The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-26


To the Editor of THE HERALD:
As there are many inquiries regarding
these new organizations now forming in
Utah, it might be well to print, for the benefit
of them all, a letter just received from Caro-
line B. Buell., corresponding secretary of
the National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union. Frances E. Willard, the pres
ident of this union. is admitted to be the
most capable woman for organizing that we
have in America. Already her orgauiza-
tons have reached into the thousands, the
members into hundreds of thousands, reach
ing into India. China, Japan and other for
eign countries. She has organized worlds
union, hoping that the women may clasp
hands and encompass the world, and by
united effort, vanish King Alcohol from the
nation Knowing her to be authority upon
organizing and upon the duties Of respect
i've officers, l have opened a correspondence
with Miss Frances Z. Willard and received
in reply several letters. One from the cor
responding secretary, relative to the duties
of that Office, publish below.
CHICAGO, March IS, 1889.
Dear Mrs. kirby:
yours at hand I send you my little
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which may give you some hints and help in
your new organization. Also card giving
a little idea of Parliamentary usages
THE recording secretary, If there is one,
issues calls for meetings; at least that is
her work, or a part of it, and she takes the
minutes. The duties of the corresponding
secretary, are those pertaining to CORE
spondence. as the name indicates. Still the
corresponding secretary is the important
officer next to the president.
THE corresponding secretary and the pres
ident usually get up the programmes and
the corresponding secretary has voice and
vote in deciding all questions. Usually she
and the president are the ones who lay plans
and see that they are carried out.
''If at any time l can answer further ques-
tons 1 shall be glad to do so:
Sincerely Yours,
CAROLINE B. BUELL.
I consider it highly important that all
officers should inform themselves upon their
respective duties. So have acted upon
nv advice and consulted the highest author
ity upon woman's organizations, and
learned the duties of my Office. Societies
NAV differ little in technicalities, but Par
imentary rules usually show the duties OF
president and other officers to be about
the same in all these organizations. l will
gladly lend 1.-The Helping Hand to any OF
the ladies in our organization, or help them
in any way 1 can to further the good of our
society. For it is that which we are all
aiming to do and to learn as veg on, show
ing a disposition to seek and to receive in
formation from those who are in position
to give it to US.
We are growing in numbers, and our
society being entirely unsectarian, we will
have to study the laws that govern similar
societies and abide by them. We are made
more or less accountable for our works to
the n. w. S. A, having been made auXilli-
airy to their organization.
At our next meeting there will be an OPP
portunity for all interested to join US, and
we hope to swell our ranks on that occasion.
G. l. KIRBY.
81 S. First East street.