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Show ll fc e Clubwomen I The "Utah. Congress of Mothors and Pflront-Teachcr ' associations mot Wednesday vrith Mrs. R. D. Seymour, TI4iJ Tlast Sixth South street. The large rooms were iilleil with thosc interested in-terested in the vital mutter of bringing bring-ing home and school in touch with each The principal nddross of tho afternoon after-noon was bv Mrs. B. F. Frobes on "Out Schools.' "While warmly commending the work of eflicient and conscientious teachers, Mrs. Probes showod the weak points in tho public school Bysloiu, which could bo remedied alone- by tho parents of the children. Thoir mtor-cfit mtor-cfit in tho children should, impel them to visit tho schools, not upon, show days, wheu the girls who havo lost two school days by Iho. work servo a delicious lunch to inspOKtiug ladies, and tho boyB are huddled uncomfortably in an unaccustomed unac-customed place, but at unexpected times, so that the- real and' customary work jna-v be observed. Mrs. Frobes also paiH b high tribute to Prof. W. A. Wetzel, Wet-zel, speakinc: especially of bin work for musical uplift in tho public schools. Mrs. Frobes difforn from modern play-! play-! ground enthusiasts in belioving that play loses flavor wlien Buporvisod, and that we aro spending too much, money ' on, plav omilpmont. As lone as a part the children of Salt Ioko havo to . reclto in baoemonts. on damp floors, all 5innec6sory expenditures should Iks cur-, cur-, tailed. Mrs. Frobos's address was ablo, w Jogical and. well expressed and was listened lis-tened to with close attention. Mrs. E. E. Corfman of Proro fravo en account of tho Home and School association as-sociation in Provo. which follows closely the idea of Parent-Teacher associations. She toldi briefly the romarkablo work of this organization in a year's timo in uniting all creeds and classes Xor the good of tho publio echoola. Election of ofneors of tho organization organiza-tion resulted' in tho following list for tho ensuing Tear: Mrs. J, E. Dooly, president; Miss Grace Frost, first vico president: Mrs. H. F. Fitzgerald, second vice president; Mrs. C. D. Kipp, socre-tarv: socre-tarv: Mrs. A. R. Cook, treasurer; Mrs. R. tj. Slegol, auditor. Mrs. Olaronco E. Allen, the rotinng president, mado a brief addresB in resigning re-signing tho work of tho organization, saying in part: I The work of tho National. Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers association as-sociation has beon steadily growing and developing since Its beginning, seventeen ycatr ao. The first Idea was to organize the motliora to 'help and protect the less fortunate children chil-dren From the very beginning tho help of the fathers tor enlisted In national and state organizations, a strong advlsorv hoard of men having bfen appointed. As the child welfare Idea crow it was perceived that overy possible remedial agency must be enlisted en-listed In the work, and teachers, physicians, preachers, specialists of all kinds were pressed Into service and cladly responded. The Parent-tniirr Parent-tniirr organization increased-to Hiioh an extent that the name was added in Mlc national society and became a K 'orpomte work-Instead of a department. depart-ment. The next conference of the i o-canlzallon. held In Washington, D. (' pril 22 to 27. 1014. will be international in-ternational as Is tiie case every third ! "rar. The congress affiliates with ! similar societies In France, Greece, Belgium and many other foreign "luntries. and has regular organlza- Htlons In China. Gret Britain, Persia, Cuba and Mexico. The dues for general membership aro very small, only 10 cents a member mem-ber so that every wage-earner may hae a part In the work, Tho cnor- mous expense of printing and maintaining main-taining tho office, at 00G Loan Jfc Trust building, Washington. D. C Is borne by generous men and women who belicvo In the good which will result from this form of child welfare wel-fare worlu The weak point of all parent-.tcacher parent-.tcacher associations, tho difficulty of providing programmes and courses of study, has for years boon the part of 1 the national congress. They havo been able to enlist In this work the greatest educational experts . In tho country. Programmes for mooting are Issued ovory month In tho Chlkl-Wel-faro Magazine, published in Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, and loan papers and pamphlets are supplied at less than tho cost of printing. The Congress of Mothors comtu to tho school which Is trying to effect a union between parents and teachers In a practical organization, organiza-tion, with tho means to make suchvan organization a success. The. soal of approval of tho bureau, of education In Washington has bfion sot upon tills work by tho appointment appoint-ment of Mrs. Frederick ScholY of Philadelphia president of tho Ka- -tlonal Congress of Mothers, as superintendent su-perintendent of the homo and education educa-tion division of the bureau of education, educa-tion, so that all prlntod matter Issued Is-sued from that department has tho signature of P. P. Claxton, socretary of education. The advantage to the school in taking this opportunity of securing . invaluable educatlonnl bulletins will bo readily perceived all over tho United States, Utah must not fall behind, in making use of this opportunity. oppor-tunity. Tho rogulnr monthly mooting of tho Jackson Mothers' club was hold last Fridav. Many members were prosent. A defig-btful musical and litqrary programme pro-gramme was rendered, consisting of an original story Ty Ella Milligan. a piano duet bv Ellen McDonald and Lucillo Hancock, an original poem by Muriel Miller, and a vocal duot by Magdalono and Josephine Mcintosh. Tho mom-bora mom-bora thon visited tho new kitchen of the school, where Miss Corbott, the instructor of domestio Bcionee, gave an interesting talk on "Food." r . The Ladies Xiiterarj' club will moot next Friday nfternoon at tho usual time at the club houso. Tho subject of the aftornoon 5b "The Old and the New Attitudo Toward University Education," Edu-cation," and it will bo presented by Professor Frnnk Iiolman and X'rotcssor Steinor of the TL of U. faculty. In keeping with the subject, tho music of the afternoon will be furnished' by university pupils undor Miss Edna Evans and tho high school orchestra under E. P. Christensen, The women of tho Univorsity of Utah will bo at homo to their friends on Saturday, December 13, from 3 till 5 o'clock "in tho normal building, and they will entertain their company with a musicnl programme rendered bv tho Undine quartette and Miss Cora Howe, Miss Eva Crawford and Miss Shields. Tho hostesses for tho afternoon will bo Mrs. R. B. Lyman, Mrs. Orson Howard, How-ard, Mrs. A. A. Kn owl ton, Mrs. K. L. Byrnes, Miss 'Lois Hartman, Miss Dora Snow and Miss Ncilio Herman. Tho Bay View Reading club will meet tomorrow at tho homo of Mrs. W. R. Duvall. 32-i Sixth East streot. Mrs. Grant Swan will conduct the lesson on section 5. Mrs. McKay will read a paper on "Frederick tho Great," and Mrs. Peaslce will give a reading, "Hans Snch 's Poetical Mission" Mis-sion" (by Goethe). Mrs. McCnrtain will give a talk on the life of Ellen H. Richards, pioneer in tho movement for better homes and homemakers. The American Institute of Child Life, chapter ?Jo. 2, held a mcctincr last Mbn-dnv Mbn-dnv evening at the home of the president, presi-dent, Mrs. G. A. Smith 100S Lincoln ; avenue . Mrs. Rov Williams spoko on "Tho Physical Child," Tho next moot- in; will be with Irr8. Loylnud Grohnni, JJI I) (IS) Ninth Bust street, when Lrs, A. 0. Kcopo will spenk on "Tho Kutoftnln- 5 nicnl of Chiluron," S i " Tho romilftr monthly niooting of tho s Sons ana DuughtorB of Wnlon fiocioty S will bo held in tho EtiRles hall, cornor s Second South nnd WoKt Toraplo stroots, at 8 o'clock on Monday ovoning, Do- E comber 8. In addition to tho regular S proprummo, a picnic Hocial and dance will bo onjoyed by those attondinp. s The ladies of tho society will serve tea during tho ovoning. n k Tho Spirit of Liberty chaptnr, Danph. ters of tho. American Jlovolntion, will meet next Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Benncr X. Smith at her homo on s South Temple' Btreot. Mrs. W'. C. Ash- will will be the chairman of the after- s noon. Tho two subjects aro to bo "Child Lifo in Colonial Days" and s "Newspapers of the Eovolutlon. " S " s Tho Browning section of tho Ladies Literary club will moot noxt Satur- S day with Mrs. Robert C. Gommcll in s tho Qodbo apartments. After tho us- ual 1 o'clock luncheon, tho reading of "Christmas Eve" will be ro- sumed, and Prof. Pattison of the llni- s vorsity of Utah will givo a talk on tho j "Dramatic Lyrics and Romances." The household economics section of 5 tho Ladies Literary club will meet Wednesday at 2:30 at tho clubhouse, sz M"rs. C. H. McMnhon has chargo of tho topic and sho has secured Dr. W. C. Ebaugli of tho university to give a talk on "Sugar." Following the litorary part tiore will be a cooking demonstra- tion, . The regular monthly mooting of the S Contral W. 0. T. U. will bo hold at tho rooms' of the Y. W. C. A., Conti- nontal Bank building, Friday at 2:H0. Tho programme, in charge of Mrs. C. A, walkor, will consist of reports of tho world 'b and national W. C. T. TJ. conventions. ; Tho regular weekly meeting of Ohild Lifo chapter No. 1 was hold "Wednos- dar evening with Mts. E. J. Howell. "The Influenco of Stories on Play" was tho sub.ioct. Tho noxt meeting will sr bo held Decembor 30 at 337 E street. Open discussion and hero stories will be the featuro of tho evening. S The history section of tho Ladies -EE Litorary club "will meet Thursday at zzz tho clubhouse. Mrs. E. O. Leather- wood, tho soction chairman, will pro- zzz sent the topic, "Tho Articlos of Con- federation" and also "'The .French Treaty." Tho regular monthly mooting of the Women's Democratic club will bo hold next Wednesday in room 215 Hooper block at 2:30 p. m. "W. "W. Ray wilt bo the speakor oi the aftornoon. All Dem- ocratic worn on aro invited. S The Oleofan will moot Wednesday aftornoon for tho last time before tho ss holiday season, with Mrs. W. D. Biter at 86 D street. Mrs. Rodney T. Bad- ger will give a paper on "The Leg- onds and Castles on the Rhine." ZZZ Tho Ladies Auxiliary to the United S Commercial Travelers will hold their rogular business meeting in Hyland hall Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, zz: All members "aro urgently requostod to ZZ attend. Maxwoll-McKcan "W. R. C. will bo entertained by tho retiring president, Mrs. Best, at her home in the Peery ZZ hotel on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Tlio feature of the evening will be zz 500. All friends are invited. Mizpah. Chapter, O. E. S No. 5, will S hold an official mooting Wednesday at 8. o'clock for initiation, installation zzz and appointing committees. All mom- ZZ 'bers of tho order invited, The Salt Lako "Woman's club will noia tnoir regular meeting noxt tucs- day with Mrs. V. H. Pease, 188 II l streot. Mrs. O. H. McMahon will give E the topic zz I The dramatic section of the Ladies EE Literary club will meet Monday at 2:30 -5 in tho clubhouse. Mrs. Larson will read zz Sister Beatrico by Maeterlinck nnd the z discussion will be led by Miss Groo. zz m a ZZ The ladies of Oliver O. Howard post s and corps will hold their annual election EE of officers "Wednesday noxt at 2 p. m. at their hall. They desire the presence E- of every member. z ' Tho Ladies' Aid society of Eiff Meth- E odist church will hold a fair in the par- lors of tho church, First South and Ninth East, on the evening of Decern- bor 12. K ZZ Tho Ladies of St. Peter's guild will have their Bale of home-made cakes, zz candy and fancy articles, at tho zz I church, 655 North Second west Btreot, EE Thursday, Docom'ber 11, 2 till 9 p. m. EE to Tho ladles of tho East Side gnild of EE St. Mark's church will hold a Christ- zz mas salo on Tuesday and Wednesday in EE the new store of Spalding & Co. in the Zz Continental bank building. ; mmm The Ladies' Aid society of tho First Congregational church will hold thoir EE annual bazaar in tho church parlors ZZ next Friday afternoon and Saturday. zz Tho Tomplo B.'nai Israel auxiliary EE society will hold tho regular monthly zz mooting at 2:30 On Tuesday next In tho zz IB. B. hall on Third East street. ZZ i . Lynds chapter No. 1, O. E. S., will EE hold a special meeting next Friday jE night for tho purposo of initiation and EE installation. ZZ -Tho Emorson class will meet Tuos- EE day at 2:30 with Mrs. Cummings at EE the Virginia apartments. Tho study will bo on tho lecluro on "Divinity.' zz The Froobel society will meet next Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in tho Y. W. C. A- rooms, instead of on Monday Zz as announced. ' zz v The club chorus of tho Ladies Liter- EE nry club will meet on Tuosday at 2 S 3 o'clock in tho clubhouse. " |