Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-05

10y hHA haNhNa 30 may hUVW httf LOT "a
fact, Tor she looks as dazzling as
drum major when she wears all her
glitterlng club pins across her breast,
az she Is fond Of doing at conventions.
Not only IS Mrs Helmuth an ALI
around club woman, but she has an in
terestng way Of always rising to the
OCCASION particularly when presiding
over an animated session. At one time
she opened an afternoon meeting fol-
lowing a most stormy discussion In the
morning by saying, Ladies. after we
have finished the Lords prayer let us
silently ask that there be more knowl-
edge and less noise vouchsafed to you"
Though Mrs. Hemuth Is so closely
connected with club interests In the
East sine has warm place In her heart
Tor The West In letter to a Chicago
woman recently she paid this tribute TO
the western woman: you known / am
halt a western woman myself having
llVed nearly all Of my young life In ST.
Louis, and where / have the dearest
friends OF my early married life. No
whore on this broad universe can you
ind the loyal and devoted friends, the
Warmest sympathizers and the most
loving hearts than In our own western
country God bless them every one 4"
Mrs. Hemuth went abroad a fort
night ago. but win return In two weeks.
when she may be induced 20 commit
herself on the presidency. Before she
sailed she had this 20 say for herself:
Recording my candidacy Tor president
OF The general federation 1 am In iRnor.
ance. ! should hardly announce myself
as such'-which isn't saying No" by
any means.
notwithstanding the great grief OF
MIS-. Lowe, president OF the General
Federation over the death OF her hus-
Dand, she viii preside over the AillWau-
zee biennial In recent letter she
says: Il have received so many in
qulries as 10 whether or not / will at
tend the biennial that think II might
De well 20 say / will preside over the
convention as well as finish up the
business OF my regime. | mean to con-
Ney the idea that / will attend to all
business pertaining to my office at the
coming biennial.'
Whether Mrs Lowe viii be a candi-
date for reelection 20 the presidency is
q matter OF conjecture among thou
SANDS Of interested club women That
ne can have this high office II she
wants II seems 10 be taken for granted,
so capable has she been In the past two
years IN extending the work OF the
federation. But the presidential sphinx
has not yet spoken
The responsibilities incident 10 the |
settling up OF her husbands estate have |
been onerOus, Of course. and have in |
terfered not little with her official |
duties on the eve OF the big conven- |
ton. II she should decline the presi- /
dency the reason will be understood as |
the added work at this trying time. |
In the meantime the hundreds Of tele-
grams and letters that are pouring In |
on Mrs. Lowe attest the sympathy OF /
club women all over the country for
their chief
This week II was decided by the pro-
gram powers that be 20 add another
novel feature TO the Milwaukee bien-
NAL. Il will be a library exhibit as II
pertains 10 women's clubs
That this exhibit will be In charge Of
Miss l.. +. stearns, who Is we'll known
as the travelling librarian In isolated
districts for the Wisconsin library COM
mission, stamps Il as interesting at
once. IL viii be IN the new public
library building In a room adjoining
the big art exhibit Of ths biennial. and
within easy reach OF the convention
halls The library lines along which
club women all over the country are
Worhng-the establishment OF travel
ing libraries the Improvement Of public
libraries and the opening Of chlldren's
rooms In these libraries-wil be ex-
emplihed In one way or another There
VIII be specimen cases for instance. OF
travelling Libraries for out-of-the-
places, as we'll as sets OF photographs
which 90 to make up travelling art gal
lerles, either for study In womens clubs