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Show --V aftcfr forty years some think its dress perhaps .sonic think its style not old-fashione- d," she remained there until the Bishop's building, where the Woman's Relief Society were but its struggles and victories to have headquarters,' was. . ready for ochave endeared it as it ik to patrons as well cupancy, and" where now the paper has, we as publisher; while as uAls past,: the record trtit, found a permanent location. The office of the Woman's Exponent and recital of' the 'trials and triumphs, not I 'tab but pi the during all these years and with. its many only of the women of women f the world, as told in its columns, changes of location has always been the though its form may be, has headquarters of the Relief Society, and the been more truthfully ami forcefully given columns of the pajer have been largely dethan in any other paper in existence. For the voted to Relief. Society work. The motto of HxroNLNT lays proud claim to the double the pajKr has been tire "Rights of the distinction that it was' not only the second Women of Zion and the Rights of the Women of all Nations"; and the aim has woman's paper published west of the Misl ien to encourage all effort for good ,and sissippi river, but that it is now the second oldest woman's .jkuxt in the United States, reform and advancement among all classes, Saints. The if not in the whole world. especially among the Latter-da- y The Exponent has had many homes if untiring efforts of the editor to briivg out It started out in the old young writers, uplift the discouraged help not many Herald building on West Temple street and jeople to discover themselves, develop was published by the IL'mhi Publishing latent talent and encourage women in difcompany, its delivery department being ferent avocations, has been one of her most handled by the Campbell and Patterson marked characteristics, and her paper is book store just south of the Constitution a great part of her life's work. What plans block on Main street. President Voting, she may have for the future of the are yet to be unfolded; but the past however, who was always a patron and advisor of the editors, "wanted to have the ofcertainly constitutes an enduring monument of noble work that can never be torn down. fice nearer the Church headquarters and offered an office building on the corner of Forty years on the First of June! May each State and South Temple streets, the present succeeding forty years be lived as worthily ! Annie Wells Cannon. location of the Alta Club.' At this time the services of Miss Cornelia Home were secured for the pajKT in the capacity of business manager, while Miss Annie Wells was NINETEENTH WARD RELIEF SOCIETY HALL. assisting in the work in the office. After .up-to-dat- e olil-fadiimie- d Ex-ponh- President Voting's death in August, 1877, the office was moved to the old Constitution building. While located there, President John Taylor made a visit to the editor, Mrs. Wells, gave her words of praise and encouragement for the work of the paper, and immediately provided a more comfortable and suitable home for it in a large room on the first lloor of the old Council House, the present site of thc'AVuj building. lie had the room beautifully furnished, and gave the editor every possible encouragement in. In 1882, the Council House was destroyed by fire and almost all the property belonging to the paper, including not only the elegant furnishings but reference books, bound volumes, back numbers, valuable papers, etc., were destroyed. The Exponent then found a home in the brick building on Main street owned by President Daniel H. Wells, where a part of Z. C. M. I. now stands,, and later moved to the "little house behind the wall" on South Temple street, about w here the east end of the Hotel Utah extends. It was here that runditi Ramabai came to visit the "charming little Mormon woman editor and suffragist" and Edmund Russell wrote in the editor's "guest book": "Not the first guest to the little house behind the historic wall if every one who has found pleasure in its welcome had taken away a stone not one would be standing now May it never be torn down and may we long find the same welcome behind it." But alas, it was soon to be torn down, botlf the historic wall and the house, to make room for modern improvements; and the Exponent again found a home' in the Constitution building, this, time, however, remodeled and more convenient. When the Templeton Hotel was turned into-- an office hnildinir o Mrs. ' Wrellsv v n; nnp.nfi niv. nisi applicants Jorpffice room for and her-wor- k. VJ her-pap- V ei c. nt The following paper was read by Sister Agnes G. Branch, secretary, at the dedication services May 7, 1912, when the. Relief Sxiety building was dedicated by Bishop ()slx)rne J. P. Whlstoc, at which were present more than one hundred. Among these were Bishop Barton, Sister Wells, general president of Relief Society, and counselors, Sisters Clarissa S. Williams and Julina L. Smith, and Sister Harker, president of the Salt Lake Stake and counselors, and friends from the Twenty-secon- d and Twenty-fourt- h . wards: In the year 1897, the Relief Society of the Nineteenth Ward, Salt Lake Stake of Zion, began to accumulate means for the erection of a little home of their own. From fairs, voluntary donations from members, profits from excursions, and dances they had in the bank Jan. 1 1901 the amount of$338.64. About this time they sold their little old house on Third North. Adding the money they had already collected to this, they purchased the ground on Center Street. Later, by advice of Bishop Barton, they exchanged "that piece for the ground on which this building stands. The size of the land thus secured would have made ft necessary to build flush with the sidewalk, but through the kindness of the Bishop, the Society was allow ed the privilege of more ground in the tc the Ward Hall, in order backbelonging to make the; building look good and to have the lobby or entrance. Having secured a suitable piece of ground Ann S. Neal, then president, gave this particular part of the business over to Sister Annie Rawlings, then her first counselor. The work of collecting means went slowly but steadily along. When Sister Rawlings was appointed .president, she said' that w ef would build when we had $1,000 in the bank, and to reach this every effort was put -- - I forth.' April 5 to 8, 1902, a lunch rotrcri was conducted on Richards Street visitors, netting the sum or $54 Other ward fairs were held; more v donations from members received v from 5 cents to $1.00; a sewing committee was organized, and quiltings and m ,,;; bees were held all over the ward, wherever a kind sister would open her home for this a work, as all this time we were with The kind. of committee home canied any the material for ti;cc bundles of 'cotton and quilts-anaprons to these places, and Unfinished articles home to store in their houses, until'they were known by this trade mark. The Society had $4,176.39 in the hank Dec. 31, 1905, when their dream wa shattered by the division of the ward and our dear mother gave her departing childian. the Twenty-fourt- h Ward, $500 of the money on hand. Now, with fewer member- - to work and raise funds, they kept up .the struggle, until 1908, when Bishop Barton advised Sister Rawlings to have the ward canvassed forpledges of money for supj..rt. A committee of sisters did very good work, and the jeople were very generous, and between $400 and $500 was collected in thi way. Many of the members have faithfully paid their 10 cents a month, and the have spent many, many days in scwing.thus making a small profit by careful buying and cutting of material. In 1910, Bishop Widt-soe- , successor of our friend Brother Barton, called all the organizations together, and planned for a ward fair from which SI 73 was realized and given us for our share of the work. Great credit is due to Sister Chcstina Trescott, secretary, and to Sister ReUcca J. Asper, secretary of the building fund. You may look over their books and find credit given for every cent, collected or disbursed, be the amount as small at 5 cent-- . Now our dear president desires to extend her thanks to the Bishopric for their recent gift of $100; to all auxiliary organizations who have helped in any wayt; to Brother-Irvin- e and Wright for planting, the lawn: to those who have donated dishes; those who have cleaned and kept the building comfortable, in the nearly three years it has been built; to all Who have helped" in any way to erect this hall, and to lift the burden, which she has carried since the commencement of the building fund; and. she also would say that not one cent of the money collected for the poor has ever been converted to this or any other purpose but the comfort of the poor ; and that she has alin her every act by those ways in authority over her ; and now offers' this little building, of which we are very proud, with her love and blessing for dedication. Paid fpr the hall with interest $2,126.20; in addition,- - William Asper drew plans, wrote specifications and superintended the constructipn of the hall, all gratis, "which saved us the amount of $75 ; paid building permit, $1.50; taxes for sidewalk, $20.44; clearing real estate, $35.25 ; blinds, $12.00; twenty-fourt- h Ward; $500.00; making a total collection of $2,695.39. f-- r o,n-feren- ce :un-tar- y -- si-t- er been-'guide- -- - . - Mrs. Susie. Wissler, a widow, has been elected Mayor of Dayton, Wyo., on the independent, ticket. A majority of the votes were cast by women v f.f |