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Show k of tbe jmcn's gmbs $ XT. F. W. C. 5 fcting of the board of directors Utah Federation of "Women's 0 8 held Wednesday lost, at the Literary clubhouse In this Hi en matters pertaining chiefly 1 pomlng biennial convention of J ral Federation of Women's J8 re discussed. Mrs. Clesson 8. Jj lie anxious, If possible to se-2 se-2 delegation of fifty clubwomen 5 id the convention, as Is bolng VI many of the other States of ffl. Resignations of two of the , rt elected delegates to tho bl-!j! bl-!j! wnventlon were received and ! Mrs. David E. Hemphill of and Sirs. Sam King of Provo, bfc w Alice Reynolds and Mrs. A. j tier of Provo were elected al- fto fill the vacancies. $ lI amendments which will com ictlon at tho biennial were also i. chief of which will bo tho flng of officers of the General ton from tho floor of the con-V( con-V( jjinstcod of by a nominating 4 e as has been tho custom here-V here-V Tho ladies present at "Wedncs-Seeting "Wedncs-Seeting were: Mrs. Clesson S. SifMrs. Gould B. Blokely, Mrs. JjL Culmer, Mrs. Stanley Claw-3a. Claw-3a. "William A. Noldcn, Mrs. C. iWahon and Mrs. A. J. Gorham frLakc. Mrs. A. B. Corey of gjfMrs. E. E. Corfman and Mrs. ,Jfcpckhart of Provo, Miss Kath-Jougal Kath-Jougal of Sprlngvllle. s$i j9reek the new year book of tho 'ygdcratlon of "Women's Clubs was Jlt Is a very neat edition, con- tho greeting of the president, .7 nney, names of officers and dl-J dl-J idelegates and alternates to the .3 convention at SL Louis, stand-T stand-T imlttees, list of clubs belong- the Utah Federation, with lind addresses of presidents and .S "tea, and the constitution and iof tho Federation. Mrs. Kln-? Kln-? reetlng reads as follows: 2 i. Federated Clubs of Utah: Tho ,?P4eratlon of Women's Clubs sends J8 to federated and unfederated ffcnd earnestly suggests tliat tljo xeaslng value of federation be con- jwe State federation may the more py arouflo Interest and stJmuTato Walong dcflnlto lines, certain com--"Hiare at your service The value of !tamlttecs depends upon co-opcra-icou ore therefore earnestly urged Kto chairman of committees ac-'2f ac-'2f your work along corresponding :i ad draw from each such help as H f. desire. our activity, your loyalty, your .'l on, your contribution of hearty tfilon to the groat field of human 3Jand need, In which your Stato bd is so vitally Interested. .Mdlte the work of the Federation, m asked to be prompt In answor-jj answor-jj ira; to send to cn'ch general officer A deration and to club presidents a gfpiub year books as soon as Issued; SAhnunl meetings In tho spring. If could tnko place tho last week mm, to go. Into effect at tho close of Wyear, It would very materially old lkjpc'of tho Stato federation. I'm but upon the threshold of tho ifon of our hopes and alms. Con-(july Con-(july determine your individual ro-tWty ro-tWty and their aid us In Btrcngthen-iy'work Btrcngthen-iy'work along somo doflnlto line, -wiyours, ilKANTOINETTE B. KINNEY, Jig, President. 9l!adies' Literary Club. Jipy respects the last meeting of Ds' Literary club was one of Interesting of tho year, be-Slthc be-Slthc discussions which followed H amendments to tho constltu-JBr constltu-JBr the suspension of one of tho Hfror a meeting, at least. The Kentft offered provided that a Khbcr shall, within thirty days Hp'Lng Joined tho club, become lyg tnembor In one of the sec-fehla sec-fehla amendment called forth & heated discussion of the af-3wand af-3wand It was plain that chalr-Mwctions chalr-Mwctions especially wero becom-A becom-A I of the unwillingness of somo tl lembere to take actlvo part In a work; who, bo to Bpeak, merely he club for the pleasure and -jfm It affords. There was very .if position to tho amendment, J le ed by a largo majority. The J imendment provided that mem- Mild either keep up their dues ray from the city or have their iropped from the rolL Strong its wore offered both In 6up-9 6up-9 Tnd against tho passage of this nj fcint, but when put lo a vote jj ipt carried. Tho third dlscus-IJ dlscus-IJ Icaused through a motion made a William C. Jennings that tho c' reQuiring tho reading of tho g; i' report be suspended for a f, Mrs, Jennings saying that )rlan Is on tho other sldo of i tlc, and she thought, after tho (I tho other officers wero given, flP? "ot much left for tho hls-ilir hls-ilir say, anyway. The majority embers did not agree with tho ?flf tho motion, however, and. 'Spjslderablo diecusslon, the mo-JJfeftrao mo-JJfeftrao a historian to take the ,jiMrfl. King was carried, and Iplnand Fabian was elected. VAotlon of delegates to tho blcn-ItVention blcn-ItVention of the General Federa- Jlianothcr matter brought up at Iw meeting, Mrs. Ferdinand J. jmnd Mrs, J. F. Grant being Welegates and Mrs. 'William R. fcn and Mr3. E. "W. "WTiItney Ktof tho committee appointed Bfalr a few weeks ago to ln-.the ln-.the merits of tho Shafroth now pending In .Congress, received, tho report taking the "m. resolution which was adopted , Bub. In tills resolution tho La-,; La-,; Af&ry club Indorses Houso res-P3, res-P3, being a bill for the estab-'iffiot estab-'iffiot a board for tho protection ..ipn and animals, and requests Wentatives in Congress from ! to do all they can to se-.'.ippaRsage. se-.'.ippaRsage. It was further re-'' re-'' ,Bt a copy of the resolution bo Vl president of tho General :Vk oi ,rmen'a Clubs, with a 1 a resolution Indorsing Kjgplutlon 3573 bo incorporated BjMprt of tho resolutions commlt-jBcomlng commlt-jBcomlng biennial to bo held i ('S&tes from the Ladles' Llt-ilWjD Llt-ilWjD to the convention at SL KPW also Instructed to indorse proposed child-labor law, a Cor this indorsement having HE .communication from Jane WV -Faroh Granco and Florence &m of tho Industrial committee jBneral Federation. Bforc the delegates were elected rpienntal convention Mrs. Wll-gU;Jenplnga Wll-gU;Jenplnga said ho thought it MB that tho Ladies' Literary club expenses of its delegates to ventlons, and hoped It would jBthls year. 'Tho remark was Myggcetlon and no action was 2KlneBa rneotlng of tho club fol-llW fol-llW fJk by Prof' Gcorgo M. Mar-& Mar-& e .UrUverslty on ihe- Greek drama- Prof. Marshall reviewed a few of tho early dramas of tho Greek, and pointed out that they were not to entertain, en-tertain, but wero deep religious services. ser-vices. Ho compared them with our religious re-ligious sorvloes of today, showing that they were not unlike. So tho religious lives of tho Greeks were fixed or altered al-tered or colored by tho Greek dramas, Just as ours are today by rellglouB services. ser-vices. The great purpose of the drama was to show the power and Inevltable-ness Inevltable-ness of the decrees of the gods. Miss Esther Allen favored- the audience au-dience with -a beautiful rendition of "Romance." from tho Second Concerto by Tschalkowskl. The next meeting of the current ovents and current Htcraturo section will be held Friday afternoon, April 2t)th, 'at 2 o'clock. At the meeting of the current events section on May Cth Mrs. Royle will review re-view Mrs. Stanley's new book, "Order No. 11." The hlBtory section meets Thursday morning at 10 o'clock,' when Mrs. Tut-tle Tut-tle gives a paper on Nebuchadnezzar. Tho musio section will hold Its last meeting with Mrs. Nelden, 1172 East First South street, Thursday evening, April 2Sth, at 8 o'clock. Members are Invited In-vited to bring their escorts. A full attendance at-tendance Is desired, as the annual business busi-ness meeting will be held at the close of tho programme. On "Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, the regular meeting of tho house decoration deco-ration committee will be held. Mrs. George Morrow will read a paper on Colonial and Knickerbocker architecture. architec-ture. An election of chairman will bo held at this meeting. Tho regular meeting of the Shakespeare Shake-speare section will bo held Wednesday morning, April 27th. a One week from next Friday the annual an-nual meeting of the Ladles' Literary club will be held. Following Is a list of club members whose names have been posted ,for the various offices named: For president, Mrs. Hal W. Brown, Mrs. L. E. Hall; first vice-president, Mrs, A. J. Gorham, Mrs. C. L. Rood; second vice-president, Mrs. A. T. Voll-mer, Voll-mer, Mrs George R. Hancook; recording record-ing secretary, Miss Linda Jeasup, Mrs. William H. Dale; corresponding secretary, secre-tary, Mrs. George F. Stlehl, Mrs. CharleB Watson; treasurer, Mrs. E, B. Crltchlow, Mrs. M. B. Sowles; librarian, Miss Yardley: oritlc, Mrs. J. L. Priest, Mrs. W. H. Blntz; historian, Mrs. J. C. E. King, Mrs. John Cain; directors for two years, Mrs. Parmalee, Mrs. Hutchinson, Hutch-inson, Mrs. J. F. Grant, Mrs. R. C. Woodruff, Mrs. Georg W. Moyer, Mrs. Delano, Mrs. George N. Bacon. "Wasatch. Literary Circle. The ladles oT the Wasatch Literary Circle were entertained on Tuesday afternoon, April 19th, by Mrs. W. L Brown on Thirteenth East. The subject sub-ject for the day was "Tho State of Utah," and some interesting and instructive in-structive papers were given. Mrs. E. Hauxhurst told of Utah from a geographical geo-graphical standpoint, while Mrs. J. G. Southorn told of the climate, trades and railroads. Mrs. Llna Williams gave a reading which was much enjoyed by all. Tho Misses Broadbeck and Miss Alberta Al-berta Brown gave musical selections. The Cleofon. On Tuesday evening at tho home of Miss Wells, 15 Eighth East street, the Cleofan will hold tho last meeting of tho year. Bishop Whitney will havo charge of the programme for the evening even-ing and will review the life and work of the late Alfred Tennyson. The meeting meet-ing of last week was an especially Interesting In-teresting one, "Tho Homes and Haunts of Scott" having been handled In a most Interesting manner by Georgo Q. Morris. Tho talk was Illustrated with many beautiful views. Woman's Club. At the meeting of tho Woman's vclub last Tuesday afternoon, held at tho home of Mrs. H. S Stowe, a very practical prac-tical talk was given by Principal A. S. Martin of the Grant school on "The Boy Problem." A number of club members mem-bers and friends were present, and after an Informal discussion of tho toplo of tho day, refreshments wero served, Puoblo's Juvsnilo Offenders. Club women and others who have been Interested for a long tlmo In tho establishment of tho Juvenile court in this city, will read with Interest tho following fol-lowing report from Pueblo county, Colo., where a Juvcnllo court has recently re-cently been established: I "The first report of the probation officer offi-cer for Pueblo county was filed with Judge Gibson last Saturday, and tho facts therein set forth go far toward demonstrating the claims mado for the new law by Its promoters. "Under the old law, Juvenllo offenders wero arrested, thrown Into Jail, and when brought for trial were either sent to Jail, reform school, or released to return re-turn to their old ways and old associates. associ-ates. Under tho new law, tho child offenders of-fenders remain under the care of the probation , officer of tho county court, they aro carefully kept from contact with older and more vicious criminals, and when sentence Is passed tho delinquent delin-quent la released upon parole, and Is kopt under the surveillance of the probation pro-bation officer, whose duty It is to see that the terms of tho parole are ob-aerved. ob-aerved. "It Is a sufficient commentary upon tho faithfulness of this officer In the discharge of his duty, and the effectiveness' effective-ness' of this practice, to observe that of the twenty Juveniles who have been placed upon the probation list In Pueblo, county, not a single ono has, up to tho present time, violated the terms of probation. pro-bation. Unquestionably, the cfTect of tho now law has been, In a considerable number of cases, to turn young offenders offend-ers out of the pathway of crime, and to effect a genuine and permanent reformation reform-ation at tho time when alone such a reform re-form Is practicable," Household Economics at Biennial- "For the first time In tho history of the General Federation of Women's Clubs," says the Woman's Journal of JBoston, "a mcotloE. will be given tg .tho consideration of household economics. It Is only since tho Los Angeles convention conven-tion that this important branch of work has been recognized In the appointment of a standing committee, which for the past two years has been composed of Mrs. Nellie Kedzle Jones, Michigan; Mrs. Glvens, Idaho; Miss Crane. Ohio; Mrs. Whltmore, Colorado, and Mrs. Neville, Wisconsin, chairman. The morning of May 21st is set apart for this subject, and the Interests of the home will be discussed by able speakers speak-ers under the three heads: "The School as the Ally of the Home,' by Mrs. Nellie i Kedzle Jones: 'Ethics and tho Home,' u by Mrs. Hoodless of Canada, and 'Our I Relation to the Subject of Household Trades as Carried on Outside the Home,' by Mrs. Mary Hlnman Abel. A epeclal featuro will be the general discussion dis-cussion after the addresses, In which all present will be Invited to take part. The committee hope that many new ldea3 may be brought out, and a community of Interest developed which will lead to a better understanding of needs and conditions in the home, and what may be done to better things." Nebraska Year Book. The new year-book of the Nebraska State Federation, just ' out, shows a great deal of practical philanthropic work done. The president's report says; "The willingness to do something for t others, looking for no return except I such as shall accrue to mankind, per- I meates our Federation. It is manifest I In our system of traveling libraries, In the, sympathy for neglected children which seeks the passage of a juvenile court law, and In the education, by vol- i untary contributions, of colored kinder- ( gartners for work among children of y their race In tho South." There are I many contributions by Individual clubs J to civic improvements In the various i towns of the State. The Byraouee Wo- J man's club has Just given $575 to a 11- i brary fund. In tho small town of Albion Al-bion a club gave the library 5100 in money mon-ey and $25 worth of books. The Omaha j Woman's club supports several worthy I KJharltles. There are 119 clubs In tho Federation, with a membership of 4257. f Club Notes. Tomorrow afternoon the regular meeting meet-ing of the Home Protective League will be held at the home of Mrs. E. B. ) Crltchlow, 410 Seventh East street. Mrs. J McVlcker will read a paper on "The ' Sanity of tho Mind," and all members I are requested to be present. J i Tho reviewers meet tomorrow afternoon after-noon with Mrs. C..E. Richards. ! J Miss Paul will entertain the members j of the Pan-Hellenlo society at her home next Thursday afternoon, Mrs. William A. Nelden, a member I of the board of -directors of tho Gen- oral Federation of Women's clubs, has ' recleved an Invitation from Mrs. W. W. j Boyd of SL Louis, also a member of tho 3 board; for n. luncheon on Monday, May 3 10th at the Shome of Mrs. Boyd, when the officers of the General Federation of Women's club3 will bo entertained. ' ' 1 t "Many members of tho Acorn club," 1 eays a Philadelphia paper, "have been I asked to join the new woman's club In f Now York, which la going to build a I home on the site of the old Knlcker- J bocker Athletic club. This club Is mak- I lng quite a departure In women's clubs " by allowing liquors and cigarettes to i be sold to tho members. This now i phase of w-oman jjlub llfo Is causing no I end of discussion and thero Is wide dl- I vision over the pros and cons. Tho men H as a rule keep quiet when this subject is broached." Held's Concert Tonight. E Hold's band will render tho following programme at tho Grand tomorrow 1 night: , I "Tho Strollors" Englonder Hold's Concert Band. Viola d'Amour Solo "Adagio ro- llgioso" oio Bull Mr. Richard Stoelzor. Violin Solo "Souvenir do Sorrcnto".Paplal Miss Mario Storl. Cornet Solo "Mothera . Heart" (Fan- tl .Hoch Hcrr Theo Hoch. ? Da Gamba "Largo" Handel b 'Cello Solo "Tarantcllo" Ponocr Mr. M. Blodoclc Song "Tho Gypsies" Dudley Buck Miso Marie Btoii. Overture to "William Tell" .Rosslnnl . i Held'a Concert Band. Alpine Echo Horn "Duet Idyllft"...Hoch With Zither Accompaniment. Mr, Theo Hoch and Mr. M. Blodeck. Quartette o. "Song Without Words" Belfert b "Moonlight Boitnado" Luda Mozart Symphony Club. Harold's Trumpet A reminiscence from "Alda" Vrdl Herr Theo Hoch. Grand chorus from "Tannhauacr" .Wagner |