The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
Magnificent Demonstration Ar
ranged By Club Women.
TO BE HELD AT KENYON
COMMITTEES APPOINTED AND
ALL AT WORK.
Public Officials, Teachers, Pupils and
Prominent Citizens Will Be In
vited-Programme of Speeches
and Music-Prof. Cooper Notified
By Wire-May i the Date.

Professor Cooper of DeS MoineS, the
new superintendent of the Salt Lake
public schools. is in receipt of tele-
gram Of invitation sent by the Council
of Women's clubs, requesting the pleas
ure of Mr.. CoopeTs company at a re-
ception to be given in his honor on the
evening of May IL
This was determined upon at a meet
ing of the council held yesterday after
noon to complete arrangements for the
demonstration that is being planned to
celebrate the edpcator's arrival.
There were present at Yesterdays
session, President Taylor, Mrs. W. H.
T1bbals, Mrs. c. e. Allen, Mrs. Mary
7. Gilmer, Mrs. w. W. Ritter. Mrs. l..
V. Smith. Mrs. A. r. Moon, Mrs Mia
Topper Maynard, Mrs. Il. d. Pearsall
and Mrs. Hancock, representing the
various city clubs.
Mrs. President Taylor announced her
working committees as follows:
Finance-Mrs. Mary r. Gilmer. Wo-
mans club: Mrs. Martha T. Bamber-
ger. Council of Jewish Women.
Programme-Mrs. Priscilla ]. Ritter,
Authors.
Invitation-Mr C. Z. Allen, Ladies'
Literary club; Mrs. Margaret Game,
Reapers; Mrs. Rose Wightman, Re
viewers; Mrs. Ellen Davidson Pearsall,
EnGuirers.
Decoratlon-Mrs. James H. Moyle,
Cleofan; Mrs. Harder, Authors.
observation-disclosures. Emily S. Rich
ards, Women's Press club; Mrs. w. II.
Tibbals, w. c. T. o.; Mrs. j. d. Spen-
GER Poets Round Table.
The reception committee, which will
be entirely official, viii be announced
later.
Funds and Programme.
Mrs. Gilmer, for the finance commit
Tee, reported most encouragingly. She
was able to turn over to the treasurer
S5y in cash and $21 in pledges. This
amount Mrs. Gilmer and her able as
sistant. Mrs. Bamberger, had secured
in the few days that have elapsed since
the committee was named.
The chairman reported that she had
as yet only visited members of the
school board. and one or TWO banking
firms, but that so far as she had gone
the response had been most generous.
Mrs. W. w. Ritter, for the programme
committee, reported on the matter of a
place in which to entertain. She had
visited the management of the knuts-
ford, where 500 was asked for the
evening. and the Kenyon, where the
council had been met with a generous
offer of entertainment, the use of deco
rations, and in fact the entire posses
sion of the house. Mr.. Porter's hos
pirality was accepted. with many eX-
pressions of appreciation. Mrs. Ritter
also reported upon the matter of mu-
sic, but action was deferred.
Those to Be Invited.
Mrs, Allen of the invitation commit
tee, asked for suggestions as 20 who
should be included in the list She was
instructed to invite the governor and
his staff, all city, county and state
officials, the state superintendent of
schools, members of the board of edu-
cation, principals and teachers, the
graduating classes of all schools col
leges, the state university, president
and faculty of ali educational institu-
ton, both public and private, univer-
sity regents. AMI superintendent of city
schools within the state, and all club
women.
Prominent citizens. together with
those who have assisted the council
financially and otherwise, will be in
cluded in the list of invited guests.
The council instructed the secretary
10 send out at once a postal card to
every club woman in the city, asking
her to consider herself a hostess for the
occasion, ana to come prepared to act
as such.
This personal suggestion will go at
once, so tnat the women OF the Narl-
Gus clubs represented in the council
Will know what is expected of them in
connection with extending to Professor
Cooper a most cordial welcome.
1t is proposed to serve light refresh
ments and to have an orchestra sta
toned on the second stairway. Musical
numbers will occur between the
speeches and other numbers on the
programme.
The list of those who viii take part in
this way has not vet been completed.
Mrs. Ritter of the programme committee
and Mrs. Taylor are at work on this
matter and will announce the result of
their work in few days.
Six O'clock Movement.
Mrs. Mia Upper Maynard asked the
Council of Women's clubs to endorse
the action of the Utah Federation of
Labor in regard to securing the
o'clock closing of stores. A motion to
this effect was carried by a unanimous
vote. and the president of the council
was instructed to name a committee to
cooperate with the federation in Sc
curing the passage OF such a rule.
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