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Show Utah Press Women Meet at Doll House Murder proved an entertaining subject at the Utah Press Women's luncheon Saturday, March 9 at the Doll House. Mrs Olive W. Burt presented history and verses from her collection col-lection of murder ballads, soon to be published in book form. "Before the days of mass-pro-" duced newspapers," Mrs. Burt said, "homespun balladiers would write songs of local murders. Usually written in the first person the ballads would be printed; then sold at the execution of the murderer. Nearly always they purported to be 'true' confessions of the crime' and great excitement would be created when more than one 'true confession' appeared." Many times the ballad would be written as a comfort to the bereaved be-reaved family, Mrs. Burt said, and most always would tell in mournful mourn-ful unprofessional verse of the high cost of crime to the criminal. The Press Women will meet next on Saturday April 13 at 1 p.m. in Farmington |