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Show New T-Tomb -e- jtjLBj jtSBSSBjSj r .gfittHBSfisSH jjjj Bk jp i N of the building committee, which consist ffiwffls SI tt ;,1 ( l of Mis. Li. H. Farnsworth. Mrs. W. Mr rSaHlgMS K fSB fe' Mi Basil K I if" S Nelden Frank B. Stephens. Mrs. . , "flHHHBB B jE- illL Charles Tyng and Mrs. E. B. Ontchluw I AHHaBHHHK JBBjMaSBa! I M I MLlStii H The Ladles' or Salt Lke wl K. V P sf MHIMsalBSMMliffl City was organised In 1ST purely for Htw -"ssBJBeS literary purposes and was the Brat wo- -Sto!. 1 - 'SaHM -i l t DgtlH saBsT -r sswaaasassn.. aK """'"aawspaSsaaaaaaaisas man's club to orcanlae In the west. There Tvrap6sgJ'3gT 1 " "THRnPSo aHHMfl H HI1SF fc daHasi - were ten wvm.n. headed by the late Mrs C!eaak2l2'aBv 1 afsMK'-le- Mil IV snsrasssssaSBawaBwawawaasrs B BaSaawsTassaasl ., j J. C. Royle. who organised. The i barter Tfcj.ij'BW ,rW 11 L V . V.SX1. BaBiaaaaaaaaaBasaw J I C members finally numbered thirteen. In 80MaSEs?l 1 -attw II T ) - ' 1SSJ the club became a corporation and Tarfcrgi T rV' ft 1 iiisapr . 1 t -rr "7r7 - e, Vj) lx year, later built tha clubhouse which gg53FS - " ' ( O ySS" 7 . 7 .i LAHUET, W r S3 n r F ? T rrA-J?3 Cr rn has just been vacated. TT"!5 ifc -r or-xnrA J-IVJ-hS J7jJtjiJir CCCB Since IU orranliatloti th. Ladles' Lit- U , ' ' C OMR&JfJy-L--lr'y ermry club haa alwayi been the foremost Ayr V. ., j X SECRETARY" woman's organisation In the city. It Is esw X" " -i7 rOA affiliated with the National Women's f JSXS J3lA7flCXt &WS Clubs association and has broadened out g 3 JZn77EI?SCLjWVi WmtT 'I ' !Mfi-l--S I S SfCTJOimZM bsnVVn,,- oVU7l., Sa-5K 8 cryM .7. -s . 5 a .S8!. &zJs& Es imn.nc.h"wf1rchof,.e:houpp 1. iiiSSSSSHlS I yJZ JB&sr ,ko,e of women ' or- bt.h5uBrnMV.t.-r-h.e:rHe zjrz'&zz J.? m !P J"gPg--fT-L T-S J) Sv-- 1 Rome Entr Minin ' th wlf of h Bnlth nwli-. vani ha. iwunc the hammar over tha !-!.t n SJ n?w thtt iMi to b H T ClEw- w Minmc. holtjB a Uot., certiflcate ? aviation and iivU bar father once uaed In a coun- KS&JK h. n.w hJsT -5- MintDfT is an occupation so difficult wa, the nntt KwiUti woman to riae try blackamith ehop. She haa not onJi It was juat two year ago that it dawned on tha members of the Lsdlea' Literary dub of Bait L&ks City that its growth and advancement alnce the organisation or-ganisation In 1878 waa auch that demanded de-manded larger and more convenient nuarters. It was then decided to dispose of the clubhouse on Third Bast atreet, ttween South Temple and First South, and purchase property further east lithe li-the heart of the residence district and unatruct a clubhouse that would meet wtth all (heir dealree. The aew clubhouse club-house la now completed and ready to be occupied, and is one of the flneat club-houaea club-houaea treat of the Klaalaalppl exclusively or women. Situated at 8l0 Bast South Temple, the new Ladles' Literary club la In the heart tlie wealthy residence dtatrlct of the ity. and Is a credit to the locality. It la of red pressed brick; the atyle of trchitecture la colonial. A broad porch rune The entire width of the front. The entrance from the front 1 made through a broad oak door and the Interior Is beautifully beau-tifully finished throughout with dark oak woodwork and highly polished maple floors. The windows are elongated and of lead glass that open Inward on brass hinges. The entrance leads into a email recelv--jt s hsll, which leads Into a larger hall. 8 r'rom this hall can be seen the large w auditorium, the drawing room and to the light the stairway leads to the library and bslcony. The hallway la flntahed with a buff colored celling and green walls. Leaded Glass Doors. The entrance to the drawing room la made through large French doors of loaded glass to the left. At the extreme east end of the drawing room Is an Immense Im-mense firebrick fireplace that covers, the whole end of the wall. The drawing room spacious and the north side opens onto Mie big veranda bv means of French windows win-dows of leaded glass. The remainder of the first floor la occupied by the auditorium, audi-torium, which preaenta a moat beautiful spectacle. On both the west and eaat sldea are long narrow windows opening th walls to the light of the sun. The celling is srched and quaintly tiled. At the extreme south end of the auditorium audi-torium Is the stage, which Is equipped with a drop curtain, scenery and footlights. foot-lights. It Is large enough to allow plays to be produced without fear of being cramped and hampered for poor facilities. The frlexe directly above the arch of the Ktage is a design In which la Interwoven the shield the coat of arms of the club. This ftiese Is of piaster of parts and painted a Itght shade of brown to harmonise har-monise with the deep tan walla and buff ceilings. At the north end of the auditorium can be een the drawing roam through t tie leaded glass doors. Above the drawing draw-ing room Is a balcony that opens from the library. The library slso opens onto t he balcony by means of leaded glass doors. Spacious Auditorium. The auditorium will seat 450 people. It will he furnished with chairs that can be i moved for dances and other parties that will from lime to time be held In the club. Plavtf. lecturea and stereoscopic views will be given In the auditorium by the club. The new Indies Literary clubhouse offers of-fers an ideal place for private dances end being situated where It la. In the heart of the residence dletrlct, with excellent ex-cellent cur services, it win be the scene of much soclsl activity. The largeness of the auditorium and the gllstentnv V hardwood floor, with the drawing room t with Ita big fireplace and the library above, which also possesses an opsn fireplace, fire-place, provides a homelike place for dances and other parties that will undoubtedly un-doubtedly make the clubhouse aa great s convenience to the younger people the city aa to the members of the organization organ-ization themaelvee. On the third atory are several email rooma, where aectlonal meetinge will be held The club meetings, which occur the first and last Fridays of each month, will be held In the library, but the meetings meet-ings of the different departments will be held In the smaller rooms. These are abundant enough to allow the various sections that are doing special work to meet on the same afternoon without any '"The basement la divided Into many apartments. At the north end are dressing dress-ing rooms for the stage. These are provided pro-vided with all the conveniences that the persons acting in playa given at the club could possibly desire. The southeastern portion of the basement provides a home for Arthur Lambert, houae manager. In the north portion are cloakrooms and dressing rooma that can be used Tor guests who attend dances. Model Kitchen. A cooking kltchan la alao established In the basement with a dumb waiter that naases up through the drawing room and library An unfinished portion Is being left for s dining room. This will not be opened until next fall- - The furnishings for the new clubhouse he elaborate, exnulalte in lte slm-' slm-' Uelty as ! chsracteristlc of the Interior .ecoratl.ms. Satin window shades, that re red on the outside to match the brick walls and tan on the Inside to lrmonlse 1th the interior, and lined with light proof fabric, will be placed in the win-Ik win-Ik 'lows of the auditorium. The ahades ere made light proof in order that ster-eoscopl- views might be shown during tie afterntns. The nhades for the other windows will . catin fabrics, but will not be made 'tfucnof the old furniture of tha club Hi be put In the new one. but for the drawing room and library new furniture rill be purchased to harmonise with the lark oak woodwork and add to the colonial colo-nial air of tha club The attractlveneas of the new home of the Ladies Literary club lies in Its sim-rHclty sim-rHclty and pure artletlc architectural Ines Throughout the decorating scheme, arrangement of doors, windows, ante-rhambers ante-rhambers are all in accordance with one another and seem to add to each other In improving the beauty, neatness and splendor of the place. The property on which the new club- il built is of sufficient sire to allow large iswn. Workmen are already preparing pre-paring the soil to plant the seed Msny shade trees will be planted In the rear and in front. Cost of CTubhouso. The cost of the new clubhouse wsa eae ita The site coat about $13,000. To raise this aum the members of the club Issued 125.000 worth of bonds which were raid among prominent business men of lis the city. The bonds sold for 1100 each and many were bought and returned to the club aa a gift. Many of the bonds were purchased by the club rnsaribers themselvea The aale of the old club brought euffUlent money to purchaae the valuable property on South Temple, where the new dub la located. jtrs. Wllllsm C. Jennlnga was chairman number of times before In amateur productions pro-ductions in the city. The members of the I -ad lea' Literary club expect to make several hundred dollars dol-lars during the two performances of "The Best ellere' towards paying off the dab that it has Incurred. of the building committee, which consists of Mrs. L. H. Fa rns worth. Mrs. W. A. Nelden, Mrs. Frank B. Stephens. Mrs. Charles Tyng and Mrs. B. B. Critchlow. Tha Ladles' Literary club of Salt Lake City was organised In 1878 purely for literary purposes and was the first woman's wo-man's club to organise in the west. There wars ten women, beaded by the late Mrs. J. C. Royle. who organised. The charter members finally numbered thirteen. In 1882 the club became a corporation and lz yeara later built the clubhouse which haa just bean vacated. Sines Its organisation the Ladles' Lit-erary Lit-erary club haa always been the foremost woman's organisation in the city. It la affiliated with the National Women s Clubs association and has broadened out to include much work other than literary. The club contains many different departments. de-partments. A large number of the members mem-bers are Interested In civic and philanthropies! philan-thropies! work. Others are specialising In art, on Browning, other poets and -arfoun other departments of literature. The club now has 310 members and hopes to enlarge en-large that to 600 now that It la to be Installed in the new home. The general meetlnga of all club members mem-bers come on the first and last Fridays of each month. At these meetings lectures lec-tures along educational lines are given. Musical numbers are rendered by talented tal-ented musicians and often stereoecoptlc talks. The purpose of the club is for the general uplifting of woman and to help mankind, and all the work of the club Is along those lines. Tha different departments meet often several times a week. These departments depart-ments are formed by dllTrent member who desire to specialise along certain lines or on certain subjects. Papers are prepared, read and discussed at these meetings and often eminent persona highly high-ly versed on the particular subject are called In to talk. The business end of the club Is carried on by a board of six directors and the president la aa ex -officio member. The dues of the club are H a year. paysl-Ie every' alx months In advance. The Initiation Initia-tion feee is 88. The club hopes to be sble to pay the interest on the $26,000 worth of bondn Issued by renting the clubhouse for lectures, lec-tures, dances and other forms of amusement amuse-ment and by enlarging the membership Monday the members will begin to move Into the new house. The Interior and exterior of the new home Is complete and readv for occupancy. The last meeting In the old clubhouse was held Frlda afternoon. It was intended that this meeting should be held in the new home, bat upon second thought st waa decided to wait and have the opening meeting the last of the month-All month-All of the furniture at the old clubhouse, club-house, such ss chairs for the auditorium, benches, couches sod mission furniture. will be uaed In the new place. Then several sev-eral thousand dollars will be spent for new furnishings, such as blinds, drs-pertea. drs-pertea. bookcases and furniture for the drawing room and library. New scenery will also be supplied for the stage. The grand and initial opening will be a week from today, when "The Best Seliers" will be presented by tha women of the club. A matinee and evening production will be given, when the public will be given a chance to Inspect the new clubhouse, ss well as absorb the cleverness of the club'a hlatiionics. "The Best Sellers" was written by Mrs. K B Pslmer. It is her own original Idea, and during the many recent rehearsals re-hearsals has been highly lauded by men versed on the worth of dramatic productions. produc-tions. Ths play Is a representation of characters charac-ters In the well known popular novels that have been produced on the market during the past few years. Those who make up the case for the production of Mrs. Pslmer are ss follows: fol-lows: Mrs. Psul Keyser. Miss Rosamond Ritchie. Miss Marlon Hooper. Miss Bonnie Bon-nie Miller. Miss Elss Bamberger. Mrs. C. E Richards. Mrs. WUllam M Drew. Mrs. C. 0k Plummer, Miss Lily May Eaton. Mrs. WUllam Q Wetseii. Mrs. William P. Klaer. Mrs. W. F. Adams. Mrs. T D. Gordon. Miss Ellxa Day, Mtsa Kate Groo. Miss Jessie Maxwell. Mrs. Harry Bints Mrs. Frank Larsen and Miss 7m ma CuIIen. The cast Includes women who have hsd experience on the professional stage ma BY talented singers, musicians and clever youn- glrta who have performs! a |