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Show r,7 T EXPONENT A MOTHERS' CONGRESS. and M. B. Sowles as such a committee. After retiring for consultation- the comThere was, a well attended meeting of mittee reported the following, officers and ladies at the rooms of the Woman's Club, thi. report was accepted and adopted: . in the joint building on the morning of May For president, Miss Mary C. May-Mrs. McCornick, For io, and a State.organization was effected 10. Mrs." Louie Felt, , Salt Lake City; Mrs. be known as the Utah State Mothers' ConMrs. Reed. Smooth gress. , Miss! Mrs. May nard as tern porary chairman exProvo;' Mrs. Reed. Mt. Pleasant; Kewley, .'Logan;. Mr$. Ferry, Park City,and plained, the object' of the meeting. Mrs. Selden I. Clawsou was appointed tempor- Mrs. Martin of Manti. It was also provided that the officers and ary secretary, Mrs. L. C. Trent moved that a Mothers' the heads of all standing committee's conCongress for the State of Utah be held stitute the executive board. The president at Salt Lake City, the time and place to be was empowered to appoint committees. .. hereafter decided. nn nnu in salt lakh city in'will .some EAllen spoke at Mrs. C. length JUNK. . movement for a the existing necessity upon Last, night the officer appointed by the of the kind now contemplated. Miss Mary ladies advocating the holding of. a mothers' C. May also expressed her interest in the Utah met at the TempleUm in undertaking and especially stated her anx- - congress insession. A general discussion of women-unma- rried executive iety to do something for young, plans for the congress was held and it '..was, women, as well as for mothers, city this movement should prove of determined to hold the congress in this The and th-sometime in the latter part of June. benefit to both classes. Mrs." Parsons rework for ferred to the first mothers' meeting held in committees to have charge of the are as this city about thirteen years ago, and was the first congress were named and follows: glad to note that the present effort at orGeneral Officers Miss May of the Utah ganization was likely to piove successful. University is. president,. Mrs. Louie Felt Mrs: K. D. Kimball expressed great interis est in the congress and hopec that good would attend its efforts. Program Mrs. Mila TupperF."Maynard, I). Kim-bal- l. Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells appreciated the Mrs. Augusta V. Grant, Mrs. great amount of help the congress could Finance Mrs. J. E., Bamberger,. Mrs, L. give mothers, in whose interests we had C. Trent, Mrs. P. P. Jennings, Mrs. Maria been working for many ycs. This moveS. ment was looked upon as a new one in the Dougall, Mib. J. T. Gilmer. Mrs. F. United States, but the facts were that the Richards, Mrs. Isaac Jennings. Entertainment Mrs. Elizabeth McCune, Rebel Society of Utah had been carrying on Mrs. J. H. Bennett, successfully a similar work for many years Mrs. A. T. Hyde, Mrs. A. L. Gray,. Mrs. past. The present "movement could not Mrs. Eugene Lewis,, Phoebe Beattie, Mrs. C. W. Bennett, Mrs. be otherwise than of great benefit to mothers. Mrs. Dr. Mattie Hughe Cannon expressed her Hattie Young, Mrs. Annie. laFeneeTV Brown, Mrs. Ellis K. willingness to do all in her power to assib Shinp.Mrs.DJ.SliarpTMfsCath in bringing the present movement to a sucPress Mrs. E. B. Wells, Mrs., iwange cessful working basis; and like the previous Mrs. Annie J. Cope Miss speaker Dr. Cannon mentioned the good line Powers, work' which has been doneby the Relief Emily Katz, Mrs. Thomas Weir, Mrs. H. Mae Taylor, Mrs. Susa Society in this State in years gone by and C. Wallace, Miss Young Gates, Provo; Mrs. Mamie Richup to the present time in the proper teachards, Ogdeil; Mrs. D. C. McLaughlin, ing of mothers and daughters. Park- City; Miss Moorhead, Logan; Miss Mrs. Emily S. Richards felt that Ihe women present, while among the busiest in Katie Dougall, Springville; Miss Serena Miss Alvira Utah, were the proper ones to carry this Neilson, Mount Pleasant; L. Cox. Manti. Reese, Brigham City; Mrs. A. movement on to "success. Mrs. Miss Grantsville; Rowberry. Mrs. McVicker indicated her great interest in the present movement and said George Ryan, Tintic; Miss May, Nephi; that she 'would, lend her best aid to bring Mrs. Maria Dix, Mercur; Mrs. Abram Hatch Jr Heber; Mrs. Margaret Callis, it to a successful working order. Mrs. H. S. Young was deeply interested Coalville; Mrs. Julia McDonald, St. Geoige; Miss Bessie White, Beaver; and one to in this congress and expressed a willingbe named from Bingham. ness to assist inhe work among the youngMusic Mrs. W, W. Riter, Mrs. F. B. er persons .to be benefited by the congress. The speaker Wing already engaged in Hamilton, Miss Geneva Jennings, Mrs. the kindergarten work to a great extent, Nellie Pugsley, Mrs. M. J. Hughes, Mrs. she would be pleased, to help in a similar C. G. Plurnmer, Miss Winnifred McGarth, Mrs. Frank Jennings, Miss Cecelia Sharp, direction in the present movement. ... Mrs.. J. C. Weeter of Park City pledged Mrs Kate B. Anderson. the interest and assistance of the ladies in Transportation Mrs, Margaret A. Caine, Mrs Freeze Mrs. Joseph TKingsbury, Mrs. C. S, Kinmovement. her town said how much she was interested- in this ney, Mrs. Ella Stewart, Mrs II . W. Hvork and the motion that was previously Brown, Mrs Ruth M. Fox, Mrs. J. F. E. Talmage, Mrs. L. made to hold a Mothers' "Congress in this Mfllspaugh, Mrs. LV Archer. city was carried. Rece)tion--Mrs.H. Parsons, Mrs. Mrs. Parson moved that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to make Ellsworth Daggett, Mrs. M. C. Fox, Mrs. nominations for officers. This motion was George M. Downey, Mrs. William M. amended by Mrs. Wells so that the Stewart, Mrs. J. E. Jennings, Mrs. W. A. would consist of. seven instead of Nelden, Mrs. E. B. Critchlow, Dr. R. B. three members, and then the, motion, carried Pratt, Mrs, Frank; Pierce, Mrs. Mary A.. Mrs. W.. E. Smedley, Mrs. C. C. and the 'chair tfppouited Masdames E. H . Parsons, II. S. .Young, C. E. Allen, J. E. Goodwin, Mrs,. Hubbard W. Reed; Mrs. yH; L. ACulmer,, Mr,: H.Mcy tcker, BamtergerrL - . vice-president- t,Wnu-Driver,-Og- Mrs. Nellie Taylor, Mdv11- VaTfCmin.. Mrs. Mrs. J. C. Royal, Mrs. Camilla Cobb, ' Sol Siege!,. "Mrs.'C. II. Allen iH orreisponding secre-.-- . . r iai , ji treasurer. Mrs. W. P. Lynn, - ' . . s, MOTIIER'-CONGRFS- den; IN S . - - . , - re-suit- vice-presiden- s t. i S.-You- ng, - ; ' DKLKGATK l'KM UTAH. Mrs. Hannah Sorenseir, director of "Moth ers' Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, made an interesting address en the "PhysiShe said shi cal Side of Motherhood.' regarded woman, in her mission as a moth-tras the mediator between God and man The in the greatest function of creation. of today who young women and the men themMdves the vast marry and take upon , responsibilities which are to last this world, but through eternity, have no conception of what they .owe. to God and to themselves.. Marriage is embraced without an iota of knowledge of the physical, environments that make motherhood a glory. and a song. Girls should he educated to a proper knowledge of the responsibilities they are to undertake when, they embrace matrimony. The physical redemption of women would mean the glorification of mankind. -- .", DISSIPATION OF All the fears and all the curses that now so ruthlessly surround motherhood by -- reason of the ignorance of the laws of nature arid of God would be dissipated if the young girls were properly and purely made acquainted with the physical laws they should obey and which are to govern their future and the future of humanity as well.Mrs. Sorensen spoke with a slight Ger- man accent which made her address piquant but in no manner retarded the easy flow of her strong afnirmpTtsive ' sentences. In concluding her address she made a vigorous plea in favor of vegetarianism, declaring herself to be a vegetarian. She created much amusement by stating that she believed she was a little wiser than when she "ate the animals up." She created another round of laughter when she said: "I am proud to be a wo; man. I wouldn't be a man for anything m the world, and I wouldn't hive .a man to want to be a woman. Each has a sphere and each is dependent upon the other." Mrs. Sorensen in conclusion, paid a high tribute to the movement and its. leaders and was applauded for several minutes. A discussion of the' two papers was invit-e- d by the president, and an interesting interchange of views was indulged in, particularly on Mrs. SchofPs paper, by a number of the delegates. - : MRS. HENSLEY'S VIEWS. . to-thi- s - J. - E. .. . com-mitt- ee Mrs. Sorensen's paper was also discussed. Mrs. Hensley who spoke from one of the private boxes, was very earnest in her approval of the argument Mrs. Sorensen had "advanced. She said she had long been "amazed at the mock, modesty which had prevented the proper consideration of the subject Mrs. Sorensen, had so intelligently ; treated. The Countess of Brazza, when the applause which greeted Mrs. Hensley had subsided, gave a brief but interesting, descrip-".tio- n pX the advancement of practical educa') tion of wqmeti in Europe. ; . . ' ' : ); ' |