's City Club
Magazine for the privilege
of answering Will C. Wood's article
re the Junior College in the August
issue of the Magazine, she replied that
I could have space in the "Youth
Number." Since she knows my exact
age, twenty-one years, I could but
wait for this opportunity for rebuttal.
From the very nature of things,
the pay of the junior college pro-
fessor and instructor is not muni-
ficent. In a great university the fac-
ult)' member is prone to consider that
he gains in distinction what he does
not get in salary. There is prestige
attached to professorship in a univer-
sity which attracts men of high caliber.
Such men decline to exert their tal-
ents in a local junior college. They
cannot be expected to do so. Their
thought is original. Their mission in
life is to give that thought as wide-
spread utterance as possible. They
seek earnest disciples in large numbers
that they may broadcast their mes-
sages, rather than voice them to small
groups.
The junior college teacher is un-
questionably sincere. He may be well
grounded in his subject. But not one
thought or mental trend which he
places before his class is his own. If
it is, he graduates in short order to a
larger institution, where men of orig-
inality are at a premium.
No junior college can hope to com-
pete with the larger schools of higher
learning in library facilities.
What junior college in California
will ever be able to present the diver-
sity of reading matter contained in
the library of Stanford, or in the
Charles Franklin Doe Library of the
University of California?
It is in the libraries that the basic
foundation of higher education is laid.
No professor, capable or not, can cram
into the unwilling heads of his charges
sufficient material to cause the world
to place the mark "educated" upon
them when they are ground out of the
mill.
All that he can do is to create in
them the tendency to think for them-
selves, breed in them a thirst for infor-
mation and teach them where to find
such information. But to what effect
if the desired facts are unavailable?
Pity the junior college student in
whom has been inculcated a genuine
hunger for reading! His two-year ex-
perience as an undergraduate, starving
for the books he most wants, should
send him home berating not only
things collegiate, but all things intel-
lectual !
For four years the entering fresh-
man has fraternized with a certain
group, his schoolmates of the secon-
dary school from which he graduated.
Such is the nature of the high school
boy that he wishes to mold himself
into the type of his fellows as far as
he is able, to assimilate their customs,
dress as they do, to assume the affecta-
tions of their speech. He wants to be
"one of the boys." He is.
He enters junior college with many
of his old crowd. There he meets the
boys of the neighboring townships and
the outlying rural districts. They are
strangers to him, but they are of his
t>pe and of the type of his high-school
associates.
Entering a university, however, he
makes acquaintances of a kind not his
own. If he is a country boy, the city
chap is new to him. If he is accus-
tomed to the pavements, the tolerant
drawl of the rural youth is strange.
The merging of the various character-
istics of the several types of boys may
be drastic, but it is unquestionably
beneficial to all concerned.
And it is of no more value to the
country boy to rub shoulders with the
city-bred fellow of his own age than
it is to the rustic maiden to have her
citj' cousin pull hayseed out of her hair.
New friendships are splendid.
Lasting friendships are not to be
cemented in a day. Nor a month.
Nor two years. The four-year period
of the university course is inadequate,
but it serves.
Ask any college graduate the most
valued possession of his college train-
ing. Almost invariably he will re-
spond: "The association. I value
most the friendships formed while at
old Amherst." Or old Vassar. Or
old Purdue. It doesn't matter which.
Friendships don't grow like mush-
rooms if they are to be sturdy as
oaks. Friendships formed only among
associates of one group, one class, of
one community are not growths. They
are ingrowths.
There is the extremely relevant
matter of extra-curricular activities.
Passing by social functions for lack
of sustaining evidence, turn to those
activities which carry no graduation
credit, but which are designated as
"of benefit to the character or phys-
ical attainment of the student."
How could a football varsity be
built up in two years? Glenn Warner
would throw up his hands at the idea !
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Run a college without athletics?
There goes your stronghold of alumni
loyalty! The junior college loses
ground on that play.
What of women's politics, excellent
training for the clubwork to come ?
They don't even learn how to cast
their ballots in the first two years of
campus elections. Every senior polit-
ical leader knows that.
What of journalism, with cut-
throat participation on the campus
daily? They couldn't learn enough to
harass a city editor in four scant
semesters !
But of what use to run the gamut
of the large universities' advantages
in the activities line? The junior col-
lege is beaten at the start, for lack of
facilities, funds, and trainers, teachers
and coaches to lend a guiding hand.
Disregard all the advantages of the
university to the undergraduate dur-
ing college days, and what remains to
justify the expenditure entailed? Con-
tacts for the future, the professors
may tell you if their moods are affable.
The co-ed — she may be preparing
for her career. She may be seeking a
husband. Some of them find them,
"under the oak at Wheeler," or "just
outside the Quad." Certainly they
are entitled to the wider selection of
the larger institutions of learning —
about men.
For careers — the big fellows in the
business world don't look for their
young men and young women among
the ranks of the junior collegians. If
they want employes of college train-
ing, they want college graduates. Stu-
dents in the junior colleges are all too
prone to quit at the end of the two
years of lower division training and
call it an education.
It isn't so long afterward that they
learn that it takes a lifetime to ap-
proach an education. Then they re-
gret, whether they admit it or not,
that they didn't obtain a certificate of
their application for learning in the
form of a diploma.
In the face of the overwhelming
superiority of the university in equip-
ment, in the removal from the influ-
ence of home training, giving the stu-
dent a chance to orient himself to
some extent in preparation for the
hard knocks to come, in the more rig-
orous competition, in personnel of pro-
fessors, the junior college proffers one
advantage : it costs less.
Any college course costs less than
the student takes out of it, dolt, drone
or wastrel though he be.
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women's city club magazine for NOVEMBER
928
Beatrice JudJ A';
yOlITH and MCDEKM AeT
By Beatrice Judd Ryan
THE second best bogie of the
human race is the idea of grow-
ing old. The fear of it is so
deep seated that we seem determined
to guard it jealously from any intel-
ligent antidote. The glorious capa-
city of youth is physical, mental and
emotional energy but the grown man
or woman in a mad pursuit of life
and happiness grasps madly at the first
two, often disregarding the last and
most fundamental of the three — the
emotions. This may be an American
backwash from the puritanical idea
concerning sin.
The needed stimulation to keep a
human emotionally alive, to save him
from becoming one-third dead, can be
found in the Arts. Never before was
this so truly so as it is today when
Modern Art, so-called, has the floor.
Why? Because the Moderns do not
lull one into an emotional stupefaction
of complaisant satisfaction with past
associations. Not at all. They arouse,
disturb and consequently cause thought
instead of dreams. Humans don't wish
to be aroused ; they prefer peaceful in-
sensibility to thinking; consequently
much malevolent antagonism. I was
reminded of this the other evening as
I sat listening to Henry Cowell's re-
markable piano exploitation. (As for
plastic form a grand piano is exactly
that to Henry Cowell ) . My senses
were disturbed, not soothed. The tone
clusters did not sound familiar. I had
no previous experience or memory by
which to judge them or the music.
No sense association to guide
me. Being cut adrift I had to think,
independently of experience, the ex-
act position of most people in regard
to modern painting.
If the daughters of Eve who are in-
terested in youth would stop rushing
about, and forgetting their intellectual
attainments, try emoting to Modern
Art for a bit they would come so near
the fountain of youth that the millions
spent on beauty experts in America
yearly might be put to collecting Art.
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Coun>oisier Exhibit
The Courvoisier collection of paint-
ing on silk, by Tetsuzan Hori, a mod-
ern Japanese artist from Tokio who
has been awarded medals from expo-
sitions in the Imperial City, Kyoto and
elsewhere, will be on view in the audi-
torium gallery at the Women's Cit\
Club to November 10, from 11 a. m.
to 10 p. m., daily and Sunday. During
this exhibition the artist will give pub-
lic demonstrations of his method of
painting on silk in which he makes
use of precious and semi-precious
stones which achieve a brilliance of
coloring combined with subtlety of
tonal gradations. Mr. Hori paints en-
tirely from memory, after the fashion
of oriental artists, and he points out
that while he conforms to the rules of
spacial relationship set down by Euro-
pean Modernists, he at the same time
treats his subjects realistically and to
the nicest degree of representation.
On Monday evening, October 22,
the Women's City Club gave a dinner
in his honor under the chairmanship of
Mrs. A. P. Black, President. The
speakers of the evening who welcomed
Mr. Hori to San Francisco were
George Douglas and Henrietta Shore
the artist. At its conclusion a preview
of the Hori collection was enjoyed by
Club members, leaders of the Japa-
nese Colony, local artists, connoisseurs
and critics.
Sunday Evening
Concerts
The Music Committee arranges a
concert for alternate Sunday evenings.
In November the concerts will be on
the fourth and eighteenth.
The concerts have been given by
artists of recognized standing who
have contributed their services with-
out charge. The music committee has
given much thought to the programs
and has maintained consistently a
standard worthy of an important city
club.
Painting on silk by T. Hori, exhibited
at It'omen's City Club
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^yX this time it seems appropriate
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•^ -^ committee which distributed
the bonus last Christmas to the em-
ployees, for another twelve-month has
rolled around and the holidays will
soon be here. The fund for Christmas
1927, while adequate, was not repre-
sentative of the membership, for but
one-third of these contributed. There-
fore, an analysis of the reason for this
apathy on the part of many is perhaps
in order.
First, some felt that they had not
used the club and therefore had no
service to reward personally. The
answer to this argument is that the
club must be maintained and the paid
service engaged and that these very
members like to feel that the club-
house is ready for their use whenever
they want it, else they would discon-
tinue membership.
Secondly, some felt that they would
willingly give to departments where
tips would, by the nature of the posi-
tion, be expected, but were not willing
to give to departments "behind the
scenes." The answer to this is that the
club stands for high executives and as
such commands the services of those
who in the accepted business world
receive a bonus at Christmas from
their corporation. It is because of these
very executives that the wheels of the
machinery of this particular clubhouse
move so smoothly that it is nationally
famous. This stafE feels, in accepting
the Christmas greeting, that it is gen-
erously recognized by the membership
as a personal and integral part of a
service organization.
Thirdly, some felt that because
they could give in a small way only,
their mite would be scorned by the
committee. The answer to this is that
were each member to respond instead
of one to three, the fund would be
thoroughly, instead of partially, satis-
factory to the committee, for every-
body would then be represented. One
has only to remember that there are
over 100 employees, many of whom in
the outside business world would re-
ceive $2.50 a day in tips, yet who pre-
fer our clubhouse because of the at-
mosphere of their working hours and
who abide by our rule of "no tips."
Let each member figure then what the
Christmas fund really should be and
let each member realize what she has
saved this year in tips.
Fourthly, some felt that the pre-
vious year had brought unfair distri-
bution and that some favorite employee
of theirs was not properly appreciated.
The answer to this is that there are
four things for consideration by the
committee and that no one not sitting
with it can possibly have a true pic-
ture: (1) the total amount to be dis-
tributed; (2) the type of service; (3)
the length of service; (4) the respon-
sibility involved.
In fairness to all there are no favor-
ites and the distribution is impartial.
What does this Christmas fund do ?
( 1 ) It stabilizes the staff so that
members are served by those whom
they know and the turn-over — an ex-
pensive thing in most organizations,
is thereby reduced.
(2) It creates a feeling of "at-one-
ness" — a fellowship between served
and serving, which our staff and mem-
bership have always felt.
(3) It brings to Christmas at the
clubhouse a happiness which, as a men-
tal stimulus, starts us all on the New
Year with an increasing desire to
please each other.
(4) It gives to the givers an oppor-
tunity to say "thank you" for the serv-
ices so generously given throughout
the year without anticipation of imme-
diate reward.
Surely this year's fund will fulfill
the hopes of the Board of Directors;
may the committee to be appointed
find in its hands sufficient to provide
adequately the reward for faithful
service which is so often commended
by members and by guests.
Mrs. S. G. Chapman
Miss Marion Whitfield Leale
Miss Mabel Pierce
Committee.
SHORT STCEY CCMTEST
The judges of the Short Story Contest of the Women's City Club Maga-
zine have read all the manuscripts submitted in the competition and the process
of elimination has begun. The preliminary reading has netted a goodly residue
which, however, will be reduced by several other readings before the winners
can be announced. It is hoped that the prize story may be published in the
December issue of the magazine. The judges are: Mrs. William Palmer Lucas,
George Douglas and Charles Caldwell Dobie.
Manuscripts will be returned as soon as the contest is ended.
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WOMEN S CITY CLUB MACAZINK for NOVEMBER
1928
Books of Youth
Reviewed by
Eleanor Preston Watkins
IN FICTION, too, it is the Age
of Youth. Browsing over the
newest things in the circulating
libraries and the book-shops, one finds
most of the best-sellers are written of
the Young Person, for the Young
Person, and many of them by the
Young Person. Not all, fortunately.
Bad Girl: By Vina Delmar; Har-
court, Brace and Company.
Having read and disliked some of
Mrs. Delmar's short stories, I opened
her first novel with a distinct prejudice
and distaste. But one must admit that
there is a reason for its being a best-
seller. She has the gift of the "natural
born" story-teller by tribal camp-fires.
Hers is the seeing eye, hers is the ar-
tist's pencil which can in two strokes
make a picture of the wet sidewalks
of New York. Her own short life
has made her familiar with the East
Side and its argot ; her pictures are
photographic.
The "Bad Girl" is an inarticulate-
ly good girl in the rough, who extracts
the utmost savor from a life reduced
to the primitives of instinctive love,
home in three rooms, and motherhood.
The book makes for tolerance, and not
a little admiration of a gallant spirit.
But the bad good-girl skidded peril-
ously close to tragedy. One feels that
she is saved only by the good luck
which attends the fool and the little
child. And one could wish that life
might have given IVIrs. Delmar a bet-
ter medium to work in. More edu-
cation, more reticence, perhaps a few
more years, may make her books more
pleasant reading.
All Kneeling: By Anne Parrish;
Harper and Bros., New York ;
$2.50.
Christabel Caine is a beautiful girl
against a beautiful Philadelphia back-
ground of great-aunts and gardens.
But all people and places serve only as
background to her lovely self. In
Germantown or Greenwich Village,
she is able to see nothing but the re-
flection of her own face. But the con-
trast between the two milieus is de-
lightfully done. As in "The Peren-
nial Bachelor," Ann Parrish has done
a delicate bit of character drawing.
The clarity of her English is as re-
freshing as the aptness of her allusion.
Christabel's pose is consistent from
her golden-haired childhood through
lyrics and novel-writing, to her om-
nivorous years as reigning beauty. She
successfully fools herself and the world
— all except cynical Uncle Johnny.
He warns the meek Ellen: "She is a
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the music of splendid orchestras. And at night
yield to the comfort of your outside cabin with
its Sinunons bed.
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SAILINGS FORTNIGHTLY
First class fere to New York,
bed and famous
meals included
^250.
PANAMA HAIL
STEAt^SHlP COnPAINY
2 Pine street
Scin Troncisco
548^prind Jttreei
Los Axig fetes: ^
By Water, Rail and Air
By Margaret Keene Whitmore
PROBABLY never before has travel been made so
alluring as it now is, with airplane tours, marvelous
floating palaces plying over seas, de luxe trains taking
all the grime and discomforts out of overland trips, parlor
cars speeding along the broad highways, across deserts,
around mountains and through valleys into the very heart
of the scenic spots of the earth. These are the methods
available. There remains only the choice of transportation
to the places one decides to visit.
Even this choice may be eliminated by taking any one of
the world tours, for these combine all modes of modern,
as well as ancient transportation facilities in a lu.xurious
and leisurely visit into all the lands one has dreamed of
and hoped some day to see.
What could be more entrancing than days spent beneath
blue skies on board one of the largest cruisers, or dancing
on spacious decks to the accompaniment of delightful music
with a tropic moon lighting the way ?
Welcome smiles and happy days at Hawaii, surf riding
at Waikiki beach, or hiking over Kilauea to see the glowing
lava beds.
In Japan one compares the modern rail transportation
with the ancient "rickshaw" and starts gaily forth to see
the real, or is it phantom mountain, Fujiyama, the one
dreamed of and seen so often in pictures, ancient temples
set in the midst of exquisite formal gardens, where tiny
figures wander.
China, with its wonders of ancient culture and phil-
osophy. Strange cities of the Orient, Shanghai, so Euro-
pean in its atmosphere. Peking, city of Chinese mystery,
narrow streets, crowded with queer markets filled with
jades, antiques, yellow gold, hand carved ivories and teak
wood, exquisite embroideries, fish, dried meats, herbs and
teas, such a heterogeneous choice of wares. The Summer
Palace, of which one has heard so much, and the China
Wall, built by hand, thousands of years ago. Wide rivers,
high mountains, squalor and luxury, ancient and modern
standards of living all spread out for your contemplation.
A special feature of one world tour, is a twelve-day
cruise among the islands of the East Indian Archipelago,
visiting Bali, the "Garden of Eden," almost untouched by
the hand of civilization. Java, where orchids grow in such
profusion that their gorgeous coloring resembles the bril-
liant plumage of the birds that make their home among
the trees. Islands of spice and perfume, little visited, but
greatly loved by those who have spent days thereon.
Singapore, the early settlement of pirates and still the
flotsam and jetsam of the world, so old and yet so young
in its customs of living.
India, land of ancient mysticism and strange power.
Temples, outside whose doors one must leave their shoes
before entering to worship and where sacred animals pass
to and fro jostling the simple worshipper. Calcutta and
the Black Hole. Delhi, the mere mention of which conjures
up visions of enchanting Taj Mahal, that pure and beau-
tiful example of perfect architecture, which still thrills one
with its entrancing love romance of a long-ago ruler.
Another rub of the "Magic Lamp," for surely one is
traveling with Aladdin throughout this dream-come-true,
and here is Egypt, where East and West intermingle in
reality. Sphinx and Pyramids amid white sands as far as
the eye can reach, and then almost before one realizes,
they are transported to the flowering glory of the gardens
where the ancient river Nile has brought its refreshing
moisture to the sun-tortured desert. Such dark, deep
W OMEN S C I T Y C L U B M A G A Z I N E for NOVEMBER
Santa Fe
/osAnqeles
Z^ additional cost
daily Santa Fe
TRAINS FROM
Los Angeles
TO
Chicago
and Kansas City
S%^» extra fine
Chief extra fast
"▼'.A.'V'.A. extra fare
Two daily
California Limiteds
NO EXTRA FARE
. AUo
The Navajo ♦ The Scout
The Missionary
Santa Fe Eight
Fred Haryey dining service
on the Santa Fe is the best
in th£ transportation world
Santa Fe Ticket OfHces
and Travel Bureaux
601 Market Street
and Ferry Station
San Francisco, California
Telephone SUtter 7600
See
Be Sure
Grand
to Mahe
Canyon
The
Natiomil
Indian
Park _
^ Detour
blue skies filled with luminous stars
recall the splendor of Cleopatra, and
pageants of camels, elephants, swift
moving horses bestrode by stately
Arabs, adventure and romance old and
new.
As a pleasant and modern diver-
sion, why not leave the party at Cairo
and board an Imperial Air-ways plane
to fly to Bagdad, taking a bird's-eye
view of the Holy Lands en route ?
Later one can rejoin the ship and
continue into Greece, where Athens
still looks out upon the temples of her
mythological gods and proudly re-
minds one of her supremacy in art.
And then comes Italy, but the time
is all too brief to tell of all the beauty
\et in store and so many would prefer
to linger longer amidst the enthralling
interests of European countries. If
one so desires one can leave the cruise
here and spend as long as necessary in
visiting France, Spain, Switzerland,
Germany and any other country which
lures the fancy. Weeks may be spent
in leisurely motor trips, or delightful
expeditions into the air by modern
planes. An independent jaunt into
England and Scotland where the lure
of spring holds one enraptured.
These are but a few suggestions as
to the many fascinating places of the
earth one might visit and there are
hundreds of delightful places much
nearer home. Perhaps a happy solution
of all your travel problems might be
found by availing yourself of the will-
ing co-operation of the Women's City
Club Travel Service, which will in no
way obligate you.
Ill
Wide Choice of Service
Members have a wide choice in
selecting the department of volunteer
service in which they wish to enroll.
From one to four o'clock every
Monday a group of volunteers meets
to address the magazine wrappers. An-
other group meets the second Monday
evening of each month for the same
purpose. These same members also
meet once a month to prepare the
City Club Magazixe for mailing.
An enrollment book for the con-
venience of members who wish to en-
roll for new service is kept at the In-
formation Desk on the Fourth Floor.
Botany Class Forming
A number of members of the Wo-
men's City Club have expressed a de-
sire to join a Botany Class. Members
who wish to join this group are re-
quested to register at the Information
Desk on the Fourth Floor. The group
will begin intensive work shortly after
the first of the year.
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2CW2i\\
Where Enchantment
'Brings 'Peace . . .
'HP' HE cool sub-tropical
•^ night has dimmed the
vivid colors of the Hawaiian
day. It has been a day of rare
enjoyment for you. Relaxed,
bathed in a soothing peace,
you rest on the broad lanai of
your hotel room.
A Hawaiian god must have
snatched a cluster of stars
from the sky and scattered
them lavishly over Manoa
Valley, for lights are twin-
kling everywhere on the hill-
sides. From Waikiki Beach
comes haunting music and the
lilt of the singing surf. Never
have you known such content-
ment. It is the spell of the
Islands.
.^^d it is ever there, easily
yours to enjoy. The new snuift,
luxurious Malolo takes you to
Honolulu iL-ithin four days from
San Francisco, sailing every
other iL'eek after December 2g.
Attractive inclusive tours, $2S6
up {21 Jays, S in the Islands).
Fare only, San Francisco to
Honolulu, $g^ up, each luay.
Matson Liners sail from San
Francisco every If'ednesday for
Haivaii. Express service, ig days
to .iustralia via Haivaii, Samoa
and Fiji.
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women's city club magazine for NOVEMBER
928
The Travel-V/ise
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staterooms . . . luxur-
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. . . people of smartness
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travel-wise . . . and
L ASSCO is their choice.
SPECIALLY SERVICED
TWENTY-DAY TOURS
— on the palatial "City of
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cind December 15. Tour
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every ship and shore
expense.
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Phone Kearny 8700
Jui'enile Theatre
The Juvenile Theatre, which open-
ed Saturday afternoon, October 20,
with a capacity house in the City Club
Auditorium, will continue its Satur-
day afternoon performances to and in-
cluding November 24.
The program of November 3 will
include a trained dog, The Throstles,
Dorothy Crawford, Patricia Morbio
and Ann Young, in a group of chil-
dren's songs, and a sleight-of-hand per-
formance.
On November 10 there will be an
operetta in three acts, "Princess Chrys-
anthemum" by Miss Mary E. May-
berry, the participants being the pupils
of the McKinley School at Burlin-
game.
On November 17 the Perry Dilley
Puppets will give "The Dragon Who
Wouldn't Say Please" and "Boiled
Celery." The presentations will be
preceded by violin selections by an
eight-year-old girl, Beverly Blake,
with Louis Persinger at the piano.
November 24 there will be a Ballet
under the direction of George Chaffee,
American Premier Danseur, and a
suitable moving picture.
The Juvenile Theatre performances
are given by the Women's City Club
with the cooperation of Miss Alice
Seckels. The curtain goes up at 2:30
o'clock.
San Francisco has long felt the need
of wholesome Saturday afternoon en-
tertainment for juveniles, which these
programs shall offer.
Hultne Lectures
Three of the series of six lectures
by Professor Edward M. Hulme of
Stanford University remain to be
given in November, the dates being
Tuesday afternoons of the sixth, thir-
teenth and twentieth.
Single admission for the lectures is
seventy-five cents. The lectures are
given at three o'clock in the City Club
Auditorium. The subjects to be given
this month are: November 6, "Portu-
gal and the Portuguese ;" November
13, "France and the French ;" Novem-
ber 20, "Peoples and Problems of the
Balkan Countries."
The series is being given under the
sponsorship of a committee consisting
of:
Mrs. James T. Wood, Jr., chair-
man ; Mrs. Ford E. Chambers, vice-
chairman ; Mrs. Tristram D. Con-
nelly, Mrs. H. N. Clift, Mrs. John
F. Cowan, Mrs. Reuben B. Hale,
Mrs. W. B. Hamilton, Mrs. Thomas
R. Edwards, Jr., Mrs. Percy Towne,
Miss Dorothy Woods and Mrs. Col-
bert Coldwell.
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Remember your Friends ivith a Gift
typical of California . . .
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Calif o r n i a
Glace Fruits
Leave your order for gift boxes at
the League Shop . . . to be
mailed to any address.
MANUFACTURED BY
LYONS' CALIFORNIA
GLACE FRUIT COMPANY
San Francisco, California
Established 1852
Fancy
Fo.
ale by leading Confectioners
[grocers and Department Sto
Anton C. Jensen
Riding Clothes a Specialty
1023 Phelan Building, San Francisco
Telephone Garfield 2840
BOSCH Service
Come in
and hear
the BoscH
Radio
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tones.
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470 Sutter Street San Francisco
Telephone Kearny 8753
W OMEN S CITY CLUB M A G A Z i N
I or NOVEMBER
Aline Barrett Greenwood
Aline Barrett Greenwood, whose
Current Reviews are looked forward
to monthly by thousands up and down
the Coast, will give her November
Current Review at the Women's City
Club in the Auditorium on Thurs-
day morning (second Thursday of the
month) November 8 at 11 :00 o'clock.
This will be repeated in the evening
at 8:00 o'clock at Sorosis Club Hall.
On Friday morning, (first Friday of
the month) November 2, at 11:00
o'clock, she will give her Current Re-
view at the Fairmont Hotel. Tickets
may be secured at the • door of the
halls.
Miss Greenwood brings to her talks
a searching viewpoint. She selects
the best in each field and interprets it
brilliantly and skillfully. Politics,
art, plays, books, comment on music
are all part of the "Greenwood
Hour." Alice Seckels is manager for
Miss Greenwood.
Vocational Information
Bureau
The series of talks for Volunteers
in Social Service which started on Oc-
tober 4, will continue until November
22.
In order to end the session before
the Thanksgiving holidays, meetings
will be held on Tuesdays, November
13 and 20, as well as on Thursdays,
November 1, 8, 15, and 22. The
following will be the speakers: Doc-
tors Adelaide Brown, Edna Bailey,
Olga Bridgman, Anita M. Muhl and
Mrs. Anna L. Saylor.
At Paul Elder's
The calendar of events at the Paul
Elder Gallery for November promises
much of interest as well as variety.
Very seasonable is the showing of
Etchings of Football Subjects, by Ro-
samond Tudor. The last two of the
Friday morning lectures on Contem-
porary Literature by Leslie Conner
Williams will be given November 2
and 9, featuring Theodore Dreiser's
"A Gallery of W^omen" and H. G.
Wells' "The Open Conspiracy." The
morning of November 10 will bring
both Kathleen Norris, who will re-
view "Bread an' Jam" and the author
of this charming book, Wymond B.
Garthwaite, who will talk on "How
to Entertain Children" and make il-
lustrative crayon drawings — and in
the afternoon of the same day Ger-
trude Atherton will speak informally
on "The Maddest Spirit of Athens"
and George Douglas, literary critic
and lecturer, will review "The Jealous
Gods" — Mrs. Atherton's latest book.
"THE SALAD BOWL," A UELIGHTFUL FEATURE OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC DINING CARS
^^San Francisco
Overland Limited"
a Transcontinental Aristocrat
Crisp, savory salad ~ as many servings as you wish
—deftly lifted from the big Salad Bowl to sparkling
china . . . dining cars restocked daily with freshest
produce of the countryside . . . and through the car
window, clicking past, a fascinating review of the
OverlandTrail country —famous since thedaysof'49.
Only Southern Pacific offers choice of four routes
to and from California. Stop over anywhere. Go one
wav, return another, on fast, fine ^^ Sunset Limited,"
"Golden State Limited" "San Francisco Overland
Limited" or "Cascade."
Southern Pacific
Four Great Routes
F. S. McGiNNis, l^assenger Traffic Manager
SAN FRANCISCO
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WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER
1928
IS/fcpONNELL
^r^OMPANY
MEMBERS
NEW YORK
STOCK
EXCHANGE
SAN FRANCISCO
633 Market Street
Phone Sutter 7676
Branch: Financial Center BIdg.
OAKLAND
456 17th Street
Phone Glencort 8I6I
New York OflSce:
120 Broadway
PRIVATE WIRES
7\iot How Big . . .
But How Strong
Safety is the First Law of Our
Institution
6% Paid on Savings
Every dollar easily withdrawable. No
entrance or withdrawal fees. Secured by
first Deed of Trust on improved and in-
sured real estate. Legal Investments for
Banks and funds of Executors, Admin-
istrators, Guardians, Trustees, Re-
ceivers, Title and Insurance Companies.
5% Paid on Funds
Waiting Investment
HOME
Mutual Deposit-
Loan Company
CHAS. G. HINDS, Secretary
A Building and Loan Association under
State Supervision (Continuously in
business for 42 years)
228 Montgomery Street
Mills Building San Francisco
^ Method of Insuring
Insurance
By Ger-ald a. Wickland
('fells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company
STATISTICS have a way, sometimes, of delving be-
low the surface of things and dredging up discom-
forting facts. Life insurance, for example, is uni-
versally accepted as one of the surest safeguards against
the future — and it is, beyond question, an excellent pro-
tection. Yet, as was disclosed by a recent study in Detroit,
the great majority' of life insurance left in cash to widows
and other beneficiaries is completely consumed luithin five
years.
A number of causes contribute to this astonishing condi-
tion. It is due in part to the fact that the insurance pro-
vided was inadequate and that soon used up by ordinary
living expenses. Extravagance is a factor in other cases.
Unused to large amounts of money, or unable to adjust
themselves to changed conditions, the beneficiaries spend
the money too freely, ignoring the brutal fact that they
are dissipating funds intended to replace the earning power
of the family provider.
But by far the chief reason why insurance proceeds
melt away is that they are left unprotected to persons un-
acquainted with the investment of money. Women
whose lives have been taken up with the education
of children and the management of homes are sud-
denly called upon to handle large sums of money — to
invest them safely and shrewdly. They may not even know
the difference between a stock and bond : that a stock
represents a part ownership and a bond is a loan, generally
secured by a mortgage. If they are intelligent, they seek
advice of their husband's business friend. Usually the
advice given is in good faith and well meant ; often it is
unsound. If not intelligent, they are, in their confusion
and grief, particularly vulnerable prey for the fake stock
salesman and other sharpers.
In most cases, as statistics show, their investments are
not wisely made. For the investment of money is some-
thing impossible to master in a few weeks', months' or even
years' study. Men devote whole lifetimes to it, writing
formidable, encyclopediac-looking books on a single phase
of its theory or practice.
Various ways have been tried to prevent this tragic mis-
handling of insurance funds. One which has had a meas-
ure of success is that of paying out the insurance in install-
ments— a stipulated amount every month, quarter, or year
until the whole amount of the policy has been delivered to
the beneficiaries. This, however, has the disadvantage of
being inflexible, of allowing no leeway to take care of
unforeseen contingencies.
The most generally useful method which has been de-
veloped, and one which affords thorough protection, is the
Life Insurance Trust. By this arrangement, a bank is
named trustee of the insurance and, as soon as the proceeds
of the insurance become available, invests them so as to
bring in the greatest return compatible with safety. Then,
in accordance with the trust agreement, it distributes the
income to beneficiaries. It can, moreover, if the circum-
stances warrant, make special payments out of principal to
take care of children's education, illness, business oppor-
tunity, and other contingencies. The bank's officers are
always accessible for consultation on any questions on
which they may be able to advise. In effect, they take the
place of the deceased head of the family in matters of this
nature. When the provisions of the trust have been carried
out — when children have grown up and finished school —
the bank distributes the principal as it has been ordered.
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WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER
192;
Thus the original purpose of the in-
surance has been fulfilled. It has been
used to replace the earnings of the
head of the family. None of it has gone
to enrich the "bucket shop" or "blue
sky" operator; none of it has been
sunk in ambitious but unsound com-
mercial ventures. All of it has been
used to further the development of the
family and keep it intact. No one has
been forced to supplement the family
income by doing uncongenial work or
seeking employment before he was
ready for it.
And the cost of the Life Insurance
Trust is very small; if the insurance
were as much as a million dollars the
fee charged for handling it would be
only about $2,500 a year.
Writing Courses
Among the activities of the Club
this season is scheduled a course for
writers. This will appeal to all those
who have felt the urge to write and
who have wondered how to make a
start. It should also answer the needs
of innumerable members who have
written essays, articles, or stories, but
who have not been in position to dis-
cuss these with others, nor to secure
authoritative criticism for their writ-
ings.
The class is to be conducted by Mrs.
S. J. Lisberger who has been on the
staff of eastern newspapers and maga-
zines, and who recently syndicated a
series of articles for the Hearst organi-
zation. It is her intention to have
these classes follow in the line of theme
courses offered by the colleges. Prose
will be the medium of expression,
poetry and drama to be excluded. The
theme, the article, the sketch, the short
story, will be carefully studied.
The course will be open to mem-
bers without fee. Registrations may
be filed at the Information Desk on
the Fourth Floor. Further announce-
ment will be made in the December
magazine. , , ,
Magazine and Alembers'
Responsibdity
Members of the ^oiuens City
Club are responsible to themselves
for keeping abreast of the activities
and privileges ofTered by the or-
ganization. What with the bulletin
boards in the lobby, the club calen-
dars in the daily papers and the
City Club Magazine, which gives a
comprehensive Calendar of Events
for each month, there would seem
to be no good reason why members
should miss anything because of
not knowing in advance of the date
and purpose.
MARCHETTI
MOTOR PATENTS
INCORPORATED
Announces the appointment of
LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER
George C. Noville
As Technical Supervisor oj Plant
Construction, Production
and Personnel
HIS experiences with the Byrd North
Pole Expedition, the Byrd-Acosta-
Noville flight from New York to France,
and as an expert observer of aircraft pro-
duction for the government, have placed
him among the world's leading authorities
in aviation.
Commander Noville's affihation with
Marchetti interests is a distinct tribute to
the mechanical perfection of Marchetti
planes and engines.
Marchetti Motor Patents, Inc., has pur-
chased a 100-acre manufacturing site adja-
cent to Mills Field, where erection of a
$400,000 plant will start at once.
An opportunity to share in the expected
profits of this promising enterprise is yours
TODAY.
Remember the histor\' of the automobile.
For jurther information address
Marchetti Motor Patents
INCORPORATED
2221 Russ Building < S.^x Fr.-\ncisco
^ V^omans
opportunity . . .
A Public Utility investment listed
on the New York market, priced at
approximately $71 a share, yield-
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vestment pays dividends in cash
by check monthly and is paying its
190th dividend this month.
Ask or phone MISS ZI.MMER.MAN
{There is no charge)
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315 Standard Oil Building
Kearny 4567 Established 1865
FIALER'S, INC.
AUTO RENTAL SERVICE
Chauffeured
LINCOLN LIMOUSINES
For all occasions
also
Drive Yourself
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Gas, Oil and Insurance Extra
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women's city club magazine for NOVEMBER
1928
D. C. HEGER
Men's Apparel to Order
444 POST ST. i SAN FRANCISCO
Select a "M-ans Gift from a
'/r\HE well-dressed man appre-
^^ ciates the distinction of a
gift from the Heger store.
Cravats, Handkerchiefs and
Hose that blend in colorings
and harmonize with imported
shirtings.
Robes . . . Pajamas . . . Shirts
in a wide selection . . . made to
individual order ... in the
choicest fabrics from the looms
of all Europe.
Christmas Orders should be placed
NOW. Select Handkerchiefs before
stock is depleted, and in time
to have monograms care-
fully embroidered.
D.C. HEGER
Men's Apparel to Order
444 POST ST. f SAN FRANCISCO
(Just opposite OUT Club)
In Los Angeles . . 614 South Olive Street
In Paris . . 12 Rue Ambroise Thomas
CLASSES IN
DANCING
Adults', High School Pupils'
and Children's classes. Club
and private classes
conducted.
Private lessons by
appointment
i
MISS MARION B. WHITE
Studio: 2676 California Street
at Scott Street
Telephone West 2055
Jlrs. Parker S. /Maddux
to Resume Current
Events Talks
It is hoped that Mrs. Parker S.
Maddux will be able to resume her
Current Events Talks every Wednes-
day morning at 11 o'clock and the
first and third Monday at 8 o'clock,
beginning shortly after the first of
November. It is suggested that those
planning to attend the lectures tele-
phone the office as to the exact date,
depending upon Mrs. Maddux's con-
valescence. , , ,
Poetry Reading Group
Mrs. William Palmer Lucas will
conduct a Poetry Reading Group at
the Women's City Club shortly after
the first of the year. All who are in-
terested in joining such a unit are re-
quested to register at the Information
Desk on the Fourth Floor.
Volunteer S entice
Information Week
From November 12 to 17 inclusive
the Volunteer Service Committee will
be in attendance on the first floor to
give information concerning a new ser-
vice which is to be instituted for the
holidays. It will be a service of wrap-
ping packages in the League Shop for
the holidays, when it is expected that
the Shop will do an unprecedented
volume of business at the gift counters.
Members are reminded that there
is opportunity in serving behind the
counter of the Cafeteria in the evening
and in the League Shop during the
holidays. i i i
N ew Year s Ei^e Dinner
Dance
Plans are being made for a dinner
dance in the City Club Auditorium on
New Year's Eve. Further announce-
ment will be made in the December
issue of the City Club Magazine.
Please keep the dinner dance in mind
when planning for New Year's Eve.
r / r
Lectures by Professor
Benjamin H. Lehman
to be Resumed
Arrangements are being made for
another course of lectures by Professor
Benjamin H. Lehman, to begin short-
ly after the first of the year. Dates
and subjects will be announced later.
i i 1
Dinner After Game
The Women's City Club is making
preparation to accommodate a large
crowd of diners after the Big Game
November 24.
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Gifts of "Distinction
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at the 'Pacific Southwest
Exposition.
Trecsiarv Silk Scacrs an.d Cotton
Prints . . . for natxgings, curtains,
bedspreads and the Exquisite,
Race Perfume "Matjan' .
T^ersian Art Centre
founded, by
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WOMEN S
TY CLUB MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER
1928
Golf Team
Miss Harriet Adams has been
named captain of the golf team at
the Women's City Club. Announce-
ment of her appointment was made
at the dinner Sunday evening at the
clubhouse following the first golf
tourney of the club at Ingleside Ter-
race. Miss Adams announced that
the women golfers would immediate-
ly start matching their prowess
on the links with other women's
golf organizations and would also
start a veritable campaign to enlist
new members in the club group.
Mrs. A. P. Black presided at the
dinner. Miss Evelyn Larkin was
chairman, and among the speakers
congratulating the players of the after-
noon and wishing the golfers much
future success were Mrs. Margaret
Kennelly of the Ingleside Golf Course
and Miss Carlie Tomlinson, Women's
City Club executive secretary.
The trophy winners of the after-
noon— Mrs. J. Bruce Adams, Mrs. J.
B. Harvey, Miss Adams, Miss Etta
Lorick, Miss Erna Schoenholtz, Miss
Larkin and Miss Christine Ramsay
also spoke a few words on the tour-
ney and presentations were made by
Ted Robbins, in charge of the golf
activities at the clubhouse.
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Classes in Italian
Classes in Italian have been insti-
tuted at the Women's City Club, with
Madame Leopoldine Stefiani as tea-
cher. The evening classes are held
every Monday evening at 7 o'clock and
the day classes Wednesday mornings
at 10 o'clock. Both series are held in
theCommittee Room of the CityClub.
The fee is six dollars for fifteen les-
sons for members of the City Club
and seven and one-half dollars for
non-members.
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City Planning Conference
So successful was the first City
Planning Conference held at the
^V'omen's City Club April 18, last,
that the group interested will hold
another on Wednesday, November
21. The theme for the all-day ses-
sion will be "The Development and
Beautifying of San Francisco," with
Mrs. Parker S. Maddux as chair-
man. Names of speakers and their
topics will be announced in the daily
press and on the bulletin boards in the
Cit\' Club lobby. Mrs. Maddux'
health has sufficiently improved for
her to arrange the day's agenda.
Some of the speakers will be M. M.
O'Shaughnessy, City Engineer, Guy
W. Haler, Louis C. MuUgardt, John
McLaren, Edgar Walter and Mrs.
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Thanksgiving Luncheon and Din-
ner will be served in the Cafeteria
Tuesday, November 27. Thanksgiv-
ing Dinner will also be served in the
Dining Room on Thanksgiving Day,
November 29.
Beginning Monday, November 5,
and thereafter on Mondays for an in-
definite time, a carrot ring, which has
proven popular, will be served in the
Cafeteria at luncheon.
The Restaurant Department will be
glad to print in the magazine, from
time to time, recipes for favorite dishes
of members, if those interested will
notify Mr. Monahan as to the dishes
they prefer.
The chef, Oscar Parmentier, is an
expert in his profession and the City
Club has all the facilities for serving
food of unsurpassed quality. The
chef is eager to please the members
by preparing the dishes which most
appeal to them. Members are invited
to write suggestions and express pref-
erence as to dishes and comments as to
the food. , , ,
Annual Election
The Annual Election of the Board
of Directors will be held on the
second Monday (14th) of January.
As it is important that every member
have an opportunity to express her
preference at the election, those who
cannot vote in person are urged to
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by or under the auspices of the Wo-
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It is not necessary to be a member
of the City Club to attend the lectures
of the various series now being given
nor to attend any of the big events now
being planned and men are welcomed
as well as women. Members may
bring their husbands and friends and
men may come unattended by members
if they wish.
Tickets for these various events are
always on sale at the door on the day
or night of the attraction and the pub-
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women brought to San Francisco by
the Women's City Club.
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1928
Dialogue
By MuNA Lee
(In The American Mercury)
How did you know the deadly weight
Of the burden that she carried?
Because she stood so tall and straight
And her fleet step never varied.
How did you know that all the while
Hope in her heart lay broken ?
Because she smiled so calm a smile.
Her words were so lightly spoken.
How did you know that grief made blind
Eyes that shone so purely?
Along the precipice she could find
Her perilous footing surely.
How did you know that all was well
With a life so torn and riven ?
Her look said, "One who has con-
quered Hell
Has no further need of Heaven."
Lines to a Collection of
Ship Models
(Submitted to Women's City Club
Magazine Poetry Contest)
O little ships that never go to sea.
That nei'er know the tang of ocean
spray.
The smell of hempen rope, of tar, and
salt;
Dear little ships that are so bravely
gay —
The craftsman fashioning you his
dream expressed.
Proud little ships, — so gallantly at
rest.
Gladys Eugenie Davies.
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OF AUGUST 24, 1912.
' 'f The Women's City Club Magazine published monthly at San Francisco,
I alifornia for October 1, 1928.
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personally appeared C. I. Tomlinson, who, having been duly sworn accord-
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Women's City Club Magazine, and that the following is, to the best of
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Editor, and business manager are:
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Educational Notes
A class in French conversation is a
new feature of the French Study
Group, conducted by Mme. Olivier
at the City Club.
Several members have suggested a
class in Italian. Will other members
interested in this subject kindly regis-
ter at the Information Desk? The
Education Committee desires to have
this class go forward soon. A very
competent teacher will conduct this
class.
Notice to Book Review Group :
Reservations for the Book Review
Dinner must be confirmed not later
than noon of the day of the review.
It is necessary for every person de-
siring to attend this dinner to comply
with this request. For the Book Re-
view Dinner of November 7 the
speaker will be Mr. Newberry, who
will discuss "Thunder and Dawn" by
Glenn Frank.
"Intimate Talks on Arts and
Crafts," a new feature recently in-
augurated, will be given the third
Monday of each month in the Lounge
during the tea hour. The October
subject was "Weaving." An interest-
ing hour was provided by Mrs. Ban-
borg Gravander, who was in Swedish
costume and exhibited her own work.
The November subject will be
"The Development of the Christmas
Card."
Will members who are interested
in a beginners class in Parliamentary
Law register as soon as possible ? The
committee is desirous of having this
class under way. Mrs. Leonard, who
so ably conducted the class in this sub-
ject last spring >vill be with us for the
fall period. Also, the class in ad-
vanced study lacks a few members to
make it possible to begin. Will those
contemplating this course telephone
the Information Desk?
The Drama Section under the leader-
ship of Miss Lillian O'Neill meets Wed-
nesday evening at 7 :30 o'clock and
Thursday afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock.
A class in public speaking and voice
production will follow the Thursday
drama hour. Miss O'Neill is a mem-
ber of the City Club and is giving
generously of hpr time.
Current Events: The regular sched-
ule will begin November 7.
"The Art of Yesterday and To-
day," a lecture course by Mrs. Charles
E. Curry, is being given each Monday
at 1 1 :00 o'clock in the Assembly
Room. These lectures incorporate the
principles of Art and visits to galleries.
They are instructive, stimulating and
interesting. Miss Curry has been a
student of art for years.
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else. A sea-anemone looks like a deli-
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with its tentacles moving as gently as
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WiNTERSMOON : By Hugh H'alpole;
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With relief one hails a book by
Hugh Walpole. He is like an old
friend whose character is known so
well that one anticipates no hurt nor
shock. There is an atmosphere of
English lanes and English lawns and
English cleanliness — washed, morally
and physically, at least once a day.
True, this latest book in his sequence
of The Rising City brings his London
to the year 1927, with its changed con-
ventions and its flaming youth. In
Janet and Rosalind, the old and new
types are at odds.
Janet is restful, after Christabel,
and Dot the "Bad Girl." "She was
very tall, and held herself magnificent-
ly. Her face expressed great sweet-
ness ; the eyes, the mouth showed so
striking a spirit of kindliness and
gentleness that Brunn was arrested by
this. . . . He was no sentimentalist,
but kindliness and goodness of heart
had their value in this world, their
positive international value. And this
was English kindliness — a little dull,
perhaps, but restful, reliable in a de-
gree that in these late unstable years
had seemed non-existent."
But "in the society of Rosalind's
friends she had known that there was
no kindliness at all. Camaraderie,
perhaps, but always a horror of senti-
ment, emotion, and above all a pre-
occupation with self that insisted on
freedom at all and every cost."
In all of Walpole's books. Youth is
a brave figure, still trailing clouds of
glory. He has a different manner of
handling it from, say, Sinclair Lewis
or Scott Fitzgerald. It is a difference of
emphasis. In his books of early youth,
the Jeremy books, there is a frank
acknowledgment of the evils in school
and college life as in "The Plastic
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in the background, and the decent
majority is in the foreground. The
point of view is that of decent, happy,
dreaming youth.
Social Notes
Tetsuzan Hori, Japanese artist
whose paintings on silk are on exhibit
in the City Club Auditorium, was
guest of honor at a dinner at the City
Club Monday evening. October 22.
The guest of honor was presented by
Mrs. A. P. Black and brief addresses
were made by George Douglas, edito-
rial writer of the San Francisco Bulle-
tin, and Miss Henrietta Shore, San
Francisco painter.
Among the guests were Miss Mabel
Pierce, Miss Persis Coleman, Mrs.
George Douglas, Guthrie Courvoisier,
Miss Elise Nilson, Miss Meda Me-
cartney. Miss Irene Hailing, Miss
Katherine M. Ball, Miss Natalie
Kuno, Miss Olive Cowell, Misses
Lucy and Edith Allyne, Mrs. Thomas
Wood, Mrs. Charles Curry, Mrs.
Beatrice Judd Ryan and several others.
Guy Bates Post was guest of honor
at a luncheon at the Women's City
Club, Tuesday evening, October 2.
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, chair-
man of the Hospitality Committee,
and Mrs. A. P. Black, president of
the City Club, were hostesses of the
aflair.
Other guests were: Mrs. Charles
E. Curry, Mrs. Le Roy Briggs, Miss
Elizabeth Achard, Miss Eleanor H.
Kappitz, Mrs. Fred Meyer, Mrs. W.
B. Hamilton, Miss Mabel Pierce,
Mrs. H. Cohn, Mrs. Marcus Kosh-
land. Miss Ella Bailey, Mrs. William
Allen, Mrs. Harry IVIann, Mrs. Paul
Butte, Mrs. George C. Warren, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Obee, Mrs. A.
Ancker, Mrs. I. C. Levi, Miss Anne
Baggs, Mrs. Harold Pracht, Miss
Ethel Way, Miss Grace Way, Mrs.
Rad, Miss Grace M. Gorman, Mrs.
Willis Walker, Mrs. Clinton Walker
and Mrs. Edward Rainey. The lun-
cheon was served in the National De-
fenders' Room.
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Amelia Earhart, aviatrix, was the
complimented guest at a dinner at
the Women's City Club in the Na-
tional Defenders' Room Wednesday
evening, September 26. Mrs. Charles
Miner Cooper and Mrs. A. P. Black
greeted the guests and presented the
engaging young woman who has made
such a distinguished name for herself
in an unusual field.
Some of the other guests present
were: Miss Elizabeth Achard, Mrs.
Allen, Miss Ella Bailey, Dr. Adelaide
Brown, Mrs. Charles E. Curry, Mrs.
Ludwig Frank, Miss Anne Howard,
Mrs. W. B. Hamilton, Mrs. Theo-
dore Lunstedt, Miss Marion Leak,
Mrs.H.R. Mann, Miss L. I. Macrae,
Miss Laura McKean, Miss Anne
Page, Miss Alva Phelps.
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Music in the City Club
By Anna Cora Winchell
THE Music Committee of the
Women's City Club launched
its winter season of Sunday
evening concerts September 30. Mrs.
Leonard Woolams, chairman, was
also hostess on this occasion and pre-
sented Frank Carroll Giffen who, in
turn, introduced a group of very de-
lightful artists.
His own voice, tenor, was heard
to advantage in an unusual list which
embraced "Two Venetian Songs"
(Schumann), "The Island" (Zardo),
"The Bracelet to Julia" (Albert
Spalding), and "Dorien" (Bryceson
Treharne). A duet from "Faust" was
pleasing, sung by Elsa Behlow Traut-
ner and Glen Chamberlain, and these
two were joined by Douglas Beattie,
basso, in the "Trio" from the same
opera. Mrs. Trautner, a ringing so-
prano, of rich calibre, was heard in a
solo group, and Mr. Chamberlain's
lyric tenor was effective.
Douglas Beattie, still in the student
class, is promising with his full tones
which were well delivered. Miss Ber-
enice Giffen is the gifted child of her
father and sang with the freedom and
joyousness of a bird in coloratura.
Mrs. Horatio F. Stoll was hostess
on the evening of October 14, offering
an exceptionally fine program. Lin-
coln Batchelder, pianist, played with
power and discriminating interpreta-
tion. His group included the Schu-
mann "Aufschwung" (Soaring), the
Chopin C sharp minor "Etude" and
"Polonaise," Opus 53 ; Liszt's "Son-
netto della Petrarca," the Bizet-Rach-
maninoff "Minuet" from "L'Arle-
sienne" Suite and the Dohnanyi C
major "Rhapsody." As a resident ar-
tist, Mr. Batchelder is not to be ex-
celled and his work is to be favorably
regarded in any circumstance.
Nothing more beautiful has been
heard in this Club's musical life than
the flute playing of Kathlyn Woolf.
The tones roll on like those of a beau-
tiful wild bird, carefree and radiant,
and her list was as happy as its inter-
pretation. Miss Woolf played Cha-
minade's "Concerto, "German's "Valse
Gracieuse" and the lovely "Melody"
from Clock's "Orpheus."
Miss Emilie Zaretsky, mezzo so-
prano, sang well, giving accent to the
heavier works, such as those from
Wagner, Strauss and Handel, accom-
panied by Mrs. Carol Van Hulst. The
San Francisco Musical Club Choral
was splendidly led through Schubert's
"Die Allmacht" and "The Lord Is
My Shepherd" by its director, Wal-
lace A. Sabin.
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COMPANY
Hotel, Cafe and Club
Flat Work
Towels and Linens
Supplied for Restaurants
and Cafes
Coats and Gowns for
Doctors and Dentists
and Nurses
Towel Service for
Offices
Eighth and Folsom Sts.
San Francisco
Telephone MArket
women's C I T -i' CLUB MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER
1928
STOP and LISTEN/
Care for your body in the way that
God intended you should care for it.
Scientific exercise
is necessary for body build-
ing . . . for weight reduc-
ing . . . for proper elimina-
tion ... to guard against
overweight ... to relieve
nervous troubles and
constipation.
Instruction given individually
if preferred. Special classes
for business women in the
evening and for housewives
and women of leisure in the
morning and afternoon.
Siuedisli Massage, Cabinet Baths, Hydrotherapy, Sun-
ray Treatments. Nurse alicays in attendance.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SAN FRANCISCO ACADEMY
OF PHYSICAL CULTURE
Lower Main Floor, Women's City Club Building
Telephones: KEarny 8400 and KEarny 8170
YOUR PROBLEMS
Mrs. Helen A. Doble, in charge of the
Women's Department, will be glad to enter-
tain any problems of interest to women street
car riders. Telephone Sutter 3200,
Room 611, 58 Sutter Street.
MARKET STREET
RAILWAY GO.
Samuel Kahn, President
VJoolen Blarik^ts . . .
thoroughly cleaned . . without shrinking . .
by the special thomas process.
Dainty comforters and bedspreads of the
most delicate colors also cleaned to your
entire satisfaction.
To secure estimates for the reconditioning of
Winter bedding, draperies and, of course, the
family's wearables . . .
Telephone HEMLOCK ISO
The F. THOMAS
Parisian Dyeing and Cleaning Works
27 Tenth Street, San Francisco
AST I COLONY
Juice ofihe Grape
rJ THESE DAYS a well-stoclced cellar designates the perfect
host. ..that is, when his cellar contains a generous supply of Asti
Colony Juice of the Grape. Home beverages made from Itjlian
Swiis Colony TIPO (red or white). Asti Colony Burgundy, Riesling and
Sweet Sauteme )uices of the Grape are the answer to the enccrtain-
ment requirements of the most discriminating connoisseurs.
These fiavory, nutritious juices crushed, stemmed and pressed to
your order from the world famous Asti Colony vintage grapes will be
delivered to your home in barrels or kegs at a nominal cosl
l5 Entotaining a Lost Art?... Not if you call Davenport 9250 and
ask our representative to suggest your cellar requirements.
ITALIAN SWISS COLONY
51 BROADWAY • SAN FRANCISCO
PHONE DA\TNPORT 9: so
Made of 100% pure pork. Packed in
one-pound cartons and delivered
fresh to your dealer daily
Made
from
selected
Eastern
corn-fed
hogs
VIRDEN PACKING COMPANY
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
39
WOMEN S
ITY CLUB MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER
1928
Convalescent Care for Worn en
and Children
... at this pleasant home, with its sun
rooms, large garden, sheltered court, and
excellent meals. Books and other diversions
provided. Patients admitted only on
recommendation of physicians.
Tubercular and Mental Cases Not Received
Terms $1.00 per Day
The San Francisco Ladies'
Protection and Relief Society
Miss Ida V. Gra
3400 Laguna Street
Miss Ann A W.Beaver
President
A, Superinfcttdent
Teleplione West 6714
Miss Edith W. Allyne
Secretary
FOOTBALL and
THANKSGIVING
For the dinner or dance after
the Big Game ... or at Thanks-
giving . . . solve your refreshment
problem with National Ice Cream.
Special molds: Turkey, foot-
ball, pumpkin, etc., in endless
variety. Frozen puddings for the
more elaborate spread.
Write or phone for descriptive
folder of molds and puddings.
NATIONAL ICE CREAM COMPANY
366 GUERRERO STREET. SAN FRANCISCO
Telephone Hemlock 6000
ttisitmag (Greeting
/or Engraving
or Printing
May now be chosen jrom a charming new selection at
The LEAGUE SHOP
Jlain Lobby
Women's City Club
Hourly Service Bureau
RELIABLE WOMEN for
Care of Children
Light Housework
Cooking
Practical Nursing
RELIABLE MEN for
Housecleaning
Window-washing
Car Washing
Care of Gardens, etc.
Day or Hour Only
Let Us Help to Solve Your Household Problems
1027 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
Telephone Hemlock 2897
JOIN THE LIFE-SAVING CLASSES
IN THE CLUB POOL FOR MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS
Senior Life Saving . . Every Wednesday at 11 :00 a. m. and 6 :00 p. m.
Junior Life Saving . . . Every Tuesday and Thursday at 4:00 p. m.
Elementary Diving Instruction Every Friday at 5 :30 p. m.
LIFE GUARD ALWAYS IN ATTENDANCE
Swimming taught individually, or in classes
For appointments, Telephone KEaRNY 8400
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THE FAMOUS PARROTT ESTATE, SAN MATEO]
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The Delight of
Women 6^ Children
The most enthusiastic boosters of Baywood
are Women and Children. It is sate to say that
if all of them could ha ve their way, they would
move to Baywood tomorrow.
The thought of a new home set in a country
garden,with all outdoors to play in— ^;/i^ warm
j-//;;i/)/;/f~ appeals to the little folks and their
mothers. Bring your family to Baywood and
observe their delight in its matchless charm.
See for yourself the many ultra-fine modern
homes we have for sale on unbelievably
generous terms
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BAYWOOD PARK COMPANY
Tract Office: third avenue & el camino real, san mateo
Telephone San Mateo 17x7
NOTE . . . Baywood is 35 minutes (20 miles) from San Francisco by motor; 28 minutes by
train. The Tract office is a 2-minute walk west of the 5. P. Station and the electric cars.
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INTERIOR DECORATING
"^O KNOW what to use in a room comes from study
' and experience. The possession of good taste is not
sufficient in itself; it must be coupled with knowl-
edge of the decorative arts and familiarity with the mate-
rials available. W. fe? J. SLOANE offer the advisory services
of a staff of interior decorators and designers of acknowl-
edged reputation, mature judgment and long experience.
((They will gladly and without charge, suggest decorative
schemes of any style, simple or elaborate, and prepare
sketches, color plans and estimates which will insure your
home being both livable and lovely.
CHARGE ACCOUNTS WELCOMED. FREIGHT PAID TO ANY SHIPPING POINT IN THE UNITED STATES AND TO HONOLULU
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W O M E N
CITY CLUB IMAGAZIXE for DECEMBER
I 9 2
ADVERTISERS
who think for themselves
prefer THE CALL
BECAL^SE — This newspaper has the largest evening cir-
culation in Northern California.
BECAUSE — Its continuous increase is due to preference
on the part of newspaper readers.
BECAUSE — An advertising message is more forcefully
presented when placed in an acknowledged leader.
BECAUSE — More people pay more money every day
for The Call than for any other evening newspaper in
Northern California.
BECAUSE — No copies of The San Francisco Call are
circulated free or at a reduced rate, either alone or in
combination with any other newspaper. No copies of
The San Francisco Call are sold in bulk form to be
distributed by political or other factions.
BECAUSE — The Call is an invited guest into the home
of every reader. The Call's circulation is paid for
100% — no arrearages of any kind on our books.
HERE IS THE SCORE OF THE EVENING NEWS-
PAPERS FOR YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1928
TOTAL CIRCULATION
Sept. .^0, 192S Sept. 30, 193;
THE CALL 112,184 108,501 Gain 3683
The Daily News 83,956 83,748 Gain 208
The Bulletin 80,903 81,505 Loss 602
CITY CIRCULATION
THE CALL 77,096 74,353 Gain 2743
The Dailv News 71,779 71,759 Gain 20
The Bulletin 44,946 44,654 Gain 292
Advertising in The Call Pays the Advertiser
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB CALENDAR
DECEMBER I— 31. 1928
December 1— Juvenile Theatre Auditorium 2;30P. M.
2 — Sunday Evening Concert, Mrs. Percy Goode, Hostess Auditorium 8:30 P.M.
3 — Lecture on "The Appreciation of Art," by Mrs. Charles
E. Curry Card Room 11 :00 A. M.
(Followed by visit to one of San Francisco's art
exhibitions.)
Leaure on Shakespeare, by Professor Benjamin H.
Lehman Auditorium 3:45 P.M.
4 — League Bridge -/jj^mWyiJoom, 2 and 7:30 P. M.
5 — Current Events, Mrs. Parker S. Maddux, Leader . . Auditorium 11:00 A.M.
Drama Reading, Miss Lillian O'Neill, Leader . . . RoomZid 7:30 P.M.
Book Review Dinner Assembly Room 6:00 P.M.
Speaker: Miss Lillian O'Neill
Book: "Old Pybbus," by Deeping
6 — Thursday Evening Program Assembly Room 8:00 P.M.
Speaker: Mrs. Edward B. Stanwood
Subject: "Compensations"
Drama Reading, Miss Lillian O'Neill, Leader . . . Committee Room 2:00P.M.
Bridge Tea. Tables $4.00. Reservations may be made
at Information Desk on the Fourth Floor .... Auditorium 2:00P.M.
8 — Juvenile Theatre Auditorium 2:30 P.M.
Program: Talma Zetta Wilbur will present the
Chronicle Kiddies in "Rackety Packety House," by
Frances Hodgson Burnett Auditorium 2:30 P.M.
10 — Lecture on "The Appreciation of Art," by Mrs.
Charles E. Curry Card Room 11:00 A.M.
Lecture on Shakespeare, by Professor Benjamin H.
Lehman Auditorium 3:45 P.M.
11 — League Bridge -tssembly Room,2 anil -.idf.M.
12 — Current Events, Mrs. Parker S. Maddux, Leader . . Auditorium 11:00 A.M.
Drama Reading, Miss Lillian O'Neill, Leader . . . Room 230 7:30 P.M.
13 — Thursday Evening Program -tssembly Room 8:00 P.M.
Speaker: Mr. Gerald Campbell, British Consul-
General
Subject: "Conditions in Great Britain"
15 — Juvenile Theatre Auditorium 2:30P.M.
16 — Sunday Evening Concert, Mrs. F. B. Wilson, Hostess Auditorium 8:30 P.M.
17 — Current Events Room 212 7:30 P.M.
Lecture on "The Appreciation of Art," Mrs. Charles
E. Curry Card Room 11:00 A.M.
18 — League Bridge Assembly Room, 2 aniXl M'P.M.
19— Drama Reading, Miss Lillian O'Neill, Leader . . . Room 210 7:30 P.M.
Current Events, Mrs. Parker S. Maddux, Leader . . Auditorium 11:00 A.M.
20— Thursday Evening Program Auditorium 8:00 P.M.
Christmas Party for members only. See special
announcement.
Drama Reading, Miss Lillian O'Neill, Leader . . . Committee Room 2:00P.M.
22 — Special Christmas Luncheon and Dinner in Cafeteria.
Juvenile Theatre Auditorium 2:30P.M.
23 — Sunday Evening Christmas Concert, Mrs. Paul Butte,
Hostess iuditorium 8:30 P.M.
24 — Lecture on "The Appreciation of Art," by Mrs.
Charles E. Curry Card Room 11:00 A.M.
25 — Special Christmas Dinner Main Dining Room, 12 to i P.M..
All regular meetings of Volunteers will be omitted during the month of December.
January 9 — Day Restaurant Volunteers Meeting Board Room 10:30 A.M.
Night Library Volunteers Meeting Board Room 6:30P.M.
Night Restaurant Volunteers Meeting Board Room 7:30 P.M.
ESTABLISHED 1852
SHREVE &? COMPANY
JEWELERS and SILVERSMITHS
Post Street at Grant Avenue
San Francisco
W OMEN
CITY C L U
MAGAZINE f 0 ,
DECEMBER
I 9 2
DISTINCTION, COLOR AND
COMFORT m a Christmas Gift
,.Jfor tfjc Smallest apartnttnt ot tlje Uargrsi li}ousei)o[b..
Stick.Reed and Wicker Furniture, deep-cushioned
for comfort, modern of design and lacquered in
any color. A Chaise Longue, Day Bed, Easy
Chair, Footstool, Bird Cage, Telephone Table
... a charming variety of occasional furniture
that will be both welcome and useful.
331 Sutter St., San Francisco
Telephone GArfidd 2357
1605 Jefferson St., Oaklanc
Telephone LAkeside 1179
E. I2th St. and 24th Ave.. Oakland
Perfumed
Chinese
Candles
no^y taking the place of
Incense Burners
Besides perfuming the
room with a delightful
odor such as Jasmine,
Rose and Sandalwood
Compound, the candle
burns brightly without
smoke and presents a
romantic. Oriental at-
mosphere to the room.
We are the exclusive
distributors for this new
Chinese innovation.
Beautifully made in
dragon design, in Green,
Yellow, Orange, Blue,
Red, Lavender, and
White.
PRICED AT
$1.25 a pair
Each pair of candles wrapped
in Chinese colored box. With-
out comparison the most
beautiful carved candles on
the market.
The
BOWL SHOP
953 GRANT AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO
. . . t/ie San Francisco address
of particular visitors!
You, too, will find this hotel to your liking. Servidors
to serve you without intrusions... a radio to entertain
you. .ice water for the turn of the faucet... vitaglass
windows for health .all these, and more, for
a reasonable rate.
Six hundred
outside rooins...
each with shower
and bath.
Garage in the
building, with
direct elevators.
Rates from
$3.50 upward.
Management: Kent W. Clark
You iL-ill enjoy our
SPECIAL TURKEY
DINNER
Christmas Day and
New Year's Day
a
y^
MM
for Luncheon «■ Tea
Dinner
dinner parties welcomed
309 Sutter Street ' San Francisco
Telephone DOuglas 2569
DISTINCTIVE
LAMPSHADES
to harmonize ivith
your color scheme
Our direct importations include
a great many things that no other
shop in this country carries . . .
Batiks from Java ' «■ Handmade Furniture
from Holland ' ' Potteries, Glass, Pewter,
Brasses, and many other objets ctart
HOLLAND ART IMPORTS
647 Sutter Street
Telephone FRanklin 3567
women's city club magazine for DECEMBER
I 9 2
Women's City CI
ub
M aga zine
Published Monthly at ~^^^^ Telephone
465 Post Street H^nM^ KEarny 8400
Entered as second-class matter April 14, 1928, at the Post Office
at San Francisco, California, under the act of March
3, 1879.
SAN FRANCISCO
Volume II DECEMBER / 1928 Number 11
Contents
asys
Club Calendar
3
10
Frontispiece
23
27
Ballot for the Board of Directors . .
Fiction
The Gift
13
By Sophie Morris Kent
Follingsby's Christmas Tree
17
By Patricia Morbio
Articles
The Convincing Hoovers ....
11
By Mrs. William Palmer Lucas
Genesis of the Christmas Card . . .
15
By Marion Leale
Greeting of Archbishop Hanna
16
The Road to Bethlehem Town . . .
20
By Bishop Charles Wesley Burns
Short Story Contest Announcement .
21
Service Plus Co-operation ....
21
By Leslie W. Ganyard
The Christmas Package
24
By Mrs. Albert Jannapolis
Music in the City Club
26
By Anna Cora Winchell
The League Shop
28
By Mrs. Albert Jannapolis
Women's Citv Club Health Examination
28
Beyond the City Limits
29
By Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
The House of the Future
32
By R. M. Schindler
31
Club Notes
36
38
Stratford-on-Avon Players
By Anne Page
Monthly Departments
Financial — The Stock Exchange . . .
42
By Sidney L. Schwartz
Travel — The Land of the Rising Sun .
34
By Arthur B. Swezey
IN
DE LUXE
MODELS
By
WalLOvcr
Brings new meanins to
Main Spring Arch Foot=
wear. Supremely tailored
in the modern sense . . .
smart and individually-
styled . . . with an added
feature,an exceptionally
narrow heel. The flexible
arch gives marvelous
support and poise.
Mat Kid $13.50
Patent 12.50
Alligator 17.50
Autumn Brown Kid 14.50
s
W.IIcO
ver
844 Market Street
San Francisco
THE
Womm'& Citj> Cluti iWagajinc ^tljool Birettorp
BOYS' SCHOOLS
THE
POTTER SCHOOL
A Day School for Boys
Primary, Grammar and High
School Departments . . . featur-
ing small classes and individual
instruction. Prepares for all
Eastern and Western colleges.
School re-opens
January 2, 1929
I. R. DAMON, A. M. (Harvard)
Headmaster
18*9 Pacific Ave. Telephone West 711
DREW _
SCHOOL accitd.Kd.«avc. half time!
a-Year High School
Course admtcs to college.
Credits valid in high Khool.
Private Lemons, any hour. Night, Day. Both sexes.
Annapolis, West Point, College Board tutoring.
Secretarial- Academic two-year course, entitles to High
School Diploma. Civil Service Coaching — all lines.
agoi California St. Phone West 7069
GIRLS' SCHOOLS
The
'Margaret Bentley School
[Accredited]
LUCY L. SOULE, Principal
High School, Intermediate and
Primary Grades
Home department limited
2722 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.
Telephone Thornwall 3820
SPECIAL TUTORING
To PARENTS oF
PUPILS REQUIRING SPECIAL HELP:
MR. A. J. DOVE, M. A.
RECENTLY
HEAD OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Menlo School and Belmont School
WILL RECEIVE A FEW PUPILS
WHO NEED SPECIAL HELP IN UPPER
GRAMMAR OR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WORK
OR WHO FIND THEIR
HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATION DEFECTIVE
AT HIS study:
No. 12 Stanford Apartments
2401 Sacramento Street
Appointments may be arranged
BY telephoning WAlnut 3255
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:30 AND 12 NOON
To Ton . . .
who want to know more
about Pacific Coast schools,
this Directory will prove of
inestimable value. Each
month you will find seasonal
as well as year-round schools
represented in these pages —
and whether you wish to find
a school specializing in art,
music or languages — a pri-
vate or business school — we
believe a glance through this
Directory each month will re-
pay you.
SPECIAL SCHOOL
A SCHOOL FOR NERVOUS
AND RETARDED CHILDREN
THE CEDARS
CORA C. MYERS, Head
A School in a natural environment of
distinctive beauty -- where children
develop latent talents.
Address
THE CEDARS
Ross, Marin County, California
COSTUME DESIGN
LtlCIEN I.ABA1JDI
Private Ichool
off Coitfume Design
Telephone GARFIELD 2883
528 Powell Street San Francisco
6
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
San Francisco
College
School of Business
Administration
[CO-EDUCATIONAL f EVENING SESSIONS]
Winter Term Opens
January 16, 1929
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SPECIALIZED TRAINING
LEADING TO
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
DEGREE
Accountancy . . . Advertising
Credit Management
Finance and Investments
Industrial Management
Insurance
Merchandising and Retail Store
Management
Office Management
Real Estate
Sales Management
Secretarial Science
Stock and Bond Brokerage
Instruction by
Professional Teachers
* / /
Call or write for catalog
Seventh Floor, Call Bldg.
Telephone Sutter 4273
SECRETARIAL SCHOOL
California Secretarial School
Instruction
Day and Evening
(S5
Indivuiutu
Instruction
for Individuat
'Heeds.
RUSS BUILDING
SAN FRANCISCO
THE
Womtvii Citp Clu6 iWasajine ^cfjool HSirectorp
BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOL
The ALICE B. CANFIELD
SCHOOL
[established 1925]
Nursery School — ages 2 to 4 years. Pre-primary
with French and Manual Arts — ages 4 to 6
years. Elementary Grades — ages
6 to 8 years.
All day or morning as preferred. Special
children's luncheon served.
Supervised play.
Afternoon Classes for Older Children. Dramatic
Arts — Music — Languages
Manual Arts
MRS. ALICE B. CANFIELD, Director
2653 STEINER STREET
Between Pacific Avenue and Broadway
Telephone Fillmore 7625
LONA HAZZARD SCHOOL
Kindergarten through Junior High
Catalogue on request
1724-1738 Santa Clara Avenue
Alameda, California
Telephone Alameda 0750
La Atalaya
Boarding and Day School
Out-of-door living
Group Activities Individual Instruction
Grammar School Curriculum
with French
ANNETTE HASKELL FLAGG, Director
Mill Valley, Califomia
Telephone M. V. fx^
The Choice of a School
... is so personal a matter,
of such importance to both
your child and to you, that
you wish naturally to give it
much consideration. This
School Directory is published
for your benefit primarily . . .
and we hope that in these
pages you will find the school
that fulfills your individual
requirements.
SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC
CUCISTENSEN
Scnool of Popular Al.usic
Alooem I /^k ^ m Piano
ELEVATED SHOPS, 150 POWELL STREET
Hours 10:30 A. M. to 9:00 P. M.
Phone GArfield 4079
YOUNGER CHILDREN
The Juvenile Conservatory
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
USING INDIVIDUAL METHODS
Receives children over two years of age, whole
or part time. Expert coaching, scientific habit
training, supervised play. Open all summer.
Every sunny hour outdoors. A few rooms for
parents in residence.
MRS. S. R. H. MARSHALL, Director.
3329 Washington Street, near Presidio Avenue
San Francisco
Phone Walnut 5845 for rates Car No. 3
PACIFIC HEIGHTS NURSERY
SCHOOL and KINDERGARTEN
Mrs. Stanley Rypins, Uirector
Every day including Saturday.
Outdoor rainy day play space.
igoo Jackson Street, at Gough
Telephone Walnut 599S
DANCING SCHOOL
The PETERS WRIGHT
SCHOOL of DANCING
[t is the aim of the Peters Wright School to
give a complete appreciation and enjoy-
ment of dancing as an art, a recreation,
a character-builder or a means
of livelihood.
2695 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Telephone Walnut 1665
SECRETARIAL SCHOOL
MacAleer School for Private Secretaries
Each student receives individual instruction.
A booklet of information will be furnished upon request.
Positions secured for graduates.
Mary Genevieve MacAleer, Principal
68 Post Street Telephone Davenport 6473
ART SCHOOL
FASHION ART SCHOOL
SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE
Sutter at Van Ness
COURSES IN
Costume Design
Millinery Making
Fashion
Illustration
Commercial Art
Foremost School of
Costume Design and
Illustration in the
West
SEWING SCHOOL
LILY BARRON SEWING STUDIO
Experts on Personality in Clothes
Individual lessons in sewing, by appointment only. Two hours, $1.50.
Materials cut, fitted and marked — can be finished at home.
Coats, $7.50; frocks, $5.50.
Patterns cut to measure. Ladies' material cut to measure, any style, $1.50.
683 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Telephone Prospect 9264
Executive Positions
For Women . . .
In Business
Preparation for the higher executive posi-
tions in business is now offered through
the Harvard "case method" courses at
Heald College.
University-grade instruction leading to
State authorized Degrees in Commerce
in two years.
Courses now available
Secretarial Science
Higher Accountancy
Business Administration
Write or telephone for FREE prospectus
Prospect 1540 A. L. Lesseman, Manager
EALD
COLLEGE
V^nNess at Post ♦ San Francisco
Also at. Oakland • SacramcnUt ♦ San Jose
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women's city club magazine for DECEMBER • I92
Give Thou^t to
#arben ^ otter j>
for Christmas
MEMBERS of your own family, and friends
as well, will appreciate a gift of enduring
beauty. Visit our retail salesroom at 445 Ninth
Street (near Harrison) and examine at your
leisure the scores of lovely pieces there.
Catalogue on request.
GLADDING, McBEAN & CO.
445 Ninth Street, San Francisco
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This year give something different. Our
attractively-priced display of beautiful
Oriental gifts will aid you in making your
selection. We suggest your shopping early
while our lines are complete. c-.j c»j «-m
Silk Haoris r Kimonos r Chinawart
Oriental Objects oj Art
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IJJ POST STREET f SAN FRANCISCO
Betwetn Grant iivenue and Stockton Street
The CITY of SAN FRANCISCO
Announces the WORLD PREMIERE of
Ernest Bloch's Prize Rhapsody
"America"
Alfred Hertz, Conductor
San Francisco Symphony
Municipal Chorus
Three Soloists
...ONE TIME ONLY...
CIVIC AUDITORIUM
THURSDAY EVE. 8:ao
DEC. 20
••>« «<>•
Reserved Seats: SO cents and $1.00
Box Office: Sherman, Clay & Company
Auspices: S. F. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Direction: AUDITORIUM COMMITTEE
James B. McSheehy, Chairman
Franck R. Havenner Warren Shannon
A Course of Treatments
as a Christmas Gift
for Your 'Mother ^
Sister or Friend
, . . . would include scientific
exercise, cabinet baths, Swed-
ish massage, hydrotherapy and
sun ray treatments . . . three
massages for $5.00.
The Massage Department is
now in charge of:
Miss Swanson, Chief Mas-
seuse; Miss Wilhelmson, for-
merly masseuse for the Queen
of Belgium; Miss Crutcher,
formerly Chief Masseuse at
the Lurline Baths; Miss Bruns, formerly masseuse
for Hollywood moving picture stars; Miss Baker,
assistant.
Mr. Henry Nier, Director, gives health talk on
Radio Station KJBS, on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, 8:4$ a. m.
Ill
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SAN FRANCISCO ACADEMY
OF PHYSICAL CULTURE
Lower Main Floor, Women's City Club Building
Telephones: KEarny 8400 and KEarny 8170
women's city club magazine for DECEMBER
I 9 2
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Inside Front Cover
Art Rattan Works
Associated Oil Company
Baumgarten Brothers .
Baywood Park Compan>
Beauty Salon— Women's Cit> Club
Bekins \'an & Storage Company
Daniel Belli
Booker & Peterman
Boston Bedding & Upholstermg Company
The Bowl Shop
Buddy Squirrel Nut Shops
Bullock & Jones
Byington Electric Compan\
California Stelos Company
The Chinatown Shoppe
Chinn-Beretta Optical Company -.-
The Cunard Line
Arthur Dahl
Mrs. Days Brown Bread
Paul Elder &• Company
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Member of the Women's City Club of San Francisco
WOMEN^S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
SAN FRANCISCO ' DECEMBER ' I928
The COMYIMCI:
By Mrs. William Palmer Lucas
THE Women's City Club is rejoicing in the great
distinction that has again come to one of our
members, Mrs. Herbert Clark Hoover. Having
been a member of our club from the beginning, the other
seven thousand fellow members feel a sort of personal
pride in her honors. And that is one of the delightful
aspects of American political life, our leaders really be-
long to us and we take a most ardent satisfaction in things
that happen to them. For weeks now we have heard and
read the testimony of the close and intimate friends of
President-elect and Mrs. Hoover; their lives have been
given to us in every detail, from every angle by those who
know them well and who had a right to speak or to write.
But their intimate friends could not have elected Mr.
Hoover. The votes of those millions who can only know
them through the press, the votes of thousands who per-
haps have had a chance contact through the war causes
or through government service, and the hundreds of men
and women who have been given opportunitj' to serve
their fellow men through Mr. and Mrs. Hoover's great
interests and services, elected Mr. Hoover to the Presi-
dency. This last group is perhaps the one from which I
would pay this tribute.
How do Mr. and Mrs. Hoover appear to the millions
who do not know them intimately? Well, I should say
first you do not have to know them well to like them ; I
believe Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are the most convincing
man and woman in the United States today, to even the
most casual acquaintance or to the man standing on the
very periphery of a Madison Square Garden audience!
The reason is that they are truly great, and great people
are so simple, so real, so lacking in swank, (to use Kath-
leen Norris' word) so forgetful of themselves, that the
most accidental of acquaintances will remember all their
lives that contact or interview or call that left such a
memory.
The first time I heard Mr. Hoover talk to a small
group by a fireside was when the King and Queen of
Belgium were in San Francisco. Mr. Hoover was busy,
but the acute question of Serbian relief was uppermost.
California was to be organized. Four or fiv^e of us were
discussing it. A State Chairman was being sought. One
of us felt she could not do any more. Then suddenly the
quiet man sitting there, looking into the fire became a
forceful appeal that no one could refuse. He was tired —
he was carrying great burdens — the task of feeding
starving children had not been completed. All he said
was, in substance — "We are all tired, I know, but this
must be done" — and it was done.
In 1922, as Regional Director of the 7th Region of
the National League of Women Voters, I was attending
the National Convention at Baltimore. I wanted to talk
over with Mr. Hoover the Russian situation. Mrs.
Hoover had entertained the entire California delegation
at dinner and they had departed for an evening meeting.
Mr. Hoover was free for an hour after dinner and Mrs.
Hoover had suggested that we talk then. She took one
end of the big sofa with her knitting close to the lamp ;
I sat at the other, and we both faced Mr. Hoover as he
sat on the long piano bench with his hands slipped under
his knees, swinging his feet and talking rapidly, eagerly
of Russia. The engineer was speaking ; the man who
hated unnecessary suffering for civilian populations was
talking with conviction ; the man who could not bear the
thought of further devastation for little children was
stating facts. What he said does not belong here. I only
saw my own information shrivel, the gaps in my array
of facts were so great that I almost fell through the hole
made by them, and vanished from the room ! I think I
should have if Mrs. Hoover had not been there, sort of
sharing my femininity at least! She had not entered into
the talk, but now and then, as Mr. Hoover drew those
quick, vivid word pictures, she would look up from her
work with a certain shine in her eyes that meant comrade-
ship of thought, a sharing of intellectual deductions as well
as years of adventurous living. That talk sent me back
to my international study work with a determination to
fill in the gaps, to be satisfied with nothing less than the
u'hole truth. As I said, Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are con-
vincing, whatever your approach.
Again last spring we had gone in late in the afternoon
to that delightful back porch on the Washington house
overlooking the garden below and the woody edges of the
Park. The "Chief" was to be there late and we could
see him after the many tea guests had gone. Once more
we felt that convincingness. They were launched again
on an adventure together, an adventure full of fatigue,
of hardships, of hazards to minds and hearts. The nom-
ination was still to be won. It was the day before the
Indiana primary. The porch and the garden below bore
evidence to the many, many groups who had been in for
tea with Mrs. Hoover. There was no sense of hurry or
fatigue — just a quiet hour of relaxation before the next
thing to be done. And yet they both were so convincing.
There was no cocksureness, just quiet happy interest in
the big task before them. The "Chief" was speculating
with an almost shy boyish interest in the next day's
primary, and discussing with us quite frankly the give and
take to be expected in the National Convention. We
came away more impressed than ever with the sense of
the fitness of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover for the hard arduous
task of the Presidency. They give a sense of unreality to
non-essential things and they quicken one's faith in high
endeavors, and great achievements for our country. You
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The Hoovers in the garden of their home on San Juan Hill on the campus of Stanford
University : President-elect Hoover, Allan Hoover, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Jr., Herbert
Hoover, Jr., Peggy Ann Hoover, darling of her grandfather's heart, and
Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
maj- not agree with all in which they believe but you are
convinced by them of their own truly great conception of
life. The campaign is too close to us all to be "Olympic"
about it and a mere woman at that! but the radio gave
Mr. Hoover to the country; I believe the radio brought
into our homes that quiet, convincing personality. You
could not escape his relentless idealism, his faith in his
vision for our country. He believes in us all ; he believes
the American people will meet the facts; he will know the
facts and he will share the facts about every problem
with us all. Just as we voluntarily rationed ourselves
during the war because Mr. Hoover's faith in us was
great enough to call forth a return in co-operation that
no law would have achieved, I believe his election is not
an act of party but an act of faith. He who believes in
party government saw parties, as such, mean mighty little
in his own election. The Republican party had as many
lines obliterated perhaps, as the Democratic Party. Every-
body voted for Mr. Hoover regardless of party. The
American people believe in Mr. Hoover. He believes in
us and out of that pact of friendship between people and
leader, great achievements for our nation will come. But
I was to have written about Mrs. Hoover, you say. Well,
I have, Mr. Hoover is Mrs. Hoover's greatest interest
and achievement — yes, achievement — she has back-
grounded his life always so that he might achieve his
dreams. Her faith in him and his faith in her is, I have
a feeling, the reason he has such faith in us and we in him.
Editor's Note: Our member, Mrs. Lucas, is the wife of Dr.
Lucas who was a member of the Commission for Relief in
Belgium during 1916. This in explanation of Mrs. Lucas'
use of the title "Chief" for Mr. Hoover. All members of the
"C.R.B." affectionately refer to Mr. Hoover as the "Chief."
The title is now used generally throughout his staff of workers
everywhere.
Jomen's Citp Club ^triiii Congratulatorp Jlegfiagc to J^oobcrsf
To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover :
"The Jf'omen's City Club of San Francisco
sends heartiest greetings and congratulates the
nation on the prospect of an administration of
great fulfillment."
(signed) Mrs. A. P. Black, President.
To which Mrs. Hoover replied upon her
visiting card, which bore the inscription,
"Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Stanford University,"
as follows : "My husband and I appreciate
your iiire of congratulations."
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92
GREAT excitement pulsed
through the city of Lim — yes,
and throughout the entire
kingdom — for today was the day of
days: the day which marked the re-
turn of the three Princes. One year
and seven days ago had the Old King
sent forth his three sons, out into for-
eign countries beyond his realm, to
learn what they could learn of the
world, and today were they sworn to
return with their experience and find-
ings. A year and seven days ago had
been a feast day too, with banners
hanging from the houses, and dancing
in the streets. To the sound of music
and over flower-strewn pavements
had the three gallant King's sons rid-
den forth from the city of Lim, their
jewels flashing in the sunlight, their
laughter echoing gaily as they rode.
Today all the city of Lim had holi-
day, and the crowds in the streets
hummed with eagerness. The portly
shop-keepers and their wives put on
their heaviest gold chains and ear-
rings ; the grand ladies in satins and
furs leaned from bright-colored bal-
conies ; and even the beggars from the
city outskirts had flowers in their caps.
Suddenly there was a great noise of
shouting and huzzahs, and in the
morning sunlight Prince Helmar, the
King's eldest born, rode with a goodly
company of followers through the city
streets. Wonderful he was to view.
Tall and dark and haughty, he sat
upon his night-black horse, glittering
in armor of golden leaf intricately
fashioned and adorned; and from un-
der the golden plumes on his helmet
his dark eyes flashed with many tri-
umphs. The people shouted with
pride at the sight, and bore him to the
Old King's audience hall, and
crowded all the doors and windows
and pavements to hear what he would
say.
Standing before the King his father,
Prince Helmar told of many coun-
tries visited, and distant lands. He
told of marble palaces built skyward
to incredible heights; of gardens hang-
ing from the air ; of lands where men
wore braided hair and tiny women all
had pointed eyes. Many letters he
brought the King his father from for-
eign potentates — letters of courteous
invitation ; and caravans of costly pres-
ents. The Old King was vastly
pleased, and all the people too, that
thus their eldest Prince should bring
high honor to their country.
^fje (§ift
By Sophia Morris Kext
(Mrs. William Kent, Jr.)
Then in the early afternoon, down
on the city's waterfront arose a mighty
clamor, and a handsome ship drew in
to shore ; and from its decks leapt out
the second son. Prince Tybo. His
yellow hair was bound up with a
multi-colored scarf; he wore a wide
embroidered sash and dagger sailor
fashion ; and his blue eyes sparkled
with a gay content.
Swift through the city streets they
brought him to the King; and there
with laughter in his voice he told of
windy voyages to rock-bound coasts,
of gentle sails to lazy tropic lands, and
•The Holy Family"
Contemporaneous copy of a Murillo canvas
in the crypt of Grace Cathedral, San Fran-
cisco, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis F.
Monteagle.
journeyings to strange and savage
islands. He brought the King his
father many maps of undiscovered
places, and showed him fertile lands
for conquering. The Old King reached
a greedy hand out for the maps ; and
all the people smiled to answer Tybo's
smile.
The day wore on. The feasting and
the dancing held full sway. The King
sat in his room of state and conversed
happily with Helmar and with Tybo,
the while they wondered what Alayne
the youngest brother would bear home.
"He is late in coming," the people
murmured to each other. "What can
be keeping him? It must be a great
gift he brings, that he should so delay
his stated time."
The wonder of his absence grew
with the long hours of afternoon, until
by sundown all the city was a-hum
with wagging tongues of curiosity.
But still no Prince. The King within
his palace frowned. His sons had
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taken solemn oath to all return upon
that day — their princely word — and
here the time for closing of the citv
gates was come, and still no Prince.
The King sent out his menials upon
the walls to scan the landscape in the
failing light and see if some proces-
sion were not winding cit>'ward, or if
perhaps at sea there were no ships
upon the dim horizon. But they re-
ported nothing but a solitary traveler
who just now on foot had entered
through the cit\- gates as they were
closing.
"Bring him to me. He may have
news," the Old King cried, and so
they hurried out to meet the stranger.
But when they came apace with him
they stopped aghast. It was no stran-
ger who had entered in. It was
Alayne, the youngest Prince !
He wore no flashing garments, for
his clothes were worn and travel-
stained. His dark brown hair was
colored with the road-dust, and his
walk was that of one whose journey
covered many weary miles. Lean, and
brown, and worn he looked, but in his
calm gray eyes there shone a light that
as he went the citj' streets made all
the jabbering people hush their noise
and stare in wonder.
"He is bewitched !" they whispered ;
"see how he goes as one in sleep."
"He has dreamed dreams," they
said. "Mark you his eyes!"
And in the audience hall the news
of his strange coming was before him,
and he entered there to a vast teeming
silence and the vision of his father
towering majestic upon a distant
throne.
The Old King spoke severely :
"You are late. What gift have you
to offer to excuse your tardiness, and
that like a beggar walking through
the streets you come to keep your
promise?"
"I have traveled from so far a
place," the young Prince answered,
"and have made such haste to get here
for this day, that I have scarcely
marked the manner of my journey-
ing."
"Well, well, the gift?" the Old
King cried impatiently. "What have
you brought?"
"A message, sire."
"A message? Is that all? From
where, and whom, and to what end,
and why?" The Old King strode the
dais up and down. "Speak out!"
And Alayne then began a tale of
how upon his wanderings he had en-
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countered certain learned men of royal
blood who had said they journeyed
eastward to behold a promised mir-
acle. In a small place, they told him,
would be born a Child who later
should be King of all the universe,
and at whose name the world entire
would bow its head in times to come.
He marveled at their tale, and not
the less that that which led them
oxvwa.r6. toward the spot in which the
baby lay was a great star that nightly
moved across the heavens. He joined
that kingly caravan of men, and with
them journeyed toward the east. And
when at length they came to a small
town called Bethlehem rough shep-
herds joined them from the hills be-
cause they too had seen the Star.
And then in Bethlehem the heavens
over where the Baby lay had opened
up in a great rift of light, and there a
host of lovely creatures all with wings
had sung a message to mankind. This
message he had brought back to the
King his father and to all of those
who heard him — and it was that a
great peace and plentitude and glory
would descend upon the earth, result-
ant of the coming of this Child — and
there would be good will toward fel-
low men.
Alayne stopped speaking, and a
silence reigned throughout the audi-
ence hall, so deep and so incredulous
that when the Old King spoke his
voice clanged loudly in the air.
"And is this all?" he cried aghast;
and when Alayne said "Yes," he bel-
lowed at his son :
"You have the vast effrontery to
stand before me there and tell me that
you traveled all those many miles, and
spent your every coin, and jewels too,
to hear some winged creatures singing
through a hole in heaven a message
which you call a gift to me? Truly,
you might have stayed at home and in
some tavern on the water-front have
found enough good wine to furnish
twenty holes with twenty messages as
fine!"
The audience within the great room
then rocked with a mighty laugh, and
then the youngest Prince's kinsfolk all
began to question him of this and that.
and at his answers laughed still more.
"How was he lodged, this King of
Kings?" and "Was Alayne not
blinded by the sight of so much radi-
ance?" and "What fine gifts did those
good shepherds bring?"
And Alayne answered patiently
them all ; and as they watched his eyes
they said again :
"He is bewitched. See how the
dream still lingers in his eyes"; and
then they laughed.
And then among the teasings Hel-
mar's forked tongue spoke out in ac-
cents sharp with scorn.
"And this same Mother of this
Wonder-Child, what sort of woman
was she? Did she not speak, or sing,
or shout, or prophesy? — or did she but
keep silence all the while?"
"Oh yes, her voice was heard,"
Alayne made answer.
"Indeed! What pearls of wisdom
fell from out her lips?"
Alayne raised thoughtful eyes up to
his brother's face.
"I think it was a lullaby," he said.
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Semesis cr THE Chmstmas Card
By Marion W. Leale
c
iHRISTMAS cards! What a
waste of mone\!"
"I can't tell you how many
hundreds of Christmas cards I get!"
"I just love my Christmas cards
and always save them to enjoy again
after Christmas."
We all have heard these three dis-
similar remarks. For the cynic of the
first, let us be sorry. For the author
of the second exclamation, let us feel
the indifference which animates her
when she makes it. For the friend of
the third, let us be thankful. For she
(or he) has the understanding heart.
What is the origin and history of
Christmas cards? English, Italian.
French, Russian, characteristic mes-
sages from far-flung nations, Medici
pictures, wood blocks, pasteboards of
all shapes and sizes are transmitted
over the earth by the millions at this
time of the year.
The offering of gifts at Yule has
existed since offerings were made to
the god, Frey, for a fruitful year. But
what of Christmas cards?
As the most startling fact I can
offer let me say that there are still
living in England many who remem-
ber the first appearance of a Christmas
card in the world. The early part of
the nineteenth century saw the birth
of this phase of Christmas greeting.
In the eighteenth century, however,
there had arisen in England what
were known as "Christmas Pieces" or
"School Pieces," specimens of hand-
writing "laboriously produced" says
one writer, "under the superintend-
ence of the writing master," pen flour-
ishes elaborate and ugly with birds,
and scrolls, such as writing experts on
the streets of San Francisco years ago
used to exhibit as evidence of their
ability or agility in producing a
unique calling card. But long before
these ceased to be sold, the use of these
"Christmas Pieces" was "discontinued
in all schools of the better class."
The first Christmas card, some say,
was sent by Mr. W. C. T. Dobson,
R. A., in 1844 to a friend, a card
symbolizing the spirit of Christmas.
The following Christmas he designed
another card and sent lithographed
copies to his many friends. Others say
that the first real card was that pub-
lished by Mr. Joseph Cundall, a Lon-
don artist, for this was the first actu-
ally sold, although it is probable that
copies were not put on the market
generally until some twentj^ \ears
later. In the London Times in Janu-
ary, 1884, Mr. Cundall wrote: "The
first Christmas card ever published
was issued by me in the usual way, in
it Christmas Card: Sent in 1846
the year 1846 at the office of Felix
Summerly 's Home Treasury, 12 Old
Bond Street. Mr. Henry Cole (after-
ward Sir Henry) originated the idea.
The drawing was made by J. C. Hors-
ley, R. A., it was printed in lithogra-
phy by Mr. Jobbins of Warwick
Court, Holborn, and colored by hand.
Many copies were sold, but possibly
not more than one thousand. It was
of the usual size of a lady's card."
This card may be seen in T. G.
Crippin's "Christmas and Christmas
Lore," and is described as "an elab-
orate affair, showing two allegorical
designs of clothing the naked and
feeding the hungry, together with a
family group of three generations,
quaffing wine."
Not until 1862, however, did the
custom of sending Christmas cards ob-
tain any foothold or spread from Eng-
land to other countries. Then experi-
ments were made with cards of the
size of the ordinary carte de visite in-
scribed simply "A Mtrry Christmas"
and "A Happy New Year." After
that there came to be added robins and
holly branches, embossed figures and
landscapes.
"I have the original designs before
me now," wrote "Luke Lumner" or
John Leighton to the London Publish-
ers' Circular, December 31, 1883;
"they were produced by Goodall and
Son. Seeing a growing want, and the
great sale obtained abroad, this house
produced (1868) a Little Red Riding
Hood, a Hermit and His Cell, and
many other subjects in which snow and
the robin played a part."
From this 1862, the custom grew
by leaps and bounds until in 1922,
cards of well-known American illus-
IS
trators and designers were added to
those of the English artists. Then
came cards designed in old wood-cut
style and printed on Italian Fabriaud
paper, engraved on wood, printed on
Japanese paper and hand-colored,
printed on wood veneer and hand-
colored, printed on deckle-edged board
and hand-colored.
And so from the little red robin in
the snow who cheered the English
friend with the greeting from his
friend has descended the present
day Christmas card with its elaborate
envelope and tissue paper shield. What
other custom has assumed such gigan-
tic proportions in a half century?
From cards of the modest size of
a calling card in 1846 to cards of
large proportions elaborate and ornate.
Let us remember its origin, however,
in the spirit of the giver and the re-
ceiver. Let us, in America, discard
the irrelevant card and cling to the
card of rare beauty and sentiment in
this busy work-a-day world. And let us
choose our cards (in our League Shop
of course) with the particular friend
in mind to whom we shall address the
envelope.
Let me close by quoting the origin
of Christmas customs as outlined by
Lawrence Hutton: "Our Christmas
carols appear to have come from the
Holy Land itself ; our Christmas trees
from the East by way of Germany ;
our Santa Claus from Holland ; our
stockings hung in the chimney from
France or Belgium, and our Christ-
mas cards and verbal Christmas greet-
ings, our Yule logs, our boars' heads,
our plum puddings and our mince pies
from England. Our turkey is seem-
ingly our only contrib\ition."
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Gfjns^tmas ^ti^^^t from Qrcpis;l)op H^nna
Ii^ gloriousi bision tfje JHcsfSiaf) appcarcb to tfjc Cfjilbren of SiSracl asf tfje prince
of ^cacc. ait eac}) recurring Cfjrisftmagtibc, ag toe atoait in sipirit tfte coming of
ttje €mmanuel, our jjcarts, too, long for ^eace: ^eacc toitf) oursielbesi; peace toitft
tfjosie tofjo toucf) our libeg; peace to all of goobtoill ttjrougljout tfje eartl). JMap tije
Cljrifitmafi! ttjat batong bring ug eber nearer tijat toigf)eli=for goal anb tfjat peace
^^*^*^^ tofjicf) paggetf) unberfitanbing. EDWARD J. HANNA, Archbishop of San Francisco
^jlob rest pou, merrj> gentlemen,
Het notijing pou bisimap,
jFor f esus Cfjrist, (0ur ^abiour,
l^asi born upon tljis! bap;
tE^o siabe us all from Satan's potoet,
W\^txi toe toerc gone astrap.
—Old English Carol
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f OLLHMGSIBY'S ChEISTMAS TeEE
Bi Patricia Morbio (Mrs. Carlo Sutro Morbio)
M
'Y father can do anjthing."
"Aw, he can't either."
"Yes, he can, even if he is sick, and when he
gets well "
"Aw, he ain't never goin' ter git well. He's a "
"He will — he will, and he'll buy me a pony like the one
he used to have when he was little, and "
Derisive laughter drowned out the rest of the sentence,
and then there could be heard the banging of a door and
the rapid patter of tiny feet ascending the wooden stairs
before an indignant little whirlwind of a six-year-old girl
burst into the room. She paused when she saw that a
stranger was present, and blinked her eyes very hard to
stem the tears that were near the brink. Her father gave
her a reassuring smile and said :
"This is Miss Curtis, Marcia."
"Charmed to meet \ou. Miss Curtis" — the phrase and
the accompanying curtsey, though mechanically executed,
had a delightful grace about them.
"Father," she burst forth, crossing rapidly to the net
curtain that hung about the invalid's bed.
"Not too close," he warned her as she pressed near him.
"Those horrid children down in the yard say that you
won't get well. But you will. Father dear, won't you?
You promised "
"I promised to do mv best, dear, and" — grimly — "I
will."
"And you will make Santa Claus bring me a tree and
toys?" Her face was alight again.
"Of course I will, dear."
Her mother came in dressed for the street.
"Wanna go with me, hon?" she asked the child.
"Where to?" answered the child.
"What sort of language is that?" asked the father, with
irritation.
"Oh, I forgot. Father. Where are you going, Mother?"
she worded her question deliberately.
"To the store, dearie," the mother responded in a
monotonous voice.
"Oh, and can — may I have a penny for the monkey if
we meet him?" Eagerness lighted the lovely little face.
The mother peered into a dilapidated purse.
"Uh-huh, you kin. C'mon," she said. "Git y'r things."
"God!" groaned the invalid.
"Air ye in pain, Arthur? Kin I do anything fer ye afore
I go?" asked his wife with solicitude.
"No — there's nothing that you can do about this pain."
His reply bristled with sarcasm that was wholly lost on
her as she turned to adjust a coat and an over-elaborate
bonnet on the child, who came running into the room.
"Will you be quite fit while we're away. Father?" asked
the child. Her maternal tenderness was adorable.
"Quite, my sweet. Miss Curtis will be here part of the
time, and you won't be away long," he replied, smiling
fondly upon her.
"Good-bye, then, darling." She blew him a kiss, and
went out the door with her mother.
The glow faded from the sick man's face, and he sank
back among his pillows with a deep sigh.
"She's a darling," I said, trying to recall him to his
happier mood.
"She could be if " He broke off and glanced wearily
out the window.
"Oh, she is, and she'll develop beautifully," I said,
hating my own false optimism.
"How can she?" he asked me desperately. "My days
are numbered — Fm no fool about that — and when Fm
gone she'll have no one but that poor thing of a mother —
oh, I shouldn't speak of her like that. The woman has
been a saint to me. She kept a boarding house down in
the desert town where I went when this thing first assailed
me. I grew worse instead of better there, and the doctor
said that I should go up into the mountains. I couldn't
go alone. She wouldn't go as my nurse, so, in sheer
desperation, I married her. Her devotion and care did
wonders for me, and when I felt strong again I decided
that I must try to take life up on her plane, if possible,
and be her 'gude mon,' so to speak."
A spell of coughing racked him and broke the narrative.
I brought him a glass of water, and gradually the paroxysm
subsided, leaving him quite spent.
"Don't try to talk for a while," I said. "I think I can
perhaps guess part of the sequel. You left your mountain
resort because you felt that you were quite restored, and
came to the city and took a position ?"
He nodded an affirmative.
"Things went along pretty well for a while, your baby
arrived, and perhaps you felt that she would compensate
you for the other disappointments in your life?"
"Exactly," he answered.
"Then the old trouble returned?"
"Yes — in the rapid form that it sometimes takes, you
know," he went on. "Then I saw what a mess Fd made
of things — bringing all that loveliness into the world —
and then leaving it to be stamped into the ordinary pattern
— all as a result of an initial instinct of self-preservation."
"Have you no relatives?" I asked hesitatingly.
"Yes — but what is the use of them ? Can I summon
them here to find me like this — my child living in poverty
— my wife a person that they would disdain?" His ques-
tions poured forth rapidly.
"Most of those objections spring from your pride. Isn't
it worth swallowing that for the sake of the baby?" I
ventured.
"You don't know them," he said bitterly.
"No, of course I don't," I answered lightly. "Let's
talk about Christmas for a minute."
"Yes, let's. I can afford to talk about it anyway." He
was trying valiantly to be sprightly.
"Of course the baby must have a tree," I began.
"Ah, yes, I think we can manage that," he answered as
he drew a pocket-book from beneath his pillow. "I have
a long-cherished bill here that I think we can dare to use
for Christmas. I want this to be a particularly happy
Christmas for her, because it probably will be my last one,
you see. Now about the tree — will it be expensive ?"
"No — not very. I think "
"Because," he broke in, "while Fd love her to have as
many toys as possible, and the tree, I want to have enough
left so that you can get her some kind of a decent hat to
replace that dreadful bonnet that her mother bought for
her. Poor thing! She thought it a wonderful creation,"
he smiled wrily.
"Well, I can arrange that, I think," I answered.
"And would it be asking too much to beg that you let
my wife think that it comes from you? Fd hate to hurt
her feelings, you know," he said, with some embarrassment.
"Certainly. I understand perfectly."
"And do you think that out of this one poor little bill
you could squeeze a bottle of scent for my wife ? She loves
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it so — and if it could just not be the very cheap sort "
a picture of his past suffering on that score was uncon-
sciously revealed in his pleading tone.
I raised the curtain, and took the bill from his poor
wasted hand.
"I'll come in on Christmas Eve after the child has gone
to bed, and you can supervise the decoration of the tree,"
I said gaily. "And now, I'll heat a little of the soup that
I brought for you."
I hurried into the dingy kitchen, with my jar of soup,
and lighted the gas under a grimy sauce-pan. When it
was nearly heated, he called to me.
"What is it, Mr. Follingsby?" I said, returning quickly
to his bedside. In his hand he held a somewhat crumpled
envelope.
"I've been thinking over what you said about swallow-
ing my pride for Marcia's sake," he said shyly, "and I
believe that you are right. I wrote this some time ago, but
never could induce myself to send it. Would you mind
posting it for me?"
"I'll be delighted to do so. Oh, the soup " and I
fled to save it from boiling over.
I brought him the bowl of steaming soup, and some
crisp little biscuits on a rather rickety tray.
"How good it smells," he said, bending his head over it.
"Thank you for everything — -but most of all for under-
standing. Good-bye."
"Good-bye," I answered, and hastened out, so as not to
let him see the tears that were flooding my eyes.
Down the street, I met the wife and Marcia standing
before a toy-store window.
"Oh, Miss Curtis," cried the little girl, "do you really
believe my father can get Santa to bring me a tree and a
doll and a little white cradle like that one?" I made
mental notes of the things that she was enumerating.
"Hush now, dearie," her mother admonished. "You
mustn't be thinkin' about so many things. We can't
afford "
"But Father can make him do it. Father can do most
anything — don't you think so. Miss Curtis?"
"He's pretty wonderful," I smiled back at her. "What
are you going to ask Santa to bring him?"
"He needs a new robe most dreadfully. His is almost
ragged," came the prompt reply.
"S-s-h," her mother warned her almost impatiently.
"You'd better write to Santa about that," I suggested.
"Oh, I will — I will." She clapped her little hands
happily.
"I left Mr. Follingsby taking some soup," I said to the
mother.
"Poor man. I'm afraid he can't last out much longer."
She lowered her voice so that Marcia could not hear.
"He's a grand sort. Miss Curtis. He has his tantrums, of
course, but that's his high-strung blood. I never mind. He
kin be so kind other times. You and your friend are
awfully good to us. I don't see how we'd make out
without ye. Well, we must be gittin' back. C'mon, babe."
Marcia turned reluctantly from the dazzling window,
curtsied me her good-bye, and the two went on their way.
I walked slowly along, thinking of all the angles in this
complicated problem. An old friend of my mother's who
had become bedridden had asked me to help her with this
case. It had come to her notice while she was chairman
of the Aid Society of her church. She had assumed full
charge of the Follingsby case herself, and it fretted her to
feel that her illness might halt their being helped. When
I had asked her if there was anything that I might do for
her, she besought me to carry on this bit of her work.
"It's a case that requires infinite tact and delicacy in
handling," she said.
"So you are trying to flatter me into taking it — is that
it?" I laughed at her.
"He's one of those unfortunate j'ounger sons of an old
English family. He's drifted into a strange marriage, poor
fellow. You'll find him a pitiable object," she went on ;
and so I had, particularly this evening.
Gradually, as I went on my way, I dismissed from my
mind the more disturbing emotional aspects of the situa-
tion, and began to try to plan practically about the Christ-
mas celebration. It obviously could not be the routine Aid
Society sort of thing, for I could see that Follingsby
wished this to be a little landmark in his child's memory.
He hoped by achieving this typical bit of Follingsby life to
give her something that would linger on after his death.
Thus he might lift her perhaps to a plane a bit above the
one where circumstances would place her — a laudable
ambition, truly, and wortli all the co-operation that I
could muster.
Before I mailed his letter, I copied the address, thinking
sadly enough that at some not far off day I might have
occasion to use it.
During the next few weeks, I buried every vestige of
my pride, and brazenly begged from my friends, acquaint-
ances, relatives, neighbors, tradespeople — in fact all that
came my way.
I saw the Follingsbys frequently, but as the child was
always present, there was no chance for any discussion of
Christmas plans. I could only give him a reassuring nod
in answer to the eager questioning in his eyes, or pass over
to him some bit of information as I talked of Santa Claus
with little Marcia.
I felt all the excitement and alternate thrills and mis-
givings of a playwright, and after all I was collaborating
on a very real little bit of drama. I worked zealously, so
that every possible detail would fulfill the ideal of the
author, and produce just the desired effect on the tiny
audience. One friend gave me a charming gown of black
georgette for Mrs. Follingsby. I had bought a nice cameo
at a charity rummage sale that would be just the right
note of decoration. Shoes, underwear, and various acces-
sories assembled miraculously. I made an arrangement
with my own hairdresser to bestow a manicure, a sham-
poo, and a discreet marcel upon the poor neglected woman
on Christmas Eve. I had made some slip covers of gay
chintz for the rickety chairs and sofa. I purloined a
snowy white tablecloth from my own mother's linen sup-
ply, and I counted on my wreaths and garlands and flowers
to conceal further shabbinesses. I had begged fresh linen
for Mr. Follingsby from my brother, and my bridge club
had pooled their winnings for these weeks to buy the new
robe. I had fresh linens and a new counterpane for his
bed. For the child, I had acquired a sweet little wardrobe
of the dainty simple types of little frocks and underthings
that I knew would delight her father. A matching coat
and hat of a soft shade of green were the crowning features
of this collection.
Not even in my earliest youth had I ever looked forward
to Christmas Eve as I did to this one. I kept thinking of
more and more little details and rushing out to buy last
little trifles until my strength and my purse were about
exhausted.
At last the great evening came. I arrived at the Fol-
lingsbys' just after Marcia had been put to bed. I had
had all my "loot" deposited on the landing outside their
door, so as not to betray our plans. She heard her mother
greet me and she called out to me.
"Good-night, Miss Curtis. I hope that you'll have a
merry Christmas. I'm going to, because Father told Santa
to bring me a tree and lots of things, and Santa's going to
bring Father what I said, and I've had my bath and my
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hair washed and I'm a nice clean good little Christmas
child. Good-night."
I went out to the crowded little bedroom, and bent
over her. She was so fresh and sweet and confident, and
as radiantly lovely as a Christmas cherub, as she lay in
her crib.
"Good-night, darling Marcia. Go to sleep, so that
you'll be rested for the morning. Merry Christmas," I
said.
She smiled sleepily up at me, and then closed her eyes,
and, still smiling, fell asleep.
Mrs. Follingsby was quite flustered over the appoint-
ment with the hairdresser.
"I ain't never been to one," she giggled sheepishly.
"Well, you run along, and I'll stay with Mr. Follingsby
and arrange the things," I said, urging her toward the
closet where her hat and coat were hanging. Then, in a
stage whisper, I added: "I want you to look quite the
Lady Follingsby tomorrow, so that Marcia will always
think of you that way, you see."
"Oh, I see," she answered gravely. "Well, I'll do my
best, but it ain't much in my line, ye know. That dress
that you brought fits me fine. I'd 'a' picked out something
more lively if I'd 'a' been doin' the pickin'. I think it's
what he likes, though. There don't seem to be much fun
in these high-born English^ — -not as I see it anynvay."
"You'll look lovely," I promised her rashly.
"You're awful nice to say so," she answered with a
warm smile. "I'll be back in a jiffy. Anything you want
while I'm out, Arthur?" she asked, as we came into the
room that served as a living room for the family and
bedroom for Follingsby.
"Nothing, dear," he answered gently, and the epithet
sat upon her like a halo, as she smilingly went out the door.
I brought in my various packages, and the tree. I drew
back the net curtain, and placed the tree near FoUingsby's
bed, and laid the boxes of ornaments beside him, so that
he could have the joy of placing them on the tree himself.
His cough interrupted him frequently, but he would rest,
and then go on happily with his task.
Meanwhile I arranged my flowers and wreaths, covered
the furniture with the chintz, put up the fresh curtains,
and laid out the little dishes of delicacies on the gleaming
white table. When I had finished these tasks, the tree was
ready, so I placed it on the table, and connected the lights
to the electric light socket. When the tree was lighted, he
gasped, "How lovely!"
"You know," he said, after a long silence during which
he had been gazing at the tree, "I'm glad for once that
this place is so dark, because we can have the lights on in
the morning."
"You're getting to be a hopeless optimist," I teased.
"Now you must see all the things."
I opened one box after another — first the toys — the doll,
the cradle, the spinning top. Next, I brought out the little
clothes for Marcia.
"Oh!" he exclaimed, when he saw the hat and coat,
"now she'll look like a Follingsby."
The perfume was another thrill. A friend, just returned
from abroad, had surrendered me a bottle from her collec-
tion, when she heard my story.
"How exquisite!" he said, handling the satin box almost
caressingly. "She'll be so pleased, and she is so good."
He was a bit averse to accepting the robe for himself
until I explained that Marcia had written to Santa Claus
for it, and believed implicitly that it would be brought
to him.
"Well, in that case, of course, it's part of the game," he
agreed. "I know that I'm indebted to you far beyond
anything that I can ever repay. I only hope that you'll
receive some compensating set of blessings for those that
you are dispensing. I hope so, but anyway, I want this
Christmas to be the perfect day for her — one bit of Fol-
lingsby life that will somehow stay by her always."
"I understand," I replied.
"You surely do" — a deep warmth was in his tone.
"Look at the way that you've transformed this hole — the
freshness and daintiness. Those chintz covers are just like
the ones that used to be in my mother's boudoir. My poor
wife is so happy, my baby's every wish will be fulfilled
just this once — oh, it's beyond belief — and "
A violent fit of coughing stopped this enthusiastic out-
pouring. I poured two glasses of the port that I had
brought, and when he was quiet again I handed one to him.
"To our Lady Follingsby," I said, raising my glass.
"God bless her and keep her always just that," he
answered, sipping his wine with genuine enjoyment.
A glorified Mrs. Follingsby returned a few moments
later, and after a few explanations to her about some of
the gifts, and some of the food that I had put in the
kitchen, I bade them good-night.
A dark and stormy Christmas morning dawned, and I
was awakened early by a hailstorm. I lay listening to the
blustering storm outside with a deep peace in my heart^ —
the peace of that long ago morning when a child had
brought new meaning into life and love. And I knew
that not far from where I lay another child was filling
these very moments with that same peace and beauty, and
by the hope and confidence of her radiant little spirit was
robbing Death of its sting.
THE MARCH
By Theodosia Garrison
/ who was very weary, turn again
To face the journey of the winding day.
To take my place amid the march of men
And be as brave as they.
To toil — to dare — to battle — to rejoice
Until again night yields us resting place
And yet I have not heard my captain's voice
Nor ever seen his face.
Nor do I know wherefore we strive or when
The strife shall end. I only know each day
I take my place amid the march of men
And listen — and obey.
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Cfje 3^oab to PetJilefjem tlToton
By Charles Wesley Burns
Bishop, San Francisco Area, Methodist Episcopal Church
Sweet pathway of human hopes and hungers and
dreams and love and joy! Here focus the age-long
plans of God. Here center the thought and adoration
of the whole world. Here tread the feet of millions
who wonder and dream about the meaning of the
little town and the Holy Child born there.
What heart can resist the mellowing effect of the
meaning of Bethlehem Town ? What life is so dead
to all sentiment and feeling but thrills at the thought
of the manger? What face set hard by the keenness
of business, seamed by sorrow, or furrowed by care
but brightens with the glimpse of the World-Cradle?
Yes, this road brings us to a day of enchantment.
The home, the home circles never seem so sweet.
The fires seem to throw out a glow of geniality. Even
the lamps and candles seem to cast a cheerier light.
The shops, the streets, the humblest hearths are seen
in a roseate light. Oh, the witchery of this day at
the end of the road! It glorifies the homes of the
poor, and makes beautiful the palaces of the rich. It
glows in hospital wards and behind prison walls. It
glints into haunts of vice and sin. It lights up the
marts of trade and the highways of traffic and travel.
It glows on the plains, and lights mountain trails.
All hearts are caught by the magic enchantment of
this thing which has come to pass in Bethlehem-
town!
The meaning of Bethlehem is not confined to
Judea. It is not limited to any race or church or sect.
It was the beginning of the Christ-brotherhood and
the Christ-democracy. God loves us as men — that is
what Bethlehem Town speaks. Away with all classes
Zi)t Cross
and creeds and sects and social distinctions and
aristocracies on the Common Christmas Day. The
Bethlehem Khan was large enough for the Christ-
child, but too small for pride and pomp! Shepherds
and Wise Men on their way to worship the new-
born King — all cultured sons of learning and golden-
hearted working men are brethren here. Blessed
little town that brings the Christ-democracy to the
world I
The glory of the Christmas is found just here, that
the world stands around a cradle. Childhood catches
and holds us again. Our mood becomes a mood of
childlikeness. We look into the face of childhood,
and understand the motive that keeps the old world
ever moving and ever tending toward God.
This child in Bethlehem Town is called Jesus,
who shall save His people from their sins. He is the
Saviour of the world. This is the central fact of
Christianity and the central fact of Bethlehem: That
God in Christ became one with us that we might
become one with Him.
Here the war-torn and horror-hardened heart of
humanity finds a refuge. There is no peace in the
world? The Christmas bells of the little town are a
mockery ? The tales of hate, fear, suspicion, the
ugly aftermath of war and more wars are horrible
ironies of world peace? As never before, Bethlehem
Town is the refuge of humanity, war-torn and
wearied, harried and homesick. Peace is found alone
in the presence of the Babe in the Christmas manger.
Come, let us go now into Bethlehem Town !
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W O M E X
CITY CLUB M A G A Z I X E for DECEMBER
1928
Semce Plus Cooperation
By Leslie W. Ganyard
Former Manager California Alumni Bureau of Occupations
OR several years we have heard other communities prevents one-sided
Fa great deal about Service, with
a capital S. Business has adopted
for its standard the ideal of Service.
Clubs have been organized to per-
form a Service to the fellow man or
woman. But now we are learning
that this ideal cannot stand alone.
There is a second measuring stick by
which business and club must govern
their conduct, whether it be for the
gathering of the golden ducat or the
administering of the Golden Rule.
Cooperation has become more and
more necessary as a principle upon
which all organizations depend for
their healthy growth in the commun-
it)\ It is an age of specialization but
not of self-sufficiency — and the suc-
cess of business or club rests largely
upon its relationship with other or-
ganizations.
One of the many groups which
holds as its ideal the spirit of Service
is the Women's City Club. Especially
important is the department known
to the public as the Vocational Infor-
mation Bureau. For six years this
Bureau has been functioning and has
acquired among other organizations
engaged in a similar activity a healthy
respect because of the manner in
which it conducts its own business, at
the same time working amicably with
the other groups.
The particular service which the
V'ocational Information Bureau ren-
ders is unique. Nowhere else in the
Bay Region are all women welcome to
discuss their problems of vocation or
avocation. Other organizations limit
their field or charge a fee for place-
ment. The fact that this Bureau does
neither makes possible the best service
to the individual and whole-hearted
cooperation with other groups.
Not many members of the Women's
City Club realize the far-reaching
contacts maintained by their Bureau.
Correspondence is conducted with bu-
reaus in New York, Denver, Pasa-
dena and other cities. By this means
information regarding conditions in
presentation. Letters from women all
over the State are received and the
replies sent in return cover a wide
field.
To secure the material necessary
for complete and up-to-date files, the
manager must also maintain constant
contact with business and professional
groups in the Bay Region. These
groups recognize the need for distri-
bution of vocational information and
are not only willing but eager to pro-
vide the facts which will present a
true picture of conditions in their own
field. And in addition to providing
information these groups refer people
requiring that service. Employment
managers, high school principals, and
officers of clubs have come to recog-
nize the Bureau as a valuable clearing
house for the questions which con-
front the girl of fourteen or the
woman of forty.
With the increasing variety of em-
ployment open to women, definite data
regarding the difierent fields are in
demand. In addition there is a grow-
ing need for new types of occupation
for the woman with leisure. The
Vocational Information Bureau, with
its files of material about "jobs," an-
swers the questions of the high school
girl, the large group of women over
thirty who must become self-support-
ing, the employed woman who thinks
she wants to change her work, and the
stranger within the city. To satisfy
the desire of the unemployed woman
to occupy her leisure hours in a con-
structive manner, the Bureau is con-
ducting a course for volunteer social
service workers.
Without the cooperative relation-
ship with organizations and individ-
uals expert in their fields, the Voca-
tional Information Bureau could not
render this valuable service for which
the department was created and for
which the Women's City Club now
receives much favorable comment and
commendation.
FIRST SILM. STCCMI^eS
"As lords received gifts from their
tenants so it was the custom for kings
to receive gifts from their nobles. Eliz-
abeth received a goodly share of her
wardrobe as gifts from her courtiers
and if the quantity or quality' were not
satisfactory she unceremoniously in-
formed the givers of the fact. In 1561
she received a pair of black silk stock-
ings knit by one of her maids and never
after would she wear those made of
cloth. Underclothing of all kinds,
sleeves richly embroidered and be-
jeweled, in fact everything she needed
to wear were given her, and she was
completely fitted out at this season."
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Jliss Cunitnings Wins
Short Stori/ Prize
Virginia Hel'ene Cummings
Miss Virginia Helene Cummings,
3708 Clay street, San Francisco, has
been adjudged the winner of the
Short Story Contest, which Women's
City Club Magazine launched last
July and which closed September 15.
Her story is entitled "High Moon."
It was selected by the judges, Mrs.
William Palmer Lucas, Charles
Caldwell Dobie and George Douglas
as the best of the large number sub-
mitted, the tribunal taking into ac-
count diction, plot, construction and
that impalpable combination of these
three attributes, literary quality.
Miss Cummings is the daughter of
Mrs. Louy Cummings, is a native of
San Francisco, a junior at the Uni-
versity of California, where she is
majoring in English literature, and
but nineteen years old. The Wo-
men's City Club Magazine congratu-
lates her and thanks the judges for
their work of segregating it from the
large quantity of material submitted.
The second and third prizes went
to the same person, an unusual cir-
cumstance in contests or c o m p e-
titions. The manuscripts were num-
bered and the judges had no means of
knowing, of course, that "Tessa"
which won second prize, and "Liv-
ery" which was awarded third prize,
were both written by Mrs. Caspar
M. Brown (Ethel Melone). Mrs.
Brown was member of the Magazine
Committee of the Women's City
Club last year and until recently
lived in San Francisco. The winning
stories will be published in the next
few months, "High Moon" probably
in January. Other manuscripts will
be returned at once.
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[Sketched by Arte Mohr)
Fireplace in Lounge of If'omen's City Club of San Francisco, given by Mrs. Leon Guggenhime
Ships
By Margaret Widdemer
You lovs ships.
— Tall-masted schooners lifting
Sideways up and under as the deep wave dips,
— Little sly fishing-smacks with small sails scuttering
Tinily to windward, low along the skyline . . .
So that they adventure out, free, on the water.
Released, swift, springing — so that they are ships!
Stately forthright steamers, with smoke far-steaming,
Starry-necklaced ferry-boats, lacing like a tale
Happily ended, across and back the rivers,
— Racing-boatSj many-oared, flashing down the morning,
— Dark canoes with lanterns and a stencilled sail . . ,
Your quick eyes follow them, lighted like a lover's.
The ships that bear a lifetime of your city-bound desires:
You love ships. I watch you wistfully.
You love ships. . . .
I love hearth-fires. — In Scribner's.
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women's city club magazine for DECEMBER
1928
WOMEN^S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
Published Monthly at San Francisco
465 Post Street
Telephone Kearny 8400
MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Harry Staats Moore, Chairman
Mrs. George Osborne Wilson
Mrs. Frederick Faulkner
Mrs. Frederick W. Kroll
Marie Hicks Davidson, Editor
Ruth Callahan, Advertising Manager
DECEMBER ' 1928
number II
EOITOMIAIL
NOT since that night the strange star burned above
the ble "k Judean plain, guiding the travel-weary
Magi to the place where a Babe lay in a manger,
has Peace swung down so near to earth.
Myrrh and frankincense and gold the wise men brought
to the stable. The angel who announced the Birth to the
frost-tormented shepherds spoke not of any tangible thing,
but of "Peace on earth, good-will to men."
Nineteen hundred years later the world still strains to-
ward that ideal. This Christmas seems to bring humanity
a deeper realization of that message than any that have
gone before. The Kellogg Peace Pact, 1928's greatest con-
tribution to world weal, points as directly toward the re-
nunciation war as a means of settling disputes among
nations as the Star of Bethlehem pointed to the cradle of
the Prince of Peace.
And as a Gentle Lady that night held her Son in her
arms, so the women of the United States hold their sons,
knowing them to be too splendid to be lightly sacrificed to
war. Christmas Peace is a literal thing this year and it may
be that the Kellogg Pact and the deliberations in a red-
roofed town in Switzerland are directly responsible. But
back of those two agencies is the voice of the womanhood of
the world, which has pronounced against war.
Over the earth by land, sea and air are traveling am-
bassadors of good will and peace. President-elect Herbert
Hoover is in South American waters, gone to take the mes-
sage of friendliness among neighbors. All peoples have
united in watching Lindbergh fly through the empyrean
which knows no national boundaries and the very unanim-
it>' of their prayers for his safety has brought them closer
together. The radio, marvel of the age, has never carried
a word of threat or hate or condemnation. The parliament
of man is the burden of its "broadcast" tune in where one
may. War, rancor and intrigue cannot exist in the white
light of publicity, and the radio is a publicizing agency.
The arts of peace, with music taking first place, are "com-
mon denominators" among nations. All that brings civil-
ization to a higher standard, brings the world nearer to
that milennium prophesied two thousand years ago. In-
telligence disseminated at Geneva, Honolulu, wherever a
few earnest men and women assemble in the name of
amit>', is convincing mankind that war is ignoble.
Peace is no less stirring than war, as is evidenced by a
symphonic rhapsody written by a San Franciscan, who
calls it "America." It will be played by a dozen symphony
orchestras in as many cities on December 20. A year in
which such an epic thing as that takes place is a year which
has done much to dispel the "infinite isolations."
il iHerrp Cfjristmasi
By Fannie Lyne Black
(Mrs. A. p. Black, President Women's City Club)
THE Christmas Season is almost at hand. It is a
time of good will, good wishes and friendly
thoughts. The pleasant words "A Merry Christ-
mas to You" are offered to friend and stranger alike in
the most casual meeting during the days preceding the
great festival. In London, recently Lord Balfour cele-
brated his birthday and the Prince of Wales in addressing
him on that occasion said, "What people really value
about their birthdaj's is the fact that their friends are
thinking about them, sending them loving wishes and re-
membering happy incidents of former association." It is
fitting then, that the great birthday festival of the year
should be celebrated not only by gifts of material things
but by the passing on of good wishes and happy thoughts.
Christmas time is a season of joy and gladness. The
chorus that proclaimed the first Christmas sang of praise,
of peace, and of good will. At the present age, the
elements of its celebration appeal to all tastes and to all
the senses.
In the churches there is beautiful and appropriate music
to charm the ear and thrill the spirit to devotion. The
shops display their finest and most alluring goods amid
elaborate decorations. The streets are hung with gar-
lands of green and with strings of colored lights. Fra-
grant green wreaths with bunches of red berries displayed
in windows, express the festival spirit, while within the
houses, gorgeous trees lavishly adorned with lights and
tinsel occupy a place of prominence and become the center
of attraction for the family. For the Christmas table the
richest and finest food is prepared. In many countries
the making of special cakes and dainties occupies the atten-
tion of household cooks for weeks in advance. The mix-
ing of the Christmas pudding is a real ceremony, each one
in the family having a share in its preparation and an
opportunity of stirring in good wishes with the ingredi-
ents. And then to make the Christmas joy complete,
there should be children in the house for the merriest
Christmas times are those which are celebrated by old
and young together. A Christmas tree in all its grandeur
and brilliance, needs the admiration of children's eyes. Re-
gret is often expressed at the cutting down of so many
young trees for holiday purposes, but they do go out in a
blaze of glory and their last use is the giving of pleasure
to those who see their splendid array. Christmas is a
holiday of the home and a time of family gatherings. In
a sense, a home may be a place where friends are accus-
tomed to gather and where they engage in common
pleasures and activities.
In this sense our Club is a home and when it is gar-
nished and decorated in festive manner it will express to
each person who comes within its doors, a Christmas wel-
come. This will be done by way of suggestion, but the
real Christmas spirit will be expressed in the friendly
greetings among the members themselves and the good
wishes which they pass on, one to another. We will begin
by making our magazine the happy messenger of good
wishes and through it, express to one and all of our mem-
bership A Merry Christmas.
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At this time of the year much may
AA be said about the planning of the
^ JL box in which Christmas gifts.
when selected, go to their destination.
How few people begin to buy with a
certain definite idea as to whom a par-
ticular article is going ; and how \ery
few as to how the gift, when chosen, will
be wrapped.
If, when one starts to buy. one would
keep in mind that only really useful, or
really beautiful, or really desired gifts
should be purchased, how few unwel-
come presents would be received.
With the same forethought, gather
your wrapping materials together as you
go. picking up a bizarre piece of "mod-
ernistic" paper and, at the next shop, one
of the curiously harmonious combina-
tions found only in the Oriental papers.
Remember that these Chinese wall-
papers, so commonly used here, are un-
common in the eastern and southern
states. A few pieces of the paper used
for making lamp-shades will work in
very well, but are rather expensive.
First, cover a large paper packing-box
with one of the Chinese figured papers,
the very gayest you can find. Or cover
it with an all-over heavy red paper and
apply some of those huge seal effects in
gold that are sold, not only in China-
town, but at all department stores. But.
whatever you do. line it in black. Sounds
queer, does it? Well, just wait until you
hear from the friends who "hated to
unpack that simply gorgeous box," and
who saved all the wrappings "just to
look at" and saved the big box itself "to
use as a hat-box."
Next, know just how you are going to
pack the gifts. The heaxy ones, of
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pings will offset each other as they li'
packed. If one wraps with no eye to th'
future position in the box, one will fini
that all the gold or all the red coverinL
are together. The box should be a A<
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rorn than these. When the debutante
sens this, she will untie a jade-green
ackage fastened with red sealing-wax,
;aring the insignia of some once pow-
I'ful war-lord. The book-ends of soap-
Jone bearing his crest were used to mark
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Next is another rather large, soft pack-
age of rippled gold paper. This contains
one of those ever-welcome but seldom-
given tailored cushions. Exquisitely
made, of silk or linen, it finds a warm
welcome. At the same shop were pur-
chased some lovely sets for the young
girl's wardrobe. Boxes, hangers, and hat-
trees with shelf-edgings to match, all in
an Oriental design. These come in sim-
ple gingham too.
There are so many ty|jes of boxes this
\ear that it would be very easy to pack
each gift in a box that need not be dis-
carded after Christmas. Attractive shoe-
boxes, lined with black, for the brocaded
slippers are so desirable that they usually
sell on sight. The stocking-box with its
little compartments and no rough spots
to catch the sheer silks, the make-up box
to keep the powder and other necessities
of milady's toilet from too close contact
with the tidy articles may all be found in
any color one wishes.
Next were packed little articles to fill
in the spaces around the boxes. For the
uncle who likes the unusual it was some-
thing entirely unique — a cigaret-lighter
made of an old Chinese snuft bottle. It
has flint and never fails. There were
many to choose from so one can select any
color or combinations of color. For the
artistic woman nothing could be more
treasured than one of these lighters or
perhaps a paper cutter from the same
shop, fashioned from a Manchu lady's
hair-bar with a jade buckle handle. A
new combination of old things of rare
value.
A table-bell formed by an old mandarin
buckle was tucked in for the hostess who
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women's city club magazine for DECEMBER
I 9 2
Music in the City Club
By Anna Cora Winchell
THE program originally planned
for the evening of Sunday, No-
vember 4, was necessarily
changed through a prevalent indispo-
sition which assailed more than one of
the artists. Arturo Casiglia, notable
for his opera productions in this city
and for his cast of singers who invari-
ably cooperate with his plans, was to
have been the evening's host, present-
ing, among others, Florence Ringo,
dramatic soprano, and Nona Camp-
bell, mezzo soprano.
The absence of the three was to
some extent supplied by gracious musi-
cians at the last moment, among whom
was Mme. Sturkow-Ryder, pianist.
She gave an interesting list inclusive
of modernists of Spanish antecedents,
Brahms and Chopin. A novelty was
introduced when Mme. Ryder played
a Brahms work, arranged for four
hands, the treble score being under her
own fingers while the bass was manip-
ulated by the invisible mechanism of
the instrument. The artistry was per-
fect, while the pianist also demon-
strated her abilities as an interpreter.
Rodolfo Caffaro, tenor, sang from
Del Riego, Tosti and Mana Zucca,
the latter number being the Russian
song, "Nechavo." Albert Gillette,
basso, who has been identified with
the San Francisco and Pacific Coast
Opera Companies, was heard in a
group fitted to his voice, which is rich
and expressive. The audience, seated
in the Auditorium of the Club, which
has arrived at the point of being popu-
lar with both public and guests, was
cordial in its appreciation of the pro-
gram, which, of an impromptu na-
ture, was, nevertheless, in keeping
with the excellent standards estab-
lished by the Music Committee.
Mrs. Shirley Walker was hostess
at the concert of November 18, com-
ing too late for review in this issue,
her artists including a group of San
Fiancisco's representative instrument-
alists and vocalists.
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Juvenile Theatre
The first six matinees of the Juve-
nile Theater having seemed to fill a
real want, it has been decided to con-
tinue the Saturday afternoon per-
formances for the children through
the winter months. Interesting pro-
grams are promised for the young
people each week.
1 1 -t
Economy Shop Needs
The Economy Shop is in need of
good used clothing. Both donations
and consignments are wanted.
Fernanda Doria Luncheon
Miss Fernanda Doria, contralto,
who has returned to San Francisco
after an absence of three years to give
a recital, will be the guest of honor at
a luncheon to be given by the Wo-
men's City Club Wednesday, De-
cember 5.
Miss Doria is the daughter of
Mrs. Ernest Simpson, formerly of
San Francisco, and sang in the first
season of the San Francisco Opera
Association in 1923. Since then she
has sung with the Chicago Opera
Fernanda Doria
Company and in recitals in Italy and
England. She was known in San
Francisco in her girlhood as Miss
Fernanda Pratt. Her recital will be
at the Fairmont Hotel December 10
under the management of Miss Alice
Seckels.
Greenwood Rei'iews
A new note in the presentation of
"Current Happenings" is struck by
Aline Barrett Greenwood who will
give her December Current Reviews
on Friday morning, December 7 at
11:00 o'clock in the Gold Ballroom
of the Fairmont Hotel, and repeat
this talk at the Women's City Club
on Thursday morning, December 13
at 11:00 o'clock and in the evening
at 8:00 o'clock at the Sorosis Club
Hall. Many persons depend greatly
upon Miss Greenwood's selection of
books for gifts, and in her December
talk she will bring forward many
books. A running fire of comment,
adroit handling of sentence and
phrase, beautiful and fluent English,
make her talks a delight.
Tickets for all of her talks are on
sale at the door of the halls.
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Young Peoples Symphony
Concerts
The Young People's Symphony
Concerts of San Francisco, under the
direction of Wheeler Beckett, will be-
gin their third season January 18 at
the Curran Theatre, when a series of
five Friday afternoon concerts will be
given. The dates of the other con-
certs are February 1, February 15,
March 1, and March 15.
The hours are from four to five o'-
clock, allowing children from all parts
of the city to arrive in time. The
orchestra personnel consists of the full
strength of the San Francisco Sym-
phony Orchestra.
This movement, which had its be-
ginning two years ago for the pur-
pose of presenting Symphonic Music
to young people in an intimate and in-
formal manner and to educate future
symphony audiences, is sponsored by
a large and representative group of
patrons who have contributed to a
Founders' Fund to assure the perman-
ency of these concerts.
A noticeable increase has been real-
ized during the past season when three
thousand, two hundred and fifty chil-
dren attended one of these educational
concerts given at Stanford University
under the auspices of the Parent-
Teacher Association for the benefit of
the school children of the peninsula.
A similar concert will again be given
at Stanford this year. Arrangements
are also now under way for a series
of concerts to be given in Oakland.
Mr. Wheeler Beckett, director, who
left San Francisco last May for Swit-
zerland in the interest of the concerts,
has been working on the scores for the
programs for the coming season under
the direction of the distinguished Felix
Weingartner. Mr. Beckett will re-
turn to America the end of the year.
The Executive Committee of the
Young People's Symphony Concerts,
comprised mainly of members of the
Women's City Club, is: Mrs. George
Gunn, chairman ; Mrs. William Bab-
cock, Mrs. Wheeler Beckett, Mrs.
Harold K. Faber, Mrs. Edward F.
Glaser, Mrs. Leon Guggenhime, Ger-
da Wismer Haywood, Alice Metcalf,
executive manager. Miss Olga Meyer
and Mrs. Albert Schwabacher.
Classes in Italian
Classes in Italian are being held
Wednesday mornings at 10 o'clock
and also from 12 to 1 o'clock. Fees
for fifteen lessons.
Members $6.50
Non-members 7.50
Mme. Leopoldine Steffani is the in-
structor.
WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for DECEMBER
192
AppreclatLOii by a Guest
By Kathleen Mary Quinlan
I CANNOT think of anything
more hospitable, upon arriving in
San Fiancisco after perhaps a five-
day journey across the continent, hous-
ing in comfortable, but, of necessity,
cramped quarters, than to be whisked
at once to the Women's City Club,
where, upon entering the arcade lead-
ing to the lobby, one's anxiety as to
whether a trunk will follow is imme-
diately set at rest by the display, on
either side, of wearing apparel with
which one's wardrobe could be replen-
ished in case of any delay. An occa-
sional, unmistakable sound indicates a
swimming pool nearby, and that seems
about the most important place to
seek, after a hot, dusty trip, and then
up to the roof for a little golf practice
in order to loosen tightened muscles.
I have been asked to give my im-
pressions of the Women's City Club,
and, I think, we all respond more
enthusiastically to any surrounding
after our comforts have been satisfied
— our brains and our bodies "stretch
out" to pleasant influences to better
effect if we are comfortable. The
staff of the Club sees that everybody
is at ease, and then one begins to notice
many things of interest and attractive-
ness.
On the bulletin boards are printed
a variety of suggestions — lectures on
the care of the eyes, educational fea-
tures, civic matters, book reviews,
health examinations, beauty helps,
swimming and golf lessons, and, for
those who wish, a quiet moment in the
Unity temple.
The beautiful dining-room, well-
equipped cafeteria, inviting library
and lounges, assembly rooms, roof gar-
den, rest room, guest rooms — all are
taken as a matter of course and fit into
the scheme of things — quietly, help-
fully.
There is one factor that, to a
stranger in your wonderful, fascinat-
ing city of San Francisco, stands out
predominantly, and that is the spirit
of service that pervades every nook and
corner of the Women's City Club
building. One cannot enter there and
fail to be impressed by that influence.
It speaks. Unquestionably it is the
aftermath of the original raison of the
coming together of earnest women
who desired to "do their bit" in the
great conflict that swept over the
world, and a very gracious one it is.
The fragrance lingers — a living spirit,
strong, and swinging towards its goal,
to the end that this fair earth of ours
may be a happier place because of love
and service, rightly understood and
expressed.
Christmas Play
Alice Metcalf will again present a
special Christmas Play for the chil-
dren of San Francisco at the Women's
City Club Wednesday and Thursday
afternoons, December 26 and 27.
The play is "The Christmas Spirit"
by Franz and Lillian Rickaby, a lovely
story of the beginning of the Christ-
mas spirit in the world. In it are
moonbeams and star children work-
ing together to bring happiness to the
mortal children.
The productions heretofore present-
ed by Mrs. Metcalf have always been
outstanding artistic performances.
They aim to inspire children and cul-
tivate their tastes. The music and
stage effects aim to acquaint children
with the progressive modern move-
ment in art.
The play this year will be under the
direction of Willie Tomlinson Wise,
who for years has been associated with
the Children's Theatre and has as-
sisted in many previous performances
given at the Women's City Club.
Rudolph Schaeffer, whose reputa-
tion as an exponent of modern art is
so well established, will supervise the
production. The costumes and sets
will be designed and executed by Wel-
land Lathrop and Willie Tomlinson
Wist. Incidental music will be in-
troduced by Margaret Cain, pianist.
TEAR OUT AND MAIL THIS BALLOT
ELECTION OF
Candidates for the Board of Directors
The National League for Woman's Service of California
1929-1932
The Annual Election of the Board of Directors by the League nxembership will
be held between the hours of nine a. m. and six p. m., Monday, January 14, 1929.
Those not voting in person may mail ballot in sealed envelope (with name on
outside) in time to reach the office on or before January 14. Tear out this ballot
and mail to 465 Post Street, San Francisco.
Article VIII: There shall be a fine of twenty-five cents imposed upon each mem-
ber who fails to vote in the Annual Election.
VOTE FOR TEN
Burr, Miss Marion
Chapman, Mrs. S. G
Fitzhugh, Miss Marion...
Forbes, Mrs. Cleaveland..
Funston, Mrs. Frederick..
Goldstein, Miss Lutie D. ...
Hobart, Mrs. Lewis B
Howard, Mrs. Horace P....
Maxwell, Mrs. Herbert
Phillips, Miss Esther
Pierce, Miss Mabel
Porter, Mrs. F. C
Rainey, Mrs. Edward
Terwilliger, Mrs. H. L
Wayman, Mrs. Willard ....
Willard, Miss Elisa May..
VOTE
HERE
WOMEN S
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for DECEMBER
1928
Im the Lea©ue/]
By Mrs. Albert Jannapolis
WHAT a gay little shop it is,
this League Shop of ours!
Have you been browsing
through it lately? If not, you will
be amazed at the many lovely articles
that are to be found there for the holi-
days. It is just the place to go when
one is tired of wandering about and
finding it very diificult to select a
varied list of gifts. For here one can
choose something that will please each
and every member of the family and
surely all one's friends. There are
etchings of our own picturesque city,
and Mr. Fred Robbins has caught
many of the quaintest corners and
tied them down in black and white.
They range in price from a few cents
to a few dollars. And of those artis-
tic brasses from Persia, with their de-
signs in black tracery, who would not
be glad to have one of the cigarette
boxes or other smaller pieces for them-
selves ?
The richly colored prints from Per-
sia are new. Resembling the prints
from India, of which we have had
so many, they are, however, much
richer in tone and of a superior qual-
ity, being made of homespun. One of
these is an ideal bed-cover.
Do ask to see those new Danish
bowls of satiny pewter with their
flower-like forms. You will not be
able to resist ordering one and more
than likely will carry it away with
you. They are going fast. Casting
its soft glow upon the pewters and
Swedish glass is a beautiful green
lamp with base of Italian pottery and
shade of green with an all-over pattern
of small diamonds. This same dia-
mond pattern is, no doubt, one of the
best designs used in this modernistic
art. It is repeated in a much smaller
lamp with blues and greens shading
into brighter hues.
Decidedly modern are the waste-
paper baskets and the boxes for candy
or other sweets. Of course, they may
be used for other things as there are
many shapes and sizes, but filled with
some of the delicious home-made can-
dy for which the shop is famous, such
a remembrance would be sure to
please.
In most attractive cases are the very
latest models of pen and pencil sets
in all colors. These, like the cigarette-
lighters made by the same manufac-
turers, are absolutely guaranteed.
Handkerchiefs are not just hand-
kerchiefs in the League Shop. They
are "fairy wisps," "lovely dreams,"
or "man's delight." There are many
designs not to be found in the com-
mercial places and many are very un-
usual.
Speaking of the unusual — the soft,
downy, Canadian chaise-longue blank-
ets are certainly that. They come in
many colors and are both a comfort
and a joy to gaze upon. They may be
made to one's order, too.
Lovely underwear is here, all hand-
embroidered and beautifully made.
And the finest of laces for the finest of
ladies. And jewelry ; old heirlooms
some of them, quaint in style, just
what one often wants but seldom can
find.
Corsages of all types are here by
the dozen and bags of just as varied
types. There are gorgeous ones for
evening and tailored ones for morn-
ing ; gay ones for the sport costume
and gayest of all those for sewing and
gardening.
Here, too, one can sometimes pick
up a piece of fragile Dresden china
to harmonize with what one already
has, for old pieces find their way into
this little treasure house.
A quaint candle-stick for the guest-
room is a rose hiding a candle among
its petals.
It is very difficult to pass by the
little Majolica ash trays, they are so
pretty and quaint.
Always enticing are the hand-made
articles from the Near East. The in-
teresting cross-stitch patterns of which
one never tires are on bibs, pot-holders,
table mats, runners, bags of all descrip-
tions, and of course, linens of all
kinds. The League Shop has always
specialized in these linens, which are
sold at very reasonable prices.
Batiks from Java have been chosen
for their real merit. Their subdued
coloring and clean-cut designs always
demand attention. Oriental too, are
the drapes from China and India,
which form a background for the
smart little pillows of many hues.
There are pitchers for any occasion
and for any beverage. These are of
many nationalities but are most har-
moniously grouped upon one shelf.
The very new dress and hat covers
of the glass-like materials are very
popular, and it would hardly do to
pass by one of the old favorites of the
League Shop, those very gay, attrac-
tive dust-cloths of which so many sets
have been sold.
The Christmas Box
Do not forget the Employees'
Christmas box. The contents are in
lieu of gratuities which the Club does
not sanction.
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Club Health Examination
The Health Examination was of-
fered by the Women's City Club Oc-
tober 1 to 13, and forty-eight candi-
dates were registered. These women
were punctilious in keeping their ap-
pointments. One person failed, due to
acute illness.
The applicants ranged from thirty
to seventy years of age. Many re-
marked on the satisfaction of the gyn-
aecological examination at the hands
of women physicians, and numerous
comments were made on the exhaust-
ive details of the medical service, and
above all in the fact that a careful
resume, the next day, after a study of
all findings, was given each applicant
and a forelooking policy as to better
health outlined for her. Each person
was given a book on exercise and
health published by the Women's
Foundation for Positive Health.
The following resume of defects
found is furnished by the medical
staff of the examination :
Minor Defects
1. Menopause symptoms (nervous) 4
2. Overweight 19
Underweight 4
3. Dental defects and mouth hy-
giene 5
4. Orthopoedic defects 3
5. Secondary anaemia 4
6. Intestinal lesions 3
7. Minor gynaecological lesions 7
Major Defects
1. Chronic appendicitis 2
Hernia 1
2. Cardiac lesions 9
3. Lungs 4
4. Pre-cancerous lesions 1
5. Pelvic lesions (indicating sur-
gery) 3
Seven applicants showed no phys-
ical defects whatsoever, though two
of these were distinctly overweight.
The physicians making the exam-
inations were gratified by the coopera-
tive attitude in which the members
subscribed for this service and their
appreciation of its value.
Should the Club wish to continue
this activity as a semi-annual event,
the medical staff has expressed its
willingness to cooperate with the
Health Examination program. The
value to the individual applicant and
her follow-up for herself is the final
test of the movement for Positive
Health.
Committee for Health
Examinations :
Mrs. A. P. Black,
Mrs. Parker S. Maddux,
Miss Emma Noonan,
Dr. Ina Richter,
Dr. Adelaide Brown, Chairman.
W OMEN
C I T 1' CLUB MAGAZINE lor DECEMBER
1928
Beyond the City L units
By Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
THE ANGLO-FRENCH NAVAL AGREEMENT
THE diplomatic excitement of the late summer was
the secret Anglo-French naval pact and the curi-
ously inept manner in which it was revealed in
Parliament by Sir Austin Chamberlain without giving the
text and pending replies from the United States, Italy
and Japan, all of whom had been sworn to secrecy. The
pretense that the limitation of naval armament was the
reason for the accord vanished with a realization that a
military and naval alliance was being heralded by the
French press.
While one French publicist joyfully recalled that
"France had been Britain's soldier in the past; now
Britain was to serve as France's sailor," the British journ-
alists were denouncing the pact as a step backward to the
old days of secret diplomacy. Of course, so far as the
naval side of the agreement was concerned, the two
nations promised to discuss further limitation when the
League's Preparatory Commission should be called into
session ; but they expressly agreed that "big" cruisers
of from 8,000 to 10,000 tons and mounting seven- or
eight-inch guns, should be strictly limited, ship for ship,
and confined to a small number, while "small" cruisers,
mounting six-inch guns or smaller, should remain unlim-
ited. Similarly, submarines of more than 600 tons should
be strictly limited, but submarines of 600 tons or under
should remain unlimited. All this was not only a reiter-
ation of the British position at the unsuccessful Geneva
Conference of 1927, but even a step beyond it along the
road which the United States refused to traverse. Secre-
tary Kellogg's note of reply said "The position of the
Government of the United States has been and now is,
that any limitation of naval armament to be effective,
should apply to all classes of combatant vessels," followed
by a courteous affirmation of a willingness to reopen the
naval discussions on any reasonable basis.
INDIA
The Simon Commission has again arrived in India, this
time to take evidence in association ^v'ith committees ap-
pointed by the Indian legislatures as to the working of
the Reformed Constitution. With 320,000,000 people
of many races, languages, castes and religions, with inten-
sified tension reported between Muhammadans and Hin-
dus, with bitter controversies raging among almost all
religious groups, with some of the native states resentful
of any democratic experiment and with leading Indian
politicians demanding the immediate withdrawal of the
British from India, how is "democracy" to be introduced
into a country so large and so divided? Sir John Simon
and his colleagues face one of the stupendous problems of
current world history.
AUSTRIA
During the Schubert festivals in Vienna last summer
Europe was startled by a tremendous outburst in favor of
the political union between Austria and Germany, the
Anschluss, in its own tongue. Ludovic Naudeau, a French
journalist whose wit exceeds even his trepidation, calls
the suggested union a marriage of convenience, "the nup-
tials of a high-bred lady and a powerful parvenu," and
warns Austria that she needs no such alliance to set her
cultural stamp upon an admiring Europe. "Austria should
not become part of Germany alone, but of all civilization,
of which Germany is only a part."
{Continued on page so)
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1928
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RUSSIA
The statistics recently published in Moscow to sum-
marize the five-year campaign of the central authorities
against the menace of vagrant child armies tell a remark-
able story. In 1922 state aid took care of 7,000,000
children, while vagrant children in the streets and on the
railway lines numbered 2,000,000. In 1925 there were
about 300,000 homeless vagrant children, in 1926, 150,-
000, and now in 1928 probably no more than 25,000.
Methods of relief were the state homes and craft schools,
factories and workshops. Authentic reports also state the
successful establishment in several Russian prisons of
workshops which are carried on under Soviet and Council
powers through committees of the prisoners themselves.
Machine shops, tailor shops, carpenter shops, arts and
crafts, and toy factories turn out products upon the sale
of which each prisoner who works is paid for his labor at
the same rate which the same kind of labor is paid out-
side the prison, with only a 25% deduction to cover the
prisoner's maintenance.
AUSTRALIA
Under the caption "Flying Doctors," in the October
Graphic Survey, Alice Henry tells the story of a "regular
medical service by radio and airplane, to provide against
the ordinary illness and accident risks to which the pio-
neer, far away from community life, is exposed." John
Flynn, a young teacher, who had worked in a one-room
school in Victoria, was the first superintendent of this
Australian Island Mission which was established in 1912
as a department of the Presbyterian Church.
MEXICO
El Universal, an independent daily published in Mexico
City, protests against the invasion of Mexico by North
American football, "vvith the priesthood of muscledom that
we see in the Yankee films. In short * * * we will see
reproduced in our own country the care-free, frivolous,
brutal student life, with no intellectual content whatever,
that we see in the Yankee films."
Incidentally and simultaneously an article recently ap-
peared in Nosostros (Buenos Aires Monthly) asserting
that the United States is carrying on an insidious campaign
to discredit Latin-Americans throughout the world by
means of the ponderous moving picture industry. The
writer of the article thinks he has discovered that in all
"Yankee films" a Latin-American is always a villain and
a Mexican a scoundrel. This would certainly be most
unfortunate if true ; we were beginning to fear, however,
in this country that our American films were doing their
worst to destroy our own national reputation for decency
and virtue.
ENGLAND: MORE REGIONAL PLANNING
The invasion of the English Lake Country, the shrine
of literary pilgrims, by automobile roads and ugly inap-
propriately designed "modern" villas has so worried the
Cumberland County Council that they have adopted a
regional planning scheme for the large part of the district
which lies under their control. There will be binding
restrictions on new roads and buildings and it is hoped
that the beauties that appealed to the Victorian poets will
be saved from such desecration as a proposed light rail-
way to run over the poet's path between Kiswick and
Windermere. * < <
Luncheon to Ruth Bryan Owen
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of the late William
Jennings Bryan, will be tendered a luncheon at the
Women's City Club, December 11.
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CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for DECEMBER • I928
Tivo Lehman Lectures
on Shakespeare
The Women's City Club is spon-
soring two lectures on Shakespeare
by Professor Benjamin H. Lehman
of the University of California,
Monday afternoon, December 3 and
10 at 3:45 o'clock.
As a number of the Shakespeare
plays will be produced in San Fran-
cisco in December, the lectures will
prove of interest not only to the
members of the Club but to all who
welcome an opportunity of renewing
their acquaintance with the author
and his works.
George Arliss will present The
Merchant of Venice.
The Stratford-on-Avon Players
will appear in Merchant of Venice,
Merrv Wives of Windsor, Hamlet,
Richard III, Henry IV (First Part),
Timon of Athens, Midsummer Night's
Dream, Julius Caesar, Taming of the
Shrew.
Mrs. Edward Rainey is Chairman
of the committee which has charge of
the arrangements of the lectures.
Other members of the committee are:
Mrs. Adrian Applegarth, Mrs. Ed-
mund Butler, Mrs. Homer Craig,
Mrs. E. W. Currier, Mrs. Marie
Hicks Davidson, Mrs. W. B. Ham-
ilton, Mrs. Dean Johnson. Mrs. Wil-
liam Heath, Mrs. M. M. Hosmer,
Miss Mary Lansdale, Mrs. Madge
Leach, Mrs. Ernest Mott, Miss Dor-
othv Peyser, Mrs. F. C. Porter, Mrs.
W.' W.' Phillips, Mrs. Thomas Dris-
coll, Mrs. Edwin Sheldon and Mrs.
Harry Stearns.
BRIDGE PARTY
The Women's City Club will give
a bridge tea for members and their
guests Thursday afternoon, December
6, at 2 o'clock, in the Auditorium of
the Club, 465 Post Street. Mrs. J. V.
Rounsefell is chairman of the commit-
tee in charge of the aftair and she will
be assisted by Mrs. W. B. Bosley,
Mrs. Paul Butte, Mrs. G. Chester
Brown, Mrs. Pearl Baumann, Mrs.
Robert Collier, Mrs. Charles W.
Cobb, Miss Nellie Gillespie, Mrs.
Nettie Metzger, Mrs. George Gunn,
Mrs. Phoebe Rockwell, Mrs. Sidney
L. Strickland, Mrs. H. S. Tittle,
Mrs. Shirley Walker and Mrs. W.
W. Wymore.
Reservations for tables may be made
through members of the committee or
at the Information Desk at the Club.
The games will begin at 2 o'clock.
Many reservations have been made
for the affair, tables selling at four
dollars. Information about the party
may be obtained at the desk on the
fourth floor.
For the woman
who is blessed
with taste ....
A
DOBBS
HAT
THE DOBBS PRINCESS
With the flare of its graceful brim . . . the D o b b s
PRINCESS heralds the gay hohday season!
Its hand-made touch proclaims the ro3M.ltyof
this latest of Dobbs creations. Every size in
a brilliant array of colorings !
Sold
exclusively at
[A DEPARTMENT of the WOMEN'S CITY CLUB]
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC /
An
Innovation . . .
and a Most Acceptable
Cftrigtmas (§ift!
A BEAUTY SALON MERCHANDISE ORDER
(in the form of a coupon book) in amounts from
$2.50, $5.00, $10.00 and up.
A Merchandise Order may be used for every service
in the Salon, from Duart Method Permanent Waving,
Hair Cutting, Shampooing, Finger Waving and
Marcelling, to Manicuring.
TELEPHONE KEARNY 8400 for APPOINTMENTS
^he beauty G^aton
MIXERVA RUSS, Manager
On the Lower Main Floor of the Women's City Club Building
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CITY CbUB MAGAZINE for DECEMBER
928
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838 JIarket Street
119 Grant Ai'enue
Metal Crccade
Dancing Slippers
. . ./or dancing daughters and their mothers. . .
for holiday festhllles and gljting lists
.MONG our matchless showing of
newly arrived evening slippers, are these of gold
or silver, vari-hued brocade, trimmed with
matching metal kid. A choice of colors. Also
. . . white brocade with gold or silver, dye-
able to any shade desired ... at a small
additional cost for dyeing.
Super-sheer Cliiffon Hosiery in Alt Evening Sliades
UNI 'VIS
the Invisible Bifocal
that lets you see your feet
and watch your step
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The ALICE SECKELS
MATINEE MUSICALES
PRESENTS
FERNANDA DORIA
( Fernanda Pratt )
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Gold Ballroom, Fairmont Hotel
Monday afternoon, Dec. lOth
ALICE SECKELS Presents
DOROTHY CRAWFORD
in a Program af Monologues
Gold Ballroom, Fairmont Hotel
Tuesday evening, Dec. 11th
Tic)(ets at Sherman, Clay &" Co.
The House of the Future
By R. M. SCHINDLER
IT IS NOT appreciated enough
how directly and clearly our atti-
tude toward life is expressed
through our houses. The peasant who
is trying to build his house exactly
like his father's, modernizes it uncon-
sciously. The architect, however, who
does not work freely from memory,
but who uses reproductions to help
his imagination, is too conscious about
his effort and creates dead replicas.
Our present houses are too strongly
under the influence of the past and its
outlook on life. Fear dictated origi-
nally the form and spirit of the house.
The behavior of our ancestors was
overshadowed by constant defense re-
actions against real and imaginary
enemies. The emphasis of the his-
torian upon war and its physical hero-
ism proves the tremendous need to
counteract these fear complexes.
No wonder that everybody's house
was "his castle," and that all the rooms
tried to appear comfortable by em-
phasizing their safety through their
heavy walls, small windows, ponder-
ous grilles, thick curtains and dim
lights.
This spirit was only partly broken
when the crumbling of the caste-
system started the lower classes on a
period of social climbing. The house
was and is a source of social prestige.
The parvenu who has access to the
front rooms of the aristocrat, insists
that his home be historical in design,
and that every one of his own rooms
be a replica of the luxurious salon
which impressed him.
The Amerkati house of today is en-
tirely a product of this attitude. Neff-
lecting to consider the changes in our
mental and physical life, it tries to give
social prestige by masquerading in out-
worn historical styles.
These changes, however, demand
expression. The earth, the sky and
the neighbor, the curse of the past, and
the retribution of the future, have
lost their frightfulness.
Our high mechanical development
easily controls our living conditions.
Our knowledge about our own bodies
releases us from slavery, and nature
becomes a friend. The house and the
dress of the future will give us control
of our environment, without inter-
fering with our mental and physical
np.kedness.
Our rooms will descend close to the
ground and the garden will become an
integral part of the house. The dis-
tinction between the indoors and the
out-of-doors will disappear. The walls
will be few, and thin, and removable.
All rooms will become part of an or-
ganic unit, instead of being small sepa-
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\V OMEN
CITY C L U
M A C. A Z I N E I cj r DECEMBER
I 9 2
D. C. HEGER
Men's Apparel to Order
444 POST ST. < SAN FRANCISCO
Select a 'Mans Gift from a
MATi^S STOJ{e
'/f\HE well-dressed man appre-
^-^ elates a gift from the Heger
store.
Cravats, Handkerchiefs and
Hose that blend in colorings
and harmonize with imported
shirtings.
S/iirls $4.00 to $30.00
Pajamas 6.00 to 50.00
Ties 2.50 to 6.50
Hose 2.00 to 6.50
Handkerchiefs 1. 00 to 7.50
Christmas Orders should be placed
NOW. Select Handkerchiefs before
stock is depleted, and in time
to have monograms care-
fully embroidered.
- '•■ ■<• • D-
D. C. HEGER
Men's Apparel to Order
444 POST ST. r SAN FRANCISCO
{/uit opposite OUT Club)
In Los Angeles . . 614 South Olive Street
In Paris . . 12 Rue Ambroise Thomas
CLASSES IN
DANCING
Adults', High School Pupils'
and Children's classes. Club
and private classes
conducted.
Private lessons by
appointment
■f
MISS MARION B. WHITE
Studio: 2676 California Street
at Scott Street
Telephone West 2055
rate boxes with peep-holes. How pet-
ty the attempt to erect each one of
different materials and to decorate
them separately ... in different
"styles!" Each house needs to be
composed as a symphony, with varia-
tions on a few themes.
Our present scheme of social life, in
which we drudge behind the scenes
most of the time in order to present an
"impressive" face for a few moments
of company, is outworn. In driving
out the king, we have lost the careless
instigator of fashionable social man-
ners. Our own every-day actions
must achieve the dignity of the past
ceremonials. Each one shall create
his own fashions — but onlv for him-
self.
Our house will lose its front-and-
back-door aspect. It will cease being
a group of dens — some larger ones for
social effect, and a few smaller ones
(bedrooms) in which to herd the
family. Each individual will want
a private room to gain a background
for his life. He will sleep in the open.
A work-and-playroom, together with
the garden, will satisfy the group
needs. The bathroom will develop
into a g>iTinasium and will become a
social center.
A simplified cooking will become
part of a group play, instead of being
the deadly routine for a lonely slave.
The architect will try to divine the
possible development of his client, and
will design a building which may grow
with him. The house will be a form-
book with a song, instead of an irre-
levant page from a dictionary of de-
ceased form dialects.
And life will regain its fluidit>-.
V
Special Course
The second part of the course for
Volunteers in Social Service will start
in the middle of January. This will
consist of visits to various organiza-
tions combined with talks by well-
known workers.
Room Available
There is now available on the sec-
ond floor an attractively furnished
committee room with a seating capac-
ity of 35. It is also desirable as a card
room. The rent is $5.00 for a morn-
ing, afternoon or evening.
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GIFT J
at a
ransle of
pricos to
meot all
ments
from a
casual
remem-
brance
to tlie
most im-
Stift.
IB
^Wo ii%'dcoiao
coDipartsoD
of finality
aad price.
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SHREVE.TREATSr
EACRET!
ONE-THREE-SIX GEARY STREET
women's city club magazine for DECEMBER
1928
XJirouah the trobics cjolden alamourto
HAVANA
A Cily of Pearl rising out of a turquoise
sea — Havana the beautiful... Scintillant
memories of IMexiro. Cuatemala, Salva-
dor, Nicaragua, Panama, splashed with
sparkling color, fuse into a bewitching
background as the gleaming Cuban Cap-
ital takes form in its setting of tropical
blue. ..The magic that moved Columbus
engulfs you . . . Winter is far awav and for-
gotten...Soft summer breezes play through
slaving palms and bid you tarry in this
land of enchantment. ..Nor need the charm
be marred by a single icv breath. ..You can
return by the route of your going or by
train through the orange groves of Florida
andlhe warm Southern stales toCalifornia.
Splendid liners— all outside
cabins and equipped with beds
instead of berths — sail from San
Francisco and Los Angeles every
two weeks. The cuisine is world
famous. Yet the cost is moder-
ate. First class fare, lied and
meals included as low as S250.
PANAEV1AMAIL
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The Lands of the Rising Sun
By Arthur B. Swezey
THERE was a time when the admonition to the
traveler or the town-bound person was to "go west!"
The new cry of the tourist is "Eastward Ho!" to
the lands of age-old civilizations and modes of living that
appeal to Americans on pleasure bent.
How often we fancied we could stand on the bow of
some swift ship and see the steep Rock of Gibraltar, with
its guns pointing out like accusing fingers ; the Riviera
with its gayeties amid the popping of champagne corks ;
the Sphinx, generally alluded to as "silent" — probably out
of surprise that even a stone woman should be dumb ; the
Pyramids, lifting their pointed heads high above the
glistening sands of the mysterious desert; the Forum in
Rome, with an eloquent Marc Antony inflaming the
populace over the killing of Julius Caesar ; the Acropolis
at Athens, with the characters of fact and myth that made
Greece great; Palestine, the wonderland of the Bible, the
country toward which Christians the world over turn their
eyes and reverently follow the paths and highways immor-
talized by the story of the Saviour ; Constantinople, with
its harems and alluringly clad young women, pictured the
world over by the cigarette companies.
Voyaging today has lost all the uncomfortable features
of the past. Now a trip across the ocean is as pleasant as
a week's stay at a high class hotel. There is even more
freedom. The deck is safer than any street in the best
regulated town. The public rooms are numerous, large
and sumptuous. You are astounded at their elegance.
Everything is clean — always clean. Everybody is polite —
especially the stewards. All is like a pleasant dream. The
ships are too large, too heavy to be tossed about by the surg-
ing waves, which, by the way, surge only during the few
big storms of winter.
The routine of life at sea today is just one pleasure
after another. In fact, they follow closely — so closely that
the days and evenings are so crowded with events and
engagements that the trip seems altogether too short. You
long for at least a few more days of it. It is so different
from what you expected that it is really delightful. You
hesitated about starting the trip, but you find yourself only
too anxious to repeat it with all its pleasantries.
The traveler passing through France, Spain and Italy
will note groups of ancient buildings smugly settled on
the sides of hills. These are monasteries. These institutions
were the storehouses for the literature and music of the pre-
Dark Ages. Thus much was saved that would otherwise
have been lost. The wonderful "Adeste Fidelis" music
for instance, that is used in churches of all denominations
during the Christmas season. Through the Dark Ages
these monasteries were not molested by marauders, who
sought to destroy everything else in the world.
Where the World Began
The charm of the Mediterranean countries never wanes.
The ancient world had its beginning there, and all that the
present world possesses had its origin in one way or another
in some one of the countries that border on the great
Mediterranean Sea.
To many people Egypt is particularly charming. There
is an air of grace and beauty over the mysterious old coun-
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I 9 2
Haw^aii/
HERE...
Are Tomorrow's
Memories
IN every land you will
meet travelers who spent
yesterday in Hawaii. The
feelings of many of them
have found common expres-
sion in the words of Mark
Twain: "for me its balmy
airs are always blowing, its
summer seas flashing in the
sun; the pulsing of its surf
is in my ear ... I can see its
plumy palms drowsing by the
shore, . . . and in my nostrils
is the smell of flowers that
perished twenty ye?rs ago."
Your tomorrows will mean
more to you when you have
seen Hawaii. And the Mat-
son Line has brought this
lovely "fleet of islands"
nearer home. The great Ma-
lolo steams there in four days
from San Francisco, every
other Saturday, on and after
December 29.
People who know book on
the Malolo to Hawaii.
Among your fellow-travelers
on the four-day voyage are
persons of social and profes-
sional prominence, who take
this magnificent new ship be-
cause it is the smart way to go.
The Malolo gives you nearly
two e.xtra days to enjoy in cosmo-
politan San Francisco or colorful
Honolulu. And she gives you all
the delightful luxuries and grate-
ful comforts that newness and
size alone can provide. Let it
come as a pleasing afterthought
that the cost is most moderate . . .
$125 up, each way.
215 MARKET STREET
San Francisco
Telephone DAvenport 2300
Matson Line
HAWAII <• SOUTH SEAS ' AUSTR.ALIA
try where they still winnow the grain
the way they did it in the time when
Joseph was governor.
The Scriptural records of the coun-
try make it almost as attractive as
Palestine. Guides will show you the
very spot where the infant Moses was
found by the king's daughter. They
will also take you to the tree under
which the Holy Family rested on the
flight to Egypt. They will tell you
briefly the story of the Pharaoh who
sought to immortalize himself in huge
stone monuments — and succeeded.
The Charm Is Always There
Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo, Men-
tone and San Remo, at the foot of the
Maritime Alps on the shore of the
Mediterranean, bloom perennially for
the tourist.
Rome and Athens are deeply inter-
esting. Who doesn't yearn to see the
spot where Virginius, the Roman,
killed his beautiful daughter Virginia
to keep her from falling into the power
of Appius Claudius? The Forum
where Antony delivered his great ora-
tion on the death of Caesar also grips
your interest.
The Acropolis at Athens provides a
view that stands unsurpassed. How
often have we promised ourselves to
see "the glory that was Greece and
the grandeur that was Rome?"
Jerusalem, the Jordan and the
Dead Sea
Farther on lies Palestine. To the
east of Jerusalem is the sunken valley
of the Jordan, with the river ever-
lastingly emptying its great volume of
water into the Dead Sea, which is al-
ways 1292 feet below the level of the
Mediterranean, the floods from the
Jordan never seeming to raise it an
inch. To the north are Nazareth and
the Sea of Galilee, and farther on is
the oldest city in the world, Damascus.
To many the call of "Eastward
Ho!" might not lead them far beyond
the British Isles and the battlefields of
France and Flanders. To these the
cities and surroundings of Cork, Dub-
lin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool,
London, Paris, or the battlegrounds
of Chateau Thierry and the Argonne
Forest will fulfill their hopes.
Have you, as a member, or your
friends, taken advantage of the co-
operation given by the Club's Travel
Service? It is conveniently located on
the Main Floor and maintained pri-
marily for your convenience. Infor-
mation and folders are gladly given,
without obligation on your part, of
course. If you have in mind a trip by
road, rail or water — anywhere — write,
telephone or stop ne.xt time you are in
the Club and let us help you.
Women's City Club Travel Serv-
ice, Main Lobby, Kearny 8400.
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Christmas Dinner
A special Christmas dinner will be
served in the main dining room from
12 to 8 o'clock. Price $2.00 per plate.
Please make early reservations.
A special Christmas luncheon and
dinner will be served in the Cafeteria
on Saturday, December 22.
Members who use the Cafeteria are
asked to cooperate with the volunteers
in making the service as expeditious as
possible by picking up such articles as
are readily accessible, such as the
cream pitcher, butter, orangeade, or
any other article that does not involve
the touching of food. It is necessary
that the club strictly observe all rules
for the handling of food as laid down
by the Board of Health and no food
may be touched or exchanged.
f f f
Cafeteria Dinner
A 65-cent dinner is now being
served in the Cafeteria.
In the past the Cafeteria has served
a special 40-cent and 50-cent luncheon
and dinner. In response to a demand
from members, the 40-cent special
combination for dinner has been dis-
continued and a 65-cent dinner has
been added. A typical menu is:
Sliced Tomatoes
or Cream of Celery Soup
Boiled Salmon
or Calves' Liver and Bacon
Leaf Spinach
Roll :.nd Butter
Ice Cream, Pie or Pudding
Tea or Coffee
Poetry Reading Group
A Poetry Reading Group under the
leadership of Mrs. William Palmer
Lucas will be organized shortly after
the first of the year. All members
who are interested in such a group
are asked to leave their names and ad-
dresses at the Information Desk on
the Fourth Floor, that they may be
notified as to the date and time of
meeting. , , ,
Classes in French
New classes in French will again
be organized January 21. Beginning,
intermediate and advanced theory
classes meet on Monday evenings.
Fees (15 lessons) :
Members $6.50
Non-members 7.50
Conversational classes will be
formed upon request. Fees (12 les-
sons) :
Members $7.50
Non-members 9.00
Mme. Rose Olivier is the instructor.
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NUTS from the Four
Corners of the World!
All popular varieties —
almonds, pecans, cashews,
walnuts, pistachios and
brazil nuts — for luncheon —
bridge — dinner; available
in bulk or in attractive
gift boxes.
On sale at the Club and at the
BUDDY SQUIRREL
NUT SHOPS
235 Powell St.
990 Market St. 1513 Fillmore St.
San Francisco
1332 Broadway, Oakland
Dr.EDITH M.HICKEY
(D. C.)
announces the opening
of her office
and treatment rooms
ULTRA VIOLET RAY AND
INTERNAL BATHS
MASSAGE AND PHYSIOTHERAPY
SCIENTIFIC DIETS AND
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Woman's Widening Horizon
A series of talks on "Woman's Wid-
ening Horizon" is to be given by the
San Francisco Center of the Califor-
nia League of Women Voters in co-
operation with the Women's City-
Club on Wednesday evenings at 8 :00
o'clock, beginning about the middle of
January. Although intended primar-
ily for those business and professional
women who are unable to attend meet-
ings during the day, this series will be
open free of charge to any member of
either club. Half of the meetings will
be held in the Women's City Club,
and the other half in the St. Francis
Hotel, headquarters of the San Fran-
cisco Center.
The general title of "Woman's
Widening Horizon" will include talks
on "Herself," "Her Job," "Her Com-
munity," "Her State," "Her Nation,"
"Her Ever-changing World." Under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Jesse C.
Colman, the speakers will be selected
by the San Francisco Center, and will
be the best available on some current
and important phase of the different
subjects. Further details of this series
will be announced in the January issue
of the Women's City Club Mag-
azine.
Golfing Group
Names, addresses and telephone
numbers of all members of the Wom-
en's City Club interested in the Golf-
ing Group may be left at the informa-
tion desk on the fourth floor, addressed
to Harriet L. Adams, captain tourna-
ment team, who is planning a second
tournament the early part of March,
1929.
Receiving andFor\\.'arding Mail
Excerpt from House Rules: "Mail
to be forwarded to members' addresses
as found in the card catalog, unless
written instructions to the contrary
are sent to the Executive Office."
The forwarding of mail involves
time and clerical work, and the co-
operation of members is asked in re-
ducing to the minimum the mail for
non-resident members sent to the Cits-
Club.
Children s JIatinees
The Children's Saturday Matinees,
under the auspices of the Women's
City Club and Miss Alice Seckels, as
a result of their popular appeal, will
continue weekly for an indefinite
period. Those who have unused cou-
pons of the original series may redeem
them at any time during the winter.
The admission for the matinees is 50
cents and 35 cents. Coupons for
twelve admissions may be purchased
for $5.00.
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.Kn exceptional article on
Robert Joyce Tasker's novel
"Grimhaven" is featured in
the December San Francis-
can. In it Sidney Herschel
Small discusses frankly the
problems of the writer in
prison. Other features of this
issue are: A Short Story by
Charles Caldwell Dobie, a
psychological analysis of
Oriental races, and a critical
review of Gertrude Ather-
ton's "Jealous Gods."
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SECKELS-FLETCHER presents:
RUT
BRYAN
SOWEN
A Woman of Distinctive Achieve-
ment in Many Lands
San Francisco : Scottish Rite Hall
Wednesday Efc, December i3.th
Oakland: Auditorium Theatre
Tuesday Evening, December iitH
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AN G eK
International Champion of
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Author of
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"Woman and the New Race"
"The Pivot of Civilization"
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Sunday Afternoon, Dec. i6f)i
3:00 p. m.
Oa\land: Auditorium. Theatre
Wednesday Eve., December igth
Reserved Seats now at Sherman, Clay &
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WOMEN S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for DECEMBER
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The old French Quarters,
the "Vieux Carre" with
its mysterious courtyards
and balconies of bygone
grandeur — every build-
ing surrounded with
memories and legends.
New Orleans
entertains the Nation
The Mardi Gras— January 7 to February 12 — is New Or-
leans invitation to the world to come and enjoy life. Days and
nights of piauresque revelry.
And this spectacle, which attracts thousands of visitors each
year, can be a joyous part of your trip east— when you go via
the Sunset Route.
The Sunset Route, linking the three great "storied" cities,
San Francisco, New Orleans and New York is stanling in its
vivid contrasts.
San Francisco— Los Angeles— Phoenix. A one day motor
side-trip takes you over the famous Apache
Trail. Next El Paso (10 day stopover), with
Juarez, Old Mexico just 5 minutes away.
Across Texas and Louisiana. Then New Or-
leans. Thence by rail to your midwest or east-
erri destination or via Southern Pacific steam-
ship (no added cost) to New York.
And this is but one of Southern Pacific's 4
great routes to the east. Go this way, return
another. In that way you double the enjoyment
of your trip, for each route is different.
Southern Pacific
Four Great Routes
F. S. McGINNIS, Passenger Traffic Manager
San Francisco
THE MUSIC MAGAZINE OF THE PACIFIC WEST
Published Monthly in San Francisco
Covering the Ten Western States, from Canada to Me.xico . . .
The Biggest Western Circulation of Any Music Magazine!
Subscription: $1.50 Per Year
Frederic Shipman, Publisher f Hotel Sutter, San Francisco
The Stratford-on-Avon
Festival Company
By Anne Page
Executive Secretary, San Francisco Center
FOR the first time the famous
Stratford-on-Avon Festival Com-
pany is making a tour of the
United States and will play in San
Francisco from December 17th to
30th. This is the company which
people from all over the world go to
see in Shakespearean repertoire during
the festivals given t\vice yearly in
Shakespeare's birthplace. Under the
direction of W. Bridges Adams, this
group of actors and actresses has be-
come known as the best trained group
in the English-speaking countries.
The result of this training is
summed up by the following state-
ment of a dramatic critic: "The out-
standing quality of the interpretation,
as it impressed me, was the rich vital-
ity the actors lent the incidents and
those who shared in them, and the
new and at times amazing illumina-
tion thrown upon what have hitherto
been regarded as minor roles. You
fee! this all the time. The text is
handled with reverence, such cutting
as has been made effected only for the
purpose of knitting the action and the
comedy more closely together. But
the characters stand out, each with its
own significance and each so poised as
to possess its precise value and no
more."
Americans are keenly interested in
this company because of the rebuild-
ing fund of the Shakespeare Memo-
rial Theater. When the original the-
ater was burned down in March,
1926, funds poured in from all over
the world. Of the $2,000,000 re-
quired, more than $600,000 was
given by Americans. The new Memo-
rial Theater, now in process of being
built, was designed by Miss Elizabeth
Scott. Her plan won a competition
open to any architect in the world who
cared to compete. The facade of the
new theater, which will face the park
on the river, will possess more archi-
tectural beauty than the old play-
house. It is to be built of brick and
will carry out the atmosphere of the
old Elizabethan architecture.
This new theater will be used for a
spring and summer festival of Shake-
spearean performances by a permanent
stock company. Distinguished stars,
who have become known as interpret-
ers of Shakespearean roles, will be in-
vited to appear. This same per-
manent company, if the present trans-
Atlantic tour proves successful, will
annually tour Canada and the United
States. All profits from the perform-
ances go to an endowment fund for
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I 9 2
the Memorial Theater. This is pro-
vided for in the Royal Charter given
by His Majesty the King to this the-
ater— the sole theater in the British
Empire possessing a Royal Charter.
Touring with the company is the
Hon. Archibald D. Flower, former
Major of Stratford-on-Avon and at
present Chairman of the Trustees and
Guardians of Shakespeare's birthplace.
He came to the United States and
Canada last year and visited the prin-
cipal cities to discover whether the
time was ripe for a tour of the Strat-
ford Festival Company. Having ev-
erywhere received an enthusiastic re-
sponse to this question, Mr. Flower
arranged with F. Ray Comstock and
Morris Gest to take over the direction
of this first tour of the United States.
Mr. Flower claims that there is
little a Stratfordian cannot find in
Shakespeare. He points out, for exam-
ple, that the greatest of English plaj-
wrights can be of great help to golfers.
On being asked to prove this state-
ment, he replied with a twinkle in his
eye, "If Shakespeare knew nothing of
golf, how do you account for Mar-
garet's remark in Richard HI, 'Cursed
be the hand that made these fatal
holes.' Or how did he happen to write
this line from The Two Gentlemen of
Verona, 'By thy approach thou makest
me most unhappy.' "
Like so many residents of Stratford,
who apparently think, talk and live in
terms of Shakespeare, Mr. Flower is
never happier than when discussing the
great bard. Many organizations in
San Francisco are inviting him to
speak on his favorite subject during
his visit. He has already accepted an
invitation for a luncheon on December
18th to be given by the San Francisco
Center in honor of Mr. Flower, Mr.
W. Bridges Adams, the director, and
members of the company. Mr. Flow-
er's delicious humor in portraying
Shakespeare as one who can never die
makes him a speaker who is welcomed
far and wide.
There is no question that Mr.
Flower's experiment in bringing the
Stratford-on-Avon Players to San
Francisco will be an unqualified suc-
cess. And San Francisco in future
days can recall with pleasure and sat-
isfaction its opportunity to inaugurate
a project unique in Anglo-American
relations. y * r
he ague Shop
In view of the large stock of Christ-
mas cards and merchandise carried by
the League Shop as a convenience to
members, there is now a special dis-
play daily in the arcade and also in the
auditorium from 11 to 2:30 daily ex-
cept Saturdays.
A New Institution
Opens Its Doors
. . . bringing to Som Francisco homes a new standard
of comfort ...to San Francisco women,
a new era of leisure.
YOUR presence is requested at the formal
opening of the Hot-N-Kold Shop of San
Francisco, Saturday, December the eighth to
Saturday, December the fifteenth.
You are invited to inspect at your leisure
the modern miracles of heating, refrigeration,
and radio assembled in this new shop . . . the
equipment that engineers have selected as the
most efficient mechanisms made for their
purposes.
All during the week, from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
daily, open house will be held. Delectable ices,
electrically frozen by Kelvinator will be
served; radio programs will be given; and a
gift Kelvinator will be presented to some one
visitor.
During the week of open house, a Christmas
gift will be presented to every purchaser. A
personal invitation to be present at the formal
opening is extended to the members of the
Women's City Club by Chas. H. Dickey, Jr.
HHI! NKolcf
SHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO
417 Sutter Street Telephone DOuglas 7400
Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia
Interesting . . . Alluring . . . Reliable
An alphabetically arranged survey of the whole field of knowledge. Valuable
alike for old and young. Let me tell you how Compton's Pictured Encyclo-
pedia offers a most unusual educational service in the home, in the school,
and in the business world.
At the Utopia Shop, Western Women's Building, 609 Sutter St., on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday mornings; and in room 224, Women's City Club, 465
Post Street, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings.
A set of Compton's always on display at these addresses
ESTHER RHINE
950 ANZA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
Phone EVergreen 454
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Gifts of T)LstinctlorL
'Persian, Rugs . . . worn the se-
lection awacded Qold Medal
at the T'aclRc Southwest
Exposition.
'Pecsio.n. Slllc Scatrfs and Cotton
Prints . . . fov hangings, curtains,
bedspreads and the Exquisite,
Race Perfume "Macjan '.
'PersixiR Art Centre
founded by
Ali-KuU Kkan, N. D.
456-457 Post St., San Francisco
50 East 57tk St., New York
An Ideal Christmas Gift!
SEASON TICKET TO
Young People's
Symphony Concerts
(San Francis CO Symphony Orchestra)
WHEELER BECKETT, Conducting
A series of five Friday afternoon
concerts at the CuRRAN Theatre
January 18, February 1, February
15, March 1, March 15
Season Tickets: $5.00, $4.00, $2.50,
on sale at Sherman, Clay & Company
Alice Metcalf, Executive Manager
Hotel Mark Hopkins, San Francisco
Individualized
Gold and
■Platinum
Jewelry
iilYcrware
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JEWELRY COMPANY
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The Christmas Package
(Continued from Page 25j
now has an object of beauty to lay be-
side her hand. These last articles of
Oriental ancestry are all in lovely bro-
cade boxes molded to fit the article, so
need not be further wrapped unless so
desired.
A richly colored brocade hand-bag
with lighter to match came next in this
wonderful box and was wrapped in a
paper variegated as itself.
Quite in keeping with the gay spirit
of the season was a bridge-set of mod-
ern design from Belgium. Such a har-
lequin for color and yet so attractive.
This set was so decorative in itself that
clear cellulose only was used to wrap
it, but broad bands of gold metal paper
kept the parcel together.
An odd little wooden-based lamp
from Holland was packed for the in-
valid because it looked so cheery —
much like a vase of flowers with its
shade painted to match the base.
For her too, was the "booklite" in
green to snap on the cover of her book
so that she could move to any position
and still have a perfect light. They
may be obtained in any color and are
not heavy.
The boy of the family will be made
supremely happy with a Charles A.
Lindbergh flight map in color. Perhaps
one of your Eastern friends would
greatly enjoy one of those California
maps that are so highly amusing. Any
Californian who has been away a long
time will be overjoyed to find one
tucked away with other remembrances.
A box masquerading as a book holds
soap for the little girl. What child
does not treasure something that looks
like something else? Her gift was
wrapped in green banded by a proces-
sion of coolies in gay attire and bearing
flags of many colors.
The older sister will be delighted
with the dainty little individual pow-
der-puffs that are sold by the dozen,
each decorated with a colored organdie
flower. Just the finishing touch for
the guest-room. These were tied with
lavender flowers and were lavender
scented before sending, the package
tied with purple paper and lavender
ribbon.
On top of all other parcels was
placed that for pater-families, whose
gifts are usually, for some reason,
packed at the bottom. This box con-
tained some of those funny little corks
carved in Italy and one fine silver one.
A key holder came next. No man now-
adays need carry his keys on a ring.
Then, best of all comes the set of locks
for which he will need no keys. He
can set his own combination, his own
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SANDAL >;.rr'
A nice little thing to wish for or give this
Christmas. Fine for walking about house,
garden or swimming pool, and for driving.
Clings to ankle . . . refnses to wear out . . .
Imported . . . hand-made . . . gay-colored.
Five Dollars.
Fitted personal!}/ /'j/ Jfejsrs,
Booker & Petermann
352 POST STREET
on Union Square ... a block from Club
Feminine Gifts
jrom France . . .
Exquisite Perfumes . . . and delightfully
dirferent Perfume Bottles. Parisian Pow-
der Boxes. Powder Compacts .ind Lip
Sticks. Boudoir Smoking Sets and Ash
Trays . . . and hundreds of unique French
Novelties that make charming gifts. You
wi'l find many suggestions for Christmas
giving at :
254 Powell Street . . . UO Geary Street
1323 Washington Street, Oakland
Parfum Classique Francais
lyxcorporated
\i Rue de Champs. Asnieres, Paris
Grif tss'o
lity
BRASS
id COPPER
Fire Screens, Fire Sets,
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Mo nog rammed Desk
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birth-date, address, or any number and
when he flicks the combination his lug-
gage or whatever he has sealed will re-
main sealed until he says 'open Sesame.'
This box was, of course, tied in red,
for is there a man who, secretly at
least, does not prefer red? On top of
this last festive-looking gift was laid a
large greeting card, 'For the Family,
From the Family,' tied with a bunch
of little sleigh bells that will give forth
a gay greeting no doubt when they
come to light after traveling three
thousand miles.
Third JI on days
Mrs. Maddux will have her evening
Current Events Group only on the
third Monday evening of each month.
The first Monday has been perma-
nently cancelled.
Hunger
Oh, he is kind and he is good.
And loves her as a husband should.
fVhy does she sit remembering
Some little, lost, unmeaning thing f
One who could quickly make her
laugh,
IVho plucked a berry and gave her
half.
Now she has berries black and red.
Served in a silver dish instead.
Furs and rings and a great, carved
bed.
The motor purrs; she can hear the
rain
Beating upon the window pane.
Surely it's better. She knows it's
better.
Her mother would have been wrong
to let her
Throw it away for the wind and the
hedge,
fVith hunger always just over the
edge.
But hunger is a queer thing, she said.
And cannot always be stopped by
bread.
The motor turns in a drive she knows.
Toward warmth and light and ease it
goes.
Better, ah, better than cold and sor-
row
And endless fear of a black tomorrow!
And maybe it's better I'm stopped and
caught.
Since I wasn't strong enough, she
thought.
Louise Driscoll,
New York Times.
The IDEAL
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. . . because it increases the happi-
ness of everyone in the family.
Mother's shopping is cut in half
. . . her cooking takes on a modern
ease and smartness. Dad enjoys the
tasty new dishes, the ice cubes and
the economies of operation. The
kiddies thrive on the safe goodies.
General Electric is the one refri-
gerator that is entirely different . . .
that does not even need oiling . . .
that is "Years Ahead."
Ask about the special Xmas terms.
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The Stock Exchange — yf Alarket Place
By Sidney L. Schwartz
President San Francisco Stock Exchange
THE questions are constantly arising: "What is a
Stock Exchange?" and "Has it a place of real value
in the economic life of a nation?"
The most direct and perhaps the most accurate answer
to the first query is, a Stock Exchange is a regulated, free
and open market place where the agents of buyer and
seller meet to acquire or dispose of stocks, bonds, notes,
debentures and rights, of corporations and governments.
It provides at all times a ready market for the sale of
securities at a price established at the time of sale or pur-
chase by the operation of the law of supply and demand.
The Exchange is not a merchant but a market place
where securities are bought or sold. Being a market place
the Exchange is not responsible for fluctuations in the
prices of securities, these fluctuations being caused by the
ebb and flow of orders to buy or sell. If the demand is
heavy the securities go up in price. If the sellers outnumber
the buyers, the price recedes.
The origin of the Stock Exchange in the United States
was casual: As early as 1752 a group of merchants in
New York had established a general meeting place where
they exchanged meal and slaves. A little later a group of
men began meeting together for the purpose of exchang-
ing securities and money. The latter group acted as
brokers for the general investing public. Their organiza-
tion received its first stimulus when the American gov-
ernment did its first purely American financing following
the Revolutionary War. At this time the first Congress
authorized the issuance of eighty million dollars in bonds
(or, as they called them then, stocks,) to be used in re-
funding the public debt which had arisen from the war.
The San Francisco Stock Exchange came into exis-
tence in 1882 to meet the needs of a country rich in
natural resources and man-power but lacking capital for
development. It was also a time when men were begin-
ning to realize that their best opportunities for large profit
lay in investment in the shares of corporations whose
prosperity was dependent primarily on the growth and
development of the west. So well has it accomplished its
purpose that for close on to half a century the San Fran-
cisco Stock Exchange has furnished a necessary part of the
machinery by which the great reservoirs of western capital
have been made available to western industry.
women's city club magazine for DECEMBER
1928
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Women's City Club, Dec. 13,11 a. m.
Sorosis Club .... Dec. 13, 8 p. ra.
Oakland Business and Professional
Women's Club, Dec. 1+, 11 a. m.
Berkeley Twentieth Century Club,
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TICKETS ONE DOLLAR
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Management: Alice Seckels
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Personal Attention
. . . means a great deal in the
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The Stock Exchange has a real place
in the life of the nation for the reason
that it is the simplest and most eco-
nomical system yet achieved for the
convenience of the buyer and seller.
Without the aid of the Stock Exchange
or some similar institution, it is doubt-
ful if business would have been capable
of reaching the heights that it has at-
tained. Fundamentally, the Stock Ex-
change touches the life of the humblest
worker for through the operations of
the Exchange in financing huge under-
takings, employment is provided to a
vast army of workmen.
Another major function of the or-
ganized stock exchange is its effective-
ness in the prevention of fraud. The
proper functioning of an exchange
makes impossible two leading kinds of
frauds: first, the placing on sale of
misrepresented and worthless goods,
and second, inequitable methods of
effecting purchases and sales. The
exchange committee which passes upon
applications for the listing of stocks
on the exchange investigates with great
care every security before it is placed
on the floor for trading. The financial
position of the corporation is looked
into, its earning record examined, and
last but not least, the business reputa-
tion and character of its officers and
directors is weighed. The exchange,
however, cannot guarantee the success
of the corporations whose securities are
listed. No human power could do
that. It does, however, insure the
absence of fraud. It is the relentless
enemy of the promoter and vendor of
worthless securities, and an effective
agent in driving him from the com-
munity.
The exchange also performs many
other functions. It is an important
factor in carrying surplus production
over into consumption. It sustains
the risk of industry and trade, and
through its facilities for and the
forces of speculation and investment,
many a corporation has been carried
from an insecure position in its be-
ginning to the full strength of ma-
turit)'.
Porter Sen^lce
Attention of members who, from
time to time, bring luggage to the
Women's City Club, or contributions
of flowers, is called to the door bell at
the left of the main entrance. This
bell may be rung for service and will
summon a porter to help with luggage.
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International
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Funds of this company
are invested over a wide
field . . . Our portfolio
contains the bonds and
stocks of scores of lead-
ing American and for-
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include 19 governmen-
tal divisions, 38 rail-
roads,61 public utilities,
70 banks located in
thirty-one citie^, 22 in-
surance companies, 17
oil companies, 6 copper
mining and sme ting
companies and seventy-
six industrials.
Ask ]or circular.
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Corporation
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SAN FRANCISCO
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approximately $73 a share, yield-
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by check monthly and is paying its
190th dividend this month.
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{There is no charge)
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315 Standard Oil Building
Kearny 4567 Established 1865
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WOMEN S
CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for DECEMBER
928
HOSIERY
MEP AIMING
. . . as done by
experts . . . can
be an important
economy in your
personal budget.
Let us repair your
"runs" and
"pulls" at our
moderate charges.
1 1 i
At the League Shop,
312-313 WHITNEY BUILDING
133 GEARY STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
CIGARETTES as a
CHRISTMAS GIFT
Through a special arrangement,
the Club is able to offer its members
attractive Christmas boxes of ciga-
rettes, packed for mailing at reduced
prices.
Cartons containing 200 cigarettes,
either in the regular 20's packages
or in flat tins of 50 cigarettes:
Chesterfield $1.20 per carton
Fatima $1.55 per carton
On display at Counter in Main Lobby
Baumgarten
Bros.
WHOLESALE BUTCHERS
Beef Packers
Pork Packers
SUPPLYING
Hotels, Clubs, Resorts,
Restaurants, Steamships
and Railroads
530 CLAY STREET
SAN FRANCISCO
Christmas Parti/
There will be a Christmas party in
the Cit>' Club Auditorium Thursday
evening, December 20, at 8 o'clock, for
members only. The entertainment
will be provided by members. One
feature will be competitive charades.
Groups intending to present charades
should advise the Executive Office
beforehand, in order to insure a place
on the program.
British Consul to Speak
Mr. Gerald Campbell, British Con-
sul-General in San Francisco, will
speak Thursday evening, December
13, at the City Club. His subject will
be "Conditions in Great Britain."
jVIr. and Mrs. Campbell will be guests
of the City Club at dinner preceding
the talk. Members are invited to
attend the dinner. Make reservations
not later than Wednesdav, December
12. $1.25 per plate.
y y f
Cafeteria Special Features
Menu in the cafeteria contains
some special features every day. The
chicken pies served on Thursday are
particularly popular and many mem-
bers look forward to Fridays, when
they can obtain delicious waffles,
cooked to order by one of the devoted
volunteers. Suggestions as to dishes
which members would like to have
featured are always welcome.
ill
Guest Cards
A member may secure a guest card
at the Executive Office for any woman
residing more than fifty miles from
San Francisco. The guest card en-
titles the holder to all privileges of the
club, including the use of a bedroom
for a period not to exceed two weeks
in a year. An extension may be
granted by the House Committee. A
member may obtain a guest card upon
payment of fifty cents, with a similar
fee for renewal.
i i -f
Guests from Affiliated
Clubs
A member of any club with which
this club has reciprocal relations may,
upon presenting her membership card,
be accorded the hospitality of this club
for a period not to exceed two weeks
in any calendar year. An extension
may be granted by the House Com-
mittee. < r <
Bridge Scores
The League Shop is offering play-
ing cards and bridge scores at reduced
pi ices. Members are invited to step
into the Shop and inspect them.
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We specialize in the
finest of young fowl :
TURKEYS
CHICKENS -DUCKS
GEESE and
SQUABS
for the Holiday dinner
A. TARANTINO
€5^ SONS
SONOMA MARKET
1524 POLK STREET
GRaystone 655-656
BOSCH Service
Come in
and hear
the Bosch
Radio
beautiful
tones.
ARTHUR DAHL
470 Sutter Street San Francisco
Telephone Kearny 8753
MRS. DAY'S
BROWN BREAD
Nulrilious and non-jaliening .... and
delicious as well! Give this bread a
trial . . .you will like ill Served in the
Club. : : : On sale al leading grocers.
DAILY DELIVERY OF
Fresh, Salt, Smoked
Fish and Shellfish
to Any Part of the City
Your telephone order will receive careful
attention — CaU UNderhill 6075
Monterey Sea Food Co.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
In the Mission — Sixteenth Street Market
1985 Mission Street
omen's city club magazine for DECEMBER • 192
AST I COLONY
Juice ofihe Grape
Remember HIM at Christmas with Asti Colony Juice
of the Grafje— and he will remember YOU throughout the
year. Nothing could be more acceptable as a Christmas
gift to the man of the family than a generous supply of
these delicious juices. It is a gift that will bring him
pleasure not for one day only, but for as long as the supply
lasts.
There are a variety of types to make selections from —
Italian Swiss Colony TIPO (red and white), Asti Colony
Burgundy, Riesling and Sweet Sautemc. These flavory
juices will be delivered in barrels or kegs at a nominal cost
in time for Christmas.
Phone Davenport 9250 for our repres''nt^tive.
ITALIAN SWISS COLONY
" Al Romey's you can always be sure a telephone
order will bring you perject selections."
For Jlerrj/ Feasts that are Elegant
San Francisco hostesses know that a turkey from
ROM EY is bound to prove a young aristocrat,
and turn out magnificently at the feast, especially
with rare out-of-season vegetables and exotic
fruits from far away
GIFT FRUIT BASKETS ' * GIFT TURKEY ORDERS
ROMEY
Poultry ' Fish ' Meat ' Vegetables < Fruit
2150 POLK STREET
G Kaystone ia6, 127 or iz8
Hourly Service Bureau
RELIABLE WOMEN for RELIABLE MEN for
Care of Children Housecleaning
Light Housework Window-washing
Cooking Car Washing
Practical Nursing Care of Gardens, etc.
Day or Hour Only
Let Us Help to Solve Your Household Problems
1027 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
Telephone Hemlock 2897
Alay now be chosen Jrom a charming new selection at
The LEAGUE SHOP
Alain Lobby Women's City Club
CE TE
Holiday parties and dinners,
not to speak of the Big Event . . .
Christmas Day.
Ice Cream, in fancy individual
shapes, or a beautiful frozen
pudding, will add to the festive
effect . . . and saves work in the
kitchen, too.
Write or phone for descriptive
folder and prices.
NATIONAL ICE CREAM COMPANY
366 GUERRERO STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
Telephone Hemlock 6000
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WOMEN S CITY ClyU
MAGAZINE i 0 r DECEMBER
I 9 2
These
real advantages—^
when you use, for light
or heat, the new-day
BURNBRITE
KEROSENE
A DRASTIC improvement in manufacturing process has made
this better kerosene possible. At no added cost you can now
have a kerosene that offers these valued advantages:
1 . Bumbrite has a clean, sweet odor.
2. Bumbrite burns with a clear, white flame.
3. Bumbrite does not char the wick.
At your neighborhood grocer's or the nearest red, green
and cream service station you can get this new product. Try
it confidently; you'll want to use it regularly.
Ask for the Bumbrite booklet. It gives you a score and
more of valued uses for Burnbrite, with finer results than you
have ever known. Read about the convincing lamp test— a
standard lamp burning for from 60 to 65 hours on one
filling of the fount.
Sold wherever Associated products are sold.
ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY
l^efiners and Distributors of
Associated Gasoline >■ Associated Ethyl Gasoline
Cycol Motor Oil and Greases
BOSTON
Bedding £s? Upholstering Co.
GRaystone 0759
ITALIAN FURNITtJRE : IMPORTED
1957 Polk Street, San Francisco
SUPERIOR
Blanket and Curtain
Cleaning Works
Your woolen blankets, fine com-
forters, draperies or pillows will
receive expert attention.
Call HEmlock 1337
160 FOURTEENTH STREET
Of Current Interest in
Locat Theaters
By Georgina Keller
GEARY
"The Squall": "White Cargo"
hokum in a different setting and plot
with Susanne Caubaye as Nubi, the
rescued gypsy. Miss Caubaye heads
an excellent cast including Bertha
Mann, which greatly overcomes weak
lines and obvious situations.
CURRAN
"The Desert Song" : Perry Askam
is here again with his scarlet cloak and
pleasing voice. Also the petite Elvira
Tanzi, whose personality fails to
match her voice. Same lovely music.
ALCAZAR
"In Love IVith Love" : A very light
comedy in which Dale Winter and
Henry Duffy make themselves at
home. Mr. Ralph Kellard, as the
serious engineer, does much to make
the play seem a little more realistic, in
spite of the fact that Mr. Duffy bur-
lesques the juvenile by cutting cute
capers. i i i
PLAYERS GUILD
"Fallen Angels": An exceedingly
clever comedy by Noel Coward, ade-
quately portraying English life. It is
a finished production with due appre-
ciation of the excellent work of Sarah
Padden and Charlotte Walker. It has
played to consistently good houses.
GREEN STREET
"Easy for Zee Zee" : This is adver-
tised in the papers as "a French farce
with a kick." It is certainly nothing
more or less than that, except perhaps
that the "kick" is over-rated. It kicks
too often to be anything but monot-
onous. 111
Do You Enjoy Hiking?
Members of the Women's City
Club who like to hike and would en-
joy walks in the country with fellow
members are invited to leave their
names, addresses and telephone num-
bers at the Information Desk on the
Fourth Floor. When the enrollment
justifies, hikes will be arranged under
experienced leadership and those who
have indicated their interest will be
notified. , , ,
Swimming Guest Cards
Members may extend the privileges
of the Swimming Pool to their guests
upon the payment of twenty-five cents.
This will entitle the holder of the red
ticket to ten admissions to the pool.
The regular guest fee of fifty cents
for the use of the bathing suit, etc., is
payable upon presentation of the card
each time. The swimming guest card
entitles the holder to the privileges of
the pool, only.
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WOMEN- S CITY CLUB MAGAZINE for DECEMBER
I 9 2
tCfjc ^cagon'g Greetings!
Announcement:
The METROPOLITAN
UNION MARKET
2077 UNION STREET
ts under complete new management
We are equipped to supply every culinary
need with the choicest of Hne foods . . .
FRUIT ' POULTRY - MEAT
VEGETABLES - GROCERIES
Lowest prices commensurate with quality.
Monthly accounts are invited. Telephone orders
\v\\\ be given prompt and careful attention.
For your convenience we have three phones . . .
WEST 0900
0901
0902
and maintain a constant delivery service.
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and Gold Medals . . .
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Convalescent Care for Women
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... at this pleasant home, with its sun
rooms, large garden, sheltered court, and
excellent meals. Books and other diversions
provided. Patients admitted only on
recommendation of physicians.
Tubercular and Mental Cases Not Received
Terms $1.00 per Day
The San Francisco Ladies'
Protection and ReHef Society
Miss Ida V. Graham, Suferintendent
3400 Laguna Street - Telephone West 6714
Miss Ann A W.Beaver MissEdith W. Allvne
President Secretary
Mrs. George A. Clough
Ch. Convalescent Comm.
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BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY of CLUB MEMBERS
HERE, FOR YOUR CO>fVENIENCE, IS PRINTED A CLASSIFIED
DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS WHO ARE PREPARED TO SERVE
YOU, EITHER IN A BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY
Bridge
MRS. FITZHUGH
Eminent Bridge Authority
Auction and Contract taught scientifically.
lo Lessons, $7.00 Single Lessons 75c
Studio: WOMAN'S CITY CLUB BLDG.
Phones: DOuglas 1796 GRaystone 8a6o
Electrologist
Mrs. J. C. PACKARD, Electrologist
Associated with Dr. J. C. Packard,
Chiropodist : for Appointment
Telephone Franklin 3111
550 Geary Street, Bet. Taylor and Jones
Insurance
MARY E. STEWART
Mamgcr M. E. Stewart 6< Son
Every kind of Insurance, for both personal
and business protection. Over twenty
years experience.
a4 California St. Sutter 3077
Publisher
FLORENCE R. KEENE
Editor and Publisher of WESTWARD, a
magazine of Western verse, book-chat.
Published quarterly.
Ttventy'five cents per copy . One dollar a year
1501 Leaven^vorth Street
Tel. Graystone 8796
Real Estate
For "BUYS" in choice property
G. A. SHAFFER
*'SaM Francisco's Home Finder*' and
Co-operative Mon\e Specialist
For choicest list of apartments, flats
and houses in fashionable neighbor-
hoods and environs
560 Sutter Street Douglas 0836
TJie LOGICAL PLACE
to tell your fellow members of
your own particular services is
... In This . . .
CLUB MEMBERS' DIRECTORY
Schools
MISS MARY L. BARCLAY
School of Calculating
Comptometer; Day and Evening Classes
Individual Instruction
Telephone DOuglas 1749
Balboa Bldg. 593 Market Street
Cor. and Street
Specialty Shop
ANNA S. HUNT
Fashionable foundation garments fitted to
individual needs. . .featuring Goodwin cor'
sets, girdles, lingerie and hosiery.
Gamco corsets and surgical girdles.
494 Post St. Douglas 7737
Across from your Club
Travel Advisor
Margaret Kccne Whit more
Let me solve your Travel Problems. Hotel
reservations made, sightseeing trips ar-
ranged, transportation — any kind, any
place. Trips planned anywhere, all de-
tail taken care of. 7^o extra expense to you .
I'i'xo Hayes St. Fillmore 4560
Women's City Club
Magatine-
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PiihlishedJMonthly by the Women's City Club, 465 Post Street, San Francisco
New Year f 919
anuary ' 1929
Subscription $1.00 a year ' 15 cents a copy
Volume II ' No. 12
>J^,
3 [THE FAMOUS OLD PARROTT ESTATE, SAN MATEO]
HERE is a tide
In the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood.
Leads on to fortune. -Shakespere.
^^
Never again will you be able to buy a beau-
tiful modern home in B AYWOOD at these
prices and on these terms. B AYWOOD
appeals to those who appreciate the jfiner
things of life-in a word, to people of taste,
refinement and that nice discrimination
that marks gentlefolk everywhere.
BAYWOOD PARK COMPANY
Trad: Office: Third Avenue and State Highway, San Mateo
Telephone San Mateo 1727
City Office: 156 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
Telephone Douglas 2178
NOTE.— Baywood is 55 minutes (20 miles) from San Francisco by motor; 28 minutes by trairu The TraS office
is a 2-minute walk West of the S. P. Station and the eleSric cars. All stages pass the entrance.
Tc
. O those who admire the Early American
type of furniture, our extensive displays of reproductions will be
of great interest. Illustrated is a highboy of cherry and maple in
an old pine finish; a Sleepy Hollow armchair attractively uphol'
stered, an oval'top occasional table and a lamp of pewter and
brass. Prices are very reasonable, in accord with the Sloane
principle of exceptional value.
Charge accounts welcomed. Freight paid to any shipping
point in the United States and to Honolulu.
RUGS ' CARPETS ' FURNITURE ' DRAPERIES ' INTERIOR DECORATING
W. & J. SLOANE
Sutter Street near Grant Avenue ' San Francisco
L08 ANGELES
NEW YORK
WASHINGTON, D. C.
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB CALENDAR
JANUARY I— FEBRUARY 1. 1929
CURRENT EVENTS
Every Wednesday morning at H o'clock, Auditorium. Third Monday evening, 7:30
o'clock. Room 212. Mrs. Parker S. Maddux, Leader.
TALKS ON APPRECIATION OF ART
Monday mornings at 11 o'clock. Card Room, followed by visits to various San Francisco
Art Exhibits. Mrs. Charles E. Curry, Leader.
LEAGUE BRIDGE
Every Tuesday, 2 o'clock and 7:30 o'clock, Assembly Room.
DRAMA READING
Wednesday evenings. Round table, 7 o'clock. Drama Reading, 7:30 o'clock. Room 230.
Thursday afternoons, 2 o'clock. Committee Room. Miss Lillian O'Neil, Leader.
THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAMS
Every Thursday evening, 8 o'clock. Auditorium. Mrs. A. P. Black, Chairman.
JUVENILE THEATRE
Saturday afternoons, 2:30 o'clock, Auditorium. Alice Seckels, Manager.
SUNDAY EVENING CONCERTS
Alternate Sunday evenings, 8:30 o'clock. Auditorium. Mrs. Leonard A. Woolaras,
Chairman Music Committee.
January 5 — Juvenile Theatre. Jack Ford's Puppets. Tvpo plays
will be shown, one of which will be "Beauty and Auditorium 2:30 P.M.
the Beast"
6 — Sunday Evening Concert
Mrs. Charles Holbrook, Jr., Hostess Auditorium 8:30 P.M.
9 — Meeting of Day Restaurant Volunteers Board Room 10:30 A.M.
Meeting of Night Library Volunteers Board Room 6:30 P.M.
Meeting of Night Restaurant Volunteers Board Room 7:30 P.M.
Book Review Dinner 4ssemblyRoom 6:00P.M.
Speaker: Mrs. Leslie Conner Williams
Books: "The Terrible Siren," by Emanie Sachs;
"Penelope's Man," by John Erskine; "Lily
Christine," by Michael Arlen
t (Dinner reservations should be made in advance.
$1.00 per plate)
12 — Juvenile Theatre. Excerpts from the music drama
"Hiawatha," directed by Lester Horton Auditorium 2:30P.M.
14 — Annual Election of Board of Directors Auditorium 9 A. M.-6 P. M.
All members are required to vote
15 — Course for Volunteers in Social Service Room 212 11:00 A.M.
Speaker: Miss E. Shirpser, Social Service Depart-
ment, Children's Hospital
18 — Course for Volunteers in Social Service
Visit to Children's Hospital
20 — Sunday Evening Concert
Mrs. Francis M. Shaw, Hostess
22 — First Lecture on "Contemporary Literature" .... Auditorium 11:00 A.M.
Professor Benjamin H. Lehman
22 — Course for Volunteers in Social Service ^oom 212 11:00 A.M.
Speaker: Miss Helen Whitney, San Anselmo
23 — First Lecture on Course in "Woman's Widening
Horizon" Assembly Room 8:00 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Henry W. Gibbons
Subject: "How Not to Grow Old"
25 — Course for Volunteers in Social Service
Visit to Orphanage, San Anselmo
29 — Lecture on "Contemporary Literature" Auditorium 11:00 A.M.
Professor Benjamin H. Lehman
29 — Course for Volunteers in Social Service
Speaker to be announced later
30 — Course in "Woman's Widening Horizon" Assembly Room 8:00 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Julian M. Wolfsohn
Subject: "Her Job — Does it Fit and is it Becoming?"
OFFICERS OF THE WOMEN'S CITY CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
Mrs. a. p. Black, President Miss Mabel Pierce, Treasurer
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper, First Vice-President Mrs. William F. Booth, Jr., Recording Secretary
Miss Marion W. Leale, Second Vice-President Mrs. Edward H. Clark, Jr., Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. William B. Hamilton, Third Vice-President Miss Carlie I. Tomlinson, Executive Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mrs. A. p. Black Mrs. Milton Esberg Miss Emma L. Noonan
Mrs. Leroy Briggs Miss Irene M. Ferguson Mrs. Howard G. Park
Dr. Adelaide Brown Mrs. Cleaveland Forbes Miss Esther Phillips
Mrs. William F. Booth, Jr. Mrs. William B. Hamilton ^"* S^/'' J d '^•*
Miss Sophronia Bunker Mrs. Marcus S. Koshland Z"' h a^c. **^'"^y
«, r • T /^ I «* T 11 T L Mrs. H. A. Stephenson
Mrs. Louis J Carl Mrs. Lovell Langstroth ^^^^ p^^, ghoup
Mrs. S. G. Chapman Miss Marion W. Leale Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard
Mrs. Edward H. Clark, Jr. Mrs. Parker S. Maddux Mrs. H. L. Terwilliger
Mrs. Charles Miner Cooper Mrs. Harry Staats Moore Miss Elisa May Willard
Miss Mary C. Dunham Miss Henrietta Moffat Mrs. James T. Wood, Jr.
women's city club magazine for JANUARY
1929
Women's City Club
Magazine
Published Monthly at ^^^^^T Telephone
465 FosT Street B^f^P KEarny 8400
Entered as second-class matter April 14, 1928, at the Post Office
at San Francisco, California, under the act of March 3,
1879.
SAN FRANCISCO
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Ballot for Board of Directors ....
Fiction
High Moon — Prize Story
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By Virginia Helene Cummings
Articles
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By Jack Campbell
City Planning and the Women'sCityClub
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By Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
San Francisco — the City to Be . . . .
17
By Paul A. Sinsheimer
Coming Events in the Women's City Club
18
In Memoriam
20
Club Notes
23
Monthly Departments
Financial — Looking Ahead
26
Travel — Winter Sports in California
21
By Raymond H. Weisbrod
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OAKLAND
BERKELEY
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THE
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J Day School for Boys
Primary, Grammar and High
School Departments . . . featur-
ing small classes and individual
instruction. Prepares for all
Eastern and Western colleges.
School re-opens
January 2, 1929
I. R. DAMON, A. M. (Harvard)
Headmaster
1899 Pacific Ave. Telephone West 7U
DREW
a-YearHigh School
Course admits to college-
Crcdite valid in high achool.
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SPECIAL TUTORING
3901 California St.
Phone West 7069
GIRLS* SCHOOLS
The
"Margaret Bentley School
[Accredited]
LUCY L. SOULE, Principal
High School, Intermediate and
Primary Grades
Home department limited
2722 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.
Telephone Thornwall 3820
The
Sarah Dix Hamlin School
Thirty-fourth year
Boarding and Day School for Girls of all ages.
Pre-primary school giving special instruction
in French. College preparatory.
New Term Opens January aSth
A booklet of information will be furnished
upon request.
Mrs. Edward B. Stanw^ood, B. L.
Principal
aiao Broadway Phone WEst aaii
BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOL
To PARENTS oF
PUPU.S REQUIRING SPECIAL HELP:
MR. A. J. DOVE, M. A.
RECENTLY
HEAD OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Menlo School and Belmont School
WILL RECEIVE A FEW PUPILS
WHO NEED SPECIAL HELP IN UPPER
GRAMMAR OR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WORK
OR WHO FIND THEIR
HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATION DEFECTIVE
AT Hts study:
No. 12 Stanford Apartments
2401 Sacramento Street
Appointments may be arranged
BY telephoning WAlnut 3255
between the hours of 10;30 and 12 noon
BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOL
La Atalaya
Boarding and Day School
Out'of-door living
Group Activities Individual Instruction
Grammar School Curriculum
with French
ANNETTE HASKELL FLAGG, Director
Mill Valley, California
Telephone M. V. )r»4
SPECIAL SCHOOL
The ALICE B. CANFIELD
SCHOOL
[established 192S]
Nursery School — ages 2 to 4 years. Pre-primary
with French and Manual Arts — ages 4 to 6
years. Elementary Grades — ages
6 to 8 years.
All day or morning as preferred. Special
children's luncheon served.
Supervised play.
Afternoon Classes for Older Children. Dramatic
Arts — Music — Languages
Manual Arts
MRS. ALICE B. CANFIELD, Director
2653 STEINER STREET
Between Pacific Avenue and Broadway
Teletjhone Fillmore 7625
Riddy far PUjr
A SCHOOL FOR NERVOUS
AND RETARDED CHILDREN
THE CEDARS
CORA C. MYERS. Head
A School in a natural environment of
distinctive beauty where children
develop latent talents.
Address
THE CEDARS
Ross, Marin County, California
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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
San Francisco
College
School of Business
Administration
[co-educational f evening sessions]
Winter Term Opens
January 16, 1929
¥ Y -f
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
LEADING TO
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DEGREE
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Finance and Investments
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Management
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Real Estate
Sales Management
Secretarial Science
Stock and Bond Brokerage
Instruction by
Professional Teachers
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Telephone Sutter 4273
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THE
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YOUNGER CHILDREN
The Juvenile Conservatory
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
USING INDIVIDUAL METHODS
Receives children over two years of a^e, whole
or part time. Expert coaching, scientific habit
training, supervised play. Operf all summer.
Every sunny hour outdoors. A few rooms for
parents in residence.
MRS. S. R. H. MARSHALL, Director.
3329 Washington Street, near Presidio Avenue
San Francisco
Phone Walnut 5845 (or rates Car No. 3
PACIFIC HEIGHTS NURSERY
SCHOOL and KINDERGARTEN
Mrs. Stanley Rypina, Director
Every day including Saturday.
Outdoor rainy day play space.
1900 Jackson Street, at Gough
Telephone Walnut 5998
COOKING SCHOOL
• LEARN TO COOK
icith Mary Lewis Haines
Established Ten Years
PRIVATE AND CLASS LESSONS
EVENING CLASSES
New Term Commences Early in January
357 Presidio Ave., cor. Sacramento St.
Telephone WAlnut 1104
DANCING SCHOOL
The PETERS WRIGHT
SCHOOL of DANCING
It is the aim of the Peters Wright School to
give a complete appreciation and enjoy-
mectof dancing as an art, a recreation,
a character-builder or a means
of livelihood.
2695 Sacramento St.. San Francisco
Telephone Walnut 1665
SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC
CUCISTENSEN
Sckool of Popular M.usic
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Rapid Method — Beginners and Advanced Pupils
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Phone GArfield 4079
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MacALEER SCHOOL
For Private Secretaries
Each student receives individual instruction.
A booklet of information will be
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Mary Genevieve MacAleer, Principal
68 Post Street Telephone DAvenport 6473
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Experts on Personality in Clothes
Individual lessons in sewing, by appointment
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Materials cut, fitted and marked — can be
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Spring Term Opens Thursday, January 3rd, 1929
Projessional and Teachers' Courses oj Study in the
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Executive Positions
For Women . . .
In Business
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University-grade instruction leading to
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Courses now available
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women's city club magazine for January
1929
Ncuj Year Qrccting
Our Annual
Clearance Sale
offers an
opportunity for
purchasing
Oriental Art
Objects at
great savings.
Silk Maoris and
Happi Coats
especially
reduced for
this event.
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md Stockton Street
An ^w'dation
is cordially extended to the
members of the JVomen's City
Club and their friends to
attend the
Anniversary Ball
to be given by the
San Francisco Academy
^Physical Culture
in the Auditorium of the
Women's City Club
January 25, 1929
8:30 p.m.
Ballets and special dances arranged by the Benda,
Fitzgerald, Lucille, Bell and McFarland Studios
Gifts for students of the Academy
Prizes for guests and
dancers
Admission One Dollar the couple
We Have Our Own
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liNCE 1875, we have
been making Garden Pottery like
that shown above, for countless
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not aware that we sell at retail. As
a matter of fact, our elaborate dis-
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YOUR WARDROBE . . .
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"Thomas Way."
Proper care of both tailored things and
evening gowns will often save the expense of
buying new.
To arrange for regular service . . .
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women's city club magazine for JANUARY
1929
Resolutions —
are in order, and we make a suggestion for your
New Year list. This is a resolution that will be
unselfish and have a far-reaching effect — and one
that can easily develop into a good habit, as well.
Here it is:
Resolved, that I shall patronize our adver-
tisers and mention the Women's City Club
Magazine whenever purchasing from them.
Below is the list of January advertisers. Will
you see how often you can strengthen your resolu-
tion this month?
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Art Rattan Works _ _ 7
The Band Box „ 23
Baywood Park Company _ Inside Front Cover
Beauty Salon — Women's City Club 25
Bekins Van & Storage Company 32
Boston Bedding & Upholstering Company 29
The Bowl Shop 7
Buddy Squirrel Nut Shops 29
Byington Electric Company 24
California Stelos Company 29
George W. Caswell Company „ 29
Arthur Dahl _ 23
Mrs. Day's Brown Bread 29
Fialer's, Inc 22
Gladding, McBean & Company 6
Godissart's Parfum Classique Francais, Inc _ 24
D. C. Heger _...' „ 27
Dr. Edith M. Hickey 22
Hourly Service Bureau 24
M. Johns _. 24
Juvenile Theatre 28
H. L. Ladd 27
Liggett & Myers Co. (Chesterfield Cigarettes)..Back Cover
Lipton's Tea 32
Los Angeles Steamship Company 22
Marchetti Motor Patents, Inc _ 26
Matson Navigation Company 23
Metropolitan Union Market _. 32
Monterey Sea Food Company _ „ 29
Musical West 21
McDonnell & Company _ _ 26
National Ice Cream Inside Back Cover
North American Investment Corporation 27
Panama Mail Steamship Company _ _ 22
Pearsons-Taft Company „ 27
Persian Art Centre _ 23
adilly Inn _ 6
Rome
31
Russell's Cake and Pie Shops 24
Rods Brothers _ _ 25
Genesco Russo „ 23
Samarkand Ice Cream „ 31
The San Franciscan 24
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Inside Back Cover
San Francisco Academy of Physical Culture _ 7
Seckels-FIetcher Lecture Series 27
W. & J. Sloane _ _ Z 1
Southern Pacific Company 21
Superior Blanket and Curtain Cleaning Works 27
Temple of Nikko g
F. Thomas Parisian Dyeing and Clcanmg Works 6
Visiting Nurse Association 32
Walk-Over Shoe Store 3
Yosemite Park & Curry Company _ 30
School Directory 4 5
La Atalaya
Lily Barron
Margaret Bentley School
Alice B. Canfield School
California Secretarial
School
The Cedars
Christensen School of
Popular Music
A. J. Dove
Drew School
Heald College
Juvenile Conservatory
MacAIeer School
Pac.fic Hcighis Nursery
School
Potter School
San Francisco College
Peters Wright Dancing
School
California School of Fine
Arts
Mary Lewis Haines
Sarah Dix Hamlin School
Lucien Labaudt School of
Costume Design
Munson School
Business and Professional Directory of Club Members
Inside Back Co\
Miss Mary L. Barclay Mrs. J. C. Packard
Mrs. Fitzhugh G. A. Shaffer
Anna S. Hunt Mrs. Mary Stewart
Florence R. Keene Margaret K. Whittemore
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IVicker furniture reneived and repainted
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The
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SAN FRANCISCO
Mrs. Carlo Sltro Morbio
whoj with Airs. Frederick H. Meyer and Mrs. Leroy Briggs, presented a
charming Christmas Jinks in the Auditorium of the Women's City Club
the night of December 21
WOMEN'S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
VOLUME II
SAN FRANCISCO ' JANUARY ' I929
NUMBER 12
Hl©H M€€M
By Virginia Helene Cummings
Auarded first prize in Short Story Competition of Women's City Club Magazine, launched in July, 1928, and
adjudicated in Noi<ember, last. The judges were George Douglas, Charles Caldwell Dobie
and Mrs. U illiam Palmer Lucas.
MEGAN shut the book wearily. She had wanted
to be alone, but that was ages ago, before the sun
had come up from the yellow bowl by the
window in her room, and had urged open the last daffodils
struggling to beauty in the center of the bowl. Now that
she was here in the copse, sheltered by the branches of a
hundred years' wise meditation, fear swept over her again,
that strange, obscurely doubting fear, like the early river
mist dissolving about her in the dawn. Later, of course,
the mist would disappear, and hide beneath its coverts
waiting until night, yet always in the thin fogginess when
the sun had only commenced to warm the fledgling leaves
to gold and bronze maturity- it clung to her as though it
held no other vision beyond its desolation than the grange
and the wasted moon above the ivy, and the beeches twisted
against the walls. Sometimes she had wondered in those
moments so terribly imminent and undisguised what would
happen if she should dash them aside madly and unmind-
fully and strive into the wider challenge of other places,
other people, other lives. She saw Megan doing clever
things in London, Megan with the soul of laughter in her
poems — cruel, biting laughter, and snatches of poems that
were lovely without being timid or sentimental or sad. . . .
How long she had believed it, cautiously eager, like a
child whose food depends upon the pictures in story books ;
that is, till he has learned to ask at length for more than
mere pictures. But the difference that lay between that
casual past and the present was enormous, dense as the
mist lifting white vapor to melt again into the green
fountain of the trees. It had succeeded in transforming
the glorious adventures to drabness, and had blunted the
swords of the gay knights who went riding, riding. One
by one they had vanished, and then there was nothing left
except the copse and the park and the grange, and autum-
nal dust. Guyon still lived in those discarded dreams. She
knew that he looked at all of them. Grandmother and the
rest, through the brightly colored glass of his imaginings.
A pain, almost of envy, wrinkled her forehead. Happy,
fortunate Guyon, safe in a cocoon spun from 'fairy tales!
Grandmother had not touched him yet. He was too young,
too pale to question her dominion ; and his eyes, transparent
and unclouded as blue sea water under the pressure of the
sky, obediently reflected whatever peered in them. When
she watched him curled up in a corner of the library read-
ing with hungry absorption or climbing the vast, thick-
railed stairs to bed, Megan thought of herself, and Guyon
was the wistful, impotent counterpart of that remembered
self. Next to Rolfe, she loved him tenderly, with sacrifice,
but there was no contentment in her love that the desire
for living had not frustrated. She wanted to shield him,
to defend him, and yet — if she could find the courage to
escape . . . defeat this unconquered solitude. . . .
A dragonfly darting over the round pebbles of the spring
paused on the oak trunk a breathless second. Its feelers
stretched themselves languidly into the moistened scent of
brown leaves and damp moss. Megan reached forward
and clasped her hand upon it, wings beating softly and
agonizedly against her palm. A bit harshly she indulged
the sensation. Grandmother and she and the dragonfly. . . .
Were they leading down into the depths of the earth, into
the silence unforgiving and laugh terless? Grandmother
had repeated it so often : "Laughter is for children and
fools. Megan is not a child any longer. But " and
how pointedly, how delicately she smiled at Aunt Anne
and Aunt Joan — "she might be — a fool."
The dragonfly fluttered away from its smooth prison.
Megan was not sorry that she had allowed it to go. The
evenings were still blurred with dragonflies, luminous and
iridescent in the maze of the trees and the lawn. She and
Rolfe had caught them, pretending that they were stars
dropped from the Milky Way. No one had known that
they were outside, except Guyon, and to him, leaning
sleepily on the remote bramble-vined sill, they were for-
bidden creatures, denizens of the woods. He had never
said a word, and they had seen his candle dwindle slowly,
one glowworm in the darkness, and forgotten him. But
the tragedy of Stardust was its evanescence — like the smell
of wet soil and drenched flowers that lingers solely on
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1929
Saint Martin's summer when the meadows are high
streams of saffron and the pinks bruise their frilled petals
in the tawnj- dusk. There was a painting of Saint Martin
giving his cloak to a beggar on a page of the ancient missal
in the library. Blue and rose and gilt were the three
borders; and the creaking hasp, the vellum stained and
marked by old, old thumb-prints, had captured little
Megan, aeons before today had risen up to dim the missal,
until she half fancied herself to be the beggar pleading
humbly and adoringly for the miraculous cloak. She was
so cold, so lost ; and Grandmother would not play with
children because it spoiled them. In the whole world
nothing could be more comforting than the laughing face
of Saint Martin, the broad moon behind him, and the
pilgrim's cup held forth lowly before.
That first awakened summer had emerged gradually
from the missal. And she had stood at the narrow oriole
alone — Guyon had not been born then — shutting her eyes
tightly to the sleek counterpane, sliding in her frail night-
gown down the silver cobwebs looped over the moat.
Dew was on the grass, cool to her bare feet, and the
shadow of the new moon cut the giant oak into slim,
quivering crescents. A delicious fear shook the aspens
and birches, but the oak was bravely dignified and aloof.
It would never have been afraid of what Grandmother
might say or do. Little Megan, with the quaint porcelain
shepherdesses of the nursery still unbroken, still delight-
fully real, was sure of that. She always stopped in her
whirling to pat its gray green trunk and reach straining
fingers towards the mistletoe that encircled it with runes.
Grandmother had wanted it dwarfed to the size of an elm.
It was too large, she said. The beeches were being deprived
of their sunlight. That was not the true reason, though.
Oh no. The oak resisted Grandmother. Out of the thicket
it rose, confronting the grange in its tranquil magnifi-
cence. Grandmother hated anything to be too tall. When
she surveyed the park from the huge bow window below
the tower, Megan felt her reducing the trees and the
thicket, even the distant spire of the Rector's church, to
the level of her determined gaze. Penny had been given
his orders. . . . Useless to argue or appeal. It would have
been like hammering against the granite wall at the mill ;
not a chink or a crevice by which you could clamber up to
get to the farther side. She had pressed fiercely into
Penny's dutiful alacrit)', and whispered to him as he
strode into the copse, shaking his head with the unanxious
finality of an executioner. But the axe was bright and
hard. Every sound that it made in its firm, rushing descent
was a wound, a gap torn by brief sap and tears. Megan's
heart lay somewhere among the scattered top branches.
The torture was almost more than she could bear. The
oak shuddered miserably, prolonged, racking groans be-
neath the edge of the axe. Megan threw herself into a
thimble-weed clump and cried bitterly on its crumpled
green softness. The oak would never be able now to share
its curious patterns with her, and the moon — what would
the moon do when it crept above the tangled copse and
found itself resting on forsaken white limbs, instead of
leaves burnished in splendid dreams?
On the ladder Penny hesitated. Close to him the sky
skimmed past in its phantasmic gray ; below, Megan
crouched in the thicket, and the wind went sobbing in her
hair. The view from the grange bore unobstructed and
authoritatively through the denuded woods. Carefully he
came down the splintered rungs, swinging the axe at his
side. Megan shook the hasty drops from her face. She
would have none of his sympathy, seeing the axe in his
hand. It dawned on her unexpectedly that its unblunted
ruthlessness was like Grandmother, and the thought
soothed her because it gave her something to hate, as she
dared not hate Grandmother. Before Penny realized what
she was about, she had seized and hurled it with desperate
force far into the hedge. It fell without a rustle, like stone
into a pool. Oddly, Penny did not swear. He merely
crushed his hat in his knotted fist as though she were some
curious, perplexing creature who had been placed before
him for momentary exhibition, and then bent apart the
hedge to search. Megan glowered helplessly at his placid
back ; her eyelids stung. She ran with the speed of a
hounded fawn into the grange, and sat at bay, hour after
hour, in the moldy leather of the library. She hoped
furiously that Penny had not been able to retrieve the axe,
and, shutting her mind with obstinate cowardice to Grand-
mother, opened the missal to its illuminated page. There
were always the beggar . . . and Saint Martin with his
gallant sword. ... It was Muffin who, when the sunset
had buried its hoarded gold preciously, beneath the downs,
took the book with self-contained decidedness, and locked
the ponderous door behind them. Shivering, the Megan
drowned in eerie, secret depths drew to the familiar sur-
face. She stole to Grandmother's room with only the
ghost of a ripple mysteriously brushing her mouth.
The dust, the shadows, the whole weight of the grange,
hung upon that room. Megan had the gaunt feeling that
she had been ushered to it forever by the threadbare and
decadent tapestries, the resounding emptiness of armor and
paneled wood. It stripped her so easily of all pretending;
left her without an answer, without even the tentative
thrust of a protest, and then, when it had quite finished,
cast her forth again into the fearful, blue, receding silence.
Would there never be enough lamps to leaven the darkness
with light?
Yet in bed, Megan gathered peace around her con-
fusedly. The stars were dancing madrigals, and the moon
a sonnet. She fixed them glitteringly to paper, or else,
sometimes, they eluded her and skipped away like jesters
in faded motley. Grandmother had read a verse once,
robbed it of beauty with her smile, torn the shriveled lines
to fragments. But there was a singular bird called the
phoenix which had ascended from ashes and fire and
stifling smoke . . . from the fragments of its dead self. . . .
So Rolfe said.
Ever since the day she had found herself in the chill
drawing-room listening to Grandmother's restrained voice
and being introduced to something which hid behind a
huge maternal skirt, Megan had played with Rolfe. It
was natural for little girls to play with other children,
and Grandmother was certain, looking hard and intently
at Cousin Rolfe's subdued features and inexpressive gray
eyes, that here was exactly the right companion for Megan
to have. She sent them off, two disapproving, unacquainted
masks, to the nursery. Megan remembered the fire that
Muffin had kindled. She remembered most things, it is
true, but of all the events that colored the lonely years to
come, the fire was the beginning, and the illumination,
and the warmth. In it the nursery was a place of drifting
flames and flickers, and the tiny cups, eggshell and fragile
because there was company to tea, shone softly, cradling
the hot liquid. MuflSn left the room with unobtrusive
kindliness, and the shy quiet welled up from the last
murmurs of the shut door; but it was a pleasant shyness,
full of solemn questions and comfortable replies. Megan
discovered that there was a Rolfe whom Grandmother
and ordinary persons knew, and another Rolfe, like the
shadow of herself that lay bathed at night in the brighter
shadow of the moon. Across the grim brass andirons they
linked stealthy fingers, and glanced quickly about. The
polished handle of the door reflected their content; the
purring from the kettle on its wooden hob circled through
the curtains with the sound of a friendly cat. Both of
them laugfied at their fears. It was the first time that
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1929
Megan had ever laughed generously and unreservedly,
and there were scarcely any echoes then. She shared the
wonders of the missal with him. Often he was Saint
Martin in disguise, jet later he was only a beggar after
all, a suppliant like herself at the same unknown shrine. . . .
The summers that passed were arrows shot without a
mark. Faster, less diffidently, Megan counted their flight.
It was not difficult to catch them as they fell, dull and
unshafted, to lie beside the grange pointing into weeds.
Arrows, nevertheless, that pricked and smarted. . . . One
noon she and Rolfe agreed that there were too many.
Rolfe rode back to college moodily, leaving Megan
behind, and Grandmother's dangerous piquancy, and the
ghost of moons that cast an enchanted spell upon resur-
rection. The assurance of his speech went with him.
Megan was conscious of a great gap that must constantly
be filled, like a cavern barren of sand or tide where exotic
water plants tried to reach a green sun and a glass moon.
The intermittent gleams of the poetry that flared within
the emptiness depressed her. She saw them quenched
perpetually in the cold spray of the returning sea, diffused
into bitter salt. . . . The missal had withered to impotent
dust ; Saint Martin and the beggar to a painting. . . . Long
ago, it must have been, the swift current that had washed
the dragonfly into the final inlet of the copse and the
spring
The lowest leaf of the oak tree glided in a weary
interrogative curve to the ground. Through the distance
of the park, the grange regarded her intolerantly in the
early morning mist ; its narrower windows were closed in
circumspect rebuke. She could hear the grazing of the
beeches against the firm, uncrannied walls. The repressed
murmurs that they made were echoes of Aunt Anne and
Aunt Joan ; gentle, unprotesting echoes ; wisps of tunes
wandering aimlessly and submissively among slight scarfs
yellowed from disuse. Aunt Anne and Aunt Joan . . . she
wondered why she could not think about them separate
from each other. . . . They were so indistinct, so vague, so
wrapped in a completeness that had ended, perhaps, before
it had begun. They pattered up the shallow winding
stairs into the moonlight, indefinite, chaste, holding
candles. And it was then, flooded by the silver glory of
the oriole, that they might have been different — vivid,
pulsing, young. Now they were rose jars with memories
half distilled ; lavender having a place only in old chests,
and among things that have been put away. Megan
defied the far-off, lidded windows with pitiful anger.
Had they always pulled back from those unshaken bar-
riers, reserved, hesitant, like the missal which had given
up its secrets reluctantly, with rust>- sighing? It was even
possible that they too might have been beggars once. She
shut her eyes to the solitude. One tired of looking con-
tinually at transparency, the limited, oblique transparency
of a pane through which the grange and the park and
Grandmother alone were visible. She knew that Aunt
.'\nne and Aunt Joan loved her, but it was a love, or
rather a sentiment, that stood blindly, forgetfully, in the
midst of petit point and the blurred edges of satinwood,
with the wrong sort of perspective which two centuries
had rendered askew. And people were suspicious of what
they did not understand ... or else they were merely
bewildered — like Muffin.
Megan found herself still investing Muffin with a child-
ish aura that had been left over unsuspectingly from
nursery days. There was the afternoon when she had
fallen into the bog and Muffin had rescued her, so white
and trembling, that her breath had shaken her as though
she had been a sheet of very milky tissue ; and that other
time when she had saved little Megan from Grand-
mother's righteous severity. Yes, she and Muffin had
lived together companionably, and Muffin's respectful tol-
erance, hidden in the school room, had been brought out
solely on those rare occasions when Megan chose delib-
erately to skip the bounds of prescribed decorum. Yet in
late years there had been a difference. Was it because
Muffin could not fathom the movements of life onward
and upward to maturity-, and had felt herself neglected
in a background where she could do nothing except to
strain her face perplexedly at varieties of crossroads, and
see the Megan who had been intimate and accustomed
disappear from sight? Poor Muffin. . . . She and the
Rector had been so confidently sure that Megan would be
a charming girl, like those who filled the church on Sun-
days with the smugness of their ordinary lives. The grange
pew was all but deserted now. Aunt Anne and Aunt Joan
were too slim to make more than an obscure impression in
its broad stolidity, and Grandmother had prayers in her
room, wordy prayers that soothed her with ineffectual
devoutness. Megan clasped her hands on her knees. If
she were to climb the oak as Guyon often did, she could
follow the gilded rising of the church spires into the sultry
blue. She seldom saw the Rector now. It was too fright-
ening to hear the complacent chant mounting to him,
instead of God ; to watch people fixing themselves con-
sciously or unconsciously into sober ridiculous images of
the saints in the stained glass ; to find the green towers of
the trees bent before the Sabbath chat after the service.
That was what the grange expected of her, obedience to
its rituals. She could not satisfy it ; and yet, to live by its
standards and carefully conventionalized instincts was the
only way to be in accord with it. Rolfe had confirmed
that. She remembered the miserable, wordless look in his
eyes when he had told her, a few months past, hunched up
in his place under the oak. College loomed ahead like an
unpleasant after-thought. . . . He had glared at her un-
steadily from beneath his .light frowning brows, and she
had smiled back at him in seriousness and courage, with
the ghost of an untrivial smile, because Rolfe was the one
person who could put things with their proper values
where they belonged, even if he was not always able to
keep them there. And while he talked, Megan could guess
easily what he was thinking about. She saw through his
sentences into the sleepy quadrangles filled immeasurably
with afternoon. Rolfe said that it was never anything
but afternoon. There were quiet walks and open-windowed
chambers and branching trees flung lazily across the pave-
ments. There were black-frocked dons, and students who
sat in the melancholy library with the world slipping by
them as gently as the leafy waters did when they punted
up the river. There were bells, deep-toned, dispassionate,
interrupting their own reveries and dying away beyond
spacious lawns. And over everything, equably, imperturb-
ably, was afternoon, warm, golden, mellow, like sunlight
streaming tranquilly through cloisters upon pages of
parchment and vellum. . . . The dons and the students
were monks pacing before vespers. Were they afraid of
the pause, or had it created them in its own quiescent
conceptions ? Megan wondered, and then she would lean
forward to lay a reassuring hand on Rolfe's shoulder. . . .
Now, however, she knew that she was far from being
assured. Rolfe was at college, infolded in its idle change-
lessness, and the salutary comfort that she derived from
his presence was utterly gone. It might never have been.
Useless to be sure of anything; least of all, of oneself.
The steam from the soil was rising about her damp, river-
misted clothes, and in a moment she would have to return
to the grange for breakfast. The leaves of her notebook
rustled a little shrilly in the wind ; the beauty that the
moon had resolved into shining and stars had vanished.
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1929
Megan declared to herself that she had known — it would
vanish. All that she could achieve was the instant desire
for hot buttered scones and tea. The small spring bubbling
forth from the mossy rocks made a thirsty gurgle, and she
drank deeply in its crooked bed, letting the clear drops
trickle through her fingers onto the thimbleberry boles in
profound discouragement. Her thoughts ended as they
had always ended — silvery mirrors of retrospection and
introspection, tarnishing and discoloring, until she forced
herself to discard them because they reflected so dimly,
and flung them into lustreless pieces. She walked rapidly
to the edge of the copse. Beyond the lawn Muffin was
calling to Penny. Her eyes sought out Megan with a
stern hint of disapproval in them and summoned her to
breakfast. They added that she was being crudely rebel-
lious. Grandmother hated anyone to be late ; besides, she
was not well this morning, and Megan must have heard.
Megan nodded her head heavily in response. In the midst
of the fresh cut grass Penny — he was old Penny now —
touched his cap deferentially, but without enthusiasm.
She caught the glint of puzzled stiffness in his face.
Grandmother was not well . . . and she should be consid-
erate . . . decently solicitous. . . . Perhaps . . .
The long hallway was swimming in shadows ; the stair-
case struggled between radiance and gloom. After all, she
was early, yet the dining-room, wide and deserted though
it was, pushed bleakly against her with its images. They
were watching her as she moved to the table, portraits of
ancestors, wickedly unhumorous despite the intervening
years ; meager, outgrown gods of childhood who nestled
still in the corners behind the mantel, and in the dark
recess of the clock. Muffin parted the somber draperies to
the blue air, and the portraits retreated into their frames.
Presently Grandmother would enter the room with that
frozen civility which had never anticipated a single hour's
recklessness or condoned one. And they would sit down
to the liresome and necessary details of breakfast; to
antipathies of speech ; to mental exorcisms of thought.
Outside, the sun was a disc of ripe gold stamping the
fragrant yellow shields of the flowers. A humming-bird
flashed by the window with insouciant wings, weaving
scarlet into the gray beeches. The whirring ecstasy of a
song went with it; honey and the dripping from swollen
stamens. Guyon appeared at the door as though he had
just raised his head from immersion in a book and were
about to plunge in again. Megan motioned him to the
table without smiling. Beauty was stirring intensely
within her, clamoring for the life which she had taught it
to demand. Was it her fault that it went beggared?
Guyon seated himself and unfolded his napkin. He no
more disturbed or encumbered the quiet than the dragonfly
shimmering over water. The room was very peaceful. . . .
Words spun exquisitely through the haze of Saint Mar-
tin's summer. In its abundant futurity, nothing was
inimical, unfriendly. But the pendulum never stopped
swinging in its even arc as Grandmother broke into the
silence, leaning on the arms with which Aunt Anne and
Aunt Joan supported her to an invincible and upright
"The tragedy of Stardust was its evanescence
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1929
position. They went to their places, and the curtains
clung inertly together once more, shutting them all in
with only themselves, and the dry mustiness of their
minds. She slid into her chair and forgot to eat.
Grandmother regarded her with a mild and peculiar
interest. One could always tell when she was about to
speak by a certain tenseness and concentration of expres-
sion. Megan waited, pretending to herself that she was
not uneasy, frightened. . . .
"You have been writing poetry lately, Megan, have
you not?"
"Yes, Grandmother." She raged inwardly at her supine-
ness.
"It is absolute nonsense, Megan, and it will have to
end." Grandmother glanced at Aunt Anne and Aunt
Joan, not so much for confirmation as for emphasis. "You
must remember that you are not a child any longer.
Poetry is only for children — the poetry that you would
write . . ."
"For children?" Megan's voice began on a high note
of laughter and stopped, half in a sob. They looked at
her over tea urns and china, uncomprehendingly, a trifle
aghast. There was an immovable pause. Megan ate
through it hurriedly, gulping down her tears, staring
irresolutely at the table. Grandmother left the room as
she had entered it, and her cane made indelible marks of
condemnation on the dust>- border of the floor. Non-
sense . . . ? Everything was nonsense, unless it was so
ordinary that it escaped attention.
Guyon followed her to the porch. His small hand
slipped in hers, and Megan pressed it violently. It
soothed her to think for a moment that she was not alone.
Today Guyon did not run away to his own haunts as he
usually did, and they walked intimately past the lawn
into the copse. Megan sat down on a sloping tree trunk,
and Guyon near her. He took up a little twig, and traced
phantoms in the dead leaves ; and Megan watched them
tremulously while the sunlight and the coolness on the
soaked moss stole gradually through her depression. Here
it was not hard to find that she could recall Grandmother's
words with detached serenity. Yet how could she be real
to herself without testing that veritable self upon others?
Something in her shrank from that rather definitely. She
might attempt it, perhaps, with Muffin or Aunt Anne or
Aunt Joan, but before Grandmother the crux of her
assertion quailed hopelessly, and died. Grandmother was
terrifying. Grandmother stood for centuries of bondage
to outlived aphorisms. She was not merely a person, but a
tradition; and her discipline was the symbol of tenacious
decades. One day she must confront them, Megan knew,
or be vanquished.
"Where is Rolfe?" Guyon asked, scrunching his heels
into the ground. Megan answered him, a cold fear beating
at her throat. Was it so bad, his being away from her,
that even Guyon remarked upon it?
"Grandmother is getting old," he announced. "She
will be dead soon." His gaze embraced her destructively.
Megan started in disconcerted astonishment. "You must
not say that, Guyon. It would not be right."
"What would not be right ?" Guyon smiled luminously,
as though pleased. And Megan had a sudden vision of a
Guyon with as many years as she, but he would not be
sitting here in the copse, fleeing from platitudes and com-
monplaceness, or striving to analyze what was probably
not worth the analysis. A small satiny acorn fell into her
lap. Guyon laughed aloud and retrieved it. He was quite
content to play with acorns. . . .
Megan thought of Rolfe, who was coming home, and
of how they would walk, when the grange was asleep and
the moon watchfully awake, to the rim of the cratered
park, to the end of the blackness and the beginning of the
moon. Rolfe was tall now. People were irritated by his
height. They did not like to have to hold their heads
upward as they talked. Moreover, they had curious suspi-
cions that Rolfe, the inoffensive little boy of spinning tops,
was laughing at them, derisively, far too distinctly at
times. She remembered the poem that she had written in
extremely youthful endeavor, called "Laughter." Fatal
and irrevocable laughter . . . trailing off to extinguishment
. . . inaudibly, unfulfilled. She closed her eyes to Guyon
and the monotonous insistence with which he was throwing
acorns at the trunk of the oak tree. There were she and
Rolfe; and the birches slim and white in the pierced
darkness, and the high moon, curved and exultant. And
after that? The trees would step out of their masquerade;
the moon would vanish. . . . There was her fear of Grand-
mother ; Grandmother who hated things unseasonable and
new, and tried them on sharp knife edges of reason before
they had attained their strength. She was the old moon,
withering a green world to sterility from which it was
impossible to escape. And so they waited for the young
moon, the moon slitting the night with the eager arm of
a child. How long it was in rising. . . .
Guyon tapped his foot impatiently; the heap of acorns
was almost exhausted. "Play, Megan," he said. Receiv-
ing no answer, he frowned and began to kick a thin bush
already impoverished of its berries. Suddenly he looked
up again. "A story, Megan?"
Its plaintive insistence stirred her. "But I don't know
any stories that you would want to hear, Guyon. They
are all dull, dull and tiresome."
"Well, I guess I'll play."
He came to her timidly. Dear Guyon ! Seized by an
inexplicably tender impulse, Megan kissed his forehead.
He smiled adoringly and ran from her into the depths of
the trees; the thicket shook in an extremity of lonesome
wind. She felt that she could not endure remaining a
moment longer in its unhappy solitude, its regretfulness;
and she fled through it quickly, without stopping to breathe
even, until she reached the mud-rutted road. There she
paused. The Rector was coming towards her purposefully
from the path over the downs. It was too late to avoid
him, and she walked forward bravely, resolved — ah, to
make him understand — to explain. In the hedges lingered
the last sweetness of wild thyme and mayflowers; behind
the low crest of the hill the church steeple made its accus-
tomed aggressive assault into the sky. She heard the
Rector's voice in a confused rushing, as of thousands of
gulls in the air. . . . They had missed her at church, he
was saying. Writing, was she? Ah — perhaps she could
spare the time to take a class in the Sunday-school. Her
Grandmother would be so pleased.
"No doubt" . . . she told him politely, but she was
afraid not — now. She fought off the inclination to submit.
\'ery unfortunate, indeed. . . . His eyes were following
her curiously, closely, up the road. Queer!
Dust whirled out of the dry ruts, thick to suffocation.
When it settled behind her, the Rector had gone. Looking
back, she thought that she saw the tip of his correctly
clerical hat receding into the distance of gorse and scrub
oak. It scarcely mattered. . . . The road twisting among
hawthorns and brier-bushes turned slowly again towards
the grange. Another meadow lay across it, not so deep
nor so golden as the ones before. There were shallow
pools in it of blue cornflowers and campanulas. Megan
waded through them, forgetting the sky, wet to the ankles
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women's city club magazine for JANUARY
1929
Resolutions — or a Possible 365 Paradoxes for 1929
BEING conventional, one sends
Christmas cards. The labor of
this display of vanity, however,
lies principally in the addressing. So,
on the first football-less Saturday
afternoon of the season, which wasn't
till quite recently, we resolved to send
our name belter skelter to Australia,
to China, to St. Helena, to Spitzen-
berg and all in-between points, spread-
ing maudlin poetry and the art of the
five-and-ten store.
To time Yuletide greetings is a
game. For, if early, they serve as a
memorandum ; if prompt, they are
tossed into the waste-basket ; but if
tardy, they lie in the top drawer until
the spring cleaning.
Hence we resolved to tell the world
about Christmas at an early hour this
year. Almost too early to be moral.
So, diving into the chore, we had soon
reached the letter "b."
The telephone rang. And a voice
of nebulous origin inquired if we had
made any resolutions for the New
Year. Not being quite sure whether
the reply to this query should be an
invitation to dinner or something
more serious, we stammered. This
was fatal, for the little voice became a
big voice and lectured for seventeen
minutes on the beauty of making reso-
lutions.
Enough. This was madness. Who
ever heard of making resolutions these
days? Surely that vogue died with
corsets. But then again, have corsets
expired?
Our thumb rested on the name
Chilton when the 'phone rang a second
time. An e.xcited voice demanded,
"Have you bought your tickets for the
Big Game next year?" Of course not
— it's more than eleven months dis-
tant.
But ten minutes later doubt assailed
our mind. Perhaps they are already
half gone. Again we shall be ultra-
conventional and make a first resolu-
tion for the new year — to purchase
Big Game tickets by January ninth, or
decide not to go.
This led to further speculation.
Now thoroughly excited, resolutions
ran riot. The Ten Commandments,
the Constitution, several Amendments,
traffic regulations, personal comforts,
and a few wants and desires engaged
in a mighty combat.
Where were we heading? While
frantically searching for the right
card for the right envelope, a hundred
new doubts assailed us. Did we have
By Jack Campbell
a philosophy of life? Did we need
one ? Would it slow us down to pur-
sue one ? Would it pep us up to pos-
sess one? Were we pessimistic, opti-
mistic, hedonistic, or just adolescent?
Would there be no end? What
ever prompted us to address these
blasted cards anyway? Had we writ-
ten the family this week? Or given
thanks for that check of a fortnight
back? How important it was then.
And yet, was it? For with that
money we had purchased these cards.
And without these cards we would
not be so inconvenienced as we now
were.
Ethics began to battle with prin-
ciples until we realized that we could
not distinguish between the two.
Then a plan of procedure obtruded
itself. Why not retrench and start
over again? Impossible. Resolutions
had the better of us.
Looking up, we saw a row of books.
Many of them had been with us for
years. They had caused baggage men
to curse from Paris to Hollywood.
And still we hadn't read them. To
their number were two dozen newly
purchased tomes. Some of these
struck us in the face with their uncut
leaves. Yet, our friends were im-
pressed. They liked the covers and
were impressed by the titles.
No, there must be no more of this.
They shall all be read. On the first of
January we shall commence with
"The Strange Case of Sergeant
Grisha." By the end of the month we
will have also perused carefully "Eliz-
abeth and Essex" and "The Wan-
derer." That will be a good start.
Then we can engage Mr. Proust
in his new Modern Library Edition
and meet him as we did Edgar Saltus.
And now that Frances Newman and
Elinor Wylie have passed on, it might
be well to browse into their later
efforts. A vision of John Riddell and
his "No Offense" doctrine appeared,
however, and we thought a second
time about the acrimonious Miss
Newman.
And then there's poor Beethoven.
Perhaps we might even stop sneering
at him this season. To listen atten-
tively to three of his symphonies with-
out praying for Richard Strauss,
Tschaikowsky orResphigi might prove
an hilarious lark, if not a distinct
novelty.
And yet, if these resolutions con-
tinue, we might become serious. They
might enforce a more studious atti-
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tude. This must never be. We must
still continue to visit concerts with
the sole purpose of deducing a bright
quip from some heavenly Brahms
work so as to entertain equally dull
persons during the intermissions.
But why bother with dullards?
Ah that is an ideal resolution.
To prune one's list of friends. To
sort the bright from the dull. And
yet that would be dangerous. Think
of all the invitations we would be
compelled to refuse. And once re-
fused, most of our friends stay "re-
fused."
Then again, a paucity of invitations
would reduce the number of unread
volumes on our desk. But deprive us
of some excellent cuisine. And force
us to spend a few more dimes which
might otherwise be invested in some
more books. Indeed, here was a
mighty problem.
These resolutions were becoming
entirely too serious for a Saturday
afternoon. Let's see. What are the
standard set of resolutions? No more
smoking, no more drinking, no more
parties, no more swearing, no more
slang, no more wisecracks, no more
backchat, no more cutting left turns
on Market Street, no more anarchistic
parking, and a general economy wave
in our expenditures.
But again — these were purely phys-
ical resolutions. Mental resolutions
would be so much more comfortable.
Nature will always make physical
resolutions for us. And they will
come soon enough. What we want
now are a few enjoyable resolutions
which will amuse us and satisfy the
tenuous ego.
We must resolve to improve our
minds.
We will dance once a week. We
will attend an art exhibit the succeed-
ing morning. No, that would be of no
avail. Even post-war cubism might
return under the influence of a "hang-
over."
What's the use? There's only one
resolution we will really make. And
that is never again to send Christmas
cards. Never again to allow ourselves
to have a quiet moment so near the
New Year when we might speculate
on so many things we might do, so
many things we haven't done, but
oh how many things we derive a
huge "kick" from and which, if in our
better senses, we would never think
of doing.
women's city club magazine for JANUARY
1929
San Franciscan Writes Prize Symphony
ERNEST BLOCH, San Francisco composer whose
epic rhapsody "America" was given its world pre-
miere in twelve of the largest cities of the United
States the evening of December 20, will be guest of the
Women's City Club at a reception in January, according
to present plans.
Bloch, born in Switzerland and for many years a resi-
dent of eastern cities of the United States, speaks in the
modern music idiom in a vernacular that has provoked
comment and controversy. But none can deny that his
symphony is interesting, arresting, even. It is not ortho-
dox, certainly, and whatever blazes a new trail must meet
whatever challenges the right of way.
Bloch's opus is, like that omnium Gtillium of the text-
book, in three parts. The first movement deals with the
Pilgrim Fathers and their hardships on the Atlantic shore
in the early years of the seventeenth century. The second
movement is a recitative of the Civil War and the third a
chronicle of America as the composer sees this country at
this time, a great area with a population composed of all
races, the Melting Pot of the world. He portrays mate-
rialism and spiritual aspiration side by side, that curious
combination that is essentially American in essence. Com-
forts, beauty and abundance, the tangible largess of Amer-
ican life, all that is connoted in the glibness of the Amer-
ican "You bet," jingoism if you will, jazz, Babbittry and
Main Street run like a thread of changing color through
the composition until suddenly, as if faced by a crisis, it
swings into measures of majestic grandeur and august
nobility, a paean and a chant encompassed into a succession
of mighty chords — the great anthem which is the apothe-
osis of the composition.
Thus does a foreign-born interpret America. He is
entirely aware of the jazz and the machinal, the rialto
and the bourse, the laughter and the raillery, but also he
hears the overtones. He sings the hopes and idealism, the
grandeurs and gropings in a sweep of tone that leaves no
question as to his vision of the republic's ultimate destiny.
"America" was played here by the San Francisco Sym-
phony Orchestra, conducted by Alfred Hertz, one of the
five judges who awarded the prize to Bloch's symphony.
M. H. D.
City Planning and the Women s City Club
By Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
{Member of the City Planning Commission of San Francisco)
CITY planning is no longer experimental, it is a
recognized profession whose technique is not only
scholarly and scientific but legally authorized and
upheld. One of the most important and perhaps least
known divisions of the Department of Commerce under
Secretary Hoover was a city planning corps whose pub-
lications include a City Planning Primer, Zoning Primer,
Standard Enabling Act, Building and Plumbing Codes,
e. g. "recommended minimum requirements for small
dwelling construction," Home Financing, and Airports —
to name but a portion of this supremely important library
of information and practical aid.
Too technical and too stupendous a subject to be more
than hinted at in this article, the basis of interest in City
Planning both to the people and to the government may
be best summed up in the words of Herbert Hoover him-
self in the Foreword of a Standard City Planning Enabling
Act:
"In several hundred American cities and regions plan-
ning commissions are working with public officials and
private groups in order to obtain more orderly and efficient
physical development of their land area. They are con-
cerned partly with rectifying past mistakes, but more with
securing such location and development of streets, parks,
public utilities, and public and private buildings as will
best serve the needs of the people for their homes, their
industry and trade, their travel about the city, and their
recreation. The extent to which they succeed affects in no
small degree the return, in terms of practical usefulness
now and for years to come, of several hundred million
dollars of taxpayers' money spent each year for public
improvements, as well as the value and serviceability of
new private construction costing several billion dollars each
vear."
So much for the practical introduction.
Last April, on a certain important anniversary, the
Women's City Club invited many organizations and all
interested citizens to attend a conference in its auditorium,
to devote a morning and an afternoon to a consideration
of San Francisco's future development. The program was
very good, with such speakers as Frederick Dohrmann and
A. F. Lemburger on Regional Planning, Philip Schuyler
on Sewage Disposal Problems of the Bay Region, Dr.
Arthur Pope and Spencer Macky on San Francisco's Art
Interests and the need of an Art Commission, Ernest
Higgins on Citj' Gardens, with slides, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Gerberding reviewing the work of the Preservation
League and the Garden Club ; but no one felt that the
program had exhausted the subject of the needs of San
Francisco, and many requests came for a further consid-
eration of this very timely matter. For meanwhile, on
November 6, the people of San Francisco had voted for a
charter amendment conferring much more dignity and
power upon the City Planning Commission. Consequently
on November 21 there was held the second conference by
invitation of the Women's City Club, with the morning
session laying a solid foundation in the two subjects dis-
cussed: "A Comprehensive Plan for San Francisco," pre-
sented by Mr. O'Shaughnessy, the City Engineer, and
"Industrial Development and City Planning," by Guy
Wilfred Hayler, consultant city planner for many of the
peninsula towns. There were charts and maps. The
audience asked many intelligent questions and displayed
genuine interest in the parks and boulevards system, in-
dustrial sites, improved sewer plans, traffic solution, and
above all, the pressing need of a transbay bridge.
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1929
At luncheon the National Defenders' room was filled,
and the guests of honor, Miss Alice Eastwood, Curator of
Botany of the California Academy of Sciences, and Mr.
John McLaren, Superintendent of Parks, spoke briefly
for a cleaner city and a greener one, stressing the crying
need of more care in the public cleaning of the city as well
as in the individual citizen's responsibility, and the hope
for more trees and more gardens. At the afternoon session
Mrs. Frank Fuller of the Garden Club enlarged upon the
subject of Tree Planting with an excellent presentation
of the subject; first in definite terms answering all the
usual objections to trees in San Francisco, and secondly,
naming the best varieties to plant here and even giving the
exact expense of the tree and the labor involved. It was
clear, concise, conclusive. Mr. Edgar Walter, the sculptor,
then spoke on "The Value of Beauty to a Communit)-"
from the material and practical sides, and he was good
enough also to present some phases of the subject which
were to have been given by Mr. Louis C. Mullgardt, whose
illness prevented his attendance, i.e., "Developments Essen-
tial to San Francisco." It is very evident, say the artists,
that we need an Art Commission or some official group
with power enough and with discrimination enough to
ward off the horrible gift, or the even more horrible pub-
lic demand. Daniel Chester French once said to the
writer, apropos of an extremely ugly public building in an
Eastern city, "Of course you realize that there was a time
when the Goddess of Art unfolded her wings and flew
away from the United States of America." Mr. Walter
would undoubtedly agree with his eminent brother-in-art,
but would insist, I believe, that the Goddess had returned,
is inspiring many a young creator, and is ready to alight
right here in San Francisco if only some one will remove
the clutter and give her a place. As the final talk of the
afternoon program on November 21, Miss Alice East-
wood enthusiastically depicted some of the beauty spots
often unknown to San Franciscans themselves, especially
such choice corners of Golden Gate Park as the Shakspere
Garden and the Fern Forest.
It was of course with some hope of educating its own
members and the public mind that the Women's City Club
undertook as a special civic interest last year, the subject
of San Francisco's beautification and development; and
a distinctly definite beginning has been made in turning
the attention of many women to certain pressing problems
in municipal housekeeping. It is an extremely difficult
thing to make over an old city, or a new one either, for that
matter, especially when we realize that the one motive in
city planning which will not hold in the courts is beauty.
The cause of aesthetics has no legal support. We can pro-
tect homes from the encroachments of business, industry,
overcrowding, excessive noise, dust and the shutting off of
light and sun, where we stand upon the firm ground of the
police power to protect "the health, safety and general
welfare" of its citizens, but when it comes to a question of
the enjoyment of beauty or the furtherance of beautification
the courts refuse to act and public opinion may sizzle but
can't function. The aim then of the enlightened citizen
is, first, to know the city plan ; second, to maintain a stand-
ard of taste; third, to demand discriminating officials and
stand by them.
The Women's City Club in these two conferences has
given, and in future meetings will give, the facts as well as
the difficulties in the way of San Francisco's beautification
and development, and at the same time will endeavor to
present the possibilities and ideals. Difficult questions are
being asked all over the country: When is a city big
enough? What about community building? How can we
show the fallacy of too much commercial zoning? Are
private playgrounds practical? How about skyscrapers?
And where does the Women's City Club come in ?
Obviously seven thousand informed women knowing the
possibilities as well as the restrictions of City Planning,
and consigned to a safer and more beautiful San Francisco,
could make over elusive public opinion and substitute city-
wide enthusiasm for present indifference.
Nob Hill Skyline of San Francisco
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1929
S\N f IRAr^CHSCC-^THE CiTY TO Ee
5y Paul A. Sinsheimer, J ice-president of the American Trust Company
SAN FR-ANCISCO is to have
the opportunity to fashion its
own future. It may either go
drab or put vine leaves in its hair. It
must decide rather quickly, and right
now is the appropriate time to make
this decision.
For the past twenty-five years we
have talked of the Burnham plan of
civic adornment. Now, by the grace
of popular vote at the election last
November, we are to have a city- plan-
ning commission with power to pro-
ceed. But this commission, be it ever
so mighty, can only glorify the com-
munity with such garlands as it is
willing to wear. A fine sentiment is
in the bud for the City Ideal and the
hope is high that it may soon begin to
bloom over the hills and neighboring
shores.
We have able leadership and a good
sense of direction. The city adminis-
tration is giving us new boulevards,
an ocean esplanade and the new Mc-
Laren Park. We have the Civic Cen-
ter and we are to have an opera house.
We have Golden Gate Park, the Ma-
rina and the Presidio.
The Chamber of Commerce is
making a comprehensive study of the
city and peninsula. The Cit>' Plan-
ning Section of the Commonwealth
Club is engrossed in the work. A
regional planning committee is mak-
ing coordinated studies of the Bay
region. The W'omen's Citi,' Club is
conducting a symposium of enlight-
ened thought.
The moment is timely, for the com-
munities on the three angles of the
Bay have come into possession of land
areas of great size and surpassing
beauty. On the north, the Marin Mu-
nicipal W^ater District now controls
several thousand acres of the wooded
slopes of Mt. Tamalpais, with match-
less landscapes of redwoods, ravines
and lakes. The East Bay district has
come into possession of the wooded
hill slopes thick with growing pine
and forming a series of terraces that
look down upon the Bay. San Fran-
cisco has acquired the empire of the
Spring Valley lands with lakes and
mountains and woods stretching far
down the region of the Peninsula.
When San Francisco first talked of
its Burnham plan, cit>' adornment was
in the beginning. Now one hundred
and seventy-six cities in America have
their plans under way for the City
Beautiful, and when San Francisco
formulates its final plan let us hope
that it may be far-visioned, generous
in its conception, with the "magic to
stir men's blood."
For the first city planning in
America we must be ever thankful
for the inspirational beauty which
George Washington created in his
home place at Mt. Vernon and
Thomas Jefferson fashioned at Monti-
cello. For these two envisioned the
future resplendent city of Washing-
ton. President Washington himself
chose the exact site along the stretch
of the Potomac.
But city planning is not enough.
"City planning," says Richard T.
Ely, the economist and civic authority,
"is now making way for regional
planning, or, perhaps one should say,
is becoming part and parcel of re-
gional planning. It is quite evident
that the regions surrounding an incor-
porated city are closely tied to it, even
b fore they gradually become united
to it legally. The metropolitan area
must be planned out carefully if we
are to have the kind of cities we de-
sire, and the earlier the planning the
larger the results accomplished with
given expenditures. We see clearly
on every hand the enormous loss in-
volved in rectifying mistakes that
could easily have been avoided with
wise planning."
These civic developments are mod-
ern. Public parks, as we understand
them today, were hardly known sev-
enty-five years ago. Of course, Paris
under the Third Napoleon led the
way and has stirred the civic pride of
all the world.
In our own country, the impetus of
the Chicago Exposition set the cities
of America to thinking in terms of
civic beauty and civic understanding.
New York, Chicago, St. Louis and
others have taken mighty strides to-
ward the goal of beauty. Chicago is
working out a system of boulevards,
parkways and forest preserves that is
transforming that gray city of com-
merce into a community of charming
vistas and inviting loveliness.
New York City is projecting itself
into Westchester County with links
of charming parkways, preserving and
enhancing the natural beauty of the
countryside with rocks and shrubs and
blooming flowers. St. Louis is carry-
ing out its civic improvement under
an appropriation of eighty-eight mil-
lions of dollars.
In our own State, Santa Barbara
has reconstructed itself with the ap-
pealing artistry of the early California
aichitecture.
Los Angeles is perfecting a regional
plan and is going forward under a
street and boulevard program which
alone will cost three hundred millions.
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And what should a regional plan
involve ? All that gives in every way
a better community life: Medical and
hospital centers with ample clinics;
sanitation, playgrounds, parks, boule-
vards, parkways, schools, colleges for
the arts and music, as well as the sci-
ences; opera house, for music and
drama ; libraries, good housing, home
development, industrial development,
architectural supervision and adorn-
ment ; landscaping, bridges, rapid
transit, union stations, airports, water
and public services, development of
hilltop and seashore.
The consideration above all is, of
course, at the earliest time to sketch
the plan as it is to be, reserving the
sections close in or outlying, as they
may be needed for the purposes of the
general scheme. In this era of fast
motor transportation, how essential to
lay out the parkways before the en-
croachment of buildings that later
must be removed.
As to the cost of a plan, it has been
well said by Miss Harlean James,
secretary of the American Civic Asso-
ciation, "the really important factor
is the cost of not preparing such a
plan."
Mr. Gordon Whitnall, director of
the Los Angeles City Plan Commis-
sion, says that city must pay the pen-
alty of one hundred ten millions of
dollars in its street development pro-
gram, "merely because ten or fifteen
years ago it did not know of any such
thing as planning."
But after all, there is another aspect
to the matter of cost. Mr. Eugene S.
Taylor, director of the Chicago Plan
Commission, has this to say:
"About all that we ordinarily say
in our public talks and printed matter
with reference to the increased values
resulting from the Michigan Avenue
improvement is that the improvement
has paid for itself six times over, hav-
ing cost sixteen million dollars and
having increased surrounding property
values upwards of one hundred mil-
lion dollars."
Now, San Francisco may, if it will,
attain to new heights of civic culture
and civic beauty. It need accept no
precedents. It could create them. It
will, let us hope, think in terms of
1928 and the things that are to be in
the century to come.
The means are at hand. Action
waits only upon the will.
San Francisco u'as not intended to
be a plain member of the sisterhood of
cities. By the star of its destiny it was
to be a fairy princess. And have we
the right to deny to her that destiny?
women's city club magazine for JANUARY
1929
CCMIMG EYEMTS in
'S CITY CLUE)
Carl Sandburg to Speak
Carl Sandburg, poet of the indus-
tries, towns and prairies of the Mid-
dle West, whose "Good Morning,
America," just off the press, inter-
prets this country as authentically,
perhaps, as anything yet written, will
speak at the Women's City Club the
evening of February 18.
Sandburg's "Abraham Lincoln, the
Prairie Years," was hailed as the
truest picture ever limned of the
Great Emancipator, and "Good
Morning, America," an anthology of
rugged poetry, seems a fitting sequel
of the biography.
Sandburg was born in Galesburg,
Illinois, in 1878, and worked his way
through Lombard College in that
town. Since then he has written many
poems, the most notable of which
have been collated and published
under the titles "Slabs of the Sun-
burned West" and "Smoke and Steel."
His "Rootabaga Stories" have been
termed remarkable pictures of the life
of that part of the United States of
which Chicago is the geographical
center. He is now at the height of his
literary power and moves in the circle
of which Sherwood Anderson is also
a bright particular figurant.
Lehman Lectures
Members of the Women's City
Club and their guests who have so
enjoyed lectures given in the Club
Auditorium in the last two seasons by
Professor Benjamin H. Lehman of
the English Department of the Uni-
versity of California will be delighted
to know that he has been prevailed
upon to give another course this
spring. There will be eight discourses
in the series, beginning January 22 at
1 1 o'clock in the City Club and con-
tinuing to and including March 12.
The general subject will be "Con-
temporary Literature."
Season tickets are five dollars.
Single tickets are seventy-five cents.
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City Club Choral
Mrs. John L. Taylor is planning
the organization of a Women's City
Club Choral. All who are interested
are asked to leave their names at the
Information Desk on the Fourth
Floor.
If the Choral is organized, the serv-
ices of an accompanist will be required.
Any member who will give her serv-
ices as an accompanist is asked to noti-
fy the Information Secretary on the
Fourth Floor.
Course on Woman's
Widening Horizon
Mrs. Jesse Colman, chairman of the
San Francisco Center Committee on
Co-operation, announces two meetings
for January to be given in co-operation
with the Women's City Club. Al-
though intended primarily for business
and professional women who are un-
able to attend meetings during the day,
the course is open without charge to
any member of the San Francisco Cen-
ter or the Women's City Club. The
meetings will be held Wednesday eve-
nings at 8:00 in the Assembly Room
of the Women's City Club.
On January 23 Dr. Henry Walter
Gibbons will speak on "How Not to
Grow Old." For many years Dr.
Gibbons was connected with the med-
ical department of Stanford Univer-
sity Medical School, and was a visiting
physician at the San Francisco Hos-
pital.
On January 30 Dr. Julian Wolf-
sohn will speak in this course on
Woman's Widening Horizon on the
subject "Her Job — Does It Fit, and
Is It Becoming?" Dr. Wolfsohn is
assistant professor of medicine (neuro-
psychiatry) at the Stanford Univer-
sity Medical School.
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Book Rci^iew Dinner
A book review dinner will be given
January 9, at 6 o'clock, in the Assem-
bly Room of the City Club. The
speaker will be Mrs. Leslie Conner
Williams, Wellesley graduate, writer
and lecturer on contemporary drama,
literature and art.
The books to be reviewed are : "The
Terrible Siren," by Emanie Sachs.
(This deals with the interesting career
of Victoria Woodhull, a woman who
aspired to the President's chair in
1870 or thereabouts.)
"Penelope's Man," by John Erskine
and "Lily Christine," by Michael
Arlen.
Reservations for the dinner should
be made in advance. $1.00 per plate.
Children's Menus
Menus prepared especially for chil-
dren will be found on the luncheon
cards of the City Club on the days of
the Juvenile Theater. Groups of chil-
dren may be entertained at special
tables, if reservations are made in
advance.
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Decoratii>eArtsExhibition
By Margaret Weir Hamilton
A SECOND annual Decorative
/■^ Arts Exhibition will be shown
•^ -^in the Auditorium of the
Women's City Club, 465 Post Street,
San Francisco, the last week in Feb-
ruary and the first week in March.
This exhibition is organized and spon-
sored by the San Francisco Society of
Women Artists and the Women's City
Club.
Mrs. Lovell Langstroth is Execu-
tive Chairman of the Exhibition.
Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the
art committee are Miss Helen Forbes
and Miss Rose Pauson. Mr. Rudolph
Schaeffer and the art committee are
developing a central plan for the as-
sembling of the different objects into
groups or units, showing as nearly as
possible their right use and setting.
One interesting unit will be worked
out by the Garden Club.
A general committee will work with
Mrs. Langstroth to plan, finance and
execute the show. Members of this
committee are: Mrs. Joseph Schloss,
Mrs. Cleaveland Forbes, Mr. Charles
Fenton, Mrs. John Bakewell, Mr.
John Bakewell, Mr. Edgar Walter,
Mr. Alexander Kaun, Mr. Jack
Schnier, Mr. Nelson Poole, Mr.
Worth Ryder, Mrs. Lorenzo Aven-
ali, Mr. Albert Bender, Miss Lucy
Allyn, Mr. Scott Perry, Mr. Ernest
Weihe, Mr. Irving Morrow, Mr.
Rudolph Schaeffer, Mrs. Clara Hunt-
ington, Miss Jean Boyd, Mr. Walter
Ratcliffe, Mr. Leroy Briggs, Mr. Al-
bert Evers, Miss Helen Forbes and
Miss Rose Pauson.
Co-operating with the art commit-
tee are Mr. Jack Schnier, who will be
especially interested in securing wood-
carvings for the exhibition, Mrs. Ruth
Cravath Wakefield, sculpture; Miss
Maxine Albro, fresco; Miss Florence
Richardson, ceramics; Mr. Parker
Hall, metal work; Mr. Forrest Bris-
sey, screens ; Lucien Labaudt, furni-
ture; Mr. Nelson Poole, painted hang-
ings; Miss Rose Pauson, textiles; and
Mr. Stahlberg, architecture.
Artists wishing to send work will
get in touch with the one responsible
for the exhibits in their particular
medium, or with Miss Helen Forbes.
All work must be delivered to the As-
sembly Room of the Women's City
Club between the dates of February
13 and 17. All work will be juried.
Members of the San Francisco So-
ciety of Women Artists and the
City Club will be in attendance.
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1929
WOMEN^S CITY CLUB
MAGAZINE
Published Monthly at San Francisco
465 Post Street
Telephone Kearny 8400
MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Harry Staats Moore, Chairman
Mrs. George Osborne Wilson
Mrs. Frederick Faulkner
Mrs. Frederick W. Kroll
Marie Hicks Davidson, Editor
Ruth Callahan, Advertising Manager
JANUARY ' 1929
NUMBER IS
EBITOMIAIL
So successful have been the poetry and short story
competitions of the Women's City Club Maga-
zine that the City Club is encouraged to further
continue the quest of literary talent in the community by
offering a prize for the best play which may be enacted in
an interval from twenty to forty minutes.
It is an interesting commentary that Miss Virginia
Helene Cummings, author of "High Moon," the prize-
winning short story of the City Club Magazine, which
appears in this issue, and George Bell Dyer, who won the
poetry contest, are both young. Miss Cummings is a
junior at the University of California and Mr. Dyer is
just out of Yale.
Thus the City Club Magazine is fulfilling one of
the hopes which the City Club board of directors enter-
tained when the Alagazine was launched two years ago,
that of discovering young writers and of assisting them by
giving recognition.
Miss Cummings was the central figure of a tea given
in the American room of the Club the afternoon of Decem-
ber 19. Mrs. Caspar Brown, who was given second and
third honor in the short story contest, also was present to
meet the judges who had passed upon the material sub-
mitted, and the occasion developed into a symposium at
which much interest was manifested in writing and the
marketing of literary output. Mrs. Brown's stories will
be published in the Magazine in the coming year.
If the competitions served no other purpose than to be
the incentives of that round table, they would have been
signally worth while. But they have done more. For
instance, young Dyer has written a novel which is now
in the hands of a publisher.
The rules for the play competition are extremely simple.
The play may be one or two acts, or a series of episodes.
The main point is that it may not be more than forty
minutes long nor shorter than twenty. The text must be
typewritten on one side of the paper and the manuscript
be accompanied by a sealed envelope in which the name
and address of the author and the title of the play are
written upon one sheet. The name of the author must
not appear on the manuscript. Only the title of the play
appears on the script. The names of the judges will be
announced in next month's Magazine and the competition
will be open until March 1. The prize-winning play and
perhaps others of the competition will be played at the
City Club. The prize will be twenty-five dollars in cash.
Manuscripts may be submitted any time until March 1.
A Happy New Year
By Fannie Lyne Black
(Mrs. A. P. Black, President Women's City Club)
^y NEW year has arrived and we are expected to wel-
/■^ come its advent, but our joy is slightly mingled
■^ -"-with regret, for we had just begun to feel a
friendly acquaintance with the old year when it finished
its course and disappeared.
In the City Club there are many happy incidents asso-
ciated with the past year which we may delight to recall
from time to time. Some of our aims have been realized
and a number of projects carried out successfullv.
We deeply appreciate the service and co-operation of
our members in carrying on the business of the City Club.
There have been problems to meet, but on the whole, we
have been able to overcome them without serious conse-
quences. Indeed we may think kindly of 1928 and lay it
away as one with which we have lived happily. But we
are not satisfied with our progress toward the goal of our
hopes, and so we welcome the new year with all its possi-
bilities of greater advancement.
For individuals these early days of the year are gen-
erally conceded to be a time for contemplation and the
forming of new and good resolutions, though for many
of us they are too full of business to allow much space for
quiet dreaming.
The seasons will recur as usual, the remainder of the
winter turning into early spring when the daffodils appear
and the delicately tinted fruit blossoms cover the bare
branches of the trees, transforming them into huge bou-
quets of pink and white. Then will come summer, with
its call to the great outdoors, where one can have the "sun
for friend and for his guide a star." All too soon will
come autumn with its brilliant coloring and shortening
days and finally Christmas again with the festivities that
mark the closing year.
Still this 1929 is a neiu year, unknown and untried, and
its possibilities may be quite different from those of any
other in our experience. It is natural and reasonable that
we should desire good fortune in the months that lie before
us. We may ask for happiness, but we should pray rather
for health and opportunity, or at least for those valuable
experiences which will give us preparation and readiness
for opportunity whenever that may appear.
Do we desire mental happiness? What better counsel
can be offered for this attainment than that which was
written down nearly two thousand years ago. "Whatso-
ever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of
good report; if there be any virtue and if there be any
praise, think on these things." Or as Goethe expressed the
idea in his time, "Make yourselves nests of pleasant
thoughts." Shall we have satisfaction and peace? Con-
sider the conclusion of a sage of more modern time. "I
shall pass through this world but once. If, therefore, there
be any kindness I can show or any good thing I can do,
let me do it now; let me not defer it or neglect it, for I
shall not pass this way again."
These few thoughts are not intended for a sermon, they
are just a greeting and a message to our members and
friends, with kindest wishes to them all for a happy New
Year.
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1929
Annual Dues
Dues are payable annually on
March 1. A statement will be mailed
to each member on or before February
15. On March 15 a second notice
will be mailed to members whose dues
are then unpaid. The by-laws provide
that no further notice shall be re-
quired. All members whose dues are
unpaid April 1 shall be held delin-
quent. In order to facilitate the cler-
ical work performed by volunteers in
connection with the payment of dues,
members are requested, whenever pos-
sible, to call at the City Club for the
new membership cards after Febru-
ary 16.
Curtains Made by Sewing
Committee
The Sewing Committee of the
Women's City Club, of which Mrs.
F. C. Porter is chairman, has just
completed, after months of applica-
tion, a set of curtains for lounge and
library. The thirteen pairs are as well
made as if done by drapers for the
trade and it is estimated that the work
done by the Sewing Committee has
netted the City Club a saving of
$123.50. Members of the committee
are Mrs. William H. Middleton,
Mrs. Cora Chapman, Mrs. J. E.
Brandon, Mrs. Bruce Lloyd and Mrs.
Frank Werner.
TEAR OUT AND MAIL THIS BALLOT
ELECTION OF
Candidates for the Board of Directors
The National League for Woman's Service of California
1929-1932
The Annual Election of the Board of Directors by the League membership will
be held between the hours of nine a. m. and six p. m., Monday, January 14, 1929.
Those not voting in person may mail ballot in sealed envelope (with name on
outside) in time to reach the office on or before January 14. Tear out this ballot
and mail to 465 Post Street, San Francisco.
Article VIII: There shall be a fine of twenty-five cents imposed upon each mem-
ber who fails to vote in the Annual Election.
BALLOT
VOTE FOR TEN
VOTE
HERE
Burr, Miss Marion
Chapman, Mrs. S. G
Fitihugh, Miss Marion
Forbes, Mrs. Cleaveland
Funston, Mrs. Frederick.
Goldstein, Miss Lutie D
Hobart, Mrs. Lewis B
Howard, Mrs. Horace P
Maxwell, Mrs. Herbert
Phillips, Miss Esther
Pierce, Miss Mabel
Porter, Mrs. F. C
Rainey, Mrs. Edward
Terwilliger, Mrs. H. L.
Wayman, Mrs. V^^illard
u
Willard, Miss Elisa May
3n iWemoriam
The jollowing members of the
Women's City Club died in 1928:
Atkinson, Mrs. Marion
Aronstein, Mrs. R.
Aurich, Miss F.
Beadles, Mrs. Marion B.
Colling, Mrs. Charles F.
Campbell, Miss N. L.
Clark, Mrs. Crawford W.
Cox, Mrs. Margaret B.
Cox, Dr. Rosamond L.
De Fremery, Mrs. James L.
Duce, Mrs. Julie
Fuller, Mrs. Elizabeth
Fitch, Mrs. G. K.
Flood, Mrs. Arthur
Freligh, Miss Lisle
Haas, Mrs. William
Hahman, Mrs. Elizabeth S.
Heilbronner, Mrs. August
Henry, Lucy S.
Hillefeld, Mrs. Otto
Hooper, Miss Annette
Hosmer, Mrs. Frank W.
Jones, Mrs. Mary F.
Jacobs, Mrs. Helen G.
Kluegel, Mrs. Edward A.
Kerrigan, Mrs. John J.
Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Harriet
McClurg, Dr. Katherine
McCuaig, Miss Belle
McCutchen, Mrs. Edward J.
Moors, Mrs. Frank B.
Newall, Mrs. Ernest H.
Noble, Mrs. F. A.
Paschel, Mrs. Philip R.
Poppe, Miss Martha H.
Rhoads, Mrs. Alma W.
Ross, Mrs. Lily M.
Rowden, Miss Mary E.
Savannah, Mrs. M.
Schenck, Miss Edith
Schwarz, Mrs. George
Selfridge, Mrs. F. C.
Stoney, Mrs. Gaillard
Sondheim, Mrs. E.
Triest, Mrs. Frank
Turner, Miss Mary E.
Venard, Miss Elizabeth
Walsh, Mrs. Lawrence F.
Walter, Mrs. D. N.
Webster, Mrs. Patricia
Wilkins, Mrs. B. S.
Zweybruck, Miss Edith
Monthly Taltzs on Outstanding
Articles Appearing in
Current Magazines
Beginning Monday afternoon, Jan-
uary 14, at three o'clock, and there-
after every second Monday at three
o'clock, there will be a discussion at
the Women's City Club of significant
articles appearing in current issues of
leading magazines.
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1929
Winter Sports in
California
By Raymond H. Weisbrod
WINTER in most places
means weather — melodra-
matic Uncle Tom's Cabin
weather that keeps folks hugging the
fireplace, stoking the furnace and fig-
uring the shrinkage of the coalpile in
the basement. It's the onl}- thing to
do — hibernate until the robins nest
again.
Quite dififerent in California, where
just among ourselves in these clear
golden days we fervently say, "This
is the best time of the year." And it is.
Something in the air stirs up a rest-
lessness that is akin to spring fever to
be outdoors enjoying the wide variety
of social-sport activities in this second
largest State in the Union. Thou-
sands of miles of wide concrete high-
ways lead to the sportlands of moun-
tain, lake or stream.
About San Francisco, in the valleys
and along the foothills everything is
a lush green by Christmas time.
Flowers are in bloom and by the mid-
dle of February spring is in full tide.
The fact that winter is mild in
California is due to an ocean current
that warms the whole coastline even
though the latitude is in the same par-
allel with those most northerly States
of the Atlantic Coast. In other words,
week after week of glorious sunshine,
sparkling clear air with far vistas re-
vealed that call for action, physical
play and a second vacation in coast
sunshine or Sierra snow.
Snow presents an urge to visit the
mountain playgrounds, for snow to
Californians is a novelty. In the
mountains there is sunshine overhead,
the white blanket underfoot, temper-
ate breezes — real joy, not hardship.
Yosemite this winter began its first of
a series of winter sports events. These
have been arranged under the direc-
tion of E. Des Baillets, formerly of
the Tuxedo Club of New York and
the Frontenac Club of Quebec. There
are regular, scheduled ice-skating car-
nivals, snowshoe races, tobogganing
and a wide diversity of novelties new
to Californians. As winter sports
director of the Yosemite National
Park, Mr. Des Baillets is enthusiastic
about the winter recreation possibili-
ties of Glacier Point, Tenaya Lake
and Tuolumne Meadows. "Few
places in the States, Canada or Europe
are able to offer such excellent winter
sports fields," is the opinion of this
Swiss authority.
Yosemite, with its all-year high-
way, is but seven hours drive from
San Francisco, by private car or
motor stage or by an easy, short train
The old French Quarters,
the "Vieux Carre" with
its mysterious courtyards
and balconies of bygone
grandeur — every build-
ing surrounded with
memories and legends.
New Orleans
entertains the Nation
The Mardi Gras — January 7 to February 12 — is New Or-
leans invitation to the world to come and enjoy life. Days and
nights of picturesque revelry.
And this spectacle, which attracts thousands of visitors each
year, can be a joyous part of your trip east — when you go via
the Sunset Route.
The Sunset Route, linking the three great "storied" cities,
San Francisco, New Orleans and New York is startling in its
vivid contrasts.
San Francisco — Los Angeles — Phoenix. A one day motor
side-trip takes you over the famous Apache
Trail. Next El Paso (10 day stopover ), with
Juarez, Old Mexico just 5 minutes away.
Across Texas and Louisiana. Then New Or-
leans. Thence by rail to your midwest or east-
ern destination or via Southern Pacific steam-
ship (no added cost) to New York.
And this is but one of Southern Pacific's 4
great routes to the east. Go this way, return
another. In that way you double the enjoyment
of your trip, for each route is different.
Southern Pacific
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San Francisco
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women's city club magazine for JANUARY
1929
HAVAJ^A
. . . Midwinter Mecca
SOCIETY'S hegira to Havana has
begun .... The sweUing tide of
youth and wealth and beauc^ moves
on the Cuban Capital from Europe
and America. . . . The season will
soon be at its height — teeming race-
courses aglow with tropic life a..d
color — sparkling cafes by palm-
shaded walks — the glittering glories
of the Prado, setting supreme of Cos-
mopoLtan feminine loveUness.
Discriminating travellers choose
the Panama Mail — make the trip a
glorious pilgrimage thru the lands of
long ago — Mexico, Guatemala, Sal-
vador, Nicaragua, Panama, Colom-
bia in South America — and arrive at
Havana, inspired, refreshed.
Every other week — Thursdays
from San Francisco, Saturdays from
Los Angeles — a lu.xurious Panama
Mail liner departs for Havana and
the Lands between. Every modern
comfort is provided — outside cab-
ins, beds instead of berths, splendid
orchestras that beguile to dance or
dine. Yet the cost this way is no
more. The first-class fare, bed and
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journey with a choice of two routes.
Parlor cars by day and Pullman
sleepers by night take passengers to
the portal of the valley. Ahwahnee,
the beautiful new hotel, is open the
year round. Many prefer the winter
in the valley, with the snow mantling
the precipices and the falls running
full.
Also at Lake Tahoe, gem lake of
the High Sierras, winter sports make
a strong bid to Californians, and at
Tahoe Tavern during the holidays
and later may always be found a con-
genial company of San Franciscans
enjoying the novelty of snow sports.
It is in this region that the Sierra
Dog Derby will be held, a three-day
event starting February 10th and end-
ing with the sweepstakes events on
Lincoln's Birthday, February I2th.
More than a dozen entries have been
registered and some of the most fa-
mous mushers and dog teams of Can-
ada, Alaska, Maine, Idaho and Wis-
consin will compete. The run will be
over the Tahoe, Truckee, Reno route
and several teams are now on the
ground and may be seen in daily con-
ditioning practice. Think of a dog
derby, held in the snow-clad Sierras
along the banks of the beautiful
Truckee river and within a few hours
ride from the foothills where oranges
and lemons are now being picked and
shipped.
One should by all means try to go
to Truckee and Tahoe by day to see
the Sierras at their best, or, if one
must go at night, Pullman sleepers
take one right to the shores of the
lake, using a short branch that runs
up from Truckee on the Overland
route of the Southern Pacific. It is an
easy overnight trip.
To the south and southwest, a few
hours by train or auto, one reaches
Santa Cruz, with its fine beach, casino
and hotels of every type, after tra-
versing a canyon of giant redwoods.
Or by another route one arrives in
four or five hours at the Monterey
Peninsula, famous for its stately dark
pines, its cypress, its rugged mountain
background, and for its beauty of
rocky coast-line, niched with coves
and inlets of the sea.
And last there is the San Francisco
Bay region itself. Winter golf and
tennis, winter polo, bay and ocean
fishing and some of the finest duck
hunting in the world along the sloughs
and marshes of the rivers and arms of
the bay. No — winter isn't weather in
California. There are too many days
after days of sunshine — too many
places to go — too many friends you
know going away — too much urge
until you, too, find yourself studying
road-maps and time-tables.
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1929
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Efficiency Expert In
Catering Department
THE catering department of the
Women's City Club is one that
is near to the hearts of the mem-
bers. The board of directors of the
Club keep that fact in mind and are
constant!) giving thought to the im-
provement of cuisine and service. To
that end the board has recently en-
gaged an efficiency expert to lay espe-
cial emphasis upon this department,
which embraces the restaurant and
cafeteria.
That this expert may work to the
greatest ad\antage members are asked
to report to the captain or restaurant
manager any shortcoming or possible
fault, that instant correction may be
made. Suggestions will be welcomed.
The City Club offers facilities for
entertaining at luncheon, tea and din-
ner. Every effort will be made to pro-
vide a distinctive menu and excellent
service. The Club buys only the best
quality of food and has only the most
skilled employes in its kitchen. It is
prepared to give members whatever
they may request.
By operating a large main dining
room, smaller dining rooms for private
parties and a cafeteria, the City Club
is enabled to buy supplies to greater
advantage than if smaller quantities
were required. Thus the markets and
tradespeople are spurred to provide the
very best, since the customer who
places the larger orders are generalh'
believed to have a better choice than
the small purchaser. V^egetables and
fruits are only of the freshest, and but-
ter, eggs and dairy products are of the
very best quality.
The cafeteria, operated by the "self-
help" plan, with members of the City
Club behind the counters to assist, is
one of the features of the City Club
which makes it different from any
other in the city, for in no other in-
stitution is there such a thing as "Vol-
unteer Service."
Dinner parties in private rooms are
given all the attention and privacy
which a hostess would provide in her
own home, plus the excellence of cook-
ing by experts in their line.
The American Room of the Club
and other smaller rooms afford charm-
ing settings for private teas and card
parties. The American Room, looking
as it does over the roof garden, is par-
ticularly attractive for receptions.
Every week finds the City Club more
of a rendezvous for social functions
and the dining room is filled in the
evenings with many family parties,
men being especially fond of the City
Club cuisine.
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joys . . . golf, tennis, moun-
tain-climbing, ail sports. The
equable climate is always to
your liking.
Hawaii's "fleet of islands"
embraces a variety of natural
beauties and wonders, found
in equal profusion nowhere
else on earth.
There are snow-capped
mountains as high as the
Alps, a volcano with a motor
highway to its rim, and
gorges of spectacular beauty.
There are jungles with ferns
like trees; there are gardens
where the blooms are so pro-
fuse and so bright, that only
names like "Golden Shower"
or "Flame Tree" can convey
a thought of their beauty.
.A.nd there is always the sea.
It is only four days to Hono-
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Malolo. One or more Matson
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1929
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Luncheon for Ruth
Bryan Owen at City Club
"A LONG came Ruth" on Decem-
A\ ber 11 to be the honored guest
-*• -^-at a luncheon at the City Club.
There are few American women
who have had such an interesting and
brilliant career as has Ruth Bryan
Owen, wife of the late Major Reg-
inald Owen, M. C, (British Royal
Engineers) and daughter of America's
great Commoner, the late William
Jennings Bryan, who was a guest at
the City Club during her stay in San
Francisco. Mrs. Owen has just been
elected to Congress from Florida by a
tremendous majority.
The SAN FRANCISCAN pre-
sents in its January number:
...A Discussion of Drama in
San Francisco
...Intimate Glimpses of Ear-
ly Days in the Careers of
Sinclair Lewis, H. L. Men-
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...Interesting Comment on
New York by a Visiting
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...Salient Cartoons and
Sketches of San Francisco
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...and many other features
reflecting the culture, tra-
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Ruth Bryan Owen
Some of the guests at the luncheon
for Mrs. Owen w«re: Mrs. Matteo
Sandona, Mrs. A. P. Black, Miss
Anna Kno.x, Miss Lucy Knox, Miss
Lillian Connelly, Mrs. Walter Bliss,
Mrs. John Fletcher, Miss Alice
Seckels, Mrs. R. S. Molony, Mrs. J.
R. Molonv, Miss C. I. Tomlinson,
Mrs. Willis Walker, Mrs. Charles
Mattison, Miss Mabel Pierce, Mrs.
Edward Rainey, Mrs. William
Palmer Lucas and Mrs. Gifford.
Jliss Gunther Entertained
Miss Emma Gunther was guest of
honor at a luncheon given at the City
Club in the board room, December 4,
under the joint auspices of the City
Club and the Association of Univer-
sity Women. Some of the guests pres-
ent were: Mrs. Charles E. Curry,
Mrs. A- P. Black, Miss E. M. Wil-
lard. Miss Mabel Pierce, Mrs. J. R.
McDonald, Miss Balderston, Mrs. H.
N. Clift, Miss Ella Bailey, Mrs.
Alexander Morrison, Miss C. L
Tomlinson, Mrs. Alice Wilson.
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I 929
Music in the City Club
By Anna Cora Winchell
A NOTABLE fact which remains
/"^ outstanding in the work of the
•^ -^ Music Committee of the
Women's City Club is the mainte-
nance of programs of excellent stand-
ards. After nearly two years, during
which Sunday evening concerts have
been given on an average of twice a
month, it seems remarkable that there
are no signs of sagging ideals. Much
is due, of course, to the fact that mem-
bers of the committee are, in the main,
musicianly and insist upon keeping to
the mark.
During the past month, inclusive of
November, there have been new names
and voices coupled with much varia-
tion of works. Mrs. Percy Goode's
program, December 9, presented for
the first time in the City Club the
Friday Morning Choral, directed by
Albert Elkus, whose quota of singers
gave concerted expression with beauti-
ful effect, offering "Two Spirituals"
by Burleigh and a group, "Six Slavic
Folksongs," by Joseph Suk. In the
latter, incidental solos by Olga Rossi
were most pleasing. The Choral had
the advantage of Elizabeth Alexan-
der's accompaniment at the piano.
Audrey Fried, soprano, sang de-
lightfully through a group of Spanish
popular airs, composed by Joaquin
Nin. These were novel and well en-
joyed. Mrs. Goode, a lyric soprano of
note, gave two groups which included
French literature and others inclusive
of Quilter and Strauss.
On November 18, Mrs. Eugene
Elkus, dramatic soprano, whose voice
is well known to the musical world,
gave a group from Strauss, Schumann
and Tschaikowsky in addition to the
Haydn "My Mother Bids Me Bind
My Hair," Curran's "Life" and
others. Mrs. Eva Walker Kirschner
was at the piano. Miss Daisy Saville,
violinist, who has formerly lent her
talents at the City Club, again pleased
with her groups, which represented
Schubert- Wilhelmj , Pugnani-Kreisler
and Beethoven-Kreisler. Miss Helen
Anderson was her accompanist.
Verne Kelsey, pianist, gave the
Mozart "Andante," Brahms "Inter-
mezzo" and Bach "Fantasie," in
which he displayed interpretative and
technical abilities. Mrs. Edward Mc-
Gurrin, harpist, is always welcomed
and her two groups of classic design
were among the esthetically satisfac-
tory o£Eerings of the evening. Miss
Mary Catherine McGurrin, also a
harpist, was her mother's accompanist
at the piano during one group.
Mrs. Frank B. Wilson, past presi-
dent of the Pacific Musical Society,
conducted the program of December 9.
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1929
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An opportunity to invest
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Looking Ahead
By Robert F. Galvan, McDonnell y Co.
WE have finished the current year — a year which
gives promise of going down in history as one of
the most prosperous this country has ever known.
New records have been made and new standards set not
only in the financial world but in the realm of industry
and commerce. New wealth is being continuously and
rapidly created and its distribution more universal than
ever before. The development has been sound, the growth
healthy. Commodity inflation has been negligible. Mod-
ern American business methods — mass production and dis-
tribution, economy of operation, centralization of capital,
and farsighted liberal management — have brought pros-
perity into almost all walks of life, have elevated our
standard of living, and have won the whole-hearted sup-
port and approval of a vast majority of our citizens. Even
our government is pledged to the maintenance of national
prosperity.
Seemingly the only unhealthy development of our era
of success and the only obstacle to its continuance is what
some economists, and many others, choose to call "security
price inflation" and "inflation of loans on collateral secur-
ity." The existence to any serious extent of any such
inflation is a debatable question ; but the mere fact that it
is given so much consideration makes it one of importance
not only to investors in securities but to all whose welfare
depends directly or indirectly upon the continued growth
and expansion of our national industries.
It is true that the present bull market has continued
with only minor interruptions for over four years ; that
security prices have been continuously advanced, in some
cases far beyond reason ; that the return on standard issues
today is abnormally low. It is also true that the total of
bank loans to brokers and dealers is at an unprecedented
height and the fear is often expressed that this high volume
of credit as now employed unbalances our credit structure,
represents an unfair and unsound distribution, and may
ultimately result in a serious shortage of credit available
for legitimate enterprise. This view is taken very seriously
in some quarters. The efficiency of our Federal Reserve
System is questioned and corrective legislative measures
proposed. Apprehension in this regard is not without
basis in fact.
Therefore we face the necessity of either recognizing
that brokers' loans are not out of proportion to the wealth
and degree of prosperity of the country or that they are
jeopardizing the wealth prosperity has brought us. The
former calls for a more liberal extension of Federal Re-
serve credit and means accepting, at least temporarily, a
lower gold ratio. The latter anticipates the inevitable
consequences of credit congestion and over-enthusiastic
speculation.
All things considered, it would seem more advisable
that economic forces be permitted to bring about the
desired correction even if the process should be painful.
The effect can be no more drastic than the extent to which
the stock market has over-discounted future prosperity,
and from all available indications the extent of this indis-
cretion is not very great. We are all too inclined to look
upon stock market activity as competing with business
rather than as a reflection and direct result of business
conditions and to judge prices of today by standards of
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1929
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January Lectures
Management: Seckels-Fletcher
Wm Duraiit
'7j Democracy a Failuref*
San Francisco, January 10
"Fact and Fad in Psychoanalysis"
Oakland, January 14
San Francisco, January 18
Lowell Thomas
"Into Forbidden Afghanistan"
San Francisco, January 17
"With Lawrence in Arabia"
Oakland, January 19
Richard Washburn Child
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"MUSSOLINI"
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yesterday, ignoring entirely the vast
changes that have taken place in our
economic life during the past few
years. If the credit requirements of
the securities markets adversely afifect
business, the market will promptly re-
flect the change and the excess enthu-
siasm for speculation will be imme-
diately damped. A degree of price
stability is effected and the natural
accrual of wealth — the legitimate in-
vestment demand — in due time ab-
sorbs the surplus securities.
Precluding the possibility of artifi-
cial regulation or interference and
granting that there is no immediate
occasion to be other than optimistic
regarding the business outlook, there
is no reason to fear any early unfavor-
able developments in the stock market
other than occasional temporary reces-
sions of a more or less drastic nature
such as we have, in fact, witnessed
this month. There will always be
appraisals and reappraisals of individ-
ual issues.
Luncheon for Cousin
Mrs. Samuel H. Hurwitz was
hostess December 11 in honor of her
cousin, Mrs. Archibald Flower, of
Stratford-on-Avon. The luncheon was
held at the Women's City Club and
Mrs. Flower gave an informal talk on
the Shakespeare Festival Plays and the
Shakespeare Memorial Theater, of
which Mr. and Mrs. Flower are
trustees.
Guests at the luncheon were Mes-
dames George A. Applegarth, Otto
Barkan, Hans Barkan, Arthur Bloom-
field, Charles Christin, Ernest Dick-
son, Ludwig Emge, Henry Harris,
John L. Horn, Ralph Lachmund,
Karl Meyer, Chester Moore, William
Ophuls, Philip Pierson, Harry Pruett,
H. A. Stephenson, E. B. Towne, Paul
Von Ettner ; Misses Katherine Chand-
ler, Marion Delany, Catherine
Harker, Sara Harker, Edith Mitchell,
Louise Ophuls; Doctors Adelaide
Brown, Mary Layman, Emma Pope,
Anne Purdy, Esther Rosencrantz.
Appreciation
The employees of the City Club
wish to take this means of expressing
to the members their appreciation of
the generous bonus which they re-
ceived at Christmas.
Miss O'Neii Rei^iewsBook
Miss Lillian O'Neii was the
speaker at the Book Review Dinner at
the City Club December 5, reviewing
Warwick Deeping's novel, "Old Py-
bus." A large audience enjoyed the
dissertation.
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January 5 —
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January 12 —
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Mrs. Margaret Sanger was guest
of honor at a luncheon at the City
Club December 14. Other guests on
that occasion were: Mrs. Willis
Walker, Mrs. A. P. Black, Miss
Boone, Mrs. Shepardson, Mrs. P.
Nicklas, Mrs. Alfred Fry, Mrs. Mar-
garet Blair Thompson, Mrs. W. B.
Bosley, Mrs. Gracian Warner, Mrs.
C. C. Morris, Mrs. Leroy, Dr. Susan
Hamilton, Mrs. R. W. Madison,
Mrs. W. G. Burnside, Mrs. Paul
Shoup, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. C. E. Cum-
berson. Miss Alice Seckels, Mrs.
Merry, Mrs. Robert J. Clancy and
Miss C. I. Tomlinson.
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Guests at City Club
Gerald Campbell, British Consul
at San Francisco, and Mrs. Campbell,
who are recently home from a stay of
several months in England, were the
complimented guests at a dinner at the
Women's City Club December 13,
when Mr. Campbell talked informally
on "Conditions in Great Britain."
Some of the other guests present at
the dinner were: Miss Alice W. Carr,
Mrs. John L. Taylor, Miss Margaret
Lee, Mrs. A. P. Black, Miss Fischer,
Mrs. Louis F. Monteagle, Mr. Paige
Monteagle, Mrs. S. V. Balles, Mr. T.
Cormac, Mrs. Groom, Miss Beagley,
Miss I. L. Macrae, Mrs. E. V.
Cowell, Mrs. Walter Treat, Mrs.
Ashton Potter, Mrs. A. B. Washing-
ton, Dr. Alice Luce, Miss Alice E.
Cardall. / y *
Mrs. Flower Speaks at City Club
Mrs. Archibald Flower, to whom
the visiting Mayor of Stratford-on-
Avon alluded at a luncheon as "My
Irish Wife," spoke at the Women's
City Club Tuesday afternoon, De-
cember 18, in the Club auditorium,
which was crowded with members and
their friends. Mrs. Flower gave an
illustrated lecture on historic Strat-
ford-on-Avon, where a Shakespeare
Memorial Theater is to be built to
replace the original theater, which
burned two years ago.
The Honorable Archibald D.
Flower, Mrs. Flower, their nephew,
Anastair Erskine, and their daughter,
Miss Evadne Flower, are touring the
United States with the Stratford-on-
Avon Festival Company.
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rooms, members who make reserva-
tions and find that they cannot use the
rooms are requested to immediately
notify the Room Secretary. In cases
where reservations are not canceled,
_ rooms will be charged for as if used.
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Course for Volunteers in
Social Service
By I. L. Macrae
The second part of the course for
volunteers in social service will start
Tuesday, January 15, at 11 o'clock,
and will end Friday, February 15.
Meetings will be held Tuesdays and
Fridays at 1 1 o'clock. Following up
the subject of the first half of the
course speakers will be chosen from
among workers in organizations de-
voted to child welfare.
On Tuesday, January 15, the
speaker will be Miss E. Shirpser of
the Social Service Department of the
Children's Hospital. On Friday, Jan-
uary 18, a visit will be paid to the
Children's Hospital when the mem-
bers of the class will see for them-
selves the splendid work that is being
carried on.
Miss Whitney, Superintendent of
the Presbyterian Orphanage at San
Anselmo, will speak during the course.
The complete program is not yet an-
nounced, but will be ready in a few
days. Each member of the class will
receive a copy which will serve as a
reminder of the dates set apart for this
course.
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Xmas Program Attracts
\Large Audience
Mrs. Carlo Morbio, Mrs. Fred-
erick H. Me)'er, Mrs. Oscar K.
Cushing, Mrs. Edward I. de Laveaga
and Mrs. John Jerold Meiggs were
directors of an interesting Christmas
program put on at the Women's City
Club Friday evening, December 21,
with carols at the beginning and an
old-fashioned Virginia reel at the con-
clusion.
The carols were sung by the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's Cho-
ral, led by Mrs. Florence Drake
LeRoy. The Choral also led in the
community singing of old-fashioned
songs which preceded the Virginia
reel.
A scene from Henry V, directed by
George Lask, was enacted by Mrs.
Leroy Briggs and Miss Mary Davis.
Mrs. Carlo Sutro Morbio, in cos-
tume, sang a group of old-fashioned
songs, with Mrs. Francis Marion
Smith at the piano. "The Bear," by
Tchekov, was given by a cast consist-
ing of Mrs. Frederick Meyer, Mrs.
Edward de Laveaga and Mrs. Oscar
Cushing, directed by George Lask.
Mrs. Robert K. Malcolm and Miss
Delia Montanya gave a Quaker
dance, with Mrs. Horatio StoU at
the piano.
The Virginia reel was led by Mrs.
Morbio and Mrs. Edward Sheldon.
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with periwinkle and blue. She passed the dark shadow
of the copse and came to the lighter shadow of the lawn.
Old Penny was pruning the rose border; he bent to clip
an immense bud, half-blown. She stopped him fiercely
and snatched the shears from his hand. "It is too lovely
to die. Penny. The house would kill it."
Penny blinked at her inquiringly. "But your Grand-
mother, Miss — since she's not well "
"The rose would wither in the house," Megan repeated.
She walked hastily away ... to lose the terror of old
Penny's decision of herself. Queer !
The door of the grange was open, yawning in its
manorial oaken passivity. Muffin met her in the vast gulf
of the hall, a warning finger placed to her lips. "Your
Grandmother, Megan," she said. "I'm afraid that she is
very ill . . . in bed. . . . That fog last night . . ." Her
whisper drifted into the hush of the shrouded chairs in the
drawing-room.
Aunt Anne and Aunt Joan tiptoed downstairs. Their
reflections shone pallidly in the polished floor; they cau-
tioned Megan with timorous dignity. "No, don't go out.
Guyon will be here soon too. . . . Muffin has sent for the
Rector . . ."
"AndRolfe?"
Aunt Anne nodded, and Megan drew back into the
shelter of the clock. A cold current of air swept past the
stone porch and rushed up, up along the bannisters.
Megan wondered whether Grandmother heard it, lying
in the huge tapestried four-poster bed in that darkened
chamber, whether it swelled from under the sill and
rumpled the impotent hands grasping the coverlet. Would
it die at length, as it had begun, beating ... at locked
casements ?
The Rector stood at the door. He seemed to fill it
completely with his uncompromising height and spareness.
The door was wide, but instantly it shrank to the size of
a pea beside a long stalk of celery. He went easily to the
stairs, and his palm clasped the rails at intervals, ascend-
ing, smudged in the pale gloom. Megan listened to the
ticking of the clock, to the rustle of the leaves upon the
porch. Guyon 's stealthy footfalls as he moved past Aunt
Anne and Aunt Joan into the corner were hardly so
vibrant, so penetrating. . . . Time and eternity slid by
until the Rector came down again, shaking his head with
the same grave finality of the pendulum. And all at once,
as though the clock had stopped in its imagined ceaseless-
ness, and ticked on solely in a dream, the grange became
silent. Was it noon outside ? The hall was dim and quiet ;
it led remembrance fearfully to that soft carpet and four-
poster bed where the continued stillness, unrelenting,
terrible, was throbbing around Grandmother, throbbing
and growing fainter in spite of Grandmother's gasping
protests and undiminished will. She knew that Rolfe
would come home. Muffin had sent word — and that eve-
ning they could leave the darkness — if only she might
have the strength to go, and shut the door forever.
Tomorrow would be too late. She could see tomorrow
bound endlessly and always by the memory of Grand-
mother's prayers and the traditive prayers of the grange;
by interminable Sundays and people walking sedately
among themselves — people like Aunt Anne and Aunt Joan
and Muffin and the Rector, who would contrive to sit in
wooden pews all their days, and would die, not knowing
that they had lived.
Already the sun was making fewer mosaics on the floor,
mosaics that would falter into teatime and fade with
evening. Megan counted the pacings on the stairs, the
rushings to and fro, the resilient tides of the sun flowing
to the rim of the clock and retreating. Scarcely pausing to
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1929
quench the heated clouds, twilight hurried from the copse,
more youthful than autumn, but older than summer, weary,
a little sad. That was before the moon came up. ... At
grayest dusk Guyon broke excitedly into the troubled
curve of Megan's thoughts. "Rolfe is here! Rolfe is
here!" A picture from the torn book in his grasp fluttered
loosely to the rug. Megan stepped across it. It was the
face of a young knight going into battle. In the far-away
distance Guyon was saying, "He has not been to Grand-
mother " But Megan had gone downstairs to the hall
where Rolfe waited in the darkness, and did not hear.
Darkness . . . and intangible torches high up on the
walls. . . . They did not talk at first; the trivial largesse
of their speech would have been too wasted. Later they
might use it, perhaps, for ungenerous years, when tonight,
and the nights that were to come after, had smouldered
and burned out. . . . Now the hall was a place where
shadows struggled with shadows ; where the clock was a
dead moon, brassy and indefatigable in its sleepless death,
whispering forgotten things to the shrouded chairs in the
drawing-room — Grandmother's chairs. They looked at
one another a moment with calm, measuring eyes that saw
the uncertainty of happiness while welcoming it. What
alms were they about to be given, when there was only
the moon in return ? Breathlessly the shadows prolonged
their contest and lapsed at last into decay. . . . Beyond
them the door opened into a panel of silver and trees.
Above the copse the moon hung motionless, lit by unnum-
bered stars. It made a broad pathway into spaces that
might never remember the copse or the clambering top of
the church spire. Yet it was there. . . . Thin as cobwebs,
Guyon's voice scampered down the bannister. "Grand-
mother is dying" . . . and Aunt Anne and Aunt Joan were
murmuring, softly, "You must see her . . . immediately."
. . . But Megan had already passed from the sound of
their tremulousness to the circle beneath the oak where
the spring, lisping drowsily to the moss and the thimble-
weed, slumbered at length over its stones to the sea.
". . . is dying—" Almost she wanted to turn back, hesi-
tated, and twisted Rolfe's hand. And the blackness of the
copse hemmed them in tightly, as though it would hold
them to itself forever, and never let them go. How sad
and still it was . . . with the moon chastening the farthest
branches of the oak to subtle brilliance. Was it different
beyond ... in the meadow? ... in the unresting surge of
the downs? Rolfe held her hand steadily. It was so simple
to say nothing, to stand listening to what could hardly be
heard. . . . An acorn dropped to the ground. Miles away,
perhaps, the dim noise of its falling floated into the silence
of the night. Only an acorn. . . . She looked up quickly at
the oak ; at its new sage green buds — leaves folded against
tomorrow — ruffled by a suddenly descending gust. And
Guyon? An ineffable pity filled her for Guyon, so pre-
maturely wise, so innocently foolish. But Saint Martin
would be kind. . . . There were few to receive . . . and
fewer still to give again. . . .
The old moon had waned in its unfruitful world ; a
tide of greenness and fertility was moving slowly forward
to the edge of the copse. It would never, never ebb back
to the grange, to the missal in the shut library, to the
hushed corridors — to Guyon, and the fireless nursery. . . .
She clasped Rolfe's hand closer, as though by doing that
she could show him the infinity of small things within
herself, and those other things that promised and hoped,
even while they were afraid.
Behind the oak and the spring the grange lay in its
loneliness, in its solitary wind. . . . Megan knew that it
would always be over them, the spell of the dark . . . but_
there was the moon, high and triumphant. . . . There was
the night, beggared of stars. . . .
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