Show 1 f I r V r rc 1 p 4 c t 1 I t 1 W cj h t Womans Republican Club On Monday last the Womans Republican Republican lican club met at the home holm of Mrs Rachel Miller About forty members ver present and aDd the meeting was wasu opened u ned with a very avery Interesting paper on The Memory of John Johll Marshall by Mrs MiSs Irs Arthur Brown Bron followed by br The rhe i Lakes of Switzerland by Helen Kim Kimball Kimball ball hall and Noted Women of France Frence FranceIn I In ly Mrs Rachel Miller Killer Mrs Ir George A Snow and Miss Web Webber Webber ber music during the after atter afternoon afternoon noon literary Club The history section of the Ladles Ladies Literary club will meet at the club I Jouas Thursday morning Feb 14 at st t tIu li Iu I i The first paper The Treaty Treats Trea of Par Paris is u will ill be given by Mrs Bowman and will ill be followed by a paper on Warren H stings by Mrs Peyton A one talk will be given on Edmund Burke lurke The French section sec on of ot the Ladies Ladi LiTerary club will ill meet Tuesday morn morning morning ing at 10 1 The will win i consist of a 3 talk on Personal Remi m ni in Paris v Th Utah tah State il of Women l a special meeting m yesterday esterday noon at the office of or the Womans omans Ex Exp p nent in the Templeton block Pre Pies President ident Mrs F So S Richards Richard presided and aDd t here were f re in Attendance Mrs Wells the t he honorary president Mrs Mra Fewson lew on L smith secretary Mrs Lapish us c ner iier and Mesdames s Silver Siler Silv Doolan n nd Sherwood Folland Horse Horne Hornea a 1 LOft Loff LOftT T State Stave Kindergarten On n Friday a meeting of the State Kindergarten was held at the Thir t ward vard meeting house hones e at which the t I ht present officers were were reelected for fort t hf he t ng year Jear ear and business pertain il iju k to the bills now the legis l ture was as transacted A win wilt i l 1 f p held Tuesday Feb 12 at 11 a m ml mat cir at l t the office of the superintendent of public instruction in in the th city and coun i i i ty building for the purpose of o con l matters pertaining to the affairs of ct the association as throughout the thee state The delegates of all other as associations are requested to meet with them Daughters of the B It evolution On Thursday last the Daughters of the Revolution held a 8 business meeting at the Womans Exponent roams rooms at which which they decided to give a short in honor of WashIngton I birthday birt y at the home of Miss Claire Clawson Clawn Feb 22 2 at t 1090 lOO a m in inThe I The members will win respond to roll call by short patriotic sentiments after which Mrs lIr Farnsworth will give a 8 pa paper paper paper per on Valley Forge and some ap appropriate appropriate appropriate music u lc will be rendered Reapers Club The Reapers club met on Feb 4 at which Mrs G C F Young Tung gave a n per peron er eron on Nathaniel Hawthorne Ha and Mrs Hyde read IIA A Story oC of 0 the New Pen Cen en I tury Club The Salt Lake CIt Parliamentary club will meet Thursday afternoon Feb 14 at 4 at the club house Council of Jewish Women The Bible study circle of ef the Coun Council cil cli of Jewish h Women WORlen will meet at I 1 O 0 OB OB B B hall hail Wednesday Feb Fob 13 at 3 Z Rabbi Reynolds will conduct the circle and Mrs Krs rs May Simon wilt will r read reada ad a 8 p paper er on Oil Jewish JeI Authoresses Pres and anel Poetry The Cl Glee fan The Cleolan met with Mrs Mis M s Julia Taylor Tuesday afternoon Mrs TS Tay Taylor lor br entertained the th club with a very in interesting tere topic on The Influence of Phidias on Greek Sculpture splendid splendidly I ly illustrated after which a discussion lon of Greek architectural tural sculpture fol followed f folI l lOWed I lowed OWed by bJ b the club members The club I meets next Tuesday w with ith Mrs H I u IL A Aul j Culmer ul er 37 3 C street The topic for the thel day da will be Original Orl Greek Sculpture and Roman Copies Type S of the Fifth Century C by bIt Y Mrs Susie R H Wells W Ogden Clubs Mrs Irs L W Adams Ac entertained La Coterie on Tuesday last The following follow ng ladles ladies were present as guests Mrs Bent Kelly Noble NabIe Beggs Begga of Ashland Ills IUs Mrs Ensign Hurst and the Misses Kimball Kim balI The reading of a paper by b Miss Ms oa oi the State Church of Russia showed the familiarity of the writer with her subject and was list listened listened ened to to with interest by all present pres rit Miss Kiesel supplemented this paver paper with descriptions and views of various churches which ehe she visited while on her Oriental tour A pleasant sant surprise was wasa a brief but pointed resume of the Che worlds current events given by Mrs Perkins After fL a thoroughly delightful social hour with the hostess the club adjourned to meet me t in two twe w Weeks with ith Mrs L B Adams Adamso o 4 t The Historical l society members chronicled another profitable and en enjoyable eu day on Feb 2 when they the were re entertained by Miss Whalen Whalan After routine business the study of French history was continued Mrs Bishop gave an able and instructive talk on the life Ufe of o Louis XVI and Mirabeau Miss Seaman Se man followed with an inter interesting Interesting esting account of the reign of terror and Miss Snow gave a review of the Tale of Two Cities by Dickens which was Vas greatly appreciated the club voting yoUng to have a continuation of the review at the next meeting The guests gue ts were Mesdames Mitchell and Cook and Miss Mitchell M ell The next meeting will be beheld held Feb 16 1 with Mrs Bishop Provo Clubs The Nineteenth Century club met at atthe atthe the home of Mrs Sam Schwab Friday afternoon The president of the club not being present Mrs W B Searle presided Mrs Beesley discussed dl The Eman Emancipation of the Serfs of Russia A 1 sketch s etch of Rural Life in Russia R S 3 was s given by Mrs W B Searle S arIe After Aft r the reading of he hc Treaty of ot Paris the club to tom meet inSet e e t with Mrs Schwab Schwa next week Last Monday the th Womans Athe Athenaeum e m eum met with Mrs C M 11 Wilson The study for the afternoon was vas Charles S Dickens Mrs Arthur Arth r Wit Wil Withams Hams director of the work assumed the chair and the following papers were given Biography of Dickens Mrs A A Pike David Copperfield Mrs C A Blocher select reading A Tale of Two CHI ItIs MI J Jessie Iu lb t The Children a poem by Dickens ke s Mrs W I 1 Snyder Discussions fol followed followed followed lowed each paper Oper which brought out many interesting incidents relative to the subjects members an answered answered answered roll call with quotations from Dickens America Am was wa sung and the club cl b adjourned to meet me t with Mrs C H Withey VI they Feb 18 at 30 p m up up 1 the trails Fl leading eding to the mAPY colored shells and feathers Some Soree very beautiful baskets are made by the SQuaws in the th missions ns on Tu Tulare Tulare Tulare lare lake southern sout n California These e ere are tre re mostly small and of exquisite wort I A Tulare basket by one of f fUte the Ute experts brings easily some of the more m re elaborate specimens are valued at times that figure figur The Inee met baskets cant be bought for money Few of them are in and no more are made the thelast thelast last list expert exp rt in this form of basketry bask try having died some time ago ag Every Santa Inez In the country is numbered and 2nd catalogued and avid collectors are area a for the fortunate owners to die and their collections to come corne to t the market when some extremely lively bidding may be looked for The Sally ba bas s made by hr b the old squaw Sally of cf the tribe while not nol of the finest workmanship are of a curiously soft oft texture and are much prized by collectors Sally Sails has been getting 50 O for tor any kind of a basket but she is growing old and blind and work much now consequently cons the Sally bags b are rapidly appreciating Un in worth They T ey eyare are of soft entwined wreathing orna ornamented ornamented with animal figures in corn husks Collectors CoUe Coll tOrs rs Hold Pine Fine Baskets Wonder is often expressed that no nomore nomore nomore more fine fin old pieces pl pi ces of coiled ware are In existence Doctor Fewkes dug d g up a aniece apiece aniece niece piece or two in lii Arizona In the cliff dwellings other examples are recovered I ored ered but they ar not nol line fine Time rapidly consumes basketry and there Is a special and pernicious beetle which preys upon it but the Jewels of or this art are burned Every pretty basket before the erase crate Cr e began and the art be became became became came commercial was made by the theartist theartist artist for fol some squaw friend at whose death deeth all aU personal property was wa com corn committed d to the llamas lames the baskets with the rest Nearly all nU the fine floe baskets now in existence are In the hands of collectors who well veil understand their value aluc and take every care to preserve them but there may mav be somo few fw l w lying ling about m in mold in old collections of curios gathered by the in Jl California as 5 at that time many of the miners miner from the east camo carno into possession posse of the beautiful work There Tb re is in n the possession of tv two o ladies in Boston a collection of ten tenI I pieces gathered by a and including a with a cover co r probably probably probably ably the only one in existence Many efforts have ha e been en made tp to purchase this little collection but the owners will wm not consider any offer To say that each ench specimen of the ten is worth more than nan all aU the gold that could be carried in it is probably a large under underestimate underestimate underestimate estimate So jealous are the two ladies ladles of their treasures that it is difficult even to get a sight of the collection To the squaw artist herself her art is of little profit She does not under understand understand understand stand the value of ot her work and most of or it is snapped up by sharks who had made contracts with the ers era An agent who recently sent on a b worth perhaps 50 60 wrote The rhe he SQuaw who did this got 4 for w t 7 It took her the better part of a month Her daughter who to tay y ser servant servant r vant want gets geta 12 a month n Under such circumstances it is hardly to be wondered at that the art ext pf coiled colled basketry is dying dyt out oat rapidly Could some encouragement be given to these people and fair payment for fot their work it would be their lr salvation and the preserving and perpetuating perpetu of f the finest of all aU aboriginal 1 arts |