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Show fllU XATIOXil, HOHVN'.S ItllMKI' Headers ol the N1.W3 and others Interested In-terested In the Italic! Uxloty as It exists ex-ists In the communities of thu Hslnlt, liave doubtless noticed llie announcement announce-ment that the organlistlin has recently recent-ly assumed a corporate form aud taken Uou Itself the name of the National Woman's Ilellef Society. There are good and sufficient reasons for this step; It has not been taken hastily nor without with-out duo cocsldrratlon; Its wisdom will be conceded by all why give to the subject a little Intelligent thoujhl The Itellef Hociely Is an orginhl-tlon orginhl-tlon of llfly years' standln; In thu Church. During that long period, nnd especially since the re-organlxallon In Utah, thu membura of the (Society havo OillrctoJ ant expended and o-cumulsted o-cumulsted a vait amount of moiui. Ko one iiueitlous the business methods which havu prevalleJ In the put nr Is unmindful of the Inettlraable benefits bene-fits that the organization baa confuted, Vet the time has now comnnhen It scorns not only proper but expedient expedi-ent and desirable that tome arrangement arrange-ment should be made by which the Society tin mora securely hold the property, buildings and real estate which belong to II, and transact Its other buslncai In all respects In a leital and authorlzsd way. The He-clety He-clety Is roally both nstloual aud International. Inter-national. II has stakes aud branches In our communities In this country, as well as In fotelgu lsnds and upon the lalands of the tea. This explains tho adoption of the word "National" In tho tllle.Tho ether preflx,"Woman't," would teem to be quite appropriate It not Indeed ueoesssry for an orgaulit-tlon orgaulit-tlon composed entirely ot womeu. The Hoclety, ai Is well known to Its mem bers, is connected with tho National Council ot Women nnd also with the International Council of Women, composed com-posed of great auocl itlons, societies and ordersof womeu from allpirtiof Ihe civilized world; and Its preeldont, by virtue of her cilice, it one of tho vloe proildente of these councils and has a vote aud voice In their executive sonloua In tho transaction of all buslnesi. Tho Hociely is also entitle! to representation rep-resentation through delegates In all these vait aiseuiblajes of womsu; an d In order to conform t their regulations some ttep o! the. kind Juit taken be. came neceiiary In the Intsreit of thu progreiannl ndvaucomtnt of thu cause. Tbo Hoclety can no securely hold Its own propsrty and can give a satis-factory satis-factory answer to the question, In cue of a legacy or gift boitowed or other possessions acquired, "how are your tltka vested nnd what proof can you give that tho meant contributed toyour organization will bo used for tho pur-poies pur-poies chimed?" For this reason, so importaut In this praolloal ago, and for the other reasons cited, the ltelief Hocltty has gone through the lormallty of Incorporating nccordlugtolaw; and under its new title it proposes to con tlnuo aud hopes to (Improve upon the beautiful million Its founders aud mem Lets and friends have overbad in view concerning It. |
