Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04


oago's noted club women.
There if Mrs Charles Henrotin 20 be-
ri1 vita, and such women a. Mrs,
Franklin MlcVoHfh. Mu. Carter fiAr-
fianu. Airs Frederick Ilimau. Mrs.
John ~ Jnwctt. Mrs. H. ~. Wilmarth
ana Aiu. clinton Locke. Under our
chief of pHrliamcntariaua, Mrs. urqu-
hart Lee, these women nrc % be given
advanced obstruction In the Tine art OF
parliamentary usage.
THE class Dr. 10 open In the morning az
Handel Hall and continue TO ten cun-
ancutivn Saturdays. 10 Or not exclusive,
Tor 'whosocvcr VIII may come"
There are other interesting clubs In
the state which were "hcafd from" at
The quincy convention. There iH the
Ncvlr Grow Old club VI Mount Pulaski.
Tor inrtHncc
In this town these women. who rnnge
in Hrn 900 The way from 20 Co 10. meet
forinirhiy t1 talk things over with she
aIl of "a ouu uf tea. There d. mo- liter
ntY prnHrum, bot "a social INTERCHANGE
uf Ideas on the topics NJ the DAY.
'lhorc arr Thirty members. the president
hclng 40 O.. a. Fryer
This clnh De- reminder vi thu Winter.
green club % Boston, whose members
ntc aiso gutivltinE the nne art Of
fruwlnF 0ll gracefully This means
that thry ore intellectually active. Tor
"a woman whose mind a. alert. mo- mat
for II ahe he lol years old. mover grows
hnmelN 1f cuuntrnlucH.
Thor o. another club of equal inter
est, nnd tho ante-cluh woman umcH
when tho cold ladies" dosel in tho cor.
ncr na soon na enc meridian ~ 100 was
reached Row they are called elderly
ladies' aud are nothing " not wide
awake.
Another unique club represented az
Quincy o. tho itousokearerf club OF
Chlmpnigu SIR il0nfy Dunlap. well
known club woman of tfat college
town. rpli0 ihH Hu0l word for a.
70 d. more rNHct. Mrs Dunlap lives
out % Champaign ut lIftI. place
called eav0y. Ioinr particularly nter.
cgtcd in domoauH acienco rhr organized.
not long ago. club Tor fhr farmers
wives who Use ihOrrnhoutH anu whose
knowiedgc or the culinary art even
afior many matrimonial years ia pain.
fully limited. There are thIriv-nyo
members Including young rirl1 from rs
TO n yenu VI age. Several ~ the
memhers come slN miles TO tho fort
nightly meeting
~ FAR the most unusual feature N
this club IL that the members, who
meet in Mrs Dunlap's spacious kitchen.
do not Tit on HtralEht-bnck chairs and
listen 90 q dcmonstrntur of domestic
Hcicnce. Rather. they roll up thrir
sleeves. after some one has ruErostel
god recipe. and proceed 90 make the
Eattfonomlc concnction.
This ilUuHokeaunrH' club. In n word.
a. strictly practical Ana the good Lord
knows nothing iH ao much needed 10 the
modern kiichHn ns a lltte-rathcr, "a
lot-of common sense.
The Kanknkee woman'a club ~ also
deserving ~ teHerahle mention II "
cortnlnlv unique b several particulars.
Not 'nng MO- those dubbed sisters.
wiehlnR Tor whcfUW,thal Tor "a certain
charity tried the old scheme ~ selling
worn clothing nt nominal price The
scheme was q success morally rather
than financially. Il o. said but shows
that whore the club woman has the wlll
she win Try TO ind the way.
Among the many charities M these
club women may De- mentioned their
efforts on behalf nf tho inmates N their
poorhouso Not only do thoy send Illus
trntnd magazines 10 these unfortunate
ones. but provide entertainment Of "a
musical character from time 20 time.
The singers have cultivated voices,
what ~ more. ana. there o. no doubt,
add untold pleasure 10 the uncvuniful
lives of the poorhouse people.
Therein ~ r1nd-slzcd suggestion Tor
club women who nro ctcrnally strnlning
after lntellectualiilea and utterly neg
lcct to lend a hand"
Among other cnterprlulnF Illinois
clubs may be mentioned the Lincoln
wumar'r club. which not only cnrua for
an the poor IN that town. but aupporta
an Industrial school Tor girls.
The E,qn Womnn'H club also does
good thing. II directs itr efforts toward
a hospital which was started and "a
sustained By women. Everything about
the hospital. from the htohen garden
90 the nurses training school. II man
aged hy those club women.
In Peoria the Catholic Wnman'H
League among other chnrltlel, furn-
iahcs professional nurse Tor the poor.
" also locke after ten children, keeping
brother and sister together 20 that
home tiles may not be hrok.u.
The NATION Council " Women has
q sewing school ana kitchen garden,
whore goo Girls receive instruction.
And Hn one might run on forever tel
linz Of the thousand and one phllnn-
/ throplcs successfully sustained Ia llll-
nols hy club women. For q fact, there
were q hundred such reports nt the
| quincy convention.