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Show MANY PAPERS Utah federata (Ms End Session. Studied Avoidance of Questions Ques-tions Toward Political Matters. Number of Evils Discussed in Open Meeting of the Convention at Logan. Special to The Tribune. LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 21. The second and final session of the eleventh annual Women's Clubs was held today. The convention of the Utah Federation of proceedings in the forenoon were held at the Agricultural college building, and at night at the Brigham Young college. There was a studied avoidance of questions ques-tions tending toward political matters, and ln the mam theories vere advocated rather than practical methods. What Resolutions Demand. In the open parliament resolutions were adopted pledging the Federation to secure kindergartens in all the schools of the State; to secure departments depart-ments oi domestic science and manual training ln all the schools of Utah; to secure a department of science ln the Agricultural college: to secure Juvenile courts and parental schools; to arrange for practical plans for keeping boys off the streets of towns and cities, especially es-pecially at nights; to secure some plan to remedy tho existing evil of messenger boys being sent Into immoral and Indecent Inde-cent places. Greeting- and Response. A felicitous address of greeting was made this morning to the women by President Kerr of the Agricultural college, col-lege, and a happy response was made by Mrs. U. M. Allen of Park City. The trend of these addresses was that wo-mans' wo-mans' clubs were educational in their practices and efforts, and that these organizations should walk hand in hand with the highest institutions of learning. learn-ing. The generous applause showed this to be tho sentiment of the convention. Interesting Papers Read. "What Does the Modern Woman Read?" was an able paper by Miss Emily Jesmip of Salt Lake City. Miss Juda Alloman of Springvllle Woman's club read an essay on "What Reciprocity Reci-procity Can Do for the Small Club," showing that a complete National and State organization Is necessary to the existence of the club in small towns. Miss Wight of the Woman's Athenaeum of Park City prepared a aluable paper on "The Critic," which ln her absence was read by Mrs. Weeter of Park City. Mrs. Dallnda Cotey of the Agricultural college read a paper on "The Value of x Domestic Science Course." In Open Parliament. The open parliament was a general discussion of a number of evlly. This was engaged ln by nearly all tho women. wo-men. Tho saloon came In for a fair share of talk, and It was the general opinion that the existing laws regulating regulat-ing barrooms should be rigidly enforced and other restrictions in regard to closing clos-ing be made. The women demanded that the law prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors should be strictly enforced. The womea deplore the fact that boys of tender years should bo compelled lo go Into Justices and criminal crimi-nal courts, and urged the formation of Juvenile courts. Luncheon was served at 1 o'clock by the domestic department of tho Agricultural college. Race Question Discussed. The feature of the session tonight was a discussion of "The Race Question" by Mrs. D. G. Caldcr of the Nineteenth Century club of Provo. Mrs. Mary Kelly of tho Utah Women's Press club contributed an original poem. The attendance was not so good as was anticipated, but was representative. Among those present were Mesdames O J. Stlllwell, Vorhccs, Sarah Whalen Chester 13. Coulter, E. Rich, M. p' Allen, L. E. Hubbard, Harry Stowe, S. J. ClawDOn, A. J. Johnson, L. E. Free- land. A, J. Gorham, J. L. Priest, J. S McCIaln, Don Coran, E. W. Wedgwood! E. O. Lee, Calder, Reynolds-, Dusen-berry. Dusen-berry. Corfman, Yeatcs, Phil Steckcr, Beulah Bockman, Misses Emma Isley" Linda Jessup and Florence Jessup. ' |