Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 24

JULY 23, 1922. 1 OaklanD SUNDAY i ssr 1 WSNJ DR. MALVINE JUDELL, chic of the surgical staff of the Women's Club Presidents to Confer L. A. Women Seeking $5000 For Clubhouse Hart Becomes Champion for Indian Cause Legal Status Of Women Issue of Clubs Children Hospital in ban Francisco, who sailed yesterday from New Yorl on the S.

S. Homeric for a summer abroad. She will study the developments in surgery during and since the world war. (Peder Bruguiere Portrait) Into operation the statewide campaign for increasing the use of California made and grown products will be suggested by the representatives. Finances will also be an important question before the council.

Whila Mrs. Fitzgerald, herself, has not announced any new plans since her return from the biennial convention of the General Federation In Chautauqua, N. last month, there Is a general understanding thai a. message will shortly come from her office, urging clubwomen to turn attention to the records of local, county and state candidates and to study seriously matters of legislation which will be presented at the August and November polls. An effort is being made' in Los Angeles to raise the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of leasing and equipping a clubhouse for the League for the Hard of Hearing.

According to Mrs. Mary E. Rice, president, "Los Angeles is th only City of firsf class that hag no Buch clubhouse and it should fall In line with New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and other Cities in this accommodation. Readjustment which becomes necessary to deafened adults who have hitherto enjoyed normal hearing is one of the league's greatest concerns, The clubhouse will be designed for the use of residents and tour- Fresiden4s- of. the various dls- trlcts within the California Fed-1 eration of Women's Clubs will be summoned to Asilomar on Tuesday, August 15, by Mrs.

W. A. Fitzgerald, state president, for a conference preliminary to launching the club year in September. A uniform program, of federation activities will be discussed, with the leaders agreeing to adjust it Insofar as is possible to the particular communities which they represent. General plans'; department outlines and committee work will be offered by state and dlstrict'of-flcers.

The innovation of the President's Council is unique federation history, Mrs. Fitzgerald, who Is entering upon -hep year as president of the California Federation, has conceived the practical scheme as a means of bringing together the women Who are responsible for the success of the activities In friendly session where may be talked over Informally the purposes and problems which will be theirs with the beginning of the new season. "American Citizenship" will be stressed throughout the coming twelve months, as it has been dur Soroptimists Will Meet Tomorrow The Soroptlmist Club announces a business meeting for tomorrow following tha regular luncheon at Hotel Oakland. Several matters of Importance to the business and professional women will demand attention and call for action. Mls Violet Richardson, president, wilt preside.

Miss Richardson was a guest of honor last week of the Los Angeles Soroptlmist Club when that body, with membership of approxi mately 150, formally received -its charter at a brilliant dinner. The Oakland group, which Is tha "mother of Soroptlmist clubs, sent its leader to the south to come formally the third sister or-; ganlzation to the ranks. The campaign in the interest of the proposed bonds to be voted August 29 by the' citizens of Oakland for the acquisition of tha Moun tain Park of 1491 acres, the sequoia area beyond "Tha Hlghts," the Joaquin Miller home, -Is being actively sponsored by' these women representing tha" business and professional Interests of the city. They hava also purchased a pole In the proposed "Necklace of Light" around Laka Merritt. William Hart, screen star, has come forward as fhe champion of American Indian.

In an article reprinted from the Los Angeles Times in "The Clubwoman," the official organ of the California Federation of Women's Clubs for July. Hart says: "These Americans want American citizenship. What can we do? Abolish the Indian Bureau where millions are being spent yearly to keep the Indian in subjection; "He is subjugated. What he wants Is freedom and the endowment of his birthright American Citizenship! "Let us spend some of those millions now being squandered on political Jobs in the Indian department on the Indians themselves. Let us give them something for all that we have taken from them." Clubwomen of California have KIPZS BOLE ATTRACT! it i bf-'-r i r-UK 'i i Lists who are handicapped by im paired hearing, offering them a place In which to meet in an atmosphere of helpful fellowship.

The league was organized five years ago. Ceylon Tea Punch Put a heaping tablespoonful of Ceylon tea in a pot and pour over it a quart of boiling water, add three cloves and a. stick of cinnamon, and tteep four minutes. Strain the tea over a bowl of cracked ice, add a half-cupful of sugar, the Juice of a lemon and a cupful of strained pineapple Juice. Stir these ingredients until they are blended, then strain Into till glasses one-quarter full of shaved ice, and put a spray of fresh mint, wet and dusted with powdered su on the top of each glass.

By EDXA B. KIN ARB. atudy of the legal status of women In California has been completed by Miss F. Josephine Stevenson, of Fasadena, and published by the California Civic League of Women Voters. Within a brief period the handbook of valuable information will be ready for distribution, affording to lay-women a plain exposition of the laws effecting their Six teen, pages of printed matter written-In simple English and, following the popular questionnaire form, deal with separate and community property rights; obligation of parents to children; marriage and divorce laws; family support? testimony and contracts; public education; office holding; jury service; legal disability and protective legislation.

Organled women of the state, who are discussing legislation on which- they will be united at the next session of the legislature, are regarding the publication about to be released as one of the important factors In their campaign. Leaders hive taken stand that, unless women arl familiar with the laws that affect their legal status, it Is of littla avail to endeavor to amend those which are unfavorable or protect those which are Just. The fight for amendment to the community property laws will be vigorously pressed at Ut coming session of the legislature, women of California have generally agreed. Efforts are being made to Write a bill which will meet all objections and at the same time give to the wife her rights in prop-arty accumulated during marriage. Tha handbook, edited by Miss Stevenson, features the present lawa that relate to separate and community property.

property of married per become national leaders on behalf of the redman, the efforts of Mrs. H. -A. Atwood of Riverside, chairman of Indian Welfare in California Federation of 'Women's Clubs and in the General Federation of Women's Clubs, being widely-recognized. Mrs.

Atwood presented a in the Interest of the Indian before the biennial convention of the General Federation in Chautauqua. N. last monht. The activities suggested by the California woman will be incorporated in the gen ing the past year, but on a more eral work of the national body elaborate scale. How this theme may Inspire all departments will be discussed.

Methods of putting comprehensive program of work during the coming two years. A Charge purchases made during this tale will be billed to you October A imall deposit laill hold any fur you may select. Beginning tomorrow! H. Liebes Company's AHKil I laws unless held In Joint tenancy or in tenancy in common." 1 iipiprcrr L1 -wH sona in the State of CaTIfofnlan? held either as 'separate -or community property," the publication defines. "Property of married persons, not separate property, is subject to community property oil Xjav-rv'-rr A resume of the aneninfTT'aScS" of the handbook outlines the laws relating to property rights, control of community and separate property as follows: Spouses have no interest in each other's real estate owned before marriage.

They do not have a half interest in property acquired eluding the state board, and acting as trustees of sahool districts. ThehtrfeBoafdcf theStater School for delinquent girls is composed of women. Equal pay for equal work has been the slogan of the women of the state since the hour that suffrage was granted. In asking the questions, "Are women employed In the higher positions in the public schools of the state?" "Do the salaries- paid women average as high as tha salaries paid the the, following statistics are presented from the 1919-1920 report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Average salaries In Elementary after marriage by either or both IV GUARANTEE EVERY 1 FUR WE SELL Sffiual Summer The following items are just a few of the many splendid values: ANIMAL SCARFS because the husband has control and management. The wife has only an expectancy.

The husband, alone, has the right to devistt or bequeath his half interest away. After a husband's death, the wife has a half interest in accumulation. A wife's earnings outside the home, if she continues living with the husband, are subject to' his control and disposition. A wife's separate property may not be levied on for necessaries, however, unless there Is no community' property and the husband has no separate property. A wife's wages earned outside the home whileshe Continues to live with I schools: Men, 1,173.96: women.

THE LIEBES LABEL IS TO FURS WHAT 'STERLING IS TO SILVER' Note the exceptional reductions on these items: WRAPS and COATS Regular Price Sale Price Hudson Seal coat, 45-inch length, skunk collar and 495 396 Persian Lamb coat, JU 43.86. I Average Salaries In high schools: Men, women, $1,609.59. Regular Price Sale Price 1 Average salaries for elementary school principals: Men, Single skin Stona Marten icarfs 30.00 24.00 I women, $1,214.53. the husband are community prop Average salaries for high school principals: Men, women, $2,220.85. Of the high school principals in the state 303 are men, 11 women.

In 1921 thirty-one- women served as county superintendents of schools in California. A growing sentiment favors appointment of women on' state com. 2-skin Stone Marten scarfs i 70.00 56.00 Single skin tipped Baummarten scarfs 47.50 38.00 Platinum-dyed white fox scarfs 85.00 68.00 erty. She may not by law enforce payment for services performed in the home. Her earnings, and that of minor children living with her or In her custody while she Is living separate from her husband, are the separate property 625 45-inch length, with skunk collar 875 Black Caracul coat, 45-inch length, with Squirrel collar 685 or uie wire, a wire aner marriage missions and state and county 548 owns her cToTtres urul Oincr per- i.ivarH-ihly Blue-dyed while sonal property owned by her be- fox scarfs 95.00 TVTole- "coat; 45mch- 'fore marriage, but she is no given I If ff I 1 a I I 1 425 ength Natural Squirrel coat.

550 40-inch length 340 440 1,475 1,295 76.00 252.00 24.00 18.00 44.00 Natural Blue Foxes 315.00 Brown-dyed foxe 30.00 Blue-dyed Wolf scarfs 22.50 Blended Hudson Bay Sable scarfs 55.00 must be employed in state, county and city Institutions having custody of women and girls. Twenty women are now holding appointments on, the principal state Commissions. They are cited in the newly compiled handbook as follows: Industrial welfare, Immigration' and housing, board of health, board of education, board of charities and corrections, board of regents, University of California, California, school for girls, Pacific Colony, industrial farm for women, 3. In summing up the legal disabll- Mink coat, 45-in. 2.250 Kolinsky coat, 49-in.

1,750 Huds6n Seal is dyed muskrat. The event for which thousands of fur patrons have been waitin Liebes quality furs the acknowled ged standard of fur perfection offered in a sale of more than usual magnitude! Values greater than we have ever offered assortments vaster and more varied. Our entire stock of furs including a wonderful collection of Fall'and Winter modes at family clothing by law in California after the husband's death. While the husband has no control over the wife's separate personal property, he has entire control over personal community property, even though the community prope'rey be earned entirely by the wife's efforts after marriage. To the husband Is given the right in this state to choose any reasonable place or mode of living and if the wife docs not conform thereto it is held desertion by her, Hiss Stevenson reports.

Either parent who wilfully omits to furnish necessaries of life to a child is punishable in this Btate. Wife abandonment wlthovit cause by a husband, with ability to provide her support, bears penalty. Wives in California must support husband if he lias not deserted her, out of her separate property, when he has no separate property and where there is no community property and he Is unable from Jnflwnity to support himself, the I.engue of -Women lities of women in California. Miss Fall Coats i.Now Arriving- The advance guard of new coats ha already arrived at the M. Donner You are invited to come in and see what is to be worn this Fall or rather what is now the thing in eoati.

For the really modish woman in the Bay region requires a Fall coat when she leaves off her straw hats in July. -The Coat Above Is an accurate sketch of one of the new coats just in. The material is Kashonaa ucm. Stevenson enumerates: lack of testamentary capacity in regard to community property; lack of control of community property; choice of domicile; all of which may be removed by to the stale laws. 0 0 0 For whom will we vote? It Is the perplexing question which is confronting every citizen.

Staple Models of Hudson Seal (Dyed musrat) Coats These coats are of the finest quality in peltry and workmanship and have excellent linings. Regular Price Sale Price 36-inch length with' Special offering of 400 Neckpieces at enormous reductions Practically every wanted fur is included in one or all of these special groups Fox, Squirrel, Mole, Wolf, Beaver, Nutria, Hudson Seal (dyed muskrat.) Group 1 Sale price. Formerly priced up to $47.50 Group II Sale price -r-. $35.00 Formerly priced up to $75.00 Group III Sale" price Formerly priced up to 1 25 Oakland Center, California Civic Extraordinary Reductions! Coats, Wraps, Capes, Scarfs, in overwhelming variety! Flawless furs faultlessly fashioned and all guaranteed. Back of every Liebes fur is the reputation of 58 years of leadership in the fur I-eague of Women Voters, has of- i fered a possible solution to Its members and the public in the an nouncement ofTwo mass meetings a brie hlcli it h.M a 1 1 iaLj booklet recites.

The wife may not be.ra,nled,.a pn grounds J. of non-support as long as there is i which wilt be held next month in the Municipal opera house, Q.n $300 Beaver or Skunk collar and cuffs T. 40-inch, length with sufficient community properly to Friday, August 4, candidates who provide her with reasonable neces- have been presented for the Judi- natural Squirrel collar and cuffs 425 340 community nrnnrrtv hns bpen en. ouu to appear before the organization to outline the platform upon which One of the" featured attractions A group of Black Caracul wraps. 45 inches in length with luxurious shawl coUars and deep cuffs of finest Eastern Skunk; Linings are of rich brocaded crepe in various colors.

Remarkable value at $388. their ambitions are basedJand to afford the voters an opportunity to see them. At this time also, CAPES the project for the purchase by bonds of 1491 acres of mountain parkland Including the redwood STOLES, NECKPIECES, Etc. will lead in coats this sen-son. Wide caracul bands form the high collar.and finish thle fan sleeves.

Silver stitching on the sleeves and a metal belt of silver sheen are the crowning touches on this rich coat of kit-fox thade. Of course the lining is of brocade. Moderate Pricings For the past two seasons the M. Donner Shop has carried coats in conjunction with a long established business in Women's tailoring. The marked success of the cost department has been due to the distinctive styles shown, and to their very moderate pricings of $37.50 to $175 (and worth up to $250) Any coat model Will be copied for women of large build.

area will be reviewed. Regular Price tirely earned by her. California has no Mothers' Tension law. The state, however, gives aid to children in the care of their own mothers at the rate of $10 per month, which may be supplemented with an equal sum from the county. Parents nre equally entitled to the custody and control of their children and a father may not will away from the mother custody of an unborn child.

A. husband abandoned by his wife is not liable for her support until she offers to return, urTScss stfe was Justified by misconduct in abandoning him; nor is he Sale Price Candidates fof county officers will be the special guefs on Tues Hudson Seal' Cape, 42-inch length "i ,575 day, August 15, at the second of $460 the series Of 'pre-election meetings. Regular Price In planning for the important Furs bought during' this sale may be stored in ourrefrigerated vaults free of charge until January first. During this sale no C. 0.

D's without deposit no exchanges, returns, or approvals. Sale Prlca $110 programs preceding the August primaries, directors of Oakland Civic Center announce with empha- Cape. 40-inch natural Squirrel Cape, 45-inch 475 Mole length, collar Mole length, Skunk stoles $175 .00 Skunk capes 325.00 245 565 460 Natural Squirrel Cape, 865 45-inch length liable for her support when she sis that the meetings are distinctly is living separate from him unless' non-partisan and not in the In-such support is stipulated in the terests of any candidate or set of agreement. Otherwise, if a Candidates. They have according band neglect to make adequate to precedent planned' mass meet-provision for his wife, any other ings which shall become the me-person may in good faith supply dium of introducing' all candidates her with articles necessary for her whose names appear on the ballot support and recover reasonable to the men and women who will be value thereof rem the husband, 'called upon to choee state and Public educatioff In California county officials 'from their num- Skunk scarfs 45.00 36 Natural Squirrel scarfs, -skin effect 15.00 12 Natural Squirrel stoles 185.00 HO Mole scarfs 37.50 30 Summer Ermine Cape 575 692 425 495 inrRS and iKsmmtAz.

srras shops ESTABLISHED 1864 GRANT AVE, AT POST ST, SAN FRANCISCO W. Corner liih and Webster Taupe Caracul Cape 75 0 Kolinsky Cape, 47-in. 1,750 1-Jaupc. CaracuLaca frnm. 11.

a yrarla tn (Via iini. JQ 470- versity is open to girls on the Mrs. C. E. Wilson is president same terms as boys.

Women are of the local branch of the Califor-seated on boards of education, In- nla Civic League of Women Voters. 3.