The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15
NOTED WOMAN LEADER HERE
MRS. HENRoTIN TALKS ABOUT
HER PRESENT WORK.
Devoting Her Time to Improving the
Condition of Women Wage-eaIn-
ers of Chicago.

Mrs. Charles Henrotin, the former
president cf the general federation of
women's clubs, is spending few days
in the city visiting her son, Charles
Henrotin, jr., who is interested in the
Silver King and other mining properties
in the state.
Through her work for women, es-
pecially in connection with the club
movement, the charming little EXPIRES
ident has won for herself a national
reputation. At the biennial meeting
in Denver last June it was very evil
dent that the success of the great or
ganiZation was due largely to her abil-
ity as an organizer, and to her I'M
limited tact in dealing with women.
L have given up my work for clubs
entirely said Mrs. Henrotin yester-
day. THE work of the federation will
go on of itself. Now, even if it did not
have such an efficient president as my
successor. When 1 took it up the or
ganization was a weak, lettering thing.
[ gave my best effort to make it a sue
cess and While l may not have done the
best that could be done, 1 did the best
[ knew how. Now the work will go on
of ITSELF
mo, do not expect to do any fur
Their very active work for the general
federation. l never return to a Thing
that 1 have once dropped. And there
are other things that L feel need do
ing
When pressed to say something of
the work that is claiming her attention
in Chicago just now, Mrs. Henrotin adj
mitted that most of her energy was
being put to the conditions of women
and children Wage-earners in Chicago.
Six months ago the Consumers League
was organized in that city, and Mrs.
HenrOtin's well known ability immedi-
ately made it seem impossible to stand
the work Alright without her assistance.
She was made president of the Illinois
branch, and all her time is now given
to the work of alternating the condition
of these denizenS of the slums.
THE problem of what to do to help
the wage-earning woman is a tremen-
dous one" said Mrs. Henrotin, and
the most difficult of solution that the
women who desire to help have ever
attempted"
l have met but a very few women.
and these We're either in the profess
sions or among skilled workers, who
did not resent the idea of banding to-
gether in organizations for mutual
benefit. They feel that they ought not
to be forced into competitive work with
men. That their place is in the home.
And 1 quite agree with them
Mrs. Henrotin spoke of what had
been accomplished in the way of legis
lauon for the working classes in Hi
nois. A few prominent women got to-
gether and after discussing the i'm
provements necessary in the law, with
Mrs Florence Kelly, who was state
factory inspector for a number of years,
they secured such legislation as made
the eight-hour law apply to mercantile
as we'll as to factory help. This, Mrs.
Henrotin said. had been productive of
much good, because of the changed con-
ditions in Illinois, which had made the
state a manufacturing center rather
than an agricultural one.
THE next effort of the Consumers
League will be to secure a. white list
such as other cities have, on which will
be placed names of all merchants who
observe the rules of the league in re-
gard to placing goods manufactured in
these great shops on their counters.
Mrs. Henrotin is accompanied by her
husband, who, with his son, has some
mining interests in the state. They
will be at the Knutsford until Tuesday.