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Show Women's Clubs THE Salt Lake Civic club is compiling com-piling material for a book to be known as "The Women of Utah.'' The publication of the book was not conceived with any idea of pront-makmg, but for the purpose of meeting a demand which has been made tor it as a part of the history of the state, and particularly in response to persistent inquiry from Washington, I. v'.. for some record of the women ot I tah who have heen identified with the political, social and economical development devel-opment of the state. The book will not te lor sale but will be placed in all of the important libraries of the country, in newspaper offices for reference, refer-ence, and with all of the leading women wom-en s clubs. In mechanical effect it will combine the highest art of engraver and printer and will be bound in flexible flex-ible leather. Good progress is now being be-ing made with the compilation, and it is expected that it will appear earlv in the fall. The book contains portraits and biographies biog-raphies of those women who are and have been closely, identified with the progress of the state. The book will be known as "The W omen of I'tah,' and its purpose will be a collaboration iuto compact form of the women who have contributed to the advancement of Utah to a place among the foremost states of the Union. Those who will be given a place in the forthcoming publication will be those who have merited distinction by taking a part in the political betterment of the state; those who have gained recognition recog-nition in literature and the arts as well as in the professions, and those who have gained social position and have been identified with philanthropic work. It is probable that the number who will he represented in The Women of I'tab' will be confined to about 100, and the. board of directors of the Civic club has been careful in selecting select-ing the names. The book will be exclusive exclu-sive and those who have been selected for representation in it may consider themselves particularly honored. In addition ad-dition to those who are at the present timo actively identified with the state's progress, a portion of the work will be devoted to those who have passed on, but who in their lifetime were prominent in any particular line of endeavor. en-deavor. The work will be a monument to the flower of the womanhood of Utah. A federation of women's clubs of the eastern part of the state was formed at a recent meeting at Price. The following clubs were represented: Castle Dale Bay View club, Castlegate Studv club and Sunnyside Literary club. Delegates from the Mental Culture club at Storrs were unable to atend, but applied ap-plied for membership in the organization. organiza-tion. The following officers were elected: elect-ed: President, Mrs. J. W. Hammond of Price; vico president, Mrs. .1. M. Slapp of Sunnvside; secretary, Mrs. H. V. Cooper of Price; treasurer, Mrs. 8. P. Snow. Jr., of C astlfe Dale. The next annual meeting is to be held the latter part of June, 1917, at Sunnvside. The Rowena Circle of Yeomen - will have a outing Wednesday at Pinecrest. Emigration canyon. All Yeomen and friends are invited to meet at Mt. Olivet depot at 2:30 p. m., or to take a later train. The circle will meet at the home of Mrs. Langford at Wandamere September Sep-tember 7. Several members will be initiated. ini-tiated. All Yeomen ladies are welcome. wel-come. Section 2 of the Ladies' Aid society of the First Presbyterian church will meet Monday afternoon with Mrs. R. M. Cross in the Mecklenburg apartments on East South Temple street. Mrs.' Brookie, the chairman, requests a full attendance. The Poetry society of Utah will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. R. G. Seymour, 1154 East Sixth South street. |