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NEWSPAPER WOMEN'S IDEAS ON NEWSPAPERS
They Talk of the Ideal in Daily Journalism
and About Newsgathering
Mrs.Enderlein's Study of Woman
as a Reporter
SOME POINTERS FOR EDITORS
Mrs. Jeanne C. Peet Describes What
Newspapers Should Be Like
firs.Bowman 01 yes Some Valuable Information
to Newsgatherers—The Press Club's
Proceedings Yesterday
The 8. B. of the P. C. Woman's Tress
Association convened again yesterday
morning. The first business was that of
making and passing a resolution for tak
ing steps to withdraw their connection
with tiie present society in San Francisco,
in order to form a separate organization.
Then followed the formalities of organiz
ing under the new name of the South
ern California Woman's Press Club," by
which name the local association will
henceforth be known, and twenty names
were signed forthwith.
The election of officers was then made us
follows: President. Mrs. M. Burton Will
iamson, Lt>S Angeles; first vice-president,
Mrs. MaryE. Hart. Los Angeles; second vice
president. Rev. Ada C. Bowles. Pomona;
recording secretary, Mrs. Mary M. Bow
man. Los Angeles'; corresponding secre
tary, Mrs. Clara Spalding Brown, Ix>s
Angeles; treasurer. Mrs. Alice Moore
McComas, l.os Angeles; auditor. Mrs.
Sarah A. McClees; librarian, Mrs. Ema
F. Haberkorn; chairman programme
committee. Mrs. G. Overton. The execu
tive board is composed of the above offi
cers with the three following ladies: Mrs.
Sadie B. Metcalf, Mrs. Sarah Bowman,
Mrs. A. A. C'hevallier. A committee was
appointed to draw up a constitution and
by-laWS for the Southern California
Woman's Press Club, and the meeting
then adjourned.
Afternoon Session
At 2 o'clock a fair-sized audience as
sembled In spite of the rain to listen to
the literary programme. The tirst two
numbers, a recitation by Miss Evelyn K.
Ludlara of San Diego, and an address by
Mrs. Lou V. Ohapin of Pasadena. Mrs.
Marshall, who presided, said they would
be omitted as neither of the lailies was
present. The third number was a paper
entitled The Practical Newspaper Woman,
by Mrs. Jennie E. McMullen of Colton,
who said it was not easy to tell, and still
less easy to realize the duties of a prac
tical newspaper woman, and a country
editor must be capable of not only writing
and editing, but publishing as well. That
the training included the knowledge of a
printer's trade, how to make copy, and
also how to make it acceptable. 'That the
best newspapers must be not only read,
but studied, line by line. The trained
worker must be absolute mistress of her
self, must be capable of effacing her per
sonality, yet she must also keep it.
She must learn to meet all kinds of
people, and at the same time so conduct
herself as to keep their respect; she must
get information without giving any con
fidence, yet get it without impertinence;
and must give facts without prejudice or
preference. The country editor conies in
contact with an infinite variety of sub
jects and must give all. to the minutest
detail—from obituaries to weddings, from
fires to politics—and in commingling with
all, she must, triumph over moods. Tbe
best way to win her way toward a prac
tical newspaper woman, and keep it, is to
have a high aim and steadfast purpose.
In answer to an invitation from the
chair for discussion, Mrs. Mary Bowman
spoke feelingly of the country editor as
being the best and broadest field for
women in journalism; and it is ideal
work—that on a country newspaper in a
flourishing town.
The Magazine Editor, by Mrs. C. R.
Orcutt of San Diego, was next read by
Miss C'hevallier. The paper contrasted
the policy and management of magazines
and daily and weekly papers. Newspa
pers are ephemeral: the magazines of to
day are educating the statesmen of to
morrow. They should instruct while they
entertain and cater to the best in our
natures. The editors should winnow the
chaff from the wheat, yet they often take
and print trash to which prominent
names are attached rather than better
Stuff from unknown writer.
Journalism is highly respectable yet tbe
poetry is intefdarded with prose; tbe scope
and houndaiios ol the magazine are
much wider, and it s the essence of
journalism. No discussion followed this
paper, and Mrs. Mary L. Craig of Red
lands read her paper on Women as Coun
selors at Law, In which she likened
the study of law to that of a beautiful
flower, which required culture, knowledge
and wisdom. She spoke of her study in
the Berkeley law school and her own' ex
perience in practicing law.
Of the invariable kind treatment she
received, nnd of the breadth she had
gained by the study, in women as in men.
There are 200 women lawyers in the
United States, four in California and one
in Japan where they will not allow more.
Women are more capable of settlim,'
cases out of court, like many men, special
instances were given illustrating this
point. The practice of law requires a
knowledge of History, literature and logic.
This paper was followed by a little dis
cussion, and then came the paper of the
day, and one of the cleverest by far, and
the most witty of any given at all, by
Miss Ella H. Knderlein on
Woman as a Reporter
Elizabeth G. Jordan says: "Xo doubt
if every woman in the journalistic field
were taken out the newspapers would go
to press al the usual hour."
In the great field of journalism women
are indeed Incx nerlen ed; they stand at
the door of the sanctum sanctorum, but
they are not often invited to enter, and
even when tbey have pushed their way
in, their tenure of office is not secure,
nor will it be until woman lays the found
ation for her work and is familiar with
its details even as a newspaper man is
familiar.
Of the several thousand newspapermen
in the country there arc less than 250 who
are really professionals: there are no
feminine James Gordon Bennetts, or Hor
ace Greeleys, or Henry J. Raymonds;
there arc no shining erratic stars like
George D. Prentice or Napoleonic genuises
or Forneys of the feminine type.
But th ere are Elizabeth (~. Jordons, and
Xellie Blys. and Elizabeth Bissels, and
Annie Lauries, anil there are hosts of bril- I
liant free lances full of btigbt thought ;
wbo arc making themselves felt all over \
the country.
There are Mrs. Frank Leslie, and Jennie j
June, and Margaret Sullivan, and Kate
Field, who have settled the question of j
women in the newspaper world, nnd who
find success, and money and fume to- |
gether.
To enter the newspaper field tbe ordi- j
nary women must be content to com
mence at the lowest round of the ladder.
She must, or generally does, creep on
under the despised title of "society re
porter," and then she must be ready to
near innumerable disappointments and no
end of humiliations. She must leave her
sex wholly out of the question, and be
capable of doing what any good man may ,
do on the staff; nay more—she must lie ,
equally at home at a fashionable wedding
and a pomological display. she must he j
an authority on French millinery, pink j
I teas and real lace, as well, as Athletic
I sports and political conventions,
j She must lie quite as intelligent at a
I coroner's inquest as at a full dress ball;
and while she may be welcomed by the
\ debutante wbo displays ber tirst ball dress
in ecstasy, the coroner cannot see why
! she exists", and the lack of appreciation in
a coroner is very hard to bear.
; The local reporter deals almost entirely
with men, the newspaper world sets forth
largely the ideas of men, and it is only
, very recently that an editor or a publisher
could be made to look at anything from a
' woman's standpoint.
This was tbe beginning of the "wo
! man's department" in the city newspa
! pers, those columns of household, fashion
recipes, and other twaddle with which
many an editor thinks he must cater to
the feminine taste.
For a long time by editing this stuff,
: women held their positions on newspa
: pers by the skin of their teeth.
They also obtained positions as "space
! writers.' but as all-around reporters there
is small show for them yet.
i But there are men in the newspaper
: world who believe woman is part of
humanity,and that her point of view may
ibe quite as interesting to the general
public as a man's: and then, if as a re
; porter she shows herself at all clever, she
! may, on trial, convince the editor that she
knows something and very reluctantly he
admits her to the local room, that sacred
precinct, where the air is always blue
with tobacco smoke, and where the men
sit with their feet on the table and their
bats on their head*.
Hero is an atmosphere wholly new to
her; she must be judged solely by ber
: merits, and here she may write all the
news of the day with a new vision.
She toons learns to be profound over a
; sermon, witty over a banquet, superficial
; over a society function, learned over a
I lecture, and versatile in club work.
She is able to write an obituary at a
j moment's notice, and interviews with a
stage beauty without warning; she must
!be equal to an expose of spiritualism, a
dissertation on theosophy and an armory
| ball In one and the same evening.
To be really a successful reporter she
must be psychologist, a legislator, a mct
aphyi ician. She must understand all
schools of art and be immensely wise on
Impressionism. She must be up on sym
bolism and be a music and dramatic
critic. She must be full of humor, wit,
persitiage, sarcasm and sympathy.
She must he a book reviewer and
equally at borne iv biography, fiction,
history, science and education. * She must
!be able to get up a half column on the
weather, or a column on the new system
|of individual work in the public schools
at call.
But above all, over all and through all,
1 she must be the society editor, and with
j all the daily stuff she grinds out. she must
faithfully chronicle—the fact that Mrs.
Albert Alphonso Brown gave a whist
party at her residence on Jefferson ave
nue last evening; that there were
fourteen tables: that Miss Elizabeth
Carolyn Bartholomew won the
first " prize, a wide mouthed rose
of' green Bohemian glass, and that Mrs.
General Forsythe Van Bont won tbe
second prize, a beautiful Rock wood pit-
Cher, that the score cards were made of
I rough paper, edged with all the colors of
j the rainbow, that they «.>re in tbe shape
lof hearts, and lo them were attached |
small bunches of artifical tlowers and ber
ries on their own sterns, and that the
| guests were General and Mrs. X. Y. Z.
: Manahan and Judge and Mrs. Stephen
j Harding Davidson, and so on and so on, j
] ad infinitum to the extent of a column.
Tiie public is always supposed to be on
i the gui Vive in social matters, and it is
wild to know that at Mrs. Orion Champ
ion's luncheon, covers were laid for twelve,
that there were lavender shades on the
candelebra, and that lavender satin rib
bons were woven among tbe violets that
strewed the table: that there were souvenir I
violet bonbon boxes for each guest, and I
other minute and important details that
the editor considers as part of the news of
the day.
The woman reporter is supposed to
gather this at the Chamber of Commerce,
the Board of Education rooms,and the City |
Hall. She gleans it from the Citrus Fair,
and the Teachers' institute; or the Bee
keepers' Association, where she may have
her detail; or she breathes it in, on her
wanderings to and from the office.
The reporter must learn, too, that she is
not autlioritv as to the importance of her
items, and tliat she be admonished
and snubbed vigorously, and take her
share of expletives with the rest of the
reporters.
She must work like a man and never
"fall down on a detail; and if she proves
her efficiency and scope on the staff, she
will become a permanency—with time.
Every reporter works under pressure,
the tin de siecle newspaper wants every
bit of news tirst. and one must be able tii
scent news In the air and bo ready to in
vestigate a "tip" almost before it is given.
Reporting demands quick thought, but
a characteristic style; a wide acquaint
ance,and the latter is often far more valu
able than one imagines.
Tbe women of the American press re
ceived special tribute from Max O'Rell
when he was in this country, and bis dis
tinguished consideration was very encour
aging to them.
At the conclusion of the above brilliant j
paper, which was capitally read, Mrs,
Florence Hardman Miller of Oakland- !
who was Bent as a delegate to the eonven.
tion, and who is an active newspapej
woman, was called upon. Mrs. Miller
spoke a few graceful words of encour
agement and hope to the local associa
tion. Mrs. Ema Foster Haberkorn was
then called to 'the platform.
Mrs. Haberkorn gave a graphic de
scription ot her experience among the
black* In the South, where sue was sent
as correspondent by the Pittsburg His
patch some years ago. She told of her j
experience with J. "j. Brady, Frederick
Douglass and James 6, Blame, of Mrs.
Francis Harper and some lectures she
heard ber give, anil of the various phases
of |$fe of the blacks and half blacks, malt
and female, in Sclnia.
The exercises closed with a brief address
hy Hey. Ada Howies, who eulogized
Brands Harper, and told of an experience
in New York where Mrs. Harper and
another colored member of tbe Woman's
Congress were excluded from an invitation
extended to the rest of the congress by one
of the alleged swelldom in New York; of
the action of Sorosis in the matter, Mrs.
Bowles concluded ber remarks by saying
she had championed Mrs. Harper's cause,
which brought forth much applause.
The Ideal In Journalism
Mrs. Jeannie Peet of Palmdale wrote the
following paper, which was read by Mrs.
Mary X. Bowman, on Tuesday:
"The press is the subtlest, strongest,
most far-reaching influence in tbe civil
ized world to-day. I believe that a mo
ment's thought will check any impulse to
question the truth of this. Church,
statecraft, caste, wealth -these are still
mighty powers. They have held, they as
pire to bold, they wiil light, for ages'yet.
to bold the longed-for supremacy. There
is but one organized force—the result of
human intellect and energy—wbibh exer
cises a more universal sway than any of j
them. It is younger than all—but they,
though earlier in" the Held, had to give
way. They even rely upon the Press to
help them retain their places in the great
campaign.
Journalism! The power which appeals
to all classes, includes all powers, makes
itself responsible to the waiting millions,
holds up to the world the picture and the
story of its passing hour; Where, in this
vast, practical scheme, is the place of tbe
viewless Ideal.
The very processes of journalism call
for such knowledge, skill and devotion,
that they have become an accepted fea
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ture of the panorama. The representa
tives of journalism, however humble,
have their honorable place. The approval
of the press is more sought for than that
of kings. Its signals across the world af
fect and guide men's actions. It is a
preventive, as well as a cure, for "the
evil that men do." Journalism deals with
the present, and men live in the present.
It regards, and rightly, the actual, the
real. What, then, has it to do, why
should it concern it with, their opposite,
the Ideal?
The Ileal: Re—the thing, the fact!
The ideal-Simply, the idea; the soul and
higher meaning of facts, the floating
I spirit .if truth hovering over and beyond
i the embodied Actual. The Ideal is al
! ways ready to be called to its place as the
j inspiration, the spiritual strength of the
I Real.
In every great factor in the progress of
our race the two elements are intended to
combine. One of our best-loved leaders
and teachers of thought says: "Every act
has a thought back of It. The province
of the Ideal is with the quality of these
thoughts (which result iv deeds). The
thoughts should be kept high and clear,
so that tbe deeds which they result in
cannot be ignoble.
"But," it may be objected, "journal
ism has neither space nor t ; me for the
ideal. It has chosen or evolved its mis
sion In accordance with the demand
which has created it. It prefers electric
ity to rainbow wings. It leaves the
poetic a. peet of life to ) oets, and the
high, the clear, the inspirational business
to literature proper. Journalism is faith
ful observation and concentrated report, of
what is. It is not its fault if what is is
not any better."
Xo? " It is always well to establish the
precise point of disagreement. That is
where we disagree. Every organized
power proceeding from man's intellectual
energy has so far had some weak spot in
herent iv its system. The weak spot be
comes in time a diseased spot, fostering
within itself the principle of decay. !
hold that the weak spot in journalism is
its repudiation of the ideal element in its
presentation of human affairs.
This repudiation is equivalent to ignor
ance or disregard of the extent ot its mor
al obligation to the world.
Perhaps the majority of editors—the
high priests of the cu!t'-in their sancti,
in its temples, rise to the true height of
tbe situation. We know that many of
them do. They and we know that many
do not. There is movement, and it is
surely in advance. Moral piogress is not
yet at its declining point, within the area
of civilization, and the press is represen
tative of tendency at least, and indicates
the truth, if not the wdiole truth.
Let us assume that journalism is on the
whole—in its composite consciousness
aware of its increasing power, of the
greatness of its scope and influence. It
need not fear to take higher ground. It
can do pretty much as it pleases. It has
become the guide and indicator to all ages
and classes, the foremost educator of char
acter. Journalism can afford to stop ca
tering to the uneducated or depreciated
mind—the un-ideal mind.
When we are in a position and possess
the strength to lift up, we should not offer
excuse that we are dragged down. Man
kind is not yet so mature as not to crave
rulers. Away in the past when ideas had
a certain primitive beauty and simple
grandeur, tbe idea of kings, to take the
responsibility of preserving justice, was
invented. These kings were individuals.
They had not got beyond that then. They
hedged the kinas around with traditions
of divinity to keep them holy and up to
the mark." Xow, rulers to whom are en
trusted absolute power, should realize that
noblesse oblige. It is demanded of them
sooner or later, although humanity is pa
tient.
The individual kings did not live up to
the world's idea of what kings should be.
If they suggested it, it was usually by a
careful effect of contrast. So the hedge
of divinity wore thin in places, and be
came at. last quite scraggy; so that it
drew ridicule and was linally uprooted,
save for a tuft of tradition still clinging,
rusty and futile, here and there. And all
this change and disintegration was caused
by careless contempt for the ideal.
We have a special dislike, in tbe land
of tiie free, to words and emblems associ
ated with such egregious failures as tbe
experiment in kings, so I will not risk
incurring the disesteem of a power I re
vere, by saying that journalism wields
the scepter "and wears the crown today,
in all parts of the earth where men are
educationally qualified to hold an opinion.
I will only say that humanity must still
be ruled,"but under courteous disguises,
and by the newest forms of influente.
It is not so easy to bring the power of
the press to book as it was to tateh a poor
little king or two and takeaway his crown
—bead and all.
Still, nothing in creation is beyond
criticism, certainly not that great in
stance and example of it: force—tbe press
itself.
In the recording and depicting of the
realities which till the world's fleeting
measures of time the claims of all classes
of readers—and buyers—should be ac
knowledged and furthered. There is cer
tainly no cause for neglect of such re
search as would furnish the news they
crave to that large contingent whose in
crease is the very object of our wide
winged institutions of every branch of
learning.
The journal is our destined reading.
To those of us who wish to use our
brains as crucibles, and not as sieves,
wbo eagerly look for tidings of intrinsic
worth, who find the true real combined
with the ideal in all the varied phases
of the vast continuous movement of the
human race, journalism, great as it is, is
less than it might be. The ideal is not
the natural enemy of the real. They are
distinct, indeed." but were meant to be
allies, not rivals. They are opposite, but
not in opposition, unless you misplace
tbeni. They are counterparts—"two forms
which differ in order to correspond."
Mrs. Mary M. Bowman, at the session of
the convention on Tuesday, read the fol
lowing paper on The Newsgatherer:
"1 feel deeply indebted to the pro
gramme committee who have sandwiched
me between two such able speakers. The
usual method of sandwich making is here
reversed. We usually have the meat be
tween the bread, here we have the bread
between the meat. After the refreshment
presented by the very beautiful and ex
cellent paper of Mrs. Peet, our poet,
sculptor and writer. I feel sure that any
lack of nutriment in this practical paper,
half talk and half paper, you will be more
than richly compensated by Mrs. Spring,
who is to follow, our most brilliant and
youngest member.
The lirst essential qualification for suc
cess as a newsgatherer, is what we term
among the craft "a nose for news." This
docs not imply any particular shape or
cut in that useful facial appendage, nor
that it should possess the peculiar traits
attributed to that legendary personage:
Paul Pry, but it does mean the gift
to know news when you see it. It is that
sense in the newspaper man or woman
born for the work, that we may compare
to the keen scent of the hunting dog that
guides bim straight to the game, and dis
tinguishes him from other breeds of the
canine race.
It ia the faculty that keeps on the alert
for everything of interest for newspaper
columns, to sift and separate tbe impor
tant from the unimportant; to discrimin
ate between what to say and what to
leave unsaid; to know in short, in tin
list of daily happenings, what is worth
giving to the public from that not worth
the writing. This to a certain extent is
the result of training, but in a larger sense
it is innate, for the genuine newsgatherer
like tbe poet, is born, not made. Xo
amount of training, I am inclined to
think, would mako a really successful re
porter unless there is natural aptness and
innate love of it, though this native talent
is developed and made more efficient by
discipline.
There used to bean old-fashioned idea
among newspaper editors that some
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preliminary training was necessary in en
tering certain lines of newspaper work,
but in these progressive days we see so
i many persons entering full-fledged in all
departments, without previous experience,
we may now consider this obsolete, gone
with the old-fashioned grandmother, and
a few other old-fashioned things, that tbe
world and newspaper readers might be
somewhat the gainer were they not quite
so old-fashioned.
Another factor of success in news
gathering is patience—infinite patience.
It ap. ears to the uninitiated quite a sim
ple process to ask for news and get it.
The paragraph, half column or column in
the morning or evening paper hears
no evidence on its face ot the questions
and cross questions that wore asked, the
ferreting out, the hunting down, the
strategy and tireless energy required to
obtain details. Each person" sees things
from his own point of view, draws his
own conclusions, and looks through dif
ferent eyes. Five people who witness an
accident each give a different version of
it. and each is equally positive that his
account is the correct one. The puzzled
reporter must patiently Investigate and
take the prepondetence of evidence.
The third fundamental element of suc
cess is perseverance. A newspaper re
porter has no such word as no In his vo
cabulary. Refused and repulsed in one
direction, she must turn in another,
should the pursuit of news demand. Fail
in the primary source, she mustattain her
object in a secondary one. Scruples must
be put in one's pocket, timidity nnd
shrinking, overcome, eliminated from the
nature. Personality disappears in the at
tainment of the end. These few elemen
tary principles widen out and include
energy, enthusiasm and many others,
I which cannot be touched upon in ten
I minutes. There was at one time un im
pression abroad that something called
I "cheek" was an essential to the profes
sion, but that is a mistake; we call it a
high devotion to duty and a laudable am
bition for the success of the paper, of
which each one connected is a factor.
Evening Reception
Last evening there were a large number
of responses to tbe reception invitations
and the parlors of the Xadeau were filled
shortly after 8 o'clock.
The program me was opened by Mr. Car
i lisle I'etersiloa, wbo played Beethoven's
Sonata Puthctique. There were only a
few of the audience who stopped talking
during the music, but Mr. Pc torsi leaman
fully went through the throe movements
notwithstanding. Mrs. Emma Seckle
Marshall made a short address and intro
duced Mrs. M. Burton Williamson, the
new president of the club. Mrs. Arthur
C. Taylor sang Cade la Sera, by Mllilotti.
Mrs. Taylor has a rich, smooth contralto
voice. She is recently lrom| Xew York,
where she has ben singing in Wil
ton, Morrill and Mitti's church. Her
song was most cordially applauded,
and for an encore ' she gave
Frederick Birch's "I'm Waiting." Hon.
Frank Rader followed with an ad
dross of greeting, welcome and congratu
lation. W. P. Chambers' Mandolin * Club
played two selections. A poem by Mrs -
K. A. Otis was read by Miss A. A. Chev
allier; a paper written by Mrs. C. M.
Severance was read by Mrs. Mary E.
Dart; and in conclusion Rose Hartwick
Thorpe recited "In Captivity," oneof ber
own poems. Miss Jessie Benton Fremont
was too ill to either attend or write the
greeting which she had promised, aud
the rest of the evening was devoted to in
formal speeches by Prof, P. W. Search,
H. /.. Osborne, Dr. S. H. Weller, W. C.
Burbank and William H. Knight.
Among the large number of guests
there were present Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Rader, Mr. and Mrs. Preston W. Search,
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Knight, Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Currier, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Osgood,
Mr. and Mrs. Hawvcr, Mr. and Mrs. At
water. Dr. and Mrs. Walter Lindlcy, Mr.
and Mrs. McMullin, Mesdamea M. Burton
Williamson. Emma Seckle Marshall, Re
becca Spring, Jennie Peet. Alice Moore
McComas, Arthur C. Taylor, Carrie Ash
ton Johnson, Rose Hartwicke Thorpe.
Mary E. Hart, Ema Foster Haberkorn,
Mary M. Bowman, Dow, McClees, Owen,
Ella" H. Enderlein, Florence Miller,
Philips, Mary Lynde Craig, Clara Spald
ing Brown; Misses Williamson, Cora and
Bona Foy, Elliott, McComas, Bucking
ham, Murill, Irwin: Messrs. W. C. Bur
bank, Gardner Curran, 11. Z. Osborne,
Dr. Murphy and Dr. A. Davidson.
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Farewell lecture by Rev. J. Q. A. Henry
of San Francisco at Music Hall, Friday
evening, March 15: American Citizen
ship Against the World. Admission 10
cents. Reserved scats 2o cents, to bo se
cured on day of lecture at box office of
the Los Angeles Theater.
Mrs. Ellen B. Murphy, wife of tbe late
Consul-General to Germany, and sister of
Mrs. D. M. Welch, speaks, and exhibits
historic thimbles and needlework, 2 p. m.
today at Simpson parsonage, BOS Sou b
Qlive, benefit Home Missions. All invit
ed; 25 cents, including refreshments.
Dr. V. S. Differbacher, dentist, rooms 4 and
j, 110 y. Spring st., Los Angeles.
Wall paper house of the coast, 328 S. Spring
MARRIAGE LICENSES
John .lames Fox, San Diego 29
Florence Maude Fox. London 29
Fine wedding invitations and visiting cards
our apeclaltjr, See samples. 11. M. l.cc & Bro.,
printers and engravers, 140 North Spring st.
1 Peck & Chase Co..
J+HE BROADWAY ■
■ 39 & BROADWAY. ■
DIED
Sl'HAiiUE—in this city,' .March Mrs.
Ilh'iila Shaw Sprague,of liroekton, Mass.
Services at the residence of Mr. C, W. R.
Ford "Edgemont," Bellevue avenue, Friday,
hi 2 p.m. Interment at Brockton, Mass.
MILES—In thll City, March 13, 1895, Charles
Edwurd Miles, aged 5* years.
Funeral Friday morning, March 15th, at 10
o'clock, from the family residence, No. 155
\orth Beaudry avenue. Interment at the I. O.
0. F. lemetcry. Friends invited.
ABBOTT—In this eitv. March 11, 1895, Carrie
Abbott, aged 32 years, a native of Ohio.
Funeral from Sharp & Samson's undertak
ing parlors Unlay at 3 p.m.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
The remains of Mrs. Mary H. Turner were
forwarded yesterday morning by Robt. L.
1. arrett & Co., No. 330 North Main street, to
her old home in Qulncy, Michigan, for inter
ment
C. D. HOWRY \
Leading Funeral Director ]]
FIFTH & BROADWAY j|
CASH BARGAINS
JffirJ In FURNITUKE, CARI'KTS,
iflf MATTINOB AMI) STOVES.
Children's carriages
and Invalids' Chain.
uwjmScll Highest price raid for second-
hand furniture and carpets.
«tlßL3l£- I. T. MARTIN, 451 5. Spring St.
135 SOUTH SPRING ST.
+ ♦ SPECIHL! + ♦
TODAY, THURSDAY, March 14th, and
TOMORROW, FRIDAY, March 15th,
WE WILL PLACE ON SALE
1500 Yards SILK-FINISHED CREPE, in high color., full 30 inches wide, at
12 1-2 Cents Per Ymrd.
Pink, nile, salmon, rose, blue, shrimp, cream, white, Mark. Here Is a material which will
interest you. Cannot be excelled for evening wear. Will make up as prettily as silk. Dis
played in show window. At cents per yard.
v .. — -We will alioplaee on our counters about 2000 yarda
SILK-STRIPE FRENCH CHALLIES at 3O Cents Per Yard.
In a wonderful aggregation of high colorlnis. Combinations which have puzzled the artof
thedesgner. Delicate conceptions in pure French goods. Our prico will be 30 cents per
yard. Displayed In show window.
This advertisement changed every other day. It will pay you to watch tht< space. It
will be hard to duplicate any of our offerings. Goods delivered tree in any part of Pasadeia.
Mail orders solicited.
FIXEN & CO., 135 S. SPRING ST.
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I Gas and Electric Fixture i
I MANUFACTURING CO. |
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♦ AND MANUFACTURE A MOST ~o ~n , .„ _ „ . ♦
MHGJIIFICENT LIKE OF FIXTURES I
♦ Oi All Description-, at a +
f VERY MUCH REDUCED PRICE. 131133 135 S Los Angelesst, ♦
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KWKRDED
Highest Medals Offered
lit America.
1 S JjT World's Fair Convention of Pho-
I — JZr tograph.rs and World's Expoil
mmm f y/ A/tlon. Chicago,'o3. Highest pre-
V \_ *. „ niiumx Los Angeles Fair. 'BfVf»l.
r ■»!!, '03 And also awarded the
highest premium* for last fair,
" ending Oct. 20, '04.
Cloudy Weather Preferred
Our Awards are the hignest awarded to any photographer, speaking vol
umes for the superiority of Steckel D U OTOfl PAPHV
Photographs. We do every ciass of r lIVI 111
Olfl C d Opposite Los Angeles Theater
ZZ\J O. spring Jti; and Hollenbeck Hotel.
Itching Piles are known by moisture like perspiration, caus
ing Intense itching when warm. This form, as well as Blind,
Bleeding, and Protruding, YIELD AT ONCE TO
MRS. VAN'S
P .fl Scotch Herb Pile Cure!
I I Which acts directly on parti affected, absorbs tumors, allays
I I itching, and effects a permanent CURE.
™ " For sale by all Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of prloe.
• 50c and $ 1.00 per box.
Address, Mrs. Van, 308 E. First Street,
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
DR. SPARREVOHN,
DENTIST f DEIST IST J
218 NORTH MAIN STREET, ROOMS 1011.
FOR ONE MONTH ONLY \
I Offer the Public the Following Prices for Dental Work:
Best set S. S. White's Teeth... .$7 00 reg. price flO 00
Aluminum plate $12 00 reg. price $20 00 Gold crown $5 00 reg. price SlO 00
Gold alloy filling 100 reg. price 200 Silver filling 50 reg. price 100
LADY ASSISTANT. Teeth extracted free from 8 to 9 a.m. Ofllce open evenings and
Sundays Office over Heinseman's drug store.
GLASS & LONG,
Blank Book [Manufacturers.
THE HOFFMAN FLAT-OPENING BLANK BOOKS.
TELEPHONE 535. • 213-215 NEW HIGH ST., LOS ANGELES
OR. WHITE'S
£ PRIVATE
mfW I DISPENSARY
m mm DR. WHITE, the oldest et
m tahllshed speciulist, has de
_ voted more time, ns city pa-
WS Jtffwt pers sboiv, to the exclusive
hLmL treatment of texual and
chronic diseases of men and
vromen tnan nnv o,her stiver
Using physician in this city
B ood and skin diseases, red
spots, pain in bones, s ire throat and mouth,
lilotches and eruptions of the ekln, ulcers,
painful swellings, etc ; kidney and bladder
diseases, frequent micturition, scalding, in
flammation, gravel, etc.; organic weakn as,
undeveloped organs, Impediments to mar
riage, norvous debility, impaired memory,
menUl anxiety, absence of will power, weak
back, lost vitality, melancholy and all dis
eases resulting from excesses, indiscretion or
overwork, recent or old, speedily, thoroughly
and permanently cured. "Where shall I goto
get cured?" many a sufferer asks, not know
ing nhom to trust, tfo where thousands of
others have gone and be restored to perfect
health, the comforts of home and the enjoyt
ment of society—to Dr. White's old-established
oflice,located eight years in Lou Angeles. All
lingering chronic diseases that have been neg
lected or have failed to yield to tho treatment
of less skillful hands soon get well under Dr
White's superior treatment. Patients wishing
speedy relief and sure cure should consult Dr.
White, whose long, extensive experience.en
ables him to apply the proper t.ealment at
once without useless experiments, thus saving
the patient much time and expense. Office
and private laboratory, 128 North Main street
Los Angeles, Cal. Out-of-town patients
treated by mail and express.
PERRYrMOTT"&~CO.'S
LUMBER VHRD
AND PLANINQ MILLS,
136 Commercial it., - Loi Angeles. Cal.
GOLD AND SILVER REFINING ffl&sS£ts&
430 South Spring street, Ix» Angeles, <:»1. . . . .
I Have Been Robbed! w£
By PnceTailorv^t
After Th't} IU 119
GABEL J9|
&ABEL TheTaAor IL
812 South Spring itreet, below Third.
RY TO READ
When what you read is entertaining and when
you don't ha.-c to strain your eyes Iv perusing
it. You can afford to be rocsless with anything
but your eyes; you can afford to take chances
with anything but your sight. We make all
sor s of glasses for all sorts of eyes, and for
their expert examin tlou no charge is mad.
You will find in our line stock everything to
improve one's eyesight in tne way of glasses.
PACIFIC OPTICAL CO., Scientific Optician*,
107 N. Spring st. £]gf-I)on't forget number.
J. M. Griffith. Pres John T. Griffith, V.-Pres
Y. T. Griffith, Secretary and Treasurer.
Geo. K. Waites, Sup'tof Mill.
J. M. GRIFFITH COMPANY,
Lumber Dealers,
And Manufacturers ot
Artistic 111 work ot [very Description.
Doors, Windows. Blinds and Stairs.
934 N. Alameda st.. I-os Ancles. Cal.