The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-21
The Ladies' Literary Climb.

The club met atasthe usual hour
Friday. The first paper for the after
noon was one on ''Noicott BaIlestier -
The picture on the desk showed care
fully dressed young-old man, or elderly
youth, clean shaver, with smooth,
dark hair, thin nose and whimsically
mobile mouth. On the 18th of last
month, had he lived, he would have been
thirty years old. Ballestier is known
and loved more for his refined intelli-
gence and magnetic self than for his
writings. The loss s}5f one with such
great possibilities was mourned by two
continents. He wrote articles for the
leading magazines, short stories and a
few books. His collaboration with his
future brother-in-law, Rudyard Kip
ling, was Of great benefit to him After
making a name in his own country,
he went to England, where he had
never been heard of, and in an Eng
lishman's own words, There never
was such an invasion of London; he
was not merely one of our conquerors,
but the most successful of them all. -
A very interesting letter was read
from one of his friends.
Wishing to know some special par
ticular regarding Ballestier, a message
was sent to his old home in Vermont
of his death could be sent them they
would try and find out something
about him. Shame, New England Thy
sons and daughters blush for thee;
that children of the desert must be
asked for the record of one of thy
noblest sons!
For what was he, some novel power,
Splang up, for ever at a touch,
And hope could never hope so much
In watching him from hour to hour"
The second paper was on the United
States Naval and Military Schools. -
West Point was described, and the
other government schools taken up in
their order. Leavenworth and Fort
ress Munroe were spoken of, and a
number of very interesting photo
graphs shown.
The afternoon closed with a paper
on working Girls Club The first
club of the kind was started twelve
years ago in New York by Miss Grace
Dodge. She has made the club a
home to all it's members, a joyous
place, where fun and laughter are
nightly visitors. The club has a
kitchen where cooking lessons are
given. The best DIR ess makers and
milliners give lectures. The clubs aim
is to help the members in practical,
every day living, and to make better
women.
The desire of the club and the desire
puts to shame the aspirations of
prouder organizations, is to help others
needier than themselves. All working
girls clubs are copied after the one in
New York.
Hull house, in Chicago, was described
as a monument to the philanthropy
and energy of Miss Adams, follower
of Miss Dodge. She presides over an
elegant home, built in the midst of the
slums, and is elevating and encourage
ing, by being one of them, the daught-
ers of toll and privation.
The paper was concluded with sew
eral letters from Miss Dodge. One of
them closing with these lines:
Personally, | cannot speak of or
about self Life is full, and there is
in it glorious opportunities for living
lin with and for others. Faithfully
yours. GRACE H. DODGE"
Friday of next week Mrs. Margaret
Salisbury will read before the Ladies
Literary club a paper on ''The Wo-
mans Building at the Worlds Fair"
The Ogden Magazine Club.
The Magazine club met on Tuesday
last at the residence of Mrs Spivey.
lin Ogden. Despite the storm without,
twenty-four ladies were present, Mrs.
Elliot presiding. The appointments
for the afternoon were: Mrs. w. F.
Adams time-keeper; Miss Snow, re-
porter, and Miss Bigelow, critic pro
tenn
Exercises were begun by Mrs. Garlic
ton reading from Harper's Magazine
Mrs Carleton having told the ladies
on a former occasion how a member
gets into the house of commons. now