Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-26
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Happy and Appropriate Reply TO Mrl
Tayiar's Taetfui raih.

Happy and Appropriate Reply to Mrs.
Taytar's factfui raik.
Madame President. Mrs. Taylor. and
ladies of the federation. when our
president assigned me the pleasant task
~ responding TO the nddfcss NJ well
come, ! plead my poverty 0f adequate
lunEunHc, and urged her Co appoint
another In my place; but she said. M
you only say II o. good 90 be- here %
VIII BE- enough" 30 out of her album
dance. she gave mo the keynote. NJ Is
good 60 De here N We meet Boo perfect
unity, n We are mot 90 prove that we
are truly united, and not united
sometimes hints. II o. good 90 Doe here,
" We nru met 60 put away fur ever all
minor things. all llttlpueHH. all self
hcehuE-to rcleunte these 20 the
crepuHeular gloom u the Dark Ages OF
our federation, whore such rplthctH az
have been directed By disappointed
cluh-wofnen against uuCcraHfnl club
women should forever nih their limh1.
Carlyle made one ~ hia brilliant aud
cau1tic phrases when he aHid. "say
very little. ana let that little hc frum
the ncw7pupcrH Tor such conversation
" safe" And. ON this hint ! will not
fear TO refer TO a paragraph that app
pcarcd In Sundays Tribune n was
quotation from on address made by
Mrs. Lydia Avery Co1nley- ward and
when 20 noble woman hrcathes such a
note ~ warning, and finds so much On
club-lifc 20 dupl0rc' ana lament % r.
time that we should pause ana heed.
aud examine whether these peaalmisms
from one who has not. hitherto been
peHsimlHt have foundation Boo fnct ln
our club HE. 10 ls wcll that we should
be- together 20 ton each other to ass
sure each other that the things Mrs
Avery Coonlvy- Ward doplorgs Cor clubs
In general are not true of our clubs ln
particular, At least o. very thorough
should prcccdo such confession as
Mira, Counlry Wards such things as
she dcplorcs may exist where club
has as &C. ruling spirit mere uncul-
turcd pcdnni. but where women ~ true
culturc-culturc OF heart ns well as
OF brnin-arc federated. I believe such
abuses nH she names 10 BE- impossible.
except perhaps. lu Isolated Instances.
But In the midst OF her peafimlsms.
Mrs, Ward hlH none but tender words
Tor the candidate who fails. WIN wcf
Some of you viii go home hence with
trailing banners, but 20 You. this balm:
there u mo- leader no loved nH the lost
leader" and no cause 30 dear a. the
lost cause,
"rhls o. thought that might unite
us an ln ga tenderness While we are
here together ms host and guests we
VIII pledge each other that We will
make the good OF ali the care OF each.
Ana when an era uf good feeling shall
have succeeded this meeting when self
seeking shan have given place 90 an
impgrsonul desire tn promote the gem
crll good. when the phurnae. 4 meant
Il imppmnnnlly,' shall not be n mere
hulwurk hchlnd which 10 hide after an
onycnomcd shaft has been hurled with
uurrfinE aim, when courtesy TO the min
GRITTY shall have become the custom;
when We shall be willing 20 nCknow-
ledge that we have outErnwn Miss
Shattuck and agreed 10 adopt rulos OF
order that compel close construction
when an these things shall como TO
pass we win look back and say OF this
convention, 1T was well to have been
there"
"'rhc church regards union az q sac
rumCnt lot us sn regard 70, Tor 10 IN
IN our power 10 make our larger union
Hncrnmontnl, And we Will We VIII
pledge ourselves never 10 mako for one
another a fiery ordeal OF club duties by
means Of ll-consldcro1 criticisms
I'VE are met In the interests N unity.
charity. nobility. womanllncas, more
than I'm the interests OF mental culture:
and when we give ourselves 90 the
guidance NJ these feelings, we win stcp
out together, hosts and guests, upon
higher and broader plain, and the fcd-
Grafton OF wompn'a clubs VIII do ~
pnrt toward uRhering In "rhe fedora
lion Of the world" and. Tor the gcurr-
Gus hospitality that makes those meet
inga possible. We thank you IN the
name Of all the guests here assembled"
After the program Mrs jennings
asked the delegates to meet the COM
mittoe ON credentials In order 20 receive
their bndgos ana also requested that
those Of the guests and prospective hos
az NaaI HF nlH NaaH
In tho untc-room, The suggestions
were acted upon and the ladies Of the
Federation enjoyed an Informal reunion
before ndiournlng for luncheon.