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Show ; News of the Women's Clubs 2 . I ! Mrs. Byron OvrmTtllng8, a popular Salt Lake club woman, who left Friday for California and will go from thero to icson, Aiis.. to make her home. HIS week will formally inaugurate inaugu-rate the woman's club season jll and the middle of October will see all of the clubs busy with . ,ir year's work. The Ladies' Lit-;c!Ty Lit-;c!Ty club, Salt Lake's largest and old-y,. old-y,. woman 's organization, will hold its uiLng meeting Friday afternoon at clubhouse. The new president, s. George Francis Stiehl, elected last ;' ing, will give her inaugural address. - talk on what clubs in other cities 1 states are doing will be given by s. C. H. McMahon. Miss Mildred i .ies will sing two soprano solos: "Vil-"elle," "Vil-"elle," by Eva Del Acqua, and ' waiting. ' ' by Millard. Following the f. gramme, the club members will -.et each other after their separation the vacation time, over the tea cups. ' 'he new entertainment committee H serve tea as its initial duty. The imittee is composed of Mrs. A. B. z''.eaon, chairman; Mrs. Frank Fisher, 8 chairman: Mis. Clarence Post, see-iry; see-iry; Mrs. Raj'mond M. Austin, Mrs. E. Blodgett, Mrs. John C. D. Clark, 3. F. H. Knickerbocker, Mrs. Sam-R. Sam-R. Neel, Mrs. A. D. Pierson, Mrs. eman Ba6sett. Mrs. Philip P. Clark, i F. P. Gallagher, Mrs. Allen Mc-t, Mc-t, Mrs. William O'Brien and Miss ma Sullivan. Spirit of Liberty chapter, Daughters the American Revolution, will lnaug-te lnaug-te its season in a meeting Thursday . arnoon with Mrs. James K. Shaw, S East Second South street, with Mrs. J .vard L. Jones, the new regent, as istant hostess. A paper on the "D. R. Monument and Memorial" will given by Miss Leda Wallace." Mu-will Mu-will be under the direction of Mrs. H. Peabody. 'ollowing is a list of the chairmen standing committees: 'atriotic education, Mrs. George H. n; to prevent desecration or the r, Mrs. F. E. Laben: American ithly magazine, Miss Edith Mudgett; servation. Mrs. W. Mont Ferrv; con-ation con-ation of the home, Mrs. R. E. ?ht: welfare of women and children, V3. C. E. Alien; children of the Amer- Ui revolution. Mrs. R. -W. Fisher; !v fumigation of public schools, Mrs. "yC. Gemmell; chapter house. Mrs. C. " Allen: protrramme, 'Miss Zora A. .w; music. Mrs. A. H. Peabodv. ) ,n event of unusual interest in club let in Salt Lake this week will be visit of Mrs. William Cummings . rv of New York, president general the Daughters of the American Rev-ion. Rev-ion. Mrs. Stoiv will arrive here sday and she will bo entertained bv rit of Libertv chapter of this citv ing her stay. She will go to the lowstone and will return here Sep-,.ber Sep-,.ber 11 on her wav to the D. A. R. 1 t-vention at San Francisco. Mrs. Story vith a partv on a special train. ji . large delegation of Salt Lake Tien will attend the women voters' Tention to be held by the Congres-lal Congres-lal Union for Woman Suffrage at the osition in San Francisco, September IS and 16. Trs. Margaret Zane CTierdron of this is one of the speakers of the con-tion con-tion and left last week fnr San ucisco. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Cohen. !. Anna Meier and Mrs. W. K. Reid I leave for the convention Saturday, t Lake delegates who have been in Francisco some time are Mrs. L Pease. Mrs. Frank Birrell, Mrs. R. H. dford and Mrs. Daniel Lang, ither delegates appointed from this are Dr. Jane Skolfield. Mrs. n J vward. "Mrs. Franklin S. Richards Mrs. H. A. King. The following nut of the convention programme is en by a San Francisco paper: The programme of the women y - voters ' convention to be held by the Congressional L'nion for Woman Suffrage, the national organization, at the exposition September 14, 15 and 16. has just been announced in part. The Panama-Pacific Internationa Interna-tiona exposition, recognizing the importance of a convention that will bring to 9an Francisco promiuent women from every state, has announced an-nounced two, special days in honor of this conference. The opening of the convention, with three sessions, September 14, has been set aside by the convention conven-tion as Every woman's da-, while a fourth day, September 17, has been added to the convention, called by the exposition Congressional Union day. It is on this dav that a memorial me-morial will be presented to the union by city, state and exposition officials, of-ficials, and a great automobile parade through the grounds will be held. The parade will move through San Francisco to the ferry to typify the movement of the eastern east-ern and western delegates upon Washington for the December demonstration dem-onstration with the opening of congress. con-gress. After the convention is closed Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney, chairman of the union in California, will head the delegation of western women to Washington where, for the first time in the history of the suffrage movement in this country, voting women will appeal to congress con-gress on behalf of the unenfranchised. unenfran-chised. The first conference meeting, which will be held at the Inside inn, will take up the question, "Is Suf-rage Suf-rage a Federal Issue?" Sara Bard Field of California will speak on "The Waste of Women," and a discussion dis-cussion by w-omcii voters will follow fol-low on "The Woman Voter's Need of National Enfranchisement of Women." The speakers are: Mrs. Lucius Cuthbert for Colorado, Colo-rado, Mrs. Alice Park for California, Cali-fornia, Mrs. Margaret Zane Cherd-ron Cherd-ron for Utah, Mrs. Mary Cachot Therkelson for Oregon, Dr. M. M. Dean for Montana, Miss Anne Martin Mar-tin for Nevada and Mrs. J. J. Pershing Persh-ing for Wvoming. The final event of the first day is the suffrage pageant, depicting 'the march upward of woman in civilization. civiliza-tion. Three California speakers are on the programme of the second day. Mrs. William Kent, wife of Representative Repre-sentative Kent, will give the history his-tory of the Susan B. Anthony amendment. Miss Gail Laughlin will talk on "Susan B. Anthony on Suffrage Suf-frage Tactics," and Mrs. "Ida Finney Fin-ney Mackrille will discuss " Partv Organi'zation and Responsibility.1' The second day of the conference will close with a reception and ball, tendered the visiting delegates by the wwnen of California, to be held in the ballroom of the California building. "The Political Complexion of the Sixty-fourth Congress" will come ud tnr discussion on the final day of the conference, which will be given over to the purely practical and political discussion of how suffrage suf-frage can be made a national is-Bue. is-Bue. Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the National Congressional union of Washington, D. ".. will lead the discussion dis-cussion on "The Future Plans of the Union," at this time. Already the principal events of the convention bae been put in the hands of local committees who are managing all the details of this first political conference of voting women. The most elaborate of the social functions connected with the convention con-vention will be the opening lunch- Tbbomaj Studio. eon at the Jnside inn. This affair is being managed by a local committee commit-tee composed of Miss Bertha Crone of San Francisco, Mrs M. B. Stone of Piedmont and Mrs. J. D. Hampton Hamp-ton of New York. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont of New Yorkt will preside at the luncheon, the women speakers being representatives repre-sentatives of many of the eastern and western states. The only man speaking at the firBt event of the convention will be J. H. Brady of Los Angeles, popularlv called '"'the father of suffrage in California." A San Francisco paper" says: Teu times as manj' conventions of women's organizations as ever before attended a world 's fair will have met in San Francisco before 1915 is ended. Ninety congresses and conventions of women's organizations or-ganizations are numbered in the list during the exposition year. Thousands of women have come from foreign shores. Among the women of world prominence who have either attended attend-ed meetings or are due at coming sessions are Mrs. Philip Snowden, noted suffragist of London; Miss Jane Addams, Hull house. Chicago; Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, New York; Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett of the United States immigration department; de-partment; Madame Montessori; Madam Chen Chi, wife of the Chinese Chi-nese exposition commissioner; Madam Mad-am AH Kuli Kahn, wife of the Persian Per-sian embassador to the United States; Mrs. William Cummings Story' of New York; Mrs. Ella Flagg Young of Chicago; Mrs. Florence Flor-ence Kelley of New York and Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, who launched the women's international peace campaign. For the convenience of the thousands thou-sands of women visitors to the exposition ex-position from many states and many lands, many women 's organizations organi-zations are keeping "open house," notably the Daughters of the American Amer-ican Revolution, the Young Women Wom-en 's Christian association, the Traveler's Aid society and the women 's board of the exposition. Ten fraternal organizations of women will meet during the rest of the exposition year, including the Catholic Ladies' Aid society, September 14-17; Women's Christian Chris-tian Temperance Union of California. Califor-nia. September "27-pctober 1 ; National Na-tional Society of Colouial Dames, October S; California grand chapter, chap-ter, Order of the Eastern Star, October Oc-tober 19-22; United Daughters of the Confederacy, October 20-23; National society. Daughters of the American Revolution, September 14 and 15. The annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of the First Methodist church will be held Tuesdav in the church parlors. The annual election of officers will follow a basket luncheon, which will be served at 12 o 'clock. The opening meeting of the annual conference of the Utah missions of the Methodist church on Wednesday evening even-ing will be preceded by a dinner iu the parlors of the First Methodist church, served bv the Ladies' Aid society. The Business Women's club of Salt Lake City will hold its first meeting of the year at Unity hall on Second East street near Second South, on Wednesday at 8:15 p. m. R. C. Gem mell will address the club on "Efficiency "Effi-ciency as Studied in the Largest Copper Cop-per Mine in the World." illustrated bv motion pictures taken bv the United States bureau of mines. These pictures j are the ones that have been showu at the San Francisco exposition. The members of the club have the privilege of inviting their friends. . The first meeting of the season for the Women 's Democratic club will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the club's rooms in the Hooper Hoop-er block. The Missionary society of the Central Christian church will meet Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. F. E. Tavlor. 949 East Seventh South street. Mrs. Esselbaugh will assist as-sist the hostess. The Browning section of the Ladies' Literary club will meet Saturdav for the first time this season with' Mrs. Grant Swan. U8 N street. The usual luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock, when the reading of "Pippa Passos" will be' taken up. The Rowena circle of Yeomen held a pleasant meeting at Saltair last Thursday. Thurs-day. Lunch was served. The next meeting will be held September 16 at 2 p. m. at the residence of Mrs. Silvers, 442 Elm avenue. All members are urged to attend, as several important business busi-ness matters will be discussed. In October Oc-tober ' the children 's festival will be held and a good programme will be arranged. ar-ranged. The semi-monthly card parties will start this month. The dates will bo given later. All Yeomen ladies are invited to join the circle and help Our Lady Rowena in her work for the good of the order. Mrs. P. H. Bodkin of Los Angeles, field secretary of the Woman 's Some Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church, will attend the conference con-ference of the Utah mission, which will meet in this city this week. Mrs. Bodkin Bod-kin will lecture" at the First Methodist church Saturdav evening. ' Mizpah chapter, N'o. 5, O. E. S., will hold its regular meeting Mondav evening even-ing at 8 o'clock at the Masonic temple. tem-ple. Members of the order are invited. in-vited. The Past Noble Grands club will be entertained September 9 at tie Murray Fraternal hall. Mrs. Byron Cummings. who left Salt Lake last week to make her home in Arizona, has been one of Salt Lake's most prominent club women and her leaving is a distinct loss in philanthropic and literary circles of the citv. Mrs. Cummings was formerly president of th Wasatch Literary club! She left Friday for California, accompanied bv her son. Malcolm. After a visit there' they will .ioin Dean Cummings. formerlv of the University of Utah, who is now connected con-nected with the University- of Arizona The regular meeting of the Civic club has been postponed from Monday afternoon to an indefinite date. |
