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Show I 1 Society J CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. I Noxt Friday evening at tho Ogden High school a Christmas program will " , be given to which everyone is invited. The school work will be concluded for 1 j the holidays and until after the first V-SBp MEET ON TUESDAY. Tbe Presbytcrlan auxiliary of tho 1 1 Rcd Cross will meet for work Tuesday .1 afternoon in the church parlors. W&m CRADLE ROLL. " 'J$mm T1i following will bo hostesses at r-3SH 8Pclal Christmas social of the JHH Presbyterian Cradle Roll meeting H Wednesday afternoon in Presbyterian jfH Mrs. John Williams, Mrs. W. A. ojH Johnson, Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. Henry H Hall, Mrs. A. Y. Richmond. The 500 club ladies are knitting at jM the home of Mrs. M. S. Browning this S Forest Service Ladles. Mrs. Franklin J. Ryder will bo hostess host-ess on Wednesday evening at her home, 1059, Twenty-sLxth street, to the forest service ladies who are engaged in knitting for tho members of the forest reserve regiment in France. The last meeting was held at Qhe homo of Mrs. Charles Kendall on Wed-nesday, Wed-nesday, December 12, when about tjJt twenty -six were present, Vincent Chautauqua flrcle. rjjH The Vincent Chautauqua circle held gH a very enthusiastic meeting Friday aft- crnoon at the city hall. Nearly all the ladles are doing splendid work in the , Red Cross and arc finding that the Red Cross knitting may bo brought into the circle as an additional activ-ity. activ-ity. The women of today are being called Into new fields of labor and , need a larger mental outlook. We can 1 give better service to our country by keeping our intellectual life up to a high standard. . The discussion of the afternoon per- 1 talned to Roman history. The age of Timerius and Julia shows us the conflict of two opposing influences; the one the inclination of xloing away with all the old traditions and the ' spirit of mysticism of the Orient that invests the monarch with supreme power and make his subjects mere chattels; the other tlie assertion of the individual right, thq spirit of democ- Mrs. A. T. Lochhead gave a very able paper on the "Influence of Wine HK in Roman History," showing the Indus-j trial progress and prosperity brought i S,-Ttefi about by the world trade made pos- p.ipr sible by the large conquests of the j Roman empire, proving conclusively! & j that the prosperity of peace far ox-j ceeded the prosperity of tho conquest sheckles poured Into Roman coffers. The "Social Development of the Roman Empire" was Intelligently discussed dis-cussed by the entire circle and all agreed that our own age Is reflected In the historical mirror of Rome; that we are at present passing through our commercial age. This influence is often so strong as to influence the art and even the literature lit-erature of a nation and accounts for the fact that Roman art of this period was not original but copied and in many cases even vulgarized. Thursday, December 20, was unanimously unani-mously set apart as a day to be devoted de-voted to the making of bandages for the Red Cross at the deaf and blind school under the supervision of Mrs. Drlggs. Royal Neighbors. The Royal Neighbors of America held their annual election of officers last Monday evening. Those elected were: Oracle, Mary Duffy; vice oracle, Anna Wadman; chancellor, Zella Rail; recorder, Nettie Turner; receiver, Emma Shaughnessy; marshall, Ellen Hansen; assistant marshal, Ella Jones; inner sentinel, Elizabeth Fitz-simmons; Fitz-simmons; outer sentinel, May Brown; managers, Ella Shaffer, Jennie Thayer Thay-er and Anna Turner; physicians, E. P. Mills and E. M. Conroy; musician, Pearl Elliott; captain, Anna Turner. nn |