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Show I MflUSIlf II Mrs. Eurifhe K. La Bartlic Sne-H Sne-H climbs to Severe Attack of i Pneumonia. I WAS MEMBER OF FIRST I UTAH STATE LEGISLATURE Author of "High Hat" Law and I Prominent in Literary H Mrs. Kuril he K. La Uarthe, one of lb, Utah's first women law malt ore. and a w woman of note In many ways, dlcil Tuos-m Tuos-m day. after a brief llliiess at tht; Whitehall M In UjIb city. Mrs. La Barthe arrived In II Salt "Lake Inst Wednesday from her bom $ In Denver, unci although In railing health IV, was not thought to bo seriously HI- Slit; W had overworked In the management of j a large oluirltv bazar In her homo city. , and when alio reached hero was tired out. I L An attack of la grippe followed, which 'il developed Into pneumonia, and resulted lit her death at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday jl afternoon. W3 The death or Mrs. La Barlhe removes lifl from active llfo one of the most intcrest-ing intcrest-ing women whom Salt Lake has had u among it:5 residents. Coming hero auout tlfieen years ago from Peoria. 111.. Mrs f La Uarthe rapldlv became a leader In the iJi social and literary life of the city, and 'l in IS95. was elected president of the La- dies' Literary club. It was under her management that the movement was heft he-ft gnn which resulted in the building of lh - present clubhouse, and under her able ' management the- matter was put through. 1 The same year Mrs. La Darlho was ! elected a member of the. first, state legls-K legls-K lature. an ofiice which she tilled with R great credit to herself and which resulted C in much good In the matter of the eduea-H eduea-H llonal laws. It was during this session f( that Mrs. La Darlhe introduced the law (i regulating tho wearing of hats Iti theaters f and placea of amusement, and to her bc-f bc-f long-" tho credit of starting a movement ! which has since spread throughout th-s 11; country. I For ."omc years past Mrs. La Uarthe 1 had made her homo In Denver, and there, too. her work has been of a. very valuable X kind. She had been treusurcr or the Woman's club of that city, an organiza-9 organiza-9 tion of more than a thousand women, and : had served for-some years as chairman , of the finance committee. .When she i was here on il visit last spring she was t told of the plans, then only begun, for f a new and larger clubhouse for '.he Ls-J: Ls-J: dies' Literary club, and on that occasion 5 she gave an inspiring talk In regard to II financing the matter. |