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Show TRUTH. 8 WOMEN'S CLUBS. The Clean City clubs arefast organizing for effective work. It is asserted that resident of Malt Lake would not know the town if within one week if it could be assured that every man, woman and child would refrain for that length of time from throwing paper and fruit peeling in the streets. Surely this much could easily be done, and in no city is united effort more needed than here in Salt Lake, ft ft The Womans club celebrated their Presidents day" on Tuesday with a delightful piogram of Poetry and bong." A talented lady of San Diego, Cal., who has been spending the winter in tihs city and in Colorado, Mrs. Nelle Averill Armstrong, 11. E., gave an an afternoon of recitations, interspread by two charmingly rendered solo's by Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. Armstrong began her program by an apt question from Longfellows The Day is Done," and gave a symposium of recitations from the humbler poets. First among her favorites in this class, was Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The choice from her, poems was' My Ships" and The Birth of the Opal. The Barnacle, by Sidney Lanier, a humorous selection followed, entitled Jinimie Brown's Prompt Obedience" Eugene Fields Little Boy Blue, and A TeleThe Bells of Notre Dame. Helen Conversation Gregg, by phone Two beautiful selections by James G. Clark, The voice of the Mountains1 and The Captains Signal were much appreciated.- After Mrs. Anderson singing 1 Cannot Help Loving you and Dost thou Know that Bright Land," Mrs. Armstrong gave au an extract from King John, showing her power in tragic scenes. Then an Timothys amusing sketch from Quest followed to the delight of the After this came, two audience. Riley in by James WhitcombAn Old Sweet more pathetic vein, A Monument and for mine heart of session ended The the Soldiers. aptly with What is a Womans Club? by Sarah A. Palmer, this closing a most enjoyable and unusual program, after which delicious refreshments were half hour served and a social While the was day spent.1 . . - " . was given up to pleasure, the- interest in the leagues was are ladies the zealously unabated; working to have all the schools form their leagues. Eight of the schools are now enrolled and four others are ready to enlist under the banner of the Woman's club movement Other schools and the Sunday schools, also are becoming interested, and already good effects are noticable among the boys, and girls too. who have given up the use of the cigarette. - anti-cigaret- te ft ft women, to reach our city en route to the bienniel in Los Angeles, is to arrive from Kansas this afternoon at three oclock over the Oregon Short Line. They will remain until Sunday noon. The Michigan delegation is the next to arrive, coming over the Rio Grande Western at 9:35 Sunday morning and spending the day in the city. The Massachusetts delegation is due on Monday morning at 7 o'clock and will remain in the city but four hours. ft ft Mrs. Florence E. Kelly, secretary of of the National Consumers League of New York, talked on Wage Earning Children on Thursday afternoon at the Ladies Literary club house, on Thursday evening Mrs. Kelly lectured on the subject of the Consumers league an'd she will talk on College Settlement Work, on Saturday evening at the club house. Mrs. Kelly is an earnest and convincing speaker, telling of the horrors of the conditions surrounding the people of. the submerged tenth, a cause Blie has so much at heart, in a manner that can not fail to enlist the sympathies of her hearers. After the close of lecture on Thursday afternoon, refreshments were served and a social half hour was was enjoyed. ft ft There is likely to be a mighty big fuss at the convention of Womans clubs to be held at Los Angeles next week: The fuss has already begun in Salt Lake and will probably be taken to Los Angeles for settlement. The cause of the disturbance is Dr, Maggie B. Shipp Roberts,' the reputed plural wife of B. H. Roberst. Dr. Roberts is president of the Authors club of Salt Lake which was recently admitted to membership in the federation. By virtue of her office, Dr. Roberts is entitled to act on the- reception committee and perform other important functions at the Federation meeting. Several' ladies of the Salt Lake delegation, have refused to act in conjunction with;Dy... Roberts or vto be identified with her. at all on account of the polygamous relations she is alleged to sustain with Mr.. Roberts. There is a decidedly unpleasant feeling and if the affair is carried into the convention it promises to eclipse in interest the question .of .the admission of colored women' as members of the federation. ft ft Mrs. EmmaO. Fox, secretary of the G. F. W. C. will arrive in Salt Lake on m fc . - - Mrs. Graham Pntnam vice chairman and Mrs. Loomis secretary. ft ft Mrs. W. A. Nelden will leave today for Los Angeles, in advance of the Mrs. Nelden will Utah delegation. con vention on the subject address the of the Traveling Library. Sunday morning with the Michigan delegation. Mrs. Fox is a noted and has written a book on parlimentary laws which is the recognized text book of the General Federation of Womans Clubs. While in the city, Mrs. Fox will be the guest of her friend Mrs. C. S. Kinney. parli-mentari- an ft ft Another distinguished visitor is Mrs. May Alden Ward, who will be the guest of Mrs. Fabian. ft ft The history section of the Ladies Literary club, met on Thursday morning at ten oclock. Mrs. Bintz gave an interesting paper on The Consulate. The subject for one minute talks was Josephine and Hortense. TEDDY'S SOLILOQUY. Near the Capitol door on the west facade . Sat the Broncho buster dreary and sad. His gaze to the land of the setting sun. His griefs enumerating one by one. The Monument leans as it towers in space, The Mall has lost its usual grace. The Museum has aged a hundred years, The fish in the hatchery are bathed in tears The old White House looks like thirty cents, The regular meeting of the Ladies There we oft have dined with spirits Intense, afIn that strenuous fashion blithe and gay, Literary club, was held yesterday As we did out west in an earlier day. ternoon. Dr. Paden gave an enterthe halls of justice cobwebs abound; taining address on The Soul of the InThe Library, still as a burying ground . Mrs. Igleheart gave some The House Lyric. and Senate ignore the law, a readings in her charming style,a and Mac on the jaw. No upper-cTilmans piano solo by Mrs. Peabody, vocal deut solo by Mr. Copley closed a most lightful session of the club. ft ft The Reviewers met on Monday at the home of Mrs. Morris L. Ritchie. Mrs. Lee presented an able paper on Japan Her Political and Commercial Aspects. Mrs. David Evans reviewed Jacob Riiss book, The making of an American. ft ft The Woman's clubs, almost without exception, are serious organizations, an exception to the general rule, however, has arisen in the organization of the Papyrus club in San Francisco. It is composed of a large number of leading club women and is in reality an organized protest against the alleged tendency of the sex to take life too seriously. At their meetings the members must tell a good story, perpetrate a good joke or ask a good conundrum. The first meeting was a hilarious success and numerous gentlemen are .seeking admission, thus far without success. The Papyrians have made application for membership to the G. F. W. C. It is hoped no objection will be made to the admittance of the lighter vein. ft ft The annual meeting of the music section of the Ladies Literary society was held Wednesday morning. Mrs. W. A. Nelden was chairman, . re-elec- ted Past are my glories, my achievements nil. Een that brilliant charge up San Juan Hill. The praise of millions enhances my gloom, And I wearily pace from room to room. Most sorrows are fleeting, and have a cure, Yet mine tests power of man to endure. In the accustomed place I see his chair; On the mantel shelf, a lock of his hair. the Blue Room walls hangs a Natlons-pride- , With the portrait of Thomas by its side; But treasures of art nor priceless urns Can assuage my grief like Senator Kearns. On Lady. HOMESEEKERS ASSOCIATION. The National Homeseekers Association has purchased within the past two or three weeks homes for six Salt Lake people. Contracts are maturing rapidly and in a very short time many more homes will be in course of construction in this city and elsewhere. The form of contract adopted by the association has been approved by the "government, department of the interior, 'which brings the association under restrictions similar to those governing national banks, and is a guarantee to investors of the soundness of the institution. The National Homeseekers Association has met with great favor and is doing a laree business not only in Salt Lake but all over the country. It has eliminated from its contracts the impossible features and glittering inducements held out by many similar associations and is doing business on a sound basis. - Dr. Herbert Fisk of the North Western University, after making a study of the tobacco habit, in his college for eleven years, says that according to statistics, the users of tobacco are the 'get poor scholars. The studentsis who low marks, of course say it not- due to tobacco, but last year notone of the boys who used tobacco stood in the first rank. This has been the usual rule. The largest percentage of in the fifth rank tobacco users is found ' of scholarship. . - t ' - ft ThotrtCl4 UofTXCT f Lessee and Manaerr f .ft-:.- ' - Dr. Fisk feels the force of his observations so strongly, that he lias recently told his students that those who were using tobacco and did not care to give it up, had better make arrangements to leave school. Thorough concentration to work is not compatable with the habit of cigarette smoking, ft ft The first delegation of visiting club V Office in Deseret National Bank' CAPITAL $75,000.00, TMLEPHONK 42. NCORPORATED Sait Lake CmfUtu. |