Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-24

Since returning from thlchgo anu
the Columbian Exposition have been
informed that little Ia known here at
home Of cur meeting there In conneo.
ticn with the "woman'e Congress Of
Representative Women" and ihere-
fore "a journalist feel called upon to
make some report, through the
columns OF the DEsERET NEWS, which
has such large circulation among
those who are specially interested In
the organizations ihns were repre-
scented.
Nearly all the women who took part
In the meetings have now returned
home, safe and well with one excep.
tlon (Mrs Sarah NJ. KimbalD who wa,
very III while away and has not yet
recovered from tho severe cold taken
IN Chicago.
The meeting OF tho National Wo.
man. Relief Society was held on the
morning Of May 10, as expected, in
Room VII asslgn,d to Us previously.
IL may be- well TO explain that on the
same morning, meutinge were held in
many o the Department Halls 40 well
ma IN both Congftss HALF, drsisnattd
Hall Of Columbus AMI Hall u Wash
inglon. These two nrc tho mniu halls
of Inc building ami hold between three
and four thousand people. Besides
thpse there are thirty-ihrUu Department
Il
three to eight hundred. Room VII,
where our meeting was huid, has a
seating capacity a eight huuurr'i this
being one Of the largtsl sized Depart
mont Haila.
Our meeui ~ we're well advertised auI
the program VI the Congress contained
the notices Of them on the day named,
Unfortunately fJt us on that pAtticu.
lar morning there were several meet
iuas going Oh, likely 10 ueifnct from
the Interest Ia ours, besides tue Con.
rfosses prupSr Ina the two main halls
mentioned, where several celebrated
women were 10 HpeHk ON popular
tbsmes. one Of those was the Inter.
national Council " Women which
met Ia Hall NNtV, fir the transactljn
of busiutas aud election OF OIL Gers.
-
tiDnal Society Of the Daughters VI the
American Revolution, aud there are
several Others equally Interesting,
twenty In MI. This was tins case every
day towards the close Of the week, the
lime being far too short for such an
important Congress VI organizations
all uArts OF tins world.
1.-THE nouT appointed Friday morn
ing, 10 n. M, Mrs. ZiuR -. II. Young
aud those who were expected ~ take
an active part In the prUcrrIings were
upon the platform IN their respective
tiaces. Me. Sarah NJ. KimbAl offered
u very Impressive anu eloquent prayer,
Miss Kate Romnuy gave n musical
selection upun the organ, aud the choir
OF young ladies, Mrs. Minnie J. Snow
leading, rendered the inspiratlonai
hymn, 80 my Father, Thou that
dw,llesi," etc, composed by Eliza IL.
Snow.
President ZinR ID. II. Young made
the opening address IN her character
iatio motherly way, aud was followed
Ivy the vice president OF the Society,
Mrs. Jane :. Richards, who In a hrloi
paper summed up the aims nnj bene.
hts OF the organization, It's numbuTH
and the magnitude Of the work In
clear aud comprehensive manner.
Pioneer Women " Utah la lsiT anu
ls45, by Mrs. NJ. Isabella Horne, was
well received anu appreciated, Judg'
ing from the comments la tho papers
since. lt WAS descriptive Of the tourney
across The Plains, the huIiiships encoun.
tered. Mrs. Zina Young Card's subject
was Tho Children, and she gave IL In
glowing terms; she has good volcoaud
tier enunclRtiOn In dislinct-in facts
possesses some OF the attractive quail
tiles In speaking with which her
father, the late President Brigham
Young, was 70 largely endowed, ana
considering that her mother also eX'
GELS In this respect II would only be
natural that tue daughter should
enjoy large share OF this excellent
gilt.
The paper given by Mrs. Nellie
Little widow Of the late EX-MayOr
FemmOrz Little) was ono that at
iracted ttention-A musements of tho
Early Days In Utah, ana tho subject
was graphically handled. Mrs, LATHE
IL fino reader, aud acquitted herself
admirably on this occasion. Western
Women, Authors aud Journalists, by
the present writer We shall leave
others 10 Judge; we aided TO our talk
OF women winters some facts about
grain.saYing, n subject with which We
Rre somewhat familiar. Martha