Show ARE IN SESSION Seventh Annual Annn l Convention tion I of the Feder federation F Is On DELEGATES PRESENT PRE ENT FROM MANY PLACES Address By the President Mrs Mary G Gr Coulter I There T ere is a convention in session In tn Inthis this city at this time that has a very deep deeD interest for all aU who vho have nave the in intellectual Intellectual and social welfare of the commonwealth at t heart This Is the seventh annual convention of the Utah Federation of clubs and rare ly b has there been in this city a gather ing ins of brainier or more inore more progressive women wo men It is gratifying grat Ying to note the wide wida interest that is taken in this conven Jo tion ton Many of o th the e cities and towns to are s well represented while a number of ot prominent club wom women n from eastern cities are present to take part In the and to get pointers from the active workers here The first session of the convention was a called to order in the First Con church at 18 10 yester day morning with Mrs Mary Coulter the president of the federation in the chair There were enta tives tive present from all aU the principal clubs of this city Ogden Provo Brig ham City Orangeville Vernon and Manti The platform of the church W wa w a neatly neato decorated with vases of chrysan cosmos and flowering plant and palms Mrs Coulter of Ogden the president called the meeting to ordez and called upon the Rev Clarence T Brown for an invocation of divine bless ing InS and thus this important convention was VIas opened Mrs Coulter then introduced Mrs Eliza R B Royle Boyle one of the oldest club clubb women of the city and an honorary vice president of the General federa hedera tion Mrs AIrs Royle Roye was greeted with applause an 2 1 1 her address of welcome was li list t tn nr t l with rapt attention She sa sai i n it n silent and ladles ladies of The t U tah Lah State Federation In the th name of he the Club women of Salt Lake City I bid you welcome I have been assured by y the commit tee who have bestowed upon me JOe the honor of greeting you that there is a reason reabon why I should have been the chosen one Among club women I have the dis Unction of being among the oldest resi rest dents of Salt Lake I am ant In one ODe among the first club women of the city being a charter member of the oldest club If Jf I have not the red crown of f glory I have hae at least the dignity of years resting upon my head and thus be tw because cause I possess these advantage which many of you do notI DotI have hae been n given the great honor of ot extending to you the welcome of our clubs club I congratulate you club women that you live today toda This surely is the dawn of a great period in the history of the world Power and anti Influence The club oC of the United t States has almost had its birth and growth in the tile last quarter of a a cen century century f tury and yet mark what progress program has been made in the power and influence of the thousands of clubs to day The club is no longer regarded re regarded regarded as a frothy froth vagary an idle fad the subject of the foolish jest of the ignorant but it is an established fact it is is here to stay And when w we e re regard regard regard gard the success of these dubs cluBs have hae I we not a right to believe that the club will keep pace with the I mighty march of progress in the new century How our hearts thrilled with de light when hen we read of the prompt and splendid action of the women of the Federated clubs of California to pro protect protect teet their famous big biS trees of the Calaveras forest Like lightning from froma a clear sky came caIne the news to the California women that this great tract of over 2300 acres had been leased Ie sed to toa toa i a lumber dealer for the beggerly sum I of The These splendid dub club women act acted 4 with such vigor igor and ability that the politicians of Washington were aston A joint resolution was drafted dra ted by a member of congress for far the pur purchase purchase chase by the government of the r red redwood wood trees and this bill passed in the th senate and house and was signed by the president in in just fifteen days after the first telegram tel gram was vas sent from California Cali fornia to two to prominent club women n who were ere in m Washington lashington and who lob bied bled this bill through The gold pen J En with which President McKinley signed sf ff the resolution was secured by y M i Do De DoVere DeVeres Veres Vere the author of the bill and aRd sent to the California club which is justly proud of its achievement and aDd who will Hill keep the pen as its dearest relic loIn In the great charitable movements of o the past few years club women ha have hae e 44 api I 2 I I r MRS r rR C MARY curA RV GEGUS US COULTER with frith killed of the latter lat r The he Germans G an also captured two There were Wf te no r asu alUes among amon the Germans achieved wonderful success Here in Utah certainly there ther are er re e Continued on page age 3 CLUBS ARE X I I do fron page I L great opportunities for the best work of geat club women and It i should be the ambition of every evry ev ry Utah club to see to It that every town and village in the tat ever state Is helped to take a higher stand reform In ln school scho l work work in municipal and good god citizenship because e of or the te club in its it midst I believe bel eve that the club cub that is fed on its lt own selfish Pleasure alone will wIl soon perish of or inanition J Surely a great Seat opportunity will wi be o e afforded to some rising young artist of the coming century to ito Immortalize immortal fame to himself and an to t give this glorious type of womanhood He would not create her as our own god goddess goddes goddess dess des of liberty liberty standing erect bearing aloft alof in her hand an electric light to lighten the world or Indeed as a an Athene the most renowned goddess of ancient mythology draped in a robe of or Ivory Ivor and gold bearing in her hand the scepter of power standing far above aboe the reach of ot the people a creature to worship and to fear Creation of American Genius No this splendid creation creaton of Amer American American Amerlean ican lean genius should be a woman heroic and noble in size bending in love and compassion over the depressed tile the tle downcast and the unfortunate of earth with hand outstretched to lift up and help the little children who are born and who live Jve in the low land band of sorrow Borrow the little children who in this glorious land band of plenty know kow nothing but want who have never never known the joy and freedom of childhood This splendid statu statue should have a countenance beaming with wih love and pity and lighted 1 with a smile smie which will carry the blessed light of Gods sunshine carr to 10 th tle the stricken ones ones of earth And our artist arist will wl call can her herthe the club woman of the twentieth century Salt Sal Lake Jake Is but a little city it has its limitations we cannot canno of offer offer offer fer you the splendid hospitality ho and en entertainment of he larger eastern cities citie but such uch as we have and nd are we are yours to 10 command Response By Jy Mrs M Scott Th response was by Mrs Walter aler Scott of Park City who sam said Madam President and Ladles Ladies of the Utah State Federation me re exceeding pleasure to lo he e with you and to respond in behalf of or the local clubs of Utah to your most courteous and cordial welcome twilight shades of or the pine nine nineteenth century are upon u ua a century remarkable for for Its it steady stend advancement So quietly has woman oman taken her place in the management of affairs both public and private so cheerfully and willingly adapted herself to the needs of f the hour Dour and if we had no other bequest to leave the twentieth century than the place woman has won for herself we should still sti feel an hon boa honest honest est pride We see gathered here her the represent representatives representatives ate of clubs from every section of the state the best and brightest minds The twentieth century comes come to the world with the promise of brighter hopes higher ambitions and greater possibilities woman Let us then stand side by bj side with wih our husbands fathers sons and broth brothers brother ers era er and with our own hands bands help to lift this world nearer and nearer up into the glorious sunlight f Gods eter eternal eternal nal nat da of right truth and love Presidents Address Addess Then Then followed the presidents preSidents ad address dress dr ss which was the feature of of the he morning mornin session and full ful of interest throughout Mrs Coulter Couler said In the time allotted me by b the pro gramme committee I find no room to en enter enter enter ter into details to recount minutely what has ha been done along the lines Jnes of federation feder ton work to specify particular success or failure all al this I leave to the several officers the chairmen of the various arious committees and the delegates of this organization or who will wil render reports report during the sessions sessions I shall in inno inno inno no sense s nse forestall forestal what they may have to offer ofer but will wil aim at encouragement en timely suggestion helpful experience a survey of club work in Utah Utah and of the club movement in general generl There can call be no doubt doub in of those who felt fel the inspiration of the fifth biennial held In last Jast June that the Womans club cub Is here to stay sty and that organization among wo women women women men is enthusiastically marching on Think of women representing a sisterhood of nearly nearh a quarter of a million individuals coming together from all al sections of o the United States and even een crossing the Atlantic to sue sus sustain US tain tam a cause the watchword of ot which i Ie Ic culture in its is broadest most altruistic sense Think further of these women I discussing a variety of subjects touch touching touching ing all al that makes life Ufe useful bright and comfortable ranging from Mu Municipal Art and the beautifying of our cities to the Common Ronse of Domes Domestic tic tc Science and How to Make lake Domes Domestic Dome tic tc Service Serice a Profession To one seek seeking seeking seeking ing out ou the meaning of it all al the fact of the biennial biennia is a fruitful theme Womans Woman Yoman in the United States has ha un undergone undergone undergone such that she has ben called aUed new a process so startling to the pagan mind that a scholar traveling in our coun country cun country try wrote learnedly of the tle progress of the third sex a new woman Women educated women individualize wo women women women men alive alve to the highest social an J to the thought and power expressed in association Such advance seems in incredible in incredible credible in a sex to whom a a couple of f centuries ago none attributed mental faculties worthy wory of cultivation to whom was not even held out the belief belef and anI the hope which humanitarian in institutions institutions hold out to Idiocy today This great organization of which you are the vanguard stands for intellectual culture altruistic endeavor and the downfall of social distinction The bu hu bugle hugle bugle gle sound of your advance strikes the keynote of ot the church universal and the drum beat of thousands of hearts hearth throbbing through the land predicts predict the breaking down of old harriers barriers baier and nd the coming of the universal brother brotherhood brotherhood hood hod of man Apprehending from certain cerain experiences exper cares that our state federation is neith neither er thoroughly perfected nor n r well under understood understood understood stood I will nill wi try tr to make a few things very vet plain In the first frt place Jace thorough state organization is simple in its is ma machinery machiner machinery chinery chiner Second it I keeps the th clubs cubs active act along along the lines Jnes of federation work Third it i reaches the individual Fourth it answers affirmatively the question queston Is it worth while y Fifth it provides for equitable representation and financial independence Sixth its constitution and bylaws are so clear as a not to admit of doubt doubt Seventh cear ceara its iL policy is sufficiently elastic to expand expand with human progress Now your president resl ent cannot but feel that this federation would woul take on an increased usefulness and dignity digit if financial independence were establish established ed and the constitution so framed as to put it i beyond be ond misconstruction or doubt As a federation we e cannot doubt a ex cx expect expect to move moe forward to take a broader stand to reach out out to do altruistic work on an impecunious policy A 10 cent federation can only go on In a avery aver avery very ver small smal way doing the same definite circumscribed cir work year after year vear We cannot keep up the life and interest of this body indefinitely on returns of value value received at 10 cents If I we would survive we must grow gw n a 1 usefulness and have more of interest interest to offer as the years go by b Growth of Clubs In view of the wider significance of the te club movement and a d the growth and permanence of ot Utah uth nd the Utah state federation It behooves Uth i us u to col cot lect and from preserve year to year for historical reference not only the record of or the state body but also the life and progress of or the te clubs holding h member ship therein It I was wa accordingly de tie derf 1113 by the rf executive board bord of the U F W C at a In Salt te alt Lake City on May lIay 12 that henceforth henceforth all al club reports r or beginning ng with the wih annual meeting of 1900 be b filed with the wIh recording secretary ta at at least let two t o weeks the prior to the date of su such h meeting Re Reports Reports ports pors given from the floor foor will wU be gen generally erny confined to the of o fedora federa federation feell fedoration tion ton work and will wi sil tie be e largely locality resorts reports 4 U ii v Now No friends frends if it you OU will wi permit peri I wilt will viI speak 5 a briefly bt flY oi o the subject of re ren n Last at zear Yaras as you know the t matter mater of national reorganization was brought brou ht before every ever club in our state ste through a committee whose re report report report port was highly satisfactory and nd de deserves deserves serves seres to be referred to and studied d by byall byall all aU future committees as a model report You will wl remember that the consensus of in Utah was wa secured by b means of a a series of questions sent out by that committee These questions were replied to by ten two clubs ten tn not being heard beard from In reply to the first question Are you In favor of the reorganization of the G F W V C which will wl give the clubs their representation in that body hody through their state federation only the committee reported but two tO nega negative tive votes and these th se were from which are not members of the general federation showing that tat Utah Uth Is over overwhelmingly overwhelmingly overwhelmingly in favor of representation in the general generl federation through the state federation Per er Capita Capit The votes on the adjustment of rep Tep representation in the state show the de decision decision decision to be for per capita capia representation lt tion ton with wih the number of delegates del to tobe tobe tobe be provided for In the bylaws bylaw of the tle general general federation and the method of choosing the rest with the state The question queston of dues was decided by an al almost almost almost most unanimous vote in favor of 5 cents cent per capita capia t Now Nov with these matters mater settled we could foresee that if the minority report |