Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-04-27 | Page 3 | Was Author of High Hat Bill

IS AUTHOR OP HIGHJT BILL Mrs. Jules Ia Barf.li, First Gen-11 Gen-11 Jc Woman Legislator, Visits Salt Lake. NOW ACTIVE IN WOMEN'S ENDEAVORS IN COLORADO Says Great Things Have Been Accomplished Since Franchise Fran-chise Was Extended. Mrs. Jules La Uarlh, a pormincnt club woman of Denver, Colo., and formerly a widely known resident of this city and Ihe first Gentile woman to be elected to a stato legislature In Utah, is In tho city for a few days accompanied by Iter son, Jules Lr Barth, en routo from Trail, British Columbia, to Denver. During tholr stay In this city Mrs. La Barth and her son arc registered at tho Touralno hotel. Mrs, La Barth ho.s spent the last several sev-eral months in Canada, whore her son has been sick. For ten years past Mr. La Barth has been manager of the Trail smelter In British Columbia. Ho Is-now manager of the Mason Valley Copper company com-pany and will build a big smelter thcro during the coming summer. Introduced "High Hat" Bill. Mrs, La. Barth was the woman who chose tho site for the Ladies' Literary club building and for several yctirs sho was president of that society. She served In the first legislature In which women sat In Utah in 1S0S. with Mrs. Martha Hughes Cannon and Mrs. Anderson of Ogdon. She is the woman who presented the "high bat" bill in the legislature, providing Unit women must remove their hats In theaters and other public place. This law was passed and is now in force At the close of the session Mrs. La Barth was presented with a high hat by the other members of the legislature. When she resided In Salt Lake City Mrs. La Barth was an active member of the Ladles' Aid society of St. Marie's cathedral and also a member of St. Mark's gnild. She Is now connected with numerous organizations in Denver, being state treasurer of the Daughters of tho American Revolution and of the Denver chapter of the same organization. She Is chairman of tho finance committee of the Woman's club of Denver and treasurer treas-urer of St. Mark's society of the Episcopal Episco-pal church of that city. Women in Colorado. Mrs. La Barth Is an advocate of woman's wom-an's suffrage. She says the women of Colorado have done wonderful things in tho pure food line, child labor and juvenile juven-ile court work. She says they have been of great assistance to Juvenile Court Judgo Ben Lindsay. Sho says women are a big power in the Colorado legislature at the present time nnd a number of public pub-lic offices are filled by women. Tho of-flco of-flco of stato superintendent of public instruction in-struction has been held by a woman for many years, she say.i.