Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-16
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Mrs. uusIc ID. II. Wells followed WIN
an article on Alexander POPE
The tourist section Of the Ladies LAT
efary club has charge oil the eiuv ~.
gram Friday afternoon. Dec, 2snd' 'ne
following program will be given
1. prulds and pruidicai Monuments
Mrs. fentoh
q Mont st. Michel ........Mrs. DaipS
J. A Tour In Normandy and btu,
tany 49,. ......,.M Mrs. T. q. Webper
The next regular section meeting w, MI
be Tuesday morning. January Jul. i'vo'
when the study OF Paris VIII eor''''"'S'
The u. A. II. society was entertained
on Thursday at the home OF Mrs. Chis-
holm. when an Interesting program
was given and number OF new menu
beers admitted.
The n. w. p. c. win meet with Mrs.
| Annie Schiller, 5;I eas' Fourth South
street, Saturda. evening. Dec. ~. fro-
gram: a poem by Mre. Phoebe Young
| talk on Social Settlement Work, by
Mrs. Mcvicker. q letter from Mrs, Al
| der viii be read. current topics by Mrs.
Annie Schiller.
Philadelphia lays claim 10 the oldest
| Momans club In the country. IL was
founded i0i years aRo by twcnty-three
young women OF prominent quaker
families. and II stlll q fiourishinE or
ganization. II II called "thc Female So
clety for the Relief and Employment OF
| the Poor" At the Office OF the organi-
zation. which has been for nifty years
ut No. liz North Seventh street. ein-
ployucnt II given during the winter
| months In mending, knitting and sew
| ing 20 more than hundred women.
| The product OF their labor IN disposed
| OF at a store attached to the home OF
the club. Private sewing II also done.
Membership In the organization II In
hcritcd through the eldest daughter
passing In direct line from the found
.rs.. Tho business II conducted by a
| committee OF thirteen and the officers.
who are two clerks and treasurer.
Club women have 1900 calendar OF
their own. Mrs. Furlin y. Ban. ex-
president OF the Chicago woman's Club.
has compiled II for charity. II II artis-
tlcaily gotten up, and. what Is more. In
OF unusual merit In thnt the quotations
| arranged for each day In the year are
4 not hat. stale and Improbable" as
| critics ere fond Of saying, but brimful
OF clevcrness from the bcst-known
writer's and wits. Here are several
samples;
| ''Biessed IL he who has nothing to say
and says 'lt."-Lowcll.
Men who stand much upon their
dignity have not. as rule. much else
TO stand upon."-Merrlman
Ignorance IL not 50 damnable as
humbug but when Il prescrlbes pills
II may happen TO do more HARM
| Eliot
f',rh' dead IRE always poplar. I knowd
a society wanst TO vote q MONUMENT to
man an refuse to help his family,
all In wan nlght.'-Mr. Doolcy.
That weil-known charity In Chicago,
the Erring Woman's Refuge. OF which
Mrs. l.. II. Doud Is president. In Il {
beneficiary OF this strictly up-to-date
calendar. II II ON sale. by the way
at the Chicago Woman's Club. and club
women are buying up couples foI
Christmas gifts.
"'Twere good you do 80 much fol
charity" IL the Shakespearean sugges.
ton on the cover--and n good Christ.
mas reminder for everybody.
speaking OF calendars. the suffragisti
also have one for 1900 that IL interesting
and unique. The compiler Is the well
known national organizer. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait.
This onc-it II called Woman
Century Calendar"-is booklet o
eighty pages Aside from dates for tn
coming year It has In chronological or