The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-21
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Your president would like to call your
attention TO some OF the Denetcent work
undertaken by other clubs, but that she
fears TO trench upon the ground OF the
one Who is TO tell US what some eastern
clubs are DOING Reference Will be made
only to some CUBS lately visited.
Inc colorado Momans league, mem
per OF the Colorado federation, has formed
classes IN sewing, reaalng, writing and
arithmetic Tor giris of that race WHO de-
sire Improvement in these lines The
club meetings are he'd on Thursday after
noon, IN order that the servant girls may
attend.
The Clio of Denver has formed several
annexes, Which are under the direction
OF the mother CLUB, and whose members
! are permitted to wear the general feder-
alton badge. One annex is for young
girls from L to 10 years, who meet once
| month TO carry cut their programme
and transact business according TO par
Aamentary rules, presided over by their
own officers, but aided by suggestions
from some member of the mother club
Who is always present.
| Anotner annex is for girls who are en-
] pioyed during the day as salesWomen or
stenographers. This club meets in the
evening at the homes of members of the
mother club. To these young women the
! little blue enameled silver pin is not only
a passport into good society," but a shield
/ Oh protection against aggression and in
suit, tor back of that simple badge is
the power of the great boay of women
panoed together TO promote the best in
! terests of Womankind
The last annex formed is novel one.
! being composed of both men and women.
open meetings, to which men can be in
vlted, have been advocated by several
/ CLUBS, and this may prove to be the latest
| phase of club DEVELOPMENT One woman
| woman says 1t is conducive of good man
ners, and quotes Emerson's saying that
Inc culture OF good manners is even
more important than mental culture
| Practical work has been done by the
! NJ . o1,II1 in
! Denver in purchasing forty framed and
glazed picturess, which they have dis
tr1buted among the public schools of that
city. When the pictures have been in a
room for month, they are exchanged
Tor those in some other room or school.
one club that has always closed its years
work with a banquet has voted the
money this year for furnishing room
in the home for young women.
Mrs. Henrotln, president of the General
Federation of Woman's clubs, has said
The club should be the literary center of
the community in which it is situated, it
should keep in touch with the educational
movement surrounding it, should work
TO establish kindergartens, public libra
ries travelling libraries, and encourage
both art and literary movements.
TO ENLARGE SOCIAL LIFE.
THE social life of the place, whether
city or country, should be enlarged and
the tone elevated, for the woman's club
is the most democratic of institutions,
and therefore a strong social factor.
The club women of Utah have made an
advance in the right direction, for it IS
through their efforts that the library bill
went through the legislature and has
become a law. Their lnnuence was also
felt in other good legislation, notably in
the silk culture bill.
There is still great need of their work
in public education. This state fedora
ton has its work also, as well as the
individual clubs. To quote Mrs. Hem otin
again, THE state federation should, it
seems to me, not only aim to cultivate a
social feeling, but also do some practical
work, each state, of course, selecting the
work which seems most valuable to its
own community
The Maine federation, always foremost,
has taken for it's special work the i'm
provement of the public school system.
the establishment of kindergartens and
public Libraries.
Minnesota has taken village improve
ment and travelling libraries.
Colorado, being state where the wo-
men are citizens, has deemed it the part
of wisdom to take up the study of civics.
Would it not be well for our federation
to decide what should be its special line
of study and work?
We have not yet chosen our motto.
When me do, let it be one that expresses
the aim of the full, round life of that
noblest thing on earth, the typical club
woman.
SOCIAL PURITY.
Mrs. May P. Moyle, on social purity.
said in part:
The subject upon which 1 am to ad-
dress you this afternoon is one of such
Importance that it cannot be over
estimated. 1t is concern for the
deepest and most earnest consideration
of every member of this noble re-
public of ours for it is the basis upon
which rests. the higher relation to-
wards which we, as a nation. think
we are advancing. If we consider the
subject honestly and dispassionately
we must agree with the writer who
says, that nothing but virtue and in |
telligence can save a republic from |
ending in despotisul, corruption and |
anarchy. All soeiologists agree that |
what promotes the health, happiness !
and personal welfare of the greatest I
number should. be the care of every |
individual member of a higher civilized |
society. If this precept were carried |
out a glorious advancement would fol- |
low such as would put to shame the |
golden age of Greece and Rome and I
Utopia would no longer be beautiful I
dream but would fast become a reality. |
Instead of the ideal, however, we
are confronted with condition of |
society that is simply appalling. We
have no such appalling pictures here as
what we do see gives Us : = r idea of
what exists elsewhere.
Thousands In AFFECT poverty huddled /
together in the large tenaments. Is it
that they do not even know
the meaning of morality? Born and
bred in such an atmosphere. how can
we expect the children to be other
than criminal, vicious and depraved? /
This condition is explained in number
Of ways. The politician will tell you the
government is to blame. the temper
ance lecturer will say it comes from
drink, the religious that it is because
it is because women are accorded no
political rights. Perhaps all these are
correct. There are many causes.
The first thing to be done is to i'm
prove the physical condition of the
lower classes in society. If we wish the
stream to become clear we must of
necessity purify the source of it's sup
ply Our stream Of humanity is the
children; it must be made bright by the
Is the innate tendency of the child
toward good or evil? The laws of
1eredity largely govern this The
physician will prove to you that the
majority of the vicious and criminal
classes are the victims of heredity
Disease generated through immortality,
,urses generation after, generation.
'eaching much further than the biblical
bird and fourth. Parental influence
S the important factor if this race of
ours is to be purified.
AN EQUAL STANDARD.
. Moral surroundings cannot exist I'M
ess an equal standard is maintained.
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