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Show II OPorK of foe ill mm'$ EM I IBOT raf Mrs. Docker May Come, i Rot w Mrs' Clesaon S. Klnnoy, president o f Ih HI lho Federation of Women's Clubs, llllf MI received a letter last week from Mrs. f NhI IK Sarah Platt-Dccker, president of the J, flf Si General Federation, deeply regretting I Hi3i H ,lcr ,ntlD,,,ty 10 tn convention tfg W of tho Utah Federation Just held. The ( Km 8l letter wan written from Michigan, ! tin d where Mrs. Decker wae attending tho ! H jH meeting of the Stato federation. While I lk Wj unablo to aay definitely eo far In ad- jj gill H vance, Mrs. Decker thought she might 9 9 nH be aljle to Attend tho convention of the 8 nluBfl Utah federation next fall, and all Utah BltiaHMl club women will liopo that her plana ff!?f Ami can lw arranscd so that she may bo a uliiaflmH guest of tho federation at that time. 4nEaH 0 Ladies' Literary Club. S (VtiSfl M Xcxt to tho pleasuro of viBltlng for- Sk)H n eIST1 countries one'n self 1b the pleasure I ttmal Zb Scaring one'B friends recount their IumI H experiences in a foreign land, and Inull H those who attended tho regular meet- tHIHf I ins tne Lad'es Literary club on Frl- llwIi V rtay afternoon enjoyed three most in- lliirlfl B tcrcstlng accounts of recent tours In IflfJII B Europe by members of the club. Each HSftSl was characteristic of the speaker, and Infill H lr- addItlon to furnishing a fund of ln- IiItIk H formation regarding the several points IfPtlit I of Interest, the audience enjoyed tho lllfff I altogether original way in which it was HIS 8 I given. Mrs. Putnam's talk was chiefly ljn H of Italy, Germany and France, written HfHlI H in a serious vein and dealing especially uHtll I with the splendid opportunities afford- nUIIf 9' cd for 1-ll0se interested In music. Mrs. rrlff I Weir, on the other hand, told of a trip nuijT; through tho northern, central and VuIh southern parts of Ireland, including Ml H visits to the Giants' Causeway, to sev- nfflfflH cral country homes, tho cities of Bel- HialmH fn8t- Cork and Dublin, the Lakes of BmhAB Klllarney, the Blarney stone and other ntUujM places of interest. The account was HiflltJn most interesting, bubbling with humor IMoflH nnd tales of tlie Irish people altogether BfglflfffB a delight to hear. (Hifwff But the lalk y iIr3 Eugene Lewis jaowli vens, after all, the most refreshing Itinljfln heard in a long time. One is used to HnalJIffl hearing of the blue skies of Italy and I of sunny France: in fact, is used to hearing everything European praised, until it was rather restful, after all, to hear one who had spent a year and a half there talk as though there Is something some-thing in American worth while. One unaccustomed to Mrs. Lewis's very practical way of looking at things might have considered her a decided pessimist, but she simply told of things as she found them, or rather, as they , Impressed one who had all her life dreamed of visiting Europe and finding j thero only the beautiful, only to have her dreams rudely shaken and find In- ! stead that Europe is very, very far be- 1 hind the times so far as modern Im- I provements and luxuries enjoyed by , Americans of even ordinary means are ' concerned. Mrs. Lewis did not attempt I to tell of the beauties that Impressed her, rather picking 'out the shortcomings shortcom-ings of every kind with which she came ' In contact in her Journeylngs and withal with-al putting it In such a way that her audience au-dience could not fail to realize the humor hu-mor of her discourse Immensely, While the time passed before Mrs. Lowls could finish, all present knew that her parting advice to Americans would be to stay at home and enjoy the grandeur and beauty of many parts of their own country, most of which can be reached in ordinary comfort at least, instead of running off to Europe to encounter difficulties and disappointments which they know not of. The tourist section will hold the regular regu-lar meeting on Tuesday morning, November 1, at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Eu-. gene Whitney will give the topic of tho morning on "The Influenco of Korea and China on Japanese Language, Literature; Lit-erature; Porcelain and Pottery; MetnJ An open meeting of the music section will be held next Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the clubhouse. Haydn will be the composer of tho day, and several numbers will be given by musicians musi-cians who are non-members of the club section. Members of tho club who aro interested are cordially invited to attend at-tend thia meeting. Mrs. A. J. Gorham and Miss Page will have charge of the programme at the next regular meeting of tho current events and current llteraturo section, to be held Friday afternoon, November J, at 2 o'clock. November 11 will be obsorved as federation fed-eration day by the club. Club Notes. Mrs. W. G. Hicks, State chairman of the forestry committee, has been mado a member of the nationnl forestry committee com-mittee of tho General Federation. The Cieofan will meet at tho homo of Miss Emcllne Wells on Tuesday afternoon. after-noon. Mrs. Edna W. Sloan will read a paper on the "Merovingian Kings," and Mrs. Mary J. Clawson a paper on .Brunhllda, Frcdegonda and Radigon- Mrs. J. F. Marshall of 616 Second street will entertain the members of tho P. E. O. at their next regular meeting, Saturday, November 5. Year books of the Salt Lake Woman's club have JuBt been distributed. They are gotten up in pleasing style, and tho programme for the year's work, In addition ad-dition to several special days, Includes an Interesting Beries of papers for the year's work. |