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 SOUTHERN COUNTIES 295 the picture. The Temple Auditorium which lifts its graceful bulk above it, is the most commodious building for its purpose ever constructed. It plays a leading rôle in the musical life of the southern capital, to which reference has been made in an earlier chapter. In this vicinity are the buildings of the State Normal School and the headquarters of the California, Athletic, Automo- bile, University and Jonathan Clubs. The Gamut Club entertains at its house on South Hope Street visiting celebrities of all professions, and fosters struggling Genius. On the same street is the 13- story building of the Young Men's Christian As- sociation which has a membership of 7000. On Figueroa, a few blocks west of Broadway, are the homes of the Ebell and Friday Morning Clubs. These are the largest women's organisations in the country. The roll of the latter carries 1400 names, that of the Ebell, 1500. The handsome quarters of the Young Women's Christian As- sociation are at Third and Hill Streets in the midst of a busy section. A club as significant of the city's social progress as any of these is the one composed of house-workers who have their own attractive rooms where literary and musical entertainments are given and an employment bu- reau is maintained. At the Chamber of Commerce exhibition hall on South Broadway there are daily lectures illus-