The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-30

of the state: the board of education in
Salt Lake also allowed the collection.
1t is true that all of this was not ac-
complished without some hard work.
but nothing is worth winning which
does not require effort.
The consent of officials having been
given the work remained with the
committee to provide for taking up the
collection. AS a ground work of public
sentiment upon which to build. we is
sued an address to the citizens of the
per and sent out by hundreds to promi-
nent citizens OF the state. Letters were
sent to every county superintendent re-
questing him TO direct the teachers I'M
der him, TO take up the collection. Spe-
cial letters We're sent to each teacher,
through the county superintendent, and
$50 of these letters were typewriter
by Miss Margaret N. Game and Miss
Ida Mitchell, work which the COM
mittee should appreciate highly.
Logan was visited by Mrs. Margaret
A. Game in the interests of the COM
mittee, and Cache county thus came
forward with large contribution. The
vice chairman visited Ogden and found
the ground already prepared by Mrs. T.
A Whalen, committeewoman for Og-
den. The schools of Salt Lake City
the city superintendent, following out
the action of the board.
The work of attending to the collee-
tionS in the schools has been very
heavy. The work of the secretary, Miss
Hardness, reached large proportions,
but the chief burden has fallen upon
our treasurer Mrs. r. ]. Fabian. The
$500 reported from the school collection
has been collected in small sums, and
l. =
received has been very large. The re-
Spouse of the school children TO the
appeal of the committee was very graf
flying. One thousand two hundred in
dividual certificates for subscriptions
have been issued by the committee AL
most every school district reporting
showed a contribution from the teach
ers, and it is sure that the committee
are greatly indebted to the teachers OF
the state for their sympathetic interest
in the cause.
y colonial reception was given at the
house of Mrs. c. NJ. Downey to defray
the necessary expenses of the commit
tee in postage and stationery. This
event was a complete success, and as
sisted very much in helping to form a
public sentiment favorable to our cause
in this city. During the summer Mrs
Salisbury resigned her Craftsmanship OF
the committee, and / was appointed her
successor. l accepted the position with
hesitation, as 1 felt that the work she
began should have her official leader
ship to its completion. Mrs. Sails
bury's service has been recognized by
the national committee by her election
as national vice president.
our final effort to complete Utah's
quota of money has been a complete
success. Everything has contributed to
the result. The programme for the en-
tertainmsnJ was made very attractive,
so the tickets sold readily. The paper
by Captain Ducat was Of marked lit
erary merit, as well as of dramatic in
terest. The music furnished was Of a
high order, and the recitation of the
''Recessionap was eminently appropri-
ate. The decorations were strikingly
beautiful and the occasion altogether
one long to be remembered.
Mention should also be made of the
successful guessing contest under the
charge of Mrs. Louise Smedley Smith.
What we have accomplished by this
united effort, seems to me to be typi-
cal Of what might be done for worthy
causes here at home. There are many
interests in Salt Lake suffering for
just such hearty. efficient work as we
have put upon this George Washing
ton memorial. / hope that our success
in this cause may be taken as a type
Of what the women of Utah are going |
to accomplish in many lines in the near |
future.
Thanking the committee. one and all, /
Tor their hearty cooperation, respect |
July submitted.
CORINNE NJ. ALLEN,
Chairman