Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01


| Culmer ON Tuesday, the program be.
| ing the reading OF Acts III ana ~ OF
| Hamlet, Critical comments on the play
were given by Mrs. Edna sloan
The Rcapers club met I'm the We.
/ mans Exponent office Templeton, on
| Monday, Nov 26th, Mrs. Annie r.
| Hyde gave an interesting paper on the
| Life and Works of Ralph waldo Elmer.
son. This was followed by general
| discussion and report Of current events.
The Poets Round Table met at the
| residence OF Mrs. Stanley II. Clawson
on Monday the poet for the day be
| ing Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Mrs W,
| II. Dale was chairman and Mrs. j. ID,
| Spencer gave the biography reading
also some OF the recent poems Of the
/ famous writer's. The place cards were
ceyerly executed figures In black and
white.
An interesting event to club women
| Is the organization OF class for par
| liamentary practice. whose initial meet
| ing was held at the home Of Mrs. w A.
/ Nelden on Monday The membership
is however. not restricted to club wo-
men, but all who may be interested are
| cordially invited TO Join The class will
meet twice a month, the next meeting
to take place on the afternoon OF De-
cember 10th. At the meeting on Monday
Mrs. Nelden was elected chairman and
Mrs. Douglas, secretary.
The list OF patrons and patronesses
| for the bazaar Of the National Woman's
Suffrage association grows constantly.
Among them are Gilbert Hubbard East
Aurora. A. b. Colyin. Glens Falls; Mrs.
r. X. Beecher, Elmira. Senator 4. II.
Gallinger, Agnes Reppler, Rudolph
Blankenberg Mrs. +. l.. Blackwell,
President Womans club, Orange, n. j.
Mrs Johanna Hartshorn, President
State Federation Of Women's clubs,
New Jersey: Mrs 4. B. Warner presi.
dent Delaware Federation Women's
clubs; Miss Adele NJ. Field, Mrs. Henry
Sanders, Mrs. Herman. vice president
Little Mothers club Mrs Russell Sage
Mrs NJ j. Schienelin, the Rev W. 5.
Rainsford, w. u. Howels, all Of New
York and a long list Of Boston men
and women, including James t. Fields
Senator Hoar, Thomas Wentworth Hig'
gnson Abby Morton Dia2, and Prof.
Ellen Hayes, Wellesley college, beau
tIful booth WIN be that OF California,
which win be decorated with yellow
California peoples, seeds OF which VIII
be on sale at the booth. Mrs. Barnes,
the wife Of the governor Of Oklahoma.
Is the latest contributor to the galaxy
Of gubernatorial dolls.
The Consumers league Of New York
&c auf1fR0 a ia ifu wont nj
this season Of the year. TO the practical
way In which women may relieve the
pressure upon shop employees during the
coming rush OF holiday business. IL Is
urged that Christmas shoppers flnsh
this buying as early In the season as
possible, and take great pains to give
correct addresses, spelling out names
that are In any way peculiar. There
seems to exist" says member OF the
league. IAN impression that only the
saleswomen In the large shops need
consideration. Every employe deserves
II, and particularly the overwOrked men
and boys Of the packing ana delivery
rooms A woman sometimes, IN the
rush Of Christmas shopping, has been
known TO make a ten-Cent glass vase
her only order In "A shop. II she does
this she should take the responsibility
of carrying II home. As a rule, how
ever. she orders ii sent, which means
several landings, elaborate packing,
etc, all thoughtless and unnecessary
trouble 10 a train Of employees. II WO-
men buy these cheap. breakable articles
of trlnlng bulk at this busy time 1t
would be a small concession TO carry
them away" Mrs. Matthias, the presi-
dent Of the league, tells Interestingly
OF her personal protest against delivery
after six o'clock. She began II two or
three years ago, and at first the driv-
ers Indignantly resented her refusal to
receive a parcel after the specified hour.
over and over again she would be
called 70 the door by her maid TO eX-
plain her motive In the matter. The de-
livery clerks could at first see only that
the parcel must be brought again, but
after a while they discovered what It
would mean to them II every woman
refused 10 receive purchases after that
hour. Instead Of driving over the
streets often tin nearly midnight they
would be able to finish their work al
reasonable time. Mrs. Nathan has per-
severed In her stand. with the result
that no parcel Is ever offered al her
house after six o'clock II has needed
NOlllF FHANll saw lll'N anu l'l nA0A'AtN -
tematizng Of her own shopping but In
this. as IN other reforms which the
league advocates. Individual and tenn
porary arrangement of usual procedure
means great benefit 10 a large number
OF persons. Take home small parcels.
do not shop after 1--WE o'clock, use trans
Ter cars to facilitate business, take
pains 10 give addresses plainly and
correctly and use all the forbearance
possessed during the next four weeks,
Is the way the league epitomi2es its
suggestions FOR Christmas shopping.
One Of the resolutions adopted AT the
recent convention NJ the Assembly Of
Mothers at Buffalo has provoked a good
deal ~ comment among club women
and other women This was to the effect
that the Assembly believed that nature
has decreed that the husband shall BE-
the bread winners ~ the family, and
considered the tendency ~ women TO
seek occupations outside the home det-