Show 1 PURER SALT LAKE SLOGAN OF WOMEN WHEN League Organized to Fight to End for Moral Betterment of 01 City ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT Many Disgraceful Evils re referred referred referred re- re to by Speakers Who Had Investigated D t t t M t t t t t t t tt-f tt f t T t u tt-t-u t t T TOr TO u r 1 f- f rf That this body of off f representative women omen here hereby b f ff f form torm Itself Itsel Into a permanent orl or- or f l 4 sanitation to bo be l known as t the e Women's league whose purpose f ff t f shall shaH be to carr carry on the work worl for f 4 the tue moral betterment of or Salt f t fLake t. t Lake CIt City a a t J I The above resolution was vas carried 1 unanimously b by the mass meeting of women held heM at the First M. M E. E church yesterday ay morning rooming an and afternoon Then TheIl came the election of officers the appointment ap ap- ap of committees and the adoption tion of de a constitution and by laws an anthe and andI I- I the forces fighting lighting for social purity I ISalt In InI I Salt Lake gained an nu ally alb that pledged pledge Itself to remain in the tile fiel field until victory vic vie victor tor tory had bad come Never e cr In the history of tho the cIt city or oi o othe or of th the state jt It t is declared has such a 0 gathering of oC women for 01 the tho same purpose pur pur- poso pose been known no When hen the time for tor departure caino camo the tho participants felt fel that thc they had assumed 1 a new duty 4 and that upon them rested e 1 new 1 Tue Tho meeting was marl marked ed Of or harmony that came caine after b by a spirit animated discussion had hal united nil all In support of a n common plan of oC action To In Briefly the league has for or Its Us ob objects objects ob- ob aJ J j tho tim enforcement of oC the curfew of ot I f v. v I f- f the child labor or and the social evil laws V the enforcement of 01 the laws nn and or ordinances ordinances or- or Y In hi regard to the time sale Eale of or liquor wu wine rooms and anti rooming looming houses an anI and andS I S the the broader bronder purpose purpose- of ot proper moral education of or the ho children and the genS general gen gen- en- en S eral erM aim of ot a cleaner clenner elt city S 1 Thc e p commenced at nt 10 5 o'clock it It consisted 1 of or talks and papers pa pa- pers pers on tho the various subjects Interspersed Interspersed interspersed inter Inter- U by appropriate musical num num- bers S The officers of the league as elected w wore re i The nIbe FIrst t Officers Mrs Irs C. C II IL McMahon president Mrs s. R R. M. M r. r Stevenson vice Ice president Miss Sarah rah Spalding second vice president Miss s Maud lautI Ditmas secretary Mrs C. C W W. Watson treasurer Directors Directors Ir Mrs E. E E. E Shepard Mrs Irs S P P. A. A Simpkin Mrs C. C C. C Sla Slade e Mrs Irs Don Coray Mrs Irs Freeman star S 'S tta dr C Charles Freund an and Mrs Irs Frank Trank- R cha 1 eL V e a 1 L i lr j r R. R Bowdle Bowdie Mrs Irs A. A J. J tr A. A T. T Moon roon On Constitution an and B Laws By-Laws Laws By ws Mrs C. C II H. McMahon Ic Mrs C. C S. S Kinney and aud Mrs frs Don Coray Regular meetings meetinG's are aro to be held hel the tile first Monday onda In each month and the I annual meeting tho tile third Monday in February S The meeting was called to or order er at S 10 o'clock by Mrs Irs E. E E. E Shepard who acted as chairman until the election S of or Mrs Irs McMahon to the presidents president's chair The Tho first speaker was Miss Le LeS LeSourd S Sourd Sour of tho the Y W. W C. C A. A who spoke of the tho work worl- of the Travelers Travelers' Aid so sot an organization that has for Its S S object the care of or strange women women an and andi i- i girls who are are arc forced to travel alone 5 S She cited numerous instances where the society members have e rescued women front from the forced attentions of unprincipled v In l at stations and other places paces The speaker el c. c expressed the hope that the proposed league would tal take taie e hold hol of this V work rork J S For D Detention HomeS Home Hume I S 'S Mrs Irs C. C IL McMahon spoke on the need needS S f for fOl 01 detention homes which she sho said LId was dally daily impressed upon her when she S saw the young children frequenting S places cf amusement In tho the night time S without caro care or or some chaperonage some e-some- some sometimes I S times because the they had no patents parents or proper guardians and sometimes because because because be be- cause the fathers and mothers themselves themselves them them- selves were at t fault She spoke of ot the tho work being being- done by the Canyon Crest CrestS Crest'S S 'S farm tarm and of the n need for more Institutions ot o the tho same kind lelnd On the subject of Rooming Kous Hou Houses es eg I Mrs P. P A. A Simpkin lea read lead 1 a strong paS paper pa pa- S per based on an examination that she ha had made on the subject Mrs Simpkin Simpkin Simpkin Simp- Simp kin t sal said ald that no greater agent of the social evil existed th than n the rooming S house To them young oung girls are arc ad admitted ad- ad she he said without question liquor I ii 19 sol sold 1 un und and the tIme spirit of ot abandonment aban aban- I prevails an and no questions questions' are asked From the secrecy that surrounded surrounded sur sur- 5 rounded tho the houses hOUSCH she declared people peo peo- pIe both Loth men an and women who pass puss passa to p a respectable and are received in TheS tho The 1 S best beAt society are accustomed to go 0 and andr r S S In indulge c in Immoral practices secure fr from m observation nUon The speaker freely 1 USe used ma many maimy y names end and other data ata gathered gath gath- 1 ered from rooming house l keepers an and andI I th the police S I r I Responsible for tor the great number of or I 1 I. I disreputable rooming houses In the city S said Mrs pore are the small police i force the laws that allow the tile Inmates when caught to get out on bail ball bonds and thus escape publicity the weak Va way in which the liquor laws are in- in forced torce an and other reasons Following luncheon came the Missionary Missionary Mis Mis- Union for an hour which was devoted principally to the discussion of oC child labor an and Its resulting evils Mrs W W. A. A Wight spoke on the thc general general gen gen- eral subject Miss II s Trask onn Utah Child Labor Laws s and Mrs C. C A. A Walker alker on The Beveridge Bill At the tho conclusion of ot the remarks telegrams asking that the Beveridge bill be bl passed were sent to Congressman Congress Congress- man Howell ell and to the Senate committee commit commit- tee before which the bill bm is no now being considered Talks A About bouL out Kinks JUnks Mrs P. P X N Cook Coo took up the tIme subject subject sub sub- Sect of Law Enforcement Her r re remarks remarks re- re I marks were directed to the observance I of the curfew health and other regulations regulations regu regu- lations concerned with with the the moral atmosphere at- at I of or the amusement places I ce in inthe tho the city The speaker ker said that she had found foun the small theaters of of tho the city with scarcely any exceptions were run in accordance with the law She Sho took a decided ed stand bland however ng against the roller oller skating rinks links one of which was placed In a most unwholesome lI light ht Dr Alice AIIce Houghton talked on when an and how properly to instruct tho child upon physical viewed from front froma fronta a and a moral standpoint Dr Houghton sal said in sub substance substance- lance If It you jou wish to mal mal- male mal e your our son a 0 goo good citizen you do not wait walt until ho he casts his first vote ote before berul teaching him to lo play fair fall to be helpful and devoted to principle You begin those lessons when shen he lie is f scarcely more than thana a baby If It you wish Ish your our t son on to 1 be become become be- be e- e come a Christian you OU do not wait walt until the da day he lie is confirmed to teach him faith In God Te Teach ch In hi Youth Neither when In the years ears between I 12 and 18 he forms torms habits which shall decide e the sort Bort of 01 man ho he is to be can you jou OU expect the tho results you wish If It you have not already 1 begun to teach him the great grent an and 1 vital lessons Of ot life During the time years ears before twelve is the golden opportunity to 10 form habits which have a lifelong influence on thu thy physical health Then is the time to teach the time child the tho value alu of or erect cruet carriage car car- e breathing proper matth mat mat- th ugh of ot food of cleanliness No less les Is It the time tp IP esta establish pure puro Ideals and cleanliness of or thought I S T |