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Show ai Pews of the llfomans Clu bs I the Western Woman's Outlook the rollowing is found, and it will bo ipprcciatcd by niaii3r who aro interested in-terested in any ort of uplift no of I ho eastern paraniphers aro iff plenty of i'un in writiuc cdi-. cdi-. briefs about the recent panting ual rights by the Alaska Icgisla-One Icgisla-One naturally expects the cast-idilor cast-idilor to discuss woman in mueh amo way that ho has heretofore 1 or written of conservation, the of snow, the walrus and the polar of the northern territory. .For the reckless prospector, the ful trials of thoso who mushed tho snow trails and the girls of ance hall have been the motif of verago Alaskan story. We who Jived there know differently, but i never bo hoped that truth will up to falsehood in many a long to come. Alaska docs not need I' women any more than it does ot or government railroads, sim-!causo sim-!causo the country is well supplied good women. Tho writer hap-to hap-to bo tho gnest of honor at a in an Alaskan city a couple of ago, and -for the benefit of the ne'r it can be staled, purely from iewjjoint of the society editor, it was "an original and most ing affair." The hostess was owned, while the guests, men and i, were quite the superior of the re person to be found in a social ing in Bay, California. There o blubber nor walrus meat, but t delicious soup made from rcin-leat rcin-leat stock, a fish of some taste-ad taste-ad that was caught fresh, in the i roast ptarmigan, which is far 5r to grouse, potatoes in cream e) and macaroui au gratln. Tho was made from a fresh crab in the bay, and the dessert con-nf con-nf nfrnwhflrrips; mid cream. hoiUC- arijrii and. luscious berries, and real Sk. Bridge followed the dinuer. of the women smoked cigarettes, red. Gaby Desiya's name to be the are of tho Bmall talk, nor drank ix cocktails or Waldorf highballs, te part women have played in( ka will some day be fully told. It ue that pioneering has largely en-1 en-1 into the general plan, but since lay of a daily steamship or through is many of the towns have ceased i in tho pioneer class. The church ithe homo cau be found throughout j i'arts of the territory, and eveu in R sections that aro remote and re the winter is severestf tho bish-and bish-and the traveling minister have fllirtfflP11 d0TVn the trail. Women's clubs nuTffto be found everywhere, and tne fl Pn Alaaka have progressed along -jSK;, their sisters in the states. All jpjpe leading places except Nome, St. uySKael, far interior or AJcutian islana 3tjMt are within four days' steaming tiSE Seattle. Seven of the leading "fgiH arc within two to three days JyfflHTSeat.tlej so the current literature jJKhe fashions arc not badly delayed. jJfHBatenmship service on half a dozen vafta keeps up throughout the entire firyd go through tho length and BEth of the laud, from the Arctic 31-jMrince William sound, and the dance nmwKwill be found conspicuous by its .jjfljftce. No Alaska town of today is tniMkv so loose as Goldfield or Bono l'K,Mfiabee or Lcadville or any of the oiiMflBr tfamed mining camps. The usually miiygy charge for a liquor license keens HtwErumber of saloons down to the r';jjilWmum. "Dawson Sal" or "Yukon '-m' appear in the frozen drama i'Jlifcjfclav their little part, but they can difijB)'e found, iu Alaska of today. Quite Ifte contrar3', the women of Alaska nyjafcaking homes and in many parts fijijbe counh'3' are planting flowers io:tw)' their cottages, and tho childreu riRping to well conducted day schools griiKrgely attended Sunday schools. flfflMjvomen aro going to vote,"and their f(jKfoallot, we can all be assured, will ',Bast for .home development and flgjeousnoss, the suppression, of vice Mrs. S. O. S. Nelden, who retires from the office of treasurer of the Ladies Literary club on account of absence from the city after a continuous service of three years. in all its forms, and the elimination of the official whose laxity or over- J zealousness in the past has helped to 1 hold Alaska back. v The Daughters of tho Pioneers held a business meeting Thursday afternoou in tho Bishops building, to complete their organization for the coming two 3'eurs. The officers who will serve and tho committees appointed, are: President, Presi-dent, Mrs. Joseph Merrill; first counselor, coun-selor, Zina Y. Card; second counselor. Elizabeth Cartwright; secretnry, Victoria Vic-toria McCunc; corresponding secretary, Hazel M. Black; assistant secretary, Clarissa Snow; historian. Bertha M. Gray; assistant historian, aMjury f. Houtz; registrar, liliza'bteh 11. Pratt; chaplain, barah .T. Cannon; chorister, Clarissa Boesloy: press committee, Elizabeth Wright, Lwcy A. Clark; relic committee, Flora ITorne, Zina Y. Card, Elizabeth Wright, Bertha Ber-tha Gray, Elizabeth ITaywurd, Victoria Vic-toria McCune, Hattie Kimball, Vilate C. Young, Emily .B. Paino, Mary. 3. Houtz, Elizabeth J?. Pratt, Minnie B. James, Loonora Harrington, Emmeline Y. WcIIb, Marihda P. Wey, Clara Beebo; badge committee, Elizabeth. Eliza-beth. Hayward; oommittec for the revision re-vision of the constitution, Elizabeth B. Pratt. Minnie H. James. Elizabeth Cartwright, Elizabeth Hayward. Z. Y. Card; committee to conior with the Handcart society to ask them to unite with the D. of P.. Elizaboth Wright, Bertha M. Gray, Flora Home. The next meeting of the society will be held on Thursday. April 24, at ?, p. m.. in tho Bishops building, when Levi Edgar Young will address them on the subject, "The Western Commonwealth." Common-wealth." Miss Ivy Houtz will furnish two solos. t The members of tho Ladies Literarv club are busy deliberating on their ticket for next. year, which wns submitted sub-mitted by the nominating committee, Mrs. Tvistor, Mrs. George W. Mover and Mrs. Oscar L. Cox. The following aro the nominees for the oflices: Prcsi- dent, Mrs. W. V. Adams; vice president, Mrs. A. H. Pcabody, Mrs. W. H. Bintz; second vice presidont, Mrs. W. J. Barret Bar-ret te, Mrs. .J. C. Hanehett; recording secretary, Mrs. J. C. Murphy. Mrs. E. H. Dormun, Mrs. J. B. Whitehill; corresponding cor-responding sccrctarv. Mrs. H. FT. Frame, Mri. 0. K. Kister. Mrs. A. T. ilcCanno; treasurer, Mrs. E. D. Stub-bins: Stub-bins: librarian, Mrs. H. K. Klingcnder, Mrs. 0. L. Cox; critic, Mrs. John Cain; historian, Mrs. "W. .1. Shcalv; directors (three to be elected), Mrs. E. B. Critch-Iow, Critch-Iow, Mrs. j. U, Earnsworth, Mrs. F L. Parker. Mrs. W. ,T. Burrct'te, Mrs. K. W. Fisher. Mrs. C. H. Blanchard. The Mothers' club of the Longfellow tcliool held a most interesting meeting last Friday at the schoolhouse nnd listened lis-tened to a splendid talk by TT. L. A. Culmcr on "Fruitful Vales of Promise." Prom-ise." Mr. Cu liner talked extensively of his trips through southern Utah and told of the wonders there which have never been seen by many. Two musical numbers were giveu. a solo by Mrs. H. 0. Karl, and one by Mr. James, accompanied ac-companied by his wife on the piano and his son on tlie violiu. The club has organized a .iunion leagno of good citizons and bas ordered "Clean City" " buttons and pledges covering civic and humane lines. 4 The first regular programme to be presented in the new clubhouse of the Ladies Literary club will be given next Friday afternoon, when Miss Eosa-mond Eosa-mond Ilitehio will present tho much-discussed much-discussed subject. "The Dance of Today." To-day." A series of dances will be presented pre-sented under the direction of Miss Mildred Mil-dred Brooks, tho teacher of athletics at Rowland hall, and a number of the young society girls will assist her The annual election of officers will not take place next Friday as announced but at the meeting following, Mav J), which is the annual business meeting. n " Two important events in national club life arc on for the week, tho mid-biennial mid-biennial council of the General Federation Fed-eration of Women's clubs in Washington Washing-ton and the meeting of the National Federation of Musical clubs of Chicago. Mrs. C. H. McMahou represents the stnto at the former, and the music section sec-tion of the . Ladies Literarv club still hopes fo have a representative at rho latter before the end of the week. Mrs. R. 0. S. Neldcn. the retiring treasurer of the Ladies Literary club, leaves that office to go to Pasadena for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Cross, and will not be back here for some tunc. Her place in tho club will be filled 'ior the present by Mrs, E. D. Stubbing, who is the nominee for that ofhee for next year. Mrs. Xuldcn has hold thn office of treasurer for the past three vcara. The Women of the Lloyd Alliance have held tho annual election of officers offi-cers and am making ready to curry on ihoir work, for ncrt year. Their officers elected Wednesday, are: Mrs. 0orgi TT fiaybould. president; Mrs. R. D Seymour, Sey-mour, first vice president; Mrs. Homer J. TIawloy. second vice president: Mrs. Poolo, secretary and irensurer: Mrs. D. A. Straup and Mrs. F. M, Bennett, directors. di-rectors. Tn the latest issue of the Club Woman Wom-an a Magazine Utah is given a very comprehensive- writoup, Mrs. Bvron Cummmgs having faken the work of correspondent for tho slalo. Especial attention is given to the work of the women in the recent leeislaur.o, and a very creditable showing is made. n r The history section of tho Ladies Literary club will meet Thursday morn-lnsr morn-lnsr in tho uew clubhouse. The topic 'The European Sotting for the Intercolonial Inter-colonial Wars" will bo prosented by the chairman, Mrs. A. E. Walton wiil give "American Causes and Results and American Fortresses," nnd Mrs. hS' ?noPer WH read a pnper on "Spanish and French Colonial Literature. Litera-ture. " m Tho Brownfug section of the Ladi Literarv club will meet nox. Saturday at 2 o'clock in the new clubhouse, instead in-stead of en.ioyinir the usual luncheon :t 1 o'clock, preceding the programme. The chancre is made on account of th" illnesB of Mrs. Edward Rosonbaum, who ' was to hnve been tho hostess, L The Salt. Lake Womau '? club will meet on Tuesdav at 2:.10 o'clock with M3. A. J. Johnson, 25.1 Third East street. Mrs. Allen T. Sanford will give a paper on "The Legal Status of Women Wom-en in Utah." Tea table topic will be "The Situation in Mexico," and each member will be privileged to bring a friend. - j The regular meeting of the Salt Lake Civm club will be held at 2::0 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the parlors of the Commercial club. Senator liideou'v will speak to tho.womeu on "The Workmen's Compeiisation Act." and other matters of importance will come before the meeting. l It u A. T. McCanno will address the Monday Mon-day Night. Literarv club at its regular meeting Monday night. April 2J, his subject boine. "Money and Credit. Mr?. S. D. II awes will 'conduct the current cur-rent events discussion. The meeting will be at the homo of Mr. aud Mrs. . R Blakcly. in the Kcndart apartments. apart-ments. The Cloofan will hold the regular weekly nicotine Wednesday afternoon with Miss Afton Young in Red Butte hollow and Mrs. W. C." McDonald will read a paper on Spanish art. o The poets' section of the Ladies Literary Lit-erary club will meet. Monday afternoon with Mrs. Arthur D. Smith at 26 Q street. The section will continuo the rcadinc of "Tho Divine Comedy." The Emerson class under Mrs. M. F. Cummings will hold its recular nicotine nicot-ine noxt Wednesday at 2:30 o'clock at Unity hall. All ladies who are interested inter-ested are welcome at the meetings of the class.- The Wasatch Literary club elected as a special programme committee to act for the comiucr vear, Mrs. Bvron Cummings, Mrs. E. ' Hawxlnirst, Mrs. Whitehead and Mrs. Earl Dunshee. |