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Show MARTHA SOCIETY TO HOLD HIIY BALL ( (.; PKX. Nov. 10. Ihvuii-.' of the t:u-t tli;i'. t ho oratiuatiou lui- just pur- j i'iuisil a nurMT honu-, ihv ruliiunat ion i' t ii ten y.ur pl:!n, tin1 ti-ntU nnnunl j oh:intv bi vi tho Martha ovn'ty un Nti omiIht '-- w iil have s! n : r ua cthor th.an that it i.n tho i-hiw' s.vial j oout ot t ho var. Tlio nniu'.al Kill,1 whu-tt is tv bo Wul in hoi t haiui hail i UMiai'tv attcnolod by huiMWiN ut t'ion ('ooplo, as wo! I a ma ay t rom ot hor oitios aii'l towns, und it is oxpoot' ! that tho h'17 Httair will bo oi..oi tioually v nttoinlovl. Tho now homr roont!y floqu.ro. I by tho Martha jototy i tho To; ham pro;' ortv lu.'.itod at N ashi:u'.tm iionuo ant Kilabotb stroot, a short tli-tanoo north ot Ki o t'int. In alo.itiou to ti.o laivo roMiionoo atwl otlior h n 1 1 I ; n . thoj prvorty inoiu-los ono an.l ono Ajuartor aoro oi troun.l. Tho roM.ionoo is now boii'.vj ro'iiodoio.l into a mo. lorn nursery homo, with laro donn.torios for olnl-viroa olnl-viroa of various :i;os ami imloor playrooms. play-rooms. At tho time of it' orai'.lat ion clovon vi'upi :ii'o, tho sooiotv :is known as tho Odon Charitablo a".'i:i:ion. Mrs. Mar'ha Cannon, wifo or Trank J. (.an noti, was tho tirst pro-idont, an. I bo-.a'jso bo-.a'jso of tho lo e nud ro-po t o? tho ir.o tubers tor tho firt priui-'nt, tho iiLiine of tho (irani .'at 1 oa w:-.s o'natpoa' to tho Martha sooiotv following her The aetivitio of tho 5ooov inoroa''. from yoar to year until tho Nlartha So-o:ty So-o:ty day nurery was oiruoa iu li'13 : o oaro for tho ohii. ron ot w orh i ir.otnor.s. Moth.cr'.oss ohihiron wore ai-o oa: od for at tho h'ine. i'iio so.; o ot liio wota w i ionod un'il tho .oc:i tv is no iv c si a la ro ns: donoo at W ash-ii'.u't ash-ii'.u't on avonuo and Twonty -first street, whore sixtv-six ohihiron are oarod lor both niiit and iay. Tho nursery is in charge of Mr. Pra Traoy. The laot that tho now mrrv home is 1 a tod tome u.z-t.in. e from trie oen tor of th' city does not interfere with t ho benefit, for the reason t hat more than ;or ooat of the total number of children spend both niht and day a! the home. The conditions at the now home are amint idea, the location bo-i bo-i 1 1 somewhat suburban, with tuiro air and expedient water si: p ply. liasod on the ro.'or-.is of i ast years, the parents of child'-en in tho homo pay ,".' ter cent of the exi'opso, the balnnee coming irom tho lands of tho sooiotv. The i in lis t-r mai ntonanoe of tho r.T.rsery Imwc been reoeised through the Weber county com miss ion ers, t. ),'.on Citv commissinners. state le'lature, donations do-nations by indi iduals and the proceeds of t he annual Martha ball. |