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Show die' Literary. I knights" are needed in the Wvn Utah will not be denied 0 TPl5ful of women who attended iCtX meeting of the Ladle Lit-ffth Lit-ffth Friday afternoon. It was day and clubhouse "vlve been crowded. Report of r -Sent of the federation and the 1 of the several committees were ti were a eource of Interest and tin to tho Present, A major-who major-who heard the reports were Who least needed to be remlnd-';tM remlnd-';tM has been and 13 being done i f faithful women on tho va-'mrnttes, va-'mrnttes, because thc-y are KorSre themselves and keep alth what IB being done by the But It is a well-known fact 5 rever reports arcto be given tres of work proposed, the X talk to empty chalre. Club-"Ta Club-"Ta majority of them, have not ten beyond the point where they 'ffis merely to be entertained. the reports of Friday af-th af-th musical selections were ex-Mr'sood. ex-Mr'sood. Those taking part fL sure, among the younger $i.c but they did themselves and fetra credit Grieg's "Song of bVs riven by Mies Lowensteln. ?-JnIed by Miss Hope Mclntyre; rnhta." by the Misses Osborne. iSed by Mrs. Charles G. Plum-fJ Plum-fJ Vo Seed Sown." by MIsw ffrrend' Federation at sd Louis S one by Mrs. J. F. Grant the Si", from the Ladles' Literary club; EritebrMra Gorham. the report of .Bkhff'l of Ogden, which was read e Lofan convention of tho Utah Iwfoa. Both were Interesting and fKigneral view of the scope- of a fc!il convention SRaSIrs. Clesson S. Kinney reviewed irork, or rather touched upon the u-t of the several committees of the jolloa, She raid that the federation tKtp'.edped to any policy and may lijp a new one or leavo an old one feels the work Is completed. The haSoiul committee, she said, is the hltorortcJit, all having branched out rtkat. Manual training In the publics pub-lics Mrs Kinney looks upon as iBlTitloc of the boy who is drifting ail ths criminal life, and expressed thepethat the time devoted to this rt wold soon be greatly Increase, btw traveling library uho choraeter-(1 choraeter-(1 u ote'ot the great monuments to I titration, and said there are now M traveling libraries In the State u Hero aro clubs belonging to the iallon. The work of the forestry cdttw was commented upon, espo-i espo-i fcjslth a view to pointing out what i accomplished by women in ? Elates of the Union along tills Sk Kinney said Bhe thought Salt ill! Is not yet ready for a juvenile (tr, but asked tho members of the vans va-ns elnbs to Inform themselves re-the re-the courts in other parts of the j JT. where they have been of so :ftjh service. ork of tho educational commit tee of tho federation, or rather the chief plan of the committee for the Immediate future, was reported by Mrs. "W. R. Hutchinson, chairmarr of the committee. commit-tee. .A concerted effort Is to be made by the committee and clubwomen Interested Inter-ested in the movement to secure an appropriation ap-propriation of $50,000 during the coming legislative term for the erection, of a woman's wo-man's building on the University of Utah campus. The co-operation of every clubwoman and every other woman Interested In-terested In this movement Is earnestly nsked, and It Is believed by those most Interested that the approprlalon will be secured. Mrs. Groo gave the report of the free traveling library committee. Two new cases, making In all thirty-two, are shortly to be added to the library. Mr reabody has pledged $100 In case the committee raises $50 here. Mrs. Groo also reported donations from the Deseret News Book Store and from Margetts Bros. A report of the art committed was given by Mrs, Charles Wells, the chief work of which now Is the gathering of books on art and placing them In the freo traveling library, and tho sending of lecturers on art to the smaller cities and towns. Mrs. Wells said that the art work In the public schools Is suffering I to an appreciable extent since the doing away with the office of supervisor In the public schools. Mrs. Hicks, chairman of tho forestry committee, said that the work as yet Is now, but Utah offers a splendid field, with her l.TWO.OOO acres o forest reserve. re-serve. The non-enforcement of ordinances caused Mrs. A. J. Johnson, chairman of the industrial committee, to remark that ordinances serve only to make lawbreakers. law-breakers. The anti-cigarette law and the antl-expertoration ordinance wcro cited as Instances. A parental school for tho Incarceration of children who are not subjects for the reform school or the Jail was suggested as a needed reform measure, this school being provided for by the laws of the State. Through the Salt Lake Charities association, Just organized, or-ganized, Mrs. Johnson said women would be Invited to work along various lines. In fact, many have already volunteered vol-unteered their services In this work, the city to be districted and visited systematically, system-atically, lest want creep In some place unknown. A plea for a covered patrol, and for the service of men as messengers mes-sengers to visit work at night Instead of the boys now employed was also made by Mrs. Johnson. The regular meeting of the tourist section will be held Tuesday morning, November 15, at 10 o'clock. "Overthrow of the Shoguns and the Reorganization of Government 1S6S-04," will be given by Mrs. Woodruff, and "Kyoto, the City of Peace," by Mrs. Cheesman. At the meeting of the home and education educa-tion section held last Monday $25 was donated to the night school now being conducted in the First Congregational church. The ladles of this section will hold a cake sale one week from next Tuesday, the proceeds to go to tho night school. m At the meeting of the history section a week from next Wednesday, Mrs. Mc- Mahon will read a paper on "David." . Judge King will give a lectuta on "Voltaire" at the next regular meeting of the club, one week from Friday. V Tomorrow morning, November 14, the regular meeting of the house decoration committee will be held, when Miss Page will read a paper on the "History and Use of Stained Glass.; Club Notes. Mrs. Williams will entertain the members of the Wasatch Literary club on Tuesday afternoon. The programme will include a paper on "The New Physical Phy-sical Culture" by Mrs. Cummlngs; "Current Events." by Mrs. McCIaln. and short sentiments on Thanksgiving, led by Mrs. Leatherwood. In place of the regular meeting of the P. E. O. society next Saturday afternoon after-noon there will be a lecture In the evening even-ing at the University on "Greek Life In the Homeric Age," by Prof. Byron Cummlngs. Members of the P. E. O. i and their Invited guests will take the car at First South and Main street at 7:10 o'clock, the lecture beginning promptly at S. Prof. Cummlngs will Illustrate his lecture by stereoptlcon views. The members of the Reviewers' club met last Monday afternoon with Mrs. Charles G. Plummer, the day being devoted de-voted to Russia. Mrs. Hal W. Brown read a review of the history of tho country, and Mrs. Delano a paper on Russian art. At the regular meeting of the Woman's Wo-man's club, to be held Tuesday afternoon after-noon at the home of Mrs. P. N. Cook, members and their friends will enjoy nn Informal musicale. Mrs. Cook having charge of the programme. |